"I need a lie down": Viewers are freaking out over THAT Fleabag kiss

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.

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"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.

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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

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Fleabag airs Mondays at 10.35pm on BBC1