Second take on the Corrie murder reveal

Yes, it's another blog post about the murder of Frank Foster and outcome, a mother so distraught, anguished and angry that she lashed out and ended up killing her own child. Will Anne go to jail or to a psychiatric facility because she's very close to the edge.

I thoroughly enjoyed the whole Frank Foster storyline from the beginnings when he was overly aggressive with Maria, to his take-control wooing of Carla who loved another but couldn't have him so took what was on offer, to the rape and trial and the aftermath, conniving to cheat Carla out of the factory.

I think the casting of Andrew Lancel was great and adding Gwen Taylor in the mix to play his mother was inspired. I think they even looked like mother and son. When the climax of a story leaves me a bit breathless, like it did tonight, I know the Powers That Be have done their job.

As usual, I've had a longer look at it over here.


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For your consideration, another murder suspect on Corrie

Over the weekend I was thinking about Frank's murder. A lot of the blog fans, and even I was of the opinion that Frank's mother Anne would be the killer. But there are two suspects foremost in my mind now.

I've not completely discounted Anne, because she's devious enough to put on a tragic front, manipulative enough to throw suspicion on anyone else but I think she may overhear Frank confessing to Sally and realizes he was as bad as everyone said he was. It would likely be accidental if this is the case.

The other suspect is Jenny, the new client and our regular commenter Frosty mentioned it as well. We know that she initially expressed sympathy for Carla after the rape but recently there seems to be some back-room manipulations with Frank which are coming out this week. She also may have discovered Frank threatening Sally and confronted him. It could have been self defence as well but as she's not a regular character, theoretically she'll be caught, arrested and then discovered to have killed Frank while fighting him off. The more I think about it, the more I'm leaning this way. She's even more an "expendable crew member" than Anne.

Will Anne stay on after Frank's death? She will likely inherit his share of the factory but considering the contention between she and Carla, it's unlikely.

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Sally Webster is prime suspect in Frank Foster's murder

It will likely be no surprise to anyone that Sally Webster looks to be the prime suspect for the murder of Frank Foster in this year's "I Didn't Do It" stakes.

The Daily Star says Sally will be found standing over the lifeless body of her boss and lover in the factory.  Furthermore, they're saying that Frank has been threatening Sally with the same as he gave Carla after he admits to her that he did, in fact, rape Carla.

We've been pretty sure all along that Sally would experience the dark side of Frank eventually and be instrumental in bringing him to justice. But does she kill him? Does she 'eck! Unless it was clear self defence, the person who's arrested or targeted by the police is never the one that's done the deed. That's the Law of Soaps and that's my "humble" opinion.

But who did kill Frank? We're speculating it could be Frank's mother, Anne, who does seem to be the impulsive sort. You can't imagine a mother killing her own son but if it's her, then maybe it was an accident. Anne doesn't seem to be overly keen on Sally so she may set her up to take the fall.

We're running a poll here to see if you can guess who will be the murderer. 
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