"I need a lie down": Viewers are freaking out over THAT Fleabag kiss
Fans have dubbed it "possibly the sexiest screen kiss"
*Warning: spoilers ahead for Fleabag season two episode four*
Fleabag's sinfully good second season has centred on our eponymous anti-heroine's lustful, forbidden feelings for The Priest (played by Sherlock's Andrew Scott) — and his apparently reciprocal feelings for her.
After almost four episodes of sexually-charged verbal sparring and will-they-won't-they, we finally saw the pair get it on — right outside a church confessional, no less, with Fleabag struggling to remove The Priest's vestments ("Is this a skirt and trousers?").
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However, Scott's character freaked out at the last minute after a painting fell down inside the church, in a nod to the series opener (after Fleabag confirmed she was an atheist in episode one, a picture fell down with The Priest smugly referring to it as a sign from God).
In the end, both Fleabag and viewers were left hanging.
After the kiss, viewers immediately took to social media to, well, freak out. "I need a lie down," Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee posted on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/LisaMMcGee/status/1110319105599590402
"Possibly the sexiest screen kiss in...forever," said one viewer.
https://twitter.com/Perlalaloca/status/1110316922862739456
"Oh, the kiss. The sense of satisfaction, excitement and relief but also betrayal and disappointment. We wanted it to happen and didn't," another viewer wrote.
https://twitter.com/PeterFifield/status/1110461306962878470
https://twitter.com/sallycarman1/status/1110469131701227520
https://twitter.com/zorazorazhang/status/1110392235885920261
"Andrew Scott saying 'kneel' in fleabag tonight is my new sexuality... my god. I thought my moriarty crush couldn’t be topped but, hello father," one fan posted on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/ej09/status/1110336465748312064
Referring to the fallen painting gag, another viewer wrote: "Only #Fleabag could throw up a hilarious visual throwaway gag in the first episode that works on its own, but then three episodes later pay the gag off in the most fantastic way."
https://twitter.com/liamteer/status/1110446268478705664
https://twitter.com/Goejthatsmydj/status/1110466963505999873
Fleabag airs Mondays at 10.35pm on BBC1