Emmerdale fans couldn't stop laughing as they tuned into Wednesday's episode after witnessing a kiss between Jimmy King and Mandy Dingle.
Due to current social distancing rules, actors Nick Miles and Lisa Riley had to sit apart on separate benches to film a scene where they had a heartfelt conversation.
Ahead of Jimmy's appearance in court, he confided in Mandy who told him she wants to read out a statement to the judge supporting him.
After reading it out to him, Jimmy leaned in for a kiss with Mandy - but the ITV soap quickly cut to an advert break.
And when the programme returned, Jimmy was seen apologising to Mandy as she told him not to worry about it.
Viewers found the scene hilarious and took to Twitter to comment.
"Nice socially distanced kiss #Emmerdale," one person tweeted, followed by a laughing face emoji.
Another posted: "#Emmerdale I liked how it showed they were about to kiss then cut to commercials maybe their partners weren't available to do the scenes."
A third added: "Jimmy launching on Mandy is the funniest thing I’ve seen in ages! #emmerdale."
And a fourth tweeted: "Socially distant attempts at kisses are horrendous #emmerdale."
Other viewers were shocked by the kiss but were keen to see Jimmy and Mandy couple up and enjoy a romance.
One wrote: "Jimmy & Mandy = POWER COUPLE make it happen."
A second tweeted: "Jimmy launching on Mandy is the funniest thing I’ve seen in ages!"
Moments after the kiss, Nicola appeared and for a moment it seemed that she might have witnessed the intimate moment.
She then tried to make Jimmy feel positive about the result.
“And I’ll get off tomorrow and walk out of court a free man and we’ll all live happily ever after,” Jimmy bitterly replied to her.
He added: “I made such a mess of my evidence - as if every word was a lie.
“I know what that jury thinks of me. I don’t need to wait for the verdict. Your relentless positivity isn’t going to make any difference.
“I’m going upstairs to pack a bag. You might be in denial but I’m not.
“There’s a good chance you’ll be coming home from court on your own tomorrow and I’ll be on my way to prison.”
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7pm on ITV, with an extra episode at 8pm on Thursdays.
