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Coronation Street ‘too dark’ following Joel whodunnit reveal, fans blast

Fans of Coronation Street have complained that the soap has gone 'too dark' following the murder of Joel Deering.

The last few weeks have grown increasingly grim as the residents of Weatherfield learned that someone had murdered Joel – and the police scrambled to find out who was responsible. It was Lauren who done it (Credit: ITV./YouTube) Writing on a Reddit thread, a number of Corrie viewers shared their thoughts on the current state of the soap. Meanwhile, Ken returned to Weatherfield and was set to give Cassie her marching orders – only for her to seemingly start drugging him in an apparent bid to keep her job.

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