The wedding

[sallywebster]

Well he did a runner then. Disappointed with the ending of this one, cant they let anyone be happy?

Nice that Gail and Eileen turned up though.

[Nick]

Well i wasn't expecting that i must admit

[pearly queen]

I wasn't expecting it either - a nice little twist.

He only ran off after Gail and Eileen arrived - maybe he was only going through with the wedding to spite the mothers-in-law, and when they turned up he realised he couldn't go through with it.

[BillyNiblick]

pearlyqueen said:

I wasn't expecting it either - a nice little twist.

He only ran off after Gail and Eileen arrived - maybe he was only going through with the wedding to spite the mothers-in-law, and when they turned up he realised he couldn't go through with it.

Well, let's face it, the character of Jason Grimshaw is as thick as shite in the neck of a bottle. He clearly took Charlie's homily on the undesirability of the institution belatedly to heart.

[BillyNiblick]

Lucy Mangan in the Guardian :

The rollers are out, every yard of bubblegum-coloured sateen in the north-west has been shipped to Weatherfield and Betty has been buttering barmcakes since Thursday. The day of Jason and Sarah's wedding has arrived on Coronation Street (ITV1).
Jason and Sarah, for any late arrivals, are two sweet souls, prettier than pictures and simpler than amoeba. They first got together when Sarah was shacked up with his brother Todd. Todd was upset but forgave them. Then he discovered he was gay and tried to get together with Sarah's brother. She was very upset and did not forgive him, so he went to London, leaving Sarah sad but, as it turned out, not inconsolable.
Only two problems remain. The first is that there is no pink ribbon for Bethany's bunches. Bethany is the result of a one-night stand when Sarah was 13, which is unfortunately the kind of thing that tends to happen when a girl is both pretty and easily outwitted by single-celled organisms. Bethany is six and has occasional lines, which is disconcerting because she sounds as if she's been smoking Capstan Full Strength since she cut her first tooth. Danny Baldwin, still clearly taking his daily baths in distilled essence of Cockney, supplies some pink ribbon in the nick of time, and the horror of an unadorned bridesmaid is averted.
The second problem is that the mothers of the bride and groom refuse to attend the ceremony. In vain does Sarah prompt Bethany to preview for her grandmother the lisping version of A Whole New World that she will perform at the wedding. Gail presses a hand to her mouth in silent emotion. Possibly she is moved beyond words. Possibly she is about to be sick over her shoes. Probably she is wondering why her tiny blond granddaughter sounds so uncannily like Tom Waits.
It is the opinion of the rest of the street that Gail and Eileen should go to the wedding. "What are they playing at?" Betty rhetorically asks the assembled punters in the Rovers Return. "If mothers had to be happy wi' their daughters' choice of partners, no one 'ud ever get wed." This sagacity is wasted on Kirk, who has been distracted by the labels on the buffet food. "I wouldn't mind a quickie," he says, peering at one. "It's pronounced 'quiche'," says Norris, with a sigh. Never mind. Fiz loves him.
Meanwhile, Charlie and Maria are casting smouldering glances at each other (I can't wait for that one to kick off), Weatherfield's angels of mercy Hayley and Roy are working to bring Craig out of his squat and into the warm Cropper embrace, and Adam is taunting Danny over his newly acquired stake in the factory. This would be more effective if Adam did not, in every succeeding shot, look a little bit more like a strategically shaved monkey in an army jacket. Even Danny is moved to comment on the single most ridiculous haircut ever seen in soapland. "I'm ge'ing less and less fond of your comedy barne' every day," he glottal-stops with feeling.
At the registry office, all is going swimmingly. Gail and Eileen do turn up, the CD player works, Audrey has yet again somehow succeeded in looking like a Vogue model despite earning tuppence ha'penny a year as a back-street hairdresser - and then Jason buggers off through the lavatory window. He sends Sarah a text message. "Can't do it. Sorry. jx." "It's almost Pinteresque in its brevity and brutality, isn't it?" muses the jilted bride in the foyer. No, she doesn't really. She cries, which is always a spectacle worth studying. Her eyes brim with tears and her entire body becomes one raw, quivering mass of emotion. You could skin a startled faun, stick it under a lemon juice shower and it would look less vulnerable than Sarah.
Fortunately, her brother is made of sterner stuff. "Jason's done a runner," he announces to the waiting guests. The guests disperse. No word on the fate of the barmcakes, but I'm trusting Betty'll not see them wasted.
Despite the central tragedy - or perhaps because of it - there were a lot of laughs in Coronation Street last night.

[Mrs Demigod]

I think its an awful thing to do. Can anybody imagine who Sarah must have felt to be jilted at the altar, I really do think people who wimp out at the last second are just cruel and unbelievable, whether or not they intend to be. If they have any doubts, its before the ceremony you air them, not on the day! I bet Gail will be pleased.

One thing I find a little rich is her saying she wanted better for her daughter, thats all well and good, she is an uneducated teenage mum from a dysfunctional and divided family. Unfortunately, that would kill any chance of her meeting somebody better. Personally I believe Gale's attitude was because Jason is a Grimshaw.

[tracey]

why climb out of the toilet window he could of just walked out the front door to the registry as no one was expecting him to do a runner

[CG Wendy]

Thanks for the article Billy....I loved it. Especially the deer in lemon juice reference.
;D
I had to laugh at Blanche with her dark glasses pretending to be blind to get to the front of queues.
A great double episode with the excellent mix of drama and humour that Corrie does very well. 9/10
It would`ve been 10/10 but lost a point for Adam being in some scenes

[RitaLittlewood]

Pity it's the 2nd jilting in a year. More originality is needed.

Patsy

[Mrs Demigod]

I just have to say, Blanche for me is one of my favourite characters. I don't know what it is about her I like, its just she is just such an obviously ghastly woman there is something amusing watching her state the truth in such an insulting fashion. Gale just irritates me though, I have never been keen on her, truthfully Sarah is just one of those girls that will just never seem to have a good relationship, I think she is too loose, but there again, I may be being a bit harsh.

[CG Wendy]

Pity it's the 2nd jilting in a year.

Please help out this tired fried brain Pats, and remind me who was jilted first. I just can`t think of it.
Must be the onset of altzheimers. Or maybe the storyline was so boring I blocked it out of my mind.

[BillyNiblick]

'Twas Charlie the scheming builder, left waiting at the altar by a just-in-the-nick-of-time enlightened Shelley.

[tracey]

anyone remember kierons &sunitas wedding ending the same way ? & as i am very old i remember Mavis & Derek's 1st attempt at getting married when both of them didn't turn up

[valda]

I must be as old as you Tracey because I remember both of these none wedding`s .

[Mrs Demigod]

billyniblick said:

'Twas Charlie the scheming builder, left waiting at the altar by a just-in-the-nick-of-time enlightened Shelley.

I remember I tuned in for that. I am not exactly 100% in the loop of Corrie, but have began wathcing it again. I cheered when Shelly ditched Stubbsy, but, whatever could have possessed her to have a one night stand with him after all he did to her?

[CG Wendy]

Thanks Billy for the reminder.
I can remember the Mavis and Derek non event very well. How typical of their characters. It was very well done.
Anyone remember the non event of Alan Bradley and Rita when he thought he`d surprise her at the registry office and she turned him down flat. I can remember feeling glad that I hadn`t read the papers beforehand and Rita turning him down flat was a complete surprise.

[sallywebster]

I dont remember the Rita and Alan wedding first time around but saw it on Plus - its also on the DVD's. Its an excellent episode! Reet knew he wasnt rich enough to marry!

[RitaLittlewood]

At least those were years apart. Not like now.

Patsy

[pearly queen]

It's a bloody epidemic in soaps at the moment: in EE Honey and Billy keep failing to get married (less 'jilting' more 'jesting') and then Rosie dumped Keef mid vows and flounced off to the countryside.

[RitaLittlewood]

Yep. Honey and Billy is quite funny but it is getting tedious.

Patsy

[CG Wendy]

I feel sorry for Eillen though. She`ll have to bear the brunt of Jason jilting Sarah. Shame on him letting his mother clean up another one of his messes.
He`ll have to do a lot of crawling for Sarah to take him back. No doubt she will though.

[sallywebster]

They seem obsessed with jiltings in soaps - in the few years we have had at least 3 in Corrie!

[pearly queen]

They managed to get the most fantastic scenic register office ever - never seen that one before, it was lovely.

When booking your wedding, maybe everyone should check whether the bog windows are large enough for a last minute escape - may prove more useful than the idyllic surroundings.

[CG Wendy]

Perhaps Shelley didn`t fancy taking Charlies surname, that`s why she ditched him. After all who would want a surname that implies he`s short and stubby in certain departments.
;D

[RitaLittlewood]

Unless it was appropriate.

Patsy