Coronation Street: 10 Aug 2009

Poor old Junkie Joe. If his life wasn't hard enough living with David, living with Gail, and always being on the verge of bankruptcy, he's now addicted to painkillers. Cynics may say that this addiction came about extraordinarily quickly, as one minute he had a bad back and seemingly only seconds later David was extorting favours in return for the odd tablet. This should be a lesson to us all, though, that is if we live our lives according to a soap opera, and so remember to never succumb to blackmail from David and take the doctor's advice rather than smash his alarm system with a sledge hammer.