Corrie fans spot 'beautiful' moment as Carla issues three-word message to Rob (2025)

It was another dramatic moment in Carla and her new family's relationship as Rob returned for one last showdown with his sister

Coronation Street fans were left hailing a 'beautiful' moment for Carla Connor as she seemingly said goodbye to her past to cement her future with girlfriend Lisa Swain and her daughter, Betsy.

It was another dramatic moment in the new family's relationship as Lisa stepped in to help save Carla as she was held hostage, at gun point, by her own brother Rob Donovan.

Fans of the ITV soap knew that Rob would be returning to Weatherfield for one last showdown after he did a runner from the police last month having acted as his older sister's kidney donor.

But Rob's escape didn't go as he had hoped after Carla's girlfriend Lisa tricked him into going through with the operation before he could escape and with the help of prison officer Mandy, they kidnapped Carla before a confrontation left Rob seemingly having been pushed to his death by Carla.

That, clearly, wasn't the cast and fast forward to last week that Rob was seen back on the Street and looked to his ex-fiancée Tracy Barlow for help. She reluctantly agreed to harbour the criminal but as his desperation to stay a free man increased, so did his erratic behaviour.

Tracy discovered Rob had a gun, and he didn't seem afraid to use it. When she insisted on calling an ambulance with his health in an obvious decline as he bled from his surgical wound,

Rob then demanded that she call his sister Carla, weeks after they last came face-to-face when, with the help of prison officer Mandy, they kidnapped the Underworld factory boss and took to to an abandoned warehouse.

During Tuesday's (March 25) episode, Tracy agreed to get Carla to Rob and she create a ruse to ensure the Underworld factory boss turned up. Carla was horrified when she did arrive and found a gravely ill Rob, who forced Tracy to serve Carla an out-of-date meal of spaghetti on toast.

Rob then went on to reveal his plan to use the gun on them and secure his own death at the hands of the police, and Carla attempted to calm Rob down by discussing memories from their childhood. Distracting him, Tracy seized her chance to escape, raising the alarm with Lisa on the way out.

Angered, Rob threatened to shoot Carla and then himself before they were both surprised by Lisa's arrival, who couldn't help but intervene having called the situation in to her colleague DC Kit Green.

The new couple were then trapped by an armed and dangerous Rob, whose demands and behaviour was becoming more erratic as time went on. Not willing to wait any longer, Lisa took her chance to disarm Rob but it ended up in a tussle for the gun before a shot rang out.

Armed police quickly stormed the house and despite everything, Carla jumped to protect Rob. With him no longer armed, Kit arrested Rob for false imprisonment and possession of a firearm, while it was confirmed that Lisa and Carla weren't physically hurt in the drama.

But as Lisa thought she could breath a sigh of relief as she pulled Carla into an embrace, she clocked the bullet hole in the back window of No.1 and followed the armed police out of the house to find her daughter Betsy laying in the ginnel with medics around her.

She was soon bundled into the back of an ambulance, As she did, the terrified teen begged her mum not to let her die as Lisa watched in despair.

She was quickly joined by Carla at her side, who encouraged her to get in the ambulance with her daughter. But it came after Carla had rushed to Rob's side, as he too was put in the back of an ambulance, and as she hugged her brother, he told her she 'should have let him die'.

Horrified, she told him to "get help" before leaving him to rush to Lisa's side. And the moment felt like a big moment to Corrie fans watching as they flocked to social media to comment.

@LanaKlaineSWEN said: "There is something so cinematic and beautiful about Carla running from her past (Rob) to her future (Lisa and Betsy) #Corrie #Swarla." @mariekebraks replied: "Exactly! I think it's so damn beautiful! She literally gave him 1 last piece of advice, just to run off to her Wifey and daughter."

@TheConnorSwains commented: "Don’t mind me. I’m still over here thinking about how symbolic Carla’s run from Rob back to Lisa & Betsy is. It left me with one thought. Family is everything, blood or otherwise #Swarla #Corrie." @MargheritAxen added: "For me it’s the way Carla runs to Betsy and Lisa. Her family. Her future. Her everything. #Swarla."