Emma Barton (James wife)

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RUMOUR has it that Emma Barton {played by Gillian Kearney} gets killed off towards Christmas. Adam Barton {played by Adam Thomas} leaves Emmerdale early January 2018 as confirmed by the show.

ITV Spokesperson has DENIED any LIVE SHOW Episode of Emmerdale for Emma Barton death http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/25/emmerd...acter-6733943/

[Perdita]

Not happening according to Emmerdale
http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emme...-plans-denied/

[tammyy2j]

I think she have to make a full confession of all her bad deeds and she could as she has become now very religious for everything to come out

[Perdita]

Emmerdale's Ross Barton may be drawn into his mum's dark secrets next week, after overhearing a very suspicious conversation.

Ross's mother Emma (Gillian Kearney) has already faced a difficult few weeks with Laurel Thomas on her case, but that could be nothing compared to dealing with probing questions from her bad boy son.

Next week's Emmerdale episodes see Laurel try a different tactic with Emma – apologising for her recent intrusive behaviour and promising to drop her public vendetta against her.

Laurel explains that while they both know the truth behind what's been going on, she's prepared to leave things as they are – although she also plays the religious card by preying on Emma's own guilt and conscience.


Laurel Thomas tries to make peace with Emma Barton in Emmerdale
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Stunned by what she's hearing from Laurel, an emotional Emma makes an incriminating remark before suddenly bursting into tears – but she's completely unaware that Ross is eavesdropping on the conversation.

As Ross is left to ponder over what he's heard, could the truth about James's death be about to come out? Could Ross now finish off what Laurel couldn't?

While we'll have to stay tuned to find out exactly what happens next, it's clear that Emma's storyline is picking up the pace ahead of her upcoming exit from the show.


Emma Barton unnerves Laurel Thomas in Emmerdale
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Emmerdale bosses recently confirmed that Emma will be bowing out later in the year, but not before some final dramatic storylines for her character.

Back in May, an Emmerdale spokesperson told Digital Spy: "Gillian Kearney was intending to leave Emmerdale in May 2017. We asked her to extend her contract to play the last chapter of Emma Barton's story.

"Gillian was happy to stay with the programme to the end of the year in the knowledge she would be involved in a major storyline this autumn."


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[tammyy2j]

I like the idea of Ross teaming with Laurel to get his mother Emma, it would have come full circle as Emma tried to kill him as a child and his arrival car jacking Laurel

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I like the idea of Ross teaming with Laurel to get his mother Emma, it would have come full circle as Emma tried to kill him as a child and his arrival car jacking Laurel

Knowing Emmerdale and how random the couples have been, this will probably lead to Ross and Laurel getting it on.

[Perdita]

Emmerdale's Emma Barton makes a shocking confession next week as she tells her son Finn that she was on the road bridge when his dad James suffered his deadly fall.

Emma (Gillian Kearney) has always insisted that she was nowhere near the motorway when James had his fatal accident last year, but she finally crumbles next week when Finn gets suspicious of her.

Another huge week for the Bartons begins when Finn decides to clear all of their family's belongings from Wylie's Farm.

Finn's decision immediately leaves Emma terrified, as she held James prisoner at the farm before he died and she knows there may still be evidence of his ordeal hidden away there.

Sure enough, when Emma pays a visit to the farm, she finds a defiant note that James wrote at the time, which reads: "I Do Not".

Finn is confused to spot his mum anxiously hiding the note and later finds it for himself after searching through her pockets back at home.

When questioned by Finn, Emma has to admit that James wrote the strange message, but she gets so upset about it that he decides not to ask any more questions.


Emma Barton gets caught by Finn in Emmerdale
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Later on, Emma slips up for a second time when Finn overhears her telling bride-to-be Leyla Harding that she no longer has her own wedding dress.

Emmerdale fans know that Emma was wearing the dress when she had her fateful showdown with James on the road bridge, but Finn can't understand why she wouldn't have it anymore and doesn't believe her excuses when he questions her again.

Under pressure from Finn to reveal all, Emma comes clean about how she was on the road bridge when James fell – so is she about to tell her son the whole story?

Or can she somehow convince Finn that there's an innocent explanation for her presence on the bridge and her subsequent lies?


Finn Barton wants answers from Emma in Emmerdale

Joe Gill, who plays Finn, revealed: "Once Finn finds the note from James, it's a really interesting one and it's going to keep the viewers on the edge of their seats. At some points, the viewers won't even know what Finn thinks of it. There's a million things spinning around in his head about what it could mean.

"Emma's comment about the wedding dress is also a step too far. Emma and Finn have had conversations about the dress before and the history of it. Finn thinks that it's one thing that Emma would keep and he just finds it a bit too unbelievable that she would get rid of it."

Although Emmerdale fans will have to tune in next week to find out whether Finn will finally see his mum's true colours, Joe has offered some early thoughts on how he would react to her guilty secrets.

Joe explained: "I don't think Finn would ever be able to forgive her. We've seen his character take a slight turn earlier in the year with the stalker storyline, so who knows what he's thinking deep down?

"There's so much confusion in his world right now, so he wouldn't know who to turn to, or who to trust, if Emma has lied to him like this.

"All of us in the Barton family have been really looking forward to the truth coming out about Emma. As actors, it's something that we really want to do and we've got some really good stuff to come. I'm looking forward to what's coming up!"

Digital Spy

[tammyy2j]

If Finn airs his suspicions with Ross they will know the truth as Emma will crack if both question her unless Finn will cover for her

[Perdita]

If Finn airs his suspicions with Ross they will know the truth as Emma will crack if both question her unless Finn will cover for her

I think Ross would cover for her more than Finn .. he is the weakest link

[Perdita]

Emmerdale's producer Iain MacLeod has spoken out about Emma Barton's exit storyline for the first time, promising a "poignant" ending for the troubled character.

The ITV soap confirmed in May that Emma would be leaving in a dramatic autumn plot, but official details since then have been few and far between.

With Emma still harbouring her guilt over the untimely death of her husband James, fans have been wondering whether she'll end up behind bars, or if karma will catch up with her in the form of a shock death.

MacLeod has now told TV Times: "There's a character in John Steinbeck's classic novel Of Mice and Men called Lennie, who loves mice so much he keep squashing them – and I feel that Emma is like that.

"She's got this pathological need to squeeze everything she loves so hard that it ends up dying on her.

"That trait will come back poignantly as part of her exit storyline."

Could the show's top boss be hinting that Emma's exit will spark the destruction of the whole Barton family, after her desperate attempts to keep them all together over the past few months?

Or could it just mean that they'll all turn against her forever, leaving her alone and isolated again just like she's always dreaded?

When Emmerdale first announced Emma's exit, they revealed that Gillian Kearney had extended her contract after being promised a huge final storyline – so it's sure to be one to watch this autumn.

An Emmerdale spokesperson told Digital Spy: "Gillian Kearney was intending to leave Emmerdale in May 2017. We asked her to extend her contract to play the last chapter of Emma Barton's story.

"Gillian was happy to stay with the programme to the end of the year in the knowledge she would be involved in a major storyline this autumn."


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