CORONATION Street fans think loan shark Rick Neelan survived Gary Windass’ murder attempt.
The villain – who is played by actor Greg Wood in the ITV soap – was presumed to have been bludgeoned to death by builder Gary earlier this year, but viewers didn’t see his dead body and are convinced he will now return to take revenge on Gary.
Writing on a Digital Spy forum thread, one suspicious fan wrote: “We haven’t seen the body so I do wonder if Rick might still be alive and laying low.
“Soap rules if you don’t see the person’s death they could be alive.
“I just can’t see Corrie making Gary a murderer. Rana’s death was an accident as he never set out to kill anyone and the factory was empty.”
A second said: “I am not surprised they didn’t show the scene.
“It really is very hard to imagine him turning the tables on Rick. Virtually everyone in Weatherfield has bashed him up which makes the current transformation very hard to believe. That vacant stare doesn’t get the job done.”
A third commented: “It really is very hard to imagine him turning the tables on Rick. Virtually everyone in Weatherfield has bashed him up which makes the current transformation very hard to believe.”
Another added: “He’s probably more than likely IS alive!”
However, others thought Gary’s description of how he killed Rick was too detailed for him to have survived.
One said: “Considering Gary’s graphic detail of how he killed him, it’s not surprising they never showed the body, and if they did would it be recognisable.”
Gary told Sharon earlier this week how he had a choice to run away from Rick but instead decided to stay and kill him and described it in graphic detail.
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