Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) received an unexpected phone call in this evening’s episode of Emmerdale.
Earlier this year, Cain was told that his son Nate Robinson (Jurell Carter) had been murdered. It absolutely knocked him for six, as he had spent from September 2024 onwards believing that Nate had cut off all contact with his family in the village.
The most recent development has seen Cain discover that a man called Owen (Simon Haines) confessed to murdering his son, but we know that this isn’t true. In reality, Nate’s actual killer John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth) framed Owen by writing a suicide note that confessed to the crime.
He did this in the hope it would give Cain and Tracy Shankley (Amy Walsh) some closure. It was a massive mistake, however, as the news left Cain and Tracy with the realisation that they would never truly understand why Owen murdered Nate.
On top of this, Cain has dealt with family drama involving the likes of Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) and Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) .
He’s been through a lot, so it was a very welcomed and pleasant surprise when daughter Debbie Dingle (Charley Webb) rang him in tonight’s ep.
In May, Debbie contacted Sarah and revealed that she had moved to Australia with her new boyfriend.
Debbie departing for Australia – surprisingly – upset Cain a great deal. At the time, he had learnt that Nate had seemingly organised for his things to be moved from the village and to Shetland, so another one of his children leaving him hit pretty hard.
Cain spoke to Debbie in this evening’s episode as he wandered through the village. His daughter wanted him to visit, and Cain rightfully pointed out that if Debbie wanted to see her family, she would’ve returned for Nate’s funeral.
It was a fairly pleasant conversation, but it was interrupted by the arrival of DC Cole.
The detective confirmed to Cain that new information has come to light regarding Nate’s investigation. Later, Cain told a very shaken John that the police now believe Owen did not murder Nate.
What will John do this time to cover his tracks?
And will Cain leave the village to go and see Debbie?
Doing something to stop the police looking in his direction where Nate is concerned may have to wait for John this week.
A few days ago, a trailer was revealed that sees John chase Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) through the woods, moments after he discovers the truth about him.
Mack dashes through the trees but ends up falling. Alongside these clips, we see John telling Mack that he has now ‘joined up the dots’.
While this is happening, Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) looks set to confront Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller). They will share a kiss on Monday, but Robert reckons that Aaron still loves him and doesn’t want to leave with John.
At the end of the trailer, Mackenzie is seen begging for his life as John throws a large rock above his head, presumably preparing for the moment he murders Mack.
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‘Guess I really am the bad guy’, John says.
If Mackenzie is murdered by John, it will be the first time (as far as we are aware) that he truly intends to kill someone. When Nate Robinson (Jurell Carter) was killed, John never planned for it to happen.
He gave Nate some medication and he had a bad reaction to it, leading to his death.
Could this be a sign that John will now become even more unhinged, ahead of his inevitable exit?
