Yes he forgave the Robert thing. But the lying behind his back for weeks and finding out that she gave Tracy the money so Robert could get the Bistro is going to hurt. He was prepared to give up everything for her and move away from his family all for her. He realised that he couldn't tell when she was telling the truth or lying.

Saying that the way they have written Nick and Carla the last week has been ridiculous. I don't believe he would be acting this way compared to how he has been with her the past year. He looks like he hates her but you don't just stop loving someone. And she is like a weak kitten, no fight left in her and just sitting taking everyone's insults

It was hardly 'low key' given how many episodes this week were pretty much cantered on her. I personally thought it was refreshing to see a long term character get a quiet relatively normal send off. How many long termers in soap usually end up dead or in prison?

Yeah, it's not so much that he decided not to marry her I object to. It's more how cold he was towards her in this episode. Surely he'd at least want to say goodbye? He couldn't even manage a smile for her at the end.

Yea I do see where you are coming from. It is strange as he has been her biggest supporter and brought her out of some difficult times. I'm not really buying that he wouldn't at least want closure. Could it be the brain injury making him act different just now? I think he will break down in the coming weeks though. The Callum scenes have made it a bit more rushed

so basically been Blackburnt

It does seem a bit shoddy but as noted, Coronation Street don't do grand exits usually like the other soaps. What has been awful this week is the pace of the episodes - i was sat watching the start tonight thinking I'd missed an episode.

There was a day when long term characters left and didn't get a so called "spectacular" exit. Of course now we have needy viewers that are never happy. Even if she got some massive sensationalist departure people would still find something to pick at.

Yes that's true. Very sloppy, she runs someone over and leaves town the next day. But it's okay, Cathy seemed cheery enough so that makes it alright.

I would argue that the simple taxi exits of yesteryear were spectacular compared to what we were served up tonight. I didn't want big explosions, dramatic rooftop clashes or a shock murder. I wanted some proper drama that was based around the interactions between characters that had been building for weeks to the point where the character decides to leave because she has no options left. We got absolutely none of that tonight. All that Carla did was leave with a whimper with lots of questions still unanswered. Even Natasha's departure in 2010 was stronger than Carla's.

The departures of Elsie Tanner, Bet Lynch and Karen McDonald are essentially three variations on the same theme, but each one was underpinned by strong, character-based drama.

Elsie's wasn't dramatic per se but it was a romanticised and glorious exit that suited the character perfectly at that position in her life. Elsie would have been a fool to reject Bill's offer of a true love and a new life in Portugal so she had no option but to leave. Bet's exit was and Julie Goodyear was still very much the main figure on Coronation Street. The build up to Bet's departure was very slow, almost to the point that nobody believed that she would leave. Her spectacular showdown with Rita is a classic Corrie moment as is her camp yet sadness-tinged departure in full leopard print with matching luggage and birdcage earrings. As for Karen, the lead up to her exit was spectacularly dramatic as her life gradually unravelled in the months prior to her exit (interestingly at the hands of Tracy). By the time Karen left she had no options left but to leave.

These are the kind of exits that I'd like to see. Carla's damp squib was nowhere near any of these departures. She didn't even get a memorable last line. Saying that, Carla as a character is in such a mess that this terrible exit is actually reflective of the state of the character.

One question that popped into my mind while watching the Carla & Tracy scene, was that after Tracy rescued Carla from the bus crash in January 2015 and Carla came back from LA (think it was) I remember a scene between her and Tracy and Carla was thanking her for saving her life and iirc bought her a pair of boots as Tracy had lost one when the bus went over the cliff, so at this time they had reached an understanding, which begs the question why was their feud reignited?

Rob..

they got married.

its his brain injury, his storyline has been building over the last few weeks. I think we will see it develop further over the coming weeks now that Carla has gone

I woukd have to disagree with you on that one!! The worst thing she did was not the actual sleeping with Robert but all the lies & manipulation of Nick afterwards, just to keep her guilty secret!!
Doing a deal with the devil to con Nick into selling the Bistro to the person she'd cheated on him with was far worse than the actual cheating & then ignoring the doctors advice about stress for Nick by still trying to force their move even when she could see it was stressing him out!!
Nick's reaction was one thing I did find realistic about tonight!!

That was it, thank you. I remember Tracy wanted revenge after Carla said she won't be listening to her anymore.

Who cares. Am glad she's gone hope she never comes back!

How did I miss that?

I thought he called it off at the last minute. Seems even more stupid for him then to instantly go back on it and treat Carla with utter contempt. Would have made a bit more sense had he not continued with the wedding.

After a flaky moment he came through and they tied the knot. It was while he was giving a speech afterwards that his illness kicked in along with a realisation of all the lies.

surprised there was no Carla/Maria sceen given Carla is related to her son

Shame there was no final scenes between Carla/Leanne and Carla/Maria, two important characters to her history.

Terrible episode. Carla's exit was stale and dull. I hope Alison doesn't come back as the writers have treated her terribly as a character the past two years.

Maria's entire history with the Connors have pretty much been erased from the show's history over the last few years so it's hardly surprising that Maria wasn't involved in Carla's exit.

Hollyoaks did the same to their best character, Brendan Brady. They had a fantastic exit lined up which would have been the perfect end to Brendan's story (seeing as the actor who plays him is done with the soap) but they ruined it at the very end.
So I can understand your blood boiling, mine still is three years later especially now after reading another useless character (Warren Fox) is being brought back
Hope you get over Carla's exit as I'm never going to get over the rubbish one Brendan got!

So shit isn't it, when you see a great character completely f***d over by poor managers.

I won't get over Carla's exit but I hope she comes back in a few years, even for just a year or two, so she can get a proper send off. This was just not right!

Alison probably got fed up of the dross she's been given lately and wants to sink her teeth into a decent acting role again.

I think the whole "Britian's Got Talent" week bollocks has a huge part to play in this. For one week every May in Coronation Street there's a huge disaster/explosion/death (s)/revelation - these things don't happen very often in real life - let alone in one street in the last week of May EVERY SINGLE YEAR!!!. I cannot bear ITV forcing the show to "pair up" with BGT.