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  • Emmerdale tonight: Moira had a seizure, Dawn and Billy downgraded, and Caleb tampered with the Haulage

    Emmerdale tonight: Moira had a seizure, Dawn and Billy downgraded, and Caleb tampered with the Haulage

    Over in Emmerdale tonight, an upsetting new development in Moira’s storyline aired as she collapsed in the barn whilst alone and suffered a seizure.

    Elsewhere, Dawn and Billy and the kids moved into Holdgate (having all papers signed in a matter of 24 hours!)

    Here’s everything that happened in Emmerdale on Tuesday, August 27th.

    Moira looks annoyed as she lashes out in Emmerdale tonight
    Moira is clearly rather ill (Credit: ITV)

    Emmerdale: Moira collapsed in the barn

    For quite some time, we’ve all been wonder just what is going on with Moira at the moment.

    Seriously, she’s been randomly lashing out at Cain, has been super invested in buying a new bull for the farm, and has been consuming a lot of alcohol.

    She also recently disappeared for the night without telling Cain about her plans…

    This evening, Cain continued to share his concerns about his wife as she knocked back the painkillers. When her worried about Moira’s alcohol consumption, Moira turned defensive and noted that the bottle of whisky was unopened.

    Fearing that Moira was keeping something from him, Cain then accused Nate for having another affair with his wife (not even Nate would be THAT stupid, would he?) Meanwhile, Moira also shared her concerns about her relationship’s stability with John.

    Nate reassured Cain that he couldn’t be more wrong, although he too was concerned about Moira’s recent behaviour.

    Later on, whilst alone in the barn, Moira suddenly collapsed to the ground and suffered a seizure. But, will anyone find her? And, will they get answers as to what’s the matter with Moira?

    Dawn and Billy made themselves at home

    It seems that Dawn meant every word she said to Will last night (Monday, August 26th) as she packed her bags and moved out of Home Farm.

    Instead of staying at the B&B and mulling things over, Dawn and Billy decided to buy Holdgate. They were so eager that they had the contract signed and had moved themselves and the kids in by teatime.

    Whilst Holdgate may not be a luxurious as the couple’s former home, it looks as though they’re staying there for the long run.

    Jai Sharma and Caleb Miligan join forces in Emmerdale
    Caleb put his plan into action (Credit: ITV)

    Emmerdale tonight: Caleb tampered with the Haulage vans

    So, Caleb and Jai are really doing this then? They’re not just all talk! After having another secret meetup, Jai wasn’t happy when Caleb asked him for more money to bribe his contact at the council.

    With Jai then warning Caleb that he’s not the kind of guy you mess with (could’ve fooled us Jai), Chas wondered yet again why Caleb and Jai were pals all of a sudden.

    Later on, Caleb started to take action on his plan to tamper with the Haulage, pouring red diesel into their vans!

    Also tonight, John turned protective of Victoria after Jai mocked her attempt at changing a spare tyre. Aw, John’s a big softie underneath that tough exterior, isn’t he?

    Read More: From friends to enemies? Fans beg for Caleb to scam Jai amid business deal

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  • Review of the week: Dawn whinges, Matty left terrified and finally some laughs from Mandy and Rhona

    Review of the week: Dawn whinges, Matty left terrified and finally some laughs from Mandy and Rhona

    It’s been a complicated week in Emmerdale as we review everything that’s gone one. Things have been looking bleak for Matty in prison, Dawn is struggling to cope with Evan’s illness, and Lydia made an awful realisation.

    But there has been one unexpected moment of fun in among all the misery.

    Here’s what’s been going on.

    Dawn tells Kim to leave Clemmie's birthday party
    Dawn forgot Clemmie’s birthday because of all her moaning (Credit: ITV)

    Dawn and Billy’s anguish

    It’s been tough seeing Dawn and Billy coping with baby Evan’s leukaemia diagnosis. This week things got even trickier for the pair when Billy broke the protective ‘bubble’ at Home Farm and the little lad ended up back in hospital with a temperature.

    It’s not been easy for Dawn and Billy – and it’s not easy for us viewers either! In fact, this whole storyline feels like a slog. Dawn’s a devoted mum, doing her best, but she’s being a bit, well, annoying. Surely it’s unrealistic to expect a whole family to put their lives on hold for what could be years? Kim can’t run weddings at Home Farm, putting a big dent in their income. Billy can’t do his personal training, even Clemmie and Lucas are being half-heartedly home-schooled, by people who don’t know what a fronted adverbial is or how to calculate 10 per cent of something.

    And by the end of the week, Dawn had even forgotten Clemmie’s birthday (which seems unlikely, to be honest, as she loves her daughter fiercely), giving Rose a chance to save the day, while Kim was out in the cold.

    Sadly we feel Dawn’s constant whining is making us far less sympathetic to what should be a heart-wrenching story.

    As visiting time ends, Amy’s [NATALIE ANN-JAMIESON] glad Matty Barton [ASH PALMISCIANO] is more positive. As she watches him go, she’s approached by Robbo [JOHN O’NEILL], who she mistakes for Les.
    Amy dropped Matty right in it (Credit: ITV)

    Matty’s torment

    There’s not much happiness in the Dales this week and Matty’s prison horror is heaping misery on the misery. This week, his wife Amy accidentally landed him in it when she inadvertently revealed he was trans to prison bully Robbo.

    The next thing we saw was poor Matty battered and bruised in the prison infirmary. Though shockingly, he admitted he’d asked his cellmate Les to beat him up as hospital was the only place he feels safe. It’s a tricky situation for Matty, there’s no doubt. He’s determined to stay put in the cell, but frankly we reckon if it was us in that situation, we’d be running to that isolation wing as fast as our legs would carry us.

    And there is a bright side to Matty’s torment – at least while he’s banged up, he doesn’t have to listen to Dawn whining, eh?

    When Josh [OSIAN MORGAN] threatens Samson, putting pressure on him to continue lying to the police, Lydia observes their interaction
    Samson is more scared of Josh than he is of Moira, which frankly seems a bit stupid (Credit: ITV)

    Kidnap!

    Meanwhile ferocious mum Moira was on the warpath, trying to force the truth out of Samson. She even went as far as kidnapping the lying lad – with some help from brother Mack – in an attempt to get him to admit Matty didn’t stab him.

    But no, Samson’s staying schtum for now at least. In fact, he even managed to persuade Moira he was going to confess and instead he dropped her right in it with the police! What a snake!

    We can’t help thinking Samson’s not being especially savvy. Is he really more scared of Josh than he is of Moira? Moira who killed Emma Barton and let her son take the blame? That Moira? Foolish choice, Samson. Foolish!

    Lydia’s on to Samson now,  though, and she can be just as fierce as Moira, though a lot less handy with her fists, so we reckon it’s only a matter of time before Samson fesses up. Which is good news for those of us who are finding new, evil bestie Josh, intensely annoying!

    Mandy and Rhona staggering home drunk
    Mandy and Rhona have become firm friends overnight! (Credit: ITV)

    I’ll tell you what I want

    Rhona and Mandy’s odd feud seemed a bit forced at first and we weren’t totally on board with it. BUT! What we were totally on board with was the making up. The pair were set up by barmaid Gail after Marlon and Paddy begged her to sort out the beef between them.

    And it worked! Before long, the women were necking drinks and sharing stories, and heading into town. In fact, we didn’t see them again until they were staggering home in the early hours – crossing paths with Moira and Mack who’d been at the cop shop.

    When Rhona woke up at Paddy and Mandy’s later, she was in a bad way! She even discovered she had a sore back. “What did I do?” she asked. What she did – apparently – was get a tattoo of a Spice Girl! Possibly, Posh. Maybe Sporty. Mandy wasn’t sure. Either way, it was some much-needed light-relief in the midst of all this week’s misery!

    Zig-ah-zig-ah, indeed.

    Emmerdale usually airs weeknights on ITV at 7.30pm.

    Classic Emmerdale usually airs every weekday on ITV3 at 6am and 6.30am, plus 1.40pm and 2.10pm.

     

  • What happened in Emmerdale tonight: Moira arrested after Samson ‘snitch-up’

    What happened in Emmerdale tonight: Moira arrested after Samson ‘snitch-up’

    It’s been messing up the soap schedules… but is football finally coming home? Let’s just say it stands a much, much better chance than poor Matty Barton after his family’s latest desperate attempt to get him out of jail in Emmerdale tonight.

    Emmerdale tonight: Moira a Mob boss in the making

    In Thursday’s hour-long visit to the Dales, Moira (played by Natalie J Robb) couldn’t bear what’s happening to her son and decided to go all Glasweegie gangster – with what appeared to be EastEnders bad boys Grant and Phil Mitchell tucked down her top for moral support – on Samson’s ass.

    She and Mack ‘escorted’ Samson from the Dingles’ place to Butlers’ farm, where they ‘encouraged’ him to tell the police the truth that Josh attacked Matty, in an attempt to get him off and get him to safety.

    Moira motioned to (albeit half-heartedly) strangle the teen Dingle, before he agreed to the plan.

    “I won’t forget this, you’re saving Matty’s life,” she told Samson, as he insisted on heading into the cop shop alone, after his aunt insisted on driving him there.

    RED ALERT MOIRA! RED ALERT!

    Later, the police arrived and Moira and Mack were in shock to discover what all viewers had figured out 15 minutes earlier – snivelling Samson had doubled crossed her!

    The local plod arrested M & M on suspicion of kidnapping and imprisonment – and Mamma Barton once again reminded us why she’s a soap icon as she calmly kissed her boys goodbye as though she was heading out to buy bread.

    With Matty now looking even more like he’s toast.

    Charles looks nervously at ex Manpreet in Emmerdale
    The look of let’s be friends this is not (Credit: ITV Emmerdale)

    Friends with baggage

    Elsewhere, there was a refreshingly grown-up conversation between exes Charles and Manpreet as they opened up about why their relationship actually started to go wrong a long time ago – and agreed it was lovely they could be friends. Before then ending up in bed together.

    Charles couldn’t wait to make his exit afterwards as doe-eyed Manpreet said, “I’ll see you again soon then for a drink… or something.” The look on her face suggested that ‘something’ she had in mind isn’t Scrabble.

    Friend-ing with benefits with the grieving ex that harshly dumped her… what could possibly go wrong?

    Kim looking sternly at Billy on Emmerdale
    Has Kim’s kindness to Billy just made her own life unbearable? (Credit: ITV)

    Kim’s kindness an awful foreshadowing?

    There was more anxious pacing at Home Farm as gravely ill baby Evan was admitted to hospital with an infection. Dawn was on the warpath convinced that husband Billy was to blame after he supposedly returned home from a job in Bristol, bringing with him the offending germs.

    Thankfully only Kim knew that job in Bristol was actually a booze-up with Nate and, as Dawn took Billy on a very long guilt trip, Kim stepped in to suggest she had brought the infection about after meeting a client.

    Dawn branded her stepmother selfish and stupid before spitting cryptically, “She’s not getting away with this.”

    In another room, meanwhile, Kim assured Billy: “Let her have a big rant about the big, bad witch. She can shout and scream at me all she likes. It’ll all calm down once Evan is better.”

    Will the words ‘once Evan is better’ come back to haunt her – and tear the family apart?

    What did you think of Emmerdale tonight?

    Emmerdale usually airs weeknights on ITV at 7.30pm. 

    Classic Emmerdale usually airs every weekday on ITV3 at 6am and 6.30am, plus 1.40pm and 2.10pm.