FURIOUS Coronation Street fans have hit out, claiming it feels like they're 'watching a different show'. Their comments were particularly directed towards the ongoing Lauren Bolton storyline which has spanned several months. Taking to forum site Reddit, one viewer pointed out a "problem" with the plot, claiming they hadn't seen anyone mention it before.
They wrote: "There's too many new characters.. "Joel, Swain, Bobby, Betsy, Lauren and Dee Dee (love her but she is fairly new) are all relatively new characters.
"It feels like I'm watching a different show sometimes." Read more on Coronation Street ROVER AND OUT Coronation Street’s Sean Wilson said soap was ‘in crisis’ before axe wedding bells Corrie star marries famous actor boyfriend after welcoming first child Another fan agreed, also highlighting Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) and Mason Radcliffe (Luca Toolan) as examples. They penned: "It feels weird watching Mason and Betsy talk about a situation involving Joel, which started because Betsy met Joel through Sabrina, who was introduced via Gav, who was himself only introduced in the last couple of years.
I could go on. "Too many new characters, and also too much focus on them." While a third chimed in: "Daisy & Jenny were consistent characters that just seemed to vanish.
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Why? Less fun, overall as well. Most read in Soaps EN-DEERING! Joel Deering’s crimes finally exposed in Corrie - but the police have bad news HOLY MOLY Hollyoaks star QUITS soap after 13 years onscreen & has filmed his final scenes TOUGH STORY Emmerdale hit by almost 300 Ofcom complaints as fans SLAM 'cruel' abuse plot dales drama Emmerdale fans tear into ‘patronising’ villager for supporting Tom King "Also, Daniel, where is he? A lot of characters taking back seat to these new characters to me is strange." It comes as a recently aired shocking twist finally exposed solicitor Joel Deering (Calum Lill) as an abuser of young women, including Lauren.
Joel Deering's sick plan for pregnant Lauren Bolton revealed in Coronation Street After realising Joel had been deceiving her for months, his fiancee Dee-Dee (Channique Sterling-Brown) started to piece things together. She deduced Joel had been Lauren's secret boyfriend from months ago, working out he'd hidden the necklace from police , therefore had lied to her. When visiting Lauren at the hospital, Dee-Dee was horrified to discover Joel there visiting newborn Frankie - as everything fell into place.
Speaking to Lauren, Dee-Dee learned the truth of how Joel had groomed and abused the younger woman. Dee-Dee further realised Joel had drugged Lauren and then left her locked in the flat to miscarry alone. Most complained about soap storylines Over the years, all three of the main soaps have featured plots that have had even die-hard fans reaching for their phones and laptops so they can get in touch with Ofcom and complain .
Here are just some of the most scandalous...
EastEnders baby theft: 13,400 Ofcom complaints - Back in 2011, EastEnders was flooded with complaints when Ronnie Branning (RIP) swapped her baby for the dead son of Kat Moon. The storyline drew the most number of objections in the soap’s long history and saw it roundly criticised by campaigners - with 13,400 flying in over the course of the storyline. Some viewers called it “distressing” and “horrific” but Ofcom ruled the scenes were not "unduly disturbing”.
Emmerdale dog-napping: 550 Ofcom complaints - Back in 2016, Ross Barton and Charity Dingle came up with a plan to steal a dog and hold it ransom - but viewers didn’t like it one bit. The nation’s pet owners rose up, insisting the storyline would encourage copycats (not to mention copydogs). Complaints over two episodes totalled a staggering 550 and soap writers quickly learnt you don’t mess with animal-lovers.
Coronation Street double murder: 546 Ofcom complaints - Marginally less people complained about a gruesome double murder than objected to a dog-napping plot when Pat Phelan was at the centre of a spate of killings . First he forced Andy Carver to shoot dead Vinny Ashford - and then Pat killed Andy. All the bloodshed back in 2017 proved to be too much for some viewers, who lodged complaints in vast numbers about the “violent scenes”.
As Lauren broke down over the thought that Joel tried to kill her baby - and potentially her, Dee-Dee helped find the strength to speak to the police . Unfortunately, Joel overheard the conversation from outside and enacted his own plan. Read more on the Scottish Sun BEARY CUTE ‘Cosy season's here early’ beam Primark shoppers as ‘cute’ £8 buy hits shelves ON CUE I'm a 7x snooker world champ - now I do something never done before on YouTube How will the storyline ultimately come to an end? Coronation Street airs on ITV1 and is available to watch on ITVX.
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