Emmerdale spoilers follow.
Cain Dingle made a life-changing discovery on Emmerdale tonight, though he may not think it’s immediately for the best. After a dramatic instalment of the ITV soap, what did he discover?
The beloved character has been battling his own personal demons recently after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Initially, he only confided in granddaughter Sarah Sugden, but he told his wife Moira in Monday’s emotional episode.
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Today’s episode began with Cain informing Sarah that he had told Moira about his diagnosis. Before that, he was seemingly close to telling Kyle and Isaac about his health, but he relented for the time being.
He did, however, inform Caleb, Sam, Belle and Chas quickly, with the room left stunned. Moira, meanwhile, met with Kim Tate as she remained behind bars, and agreed to sell her stake in Butler’s Farm.
Kim thought Moira was hiding something, and didn’t agree to the deal. Moira called her back, and told Kim about Cain’s diagnosis. Feeling sympathetic for Moira and her plight, she eventually agreed to the deal.
Despite being relieved that the family would have some money on the way, Moira admitted that Cain wouldn’t be pleased with the transaction, and perhaps would have even managed to talk her out of it.
At the Woolpack, meanwhile, Cain’s close ones were all told of the news, and he took Kyle and Isaac aside to the back room to inform them. Defiantly, Cain told the pair that they needed to be “strong”, and he also said that he wasn’t done with Joe Tate.
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Kim told Joe about the news, with the latter realising that Graham’s “treachery” was due to Cain’s situation. Graham said he didn’t want to “kick a man while he was down”, and Kim called Cain a “force of nature”.
Joe headed to the Woolpack and offered his sympathies to Cain, though the latter got a shock as he became aware that Butler’s Farm had been sold. Joe explained the situation, leaving Cain devastated…
Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 8pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.
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