A beautiful proposal scene in Coronation Street in September seemed to be paving the way for a happily married future for Carla Connor (Alison King) and Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers).
And then Lisa’s wife Becky (Amy Cudden) proved to be less dead than was previously believed – and Lisa has found herself torn between the woman she planned to spend the rest of her life with and the wife she was previously grieving for.
While Carla has recently been away in Ireland, Becky has been taking every opportunity to try to reassert her place in Lisa and Betsy (Sydney Martin)’s lives. As Corrie producer Kate Brooks told us,
‘She’s got her sights set on getting that family back. She’s clever and she’s wily. She stayed dead for, like, four years! She knows what she’s doing. She knows how to lie her way out of situations.
‘She also capitalises on the fact that Lisa’s still struggling to process this, and what she’s offering is a glimpse of the past and the life they had together.’
In upcoming episodes Carla is due home, and Becky wastes no time in letting her know she’s been staying at number 6 while she was away. Obviously this is a huge slap in the face for Carla, to think that Becky has been staying at her home. Can Lisa convince her that nothing untoward happened?
That task is made trickier when Carla finds the video of Lisa and Becky modelling Betsy’s clothing designs. She’s angry and leaves the Halloween party they’re at. Becky uses this as an opportunity to get closer to Lisa, playing the song that they danced to at their wedding and reminding her of their vows.
Carla is convinced that it’s only a matter of time before Becky gets her claws into Lisa, although Lisa does her best to reassure her that that’s not true. As Carla warns Becky off, Becky retorts by saying that she can see in Lisa’s face that she’s not over her – and it’s Becky that Lisa will ultimately decide she wants to be with.
Lisa goes to Costello (Daon Broni) to ask if there’s any loophole that means she can be free to marry Carla. because, while Becky is officially dead, she’s obviously still alive.
Costello says it’s not possible. If Lisa and Carla marry they’ll be committing bigamy while Becky is still alive. He insists that the only way forward is for Lisa to persuade Becky to go back to being ‘dead’ in Spain.
Lisa tells Carla what Costello said, but Carla accuses her of trying to keep her options open. The pair have a huge argument and Betsy later suggests to Lisa that Carla may be right and she could still have feelings for Becky.
With a wedding apparently off the cards and Lisa still feeling torn, Carla is right to feel insecure about Becky, as Kate Brooks told us.
‘Carla has every right to be wary of this woman. There loads of exciting things to come. Becky’s quite a badass.’
