Emmerdale viewers tuned in to some heartbreaking scenes tonight following Lisa Dingle’s (played by Jane Cox) tragic death last night.
Hours after she married Zak Dingle (Steve Halliwell), Lisa returned home to changed out of her muddy wedding dress, only to take a seat alongside pet pooch Monty to catch her breathe.
Sadly, her illness had caught up with her and she peacefully passed away, with Zak being the first one to find her.
Tonight’s episode showed the Dingle family slowly finding out about her death, with Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper) being the second person to arrive at Wishing Well Cottage and find her father crying in the arms of his beloved wife.
But those watching at home noticed something unusual with some on the scenes.
“It’s just not fair is it,” Zak blubbered and his daughter replied: “She can’t dad, it’s just not time.
“She was on her own! She would have been so scared,” she continued, but Zak reassured: “She was sleeping.”
“I need her to come back now. What are we going to do?” Belle continued through tears, resting her head on her mother’s chest.
However, due to the nature of the close up shot, those watching at home could see the actress Jane’s chest moving up and down with a slow rise and fall from her breathing.
Taking to Twitter to comment, one said: “But I could see her breathing #Emmerdale.”
Another added: “‘She’s gone love’ Her chest is moving when she breathes so I’d probably check again Zak. #Emmerdale.”
“#Emmerdale She’s still breathing,” one Tweet read, but someone else strongly remarked: “Load of b****x. She’s breathing #Emmerdale.”
Nevertheless, Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) arrived at the house as the village doctor on call and confirmed Lisa had in fact died.
“I’m sure she wouldn’t have suffered,” Manpreet said. “Would you like me to phone for the private ambulance now?” To which she did.
In another scene, she addressed the family: “I’ll let the undertaker know the details and then I’ll head off. You will need to register the death of course, but you’ve got a few days yet.”
Also in the episode, the letters Lisa had wrote to her husband and daughter were handed out.
But did she reveal a dark secret?
Following Lisa’s death, there has been speculation Zak and Belle could leave Emmerdale.
With both of them having a lot of difficult moments in their lives recently, the two could find solace in grieving for Lisa away from the prying eyes of the village residents.
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7pm on ITV.