#sorry for getting carried away on that rant about carla's alcoholism being forgotten dsfdsffds it just really irks me

[lonelier-version-of-you]

Thoughts on tonight’s Corrie?

Alison King is an acting goddess, and that’s that on that.

Seriously, though, I thought Corrie was very good tonight! It’s been consistently watchable (not always great, but “consistently watchable” is more than I can say for Emmerdale or EastEnders) lately where none of the other soaps really have been, but tonight’s episodes were particularly good.

I am really frustrated, however, that the show keeps pretending like Carla’s not an alcoholic too. Peter’s alcoholism gets all this attention and focus and ‘if you’ve been affected by issues in this programme...’ messages and effort, but Carla’s has been dropped ever since the initial storyline. (And possibly the kidney transplant story? I can’t remember if her kidneys were failing due to excessive alcohol, or for some other reason. Either way, the transplant is ANOTHER reason she shouldn’t be drinking - but the risks alcohol poses to Carla’s health are completely ignored, while it gets reiterated for us over and over again that Peter’s slowly killing himself. It just feels... idk, hypocritical?)

Granted, I wouldn’t say it’s out of character for Carla to worry about Peter’s health while disregarding her own. So that’s how I’m explaining tonight away to myself. But still - when Peter and Carla were arguing before he left, I was WAITING for him to say something like “look at your own drinking habits before you judge me!”, and... he didn’t.

So while I thought the Carla and Peter scenes were quite well done, I did also feel like they were missing something.

The rest of the episode was great though. Yasmeen was really lovely tonight. It was a brilliant writing choice to have her pick up on how toxic Corey was and warn Asha.

Asha was also amazing! The way she stood up to Corey was awesome, and I’m glad she’s recognising her own worth. And I loved the family scenes with the Alahans.