Corrie Street 26 Mar 2017
Friendship Nice little moments Monday of friendship history. Leanne and Toyah badger Peter to speak to Steve on Leanne's behalf, get him to back off on wanting to be part…
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 16 Oct 2016
Celebrity Funny how the timing of fiction sometimes perfectly matches reality. Celebrity - its connotations and effects - has been all over the news the past week. And then, on…
Corrie Street Sept. 18/16
Writing on the Wall Writing on the wall literally and figuratively for Steve. Graffiti was the apt background for a shifting of his world, which would now be controlled by…
Corrie Street Sept. 11/16
Soap Cliché If something makes you think soap cliché, that's good reason to not do it. Wife and girlfriend pregnant at the same time screams soap cliché. It is one…
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 Nov. 22/15
Tile Street Steve tiling the ladies' washroom in Tuesday's episode was funny. I wasn't the only one to think so, I would guess, based on the production team's decision to…
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 Feb. 1/15
Crash Can't pick one: three excellent episodes, countless excellent scenes. The bus crash, of course, from lead-up to aftermath - perfect in acting, writing, lighting and camera work. Everybody dressed…
Corrie Street Dec. 7/14
Stand and Stare Tuesday, Steve has a hideous day. He had gone to the doctor and been diagnosed with depression. He asked for something to make it stop but, thankfully…
Corrie Street Sept. 21/14
Fly-Tipping Fly-tipping: dumping garbage where you're not supposed to. A lamp thrown in a dumpster was cause for a funny small mystery in the larger story of the dodgy flooring…
Corrie Street July 13/14
Happy 40th Steve looking right in the eye of the big milestone birthday. 40th. The one where you really can't pretend you're young anymore. You're really not old either but,…
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 June 8/14
Truths Told Tuesday Steve said to Peter the truths we've all been saying. Friday, Rita did the same with Tina. Neither recipient paid a blind bit of notice. But at…
Corrie Street Apr. 20/14
Two Petes Peter Barlow in a pub, drinking himself legless, trying to forget his wife is pregnant and his girlfriend might be. Steve comes in to take him home. Peter…
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 Dec. 8/13
We don't need no education School underlay three stories this week. First, bullying children who find their supporters, and victims, by way of schoolyard friendships. Grace has to be the…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Sept. 16/12)
Good Parenting Maybe it’s having only half the episodes to which we’ve become accustomed. Maybe it was a week of filler stories – updating us on characters we haven’t seen…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Feb 26/12)
Breeding Pair Tracy told Steve she was contemplating an abortion because she couldn’t handle one baby, let alone twins, on her own. “You’ll find someone,” he tried to console her.…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Jan. 30/11)
Needs a home Tuesday, Becky reaching to the computer screen, to the girl with the challenging eyes. Chloe, 9 years old, seven siblings most of them in Scotland, needs a…