Coronation Street fans point out blunder as Elaine collapses in 'silly storyline'
16.06.2023 - 03:32
/ ok.co.uk
Coronation Street fans have criticised a "pathetic" plot blunder as Stephen Reid failed to kill off his partner Elaine Jones. The shady businessman had villainous plans to bump off oblivious Elaine, who he'd taken a life insurance plan out on, and use the money to pay Carla Connor for her share of the factory.
His dastardly plot involved replacing Elaine's (Paula Wilcox) blood pressure pills with caffeine tablets, but Corrie fans were unconvinced by some of the details of the storyline. In Wednesday's episode of the ITV soap, viewers saw Elaine become dizzy and fall to the ground, hitting her head on the table which Stephen (Todd Boyce) hoped would have killed her off, ready for his insurance claim.
But miraculously, Elaine survived the fall and was still alive when the ambulance arrived to take her to hospital. One viewer complained: "So Stephen is now trying to kill Elaine? Honestly, when is this storyline going to end?" Someone else questioned the authenticity of how paramedics acted, tweeting: "This storyline with Elaine and Stephen is getting pathetic.
She has a serious head injury and they’re all standing around the ambulance having a good chin wag." Others pointed out that Stephen would immediately be rumbled if blood tests were done, as one person tweeted: "If the paramedics have done their job properly, they'll have taken Elaine's blood pressure tablet bottle with them." Someone else added: "Won’t the doctors in the hospital do a blood test on Elaine?" Another viewer agreed: "Surely all that caffeine will show up in Elaine's post mortem." One person commented: "I really hope they do a blood test on Elaine since it’s one thing they always fail to do on the cobbles. I mean the writers weren’t smart enough to clock
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