Coronation Street viewers urged Anna Windass to just “run run run!” after she managed to escape from police custody in dramatic scenes in the ITV soap.
Anna (Debbie Rush) has been in jail after being framed for pushing Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni) off the ladder, but is transferred to hospital after collapsing.
Seeing an opportunity, she covers herself in a huge coat and makes a break for freedom in Wednesday night’s episodes.
Viewers were gripped as Anna fled.
“Run #Anna Run girl!! #corrie,” urged one fan on Twitter.
— olympia (@ollychick) December 13, 2017
“Yas Anna, you go girl!” said another excited viewer.
Yas Anna, you go girl #Corrie
— Lee Bettinson (@Lee_J11) December 13, 2017
“Poor Anna on the run for being innocent for a crime she didn’t do,” said another.
Poor Anna on the run for being innocent for a crime she didn't do😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔😩😩😩😩 #Corrie
— Summaya❤️😝😎🤓😜 (@summaya_i) December 13, 2017
“Free the Weatherfield One, too late, Anna has done it herself,” another person joked.
Free the Weatherfield One, too late, Anna has done it herself. #Corrie
— Diane ☣ (@Brassylassy) December 13, 2017
Run Anna Run 😂😂 #corrie pic.twitter.com/By0N9id7Rj
— Vanessa Lee-Dowles🌹 (@VanessaLDowles) December 13, 2017
Run, Anna, run! #corrie pic.twitter.com/ffSbg5nMJu
— 🎅🏻 Krampusdamki 🎅🏻 (@SkunkAdamski) December 13, 2017
However, not all viewers were convinced that Anna was the sort of person who could make it on the run.
One fan said: “I don’t think this Anna storyline with her going on the run is having the dramatic effect that #corrie was hoping for, I’m actually laughing at how ridiculous it is !!!!!”
I don't think this Anna storyline with her going on the run is having the dramatic effect that #corrie was hoping for, I'm actually laughing at how ridiculous it is !!!!! 😀😀
— Hutcherson Mellark (@mrsjhutch28) December 13, 2017
“Anna has got to be the worst and most obvious runaway convict in #Corrie. Why would you walk slowly and look all around. Just run run run,” said another.
Anna has got to be the worst and most obvious runaway convict in #Corrie. Why would you walk slowly and look all around. Just run run run.
— Alan Honey (@alanactor123) December 13, 2017
Rush announced in July that she would be leaving Corrie this year, after playing Anna for almost a decade.
A soap spokesman said at the time that there would be “plenty more drama and twists in the tale” before she left Weatherfield.