John Stape, English teacher, taxi driver, and now kidnapper has clearly come unstuck from reality. This became apparent last night and it wasn't just that he expected our Rosie to be sorry for her (and his) actions, but that he thought citing John Webster to her would make a difference. This could only happen in Coronation Street and that is why it wipes the floor with Eastenders every time.
While Eastenders is trying to crank up its ratings by sensationalising abuse, Coronation Street avoids the clamour and even manages to be funny. Take the conversation between Blanche and Norris when they were gossiping about Jerry's ex-wife being a poisoner, and Norris said how he knew she was a criminal because her face is harder than the ones on Mount Rushmore; he's also worried about dying alone in a bedsit and turning into 'half-man half-mattress'. If only he had more lines, and could talk to Roy more so he had more lines, and then they could both visit Albert Square to give us a break from the east end perpetual misery.
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