Friday 22 June 2012

Fireman Paul's Dilemma

(This post was originally posted by Chewy on the Coronation Street Blog in April 2012.)

In the past, I have been a little hard on Paul, but after Friday's scenes, you can see the poor bloke is suffering. Paul puts all his efforts in trying to keep life how it was, living with Lesley and still doing his full time job.

To see him shouting at Lesley was a indicator that he is reaching breaking point. To me it seems that Paul can't bring himself to put Lesley in a care home, as he feels as if he was abandoning her to be with Eileen.

While putting Lesley in a home would mean more time for Eileen, I don't think it would be fair to say that it is his sole reason. Paul needs to to do it to get his life back, he also needs to let Eileen get her life back, she's spent the whole first quarter of this year caring for Lesley, and that is simply not fair on Eileen.


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2 comments:

OhSusannah said...

I feel bad for Paul, have all along. TO feel such obligation to one woman while attracted to another would be a hellish situation. He's trying to do right by his wife Leslie of 20 years by helping her but he can see the writing on the wall: she needs to be nursing home.Very well-written and well-acted storyline.

Tvor said...

I do agree with you as far as Paul being in a very hard position. It is most definitely sympathetic but it does seem very wrong for Eileen to have them in her house and them more or less carrying on in the kitchen when Lesley is in the other room. It also seems out of character for Eileen.

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