Just as viewers were about to rejoice for Lisa Swain after her sweet engagement to Carla Connor, Coronation Street dropped a shocking twist that left viewers speechless.

In what seemed like a warm scene, the person knocking on Lisa’s door was Becky – her wife who had been presumed dead four years ago.

The moment Lisa saw Becky walk in, alive and well, was one of the most breathtaking scenes in the recent series.

Lisa had collapsed, swallowed the pain of losing her wife and struggled to stand up and regain faith in life.

She thought she had finally escaped the darkness of her past when she found Carla, but in just a short second, everything collapsed completely. Lisa’s expressions – from utter shock to confusion and fear – left viewers breathless with each frown and each rapid breath.

What makes this twist even more painful is the truth Becky reveals. It turns out, she did not die in the accident, nor did she fall into a long-term coma as Lisa once believed. For the past four years, Becky has been living in Spain under witness protection, hiding from a dangerous criminal gang. The body that the police brought back, and that Lisa has been mourning all this time, is Tia Wardley – a woman who is a complete stranger.

Lisa is shocked, wanting to hug her wife, but also feeling betrayed to the core. All those years of longing, all those times of crying, were ultimately built on a lie. And when Lisa is trying to build a new future with Carla, Becky’s return is like a sharp dagger stabbing straight into her heart.

With this twist, Coronation Street has cleverly dragged the audience into an emotional spiral with no way out. People both sympathize with Lisa, resent Becky, and are curious about what lies behind this return from the dead.