Alarmed by his postal delivery, Robbo called Scott and urgently brings Jasmine and Grace back home. Lance is missing and later turns up dead, as does Dylan Carter, murdered in his cell, all to intimidate Robbo and Jasmine out of testifying. Robbo warns his wife that they are in even more danger than before. Robbo actually cries over the death of his friend. Determined to end things once and for all, Robbo sets up a team with Scott and the Federal Police in order to hunt their enemies down.
Jasmine brings Grace to Tori on a permanent basis, explaining the full story to her, along with full time AFP protection. Tori is sad that Lance has been murdered after all the time they spent together in protective custody. Unable to settle the baby properly in the hospital, Tori is desperate to take her baby home. Jasmine misses looking after Grace full time.
Robbo updates Colby but the Senior Constable has other problems. He interviews Ryder who explains that he never made a sex tape in the first place and has no idea how one got online. Jade’s story is that they made one together and Ryder put it online without her consent. It doesn’t help that the upload came from Ryder’s phone from an account in his name. Ryder recalls that when they slept together, she sent him out to get a drink so she could have done it then. I mean… it’s the truth but it’s a little far-fetched. How long did he take to get drinks? Surely all of that must have taken a while? I mean, I don’t know. I’ve never done it but just uploading to YouTube takes an age! Plus, she had to create an account and everything. Imagine having to type and retype a password etc. All of this would have taken much longer than getting a drink from a vending machine.
Ryder and Roo can’t believe what they are seeing…!
Anyway… despite neither Colby nor Mac believing Jade’s story, the evidence is damning and Ryder both loses his job and is charged with a sexual offence. He is devastated. Poor Ryder. I mean, he’s quite annoying but he’s a nice boy. He should have stuck with Raffy. The grass isn’t always greener, is it, young man?
Ryder begs Jade for an explanation and she merely informs him that she warned him he would be sorry for getting her arrested. To make things worse, Jade gets Bella onside, playing on what happened with Tommy. Ryder insists to Bella that he is innocent but she won’t hear of it, even going so far as slapping him. On the plus side, at least he has done well in his HSC.
Bella loses it when she sees Mac and Colby talking, taking out all her anger on Mac. Unfortunately for Bella, Colby witnesses the whole thing and calls into question the legitimacy of the illness she is supposed to have.
And this leads us to the final three episodes of the week, which played out in Australia as a ‘movie length’ episode, focusing on the climax to Robbo’s story and a siege at the hospital. Hold onto your hats!
Channel 5, 1:15pm & 6pm (sneak peek, weekdays on 5STAR at 6:30pm)
Mandy begins to shut the #FreeMarlon campaign down when she realises that it won’t get Marlon anywhere. However, clever Vinnie keeps the website running in hope of donations.
Still desperate over Vanessa having abandoned her, Charity becomes concerned when she discovers all their honeymoon documents and Vanessa’s passport in the drawer. Well, you’d think that would be the first thing she would have checked before she decided that’s where Vanessa had run off to, wouldn’t you? Not two weeks later! She continues to leave desperate voicemails for the woman she loves.
Rhona turns to Kim with her theory that it was actually Pierce who murdered Graham, leading her to work out that Al lied to her about his role in Graham’s death, despite getting paid for it.
Pierce remains convinced that he will win Rhona back. Vanessa retains her resolve; I have to say, she is quite the warrior. She never once gives into Pierce; she continuously stands up to him and makes it clear just how much she hates him. Deluded, he gets ready for his ‘date’ with Rhona. In a particularly creepy scene, he also ‘prepares’ Vanessa by brushing her hair. He then sets up a video call between Vanessa and Rhona where Vanessa anxiously explains that she is with Pierce. Pierce takes over the call. Rhona is terrified. He arranges a meeting and warns her not to contact the police or tell anyone anything.
Pierce video calls Rhona…
However, the next morning, having worked out that Pierce and Ollie are one and the same, Kim visits Rhona to swap information and is confused as to why she gets short shrift. At Laurel’s house, Pierce hauls Vanessa upstairs, locking her in a bedroom but still away from Johnny.
Rhona comes face to face with her worst nightmare…
Rhona comes face to face with her worst nightmare when she arrives at Laurel’s and finds Pierce there. She is forced to hand her phone over and to allow him to search her. She does a good job of stalling. When they hear a bang upstairs, Pierce rushes upstairs to check on Vanessa. Downstairs, Kim bursts in! Rhona tries to send her away but it’s too late. Pierce knocks her out and locks her up with Vanessa. He is out of his mind with fury and panic; Kim getting hurt has ruined all his plans.
While Pierce is distracted with Kim, Rhona manages to get hold of a mobile phone and live streams to Vinny’s website. She gets Pierce talking and he is only too happy to confess to Graham’s murder and Vanessa’s abduction just to list a couple of his crimes. In the pub, everyone is shocked to realise that Pierce and Rhona are streaming from Laurel’s house and quickly call the police. Armed police descend upon the village, although they don’t actually do anything to rescue anyone, as like most emergency services in soap, they’re pretty much useless.
Unfortunately, Rhona has too much faith in them and reveals her plan too early, expecting the police to burst in and save her. They don’t. He finds the whole thing amusing and breaks the link to the outside world. Thankfully, Rhona is a woman perfectly capable of saving herself and has an injection hidden up her sleeve, stabbing him and all but knocking him out. She rescues Kim and Vanessa. The police finally bother to turn up and arrest him.
Vanessa gets yet more bad news about her cancer…
Charity is overwrought with guilt over not realising that Vanessa was in danger. Vanessa sends her away from her hospital room, not wanting her to find out about the cancer. Encouraged by Manpreet, Vanessa finally tells Charity about the cancer. Unfortunately, Charity panics and pulls away from Vanessa, unsure as to how to cope with this devastating blow. Vanessa ends up going to her next appointment alone while oblivious Charity barely holds things together at the pub. Vanessa is told that the cancer has spread to her lymph nodes and is now stage three. She will need surgery and chemotherapy but the Doctor is confident that she will be able to beat it. She returns home and breaks the news to Charity but refuses comfort.
Pierce attempts to lie his way through his police interview, convinced that because once upon a time he was friendly with the officers, he will sail through. However, with all the evidence stacked up against him, that is definitely not the case.
Marlon is emotional when he is told he will now be released. April shows huge maturity as she offers love and support to Rhona over Graham’s death. Gosh that little girl is a good little actress.
Marlon returns home to his little girl…
Marlon arrives back in the village to an eager reporter. He is furious to learn that it has been set up by Mandy. April is upset when Marlon loses it with Mandy, who to be fair, has done everything she possibly could to support Marlon during his incarceration. I find Mandy incredibly annoying and her return to Emmerdale has been fundamentally disappointing. However, in this instance, shame on you, Marlon. She has only tried to do right by you.
Kim fires Al who fires back with a warning that he could easily tell Jamie that although he didn’t actually kill Graham himself, Kim still ordered a hit on him. Jamie alerts Rhona to the fact that Graham’s body has been released, prompting her to fall out with Kim all over again over the arrangements for the funeral.
Laurel, Doug and the kids return home from Australia, utterly stunned over what has happened in their house. Jai offers his full support to Laurel and they get back together, which will of course only end in tears as he still doesn’t know the truth about Archie and Arthur. Doug then throws a spanner in the works when he announces that he is moving permanently to Australia. Arthur is distraught. Brenda isn’t bothered. Well, he is a bit whingy. Laurel admits the truth about Arthur to Doug. At first, he decides not to move away but Laurel doesn’t want him to suspend his dream so off he goes.
Cain continued to visit Nate, despite Cara’s protestations and her certainty that he was the person who put him in hospital in the first place. Well, she is correct. Miraculously, Nate is out of hospital within days and back on his feet as if nothing happened. Cain overhears Moira standing up for him with Cara.
Emmerdale is on at 7pm Monday to Friday with a second episode at 8pm on Thursdays
It’s the day of Jesse’s funeral. Grace warns James to keep himself under control and Mercedes warns him not to hurt John Paul. Courtney breaks down at the funeral, prompting James to step up, insisting that it wasn’t her fault. Grace drags him out and they make up an excuse for his behaviour, explaining that he was desperate for her not to feel guilty the way he did over Harry.
James and Grace receive worrying notes…
James, Grace and Liam all receive notes claiming that the sender knows who shot Mercedes. They all end up accusing each other of being responsible. James and Grace attempt to subtly check out with their respective partners that they definitely don’t know anything, prompting an accidental engagement between Grace and Sylver, which Grace is quick to rub in Mercedes’ face. John Paul is livid.
Stressed out James continues to push John Paul away. Marnie is alarmed to find the incriminating note, working out that it was him who shot Mercedes. As it turns out, James has been sending the notes, including to himself, in his sleep. Well, I’ll admit that my money was on Liam and his creepy dartboard! James has been taking sleeping pills and he can’t remember a thing but he recognises the printing from his computer.
While James and John Paul agree to go out on a date, his secret note-writing habit strikes again but this time, Mercedes receives a message telling her that her shooter was at Jesse’s funeral. She concludes that it must have been Grace. Determined to find out the truth, Warren listens in on a debate between Grace and Liam who are sure that Mercedes is their secret pen pal. He concludes that Liam shot Mercedes.
Liam is in big trouble with Warren…
Liam trashes The Dog in a bid to gives Mercedes a warning, which turns out to be a mistakes. Well, she’s sleeping with Warren now, someone that Liam has seriously underestimated. Warren takes a large gang of thugs to The Loft but it only really takes Warren himself to leave Liam begging and pleading for his life.
Nancy arranges for PC Kiss to sweep the school for drugs and weapons, wanting to ensure that the place is safe. This causes quite the panic for Sid who is holding drugs in his locker for Jordan. Juliet takes the drugs from him but things get worse for them when she opts to flush them instead, leaving her in debt to Jordan to the tune of £500.
Toby nearly catches Celeste and Romeo at it again. When Romeo is assaulted, Romeo is certain that Toby is responsible, convinced that he knows the truth about him and Celeste. However, Toby has an alibi and doesn’t know anything about it. The truth is, Jordan attacked Romeo (although he denies it to Juliet when she accuses him), having already threatened her and her family. It’s enough to make her agree to sell drugs for him in order to pay back the ones she flushed.
Tony is feeling positive about life as he continues his therapy sessions, exercises in tiny shorts and works hard on his relationship with Diane. However, Edward continues to try and derail things as much as possible. He also slags off Dolly Parton, which is quite frankly, unforgiveable. Tony and Mercedes share a sweet moment where he thanks her for saving his life.
Edward’s jealousy rages as he continues to try and throw a spanner in the works as Tony and Diane go on a date. When Tony shows him a necklace he has bought for Diane, he all but forces Diane to wear a much more expensive necklace he previously bought her when they were dating. Too late to take it off before they go out, Diane hides the necklace under a scarf and then panics and rushes out when Tony presents his own gift and wants her to wear it. Tony is flummoxed over Diane’s other necklace, not believing her when she claims it’s old and cheap. Edward is eager to plant concerns in Tony’s mind that Diane was seeing someone else while he was being held captive by Breda. When she also dumps an expensive handbag, Edward continues to persuade Tony of Diane’s affair.
Things are just not the same between Diane and Tony…
Guilty Diane confides in Leela who reminds her that Tony gave her every reason to believe that he had walked out on her and gone off with another woman, including his past behaviour. She advises her against telling him the truth about Edward, to fight for her marriage and to stop feeling guilty. Tony, meanwhile, decides to push his doubts aside and focus on the woman he loves. Unhappy, Edward continues to cast doubt in his mind until Tony can’t cope anymore. Finally, he asks Diane directly: did she sleep with another man while he was gone? She tearfully admits that she did.
Darren’s loved ones continue to miss his depression. Imran is worried about Ollie after his big night out. Leah gets a 13th birthday card from Ste (who is due back in June – yay!)
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