Emmerdale spoilers follow.
Emmerdale’s Dr Caitlin Todd continues with her plan to discredit medical student Jacob Sugden, suggesting that he could be “taken” with her in tonight’s episode.
After relocating to the village, Dr Todd received a bottle of champagne with a card saying it was from Jacob. Bumping into him while on a walk with Manpreet Sharma and Vanessa Woodfield, Dr Todd made a point to humiliate her confused student, who swore he had nothing to do with the present.
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“You don’t need to lie,” Dr Todd said, adding that the gift was “inappropriate”.
“It’s not the first time I’ve had to remind him of boundaries,” she then told Manpreet and Vanessa, suggesting that Jacob might have confused their professional relationship for a romantic connection.
Later on, Jacob asked his grandad if he knew who could have sent Dr Todd the bottle of champagne, with Pollard admitting he’d delivered it as a welcome gift.
Jacob was visibly upset that his grandad would go behind his back and stormed out. At the Woolpack, Pollard offered to clarify the confusion with Todd, but Jacob insisted he shouldn’t interfere further.
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Overwhelmed, Jacob asked Rich to swap shifts with him the following day so he could take a break from “the dragon”. Little did he know that being on the blood run meant he had to work precisely with Dr Todd.
At the pub, it was Todd who informed Jacob they would work together, then telling Manpreet that he’d swapped shifts to be with her.
Todd sought Manpreet’s advice to fend off Jacob, saying that he was “not obsessed… but taken” with her.
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Manpreet very sensibly advised Todd to assign Jacob to another mentor if she felt uneasy, but the manipulative doctor replied that she didn’t want to “abandon” her student.
What else does she have in mind to make Jacob’s life difficult? In upcoming episodes, Jacob wakes up to Todd’s scheme and reports her for bullying, but how will she react?
Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 8pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.
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