This week’s Coronation Street is like a domino tragedy: one character collapses, another falls with them.

And in the middle of that storm are three names that make Weatherfield explode: Carla Connor – Lisa Swain – Becky Swain.

One lets go, one is tormented, one comes back from the past. No fan was prepared for this emotional blow.

Carla started the week with a decision that cut the audience: she gave Lisa her engagement ring back.

No argument, no screaming. Just a silent evening, where Carla looked at Lisa for a long time and said: “I can’t stand in second place.” Lisa was immediately defeated. She didn’t cry out loud, but just fell into a chair as if she had just lost a part of her body. Carla walked out of that house, the door closed very lightly but was as heavy as the sound of a coffin closing for the whole relationship.

The biggest twist of the week comes from Becky Swain, Lisa’s presumed-dead ex-wife. Becky returns to Weatherfield not to create drama — but to drag Lisa into a spiral more complicated than a love affair. Becky appears before Lisa, her hair longer, her eyes sunken from years of being forced to live in anonymity. Lisa doesn’t have time to react, just stands there staring at her like a ghost in human form. And the first thing Becky says isn’t “I miss you,” but: “He’s watching you.”

The air is frozen. Becky tells her that the mission to make her appear dead was actually a secret operation — but she escapes and realizes someone in the system really wants her gone. Lisa doesn’t know whether to believe it or be afraid, but what makes her collapse is: Carla has left right when Lisa needs her most.