We open and close this evening with the abomination of the story involving Todd and Theo. Theo starts the morning by wanting to go back to bed to get Todd's heart rate up, then gets him going on the exercise bike to get his heart rate up; Theo's phone is linked to Todd's watch so he knows what and where Todd is at all times. Danielle turns up to tell them that she is taking the kids to Tenerife for Christmas (good luck with that) and Todd indicates on Theo's behalf that does not sound like a good idea. Theo then returns and does his usual trick to make Todd look bad by telling Danielle and the kids to jet off making it seem to her that he thinks it is a good idea. Then as soon as the lovely Danielle has gone he turns on Todd for interfering, that he does not want the kids to he away at Christmas and blames Todd for creating a situation where he cannot talk Danielle into a compromise because Todd had already poisoned the well, but then Todd has never been a proper parent as Theo emphasises. (In other news Danielle used her exercise bike as a clothes dryer - you have been told Todd}. Later Theo spots Todd having a farewell hug from Billy by skulking around a corner. Todd has been shopping and bought some picture frames which are also cameras as I assume he is intending to record Theo beating the living daylights out of him when he is supposedly in Soho tripping over after one too many drinks.
Ollie was dumped for reasons that Dee Dee is not willing to tell him. Alya extracts the root cause - Dee Dee has the offer of a job in Singapore, a vast salary and lots of time to care for Laila. James will not be amused. Ed will not be amused. Maggie deploys her honey laden tongue to explain exactly how little she likes Dee Dee. Honestly Dee Dee just go - despite it breaking all the promises you have made. Also someone remind me - wasn't the saintly Dee Dee totally against sex before marriage so has she been sleeping with Ollie? Oh and that job offer - if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
Talking of the Driscoll family (and we need to because they are driving the Rovers back to its proper place) Maggie seems not to have spotted Will glowering at Megan as she and Daniel happen to be kissing under the mistletoe at Eva's insistence after Megan is offered the job at Weatherfield High where she will be
grooming teaching Will. Apparently at the last Ofsted review the school did not do too well on "safeguarding" and it is currently the head's absolute priority. Now I have not been in a school for a long time and the rules have changed but I thought these days schools were supposed to safeguard pupils from potential predators? Perhaps Hull is a little behind the times and Megan will be sent on a course before commencing her employment? Maggie meanwhile is instructing Ollie on her 65th birthday cake, and then completely changes her mind. Megan tells Daniel that she wants to take things slowly and turns down a game of scrabble and a date whilst mollifying Will.
Lauren is hanging around behind the Rovers bar wedded to her mobile phone. Detective Green spots there is something going on - but so far we do not have the faintest idea what.
Costello's phone has turned up and it is clean and there is no sign of a burner phone so Detectives Green and Swain are no further forward in solving the mystery of why Becky needed to be dead, why Costello is in hospital and what the invisible link is. Carla is keeping tabs on the investigation as well. Only Betsy seems supremely unaware that anything is wrong. Where is AC12 when they are needed? And in other unrelated worries why is Gary's emporium still claiming to be Webster's Bodyshop? However Becky befriends Costello's daughter and finds out the lock code for Costello's tablet. So either she can now she can communicate with Costello using the tablet. Will someone ensure nothing this stupid ever appears on this programme again? Later she dumps Costello's burner phone in a dustbin and the sim card in the drain so that is also tidied up.
In other news, if Eva is going to use the hand pull then can she please pull it? Sorry but it was awful! You would think she had never been a barmaid ever.
I had originally ended up with a diatribe on the subject of Theo and Todd. However my antagonism has been voiced previously so I will not repeat it this week. For those with alternative views please tell me why I am wrong below or on Twitter. I won't be here next week as I shall be in deepest darkest Cornwall but should be back for the following Friday.
Written by Joe Turner and David Judge. Directed by Penelope Shales-Slyne.
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