Coronation Street fans complain over 'awful' change as Stephen Reid death fallout begins
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCoronation Street fans have been left unimpressed by an 'awful' change as the fallout from Stephen Reid's death - or murder - begins.
There was horror on the cobbles last week as the desperate character tried to flee the street as the net closed in on his shocking crimes.
While fans knew Stephen, and the actor who played him Todd Boyce, would be finally leaving the street, Super Soap Week delivered a number of twists and turns before reaching a jaw-dropping climax.
During the final episode of the week, a desperate Stephen was cornered in the Rovers Return by his partner Jenny Connor and Sarah Barlow Viewers of the ITV soap saw him bash his niece over the head with a bottle and a final showdown with Jenny then led to him holding her hostage during his bid to escape before being mown down in a car by Peter Barlow, moments after he’d set Jenny free. READ MORE: Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver bags new role away from the cobbles - and looks almost unrecognisable READ MORE: Read more of our Coronation Street stories here Then, just as the audience was still reeling from the shock of Stephen’s death, with mum Audrey crouched over him, another bombshell was dropped as Tim Metcalfe, who’d been attacked by Stephen earlier in the week and his lifeless body dumped in the boot of his taxi, opened his eyes.
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