Episode 7330 (2nd May 2010)

Plot[]

Part One: While it is still dark, Norris is woken by the sound of Mary manically chopping wood with an axe. Gary tries to leave No.6 with his bag packed. Anna makes him stay for breakfast while Eddie tears into him for being workshy. Mary's in a foul mood as she makes Norris's breakfast. Having fetched Tina a sausage butty, Graeme fusses around her. Anna frets as Gary prepares to leave following his meal. He breaks down at her endless wittering and admits that he absconded from the army because he's a coward. Whilst Mary's in the bath, Norris escapes from the cottage with his case packed. Gary tells Anna that he and Quinny went to see his badly injured brother and how the visit traumatised him. An angry Mary discovers that Norris has gone.

Part Two: Four miles from Haworth, Norris finds a phone box. Graeme goes for David when he tells him that Natasha spent the night, and then finds out that he meant with Nick. Norris tries to call Rita but as he does he sees Mary's motorhome approaching. He sets off across the moors, but he sprains his ankle on a stile and Mary catches up with him. Gary comes to a decision. He tells his parents that he's going back to the army, otherwise he'll regret it all his life. However when his warrant officer calls at No.6, Gary's furious realising that Eddie grassed him up. David asks Graeme to move into No.8. Graeme's delighted whilst Nick's thoroughly unimpressed at the prospect. Eddie apologises to Gary for going behind his back and for doing the right thing in the wrong way. They make up. Anna bids a tearful farewell to Gary who returns to the army with his officer. Graeme fixes Tina's door for her. She tells him how she dreams about her dad and agrees he can have a key to the flat so that he can keep an eye on her and make sure she's eating. Mary returns Norris to the cottage and bandages his ankle. She talks about how she feels rejected and worries that he hates her. She talks about being married to him, scaring his witless.

Cast[]

Regular cast[]

Guest cast[]

Sergeant Major Partridge - William Travis

Places[]

Coronation Street
6 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms and garden
8 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
The Kabin - Shop and stockroom
12 Coronation Street - Living room and kitchen
Cottage near Haworth - Interior and exterior
Country lane and telephone box

Notes[]

This additional Sunday episode was transmitted at 8.00pm.
Nick Wilkinson was credited as the stunt double on this episode for Norris Cole's fall off the stile.
A sign directing Norris Cole to Haworth points in the opposite direction of the cottage and misspells the Yorkshire village's name as Howarth. After transmission, ITV apologised for the error [1].
TV Times synopsis: Norris is injured while trying to escape Mary as she pursues him in the camper van; Gary prepares to face his fears and return to the Army; and David has had enough of Natasha.
Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 8,000,000 viewers (12th place).

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