Coronation Street fans were left stunned as Katie McGlynn made a surprise appearance as Sinead Tinker in last night’s episode.
The character passed away in October last year, after a long battle with cervical cancer. However, she made a brief reappearance on Friday as her husband, Daniel Osbourne, had a vision of his late wife – and mistook Bethany Platt for her.
Gary Windass attacked Daniel after Maria Connor caught the measles from his son, Bertie, and lost her baby. As Bethany tended to Daniel, the two of them got caught in a downpour – and they ran inside to get dry, as Daniel looked after Bertie.
He told Bethany to put her clothing in the dryer, giving her one of Sinead’s robes to wear – and then he fell asleep on the sofa. When he woke up to singing, he saw and heard Sinead – and not Bethany, who was actually in the room.
The scenes left fans feeling particularly emotional.
Did I just see what Daniel saw, Sinead?! #Corrie ?
— Garry Enfield (@EnfieldGarry) January 31, 2020
Did Daniel really see sinead :o #Corrie
— stacey parkes (@staceymp1987) February 1, 2020
Am im going crazy?! That is Sinead! I swear! @itvcorrie #corrie #sinead pic.twitter.com/g2WffA4qYo
— Ellie Knowlden ? (@EllieKnowlden) February 1, 2020
Omg I’ve missed Sinead so much #Corrie
— Mia? (@miahazelx) January 31, 2020
oh my god sinead’s voice ? #corrie
— stacey ⚓️ (@carlasbarlow) January 31, 2020
Omg Daniel seeing Sinead instead of Bethany ? #Corrie
— Shaheen Ashraf (@topgooner100) January 31, 2020
The Sun report that Katie made a brief return to Weatherfield to film the heartbreaking scene.
“We were delighted that Katie returned to the film the scene,” a spokesperson for the soap said. “It gave them extra authenticity and made it a much more powerful scene in the same way that Bhavna did when she returned as Rana for Carla’s psychosis episode.”
