There are turbulent times in Emmerdale next week as blame is flying left right and centre, as new spoilers confirm.
Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) is being accused of being Manpreet Sharma’s (Rebecca Sarker) blackmailer – but his true motives elsewhere are far more toxic.
Meanwhile, Jai Sharma (Chris Bisson) reckons he is onto something as he digs into the disappearance of Anthony.
And, when Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) collapses and hurts herself after a run-in with Ella Forster (Paula Lane), the finger points directly at her enemy.
But is it truly Ella’s fault?
Monday March 17
Joe is still hiding his health issue and deliberately shunning Dawn’s romantic approaches, determined to keep her at arms length from both him and his mystery suitcase. As she leaves we see him open the mystery case and reveal its contents.
When Manpreet drops Billy home, there is a charged moment between them. As he walks in, Dawn covers the true source of her sour mood.
Later, looking worse than ever, Joe answers the door to Crowley, and as they talk it becomes clear what his plan is…
With Ross driving a swanky new pick-up, Mack is suspicious given the spate of recent local farm machinery thefts.
Manpreet’s unnerved to receive a demand for money from her blackmailer, before Billy’s clearly awkward at being in close proximity to her. Seeing Billy’s running injury, Manpreet offers to patch him up and won’t take no for an answer.
Jai’s miffed by Caleb and Steph’s recent unexplained absences from work. A suspicious and resentful Jai’s determined to bring Caleb down a peg or two.
Tuesday March 18
Mack fails to stop a quad bike being nicked from Moira’s farm and soon accuses Ross. Later, Sarah meets a young lad struggling to start a quad bike on a country lane, suspicious of his cover story yet intrigued.
Despite his spark with Sarah, Kammy’s nervous to be in the village with the quad and when Ross approaches, Kammy’s taken aback when Sarah unexpectedly covers for him and wants in on his racket.
Manpreet’s suffering regarding her blackmailing and hopes if she pays today, her nightmare will soon be over. At the cricket pavilion, Manpreet steels herself to finally encounter her blackmailer in person. When Joe appears Manpreet rages at him for his cruelty.
When she finally accepts his protestations of innocence, she’s fearful about the real blackmailer. Manpreet’s tempted when Joe offers to help her pay off the blackmailer.
Joe tries to make amends with Dawn for how he treated her yesterday. Meanwhile, Billy’s awkward around Manpreet after their near kiss. After returning home Billy wrestles with his guilt before he blurts out a confession to Dawn; he’s been messaging another woman online.
Billy’s surprised but grateful to Dawn for her forgiveness and understanding after his confession, not knowing she’s been up to much worse – but their conversation leaves Dawn in turmoil.
When the briefest mention of Anthony makes Caleb uneasy, Jai’s sure he’s onto something.
John opens up to Aaron about his insecurities over Chas not accepting him and plans to get into Chas’ good books.
Soon Chas and Liam are shocked when they walk into a surprise engagement party thrown for them at the Woolpack. Aaron is keen for John to get the credit but it is awkward when Ella unknowingly gatecrashes.
John seizes a moment to propose to Aaron and is delighted when he says yes. However his joy is short-lived when eavesdropping Mandy announces their engagement to the whole pub and Chas looks less than thrilled.
Soon, Chas expresses her reservations to Aaron about his sudden engagement, neither notice John is listening in. With Ella ranting about Chas privately to John, paranoid John is only too aware Chas hasn’t endorsed his engagement to Aaron. A spilled drink soon leads into a very public row between Chas and Ella.
Kammy and Sarah race stolen quad bikes across a field, hanging out with Kammy is putting some joy into Sarah’s life. But how will Charity feel when she walks in on Sarah and Kammy getting close?
Wednesday March 19
Chas and Ella’s bust up is the talk of the village. Instead of focusing on his engagement to Aaron, John’s still hung up on Chas’ reaction.
Victoria encourages him to play the long game to win her round. Will John manage to get Chas onside?
Chas suddenly collapses in the pub, hitting her head.
Thursday March 20
Can John help Chas as she is left in a bad way following her fall? The finger of blame soon points to Ella.
Ross is in the way of Joe’s plans, leaving him uneasy.
Sarah and Kammy share a kiss much to Charity’s dismay.
Jai’s suspicious that the power cut happened around the time Anthony went missing.
