Corrie Street 6 May 2018
Relations Monday, the nice dinner party at Michelle and Robert's ended abruptly. Michelle saw Ali and Carla canoodling in the hallway. Her son and her best friend, sister-in-law and cousin.…
Corrie Street 4 Feb. 2018
Metaphor in a T-shirt Monday's second episode, a bar fight. Must be on the production to-do roster, I thought. So now they can check that item off. Then it became…
Corrie Street 27 Aug. 2017
Car Trunk Try as I might, nothing the rest of the week dislodged the sight of Michelle locked in the trunk of a car. Not that I liked seeing her…
Corrie Street 19 Mar 2017
Backup Baby Michelle throws up in the bistro kitchen sink. Leanne watches, horrified. Steve has just told all that he's baby Oliver's dad. A backup baby, as Michelle sees it.…
Corrie Street 12 Feb. 2017
How you doing? How you doing - Fiz makes her concerned face, and asks this of Steve at the bar. You know this isn't going to go well. It's Friday,…
Corrie Street 29 Jan 2017
Ruairi McDonald Little Ruairi McDonald never took a breath. He was way too premature. Twenty-three weeks. It was heartbreaking. Michelle felt something was wrong at the baby shower held for…
Corrie Street 13 Nov 2016
Explain why Poor Michelle! Not a thought that often crosses my mind, but it did on Wednesday. Michelle had to explain to Amy why her tablet was open on an…
Corrie Street July 17/16
Back Together Michelle decides that if she and Steve are not going to get back together, she might as well leave. She gets a cruise ship job. Doesn't want to…
Corrie Street June 26/16
Eyes of a Shark The week opens with Amy Barlow showing that she has maybe the soul, and certainly the eyes, of a shark. Also that she has learned well…
Corrie Street Feb. 8/15
Radio GaGa Once I was prescribed pills for severe stomach pains. The doctor told me to eat "a bland diet." I thought milk and cream soups qualified as bland. The…
Corrie Street June 22/14
Traitor Thursday's episode was a shocker. Michelle was without her trademark eyeliner! Less surprising was her attack on Steve for keeping Peter's secret, although the savagery of her words was…
Corrie Street Feb. 23/14
Gooseberry Michelle may tell him he’s thick, but Steve sometimes seems smarter and more insightful than even he thinks he is. In scenes on Thursday and Friday, there is deftness…
Corrie Street Oct. 27/13
Backstreet Boozer Oh, the joy of seeing Liz McDonald come through the Rovers’ door! A real landlady back. And just in time, before Michelle and her ego have a chance…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Oct. 14/12)
Roller Derby Classic. Fifty-two years of Corrie ethos and culture illustrated Monday in a few brief moments by Michelle and Tracy - in rollers. Comedy, family history, strong women, intergenerational…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Oct. 24/10)
Trifecta No one scene jumped out at me this week. But three spoke a bit, for different reasons. First, the penultimate scene with Steve and Becky. A close up of…