Cold Feet viewers were brought to tears on Monday night as beloved character Charlie Sinclair returned from the dead.
Played by Ivanno Jeremiah, Charlie was a friend of Jenny Gifford's (Faye Ripley) who lost his battle to cancer in season 8.
On Monday's episode, in an attempt to come to terms with her own chemotherapy, Jenny went to sit on Charlie's bench, only for him to appear as a figment of her imagination and offer advice.
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Fans became an emotional mess at Charlie's unexpected return, with one viewer tweeting: "Just looking at Charlie brings tears to my eyes."
Another wrote: "Aww Jenny's talking to Charlie on his memorial bench. Beautiful scene with them just now. Fay Ripley deserves to be winning awards for her performance."
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Speaking about her chemotherapy scenes, Ripley recently told The Mirror Online: "I can't emphasise enough, I'm aware I am pretending. For me, it's about responsibility and getting it right.
"For the people actually going through it, it's life and death – it's family, it's fear. It's the really big, scary stuff in life."
Check out more of the reactions to Charlie's poignant return below.
Cold Feet airs on ITV.
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