In Emmerdale spoilers next week, Moira is upset when her hair starts to fall out and she pushes husband Cain away.Â
Moira recently started radiotherapy treatment following an operation to remove a brain tumour last year.Â
However, a side effect to the treatment is the loss of hair and Moira struggles when this happens to her next week.
You can read full spoiler details for this storyline below.Â
Moira struggles with the side effects (Credit: ITV)
Moira is upset when her hair falls out
Last year, Moira Dingle underwent a risky operation to remove a brain tumour. She was later told she would need radiotherapy treatment in order to limit the chances of the brain tumour returning.Â
The radiotherapy treatment started last month, and next week the side effects will take hold. Spoilers reveal Moira will be horrified when a chunk of her hair falls out.
Cain Dingle tries to support his wife through this traumatic time, but Moira rejects her husband and demands he leave her alone.Â
He is determined to support his wife (Credit: ITV)
Cain comes up with a plan in Emmerdale spoilers
Feeling guilty over his fling with sister-in-law Ruby Fox-Miligan, Cain previously missed an important hospital appointment for Moira. He then found himself arrested after trying to get to said appointment.
Now, Cain is determined to be the perfect husband, but he struggles when Moira pushes him away.
Feeling rejected, he opens up to Charity and Lydia about the situation with Moira and seeks advice about what he should do.
Suddenly, he himself has a a spark of inspiration over how to cheer Moira up. What exactly is he planning and will it work?
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They say cats have nine lives, and so do a lot of Emmerdale characters, and no matter how many times they stare death in the face, they never actually meet their maker.
These extremely fortunate folk have overcome illnesses, survived catastrophic accidents and managed to escape murderers. In all honesty, they’ve got us wondering why and how they’re still breathing.
Here are nine Emmerdale characters who have defied the odds when it comes to death…
Cain lived to tell the tale (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock)
Cain Dingle deserves an award when it comes to Emmerdale characters’ deaths
Cain Dingle is the soap’s Mr Invincible. No matter how many brushes with death this guy had, he always lives to fight another day – quite remarkable considering the rest of the Emmerdale characters on the list.
The mechanic came closest to meeting his maker in 2011 when he was left for dead in a huge whodunit storyline, dubbed ‘Judgement Day’. Cain was bludgeoned over the head with a crowbar by a mystery assailant, who later turned out to be his dad, Zak. But after a few weeks in hospital he was ready to go again.
So Cain survived having his skull smashed in, but what else?
He almost burnt to death after Adam Barton set fire to his garage in revenge for Cain destroying his mum and dad’s marriage. He’s also undergone surgery for a brain aneurysm, and nearly drowned in a freezing river.
Then there was the time Cain nearly blew himself up while trying to get Nate killed for sleeping with Moira. He also suffered a near-fatal brain injury during a violent brawl with nephew Aaron, and most recently cheated death when Moira blew up Butler’s barn.
He should come with a health and safety warning!
Mack can’t have many lives left now (Credit: ITV)
Mackenzie Boyd
How is Mack still alive? No, seriously. How is he still alive? It’s true that Mack gets himself into most of these dangerous situations, but he’s been fortunate to survive them.
In 2023, Mack was involved in a terrifying car accident with his wife Charity and lover Chloe – which only happened because he played away. The vehicle was left hanging over the edge of a cliff, and Mack managed to save himself and Charity from the wreckage. Chloe went down with the car, but miraculously wasn’t killed.
Mack was then held hostage by Chloe’s gangster dad, Harry. And he would have ended up with a bullet in his head if it wasn’t for Charity saving the day, and shooting Harry dead.
His latest two lives have been used up. First, surviving getting stabbed in the stomach by Charity, then almost getting gored by an angry bull.
What’s going to be next?
Aaron has cheated death numerous times (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock)
Aaron Dingle
Aaron must know Hotten General like the back of his hand – he’s spent enough time there over the years.
The troubled Emmerdale character has a history of self-harm, and faced death when he developed septicemia after deliberately cutting his skin. Aaron’s overdosed on drugs and attempted suicide more than once.
In October 2016 he almost died after he and lover Robert were involved in the Hotten Bypass Crash. The couple’s car plunged into a lake and Aaron was trapped under the water. He was rushed to hospital and flatlined seconds after Robert popped the question.
But thanks to the miracles of modern medicine Aaron was saved.
Most recently John had to perform emergency surgery on his boyfriend after his lung collapsed. Aaron was taken to Hotten where it was revealed John had saved his life.
Sarah has a complicated medical history (Credit: ITV)
Sarah Sugden
Life hasn’t been very kind to poor Sarah, but she’s somehow managed to hang on in there.
At six-years-old she was diagnosed with fanconi anemia, a rare genetic disease, which increases the risk of cancer. Sarah developed leukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant to save her life, so Debbie and Andy conceived a saviour sibling. Baby Jack was born and was a match for his sister.
Sarah recovered, but was nearly killed after Kerry Wyatt accidentally set fire to Dale View while babysitting her and Jack.
Her health took another tragic turn in 2017 when she was diagnosed with throat cancer. Sarah’s long-lost great grandmother Faith stumped up £20,000 for her to undergo private treatment in Prague, which was a success.
If that wasn’t enough, less than 12 months later Sarah went into heart failure – a rare side-effect of her chemotherapy. A donor was found and Sarah underwent a risky heart transplant. Once more, there was a guardian angel looking down on her.
Sarah’s most recent hospital trips have been due to her drinking – something she’s not allowed to do due her condition.
Brave Moira recently underwent surgery to remove a brain tumour (Credit: ITV)
Moira Dingle is one of those Emmerdale characters whose been through enough, let alone near-death experiences
Moira’s another one that’s lucky to still be breathing if you think about all she’s been through.
She survived the car accident that claimed the life of her first husband John, walking away from the wreckage with just cuts and bruises. Then her life fell apart after the death of her daughter Holly from a heroin overdose.
Moira almost succumbed to addiction herself after she developed a dangerous alcohol habit. She once passed out drunk behind the wheel of her car and avoided what could have been a fatal collision.
2024 was the year Moira was forced to face her own mortality after being diagnosed with a non-cancerous brain tumour. After almost blowing herself and others up in an explosion at Butler’s barn, Moira’s underwent life-saving surgery to remove the mass.
She’s come through the operation, but isn’t out of the woods yet. Now Moira has to face her next hurdle – a course of radiotherapy. Will it be the death of her? Or will the Emmerdale cast member join the list of characters who survived death yet again?
Kathy was nearly smothered by evil Steve Marchant (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock)
Kathy Glover
Fan favourite Kathy was used to her husbands dying on her, but she also came close on a few occasions.
In 1998 the cafe owner became the victim of a hit and run after Steve Marchant accidentally ran her over. He didn’t call the police as he was carrying out a robbery at the time and it was hours before Kathy was discovered. She spent several weeks in a coma, during which time Steve tried to suffocate her with a pillow to stop her telling the police he’d been driving the car.
Kathy was in peril again when she grew close to secret killer Graham Clark. He’d already done away with her best mate Rachel Hughes and made her death look like suicide. Graham almost killed Kathy by driving off a cliff top, but she escaped with her life.
Then just weeks later, Kathy was one of the passengers travelling on a community bus which collided with a Tate Haulage lorry. She was one of the last ones to be freed from the wreckage, which claimed several lives.
No one destroys Kim Tate (Credit: ITV)
Kim Tate
Queen Kim is immortal, well that’s what we’re telling ourselves. But that doesn’t mean she hasn’t given us a few scares during her magnificent reign.
Christmas 1996 was very nearly Kim’s last after she got trapped in a fire at Home Farm. But it was her lover Dave Glover who went up in flames while rescuing baby James from the blaze.
After Kim made a triumphant return to the Dales in 2018, she was pushed off a balcony by Faith Dingle. We all feared Kim was no more, but she lived to tell the tale.
She’s also withstood months of being poisoned by vengeful son Jamie, and most recently viewers watched in horror as Dawn drugged Kim with ketamine. But as Jamie and Dawn discovered, no one gets the better of Kim!
He’s been beaten to near-death plenty of times, but has always lived to tell the tale (Credit: ITV)
Ross Barton
Ross has always lived life on the edge, but has somehow never ended up six feet under.
The closest Ross came was back in 2015 when Pete beat him to near death in revenge for his affair with Debbie. The audience were led to believe Pete had killed Ross after they watched him dump his body in the woods. But several weeks later it was revealed Ross had survived the attack as he made a dramatic return.
Ross has also overcome a horrific acid attack which has left him scarred for life, and put his life on the line competing in underground boxing matches.
How Lawrence survived getting shot we’ll never know (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock)
Lawrence White’s list of ‘almost’ deaths was impressive
Former lord of the manor Lawrence White finally used up his nine lives in 2018 and it was about time! The Emmerdale member’s list of near-death experiences suspended disbelief, even by the standards of the other characters.
During his three and a bit years in the Dales, Lawrence suffered five suspected heart attacks, two of which were confirmed. He was shot in the stomach by deranged grandson Lachlan, and should have bled to death, but didn’t.
Then in 2017, Lawrence’s life was left hanging in the balance after his foe Tim Richards tried to gas him in a car. Once again, Lawrence was rescued in the nick of time, by Lachlan of all people!
But his number was up when Lachlan deliberately ploughed the family’s car into an oncoming lorry. Lawrence – who was travelling in the backseat – was catapulted through the windscreen and died on impact.
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A new year has dawned in Emmerdale and we’re excited for all the drama that’s going to unfold over the course of 2025.
It’s also got us thinking about the current storylines and unresolved matters we’d like to see come to a conclusion over the next 12 months. And some preferably sooner rather than later.
Here are eight plots that need to be tied up this year…
Fans suspect John is deceiving Aaron (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale storylines that need to be tied up: The mystery of Aidan Moore
Please, please, please can we get closure on the whole Aidan Moore mystery and find out who he really was/is? There has to be a more to the story than him being John Sugden’s dead ex.
What we know so far – according to John – is that he and Aidan served in the army together. They fell in love, but kept their romance under wraps through fear of being ostracised. Aidan was tragically killed in a bomb blast while they were out in Afghanistan, which left John bereft.
But even though John has confessed his love to Aaron and chucked Aidan’s dog tag away in the woods, we’re not buying it. Something doesn’t feel right and we suspect John is lying.
Fans are still speculating that John is actually Aidan, an imposter sent by Aaron’s imprisoned ex Robert to cause carnage. While this theory seems a little wild, we’d like to think the truth is more exciting than a tale of lost love. So let’s be having it.
We want a happier and healthier 2025 for Moira (Credit: ITV)
Moira’s brain tumour
First off, we think Natalie J Robb has been superb throughout the whole Moira brain tumour storyline. The actress’s portrayal of her character’s traumatic health battle deserves all the awards going.
But we don’t want another year of watching one of our favourite characters suffering.
Although Moira’s surgery to remove her tumour was ultimately a success, she still has to undergo a grueling course of radiotherapy. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the treatment worked and she was given the all clear?
We would love nothing more than for Moira to be able to put this traumatic chapter behind her and look to the future.
Cain and Ruby should never mention their affair again (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale storylines that need to be tied up: Cain and Ruby’s affair
Cain and Ruby’s drunken hook-up was neither one’s finest hour. Since then the pair have been desperate that Moira never discovers what they were doing while she was undergoing life-saving brain surgery.
And we are in full agreement.
Affair reveals in soap have historically made for thrilling viewing, but absolutely no good can come out of this betrayal being outed. It would cause maximum pain and distress to all involved. Moira needs to focus on getting better, Ruby’s already in hell, and it would be a shame to ruin their lovely friendship. Cain and Caleb we care less about, but that would surely be the end of the brother’s bond.
What Cain and Ruby did was a stupid mistake, let’s just leave it at that and move on.
Who will Steph’s father turn out to be? (Credit: ITV)
Steph has always been led to believe she was conceived on the day of Ruby’s 16th birthday. But now viewers know this was the day Anthony forced himself on his terrified daughter. And it wasn’t the first time he’d done it.
Ruby had also started dating Caleb at the time, which means there’s a high chance Steph is his child. But there’s only one way to determine her paternity, and that’s with a DNA test.
We really hope Steph doesn’t turn out to be Anthony’s, because the storyline is twisted enough as it is. But it certainly would make for more of a dramatic reveal.
Anthony must be made to pay for what he’s done (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale storylines that need to be tied up: Anthony getting away with it
There’s no way we get to end of next year without retribution for Ruby. And that means Anthony being exposed for the evil abuser he is.
The old man is on borrowed time having been given a terminal cancer diagnosis, so this needs to happen fast. But we can’t bear the thought of Anthony taking his sordid secret to the grave and Ruby not having the chance to see her father punished for his despicable crimes.
Let him end his days in jail we say!
We have to know if Rebecca was murdered by Ross (Credit: ITV)
What happened to Rebecca White
Ross’s bombshell about the death of his former girlfriend Rebecca hit us hard. It was out of the blue and brutal.
During a chat with Charity, Ross revealed Rebecca had died suddenly during a routine surgery, leaving little Seb motherless. The lad was removed from Ross’s care and is now being raised by an aunt of Rebecca’s in Bristol.
But there has to be a reason why the show’s writers decided to kill off such a memorable character and the mother of Robert Sugden’s son. Does this pave the way for Robert’s long-awaited return? Or is there something more sinister at play? Could it be that Ross is telling fibs and he actually played a part in Rebecca’s untimely end?
Questions need to be answered that will either confirm or deny any speculation about Ross being a murderer.
Nate deserved a better send off (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale storylines that need to be tied up: Nate’s unfinished business
We think Emmerdale did Nate Robinson dirty by giving him such a rubbish exit.
The character, played by actor Jurrell Carter, ditched the village in September 2024 to start a new life in Shetland. But his hurried off-screen departure made absolutely no sense.
Nate had just decided to give his marriage to Tracy another go. But then Cain got it into his head that Nate was sleeping with Moira and violently attacked his son. When a fire later broke out in Butler’s barn, viewers feared that Nate had been killed off in the deadly blaze. But no, apparently Nate just slipped away quietly to Scotland without telling anyone.
Little Frankie is overdue a visit from her daddy, so why doesn’t Nate pop back for a visit? And then he might get the chance to say a proper goodbye to his loved ones. And get an apology from Cain. That is, unless he is actually dead…
Billy and Dawn need to break up (Credit: ITV)
Dawn and Billy’s marriage
You know that expression ‘flogging a dead horse’? That’s how we feel about Dawn and Billy‘s marriage. While we agree 2024 was brutal with baby Evan’s cancer battle and Will’s shock death, these two just aren’t right together any more. And there’s no point pretending otherwise.
Marriages in Soapland rarely go the distance, so what would be the problem if Billy and Dawn called it quits? All they seem to do lately is drag one another down. Split them up before the rot really sets in so they can remain mates and focus on co-parenting their kids.
A clean break from Billy might also breathe some new life into downtrodden Dawn. Who needs a man to have fun? Unless it’s Ross Barton. In that case we’d quite like to see Dawn getting it on with the village bad boy.
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Fans of Emmerdale turned on Moira Dingle during Tuesday night’s episode of the soap – as she told Cain not to come home after he was arrested for assaulting a police officer. Cain’s tussle with the law came during Moira’s time of need, as she learned that she would require ongoing treatment to ensure that her tumour doesn’t return.
Cain, meanwhile, found himself in a prison cell after hitting Jai’s car, and then lashing out at PC Swirling. As he called Moira to explain himself, she reacted with fury – telling him not to bother coming home.
However, some fans found a bit of a double-standard in Moira’s reaction.
Moira told Cain to stay away (Credit: ITV)
Moira receives backlash from Emmerdale fans after slamming Cain
Writing on social media as the scenes aired, fans shared their ire at Moira’s behaviour. And many were quick to recall how she was hardly innocent herself.
“Struggling to care about Moira being “let down†by Cain. She’s cheated on him, she’s beat on him, yet now she’s perfect and delicate because she’s ill?” said one annoyed fan.
“To hear Moira talk, you’d think she was Mother Teresa! She’s having a go at Cain for assaulting someone, when she’s done exactly the same thing & even killed Emma Barton! Talk about pot, kettle & black,” said another.
“I seem to be alone in my dislike of Moira. She’s done some horrible things to people over the years – including Cain. I wish they’d just write her annoying character out of Emmerdale,” wrote a third.
Cain isn’t exactly innocent either (Credit: ITV)
‘Grow up’ say fans as Cain’s moping continues
This comes after another week of moping for Cain. He’s been struggling with his conscience since sleeping with Ruby – driving those around him away with his pouting and unpredictable behaviour.
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Emmerdale tonight saw Cain let Moira down as he continued to wallow in his own guilt. And Moira got more bad news from her consultant.
Meanwhile, April was still not in a forgiving mood and Ross made things worse, and Anthony was on the warpath.
Here’s everything that happened in Emmerdale tonight, Tuesday December 10.
Cain just made everything worse when he was arrested (Credit: ITV)
Cain let Moira down in Emmerdale tonight
Moira was waiting (impatiently) for Cain at the hospital with Matty by her side. Moira insisted Cain would be there and sent Matty back to the farm. But back in the village, Cain had no intention of going and was stomping around the garage.
Liam caught him and tried to talk some sense into his friend. Cain fed him some nonsense about being scared, but Liam told him to stop being a coward. At last Cain realised he had to get there, especially when Moira left him a tearful voice message saying she was scared and the consultant couldn’t wait any longer to see her.
Cain rushed off – smashing Jai’s car on his way as it was blocking him in – and then he was pulled over by the police. PC Swirling told him Jai had complained and as Cain got shirty, he was arrested for criminal damage and assaulting a police officer. Oh Cain.
In his cell Cain was banging and shouting, begging to talk to Moira. PC Swirling gave Cain some sympathy and did eventually let him use a mobile phone. Cain confessed what had happened and Moira was upset and angry – she shouted she was fine and he wasn’t welcome back home.
She then tearfully confessed to Matty she had to have radiotherapy because they think there’s a chance it can come back. Cain has really mess up this time, but can he ever make this up to her?
April on a downward spiral
Marlon and Rhona were trying to make things right with April, but she was not having any of it. She immediately went to see Ross and it came out that Marlon, Caleb, Charity and Jai had tried to set Ross up. That obviously made April even angrier.
And there was Mack making more snidey comments when he should really just shut up.
Marlon once again tried to talk to April about everything. He insisted he just was trying to protect his daughter and it had been wrong trying to set Ross up. April soon brushed him away and half-heartedly forgave him. But does she really mean it?
Nope! Because she grabbed a bottle of vodka and went to Donna’s grave where she angrily let rip at her mum. Ross found her and tried to talk her down.
Later Ross saw Mack and Moses together and realised what a close bond they have. It upset him and he hit the vodka he’d confiscated off April.
Also in Emmerdale tonight
Anthony laid into Caleb – who threatened to knock his teeth out (Credit: ITV)
Ruby shocked Anthony
Anthony summoned Caleb over and wanted answers over his affair with Tracy. Caleb was not interested in listening to any of Anthony’s questions and threatened him with violence.
Anthony soon told Ruby what Caleb had said – and that he knew about Tracy. Ruby shot her father’s concerns down and insisted her marriage was fine. He begged her to leave Caleb, but she silenced him by telling him she also slept around.
Tom is not welcome in their lives, but will Angelica listen to her dad? (Credit: ITV)
Jimmy laid down the law
Jimmy read Tom’s letter and Angelica was hopeful her dad would support Tom now. But Jimmy tore it up, told Angel it was all manipulation and she was not to go near or contact Tom ever again. She stropped off. And we guess she probably will go near Tom again before the week is out…
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In Emmerdale spoilers for tonight (Tuesday, December 10), Cain find himself in a bit of bother and is arrested, leaving Moira to receive her pathology results alone.
Elsewhere, after learning about Caleb’s affair with Tracy from Brenda, Anthony confronts his son-in-law.
Moira doesn’t need any more worry as she’s still recovering (Credit: ITV)
1. Moira is worried
Although Moira feels anxious that she hasn’t heard from Cain all night, she’s sure he’ll be home for her test results. She sends Matty home and delays her appointment.
But as time goes by, Moira is unable to postpone the appointment any further. She makes a last ditch phone call to Cain, and, feeling terrified, she prepares to receive her pathology results alone.
Cain’s aggressive behaviour leads to an arrest (Credit: ITV)
2. Cain is arrested
Having lied to Moira about his whereabouts due to his guilt, Cain tries to get back to Moira in his van. But he is blocked from leaving by Jai’s awkwardly parked car.
Fuelled by a desperate voicemail from Moira, Cain tries to get a move on, but is stopped by Swirling. His agitated state and aggressive approach leads to an arrest – brilliant timing, Cain!
Deflated, Cain tries to appeal to Swirling’s better nature and asks for the chance to have one private conversation with Moira on the phone.
The request is granted. Moira remains composed but she feels gutted at Cain’s callousness and is aghast to hear what he has done. However, she shares the news that her results were clear. But later, she admits to a heartbroken Matty that she’ll need radiotherapy and they cry together.
But Ruby isn’t impressed by her dad’s actions. Defending Caleb and her own decision to move on from the affair, Ruby is left unsettled by unconvinced Anthony’s persistent questioning.
Jimmy rips up the letter (Credit: ITV)
4. Jimmy reads Tom’s letter
During yesterday’s episode, Angelica did her best to convince dad Jimmy to give Tom a chance as he is all alone in prison.
Tonight, Jimmy gives in to Angel and reads his nephew’s letter. However, what he reads rattles him and he sees it as another attempt to manipulate them.
Ross previously realised he’d scared his son (Credit: ITV)
5. Ross changes his mind in Emmerdale tonight
Having been called a bully and told to go away by his own son, Ross knows he has work to do where Moses is concerned.
However, when Ross observes the close bond between Mack and Moses in tonight’s episode, he abandons his plans to reconcile with his son.
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Emmerdale spoilers for next week see Cain’s guilt reach a whole new level as gets arrested and prepares to tell Moira everything.
Viewers have been upset with Cain recently as he cheated on Moira while she was in brain surgery. While Cain and Moira have been a strong Emmerdale couple through the years, once again they’ve been hit with a cheating scandal.
But next week, Cain lets Moira down again, and prepares to come clean. But will he?
Emmerdale spoilers: Cain gets arrested after an angry outburst. (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale spoilers: Cain gets arrested
With Moira planning on throwing him a birthday party, Cain can’t deal with being near her. Instead, he opts to lie once again and stay out the whole night.
His reckless decision leads to Moira attending her pathology results appointment alone. As she’s unaware Cain is busy getting arrested.
Jai blocks Cain’s car into a parking spot, and when he finally gets on the road, he’s stopped by PC Swirling. As he is already in a bad mood, Cain reacts aggressively, resulting in a trip to the station.
He manages to get Swirling to let him call Moira, who is shocked to hear where her husband has ended up. When he asks about her appointment, she tells him she got the all clear. However, she tearfully informs Matty that she is going to need radiotherapy.
Swirling lets Cain go with a warning, and the Dingle decides to go get drunk.
Moira tells Cain about his birthday party as his guilt increases. But will he confess? (Credit: ITV)
Will Cain confess to Moira?
Later, Liam finds Cain alone and drunk in the allotment. Performing his duties of the best friend, he brings him home to Moira.
But when he arrives home, Moira is understandably furious at her husband for his actions.
She decides to fill him in on the surprise party she was throwing him, and warns him that he needs to pull himself together for the next day.
As she’s talking, Cain’s guilt begins to consume him and all he wants to do is tell her the truth.
But the question remains; will he admit it? Or will he back out?
In Emmerdale spoilers for next week, Moira gets confused by Cain’s behaviour, and is forced to get her results alone.
The lies and the let downs just keep coming from Cain lately, especially at a time when his wife needs him the most.
It’s coming up to Cain’s birthday and Moira is set on celebrating, despite Matty’s concerns. But someone who is in no mood for a party is the birthday boy himself.
Emmerdale spoilers: Matty worries as Moira wants to throw a party for Cain (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale spoilers: Cain lets Moira down again
Moira has her pathology results appointment and understandably wants Cain by her side, so when she realises she has no idea where he is, she postpones them.
However, time is ticking and she can’t keep putting it off, so after a final attempt at getting through to Cain, Moira heads to her appointment alone.
Cain, however, was trying to get back to Moira when he found himself blocked in a parking spot, thanks to Jai.
When he finally gets out, he’s in a rush. And in an unfortunate timing, he is stopped by PC Swirling.
In true Cain fashion, he doesn’t handle the situation well, and his angry approach leads to him being arrested.
Cain gets arrested while trying to get to Moira’s appointment (Credit: ITV)
Swirling allows the Dingle to have a phone call with Moira, where she is completely thrown to hear he’s at the police station.
While she eases his worries by telling him her results were fine, she admits to Matty that she will need to go through radiotherapy.
Swirling lets Cain off with a warning and while he should head straight home to Moira, he doesn’t.
Instead Liam later finds a drunk Cain in the allotment. Trying to do the right thing, he drops him back home to Moira.
But when Moira is evidently angry at Cain’s behaviour, will Cain’s guilt get even worse?
Moira Dingle’s brain surgery has been the talk of the town with Emmerdale fans for weeks now. Last week saw Moira undergo surgery to remove a dangerous brain tumour.
As she went under, touching scenes saw her reunite with late daughter Holly. Meanwhile, in the real world, husband Cain was coping less well – cheating on Moira with his own sister-in-law, Ruby.
Between Moira’s successful surgery and Cain’s more successful betrayal, her surgery has been all fans have been talking about over the last week. Unfortunately, there has been another element viewers have picked up on – and it’s one that’s been far more baffling to fans.
Namely, how did the doctors manage to perform major brain surgery without damaging a hair on her head?
Moira is looking good, all things considered (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale fans confused by Moira surgery scenes
As scenes aired last night (Monday, November 25), fans took to social media to air their bafflement.
“Sorry but the surgeons would have shaved Moira’s head, stapled it back together, dressed it and bandaged it up. Not give her butterfly stitches and stick a sanitary pad on her head,” laughed one viewer.
“Well, look at that. They managed to surgically remove Moira’s brain tumour with cutting a hair on her head. Way to go, Lourdes brain surgeons!” said another.
“Don’t folk having any kind of surgery on their heads have part of their hair shaved off?,” asked a third.
Guilt-ridden Cain has been at Moira’s side since the operation (Credit: ITV)
Moira’s confidence takes a knock as Cain battles his conscience
Cain visited her in the hospital, but she was adamant that she didn’t want to see the kids.
She told Cain that seeing glamorous Ruby had knocked her confidence. Cain was quick to reassure her – but inside, struggled with the guilt of having slept with Ruby.
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This week’s Emmerdale review is brought to you from a place of deep despair, with cries of “WHHHHYYYY?”
We are most definitely not on board with Cain and Ruby doing it. In fact, we’re so horrified by it that we’ve had quite an extreme realisation about Mr Dingle – more on that later.
The awfulness of Cain and Ruby’s hook-up has tainted the whole of this week’s Emmerdale for us, but when we put our minds to it, we can remember some moments of brightness among the gloom.
Here’s what we thought in this week’s Emmerdale review.
We loved Moira’s reunion with Holly (Credit: ITV)
Moira and Holly’s reunion
Let’s start with the good stuff: the build-up to Moira’s op, her fear about leaving her kids, and the op itself.
We’re not always a fan of quirky tricks in soaps, but having Moira see daughter Holly Barton was a really lovely touch. And her leaving Holly to go and check on the boys was a clever way of showing us how much she wanted to live.
It was sweet and emotional, and really moving. Natalie J Robb, who plays Moira, really knocked it out of the park too, showing us Moira’s terror about her operation in a very understated way. It was great.
Poor Sam has been through a lot (Credit: ITV)
Sweet supportive Sam
And do you know what else we loved? Sweet Sam turning up at the hospital to support Cain, even when Cain left the hospital.
We’ve been watching Sam and Alice’s sad journey on Classic Emmerdale, so probably because of that we felt a bit teary seeing Sam arrive with his Tupperware of pasties, ready to step up for his family. What a sweetheart.
Did Steph even exist before she came to the village? (Credit: ITV)
We’ve got questions for Steph!
We quite like what we’ve seen of Steph so far. But one thing we can’t get our heads round is her parents’ complete lack of interest in her life outside Emmerdale. They’ve not spoken for more than a decade, but they haven’t asked her where she’s been living, or what she’s been doing, or if she’s single.
Caleb assumed she didn’t have a job – which she apparently didn’t, but then how has she been supporting herself until now? Caleb also assumed she had the skills to be his second-in-command at the factory without checking.
Maybe she’s a doctor or a lawyer or a stripper or a fighter pilot – he wouldn’t know because he didn’t even ask. It’s all a bit odd.
Big thumbs down for Will and Kim in our Emmerdale review
Just get back together already and stop all this exhausting brinkmanship.
Is there any coming back from this one? (Credit: ITV/YouTube)
We need to talk about Cain and Ruby in our Emmerdale review
We suppose we need to talk about the huge Cain and Ruby shaped elephant in the room. But we don’t want to! Because it’s actually just awful, isn’t it? Nothing about their weird five-minute bunk up in the garage makes sense. And it’s hard to know where to start with listing everything about it that was so wrong. But let’s have a go.
First up, Cain and Ruby have never even showed the tiniest bit of interest in one another. They’ve barely spoken. In fact, they barely spoke in the garage before they were suddenly snogging. It came so out of the blue that it was bewildering. If Cain had to cheat (though we question why) then we’d have perhaps gone for Ella, as they have a bit of a rapport. Not Ruby.
Another objection we have to this whole sitch, is that Ruby has won our hearts over the last few months. We’ve seen her vulnerable side, got to know her, loved seeing her forge an awkward friendship with Moira, and now this. It’s just not Ruby. She makes mistakes undoubtedly, but she is loyal and fierce and – we reckon – a real woman’s woman. This dalliance is so out of character, it might have changed the way we feel about her forever, which is a real shame.
Plus, Ruby is a smart, funny, clever woman who then messaged Cain and left her emergency contraception box in the top of the kitchen bin. Riiiiiight.
We have a lot to say about Cain here too, but actually he deserves his own section, because WHAT ON EARTH is going on there?
We think it’s time for Cain to go (Credit: ITV)
Cain needs to go
We have always loved Cain Dingle. We’ve forgiven him so much over the years. But we’re about ready to say enough is enough. You’re 50 years old, mate. It’s time to grow up.
We were disappointed in the way Cain reacted when Moira’s behaviour first started to change before her diagnosis. He let her down then. But, we thought, he’ll step up. He’ll make amends. It’ll be fine.
Except he didn’t and it wasn’t.
First he whinged about being left to look after things at the farm when Moira went to see her son Adam TO SAY GOODBYE, in case she died. Then he refused to talk about any of the important stuff Moira wanted to sort out IN CASE SHE DIED. And then he slept with Ruby while Moira was ON THE OPERATING TABLE. (We apologise for all this shouting but it really feels like Cain’s behaviour warrants a bit of shouting!)
He even punched Jimmy (to be fair, Jimmy did quite deserve it but still there’s a time and a place) and got himself arrested.
Suddenly, our Cain Dingle love has vanished. Gone. And we’re seeing him for what he really is – an abusive, stubborn man who’s too set in his toxic ways to ever change.
And for that reason – and frankly we can’t believe we’re saying this but we are – we think it’s time for Cain Dingle to go.
What do you think?
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.
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