Warning: Contains spoilers for Wednesday’s episode of Emmerdale, which airs at 8pm on ITV1 or can be streamed now on ITVX.
Sadie King (Patsy Kensit) has finally made her return to Emmerdale – and it’s explosive.
It’s been a very long wait to see her return, following confirmation from ITV in May.
At the time, Kensit said: “I am really excited to return to Emmerdale. I treasure the years I was here before. Sadie King is a character that I really loved playing.
“The cast and crew are absolutely brilliant and I am so grateful for the chance to return to the show, it’s absolutely amazing.”
Patsy Kensit as Sadie King. ITV
Producer Laura Shaw added: “We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Patsy Kensit back to the cast and crucially to see the iconic Sadie King storm back into the village.
“Her return will be explosive and guaranteed to shock. Sadie’s seductive demeanour, combined with her utterly ruthless nature, are set to deliver a spectacular and highly dramatic touch of class to the Yorkshire Dales.”
First introduced in 2004, ruthless Sadie has a lot of enemies in the synonymous village, and as well as her marriage to the late Jimmy King (Nick Miles), she also had relationships with Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) and Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley).
While the residents paid their respects to Jimmy on the fields by Home Farm, an approaching helicopter signalled the start of some trouble…
Out stepped Sadie, in the same fashion as 22 years ago, presenting a flower to the memorial and refusing to elaborate to Charity Dingle (Emma Atkinson) about her comeback.
In the pub, she came face to face with Robert, Bob Hope (Tony Audenshaw) and Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell), and made a tongue-in-cheek comment about Robert looking different. Of course, as viewers know, he was previously played by actor Karl Davies.
Sadie had an awkward reunion with Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins). ITV
Nicola then arrived and demanded an answer, to which Sadie said that she was grieving Jimmy, and that they’d spent the last three years together.
Although Nicola was reluctant to believe it, Bob noted that his job as a lorry driver would allow for the perfect way to live a double life.
Sadie claimed that she was just as upset to hear that Jimmy was still with Nicola, though whether or not she’s telling the truth remains to be seen.
Was Nicola in a secret relationship with Jimmy?
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 8pm on ITV1 and from 7am on ITVX.
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