CORONATION Street fans all have the same complaint about Gail Platt.
The iconic character – who is played by actress Helen Worth in the ITV soap – finally realised something was wrong with her brother Stephen Reid tonight.
Viewers know Stephen is a bankrupt killer, rather than the successful millionaire he claims to be – and this Christmas he messed up.
He gifted David and Shona a travel pillow for Christmas, and then re-gifted a hip flask to David for his birthday today.
The strange gifts had Gail confused and she realised that Stephen was hiding something from her.
And when she discovered that the hip flash came from Elaine, Gail knew she had to act.
Determined to get to the bottom of things she called his ex-wife Gabrielle.
She filled her in on Stephen stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds and so she confronted him.
Tracking him down on the cobbles, Gail demanded the truth from Stephen, but Elaine wouldn’t leave.
“Stephen, do me the courtesy of telling me the truth,” Gail said.
“Did you steal from the company and run up huge debts? Explain it to me. Gabrielle’s in a terrible state and I can’t believe you’d do something like this.”
As she boxed Stephen into a corner, Elaine interrupted and claimed Stephen was being coercively controlled by Gabrielle.
Gail appeared to believe him and took him back to her’s, before demanding answers about the estate agent at Grasmere Drive.
He flew into a rage – and Gail backed down and she told him everything would be OK.
Fans can’t believe she would be so stupid, especially when her late husband Richard Hillman wrote the book on killing for cash.
One wrote: “Stephen’s re gifting…! He’s in for it now with Gail on his back… or is he?”
A second said: “Oh dear – Gail’s falling for this coercive control story.”
Another added: “Elaine you pushover and Gail stick with your suspicions!”
