Viewers rejoiced as Moira and Cain finally decided to get back together in last night’s episode of Emmerdale. But while they may have happiness now, some fear another huge blow is around the corner. And it’s to do with Nate’s murderer.
After a conversation with Ruby of all people, Moira decided she wanted her marriage to Cain to work. And she told him exactly that, while also using a chicken burger analogy. It took Cain a minute to realise what she was saying, but when he did, the pair kissed and made up.
Fans were immediately thrilled that their break-up wasn’t going to last long, and that they are putting things right between them. But one commented that the quick make-up may actually be pointing towards a more sinister turn. As Nate’s body is bound to be discovered soon. And perhaps Moira had more to do with that then anyone knows.
Fans were delighted that Moira and Cain reunited (Credit: ITV)
Moira and Cain reunite, but did she kill Nate in Emmerdale?
Nate’s body is sinking under the lake after the huge limo crash reveal. Poor Amy was trapped under the ice alongside him. But she made sure to use her last words to warn Matty that he was under there – although he didn’t get what she was saying.
A few episodes later we saw a figure wearing a black hoodie stood beside the lake as police cleared the scene. Since then there have been numerous theories on who the hooded figure was, but Caleb and John seem to be the most common. However, after Moira’s outfit choice last night, some fear that it may have been her. And it’s not like she didn’t have motive or opportunity.
Taking to a reddit thread, one user commented: “I’m not going to lie, when I saw the episode I noticed Moira was wearing a black hoodie and my heart sank. All I can think about is that Emmerdale are going to pull a ‘Can you forgive the woman who killed your son and forgot about it’ storyline with them. I really hope it’s anyone else. John or Ella. Or even Bob – just not Moira.”
Did Moira kill Nate? (Credit: ITV)
Was it possible?
Could she have done it? While it seems a bit extreme for Moira to have killed her son-in-law, at the time of Nate’s exit she was having a lot of memory issues.
Moira was unaware of her brain tumour, and was living a very reckless life. She even got Ruby in the barn and set fire to it to try and kill her because she was hallucinating Emma Barton.
And everyone had just accused her and Nate of re-starting their affair. Admittedly that means a lot of people were angry at Nate, but in Moira’s mind-set back then, she may have wanted to prove that there was nothing going on.
If she did kill her husband’s son, perhaps she completely forgot about it and someone else covered it up? Or when she remembered did she panic and cover her own tracks.. she wasn’t in a good place back then.
Either way, it remains to be seen if Moira did kill Nate. But we would hope that Emmerdale lets her and Cain have a little bit of happiness sometime soon – they deserve it.
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Emmerdale shocked us all by revealing a body in the lake was Nate and while everyone has a theory, could Tracy have been the one to put him there?
When Nate exited the show last year, eagle-eyed fans immediately knew something was suspect about his departure. And for months there have been countless theories suggesting he was dead, but nobody actually fully believed it. And in a huge twist during the limo lake crash – his body was under the lake.Â
Now that viewers are aware of this, they are watching the soap more carefully than ever, waiting for something to give a clue to who the killer is. And while it may seem out of the blue, could it have been Tracy? Here are the latest odds on who put Nate in the lake.
Could Tracy have killed Nate? (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale: Did Tracy kill Nate?
As soon as it was confirmed to be Nate’s body, the theory that John Sugden is actually a serial killer looked extremely plausible. But odds suggest this may actually not be the case. And some people in the line-up are quite surprising.
According to Gambling.com expert James Leyfield, Tracy, who supposedly loved Nate, has made it to the list of suspects. And admitted the soap could pull a “double bluff”.
Her and Nate had their ups and downs (and affairs), but ultimately they did love each other. However, in the end it wasn’t enough. And as Nate decided to give up his time in the village, Tracy and him split for good.
She made a comment to John about how Nate didn’t even say goodbye. But perhaps she was actually the one who killed him and is covering her tracks. And with the birthday present for Frankie plot-hole, she would be the perfect candidate.
While she is on the list, she’s currently at the bottom, with 25/1 (3.8%) likelihood of being the murderer.
Nate was confirmed dead during the limo stunt (Credit: ITV)
Who are the main suspects for Nate’s murder?
Shockingly, John is not the current favourite to be the murderer. The number one spot actually goes to Caleb – Nate’s uncle.
Caleb is sitting at the top with a 6/4 (40%) chance of being responsible. But what makes viewers so convinced?
And he cared about Tracy, so if he knew about her and Nate’s argument or if Nate accused him of starting up his affair with his wife again, could things have gotten out of control?
Right behind Caleb, however, is suspicious John Sugden (if that’s really his name). He sits with a 2/1 (33.3%) likelihood of being the one who killed Nate.
Ever since he first arrived fans have been adamant that he is hiding something sinister. And many assume he is a murderer. With him supposedly being the last one to see Nate alive, did he deliver the final blow?
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In Emmerdale John Sugden has looked suspicious for months, and many now fear he is the one who killed Nate. But eagle-eyed viewers point out one detail that may throw that theory away.
When John arrived fans quickly theorised he wasn’t who he said he was. And many believed he had even killed before. Then when he was a master at covering up Anthony’s murder, this was heightened. But the biggest piece of all was when it was revealed Nate’s body was in the lake.
However, despite fans being certain that John was the one who killed Nate, they couldn’t help but notice a detail that hints maybe he actually isn’t the murderer.
Fans point out plot hole (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale John wouldn’t know key detail
Last night (February 15) Tracy tried to celebrate little Frankie’s birthday. But with Vanessa mourning Suzy it was a struggle. All Tracy wanted was for Nate to call and say happy birthday to his daughter – but we all know this could never happen.
But in an unexpected twist Nate seemingly did wish his daughter a happy birthday, in the form of a note attached to a delivered present. Cain and Tracy both were confused by the gift, as neither had heard from him since he seemingly left the village.
Now, viewers are well aware that it could not have been Nate who sent the gift as his body is currently sinking under the lake. So naturally, John became number one suspect in fans’ minds. However, the question is, how would John know Frankie’s birthday?
John has never shared a scene with Frankie. And he has no friendship with Tracy. So viewers are confused as to why he would know this key detail.
Writing on a Reddit thread, one viewer pointed this plot hole out. They said: “My question is would John, who some of us currently think killed Nate, really know the date of Frankie’s birthday? Would Tracy have told him? And would he have felt the need to as someone? Surely the person who killed Nate is someone who knows the date and were able to order a gift to arrive in time?”
Another backed this up, adding: “I doubt John would know Frankie’s birthday. And it would be a bit suspect to ask Aaron.”
Nate was revealed to be the body in the lake (Credit: ITV)
Fans wonder if Caleb was the murderer
Many agreed, pointing out this helps Caleb look like the guilty party. One user commented: “Caleb would know. He is her great uncle and had a considerably long affair with her mum.”
However, others refused to get off the John is guilty train and came up with reasons as to how he would know.
One pointed out: “The killer obviously has hold of Nate’s phone. It’s possible that Nate had saved Frankie’s birthday as a reminder. That could be how the killer knew.”
Or a more sinister theory was that John was abusing his job privileges. They wrote: “I thought John worked at the doctors surgery. He would be able to access her files. And he has Nate’s phone.”
Whatever way the killer knew, fans seem to be undecided as to whether it was John or Caleb that put Nate in a watery grave.
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He may be six feet under (water), but no-one can accuse Nate Robinson of being a bad father – and tonight’s episode of Emmerdale saw him mark little Frankie’s birthday by sending a gift her way. Or at least, the person who killed him did.
As the episode began, Cain popped by to see his granddaughter on her birthday, picking up a package from the doorstep. As he handed it over, Tracy discovered that it contained a card and a gift from ‘Nate.’
‘Nate’ sent Frankie a card on her birthday (Credit: ITV)
News from ‘Nate’ as Frankie gets a birthday present from her dad on Emmerdale
However, Tracy then confirmed that she’d neither seen nor heard from Nate since he left the village, and he still wasn’t answering her calls, even after the limo crash. No great surprise there – Nate is dead, currently chained up and bodybagged at the bottom of a lake.
This begs the question: if Nate didn’t send Frankie a gift on her birthday, then who did?
Caleb’s been acting shifty this week (Credit: ITV)
Caleb
As the death of Nate was confirmed, Caleb emerged as one of the likely suspects. As Friday night’s episode ended, Caleb stormed out of the house on mystery business. The soap then cut to a mystery figure standing by the lake, overlooking Nate’s watery grave.
In addition to the soap hinting that he knows where Nate lies, Caleb was responsible for his disappearance – telling Cain that he’d seen Moira and Nate snogging in the barn. This turned out to be untrue, but by then the damage was done, and innocent Nate earned a beating from Cain.
One theory suggests that Caleb knew full well what he was doing when he dobbed Cain in – and then killed him before he could leave the village. Did Caleb send Frankie’s birthday gift?
Does Cain have a guilty conscience? (Credit: ITV)
Cain
Another figure implied to be at the lake on Friday, Cain spent yesterday morning cleaning mud off of his boots. Cain is unlikely to have killed his son, but it’s not entirely out of the question either – maybe Nate died from injuries obtained during Cain’s beating, and Cain was simply covering his tracks?
Again, it’s unlikely, but don’t count Cain out just yet. After all, whoever sent the gift would have to know when Frankie’s birthday is – so is likely someone close to the family.
Did John murder Nate? (Credit: ITV)
John
Add another one to the killer John Sudgen theory. With many viewers believing that John could be a secret serial killer, he’s prime suspect for many to have killed Nate. As he proved with Anthony, the man knows his way around a cover up – if so, sending Frankie a present on her birthday would be an ingenious move.
As for his motive, one fan theory suggests that John has a thing against absentee fathers and killed Nate in a fit of rage after learning he was about to abandon Frankie.
Nate… is that you? (Credit: ITV)
Is Nate still alive on Emmerdale?
Nate’s fate may seem sealed, but lest we forget we’ve not actually seen his face yet. While the bracelet does seem like compelling evidence, there’s always the outside possibility that Nate really is alive and well in Scotland. But how to explain the friendship bracelet?
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This Emmerdale review is a bit tear-stained and blotchy. Because what a week it’s been in Emmerdale. What. A. Week. So much death and devastation and more on the horizon with the truth about Noah still to be revealed AND Nate’s body to be uncovered.
There’s a lot to say about everything that happened this week, so here’s what we thought in our Emmerdale review.
There was a lot of drama in this week’s Emmerdale (Credit: ITV)
The limo crash
As stunts go, the limo crash wasn’t without its faults. The way everyone kept slamming the car door shut. The high heels on the thin ice. But watching those women make it across the frozen lake one by one was thrillingly tense!
And, as it turned out, the stunt wasn’t really the main focus of this week’s Emmerdale. The real story was everything that came afterwards. In fact, it’s hard to know where to start our Emmerdale review because it has been a week of such high drama and so many emotional moments.
Exhausting (Credit: ITV)
Caleb v Cain
Let’s start with the drama in the men’s limo and Caleb confronting Cain about him sleeping with Ruby. It’s hard to listen to Caleb being holier than thou when it comes to adultery and family loyalty. Let’s not forget he slept with his nephew’s wife. BUT the fact remains that Cain did a very bad thing. Mack told him he was pathetic, and we can’t help but agree. Even Cain himself said “there’s some things you can’t come back from”. He’s right!
We’re glad everyone knows, and we hope Ruby doesn’t get too much of the blame because we really feel like she wasn’t in her right mind when it happened. Though she does deserve a bit of the blame. A little bit.
There’s one thing we keep coming back to in all of this. And that’s how Cain and Caleb are exhausting. This endless ‘act first regret it later’ stuff is wearing us out. It was hard enough when it was just Cain but now Caleb’s here too, doing the same stuff. We need a break from it all!
We can’t even (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale review: Leyla’s tragic death
We seemed to spend most of this week’s Emmerdale welling up, because it was all just so sad. Suzy’s death was horrible, and Vanessa having to leave her behind was really hard to watch.
But it was Leyla’s death that broke us! Jacob trying to resuscitate his mum was just devastating and him sobbing over Leyla’s body had us sobbing too. Joe-Warren Plant who plays the student doctor has smashed it out of the park this week – what a talent he is.
And it wasn’t just Jacob who had us in floods. The quiet sadness of Lydia telling Eric, and then Eric hugging his grandson made us weep all over again.
Who’d be a lesbian in soap, eh? (Credit:ITV)
Suzy and Amy’s deaths
There is a jokey – sort of jokey – trope on social media about the risk of being a lesbian in film and TV. It even has a name – Dead Lesbian Syndrome. And there’s no denying that gay women do seem to die at an alarming rate in Corrie, Emmerdale and EastEnders. Now we’ve lost Suzy, too. And another LGBTQ relationship – Matty and Amy’s marriage – has been tragically cut short.Â
We thought it was worth pointing out, but none of that takes away from the utter sadness and shock of losing all three women this week. What a tragedy!
Emmerdale was cinematic this week (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale review: like watching a film!
Soaps are like old friends, aren’t they? You know what to expect from them. But sometimes they surprise us. And Emmerdale definitely surprised us this week.
We are sometimes suspicious when soaps use cinematic techniques to tell their stories. Odd camera angles, and background music, and special effects make us wrinkle up our noses because it’s just not necessary, is it?
Except when it is!
Emmerdale this week used the soaring, dramatic background music to amazing effect. The high shot of the ambulances heading to hospital made us catch our breath, and the paramedics on the radio saying someone had died put us on high alert. It was really clever storytelling and we loved it. We hold our hands up. We were wrong about this one! Totally converted to all this trickery.
Amy’s death was so sad (Credit: ITV)
Vanessa and Tracy finally get justice
We have long been bothered about how Kerry and Amy caused the death of Frank Clayton – Tracy and Vanessa’s dad – and just got away with it. And so, watching both women fight to save Amy was really moving. It was Tracy who got Amy out of the water, and they both held her tight after she was freed from the ice.
And then Amy died. She actually went and died. And now we definitely think justice has been done.
Nate is in the lake (Credit: ITV)
Nate’s in the water!
And while we’re on the subject of Amy, we can’t ignore what she saw in the lake. She saw NATE! We knew he was dead! We knew he wouldn’t have just swanned off to Shetland without even responding when Zak died. The question is, will a distraught and grieving Matty remember what his wife told him before she passed away?
And then right at the very end of Friday’s episode there was a dark figure lurking beside the water, watching the crime scene investigators drive away. Was this the murderer? Was it John Sugden? Or are we just supposed to think it’s John when really it was someone else entirely? We’re gripped by this twist!
Cain has broken Moira’s heart (Credit: ITV)
Moira’s heartbreak in our Emmerdale review
Moira’s bleak acceptance of Cain cheating was absolutely heartbreaking. Almost like she’d been waiting for this to happen. We really felt for her. Right up until the point she went storming round to Ruby’s to shout at her. She knew what had happened. She knew how damaged and vulnerable Ruby was, but she still had to give her a piece of her mind. It’s totally on-brand for Moira, but it just seemed a bit unfair.
Chas proposed to Liam in his hospital bed (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale review: Happy ever after?
We have to admit we weren’t always totally on-board with the much-married Chas hooking up with the much-married Dr Liam. But Liam’s proposal “you’re the ping to my pong” made us laugh, and then Chas proposing in hospital made us teary (yes, again – it’s been an emotional week).
We almost feel like everything in Chas’s life has led to this point. Gordon Livesy. Carl King. Cameron Murray. Al Chapman. All those bad decisions have got her to here, where she’s ready to marry Liam. And all Liam’s heartbreak – losing Leanna’s mum and then Leanna herself – has led to this. Maybe this is a happy ending for them both?
Stop whining, Steph (Credit: ITV)
Give it a rest, Steph
Our dislike of sulky Steph continued this week when she was – once more – completely vile to her mum (while living in her house, drinking her wine and working for Caleb). She is like a moody teenager in a 30-something’s body and she needs to learn how to read the room.
While we totally get Ruby’s determination to protect her daughter from the awful truth about her parentage, we think it’s time Steph was told. We’re hazy on the biology stuff but we reckon there could be repercussions for Steph’s health, for any children she might have in the future. It feels an important thing to know. Plus it might stop her whining for 30 seconds and that’s got to be a good thing.
Same time next week, lads? (Credit: ITV)
Too many men in Emmerdale?
This week’s Emmerdale was everything a soap should be – emotional, entertaining, dramatic, full of memorable moments both big and small. But there is one thing that is slightly niggling at us. And that’s the fact that all three of the deaths this week were women. How Take A Vow can continue without Suzy and Leyla is anyone’s guess!
At the moment, Emmerdale feels a bit men-heavy, with the toxic masculinity of Caleb, Mack, Cain and Aaron all hanging heavily over the village. Maybe we need another crash – with the fellas in danger this time!
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Tonight’s episode of Emmerdale saw a mystery figure standing guard over the lake where three people had died this week and Nate Robinson currently lies dead and decomposing.
Amy discovered Nate’s body as she fell through the ice while escaping the aftermath of a devastating limo crash which had already killed Suzy. Along with Leyla, Amy later died in hospital – but not before suffering visions of what she’d seen under the ice.
Who’s standing vigil over Nate’s final resting place? (Credit: ITV/Composite: EI)
Who was standing watch at the lake on Emmerdale tonight?
There she’d encountered the body of Nate Robinson, wrapped up in plastic and still wearing one of Frankie’s hand-made friendship bracelets. Who killed Nate and how he came to be in the lake remains to be seen, but one thing’s clear… there’s a killer on the loose.
Fans are convinced that in Emmerdale John is lying about who he is. (Credit: ITV)
John Sugden
Of all the names currently in the frame for killing Nate, John is going to be highest on everyone’s list. The composed military man raised suspicions with viewers for his eagerness and competency in covering up a murder, and many believe that Anthony was far from his first.
Add to that the mounting evidence (the way Nate’s body has been disposed of seems awfully familiar), and viewers are convinced that Emmerdale has a serial killer on its hands. Could John Sugden have returned to the scene of the crime tonight to check his handiwork remains hidden?
Caleb was one of the last people to see Nate alive (Credit: ITV)
Caleb
Nate’s uncle Caleb was indirectly responsible for his exit from the village – being the one to tell Cain that he’d spotted Moira snogging Nate in the barn. This misrepresentation of events led to Nate’s beating at the hands of Cain, and his decision to leave.
Many have long held suspicions that Caleb killed Nate, and this week’s events provided little proof otherwise. As the episode ended, Caleb stomped out of the house, clearly up to no good. But where was Caleb going? Did he go straight to the lake to visit Nate?
Cain gave Nate his final beat-down (Credit: ITV)
Cain
Also skulking about the village on mysterious business, Cain was similarly unaccounted for as the episode ended. Finding him full of self-loathing in the pub, Chas entreated Cain to get over himself and make amends with Moira. Instead, he huffed off, on business unknown.
While it’s unlikely Cain killed his son, his whereabouts were unknown as the episode ended.
Jacob’s tormented by the death of his mum (Credit: ITV)
Did Jacob visit the lake in Emmerdale tonight?
There’s also the possibility that the lake’s mystery visitor may not be related to Nate at all. A tormented Jacob, perhaps, paying visit to the site where his mum died?
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There’s a killer on the loose in Emmerdale – and many have their money on John Sugden. This follows the week’s revelation that Nate is definitely dead; all chained up and bodybagged at the bottom of an icy lake.
Nate’s body was found by Amy, who’d taken an unplanned dip after a girls’ night out went awry, and their limousine found itself crashed on the surface of an ice-covered lake. Falling through the ice, she came face-to-face (well, to-hand) with Nate, who was trapped below.
Identifying Nate by the bracelet on his wrist, Amy regained consciousness long enough to share the news with Matty – although he was a bit distracted by his dying wife, and seemed to miss the news.
But who killed Nate? Many will be suspecting village creep John Sugden, but did he really did it? Here’s all the evidence so far.
John isn’t who he says he is (Credit: ITV)
Fans think John is hiding his true identity in Emmerdale
John’s been something of an enigma since arriving in the village. Supposedly a long-lost Sudgen, John’s identity has been cast into doubt by a pair of army dog tags emblazoned with another name – Aidan Moore.
Bonding with Aaron on a trip to the woods, John claimed that Aidan had been a former lover – but not everyone believed his version of events. Those tags have led some to speculate that Aidan killed the real John Sugden and has stolen his identity. And if not, then maybe John killed Aidan and is covering up his death. Either way, the Aidan Moore mystery is one which desperately needs solving.
“I feel like he isn’t even John he’s aiden & stole johns identify or he killed aiden & that’s why he kept the dog tags,” wrote one fan on X as the soap aired its Nate revelation this week.
John’s a little too cool under pressure (Credit: ITV)
John is too comfortable covering up a death in Emmerdale
When Aaron thought he’d killed Anthony, John leapt into action, disposing of the body and cleaning the crime scene. John may have a military background, but his chill under pressure is highly suspect, regardless.
“He seems to know what’s he doing when it comes to Anthony. Like he’s been in that situation before,” one fan remarked as John set about covering up the murder.
The wrapping of Nate’s body is quite distinctive (Credit: ITV)
The way Nate’s body was wrapped
Many have noted that the way Nate’s body has been wrapped seems very familiar indeed. When we last saw Anthony, he’d been wrapped up in a similar fashion. Is this John’s killer signature?
“Why is Nate’s body wrapped exactly the same as Anthony’s???? John????” asked one fan last night.
“So tonight confirms that John killed nate, and pretty much that John is a serial killer. Wrapped the body same way as Anthony,” another said.
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We put the pieces together earlier this week and now it has been confirmed that Nate Robinson is the body in the lake in Emmerdale. But with the one person who saw him there now dead, we have A LOT of questions that the soap needs to answer.
Nate left in September 2024 in somewhat strange circumstances – and fans have long suspected all wasn’t as it seemed. Now they have been proven right with this week’s dramatic episodes.
Nate supposedly went to Shetland in Emmerdale (Credit: ITV)
What happened to Nate in Emmerdale?
So, if we back up to September 2024, Nate was rekindling things with estranged wife Tracy. They were about to move to Shetland together, where he had been offered a job building a wind farm.
However, Moira Dingle, in the midst of battling her brain tumour (although no one knew it yet) made a pass at Nate and all hell broke loose. Caleb witnessed it, told Cain, who punched the living daylights out of Nate. Tracy then dumped him, unable to trust him and Nate decided it was best if he went to Shetland alone.
The last time we saw him, he was talking to John Sugden. Nate was getting wound up about how badly he’d been treated and had decided to confront Moira. He told John that’s where he was going, stormed off to do so and the next thing we know Tracy gets a text from him in Shetland saying he’s got there, but not to call him because his head is a mess.
Nate then never responded when he was told his grandad Zak Dingle had died and didn’t turn up at his funeral.
All of this has made viewers vey suspicious – and it turns out we were right to be!
Nate Robinson’s body floats back down into the water and we can see the distinctive bracelet (Credit: ITV)
Nate confirmed dead in Emmerdale
Yes, us Emmerdale fans know when something isn’t right and the abruptness of his exit has had us questioning this for so long.
This week the girls of the village went on a night out in a limo and it crashed on to a frozen lake. Amy Barton was making her way to safety across the ice when it cracked and she fell in. In the water she saw a hand wearing a very distinctive friendship bracelet – the same ones Frankie likes to make, and the one that her daddy, Nate, was wearing before he left.
Amy was fighting for her life in hospital with hypothermia. But she began to stir and whispered to husband Matty: “Nate,” and “underwater”. Matty thought she meant she’d been underwater, so she said again: “Nate”, but he didn’t seem to understand.
We understood, of course, she was telling him Nate was under the water.
What happens next…
At the end of the episode the limo was pulled from the lake by police divers. Vanessa and Tracy watched as it looked like Suzy’s body had been recovered.
But it seems Nate’s body is still in the water. The closing shots saw the body, wrapped in tarpaulin and chains, with just the arm floating free, sinking back down to the depths.
So Nate’s body remains undiscovered. But now we know about it, it has to be found, right?
Questions about Emmerdale’s Nate that the soap need to answer
Amy is dead so can’t tell anyone what she saw (Credit: ITV)
When will the body be found?
Now Amy is dead, there is no one to reveal what she saw. Matty is in far too much pain and agony to focus on her final words. But once things settle a little, will he remember and try to get to the bottom of it? Or is Emmerdale going to leave Nate in the lake for months, making us all frustrated? Please, Emmerdale, don’t drag this one out!
Fans are convinced that in Emmerdale John is lying about who he is (Credit: ITV)
Who killed Nate in Emmerdale?
It’s the big one, really, isn’t it? It’s obvious he didn’t just trip and fall to his death in the lake. He was murdered, wrapped up and put there. And who do we know who is an expert at disposing of a body?
Umm hmm, that’s right, John Sugden.
He has recently got rid of Anthony Fox’s corpse and he was the last person to see Nate alive, so he is a very good bet to be the killer.
So assuming it was John who offed Nate, why did he do it? He barely knew the guy!
Is he a serial killer on the lookout for any victim who crosses his path? Or did Nate find out something about John meaning he had to be silenced?
We need a motive for this murder so we’re expecting a full-on flashback to explain everything, Emmerdale.
Whose grave is Cain standing at? (Credit: ITV)
Is it Nate’s grave Cain is stood at?
Speculation has been rife ever since New Year when the soap aired five flashforwards over one involving Cain. He was seen standing and weeping at a grave, fresh from attending the funeral.
Theories over the dead person have included Caleb – who was seen flatlining – Moira – who was suffering a brain tumour – and Liam – who was also involved in the crash.
But it seems now we have our answer: is it Nate’s funeral? Is Cain grieving over his lost son, especially after beating him to a pulp the last time he saw him?
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Nate Robinson left Emmerdale back in the autumn when he went to work in Shetland.
Or so we thought.
Now in a shocking twist (that lots of fans predicted!) we have discovered that Nate is actually dead. He’s trapped beneath the ice in the same frozen lake the limo plunged into in this week’s dramatic episodes.
It’s a lot to take in. So while we get our heads round it all, we thought we’d do a quick recap of everything Nate got up to in his time in the village.
It looks like Nate really is dead (Credit: ITV/EI)
Nate Robinson arrives in Emmerdale
Way back in 2019, Rhona met Nate in a club and they shared a kiss. A few days later she was horrified to bump into him in the village after he’d landed a job at Butler’s. There was a bit of a to-do when Rhona’s then-boyfriend Pete Barton found out about the kiss, but it was all smoothed over and Nate started work at the farm.
He was a hit with the local ladies
Nate began seeing Amy Wyatt but it was Moira Dingle who really caught his eye. The chemistry between the pair was sizzling! Not surprisingly, Nate seemed to take an instant dislike to Cain and he took a lot of delight in telling Moira she could do better.
Nate and Moira’s affair in Emmerdale
In summer 2019, Moira finally gave into temptation and kissed her hunky farmhand. She told him it was a mistake but just a month or so later, she they slept together. And when Cain went to visit Debbie in Aberdeen, things got even steamier between the pair.
Spotted!
When Amy confessed to Nate that she and Kerry were responsible for the fire that killed Frank Clayton, Nate wanted to know more.
He spoke to Tracy about it but when Kerry spotted him, she thought he was revealing all about their involvement. Amy kicked off and Nate stormed away.
Wanting to calm it all down, Kerry went to speak to Nate, only to spot him in bed with Moira! He blackmailed Kerry, telling her he’d not go to the police if she kept quiet about his affair. Kerry agreed on condition he broke it off with Amy.
The affair was revealed and so was Nate’s secret! (Credit: ITV)
Cain takes revenge
By the October of that year, things were heating up with Moira and Nate, but Cain was on to them! He lured them both on a boat trip and confronted them. The men ended up fighting, only for Nate to reveal that he was Cain’s long-lost son! Cain hadn’t even known he existed. As the pair tussled, the boat was rocked by an explosion – but fortunately everyone on board made it to safety. Which was more than we could say for Cain and Moira’s marriage – that was definitely over!
Newcomer Nate seduced Moira (Credit: ITV)
Nate Robinson takes revenge in Emmerdale!
Nate thought Cain had known his mum Cara was pregnant and had abandoned them both. Seducing Moira had been part of his revenge plan.
But Faith – Cain’s mum – explained that hadn’t been the case. It took a while, and the rest of the Dingles welcoming him into the family, but Nate eventually managed to forgive his dad – and his dad forgave him, too.
Nate revealed that Cain was his dad (Credit: ITV)
Nate Robinson: Falling for Tracy
In early 2020, Tracy Metcalfe began dating Nate. The pair quickly got serious and by the summer Tracy was pregnant. During her pregnancy Nate was framed for a hit and run accident on Moira.
It turned out the real culprit was Jamie Tate, but for many complicated reasons – mostly to protect his aunt, Belle Dingle, Nate took the blame. Luckily he avoided a prison sentence so he was there when his daughter Frankie was born.
Tracy’s PND
Not long after Frankie was born, Tracy began acting strangely. She was distant and moody. Nate was trying to support her, and he proposed – Tracy accepted but she was really struggling.
The very next day, she went missing with little Frankie. Fortunately, Nate’s grandmother Faith found her and realised she had severe post-natal depression. Both Tracy and Frankie went to a mother and baby unit to get treatment. When she returned, though, it wasn’t all plain sailing and Nate found it difficult.
Nate and Tracy rekindled their romance briefly but she was engaged to someone else (Credit: ITV)
Nate cheats on Tracy in Emmerdale
On a night out with Mack, Nate met a woman called Fiona Murphy. It was just a one-night stand, but he was horrified when she arrived in the village as the new girlfriend of his sister-in-law Vanessa!
Obviously the secret was out. Tracy was devastated and took a job in Nottingham.
Happily ever after did not last long for Nate and Tracy (Credit: ITV)
Nate and Naomi
Newly single Nate started a romance with Naomi Walters. But as it turned out he was way too boring for wild Naomi! He wasn’t that boring, though, because when Tracy returned briefly, she and Nate hooked up.
But she revealed she was engaged to someone else and slioped off back to Nottingham. Nate and Naomi split too. He had a brief fling with Chloe Harris. But he was hiding a secret…
Nate and Tracy’s wedding in Emmerdale
In the summer of 2023, Nate was acting strangely. Cain and Moira thought he was up to something and followed him to the town hall, where they spotted Tracy in a wedding dress. Worried Nate was going to try to stop her wedding, they bundled him into their car.
But it turned out HE was supposed to be marrying Tracy. They eventually tied the knot and settled down together in Emmerdale.
Dodgy decisions
Suffering from money troubles, Nate began working for his old friend Corey Sanderson. He got a job as a chauffeur for a gangster called Harry but when he was asked to shift some guns, Nate panicked and got rid of them.
Luckily, Caleb stepped in to help get Nate off the hook.
Tracy and Caleb should never have gone there (Credit: ITV)
Caleb and Tracy
Meanwhile. sparks flew between Caleb and Tracy and the pair were soon having a torrid affair. Ruby revealed all at Belle’s wedding reception and not surprisingly, Nate and Tracy split. It was very acrimonious, but slowly Nate and Tracy began talking again.
In September 2024, Nate landed a job in Shetland. Tracy and Frankie were going to join him but events overtook their plans. Moira was acting strangely with her brain tumour – though she didn’t know that yet – and she tried to kiss Nate. Caleb saw it, told Cain – and Tracy. And everything fell apart. Cain attacked Nate, while Tracy announced she wasn’t going to Shetland after all.
But now it seems he was in the lake all along! Nate’s made a few enemies in his time but surely none that hated him enough to kill him?
Nate was discovered by Amy Barton who fell under the ice into the water below. She had been trying to get out of the limo she’d been travelling in that had crashed on to a frozen lake.
The ice cracked beneath her and she fell in, only to be terrified to see an arm in there with her. The arm was wearing a distinctive friendship bracelet, like Frankie makes, and that Nate was wearing when he was last seen.
Amy uttered Nate’s name in hospital as she fought for her life, confirming it was him she saw, but when will his body be found?
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In Emmerdale this week, a mystery body was seen at the bottom of the lake. Fans are convinced the body belongs to Nate Robinson, and a new theory believes Caleb killed him.
While on a night out in a limousine, stand in driver Charity veered off the road when her son Noah staggered out in front of the vehicle.
During the escape, a body was seen in the water. While we haven’t yet discovered who the body belongs to, fans have been speculating.
Charity, Chas, Liam, Vanessa, Kerry, Leyla and Amy made their way from the limo across the ice one by one, while an already dead Suzy was left in the limo as it sunk.
Unfortunately for Amy Barton, the ice started to crack as she approached safety and she sunk into the lake.
While she was underwater, she came face to face with another body. While viewers didn’t see whose body it was, we did see that the mystery person was wearing a friendship bracelet similar to the one little Frankie made for Amy.
Viewers were quick to assume the body belonged to Frankie’s dad Nate Robinson, who left the Dales last year for a job in Scotland. However, fans are now thinking he didn’t leave after all, and instead has been in the lake the whole time.
Could Caleb have killed Nate? (Credit: ITV)
Fan theory believes Caleb killed Nate
Taking to social media, fans were quick to share their theories. “I think John is a red herring. We’re meant to think it’s him. I maybe think Caleb. He’s the only person in the village who really had a grievance with Nate. Plus he’s nasty and violent when he’s angry.”
A second fan agreed, writing: “Caleb hated Nate, but couldn’t go for him because of Cain. That actually makes sense.”
A third fan said: “Caleb. I think Nate ran into him as he was leaving the village and a fight broke out (about Tracy) and Nate died. I’m not saying it was murder, maybe manslaughter but either way Caleb killed him and let his family (Cain and Frankie) believe he was still alive which is so cruel.”
Another fan added: “Caleb is a hot head that had an affair with another guy’s wife, maybe he killed Nate.” While a fifth fan echoed the thought, writing: “Murderer is Caleb after his affair with Tracey was found out.”
A sixth fan referenced the flashforward scenes which were shown earlier this year, in which Caleb was seen in hospital. They speculated: “People saying the body is Nate – that would explain Cain crying at a graveside and Caleb in hospital – did Caleb kill Nate and Cain finds out?? …. it’s intense, Emmerdale!”
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