In next week’s Emmerdale spoilers, Will is targeted by a mystery blackmailer. The tormentor wants a whopping ten grand to stop a deep fake porn video of Will and Rose going viral.
But who is targeting Will? And will he cough up the cash to keep his secret?
Someone knows what Will did and wants to make him pay (Credit: ITV)
Will is under pressure in Emmerdale spoilers
Will is under attack from one of his enemies and is receiving threatening messages and calls. Whoever this person is, they are intent on wrecking Will’s life. And it seems they’ve got the dirt on him to do that.
As the week begins, Will reaches the conclusion his tormentor must be Rose. After all, she has every reason for wanting to make him suffer.
Taking action, Will decides to ring the mystery number that’s been hounding him. Jimmy’s horrified as Will seethes down the phone to ‘Rose’, ordering her to give it up.
But has Will got the wrong person?
Will is convinced Rose is his mystery tormentor (Credit: ITV)
Will accuses Rose of terrorising him
The mystery deepens when Will sees a video of Rose living it up in Ibiza. It makes Will realise he may have been too hasty in accusing his ex.
The number he called didn’t ring with an international dial tone. Which means unless Rose possesses the ability to be in two places at once, then it’s not her targeting Will.
This leaves Will back at square one. Neither he or Jimmy have the first clue who the caller could be. And Will is also worried what could happen next. Just how far is this individual prepared to go in order to ruin his life?
Well, he’s about to find out.
Jimmy and Will are horrified to discover what the blackmailer wants (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale spoilers: Will falls victim to blackmail
Later, an email pings through on the work account which Jimmy shows to Will. He’s shocked and horrified to see a collection of pornographic images with his and Rose’s faces on.
Jimmy insists Will needs to go to the police and report the crime. But his colleague doesn’t want to involve the law, through fear of Kim finding out he slept with Rose.
It’s not long before another deep fake video is sent, which leaves Will fearing this is more than just a scare. He shows his phone to Jimmy with a message from the tormentor. They’re now demanding a huge ten grand to keep Will’s secret!
Where on earth is Will going to find that sum of money without raising Kim’s suspicions? And can he unmask his blackmailer before they follow through with their threat?
We definitely wouldn’t want to be in Will’s shoes right now!
This week’s Emmerdale review is an emotional rollercoaster – just like the soap itself! We’ve been pulled every which way this week and frankly we don’t know whether we’re happy, sad or just plain confused!
Read on to find out what’s been leaving our heads in a spin in this week’s Emmerdale review.
Piper’s alive! But Tom’s still evil (Credit: ITV)
Piper’s alive!
Of course the big revelation this week was that poor Piper, Belle’s beloved pooch, is ALIVE!
We have to admit, we had our suspicions. We’ve been soap fans long enough to know that, in the words of Taylor Swift, ‘no body, no crime’.
But even though we didn’t see Tom run Piper over, we wondered if we were being a bit hopeful. Maybe the soap rules were different for animals. And things did look bleak when Tom brought Piper’s little wicker coffin up to Wishing Well to bury her beside Belle’s Shetland pony, Hamish.
And then! The best twist ever! Piper’s alive! For a second we were thrilled to bits. Except, Tom’s given her away, and Belle still thinks she’s dead. How evil can one man be?! Honestly, THIS is what we mean by an emotional rollercoaster!
Ella was furious when Amelia posted a photo of her on the salon socials (Credit: ITV)
Ella lashes out!
We can’t quite get to grips with how we’re supposed to feel about child killer Ella.
On the one hand, she’s done her time and everyone deserves a second chance. On the other – she doesn’t exactly help herself, does she?!
This week, when Gary – the cousin of her victim, Joanne – turned up at Ella’s birthday celebrations, Ella lost it.
Wendy tried to help but Ella lashed out, giving poor Wendy a huge thump in the face and scaring her. It turned out Ella wanted to be sent back to prison – the only real home she’d ever had.
But on top of our conflicted feelings about Ella, we also felt a bit odd about Liam and Manpreet trying to gaslight a frightened and battered Wendy into withdrawing her statement. Ella may have had her reasons, but she still attacked Wendy.
Maybe we just need to get to know Ella better, but for now, the jury’s out on how we feel about this former jailbird.
Jai’s up to something, but so is Caleb (Credit: ITV)
Jai and Laurel’s money battle
Jai and Laurel’s divorce is becoming more acrimonious by the day and this week things took a turn. Except we’re not quite sure what’s going on.
Everyone’s lying and scheming and covering things up and now Caleb seems to be involved and we’re completely baffled.
All we really know is we’re totally Team Laurel!
Will’s fretting (Credit: ITV)
What’s Dawn up to in our Emmerdale review?
So Rose vanished, Will thinks Kim is responsible, Kim thinks Will did it, and she’s gone off to Dubai which makes Will even more suspicious that she’s the guilty party.
Meanwhile, Will’s sending Dawn messages from Rose’s phone and fretting, while Dawn worries about where her mum is.
Except.
In Friday’s episode we discovered that Dawn’s been lying. She’s setting Will up for something and we’re not sure who’s in on it? Is this Dawn working with Rose to take revenge on her dad?
Or is it Dawn and Kim who have teamed up? Could Dawn, Kim AND Rose all be in on it? What even is IT? We’re so confused – and looking forward to next week’s episodes when hopefully it’ll all be explained.
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In Emmerdale spoilers for Friday August 23, the pressure is on for Will as Dawn tries to find missing Rose. Dawn is desperate to let her mum know cancer-stricken Evan may need a bone marrow transplant.
The urgency of Rose’s search leaves Will consumed with guilt and forces him to make his riskiest move yet. Is he about to get caught out?
Will’s web of lies is unravelling in Emmerdale spoilers
Will isn’t being honest with Dawn about Rose’s disappearance (Credit: ITV)
1. Will is hiding secrets about Rose
Rose is still missing and suspicions are starting to mount over her disappearance. Viewers will remember Rose vanished into thin air after her plot to destroy Kim was exposed.
Part of that plot involved Rose seducing Will into bed, an encounter which he instantly regretted. Kim then discovered Rose and Ruby were conspiring against her and informed Will.
The couple ordered Rose out of their lives and abandoned her by the side of a countryside road. She was then picked up by vehicle and later her belongings were seen strewn across the road. It looked as if Rose had met a sinister fate. And someone out there knows what really happened.
Could that person be Will? He and Kim definitely know more than they’re letting on.
Dawn has worrying news for Will about Evan’s fragile health (Credit: ITV)
2. Dawn drops a shock bombshell
With Kim away in Dubai, Will has been trying his best to hold it together.
But Dawn is growing increasingly concerned for Rose’s wellbeing. Will was able to dissuade his daughter from hiring a private detective, but she now wants to report Rose to the police as a missing person.
As Will tries to figure out a way to stop this happening, Dawn drops a bombshell. She tells her dad Evan might need a bone marrow transplant and Rose could be a match.
The realisation that his grandson’s future might hinge on finding Rose leaves Will wracked with guilt.
Will takes action in Emmerdale spoilers
Will prepares to send a text from Rose’s phone (Credit: ITV)
3. Will writes a text on Rose’s phone
As Will continues to reel over Dawn’s news, his thoughts turn back to Rose.
Making sure he’s alone, Will retrieves Rose’s phone which he has hidden at Home Farm. Why exactly he’s got her mobile is another question that needs answering.
Will listens to a pleading voicemail message from Dawn which makes him feel sick with worry. He tries to contact Kim again, but will she answer?
Later, Will’s desperation leads him to compose a message on Rose’s phone. Is the text meant for Dawn? What does it say? And how much longer can Will carry on living a lie? The net is closing in…
In Emmerdale spoilers for tonight, Ella’s 30th birthday goes horribly wrong when she’s confronted by a face from her past. As events spiral, Ella loses control and attacks Wendy in a fit of anger.
Also in Emmerdale on Thursday August 22, Will panics when he’s unable to get hold of Kim. Is their marriage finished?
Emmerdale spoilers: Ella gets a birthday surprise
Ella doesn’t fancy a piece of birthday cake (Credit: ITV)
1. Mandy spoils birthday girl Ella
It’s Ella’s 30th birthday, but she wants to keep it on the down low. Mandy’s got other ideas and wants to spoil her friend.
Mandy surprises Ella with birthday wishes. She also offers her a full beauty treatment with before and after photos, which makes Ella feel uncomfortable.
Later, Ella loses it when she sees Mandy has posted images of her across the salon socials. She knows this means anyone could find out her whereabouts and thought of that is terrifying. Ella confronts Mandy and smashes her birthday cake in a fit of temper.
Ella has a go at Mandy for putting her photograph on social media (Credit: ITV)
2. Liam supports Ella
Liam witnesses Ella’s meltdown and follows her to the footbridge. He can see she’s in an agitated state and he’s concerned for her wellbeing. Liam is able to calm Ella down and offers to accompany his ex to her birthday party.
They arrive at the bash together and Ella is buoyed when everyone rallies around her. Liam surprises her with a beautiful star pendant and she finally starts to relax and enjoy herself.
But then Ella’s whole world implodes when an invited guest makes their arrival.
3. Ella’s world is rocked
Ella is horrified when June’s nephew Gary turns up unannounced. Gary is the cousin of Joanne, the girl who Ella killed when they were just 11.
He’s aggressive as he approaches Ella and hands her a photo of her victim. Seeing Joanne’s innocent face brings all the memories of what she did come flooding back.
Distraught, Ella rushes out of her party, but Gary isn’t far behind.
Liam is concerned by Ella’s agitated state (Credit: ITV)
Ella turns violent in Emmerdale spoilers
4. Ella attacks Wendy
As Gary catches up with frightened Ella she falls to the ground in tears. Wendy intervenes and rescues Ella before Gary storms off consumed with grief and anger.
Wendy takes Ella to the surgery to try and calm down. But Ella’s on the edge, and as Wendy tries to help she suddenly flips and attacks the nurse.
Will Wendy be seriously injured? And has Gary’s arrival unleashed something very dangerous inside of her?
Will’s web of lies is starting to unravel (Credit: ITV)
Fresh worry for Will in Emmerdale spoilers
5. Will fears Kim wants a divorce
Rose is still missing, and Dawn is getting worried. So is Will, when Dawn informs him she’s going to report her mum to the police as a missing person.
Viewers know that Will is harbouring secrets surrounding Rose’s disappearance. He and Kim drove Rose out of the village after discovering she’d been plotting against them. But what exactly happened next remains a mystery.
Fearing the worst, Will makes a call to Kim in Dubai, but she doesn’t answer. Is this Kim’s way of letting Will know they’re finished? And how will he stop Dawn from digging any further?
In next week’s Emmerdale spoilers it’s game over for Will when the truth about missing Rose finally outs.
Viewers will discover Rose’s fate through a series of flashbacks. But is she dead or alive? And what part did Will, and Kim, play in it all?
It’s clear Will knows something about Rose’s disappearance (Credit: ITV)
Will is harbouring secrets in Emmerdale spoilers
Will has always claimed he has no clue where Rose has disappeared to, but we all know that’s a lie. In fact, he had every reason for wanting rid of his meddling ex-wife.
Rose’s arrival to the village earlier this year turned Will’s life upside down. He hadn’t seen her in years, since she walked out when their daughter, Dawn, was still a toddler. Will slowly began to accept Rose back into his family’s life, but was unaware she had a hidden agenda.
It transpired Rose was in cahoots with Ruby, in a sinister plot to ruin Kim’s life. Part of that plot was to wreck Kim’s marriage, so Ruby ordered Rose to seduce Will. She did as she was told, and after framing Kim for poisoning Dawn, she got her wicked way with Will.
Will was consumed with guilt over the betrayal, but then it all kicked off after Kim rumbled Ruby and Rose’s plan. She and Will took their revenge on Rose, abandoning her by the side of a road in the middle of nowhere.
Later that day, Rose was ‘rescued’ by someone driving a Home Farm vehicle. But there were fears she’d come to serious harm when the contents of her handbag was later seen strewn all over the road.
Could Will have been the person behind the wheel?
Will has been deceiving daughter Dawn over Rose’s whereabouts (Credit: ITV)
The pressure starts to build for Will
Since Rose’s vanishing act, both Will and Kim have suspected one another of foul play. With their marriage close to collapse, Kim fled to Dubai, while Will has been left behind to struggle with his guilt.
This has been made worse by Dawn’s desperation to find her mum. Dawn is fearful something awful has happened and wanted to report Rose as missing to the police. She’s also needs to know if Rose is a match to be a donor for Evan’s bone marrow transplant.
Dawn’s distress has made Will sick with worry, and prompted him to send her a text from Rose’s phone.
Will hoped this would be enough to throw Dawn off the scent. But the pressure is building, and secrets and lies are about to be revealed.
The truth about what really happened to Rose is revealed (Credit: ITV)
Rose’s fate is revealed
After weeks of lying to his loved ones, Will is going to be caught out.
A series of flashbacks finally explain what happened to Rose after she was picked up from the roadside.
So was Will the driver? Did he find a way to get rid of Rose for good? And is that why he’s had the face of a guilty man ever since? Or could Kim have killed again and he’s covering up for her?
In Emmerdale spoilers for next week, Caleb recruits Jai on his mission to take down Home James Haulage.
It’s all part of Caleb’s bigger plan to destroy arch-nemesis Kim Tate. But will Jai prove to be a useful ally? Or has Caleb made a mistake bringing him on board?
Jai and Caleb are Emmerdale’s new partners in crime (Credit: ITV)
Caleb and Jai join forces in Emmerdale spoilers
Things have been quiet on the Caleb front in recent months, but the village villain is back with a vengeance! And he’s reset his sights on former foe, Kim.
Caleb’s vendetta against the lady of the manor goes way back. He blames Kim for the death of his father, Frank, and wants to make her pay. Kim thwarted Caleb’s first attempt to steal her millions, but his desire to destroy her hasn’t gone away.
Most recently, Caleb’s wife Ruby made her own bid to take Kim down. She and Rose conspired together to break up Kim’s marriage to Will, but got caught out!
So far, the Miligans have failed to get the better of Kim. But with Jai on board, Caleb is confident he can topple her from the Home Farm throne.
Jai issues a sinister warning to Caleb (Credit: ITV)
Jai shows Caleb who’s boss
In The Woolpack, Caleb and Jai toast to what they hope will be a successful partnership. Chas watches on, intrigued by the pair’s sudden new friendship.
The first phase in Caleb and Jai’s plan of attack is to target Home James Haulage. Caleb recently purchased a plot of land next to Home Farm, where he plans to build a business empire. To do that he needs lorries – of which, Home James have plenty.
Caleb’s scheming has already resulted in Jimmy and business partner Will being hit with a whopping fine. It’s left Home James Haulage teetering on the brink, now Caleb wants to wreck even more havoc.
Caleb decides to bribe their council contact, but tells Jai he needs more money to do so. This immediately gets Jai’s back up and he warns Caleb he won’t be messed with. Given his past behaviour, we’d agree with that.
Will Caleb risk getting on the wrong side of the sinister Sharma?
Poor Jimmy gets another telling off from Will (Credit: ITV)
There’s more bad news for Jimmy and Will
Over at Home James, Will is confused when an HMRC Officer arrives to check the vans for red diesel. We can’t think who tipped them off about that.
Jimmy’s horrified to learn the yard is being investigated. But as Will turns on him about the red diesel he hits back, tired of being attacked.
Will is convinced the business is being sabotaged and has a good idea of who’s doing it. But it seems Will has got the wrong man when he accuses son-in-law Billy of foul play. Oh come on, Will, we thought you were cleverer than this. Clearly not.
Will he realise what Caleb is up to before the business completely collapses? And what further misery do Caleb and co-conspirator Jai have in store?
In Emmerdale spoilers for next week Will’s heartbroken to learn cancer-stricken Evan might need a bone marrow transplant.
With Dawn desperate to find missing Rose and Kim out of the country, Will’s guilt forces him to take action. But will his latest risky move be enough to fix the mess he’s in?
Will is keeping secrets about Rose’s disappearance (Credit: ITV)
Will is sick with worry in Emmerdale spoilers
It’s been a couple of weeks since Rose went AWOL and no one has heard a peep from her since. Suspicions are mounting over her disappearance, but Will and Kim definitely know more than they’re letting on.
The couple both had their (very valid) reasons for wanting rid of Rose. Kim had just rumbled Rose and Ruby’s plot to destroy her life, and Will didn’t want anyone finding out about their night of passion.
Rose was last seen crying by the side of the road when a mystery car pulled up next to her. Moments later, her belongings were left lying on the road with no sign of their owner.
Whether Rose is dead or alive, and if Kim and Will know about her fate, remains to be seen. But with Kim in Dubai for work, Will has been left behind at Home Farm to think on his sins.
Dawn informs Will that Evan may need a bone marrow transplant (Credit: ITV)
Dawn has bad news for Will
As the days go by, there’s still no sign of Rose and Dawn is getting worried. She tells Will she’s going to report her mum to the police as a missing person.
Immediately, Will is thrown into panic. He tries to contact Kim, but is left fearing his marriage is over when she doesn’t answer his calls.
Will’s week then goes from bad to worse when Dawn informs him Evan might need a bone marrow transplant. The tot was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at the start of the year and has been undergoing treatment since.
Hopeful that her mum might be a match, Dawn’s need to find Rose suddenly becomes very urgent.
Guilty Will starts composing a text on Rose’s phone (Credit: ITV)
Will wrestles with his guilt
While Will reels in shock over Dawn’s news, he’s haunted to think his grandson’s future could depend on finding Rose.
Later, Will sneakily retrieves Rose’s phone – which for some reason he has on his person – and listens to Dawn’s voicemail. Hearing the desperation in his daughter’s voice makes Will sick with worry and he tries Kim again. Will she answer him this time?
Afterwards, Will picks up Rose’s mobile again as he starts composing a message on it. But who is the text to? What does it say? And is he just digging himself into a deeper hole?
In tonight’s Emmerdale spoilers, Mandy is consumed by her financial worries as her honeymoon looms. She later confides in Tracy about her money issues while insisting she cannot tell Paddy.
Elsewhere, Will and Kim’s marriage is crumbling before their eyes. Will is edging closer to telling Kim the truth about his infidelity, while Kim is keen to avoid him altogether.
All this and more in Emmerdale on Wednesday August 7.
Mandy confides in Tracy about her finances (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale spoilers: Mandy’s money woes
1. Mandy tries to scam Tracy
Mandy’s honeymoon is on her mind, meaning her finances are worrying her more than ever.
She later welcomes Tracy to the salon and secretly attempts to apply a £20 surcharge to the cost of Tracy’s nail appointment.
2. Mandy confides in Tracy
Tracy is taken aback by Mandy’s attempt to scam money out of her at the salon. However, the pair get chatting and eventually Mandy opens up.
She tells Tracy she in serious debt, but insists she cannot come clean about her finances to Paddy.
Will Tracy keep Mandy’s secret?
Will and Kim’s marriage is crumbling (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale spoilers: Will and Kim
3. Kim avoids Will
Kim and Will are still struggling to trust one another and Kim isn’t keen on talking about the situation. Will is edging closer to confessing all about his kiss with Rose, as he struggles to keep the secret from his wife.
Kim informs Will she’s going to Dubai on a business trip tonight. Will is hurt to know she’d rather be anywhere than with him. But will distance make the heart grow fonder?
Can Kim and Will sort things out? And how long can Will keep his secret?
In tonight’s Emmerdale spoilers, Samson finds himself in trouble with the police after an altercation with Josh. Sam and Lydia are horrified by the scenes, but Moira is seemingly satisfied.
Elsewhere, Kim tells Caleb all about Ruby and Rose’s plan. He later takes Ruby to a mysterious location, leaving her unnerved.
Also, Dawn is eager to track Rose down and Pollard tries to make amends with Vic. All this and more in Emmerdale on Monday August 5.
Emmerdale spoilers: Rose is still missing
Caleb takes Ruby to a mysterious location (Credit: ITV)
1. Dawn wants to find Rose
Will and Kim are struggling in the aftermath of Rose’s mysterious disappearance. They do their best to be calm in front of Dawn, who does not know what’s been going on.
Dawn is eager to find Rose and suggests to Will that they should hire a private investigator to track her down. Later, Will brings up Dawn’s idea to Kim, who soon hatches a plan.
2. Kim tells Caleb everything
Kim bumps into Caleb and takes great pleasure in telling him all about what Ruby has been up to. At home, Ruby can’t stop worrying about how Caleb will react when he finds out what she has done.
Later on, Caleb remains silent as he drives Ruby to a mysterious depot in a remote location. What is Caleb planning?
3. Kim has a plan
Kim tells Will they should send a message from Rose’s phone to prompt Dawn to call off the search. Will is more concerned about how Kim has got Rose’s phone, having grown suspicious of her.
Later, Dawn is heartbroken when she receives a message from Rose saying she isn’t coming back.
Does Kim know more about Rose’s disappearance than she’s letting on?
Emmerdale spoilers: Samson stands up to Josh
Samson is in trouble (Credit: ITV)
4. Samson is arrested
Samson finally racks up the courage to stand up to Josh. However, his bravery lands him in hot water with the police as he is arrested for assaulting Josh.
Sam and Lydia are horrified to see Samson being arrested. Moira watches on, seemingly satisfied that Samson is being punished. Her lack of empathy for Samson doesn’t go unnoticed by Cain, who wonders if Moira was involved in Samson’s arrest.
5. Pollard tries to make amends in Emmerdale spoilers
Elsewhere, Brenda finds out Pollard orchestrated Victoria’s firing from The Hide. She orders him to make amends immediately.
Pollard takes Brenda’s advice on board and later offers Victoria a job in the shop, which she gladly accepts. However, Brenda is horrified that Pollard gave Victoria a job without confessing to his involvement in her firing.
Emmerdale is leading us to believe Rose Jackson is dead. The last we saw of her, she was stranded on the side of the road after Kim Tate and Will Taylor had discovered her plot to split them up.
Kim and Will told her to leave and never come back. They made her leave a message for Dawn saying she was going and then left her in the middle of nowhere. Rose sobbed over a picture drawn by her grandkids at the side of the road, but then looked relieved when a car – bearing the Home Farm logo – drove by and stopped for her.
Rose was last seen crying on the side of the road in but is she now dead in Emmerdale? (Credit: ITV)
Was it friend or foe, however?
It seems like the latter as the next we saw, Rose’s belongings were strew by the side of the road and Rose was nowhere to be seen. Kim and Will simultaneously returned home looking pretty shifty and no one knows what has happened to Rose.
Emmerdale definitely want us to think she’s dead – and that either Kim or Will have killed her. But could there be a twist in the tale? Is she actually still alive and hiding out somewhere or being held captive? It wouldn’t be the first time Emmerdale has faked a death…
Her return from the dead shocked Frank to death! (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock)
1 & 2. Kim Tate in Emmerdale faked being dead – twice
Rose need look no further than her nemesis Kim Tate for tips on faking your death – she’s done it twice!
In February 1997, Kim went missing from the village. A few days later, a woman was found dead at the wheel of her car after plunging into a quarry. Frank identified the body as Kim.
However, it wasn’t her! In May Kim waltzed back into Home Farm and told Frank she’d paid a prostitute to drive around the village pretending to be her, when actually Kim was sunning herself in the Caribbean. The body belonged to that woman, not Kim. The prostitute hadn’t been supposed to die, but she got stuck in the car and ended up making Kim’s fake death look even more authentic.
The shock caused Frank, who had been on remand for Kim’s murder, to have a heart attack. Kim stood by and watched him die before uttering the immortal line: “You’re a dinosaur, Frank, and you know what happened to them.” She then checked he was dead with her compact mirror before redoing her make-up. Brutal.
Kim faked her death again in 2021 (Credit: ITV)
Then in June 2021, Kim reused her infamous plan to catch out son, Jamie Tate. He’d been drugging her and she wanted to expose him.
She hired actors to play the parts of the police, doctor and undertakers and even her then-lover Will Taylor was in on the act. Jamie was completely bewildered and upset – but even more so when he realised it had all been a plot against him!
Jamie was revealed to be alive months after his ‘death’ (Credit: ITV)
3. Jamie Tate
So Jamie then decided to play his mother at her own game. After his poisoning attempts, Kim disowned and disinherited him. Then-girlfriend Dawn then ended it because he Jamie had tried to frame her dad, Will, for targeting Kim.
With nothing left and determined to get his hands on Kim’s money, Jamie offered to elope with Gabby so their baby (she was pregnant after a one-night stand) would get the money and therefore so would Jamie.
However, Jamie soon decided he couldn’t bear to be married to Gabby and asked Dawn to run away with him instead. She turned him down, so Jamie decided to flee to escape Gabby and Kim.
As he sped out of town, he drove off a cliff edge into a lake. The car was dredged up, but there was no sign of his body. Kim was sure he had faked his own death, but viewers had no idea whether he was actually gone or not.
When his ex, Andrea, died months later, Kim organised a memorial hoping Jamie would come. He didn’t and that seemed to seal he was dead.
But he wasn’t!
Instead he was hiding out with Andrea’s mum, Hazel.
Joe was presumed dead, but actually in hiding abroad (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock)
4. Joe Tate also not dead in Emmerdale
It seems no one in the Tate family has an original idea because Joe Tate, Kim’s step-grandson also pulled off the trick.
When Kim got out of prison, she ordered Joe dead and her henchman, Graham, urged Joe to flee. It meant Joe not turning up to marry Debbie Dingle, which sent her dad, Cain, into a fury. He punched Joe who fell and hit his head on a rock.
Graham stepped in and said he would dispose of the body. But when he put Joe in the boot of the car, his hand twitched. Graham was loyal to Joe and was later seen sobbing at the wheel of his car before telling Kim the job was done.
It was presumed Joe was dead, but viewers weren’t so sure. And it turned out they were right when five months later it was revealed Joe had escaped abroad and was living off money from Kim’s businesses.
Pete thought his brother was dead, but Ross was alive and out for revenge (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock)
They fought in the hospital grounds and Pete charged at Ross, who hit his head on a stone wall. Pete continued to beat him until he realised his brother was dead. Desperate Pete drove Ross’ body to the woods and buried it in a ditch covered with leaves.
Viewers believed Ross was a goner, however, when Pete went back to get him with dad James three weeks later, they were stunned Ross was no longer there. In fact, he was in a coma in a hospital who thought his name was Stephen! Ross returned to the village shortly after and tried all he could to exact revenge on Pete.
Rebecca and her nephew Lachlan were the only survivors of a crash that killed their family. She spent a month in a coma following the accident and was left with a brain injury. As she started to remember what had really happened – that Lachlan had been responsible for the deaths of his mother and grandfather – Lachlan knew he needed to silence her.
When Rebecca came across Robert Sugden and Liv Flaherty unconscious, Lachlan stopped her calling an ambulance. He was later seen in the woods clutching a bloody wrench. It was believed he had killed Rebecca.
However, just a few days later we discovered Rebecca was alive and being held hostage in a wooden chalet. She then confronted Lachlan and tried to escape and he strangled her. Once again we thought she was dead, but she was actually locked up in a psychiatric hospital, being kept captive by retired nurse Mrs Sykes, who Lachlan had hired.
Ruthless Sadie set this whole thing up herself (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock)
7. Sadie King
Sadie King was ruthless and vengeful and she proved to be just that when she enlisted Cain Dingle to shoot her. Out for revenge on the King family, who had left her with nothing, Sadie wanted what she believed was rightfully hers.
Cain kidnapped her and Tom and shot Sadie, seemingly killing her. But actually she was still alive and it had all been staged. She then left the village after Cain double-crossed her too.
