If Megan is the new type of cold and calculating villain, Becky Swain is the kind of character that evokes both fear and… pity in the audience.

Believed to have died in an accident while on duty under DI Costello, Becky returns to Coronation Street as a living ghost – shocking Lisa, Betsy, and the police force alike.

But instead of a gentle reunion, Becky’s return is rapidly spiraling into a desperate, life-or-death series of actions, especially as new spoilers reveal she’s being targeted by her enemies with death threats.

Becky spent years in a state of near-death, observing Lisa and Betsy from afar, only to return at the very moment Lisa is about to start a new life with Carla Connor.

In Becky’s eyes, it was an unacceptable replacement: she not only lost her wife, but also her place as a mother in Betsy’s life. This feeling of being “robbed” fueled Becky’s subsequent actions, driven by an obsession: to reclaim her family at all costs. And “at all costs” in Corrie’s world was never a safe phrase.

When DI Costello – Becky’s former superior – was attacked, suspicions began to swirl: some believed Costello was hiding something about the “fake death” from years ago, others blamed the old criminal gang, but fans and characters in the film alike couldn’t ignore the possibility of Becky’s involvement. She was both the only one with a motive to silence Costello permanently and had a dark enough past for the audience to believe she could go that far. Meanwhile, other spoilers reveal that Becky herself is also being targeted, receiving death threats that put her life in jeopardy – turning her from a suspect into a target at the same time.