Coronation Street viewers and Swarla fans were left in tears ‘like never before’ at the end of Wednesday night’s episode as Carla Connor walked out on Lisa Swain
21:00, 26 Nov 2025Updated 21:32, 26 Nov 2025
Coronation Street fans in tears ‘like never before’ over ‘intense’ breakup(Image: ITV)
Coronation Street fans were left in tears ‘like never before’ at the end of Wednesday night’s episode. The world’s longest-running TV soap has never shied away from airing emotional scenes, and the Weatherfield backstreet has seen more than its fair share of births, deaths and marriages over the course of its 65 year history.
For just over a year now, Carla Connors ‘s romance with DS Lisa Swain has enthralled, and they have become a a social media sensation known as Swarla, but their engagement was marred when Lisa’s wife Becky came ‘back from the dead’ earlier this year. When Lisa arrived on the scene, she revealed that her wife Becky, also a police officer, had been killed in the line of duty some years earlier but she got a shock a few months ago when it emerged that was all a corrupt police cover up centring on a crime gang, and Becky had been alive and well and living in Spain as part of a corrupt cover up.
Since making herself known, Becky has spent the last few months turning up unannounced at number six and bonding with their daughter Betsy once again, all the while trying to win her family back. In recent days, Becky has wormed herself in at number six, having persuaded Carla (Alison King) to let her live with them after claiming that there was a gang after her life. In the latest instalment of the Manchester-based serial, Lisa (Vicky Myers) found her not-dead wife drunk on the street, having helped herself to one of Carla’s good bottles of wine, prompting Lisa to help her back to the house as she stumbled over the threshold.
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Lisa’s wife Becky has caused nothing but trouble for Carla and Lisa since she came back from the dead (Image: ITV)
While all this was going on Carla was waiting over at the Chariot Square hotel where she had booked a table for lunch for herself and Lisa and was dismayed when she didn’t turn up. Later on, Becky had sobered up, showered and came downstairs in a bathrobe, where set about ordering a takeaway for herself, Lisa and their daughter Betsy when Carla arrived back to her own house and was distraught to see the family scene playing out.
Lisa explained: “She was a right mess, so I brought her back here, and then, well, then I saw your missed call. But, Carla, I tried to call you back.” When Carla noted that Becky had made a ‘remarkable recovery’, Becky said: “Always did, didn’t I, Lise?” but the factory boss raged: “Don’t do it! Don’t bang on about your shared past. We all know that you go way back, all right, right before I was even on the scene, but I’m sick of hearing about it. She always does it, Lisa. I want you to leave now!”
When nothing happened, a furious Carla said: ” It’s me that’s in the way. I’m gonna make it dead easy for you,” and stormed out. She did return later that evening, and poured herself a large glass of wine as she and Lisa spoke candidly about their whole situation. When Lisa pointed out that there are people out to kill Becky, Carla said: “That’s why I said it was OK for her to stay here, until she goes to Spain, but we don’t have actually a date for that, do we? And you’re not asking why because….. because she wants to get the band back together, Lisa!”
Carla was left with no choice but to walk out on Lisa(Image: ITV)
Launching into a state, Carla continued: “Why today did she choose to come and nick one of my bottles and get leathered, so leathered that you couldn’t possibly leave her? She did it deliberately! A blind man on a galloping horse can see that, Lisa!”
On the verge of tears, she added: “And do you know what really gets me now? Is all that time I spent patiently, silently listening while you worked through your grief, saying how much you missed her, how much she was the love of your life, and then… ..just when we finally had moved forward, and buried the past, up she pops, doesn’t she? Like a spiky-haired spectre at the feast!”
Fans will recall Carla’s long-running relationship with Peter Barlow, and over the Christmas period two years ago, the Underworld boss paid for his ticket abroad when she knew it was the “right thing to do,” to end it all, and she began thinking the same thing as she brought things to a close with Lisa through tears. Lisa begged Carla not to go, but she reasoned that the only reason Lisa believes everything Becky has to say is because she still loves her.
Just then Becky and Betsy arrived back at home. Carla said: “Here comes your ticket out of here.” Carla kissed Lisa goodbye and walked out, leaving the detective to collapse in floods of tears in her daughter’s arms. Lisa was not the only one crying, as fans of the soap couple took to social media in their droves as they praised the acting of soap legend Alison King, who has starred as Carla for nearly 20 years.
One wrote: “How dare you?! @itvcorrie How dare you make me cry over a fictional couple breaking up on TV?! I have NEVER, EVER cried over a couple like I have over #Swarla breaking up! Absolutely fantastic acting from both Ali & @VixMyers Think their performance made it way more emotional!”
Another said: “here comes your ticket out of here” was a 10/10 line and 10/10 delivery from Ali King. If Lisa did choose her old family she’d actually be booking a ticket to Spain (out of there) with them. Just 10/10!” and a third ERE COMES YOUR TICKET OUT OF HERE [heartbroken emoji].”
A fourth wrote: “If the breakup happened today, what fresh hell are we to be subjected to on Friday? I don’t think I can cope,” and a fifth said: “It honestly must have been so exhausting and intense to film those scenes for AK, VM and the camera crew.”
Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and ITV X. Episodes can also be viewed on ITVX
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