Time is surely running out for killer John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth) on Emmerdale, but when killers are cornered that’s when they’re at their most dangerous.
We know that John is incredibly ruthless, and there’s nothing he won’t do to cover his own tracks.
We also know that he hates his half-brother Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) with every fibre of his being, and in upcoming episodes he’s determined that he’s going to end Robert – even if it’s the last thing he does.
When Robert returned to the village earlier this year he arrived on the day of John and Aaron’s wedding. Even though the wedding went ahead, it was touch and go as Aaron and Robert kissed before the service and it was clear that the connection between the two was still very strong.
Since then, even though Aaron fought his feelings, he ended up sleeping with Robert. It was discovering this that led John to begin to completely unravel as he and Aaron moved to the remote cottage that was John’s childhood home.
In his jealousy he ended up drugging Aaron, and when a worried Robert came to find out what was going on, John staged a dramatic cliff fall, making it look like Robert had pushed him and Aaron.
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This was convincing enough to land Robert in jail on remand for attempted murder, as with Robert’s history of violence and the motive of being jealous that Aaron had moved on with John, it seemed plausible that he could have pushed them both in a jealous rage.
That was only going to work for John for as long as Aaron remained unconscious – or worse. As Aaron begins to recover and other people piece together John’s suspicious behaviour, the truth finally unfolds.
With John’s true nature now exposed, he’s on the run.
With police swarming all over the village, he’s holed up at Keepers Cottage – and he’s specifically waiting for Robert to return. He’s prepared a syringe of poison for his arch enemy.
Oblivious to this, Victoria (Isabel Hodgins), Robert and Harry arrive back home. They send Harry inside ahead of them, while outside they talk about John, and whether he really cared about Victoria or was pretending the whole time.
