The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.
Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) has returned to the Emmerdale village and as much as he won’t accept it, he isn’t the same man who left all those years ago.
We saw Robert a few weeks ago, when he interrupted Aaron Dingle’s (Danny Miller) wedding to John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth). It became apparent that Robert had been released after appealing, but he was quickly sent back inside after breaking the rules of his bail conditions.
But with his small sentenced served, Robert was allowed back out of prison and wasted no time in heading back to the Dales.
When he got there yesterday, Robert entered Mill Cottage flat due to John assuming he was the pizza delivery guy. Robert announced that he was back to spend time with his family – though it was obvious he had an ulterior motive as well.
In tonight’s episode, Robert told Vic that he’d spend the day trying to find a new job. He had passed the early hours of the morning walking through the village because he couldn’t sleep, but told his sister it was because he had missed the fresh air.
Robert headed up to the depot to see Caleb Miligan (William Ash) and spun a story about his life that didn’t feature him in prison. Unfortunately for Robert, Caleb saw right through his lie due to being told about him by his brother.
However, Caleb could see that Robert wanted a chance and gave him one. It made John angry later in the pub, even more so when Caleb failed to listen to him about Robert being bad news.
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That afternoon, while Vic was at the shop, Robert tried to catch up on some sleep. When she returned, Vic set about pouring a drink for the two of them. As she chatted away, she failed to realise Robert was suffering a bad dream about his time in prison.
Vic tapped Robert’s leg to wake him up but just as he opened his eyes, his confused state led him to punching Vic in the face.
Robert tried to help her, but a panicked Vic told him to leave.
Can she live alongside Robert and his trauma following years behind bars?
