Carla Connor fights for her life in hospital after being brutally attacked in Coronation Street
CARLA Connor is left clinging to life after a shocking attack lands her in hospital in Coronation Street.
Corrie viewers have seen Carla Connor (Alison King) grow close with Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers).
They have supported each other as Carla goes through her messy divorce to Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) and Lisa struggles to parent Betsy (Sydney Martin).
But is it just a friendship, or something more?
Carla felt sparks between them has they shared a bottle of wine, but Lisa ignored it and her.
But Carla doesn’t give up as she makes her feelings known again next week.
Upcoming scenes will see Lisa spell out to Carla that she’s not ready for a relationship.
Returning to the factory Carla’s horrified to discover the place ransacked.
As she pulls out her phone to call the police someone strikes her over the head and she falls to the ground.
In hospital, Lisa sits at Carla’s bedside, willing her to pull through.
Meanwhile, Matty Radcliffe (Seamus McGoff) hauled in for questioning but Alya Nazir (Sair Khan) provides a statement corroborating his alibi.
When a smug Matty makes a dig about Becky’s death, Lisa’s furious, convinced he must have had something to do with it.
Many fans are begging for Lisa and Carla to get together.
However, past lesbian storylines have ended tragically on the soap, such as when the factory roof collapsed on top of Rana Habeeb (Bhavna Limbachia) and she passed away on her wedding day to Kate Connor (Faye Brookes).
Could Carla and Lisa be heading for the same tragic fate?
Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:30pm on ITV1 and is available on ITVX.
Best soap affair love triangles
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.