ITV Coronation Street fans point out issue as Toyah and Spider kidnapping ends in major twist
17.07.2023 - 21:11
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Coronation Street viewers were treated to a major twist as the kidnapping plot involving Toyah Habeeb and Spider Nugent reached its climax in tonight's episode (Monday, July 17). The ITV soap opened its latest instalment with Toyah still held hostage in the back of a van with Spider desperate to find her.
Fans soon learned that Spider had worked out the kidnapper was a woman called Maggie, whose husband was a drug dealer Spider had "busted" in his role as an undercover policeman - and that she was now hellbent on revenge. Spider received a text from Maggie detailing a location at some waste ground, and raced there to find Maggie was armed with a gun.
Maggie told Spider that she wanted him "to know what it is like to have the person you love most in the world go missing", and the dramatic scenes culminated in both Spider and Toyah on their knees. Spider told Maggie her husband was a "scumbag heroin dealer", and ordered Toyah to run, at which point a shot rang out.
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Toyah turned to see Spider lying apparently fatally injured on the ground. But, after a further exchange with Maggie that left her on the ground instead, Spider leapt up to show he'd been wearing a police-issue bulletproof vest and radioed for backup.
By the end of the episode Spider was seen reaffirming his commitment to his job as an undercover policeman. However, writing on Twitter, some fans pointed out the sheer speed with which Spider jumped to his feet to apprehend Maggie, expressing disbelief.
Ryan Glendenning @RyanTheSoapking said: "How did Spider get up so quickly? He literally looked dead."
Dave @DavidMackayy observed: "Spider got up quick and hit her quick didn’t he??