Emmerdale Spoilers 24th - 28th August 2015

Round-up:

Pete is terrified as he watches James and Emma head off to identify the body and he tells Finn to prepare himself for the worst. Not realising what has gone on at the mortuary, Pete drops a bombshell. Zak is worried by the state of Sam and Rachel’s relationship when he catches them rowing in the street. Then Sam tells Zak that he and Lisa are not welcome at Ruby’s funeral. Zak confides in Lisa that he thinks Rachel is knocking Sam about. Ashley is nervous about conducting Ruby’s funeral, worried that he will bungle things again. Sam is a pallbearer, but when his mobile goes off during the service, Rachel is furious and tells him later in the Woolpack that he has ruined everything. Ali witnesses her sister’s behaviour and tells her that it is time she made a decision. Diane gathers a small group in the backroom of the pub to watch Val’s DVD but Pollard is clearly inconsolable. In prison, Bob’s violent cellmate Ged puts pressure on him to smuggle stuff inside for him, using Brenda as the mule. Ged gets his friend Anita to give Brenda a SIM card for her to bring inside, but when she passes through security she sets off the metal detector. With Harriet still unable to find Carly, things are looking bleak for the pair. Their only hope is for Bob to be released before Ged. Jai is having trouble shifting the cocaine and tries to recruit Kirin to do his dirty work. When he finds out what Jai has been up to, Rakesh is furious. David tells Alicia that their plans for Portugal are on hold forhttp://www.soapboards.co.uk/forums/images/icons/icon8.gif now – he has to take care of Pollard.

This kind of reveals it..he's alive-or he's not the body found anyway. Someone said somewhere else that what if it's Declan's body they find? But surely police can see the difference with body only over one week old and months old..I don't want Declan dead either :) It doesn't matter who the body is as long as it's not Ross..

Mike is clearly on an extended break and they'll keep it quiet in the same way as they did with the twist with Ross and Pete in the first place. Kate Oates is not going to come out and say one way or the other cause all interest in the show is good, the more the better, the minute they reveal anything people don't want to hear, there'll be a massive dip in viewing figures, they won't want that cause soaps fluctuate so much in the ratings as it is these days

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Perdita

Pete is terrified as he watches James and Emma head off to identify the body and he tells Finn to prepare himself for the worst. Not realising what has gone on at the mortuary, Pete drops a bombshell.

---

This reveals some things but raises more questions for me. I don't think it's clear from just this extra limited info that Ross is dead or alive, he may still remain missing for the whole week of August 24th-28th and beyond that. I can still think of different explanations for the limited spoiler details we've had so far.

7270 Monday 24 August 7pm – 7.30pm. Pete makes a confession

Not realising what has gone on at the mortuary, Pete drops a bombshell.'
It sounds like Pete confesses to Debbie and/or Finn about what he's really done with Ross.
If accurate, the underlined statement is very revealing. It sounds like there is doubt about the mortuary visit and the body isn't Ross? If so, then the storywriters have set up the Emmerdale police to be PC Plod/Keystone Kops again? When Emma reports Ross as missing to the police on Friday 21st, I would expect her to give the police a description of Ross' clothes and appearance and a recent photo to use to look for the two-week old body with. Most Emmerdale characters have great smartphones and it seems like most people in UK with them take phone photos nowadays. If Emma does give the police a description and photo, why don't the police use them to match with the body before calling at the farm to see Cain on Friday 21st to tell him they've found a body and they think it's Ross?

7271/72 Tuesday 25 August 7pm – 8pm. James begs Debbie for time

It sounds like James and Debbie now know what Pete's done to Ross, and Debbie either talks about leaving him, or him leaving her, or her going to the police, or someone checking the woods for the body?

7273 Wednesday 26 August 2015 7pm – 7.30pm. Pete is rejected by his family

It sounds like Pete gets told to stay away from Butlers Farm and the Barton family?

7274/75 Thursday 27 August 2015 7pm - 8pm. Pete faces up to the past

The past starts to catch up with Pete. Maybe Debbie talks about divorce or leaving Emmerdale, or Pete confesses to the police, or the police start closing in with forensics, or Pete goes to the woods to check the scene and/or bury the body, or Ross re-appears? If Ross has re-appeared, we'll need a really good explanation of how he survived in his injured state for two weeks, as his injuries looked like a serious hospital in-patient case to me.

7276 Friday 28 August 7pm – 7.30pm. Emma relishes being needed

Maybe Emma enjoys the role of just keeping the Barton family together. If Ross is back, maybe she nurses him at the farm?

Emmerdale Spoilers 24th - 28th August 2015, originally posted by Perdita, 12-08-15.
7270 Monday 24 August 7pm – 7.30pm. Pete makes a confession
7271/72 Tuesday 25 August 7pm – 8pm. James begs Debbie for time
7273 Wednesday 26 August 2015 7pm – 7.30pm. Pete is rejected by his family
7274/75 Thursday 27 August 2015 7pm - 8pm. Pete faces up to the past
7276 Friday 28 August 7pm – 7.30pm. Emma relishes being needed

Interesting to read these speculations based on spoilers. :)

Yeah-they don't seem to give away any info one way or the other-which starts to get really frustrating.

Regarding Ross's injuries-maybe he has managed to drag himself out of that hole and someone found him..We assume Pete drove good bit away so maybe whoever found him got him to another hospital. Of course, you would think police checks hospitals first in any missing person case. But like said-this is a soap police.

I have a feeling too that if he's alive and still missing, he won't be back next week yet..sadly. Based on those spoilers.

I know TellyWatcher that the producer doesn't reveal anything just to keep the viewing figures as high as possible-but like I've said already, if Ross ends up being dead after all this , those figures will drop drastically! I'm definitely one who will stop watching and I know few others. There's absolutely nothing to keep me interested if Ross is gone too. He's a good actor and Ross as a character funny at times too. And with Val gone already, it's all very bleak.
Jimmy&Nico are my favorite couple and they are not together at the moment either.

So without Ross-what do we actually have left? He's the one stirring things..
Barton family itself would be reduced in numbers..I assume Pete would be arrested and sent down(what was this talk about his character getting darker? Not much chance if he ends up in prison..)-so we would have Emma&James, maybe getting back together and looking after Moses. Finn? And thats it.
Moira+Cain together and Cain getting to know his son Kyle. And?
Debbie being single mum again?
Andy-yes Andy probably finding out about Katie and how she died, and then looking for revenge to Robert.
Vanessa's baby..Kirin..Belle..Adam..Victoria.. All I want is that baby secret to come out. It'll probably happen when something is wrong with the baby etc. yawn..
Bob, Brenda, Harriet..not interested how it happens. Just want Bob out.
The only funny character is Bernice at the moment and her relationship with Lawrence..But that wouldn't keep me watching..
No-we need a bad boy as Cain has gone too soft too. And he's just too predictable by now..we all know how Cain would react..Either he has to leave Moira and get back with Charity, or there's absolutely nothing to watch without Ross.
Rob is just twisted psycho, not tough bad. And he's gay-don't see attraction there. Not my type either. And Aaron and Finn gays too. Him& Kirin too young to drool over! :D We only have Adam!! Seriously??! :D Rakesh? Well no..
Yes-and this Jai, Rachel storyline better be over soon..so boring by now too.
Marlon's dating life and Laurel..omg..

Interesting to read these speculations based on spoilers. :)

Yeah-they don't seem to give away any info one way or the other-which starts to get really frustrating.

Regarding Ross's injuries-maybe he has managed to drag himself out of that hole and someone found him..We assume Pete drove good bit away so maybe whoever found him got him to another hospital. Of course, you would think police checks hospitals first in any missing person case. But like said-this is a soap police.

I have a feeling too that if he's alive and still missing, he won't be back next week yet..sadly. Based on those spoilers.

I know TellyWatcher that the producer doesn't reveal anything just to keep the viewing figures as high as possible-but like I've said already, if Ross ends up being dead after all this , those figures will drop drastically! I'm definitely one who will stop watching and I know few others. There's absolutely nothing to keep me interested if Ross is gone too. He's a good actor and Ross as a character funny at times too. And with Val gone already, it's all very bleak.
Jimmy&Nico are my favorite couple and they are not together at the moment either.

So without Ross-what do we actually have left? He's the one stirring things..
Barton family itself would be reduced in numbers..I assume Pete would be arrested and sent down(what was this talk about his character getting darker? Not much chance if he ends up in prison..)-so we would have Emma&James, maybe getting back together and looking after Moses. Finn? And thats it.
Moira+Cain together and Cain getting to know his son Kyle. And?
Debbie being single mum again?
Andy-yes Andy probably finding out about Katie and how she died, and then looking for revenge to Robert.
Vanessa's baby..Kirin..Belle..Adam..Victoria.. All I want is that baby secret to come out. It'll probably happen when something is wrong with the baby etc. yawn..
Bob, Brenda, Harriet..not interested how it happens. Just want Bob out.
The only funny character is Bernice at the moment and her relationship with Lawrence..But that wouldn't keep me watching..
No-we need a bad boy as Cain has gone too soft too. And he's just too predictable by now..we all know how Cain would react..Either he has to leave Moira and get back with Charity, or there's absolutely nothing to watch without Ross.
Rob is just twisted psycho, not tough bad. And he's gay-don't see attraction there. Not my type either. And Aaron and Finn gays too. Him& Kirin too young to drool over! :D We only have Adam!! Seriously??! :D Rakesh? Well no..
Yes-and this Jai, Rachel storyline better be over soon..so boring by now too.
Marlon's dating life and Laurel..omg..

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Perdita

7270 Monday 24 August 7pm – 7.30pm

Pete makes a confession
Zak’s worries about Sam are compounded
Eric refuses to make arrangements

7271/72 Tuesday 25 August 7pm – 8pm

James begs Debbie for time
The villagers gather for Ruby’s funeral
Brenda is horrified by Bob’s request

7273 Wednesday 26 August 2015 7pm – 7.30pm

Pete is rejected by his family
Rachel says goodbye to the village
Dan struggles with his guilt

7274/75 Thursday 27 August 2015 7pm - 8pm

Pete faces up to the past
Bob stands up to Ged
Sam learns Megan’s secret

7276 Friday 28 August 7pm – 7.30pm

Emma relishes being needed
Rakesh takes a hard line with Jai
Eric’s resentment of Diane grows

---

I hope that`s true.
Even better would be if she took Ali with her.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mariba

Interesting to read these speculations based on spoilers. :)

Yeah-they don't seem to give away any info one way or the other-which starts to get really frustrating.

Regarding Ross's injuries-maybe he has managed to drag himself out of that hole and someone found him..We assume Pete drove good bit away so maybe whoever found him got him to another hospital. Of course, you would think police checks hospitals first in any missing person case. But like said-this is a soap police.

I have a feeling too that if he's alive and still missing, he won't be back next week yet..sadly. Based on those spoilers.

I know TellyWatcher that the producer doesn't reveal anything just to keep the viewing figures as high as possible-but like I've said already, if Ross ends up being dead after all this , those figures will drop drastically! I'm definitely one who will stop watching and I know few others. There's absolutely nothing to keep me interested if Ross is gone too. He's a good actor and Ross as a character funny at times too. And with Val gone already, it's all very bleak.
Jimmy&Nico are my favorite couple and they are not together at the moment either.

So without Ross-what do we actually have left? He's the one stirring things..
Barton family itself would be reduced in numbers..I assume Pete would be arrested and sent down(what was this talk about his character getting darker? Not much chance if he ends up in prison..)-so we would have Emma&James, maybe getting back together and looking after Moses. Finn? And thats it.
Moira+Cain together and Cain getting to know his son Kyle. And?
Debbie being single mum again?
Andy-yes Andy probably finding out about Katie and how she died, and then looking for revenge to Robert.
Vanessa's baby..Kirin..Belle..Adam..Victoria.. All I want is that baby secret to come out. It'll probably happen when something is wrong with the baby etc. yawn..
Bob, Brenda, Harriet..not interested how it happens. Just want Bob out.
The only funny character is Bernice at the moment and her relationship with Lawrence..But that wouldn't keep me watching..
No-we need a bad boy as Cain has gone too soft too. And he's just too predictable by now..we all know how Cain would react..Either he has to leave Moira and get back with Charity, or there's absolutely nothing to watch without Ross.
Rob is just twisted psycho, not tough bad. And he's gay-don't see attraction there. Not my type either. And Aaron and Finn gays too. Him& Kirin too young to drool over! :D We only have Adam!! Seriously??! :D Rakesh? Well no..
Yes-and this Jai, Rachel storyline better be over soon..so boring by now too.
Marlon's dating life and Laurel..omg..

---

I enjoyed reading all this. Here are my thoughts.

mariba wrote:
"I know TellyWatcher that the producer doesn't reveal anything just to keep the viewing figures as high as possible-but like I've said already, if Ross ends up being dead after all this , those figures will drop drastically! I'm definitely one who will stop watching and I know few others. There's absolutely nothing to keep me interested if Ross is gone too. He's a good actor and Ross as a character funny at times too. And with Val gone already, it's all very bleak."

I posted in the Ross Barton thread that usual Emmerdale viewing figures were averaging around 5.2million per episode before Summer Fate week, but rose to 6.08-6.45 for the Thursday episodes on August 6th showing Val being killed (and Ross?), whereas the Tuesday helicopter crash hour-long episode on August 4th was seen by 6.37million (digitalspy.co.uk).

>
Emmerdale was Tuesday's top-rated programme (August 4) with a disastrous day for the village, overnight figures show.

6.37m (33.2%) tuned in at 7pm on ITV and 292k (1.5%) on +1 as an hour-long special saw a helicopter crash into Debbie and Pete's wedding reception at the village hall. This was the show's best rating since March 23.
>
Source: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s1...pllTfIBVKT0YMC

Even if the viewing figures stayed up for this week (August 10th-14th), I don't think the extra roughly 1million viewers gained from Summer Fate week will stay for long when some of what they have to watch this week is about Rachel/Jai/Megan dealing drugs and Bob in jail getting beaten up by a murderer.

Rachel leaves the village on Wednesday 26th, I wish Jai would go soon too! Megan has been one of my favourite characters for ages, she's been the only one that I couldn't say a bad word about, but this week she's been drug dealing and shown as very naive in the way she's trying to beat Jai at his own game, which he's been playing and refining for a long time. Good luck to Megan for getting rid of Jai sometime. I can't understand Leyla, she knows Jai is unfaithful to Megan and others before and he's a rat but she still sees herself with him in a nice house and a cosy future, love is blind they say! Maybe Megan manages to make Jai's factory go bust somehow, if so this will really stir things up.

mariba wrote:
"Jimmy&Nico are my favorite couple and they are not together at the moment either."

Nicola Wheeler (Nicola) had a baby boy on March 13th. She's on maternity leave and will be coming back after.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...pregnancy.html

mariba wrote:
"I assume Pete would be arrested and sent down(what was this talk about his character getting darker? Not much chance if he ends up in prison..)"

Pete gets disowned by the Bartons on Wednesday 26th, so he presumably loses his job at the farm and won't have any earnings. Maybe he turns to crime to pay the rent and bills, etc. Or, having tasted blood and death(?) from fighting with Ross, he becomes Cameron #2?

mariba wrote:
"so we would have Emma&James, maybe getting back together and looking after Moses."

The spoiler for Friday 28th talks about when 'Emma relishes being needed'. I was also thinking that this could mean that Emma and James get back together. But I seem to remember a while back that Bill Ward (James Barton) was rumoured to be leaving Emmerdale, so maybe if Emma and James get together again it may not last for very long? In any case, remember how Emma caused a loaded pallet to fall on top of James in the farm barn in January 2015 and nearly killed him, but he was saved by Pete. Maybe Emma isn't the best woman to have a close relationship with? I wonder how long Emma and James are meant to be in Emmerdale?

mariba wrote:
"Debbie being single mum again?"

Debbie is looking after Moses for now, Ross' baby. However, Charlie Webb (Debbie) is pregnant for real and due for her second child in December 2015. Any storyline for now will be a short one. I wonder what her exit storyline will be and will it only be temporary for maternity leave or will it be permanent (unlikely, I think)?

mariba wrote:
"Andy-yes Andy probably finding out about Katie and how she died, and then looking for revenge to Robert."

There's a big storyline this autumn. I think Robert could be seriously hurt by Andy in some way or another. Maybe he ends up leaving Emmerdale dead or disappearing?

mariba wrote:
"Vanessa's baby..Kirin..Belle..Adam..Victoria.. All I want is that baby secret to come out. It'll probably happen when something is wrong with the baby etc. yawn.."

Kirin is about to involved with the drugs that Megan planted on Jai. Will Kirin get busted as a dealer or will it all blow over to nothing (maybe there's a joke in there somewhere? haha!). As you wrote, mariba, there's also the baby story for Kirin. And will we get the first Emmerdale love-square for a long while = Kirin/Vanessa/Priya/Belle? Over-the-top again or what?

I'm wondering about this Granny Clegg's cordial stuff which Belle has told Kirin about and which he wants to make in Jai's (for now?) factory. I wonder if it's safe to drink or does it make something bad happen to you, like grow a 10 foot long beard on your chin overnight? I hope Belle gets partnership in the company for providing this Dingle family product for commercial use. Maybe Belle and Kirin become more than business partners later? We'll see.

mariba wrote:
"Marlon's dating life and Laurel..omg.."

I'm not a fan of Marlon. He's either over sentimental or shouting, and scenes showing him with bestie Paddy fail to be funny for me. Laurel needs someone else to cheer her up (and us too!).

mariba wrote:
"Rob is just twisted psycho, not tough bad."

As mentioned, Robert has a big story in autumn with Andy. Maybe Robert leaves/dies? Chrissie has left the village for now to stay with a friend. I'm hoping that she leaves permanently in due course.

Maybe the 'cast cull' is gathering pace now? We'll see.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Telly Watcher

I can still think of different explanations for the limited spoiler details we've had so far.

---

I'd like Ross to come back sooner or later, and a number of storylines would fit the spoiler info we know for now which would make this work.

Here's one that mariba posted earlier this afternoon.
>
What I really think is going to happen with Ross, is that he's going to stay as a missing person for few months to come. Mike Parr will that way have a nice break too to try out new things -maybe Strictly? ;)

Pete panics when Emma and James go to mortuary to identify the body, and under pressure ends up telling the truth(or some of it-that they had a fight and he left Ross for dead..), later when the body found turns out not to be Ross and everyone knows what Pete has done, they turn against him and Debbie wants him out, even thinking to call the police. That's why James is begging Debbie to give Pete bit more time. Pete goes to check where he left Ross,maybe thinking to bury him properly- only to find out that he's not there. This takes Pete to a very dark place. His family has turned their back on him, Debbie has left him..He's struggling with his guilt and now even panicking about Ross coming back. I have a feeling that Mike Parr has indeed left the show-but hopefully only temporarily.
>

But I'm now going to imagine an alternative storyline, in which Mike Parr doesn't come back and which also fits the spoiler info we know for now.

7270 Monday 24 August 7pm – 7.30pm. Pete makes a confession / Not realising what has gone on at the mortuary, Pete drops a bombshell.
7271/72 Tuesday 25 August 7pm – 8pm. James begs Debbie for time
7273 Wednesday 26 August 2015 7pm – 7.30pm. Pete is rejected by his family
7274/75 Thursday 27 August 2015 7pm - 8pm. Pete faces up to the past
7276 Friday 28 August 7pm – 7.30pm. Emma relishes being needed

James and Emma go to the mortuary on Monday 24th and the body is Ross. Emma is devastated and heart-broken and blames Cain, as he had a motive to kill Ross for having a relationship with Debbie whilst she was going out with/engaged to Pete. Following Emma's suspicions about Cain, the police now think Cain has murdered Ross but have yet to prove it through forensics and questioning. Whilst James and Emma are at the morgue, Pete cracks at his house and tells Debbie what he really did to Ross. When James and Emma come back from the mortuary, Debbie tells James what Pete has done. Debbie says that she's going to the police to help save her father Cain from a murder charge but James says to wait, hoping that police enquiries and forensics can rule out Cain as having any opportunity for killing Ross and dumping the body where the police found it. Debbie and the Barton family then tell Pete that they want him out of their lives, as they are scared of what he's capable of and he has killed the middle Barton son. They also close ranks and don't tell the police anything just yet. Pete broods about what to do next. As his job at the farm is gone and he no longer has any earnings, he thinks about owning up to the police to get Cain off the hook for murder, or going on the run, or laying low in Emmerdale whilst making money from dodgy deals. Whatever he decides, he's on his own for now. In the meantime, Emma restarts her relationship with James at the farm and sets about bringing the Barton family back together now that Pete is no longer part of it.

We should have spoiler info for episodes for August 31st - September 4th next week from around August 19th next week, so this should help to guess more next week about which storyline the Emmerdale storywriters might have written for August 24th-28th.

The only problem is that there is no Bartons left to bring back together if Ross dead and they disown Pete.
Plus that with that theory Cain would be in trouble too - so we would not only have lost Ross but now Cain too. And surely none of the Bartons would be welcome to Home Farm.