Corrie viewers were shocked as Natasha Blakeman was brutally gunned down in a tragic case of mistaken identity in Friday night's thrilling double bill.
Natasha, played by Rachel Leskovac, was in the wrong place at the wrong time and in the same Halloween costume as Leanne Battersby when she was shot by drugs lord Harvey Gaskell.
After surviving falling into a sinkhole Harvey, played by Will Mellor, got hold of Abi Franklin's gun and went after Leanne, played by Jane Danson.
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Harvey spotted Leanne's Morticia Addams Halloween costume and followed.
Inside Leanne and partner Nick Tilsley's flat he spotted a figure running in the dark and fired.
It seemed at first that Leanne had been killed by Harvey in Friday's Coronation Street double bill.
But as Nick arrived followed by the real Leanne, it emerged that it was Natasha who had been shot.
"Ahhhh it was Natashaaaaaa," cried one Coronation Street fan on Twitter about the twist.
"IT'S NATASHA TWIIISSSSTT," shouted another.
"Totally forgot that Natasha and Leanne were wearing the same costume! Brilliant writing, epic storylines!" praised another viewer.
The last we heard from Natasha, who shares a son Sam with Nick, the doting mum had been driving back to Weatherfield from London in a torrential storm.
She had warned Nick that she was unlikely make it back in time to join the Halloween party on the cobbles.
Fans rushed to ask questions about her unexpected appearance.
"Why was Natasha in the flat?" asked one.
"How did Natasha get into Nick and Leannes flat?" asked another.
"How did Natasha get in the flat?" another asked.
Nick's ex arrived back on Coronation Street last year in scenes when Leanne's three-year-old son Oliver was terminally ill.
Nick's world was turned upside down when he discovered that he had a secret 10-year-old son with Natasha.
Fans are now hoping Sam's mum will pull through.
