A ROMANTIC moment left two Weatherfield residents reeling in Coronation Street.
Carla Connor (Alison King) was nearly attacked in the Underworld factory in Monday’s episode of the ITV soap.
After attending court for GBH, Carla mouthed off to the victim’s dad Tom, the dad of the lad she knocked over.
But she soon regretted it after he later turned up at the factory when everyone else had gone and Tom has followed her back from court.
He threatened Carla and forced his body onto her – until DS Lisa Swaine (Vicky Myers) barged in and ripped him off her.
After his arrest, a shaken Carla thanked Lisa and they later had a heart to heart over some glasses of wine in Carla’s apartment.
Carla opened up about spiralling after she received divorce papers from her ex husband Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne).
But Lisa reassured her that she still has a lot going for her.
When Carla asked Lisa about her past relationships, Lisa said she is focused on her career and her daughter Betsy (Sydney Martin).
She criticised herself for falling for people too quickly, which made Carla rush to defend and compliment her.
When they embraced, sparks flew and the pair shared a tender moment as they almost kissed.
An overwhelmed Lisa rushed off, leaving Carla reeling and confused.
Will they confess their feelings for each other?
Meanwhile, Lisa made an unsettling discovery after DI Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) uncovered sent text messages from Joel Deering’s (Calum Lill) laptop.
She was left horrified after reading threatening texts from Joel that he was going to kill her daughter Betsy.
And Betsy failed to mention these texts to her mum.
LOVE triangles are a fundamental part of soap-land, but which ones have become the most iconic?
EASTENDERS
Bradley/Stacey/Max: Stacey Slater began an affair with boyfriend Bradley Branning’s dad Max in 2007.
Despite their romps, Stacey still married Bradley, but their deceit came out in an iconic Christmas Day episode that year.
Grant/Sharon/Phil: Heading even further back in Walford history, EastEnders fans were gripped in the 90s as Sharon Watts had a one-night stand with her brother-in-law Phil Mitchell.
Sharon confided in best friend Michelle Fowler – not realising it was caught on tape – and her husband Grant eventually found out and played it in front of everyone at the Queen Vic.
Syed/Amira/Christian: Syed Masood was engaged to Amira before realising he had feelings for another man, Christian, which he confessed to him on his wedding day.
A devout Muslim, Syed refused to admit his true sexuality and went ahead and married Amira anyway, but when they returned, the two men started an affair before being caught in the act by Amira.
CORONATION STREET
Shelley/Peter/Lucy: Peter Barlow took the concept of a love triangle and ran with it in Coronation Street – extending it to bigamy.
He was in a relationship with Shelley Unwin but started dating Lucy Richards, and quickly married her after she fell pregnant with his son, Simon.
But it didn’t stop him also marrying Shelley, but he was eventually caught when Lucy turned up in Weatherfield and the two women confronted him.
Ken/Deidre/Mike: Back in 1982, Deirdre Barlow started sleeping with her husband’s nemesis Mike Baldwin in secret, before confessing all a year later.
When Mike turned up at the marital home, Deirdre was being throttled by her husband who then kicked her out, but years later they reconciled.
Maria/Aidan/Eva: In 2017, Aidan Connor started sleeping with girlfriend Eva Price’s best friend, Maria Connor.
Eva eventually found out and she decided to take revenge by faking a pregnancy, spending his money and planned to confront him on their wedding day.
But she had a change of heart when a remorseful Aidan confessed, and decided to marry him anyway, only for Maria to arrive and expose her fake pregnancy.
EMMERDALE
Ross/Debbie/Pete: Debbie Dingle found herself torn between two brothers, Ross and Pete Barton in 2015 in Emmerdale.
She eventually decided to marry Pete but yet again, a soap wedding day was ruined when the groom learned of his bride’s betrayal via a recording played at the wedding.
Chrissie/Robert/Aaron: Robert Sugden was married to Chrissie White and all seemed well – until he began a steamy affair with Aaron Dingle.
Robert’s ex Katie Sugden almost exposed the affair – but fell to her death before she had the chance.
However, a guilty Aaron eventually cracked and told Chrissie about the affair – after which she announced it to the whole pub.
Later, Lisa’s boss told her that she can no longer work on Joel’s case as she had become too involved and it will cloud her judgement.
She protested that no one else knows the details and the depths of the case more than her, but that couldn’t stop Kit for stepping in instead.
Can Kit get to the bottom of Joel’s disappearance? And can Lisa stay away?
Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
