The highly anticipated Emmerdale crash took place this week. And the scenes that followed were proof that the soap remains at the top. It’s been a while since we have been this gripped by any soap. And it’s weeks like this that deserve the recognition during award season.
In the space of five days, Emmerdale has killed off three (technically four) characters, airing twist after twist every night. Everyone had heard the reports that Roxy Shahidi was leaving during this stunt. But nobody knew about the others.
With people fearing that soaps are struggling behind-the-scenes, use these episodes as evidence is still as amazing as it always has been. It truly will go down as one of the best week’s in Emmerdale history. And here is why we think the soap deserves all the awards.
Heartbreakingly beautiful
The whole week was just heartbreak after heartbreak. But yet even in the tragic final moments of some villagers, we were blown away by how beautiful the scenes were.
This is all thanks to the incredibly talented Emmerdale cast who all smashed it. But from the second the week started it just felt like everyone stepped it up.
From Jacob breaking down when Leyla died, Kerry and Matty’s gut-wrenching goodbyes to Amy, to Eric’s monologue at the end of last night’s episode – the whole week made sure there wasn’t a dry eye watching.
The cast took the emotional scenes and broke our hearts. But even in the peak of the sadness, Emmerdale still managed to put a smile on our faces.
When Liam woke up, he instantly made a joke to Chas (This is why we need him around), allowing us to catch our breaths and actually enjoy something that is happening.
Extra cinematography and sound but a character-led stunt
It’s impossible to talk about this week’s episodes without giving a big shout-out to those who worked behind the scenes to make it feel like a film. There’s no denying that the camera quality was different than usual. That’s because it was. The team at Emmerdale knew they wanted this week to make an impact. And so the added use of higher quality movie-like cameras truly made us feel more captured by the story.
Alongside that, the added atmosphere that was created by the music throughout the whole week truly got us gripped. It felt like a week long movie that we never wanted to end!
That being said, something we really appreciated was that at the core of the stunt were the characters. Sometimes soaps go all out for a stunt that is more action than connection – but that was far from the case with the ice stunt.
All of the characters were emotional and scared. And they all were at the focus. Nobody took centre stage, and nobody was thrown to the side. Even the back and forth from the girls to the boys limo – everyone was included.
The twists and deaths
We all knew someone wasn’t making out of the Emmerdale crash alive. But for three people to lose their lives really kept us at the edge of our seats. Any time we thought the tragedies were over, more happened. Keeping the exits under-wrap really led us all to a false sense of security. And honestly, it made more of an impact when we didn’t know it was coming.
And sometimes with stunts, soaps take the easy route out and only kill the person that everyone knew was leaving. But not this time. There were no cop outs this week. And Emmerdale need applauded for that.
They proved they can still shock us. And evidence of that is the huge unexpected Nate twist (The gasp I let out when I realised). Even though fans suspected there was something more to Nate’s exit, we never in million years expected his body to be under the ice.
The storylines that will follow
The repercussions of this week will be around for a long time. While we are devastated to say goodbye to Suzy, Leyla and Amy, it’s impossible not to note how these deaths will affect so many other villagers.
Suzy’s death will obviously cause a huge impact on Vanessa. But also it gives potential for Mary to have more screen-time. Then Jacob has to find a way to cope with his mum’s death, and that’s surely going to impact his own relationships with those around him. And Kerry and Matty has to deal with losing Amy.
Not only them, but Eric has just lost two people he cared about a lot. And now Kyle’s entire life has been thrown into chaos. Alongside this, Charity will have to come to terms with the fact she is responsible for three more deaths.
And then there is the fact Emmerdale has another murderer. Is the long-standing theory that John Sugden is a serial killer actually true? Whether it is him or not, knowing Nate’s body is under the lake means even more people’s lives are going to change in the coming months.
Well done Emmerdale. The scenes this week truly proved that they aren’t going anywhere. And that we truly do have some amazing actors on our screens every night. We were truly gripped all week. And we can’t wait to see what comes next.
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Emmerdale usually airs weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV, with an early release at 7am on ITVX.Â
Classic Emmerdale usually airs weekdays at 6am and 6.30am, plus 1.40pm and 2.10pm on ITV3.
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