{"id":449387,"date":"2026-02-28T00:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/449387\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T00:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:40:08","slug":"emmerdales-jacob-gallagher-berated-by-boss-as-dark-bullying-story-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/449387\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale’s Jacob Gallagher berated by boss as dark bullying story begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale aired the beginning of its new dark bullying storyline<\/a> after Jacob Gallagher was continually berated by his boss. <\/p>\n

In tonight’s episode, Doctor Todd returned, with Caroline Harker reprising the role for a new storyline exploring workplace bullying and power dynamics.<\/p>\n

Viewers will know that Doctor Todd first appeared on the soap last January as a mentor to trainee doctor Jacob. <\/p>\n

In yesterday’s episode, Jacob hinted at trouble at work while speaking to his partner, Sarah Sugden, on the phone. <\/p>\n

Throughout tonight’s episode, Dr Todd repeatedly berated Jacob, ruthlessly criticising him in the workplace. <\/p>\n

Kicking things off, Dr Todd instructed Jacob to take the lead after Laurel Thomas was rushed to the hospital with a serious head injury. <\/p>\n

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She was quick to snap at Jacob, saying: “Come on, come on. You know what you’re doing.”<\/p>\n

When Richard took over, Jacob watched on, with Dr Todd saying: “Got a good enough view? Mind if I have a look?”<\/p>\n

Later, Dr Todd said to Jacob: “It’s going to be a very long night if you don’t get your brain into gear. Flapping around like a first-year is totally unacceptable”<\/p>\n

After Jacob explained that memories of his mum’s death triggered him, Dr Todd said he needed to be able to cope with whatever happened in the emergency department. <\/p>\n

Following an altercation between Bear Wolf and Jacob, Dr Todd said she had called the police and asked Jacob to go for a quick chat. <\/p>\n

In the chat, she said: “Perhaps you’d like to explain why you put yourself in such a dangerous situation?”<\/p>\n

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Related: Emmerdale spoilers: 6 big moments tonight as Bear endangers Jacob<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Todd told Jacob off, saying: “For a supposedly intelligent young man, you really are remarkably stupid. You cannot let personal relationships affect patient care.” <\/p>\n

She threatened to have Jacob removed from the course, telling him he would have to give a statement to the police. <\/p>\n

At the end of the shift, Dr Todd seemed to change her tune, telling Richard and Jacob to have a break and get a cup of coffee. <\/p>\n

She managed to get one dig in before the pair walked off, saying: “I don’t want any of my students burning out. Or in your case, setting fire to yourself.”<\/p>\n

Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 8pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more Emmerdale spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week\u2019s soap spoilers for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale – featuring Carla and Lisa\u2019s baby shock, Clare Bates\u2019 return and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emmerdale aired the beginning of its new dark bullying storyline after Jacob Gallagher was continually berated by his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[147950,379,162821,381,96,1156,162820,148363,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-449387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-16850da0-9b0a-4ece-b89c-7a9959e6606c","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-emmerdales-jacob-gallagher-berated-in-dark-bullying-story","tag-subsection-emmerdale","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}