Emmerdale spoilers follow.
Emmerdale has aired a rare update on Evan Fletcher after a ‘forgotten’ Home Farm story. Viewers know that Billy and Dawn Fletcher’s baby son was diagnosed with leukaemia back in 2024, with the soap rarely ever mentioning the diagnosis anymore.
In tonight’s episode, Billy and Dawn referenced their son’s long-term illness for the first time in a while, giving fans a long-awaited update.
During the episode, the former couple discussed their son, revealing the good news that Evan’s treatment is working. While discussing the kids and their divorce, Billy asked Dawn: “Do we tell them about Evan’s treatment working?”
Dawn replied: “Yeah. I mean, I think we should tell them together. It’s pretty monumental news, isn’t it?”
Over the past few months, fans have been quite confused over this story disappearing from the show, claiming that Evan’s illness is hardly ever featured.
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One fan on X asked: “What has happened to Evan?” While another viewer wrote: “Have I missed something @emmerdale Has baby Evan died?”
“So how is Evan now after his Leukemia? Is he all better? They seem to have forgotten about that. A bit like Kerry’s diabetes and Eric’s Parkinson’s,” wrote one fan.
“Hey @emmerdale has dawn forgotten she’s got a poorly baby Evan, he’s disappeared,” penned another confused fan.
Another fan said: “Anyone else find it odd that none of the kids are around in Emmerdale… especially Lucas and Evan whom you’d think would be around if Clemmie is around… it’s a serious flaw to continuity.”
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One viewer previously asked: “Today marks a year since Evan was diagnosed with cancer and can anyone tell me ANYTHING that’s happened with this story? any stand out moments/performances apart from social distance dawn telling everyone to wash their hands 24/7?”
Back when Evan’s leukaemia story was announced, producer Laura Shaw told Digital Spy and other press: “What we really wanted to show with this story is what a stress and strain a long-term illness like this can put on a family.”
Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 8pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.
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