Developments in the case against Pat Phelan (played by Connor McIntyre) saw police make their way round to the Tinker flat in yesterday’s episode of Coronation Street.
The residence used to be home to Phelan’s murder victim Andy Carver (Oliver Farnworth) and police wanted to search his last known address.
However, the disruption deeply affected Craig (Colson Smith) and his condition went into overdrive when he struggled to go through his rituals on the ITV soap.
The teenager panicked and locked the door, leaving the authorities and his family on the other side.
They pleaded with Craig to open the door, but it fell on deaf ears.
His friend Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon) managed to get into the flat by the balcony fire door and she was shocked to see Craig in such a state.
Luckily, the incident led to Craig telling his family everything.
Maria Connor (Samia Ghadie) and his mum Beth Tinker (Lisa George) suggested to Craig that he might have OCD and they persuaded him to go and see the doctor.
Later on, Craig managed to get an appointment with GP Ali Neeson (James Burrows).
Although, viewers didn’t believe that in real life he would be able to get an appointment so quickly, and branded it “unrealistic”.
Those watching at home were stunned at the turn of events and took to Twitter to comment.
One fan stated: “The most unrealistic thing about Corrie is Craig gettin an appointment w/ the GP the day he rings up.”
“Wish I lived in Wetherfield #Corrie Seems like you can get a doctor’s appointment at a drop of a hat. I’ve just waited 6 weeks for an appointment to get a repeat prescription even though I said the wait was so long I would run out of pills. #doctorsappointments,” another wrote.
“Craig got that doctor’s appointment within 5 minutes! Most surgeries would book him in 2 weeks’ later, if he was really lucky! Another unrealistic event in #corrie,” a third added.
While a fourth chimed in: “So has Craig got an instant Drs appointment or is this at least 4 weeks later – like the real world #Corrie #soapland vs #realworld.”
Despite the criticism of the timescale, fans have been quick to praise the hard-hitting mental health storyline.
One fan tweeted: “Corrie are doing a fab job with Craig’s storyline. I think they’re playing out the story so well and it’s good that you are creating awareness, a lot of people suffer with OCD and many people don’t understand it! #Corrie #ocd #craig #Awareness #Bethany @itvcorrie.”
“@itvcorrie so nice to see this condition talked about on TV to help raise awareness.. so many suffer in silence, and don’t realise there is help out there! #Corrie,” posted another.
A third wrote: “@itvcorrie I’m so pleased #Corrie is doing this storyline. My son has OCD and I don’t think a lot of people realise how debilitating it can be.”
Coronation Street continues tomorrow at 7.30pm on ITV.
