John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth)’s manipulative ways in Emmerdale have backfired spectacularly.
Trying to turn everyone against his rival Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley), John engineered a situation where Robert became angry with his nephew Harry, and used this to turn Victoria (Isabel Hodgins) against him. He then goaded Robert about what had happened until Robert was in despair.
Aaron (Danny Miller) heard Robert smashing up his room and went to investigate, and as he comforted an absolutely broken Robert the two men gave into the feelings that they still have for each other and ended up sleeping together.
Obviously it’s the last thing John would have wanted, but he was busy getting some bad news elsewhere.
The police had discovered that the evidence against Owen, the man John framed for the murder of Nate Robinson (Jurell Carter) was shaky at best. So from thinking he was nicely in the clear for that killing, John is once again worried that someone will finally link him to Nate’s death.
In upcoming episodes, Robert feels that he and Aaron have turned a corner and are meant to be together once again. Aaron, however, is full of guilt that he betrayed his husband John. He confides in Mackenzie (Lawrence Robb), who is annoyed by what he hears.
Wracked with guilt, Aaron starts to think that leaving the village could be the only way he can remove himself from the temptation of Robert and make a proper go of things with John.
This idea suits John very well. With the police having found an inconsistency with Owen’s ‘suicide note’ – the document John wrote while he waited for Owen to die of a drugs overdose – the pressure is getting to be too much.
There’s some respite, however, when the removal man who came to take Nate’s stuff away apparently confirms that Owen was the one who paid him to do the job, and Cain (Jeff Hordley) is satisfied that Owen is the man who killed his son.
In the wake of this, Robert starts to think that perhaps he was wrong to be suspicious of John. But soon after that another villager finds a clue that raises disturbing questions.
John has offered Mackenzie a lift in his van, and Mack finds something very suspicious in the vehicle. This leads to deadly danger for him as John realises he can’t let Mack tell anyone else about his suspicions.
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Aaron and John finalise their plans for leaving the village and it seems that John has once again covered his tracks.
But then Aaron makes a discovery that leaves him shocked, as he realises John has been lying to him. He confronts his husband and demands the truth.
What has Aaron found, and will John be able to come up with an innocent explanation – or is Aaron getting dangerously close to uncovering the truth about killer John?
