Good news for Corrie fans – Carla Connor will be returning to the cobbles in the not-too-distant future.
The bad news is that her return isn’t quite what partner Peter Barlow was hoping for as Carla is still very unwell. Will there every be a happy ending for
the Coronation Street couple?
When Carla eventually comes back to Weatherfield next week, she’s not in a good place.
She’s still extremely fragile and believes she sees her dead brother Aidan in the ruins of Underworld.
She then heads to what’s left of the roof where she yells down to Peter that she should be dead.
Luckily, he’s able to talk to her down, but Carla will spend some time in a psychiatric hospital where she’ll be put on anti-psychotic drugs.
Carla’s latest suicide attempt will be her third, and the second time Peter has saved her.
Not very well in all honesty.
After staying off the booze for over four years, he relapsed last week, downing whisky at home before heading to the Rovers
where he demanded more booze.
He was only stopped when his son Simon played a game of chicken with him, telling him he’d match him drink for drink. A drunken Peter became ashamed
of himself and what he was putting his son through.
But he’s more than aware that he’d likely to drink again at any moment and is looking at a stint in rehab.
Carla – played by Alison King – went missing earlier this month after suffering a horrific breakdown. The mental collapse was brought on by the roof of
Underworld caving in, killing Rana Habeeb.
But everything Carla has been through in the past year has taken its toll, losing her brother Aidan to suicide and having to undergo a kidney transplant.
Carla’s mental health began to deteriorate when Alya Nazir maliciously sent her some messages on social media, pretending to be from Rana. Carla became confused and thought the nurse was still alive.
She also became delusional and paranoid, thinking Peter – Chris Gascoyne -had been brainwashed and that everyone was out to get her. Peter realised Carla was extremely unwell when he found her outside the remains of Underworld, barefoot.
He took her to the medical centre, where Toyah Battersby called the mental health crisis team but Carla managed to escape through the window.
Peter began a desperate bid to find her, posting her photo on social media. He managed to track her down to a run down estate where she used to live.
Her card had been used there and Peter was hopeful he’d find her, but had no luck.
