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Emmerdale 21st July 2025

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00:30See you again.
00:41Are you staring at me, Eric?
00:44Was I?
00:45Well, I am diversely good-looking, so, you know, fair enough.
00:49Yeah, I was thinking what a great support you've been to Myra.
00:55Well, it's the least I could have done under the circumstances.
00:57I just heard that you haven't been sacrificing your own family.
01:04Taking your eye off the ball, as it were.
01:06What ball are we talking about?
01:11Doesn't matter. Forget it. Ignore me.
01:13No, no, Eric. Eric, if you've got something to say, then say, please, because I'm now...
01:19I'm strangely intrigued.
01:21Right. I'm referring to Jacob and Sarah.
01:25Their choice, their business.
01:28I suspect you might feel differently when you find out that they're using your wife as a surrogate.
01:37Late again. Eve's new game is hiding my car keys.
01:41Good morning, Dr. Carroll.
01:43Can I suggest you secure them out of her reach?
01:46Oh, no, the child is like a spider. Nowhere is safe.
01:49Any news on Owen Michaels?
01:51I'm sorry again for the double booking yesterday.
01:54I've tried calling him to reschedule the welfare check, but he's not answering the phone.
01:59Well, he's a tricky customer, isn't he? You are definitely wise going round.
02:03Well, it's hopefully a false alarm. These things usually are.
02:05Always worth checking, though.
02:07Which is why he's top of my list.
02:08Oh, hey.
02:19More running out of biscuits, are she?
02:22Eh, no. I just wanted a catch-up.
02:25Okay.
02:28What did you get up to yesterday?
02:30I didn't ask.
02:32Yesterday?
02:34We went into town, didn't we?
02:35Oh, yeah. Gran wanted to get me a new top because of hospital, but she didn't like any.
02:42Yeah, good. You obviously needed cheering up from all the stress of trying to find a surrogate.
02:48I mean, I get it.
02:50No, I really do.
02:52The emotional turmoil that goes into planning for a baby, and then the crushing disappointment when that chance is taken away.
02:59Yeah, exactly that.
03:02So you and I can relate, then?
03:05I know that what Charity went through was not the same, but I desperately wanted another baby, and Charity decided that she didn't want any more kids.
03:15Okay, babe, thanks for the empathy overload. We've still got options with Sarah, you know. We're not quite there yet.
03:23Really?
03:26Well, yeah, like, maybe another surrogate, I don't know.
03:29So, let me ask you something.
03:32What happens in nine months' time when your stomach is out to here?
03:35Are you still going to be pleading ignorance?
03:40Mac.
03:41Leave us.
03:41Okay, so that kind of puts Caleb in the frame.
03:53Planning the phone, that works, but Morty, I don't know.
03:57Well, what if he was trying to protect you and Moira?
04:01Look, the day before Nate left, he saw them two kissing.
04:05Yes, it was because of her brain tumour, we know that now, but Caleb was so angry about that.
04:11That was my battle, not his, and in the grand scheme of things, if you're talking about grudges between Caleb and Nate...
04:18Yeah, it was Caleb who wronged Nate, not the other way around.
04:22Yes.
04:23Yeah, you're right. I mean, us having the affair was bad enough.
04:28He never would have killed his own nephew.
04:30Oh, another brew?
04:38Yeah, go on.
04:43Look, what if we need to just forget about motive? What if we've been too logical?
04:49But nobody kills without a reason.
04:51Maybe it's one we don't know.
04:53But we weren't across Nate's whole life. We didn't know what he was doing every minute of every day.
04:58He had his mates, he had his work.
05:01Maybe it was something he never spoke about.
05:04Okay.
05:06Mates.
05:08Work.
05:08I just wish I'd called the police sooner.
05:34If he was suicide, I doubt it would have made a difference.
05:36Suicide. Overdose is more likely.
05:41I found him under the influence all too frequently, I'm afraid.
05:44I'd agree with you, except he's left the night.
05:49Good.
05:50Oh, my God.
05:57Obviously, I was going to tell you about the surrogacy.
06:01But right now, we have no clue if it's even viable.
06:03I mean, there's so many hoops.
06:05I just didn't think there was any point in having this conversation with you just yet.
06:08Okay.
06:10Okay.
06:13What hoops?
06:15Tell me.
06:17I've had tests.
06:19Yesterday.
06:23Medical stuff.
06:25Psychological assessment.
06:26And did you mention that we were married?
06:31Did they ask anything about the husband?
06:35Or did you lie about that as well?
06:39I said you were fully in support.
06:41Did you?
06:42Even though you're nearly 50 years old, you've got four kids of your own, not to mention having an ectopic pregnancy...
06:53I told them all of this, and they understand.
06:56They understand it's for Sarah.
06:58Sorry.
06:59Right.
06:59Okay.
06:59So you explain yourself to some random counsellor before you even think to involve me?
07:08I don't know, Mac, okay? I only decided when Vic turned her down, because she's so gutted she can't have a normal life.
07:14You decided?
07:17Well, for Sarah, yeah. Everything is for Sarah.
07:21What about us?
07:23What about me?
07:27I bet you, eh?
07:29What? Chod mucking, something?
07:31Ah!
07:33Just taking in the reincarnation.
07:36Something very different from the Robert of old.
07:39I'm just helping Moira out, trying to keep busy.
07:41It's not that deep, Eric.
07:43Yeah, well, I'm sure Jack would have been...
07:45He would have been delighted.
07:47I doubt it.
07:48Nothing I ever did was good enough for my dad.
07:50But, hey...
07:51Good to see you again.
07:53Yeah, and you.
07:55Bye.
07:56Sarah?
07:57Where's Jacob?
08:00Mac knows everything.
08:01He's probably talking Gran out of it right now.
08:03What? How?
08:04I don't know.
08:04Grandad?
08:07Have you brought my trust again?
08:09You have no idea what you are doing.
08:13I'm stopping you from making a stupid mistake.
08:17When we found out that we lost the baby,
08:22I begged you to try again,
08:25and you proceeded to tell me that there was a whole bunch of reasons
08:28why that wasn't going to work for us.
08:29OK, me and you, back then, that was the right decision.
08:35This is now, OK?
08:36And Sarah has no other alternatives.
08:39Yeah, because Victoria said no and Cain got scammed,
08:43so you just want to ride into the rescue.
08:45No, Agent Seal Toucher.
08:46You know this.
08:47You know how hard we've tried.
08:49Right, so helping Sarah become a mother is more important than your life
08:53or having a baby of your own.
08:54Do you not hear how messed up that sounds?
08:57Please don't try and turn this into some sort of competition.
09:00I'm not making it a competition, Charity,
09:01but I've been completely blindsided by this.
09:04But this has got nothing to do with you, really, has it?
09:06I mean, sorry, I get that you're hurt,
09:08but this is a pretty unique situation.
09:10I mean, we didn't know Sarah was going to have a hysterectomy, did we?
09:13We didn't know she'd end up being unable to carry.
09:15Charity, you had an ectopic pregnancy.
09:19It nearly killed you.
09:20Even with IVF, that could happen again.
09:22Your age alone is a red flag.
09:24We've been through all of this.
09:26OK, well, maybe the clinic will say no, then.
09:28And maybe I won't pass the test.
09:30And maybe we're arguing over nothing.
09:32Well, if it's such a long shot, then why,
09:35why are we giving Sarah hope?
09:38It's beyond irresponsible.
09:40You're going to end up hurting her more.
09:41Because Sarah has grown up knowing that she's going to die.
09:46She's had this hanging over her since she was six years old,
09:48so I have done everything in my power to give her the life she deserves.
09:52So, like, when she had to go to Prague for a treatment or a transplant,
09:57I have been by her side.
09:59You aren't her mother.
10:01No, I'm not.
10:03But I'm a damn good standing,
10:04especially when her actual mother's halfway across the world right now.
10:07And I want to do this.
10:08I want to do this to see the light come back into her eyes.
10:12OK, so this isn't actually about Sarah at all, is it?
10:15This is about you and not wanting to let down another child.
10:18No!
10:18Then what the hell is it?
10:21Yeah, what are you doing?
10:22I don't know, Mac, OK?
10:23I don't know right now how any of this is going to work out,
10:27but I just know that I have to try.
10:30Charity, please, please listen to me.
10:36Not doing this doesn't mean that you love Sarah any less.
10:42Please, Mac, support me in this.
10:45MacKenzie had a right to know.
10:59Yes, and my grandma's going to tell him.
11:00She was just waiting for the test results for us
11:02and now you've gone and ruined everything.
11:03Jacob is my responsibility.
11:05I want what's best for him.
11:07It's my decision.
11:08My life.
11:09You're going to be a doctor.
11:10You have a brilliant career ahead of you.
11:13My dad's gone and my mum's dead.
11:16What I want is family.
11:17You know all this.
11:19You supported us doing IVF in the end.
11:20Why is this any different?
11:21It's because of me, isn't it?
11:23I bet you always pictured in with some posh girl from med school.
11:26Dad has nothing to do with it.
11:28Right, but what then?
11:29You're going to die.
11:33You'll be saddled with a baby.
11:35You're not even a couple.
11:37Shut up.
11:39It is ridiculous.
11:41It is insane.
11:42My baby will be wanted and loved
11:44and I'm not going to die,
11:46not for maybe at least another 20 years
11:47and there could be medical advancements.
11:49Sarah, you've just had cancer.
11:53Yeah, well, I'm clear now.
11:55Why are you being so horrible?
11:57I am deeply sorry that you can't bear a child yourself,
12:01but he's my grandson.
12:04And Sarah's my family now,
12:05whether we're together or not.
12:06And if you've destroyed her dream,
12:09then I will never forgive you.
12:11You are a vindictive, spiteful, evil old man.
12:15Come on, let's go.
12:23Matty.
12:24Matty?
12:24Didn't Nate and Amy have a fling years ago?
12:29I don't know.
12:30Oh, we're really clutching at straws now.
12:33If we're going to go through all the partners
12:35of all the women Nate slept with,
12:37no offence.
12:39None taken.
12:41Okay, not Matty then.
12:43Not Matty.
12:44Oh, I'm sick of this.
12:53It was bad enough for you lurking at the funeral.
12:56Can I come in?
12:57Oh, why?
13:00You want to see me down the station again?
13:02Just ask.
13:05Actually, we've had a breakthrough.
13:08What kind of a breakthrough?
13:09A confession.
13:11What?
13:13Owen Michaels.
13:15You know him?
13:16No.
13:17Who's Owen Michaels?
13:19Did he kill Nat?
13:20We believe so.
13:22The information he's given is consistent
13:23with what we know about your husband's murder.
13:26Oh, my God.
13:27What, and you've charged him?
13:28Because I want him put in a way for the rest of his life.
13:30But that won't be possible.
13:32Mr Michaels' confession came in the form of a suicide note.
13:35He's dead.
13:39Yeah.
13:40Okay, thank you.
13:41I'll be in touch then.
13:42Is it safe to come home yet?
13:45Perfect timing.
13:47How'd it go with Mac?
13:48Yeah, you know, took a bit of time, but, um, great.
13:52Really?
13:54That's not important anyway, it's because the clinic have just been on the phone.
13:56I passed all the tests.
14:00No way.
14:02I can go on to the next stage.
14:04Ultrasound, bloods, you know, to make sure I'm ready for the embryo transfer.
14:09Oh, my God, it's all sounding real now.
14:11Well, it might not still happen yet.
14:13It's not 100%.
14:14But they did say that I am medically and psychologically fit.
14:19To carry a great-grandchild.
14:20That's wild.
14:21Okay, well, maybe we won't dwell on that.
14:24Beginning to sound like a freaky magazine headline.
14:27Right, go on then, doctor.
14:28Go make her a healthy smoothie or something.
14:33So, what did Mac say?
14:34And don't lie.
14:36It'll just take some time.
14:37I went mad, I knew it.
14:38Babe, he's just worried, okay?
14:41I'll talk him round, I always do.
14:43Oi.
14:45Mac is not your problem, okay?
14:50A roadside altercation?
14:52According to the letter, Mr Michaels met Mr Robinson Nate.
14:56There was a disagreement between the two over their driving.
14:59The day you left for Shetland?
15:02Go on.
15:03He said the argument became heated and his temper got the better of him.
15:07He called Nate's death an accident.
15:10He then panicked and disposed of his body and the leg.
15:16So, what about Nate's phone?
15:18Well, he said he was scared he'd be caught, so he kept the phone.
15:21Tried to cover his tracks.
15:22When your husband's body was discovered, he then tried to frame you.
15:27He said all this in a knock?
15:29Yes, he explained that he wanted to make a full confession to avoid any doubt.
15:34Apparently, he couldn't live with the guilt.
15:35Blame that for his going back on drugs.
15:38I don't understand.
15:39How did this Owen guy know where I lived?
15:43Well, once he had Nate's phone, he would have had access to everything.
15:46Personal information, messages between you two.
15:48And he was in Demdike, a local.
15:53So, it was just random?
15:54I mean, if Nate set off a day later or gone on a different route?
16:00Yes, it's rare to have no connection between victim and perpetrator.
16:05But this seems to have been a chance encounter.
16:12Excuse me, I have to take this.
16:14Is it better?
16:19Is it better?
16:19Or worse?
16:23That Nate got murdered for no reason at all?
16:34Did you manage to see him?
16:36I'm afraid he passed away.
16:41Suicide.
16:42Oh, no.
16:43You mean...
16:45Did you discover him?
16:49Yeah.
16:49Liam, sit down.
16:52I'll make tea.
16:53I'm fine.
16:54I've called the police.
16:55Everything's been taken care of.
16:56I shouldn't have given up so quickly yesterday.
16:58I just assumed he wasn't home.
17:00There's been another development.
17:01It's rather more shocking.
17:02He left a note admitting to killing Nate.
17:08Our Nate?
17:08Yeah.
17:09Are you sure?
17:10I saw the note myself.
17:11The facts, the timelines, all check out.
17:15I knew it wasn't Tracey.
17:16That poor girl.
17:18Well, at least they can draw a line now.
17:19It must be some comfort.
17:21Police have got their man.
17:26More corroborating evidence.
17:29We found Nate's car.
17:30Following the instructions in Mr. Michael's letter.
17:34Go on.
17:34Where?
17:35Redwood Lane by Kilbert Woods.
17:38It's burnt out, deliberately concealed by undergrowth,
17:41which is why it hasn't turned up before now.
17:43All that time you wasted questioning me.
17:46You could have found him sooner.
17:49So what happens now?
17:50We'll continue with the formalities.
17:52No, I mean, to him.
17:53I mean, did he have any family, kids?
17:55Who was he?
17:56Why did he care?
17:57Because I might have walked past him.
18:01I might have seen him in the pub.
18:02I might have had his car in the garage.
18:03He's dead, Cain!
18:05I understand your frustration.
18:07How hard this is to process.
18:09No, you understand nothing.
18:11He's just a name.
18:12Owen.
18:12Owen Michaels.
18:14Some nobody who killed my son.
18:16Get you another?
18:26No, it's her.
18:28What, you won't have a drink with me?
18:30Vic's not here.
18:30Don't pretend to be civil.
18:32Oh, boys, boys.
18:33It's a pub, not a playground.
18:36So, how are you doing?
18:37That was a tough one.
18:39Yeah.
18:41You know, you can't blame yourself
18:42for not seeing Owen yesterday.
18:44He may well have already passed
18:46by the time they're there.
18:48Commiserations.
18:50Yeah.
18:51That's enough for you.
18:52Oh, it's very good.
18:53Notted.
18:54You knew him, actually.
18:58Owen.
19:00That Owen.
19:02Yeah, he took his own life.
19:03I'm sorry to say.
19:04The guy who...
19:06spiked me
19:07and tried to drag me
19:08into the back of his van
19:09is the one that killed Nate.
19:11Yeah.
19:13Scary, huh?
19:15You had a lucky escape.
19:25Hey.
19:29All got a bit heated in there.
19:33Feeling a bit calmer.
19:34The clinic called.
19:40Those tests that I had.
19:43Well, they say I can move on
19:44to the next stage.
19:46They say I'm psychologically sound.
19:49Never been described as that before.
19:51So, yeah.
19:55Am I supposed to say congratulations?
19:58Sarah was thrilled.
19:58Because, like you said,
20:01pretty big deal for someone my age.
20:04We said.
20:06We said that.
20:08And you keep conveniently forgetting.
20:11I know you're going to get pregnant
20:12with someone else's baby.
20:14For nine months.
20:16Hopefully, if it goes full term,
20:18that's all it'll be.
20:20Nine months out of the rest of our lives.
20:22It doesn't have to affect us.
20:23It already is.
20:25Charity.
20:25You're totally disregarding my feelings.
20:31I'm sorry.
20:33I am.
20:35You know, I never would deliberately
20:37set out to hurt you.
20:38You know that.
20:39I love you.
20:40Then don't do it.
20:42Don't do it.
20:44If you love me,
20:46like you say you do,
20:47or if you care about this marriage
20:48even half as much as you do
20:49about this baby,
20:50just tell Sarah no.
20:54I've already explained to you.
20:55It's not that simple.
21:00All right.
21:01Well then,
21:02allow me to make it simple.
21:06So you're asking me to choose?
21:09Is this an ultimatum, Mac?
21:12Deny Sarah
21:13what she wants
21:14most in the world
21:16or lose you?
21:17I'll lose you.
21:17I'll lose you.
21:17I'll lose you.
21:19I'll lose you.
21:21I'll lose you.
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