Coronation Street fans have decided who should die in upcoming murder twist | Soaps

This week, I wrote a piece about the inordinate amount of villains currently dominating Coronation Street currently, and who could potentially bring about their comeuppance.

It seems as though Corrie viewers are more than ready for a couple of them to pay for their various crimes sooner rather than later.

Evidently unhinged bunny boiler, Jodie Ramsey (Olivia Frances-Brown), grade-A slimeball, Carl Webster (Jonathan Howard), murderer Maggie Driscoll (Pauline McLynn), psychopathic abuser Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) and paedophile Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon) all occupying the Street at the same time is no coincidence.

The ranks of Weatherfield villainy have been bolstered prior to the upcoming flash-forward murder twist, in which one will lose their life, but it seems the front-loading of baddies on the soap has caused some serious fatigue.

Soap viewers flooded the comment section of my original piece (thanks, guys!) with plenty to say about who they’d be happy to say goodbye to, while the poll results show a landslide victory (or loss) for one particular character. Let’s explore, shall we?

The poll results

With 68% of the votes, it’s crystal clear: Corrie viewers are ready to see the back of Theo.

It’s hardly shocking, though. Scenes of Theo abusing his victim, Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce), have been incredibly graphic and raw and have undoubtedly had an enormous impact on viewers.

While Carl and Jodie’s crimes have been heightened and soapy, Maggie’s murder of her husband coming in the form of a flashback and Megan’s abuse of Will Driscoll (Lucas Hodgson-Wale) being largely (and thankfully) of-screen, with star Beth confirming that physical contact between the two is kept to a minimum due to Lucas’ age, Theo’s misdeeds have almost certainly hit viewers the hardest.

Viewers have seen Todd force-fed food, verbally abused, doused in milk, having his face smashed against a mirror, being beaten and generally terrorised, all the while being cut off from his loved ones, George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley), Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby), Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) and Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank), who’s death Theo orchestrated.

The abuse plot has also been running for nearly eight months with absolutely no catharsis or sign of salvation for Todd. In fact, it’s been quite the opposite, with Theo’s abuse becoming increasingly vicious as he ensures that Todd is completely decimated and under his control.

What are Corrie viewers saying about Theo?

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In the comment section, it became incredibly apparent that while Theo is currently Coronation Street’s least favourite villain, fans are ready for a break from the deluge of baddies.

‘This is a bad time for the street, need to get rid of these poor characters and start writing realistic storylines, soap operas shouldn’t be Hollywood style blockbusters, they’re supposed to be ordinary stories about ordinary people,’ said Alan Ashburn, echoing sentiments recently shared by Corrie legend, Sally Ann Matthews, who played Jenny Connor on-and-off between 1986 and 2025.

Wendy Brazier (with a clever pun on the article title) said: ‘Running and ruining the cobbles…’, while Yvonne Thornton pulled no punches: ‘Time they all did one.’

Janna Dawson pleaded for some light to return to the Street: ‘Too many dark souks…let’s lighten the street please’, with Lorraine Rowley echoing her sentiment: ‘They all need gone, the story lines are too dark…get Debbie out of prison, lets have some laughter back, she is a ray of sunshine’.

Nicola Jayne Dickinson agreed: ‘When is it going to become nice and cheerful and funny again?’

Jean de Tourtoulon said: ‘Ruining the cobbles it’s been appalling for years , we loved the funny one liners, now we just get ridiculous dragged out storylines which make no real sense,’

While Patrick Moore added: ‘Get rid of all of them – the constant turnaround of villains is beyond ridiculous. Start concentrating on the regular characters again; you know it’s overkill when you have like 5 big baddies and you even add another one.’

It’s evident that fans are hungry for less baddies and more light-hearted comedy. With one of the five due to meet their maker, will that go some way to address the balance?

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