Aaron Dingle’s (Danny Miller) return home to Emmerdale isn’t a happy one, as he’s chilled to the bone when his love rival, Kev Townsend (Chris Coghill) shows how terrifying he can truly be.
Meanwhile, fed up of living in a cycle of terror and abuse, April Windsor (Amelia Flanagan) and Dylan Penders (Fred Kettle) plan to flee from the evil clutches of Ray Walters (Joe Absolom) and Celia Daniels (Jaye Griffiths).
Elsewhere, Caleb Miligan (William Ash) and Ruby Fox-Milligan (Beth Cordingly) continue to clash over the presence of Anya (Alia Al-Shabibu), Jai Sharma (Chris Bisson) and Kerry Wyatt (Laura Norton) go head to head and Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy) continues to play with fire.
Okay, we get it, we’ve teased you enough. On to the good stuff!
Monday, October 27
Upon returning home, Aaron is immediately pressed by Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) to apologise to Vinny Dingle (Bradley Johnson). Though his apology is accepted, peace is broken by the arrival of Kev and Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) and DS Carter (Lisa Diveney), who arrives to question Kev over an assault.
When it becomes clear that Kev knows all about his past with Gordon Livesy (Gary Mavers), Aaron is utterly heartbroken and, when returning home, is confronted by Kev, who chillingly threatens to kill him if he continues to interfere in his relationship with Robert.
As he struggles to marry his dealing with his job, Dylan angers Ray when he does a drug drop in public. Ray is forced to drop a bag of cash when approached by DS Carter, and when the bag is taken away by Ross Barton (Michael Parr), Lewis Barton (Bradley Riches) and Vinny, Ray orders Dylan to find the cash and return it.
Elsewhere, Ruby implores Anya to stay upon finding her packing her things, leading to a clash with Caleb, who’s insistent that she leave. As the fiery couple clash, Anya worries that she’s overstayed her welcome.
Tuesday, October 28
Dylan steals Vinny’s keys in an attempt to get hold of Ray’s bag of cash and runs into April, who’s anxiety is high at the prospect of another sex job. When Dylan returns to Ray, empty-handed, he’s lambasted by his boss, but later reveals to April that he did, in fact, get the money, and proposes the two run away together.
When Robert learns of Kevin’s bone-chilling threat to Robert, he confronts Kev, things heat up between the three.
With Anya having disappeared, Ruby is heartbroken and heads out to find her. When she fails, Caleb apologises for failing to see the situation from her perspective.
Kerry arrives late for work, earning Jai’s ire. When she later skives to meet with Matty Barton (Ash Palmisciano) and Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) to discuss the coroner’s report on the limo crash, focussing on cheering up a distraught Matty, Jai arrives and instantly fires her.
Wednesday, October 29
Aaron turns to best friend Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb), fearful of Kev’s threats, leading Mack to decide to fight in Aaron’s corner.
As April and Dylan plot their escape, they receive a video note from Ray, with the potential to scupper their plot.
When Caleb learns that Jai fired Kerry, he forces him to not only rehire her, but formally apologise. Jai’s blood boils as Kerry gloats over her ‘victory’.
Thursday, October 30
When it becomes obvious that Jai intends to make her life at work unbearable, Kerry quits and, while attempting to storm out, accidentally traps herself inside with Jai.
Following a furious discussion about the problems within her criminal empire with Ray, Celia tries to rope Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) into a turkey-selling scheme.
Elsewhere, Laurel agrees to a date with Ray.
Friday, October 31
As Mack and Ross continue to bond, Celia is blind with rage and Jai manages to get underneath Laurel’s skin.
