Soapwatch with JACI STEPHEN: Toyah's tragic buried secret trends now
When news of Toyah’s latest storyline broke on social networking sites on 1 April, everyone thought it was a joke. Surely Corrie wouldn’t be so daft as to inflict this implausible plot on us under another shroud of misery – would they?
Alas, our worst fears are realised when, looking for a missing Freddie at the Red Rec, Toyah goes bananas with a shovel when she sees three amateur sleuths digging up a rose bed.
Their theory is that Roy has buried Lauren’s body there, but what’s Toyah’s excuse? Her secret is out when she reveals to Nick that the location is where she buried the stillborn baby girl she had at 19.
There’s nothing about this that makes dramatic, let alone psychological, sense in terms of the character. Emmerdale had a very similar plotline last year, and with one of that show’s producers taking over Corrie, we can probably expect more of the same depressing stuff.
Where’s the light relief? The Tracy/Tommy storyline ended in little over the time it took Tim to sing, ‘There’s only one Tommy Orp.’ Unfortunately, there is only one, and what we need is a load of others, if only to bring us some more totty.
When Toyah (pictured) searches the park for Freddie, she comes across three sleuths digging up a rose bed who reveal that they saw Freddie digging in the same place and reckon Roy may have buried Lauren's body there
Rowan is promising, and Leanne clearly thinks so when she opens up to him about all the bad things that have ever happened to her. Blimey. That’s going to be a long session.
Rowan listens intently and tells her he’s by her side every step of the way. That’s a lot of steps, mate. Sure your body’s up to it?
There’s also potential humour in the form of Steve’s disastrous love life, and the ever-reliable George has a new storyline when he decides to write his will. But will he come clean to Glenda when he discovers that Archie’s old will left half the business to her?
It’s probably not worth much now, anyway; there simply aren’t enough corpses. Where are those serial killers when you need them? When the only potential business on the cards is a missing woman and a dead baby, you know you’re in trouble.
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