Coronation Street fans spot Betsy Swain's 'full circle moment' as she's shot by mum and Rob Donovan
The teenager became the shock victim of Rob Donovan's plot for at armed siege
Coronation Street fans think Betsy Swain has experienced a 'full circle moment' as she became the shock victim of Rob Donovan's plot for at armed siege.
The convicted murderer came back into his sister Carla Connor's life earlier in the year after her nephew, Bobby, pleaded with his dad to consider being Carla's donor after she contracted sepsis and was told she'd need a kidney transplant.
While he initially refused and showed Bobby glimpses of his true colours, he later had a change of heart and appealed to both Bobby and Carla, claiming he was a changed man.
However, as fans of the ITV soap know, it was all part of Rob's plan to escape prison. While his attempted getaway didn't go as planned, with DS Lisa Swain tricking him into going through with the operation first, he still ended up on the run.
But last week, he returned to Weatherfield where he called on his ex-fiancée Tracy Barlow for help. He tried to play on their past to get her to help him and while she did agree, he ended up holding her hostage in her dad Ken Barlow's beloved home.
As his desperation to stay a free man increased, so did his erratic behaviour and Tracy soon discovered Rob had a gun, and he didn't seem afraid to use it. When she insisted on calling an ambulance with his health in an obvious decline as he bled from his surgical wound, Rob wielded the gun in her face.
He then demanded that she call his sister Carla, weeks after they last came face-to-face when, with the help of prison officer Mandy, they kidnapped the Underworld factory boss and took to to an abandoned warehouse.
During Tuesday's (March 25) episode, Tracy agreed to get Carla to Rob and she create a ruse to ensure the Underworld factory boss turned up. Carla was horrified when she did arrive and found a gravely ill Rob, who forced Tracy to serve Carla an out-of-date meal of spaghetti on toast.
Knowing his time was up, Rob, still brandishing the gun, revealed to the Underworld factory boss that his plan was to make her watch him die so that the memories would haunt her forever.
Carla tried her best to talk to him and started discussing memories from their childhood, but Rob seemed intent on going ahead with his plan regardless Distracting him, Tracy seized her chance to escape, raising the alarm with Lisa on the way out, who swapped places with the florist.
In the end, their was a scuffle between Rob and Lisa with the gun and a shot rang out. Armed police then stormed No.1 Coronation Street with Lisa dropping the gun and putting her hands in the air, while Carla pushed her brother to the flood and held his hand as they were faced with the armed police.
DC Kit Green arrested Rob but that wasn't the end of the drama as Lisa discovered her daughter Besty had been hit by the rogue bullet.
In the ginnel, with the bullet having gone through the back window of No.1, Betsy was quickly seen being given medical treatment before she she was bundled into the back of an ambulance. As she did, the terrified teen begged her mum not to let her die but it will be an anxious wait to see if Betsy will fully recover.
But it doesn't seem Betsy being the victim of Rob's return came as a surprise to all Corrie fans as they discussed the end of the hostage situation on social media.
@TVMusings22 said: "Sorry fandom but it had to be Betsy for many reasons. #corrie." @swoosh286 commented: "Not the time (sorry) but Betsy orchestrating the factory robbery kicked off this chain of events so I guess it was kinda fitting it came full circle and ended with her! #swarla."
@eternitydropped echoed: "Betsy caused the break in at the factory. Carla got injured in the break in and ended up needing a new kidney Rob escaped prison because Carla needed a new kidney Betsy got shot because of Rob Full circle moment? #Corrie."
@graziacarlos noted: "Betsy orchestrated the robbery of the factory - Carla gets head injury - Carla gets sepsis - Carla needs kidney - well hello Rob -Rob doesn’t get his own way -Rob knocks Lisa out and escapes - hostage 2.0 -Betsy gets shot ERGO Bets technically shot herself #swarla #corrie."
@RyanTheSoapking shared: "A full circle karma moment for Betsy as she started the whole situation in the first place with the factory robbery. #Corrie." @vjw79 added: "Well. If you set the Radcliffe brothers on our Carla, cause her brain bleed, sepsis, kidney infection…needs new kidney…where to go…Rob…strange how karma can get you young Betsy. Let this be a lesson to you! But also get well soon! #Corrie."