ITV Coronation Street viewers call murder reveal a mess

Coronation Street fans finally found out who Betsy Swain (Sydney Martin) found dead last night (May 1) after months of waiting.

Viewers had been given a glimpse at the upcoming mystery death in Weatherfield during a flash-forward back in February, which was followed by a handful of separate flashback episodes throughout this week.

Leading up to the murder, it was revealed that the potential victims were Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon), Jodie Ramsey (Olivia Frances-Brown), Carl Webster (Jonathan Howard), Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) and Maggie Driscoll (Pauline McLynn).

After several eventful storylines in recent days, from Carl being trapped under Kevin Webster’s (Michael Le Vell) car which resulted in CPR, to Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) discovering that her family home had been trashed before being smacked across the head by Jodie, someone’s fate was finally confirmed.

Towards the end of Friday’s episode, Betsy and friend Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) were on their way to get Betsy’s ID ahead of a night out in Manchester after having a few drinks.

But before they headed back out again to continue their booze-filled night, Lauren told Betsy she needed the toilet.

Heading into a ginnel, Betsy followed behind her singing and after entering the corner shop backyard through the gate, she spotted someone lying on the floor, only to discover it was Theo.

Corrie fans say Friday’s murder episode was a ‘meandering mess’

Although some fans were in shock over his death, many said the 30-minute run time wasn’t long enough, and the end of murder week needed to be an hour as it felt “rushed” due the amount of different storylines.

Others slammed the dramatic episode as a “meandering mess”.

Someone commented on Reddit: “This is when I wish they were an hour again.”

Another agreed: “This episode would have really benefited from being one hour.”

This person wrote: “This episode wins for the most disjointed mess ever.”

In another thread on the r/coronationstreet subreddit, this viewer posted: “I don’t know if anyone will agree with me on this, but tonight’s episode was far too rushed and was deserving of an hour slot.

“Things were all over the place and felt like everything was over explained. Oh well.”

One account replied: “I agree. We watched it twice because I felt I had missed something important.

“I was confused by who the murder victim was at first. I really hope they do a better job with the investigation.”

A profile added: “If any episode should have been an hour long, this was it.

“After what I thought what a great week of episodes, it ends with a whimper not a bang.

“It was a meandering mess for the most part, and far too much focus on Jodie.

“I have nothing against her character and even find her interesting at times, but her storyline is by far the weakest of them all.”

This Reddit user said: “I liked the build ups but this episode felt so rushed and the stakes just wasn’t there.

“I prefer to just see full on drama instead of all this investigation stuff that will certainly drag on for weeks.”

However, there were some fans who disagreed, as this one shared: “Got no idea where any of this is going but I’m reasonably entertained so far to be fair.”

Someone else put: “Dare I say I thought that episode was exactly the stupid fun it should have been, and would have got boring over the course of an hour.

“I even find myself here for a bit of whodunit nonsense now – though not for too long, please…”

Friday’s episode is now available to watch in full on YouTube.

What did you think of Friday’s Corrie episode and Theo’s death? Let us know in the comments below.