Emmerdale Spoilers 31st August - 4th September 2015

[Telly Watcher]

The "Valtacular" takes place on Tuesday September 1st.

The recent leavers are now Ruby, Val, Rachel and Ali.

Aaron packs a bag to go to London for a while on Thursday September 3rd.

Alicia is due to leave soon. I think she'll go to Portugal with Paul to set up a bar or similar.

I've thought for ages that David wouldn't be going long-term and there is a recent spoiler that he wants to buy the village shop back.

Bob might get out of going to jail if Carly stands up for him in court this week but then maybe Carly goes to jail instead? Time will tell.

[Serena Williams]

Not sure I agree - Who is Lawrence's new acquaintance? How is he duped? Possibly someone in drag. Who or what is Jimmy's house guest? And what has Aaron done? Presumably covered for Robert about the fire??? Think Dan may go for the career Ruby wanted - it seems to be leading up to him needing some nursing skills to overcome his guilt.

Val’s extraordinary funeral - mind boggles - Mardi Gras style springs to mind - it's not going to be a quiet low key event that's for sure -they wouldn't confuse us would they? Give us just that as we are all expecting a major event.

The Lawrence storylime seems interesting the new character Connor might be gay.

[Telly Watcher]

The Lawrence storylime seems interesting the new character Connor might be gay.

Connor certainly has camp mannerisms and he did make gay kissing moves towards Lawrence last night in his house.

Things have obviously been set up so that the Connor storyline starts whilst the Bernice/Lawrence affair is starting up and also when Aaron is due to leave the village for some time from tomorrow, Thursday September 3rd.

Neither Lawrence nor Connor are yet mentioned in next week's spoilers but the storyline is included in tonight's hour-long episode and it may even end during this.

Emmerdale​ Episode Guide – Thursday 3rd September

Lawrence talks to his solicitor about the assault but reiterates the problem of his son-in-law still exists and needs sorting - quickly. Soon after, Robert suggests to Lawrence he could do some digging on Connor, but will Lawrence allow Robert to help him, and is Robert’s help genuine? When Lawrence is later asked to attend the police station to go over the evidence, it’s clear things are not looking good. Could Robert’s intervention bring about a change of circumstances for Lawrence?

I think that Robert is somehow involved with setting up this Lawrence/Connor storyline but don't know what Robert's motives are for him to do a favour for Lawrence now. Lawrence is still trying to get Robert out of the business so maybe this Connor set up is some sort of sly threat from Robert to Lawrence to either make Lawrence keep Robert in the business or to deal quickly for the right exit price?

[lizann]

robert is back now lawerence is shaken and scared to be arrested for assault and wont go prison

[Dalesfan]

Robert probably set the Connor thing up. Of course being the Hero for Lawrence lets him back in doesn't it

[Telly Watcher]

I think there may be more than one side to this Lawrence-Connor storyline.

1) Robert set up this Connor sting to get Lawrence sent to jail for assault and then Robert gets control of the Home Farm business. Robert may have even beaten up Connor himself and told him about Lawrence's sexuality history before paying him an 'upfront victim bonus'.

2) Robert set up this Connor sting to rescue Lawrence from possible police/court action and so for Robert to stay in the family business for now.

3) Connor just saw Lawrence's charity-type advert and just tried on the minority (gay-bashing) card to get money from a vulnerable single old man who seemingly has plenty of money. Maybe this is just the start of an Emmerdale storyline about warning elderly/vulnerable people not to accept cold-callers into their homes?

What struck me whilst watching the Wednesday September 2nd show was how genuinely worried and surprised Robert seemed to be at Lawrence's revelation about the details of the earlier Connor incident at Lawrence's house and the police enquiries. So maybe Robert wasn't involved in the sting/set-up and Connor was maybe a lone passing desperate chancer after all? Time will tell.

I think this may be just a short-term issue, maybe even quickly resolved this week, and that Robert will come to the rescue, but it is really badly timed for a chance of a successful relationship between Lawrence and Bernice. I think that Lawrence deserves a much more loving and genuine person to bond with than someone like Bernice, who comes across to me in this matter as a desperate and frustrated woman who doubts about her acceptance of him and how he really feels for her and his motives.