Emmerdale's Sarah Sugden caught out over desperate illegal behaviour in early ITVX release
Warning: Contains spoilers for Tuesday's episode of Emmerdale, which airs at 8pm on ITV1 or can be streamed now on ITVX.
The Dingle family's fortunes are dwindling in Emmerdale. and Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) is desperate to save her grandfather Cain (Jeff Hordley) from further turmoil.
Not only is his wife Moira (Natalie J Robb) imprisoned for two murders she didn't commit, but half of their farm has been sold to devious Joe Tate (Ned Porteous), and now there's been an outbreak of tuberculosis. He's also living with an aggressive form of prostate cancer and will have to undergo surgery.
The business is seriously close to falling through, and as a result, Sarah suggested he steal some motors to make a quick cash boost.
Cain was initially against it, though with some persuasion, he soon got involved in the scheme. To make matters worse, Sarah - who is the only person who knows about his diagnosis - insisted that she be part of the thieving too.
After realising that she had more to lose than he did, and the fact she'd rarely been in trouble before, Cain instructed his granddaughter to stop. But the temptation of jumping into another car and speeding off into the distance is proving too much to resist...
In today's episode, her husband Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) was eager to spend more time with her. He noted that there had been somewhat of a distance between them both recently, and put it down to his demanding studies to be a doctor.
He also realised that she'd been spending long hours at Butler's Farm, unaware that during this time she was working with Cain to retrieve more flash cars.
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Knowing that the potential TB outbreak may lose the family livelihood, she eyed up a blue sports car parked outside of the village hall. This was her opportunity to prove herself to Cain.
After she climbed into the drivers seat, Jacob emerged from around the corner and demanded to know what was going on. He was horrified to realise that the car belonged to his bullish boss, Dr Caitlin Todd (Caroline Harker), and she was just around the corner.
Sarah failed to provide a reasonable explanation for her behaviour, and was hurt that she wouldn't open up about what was troubling her. She'd made a promise to Cain, and wasn't willing to break it - even if it meant her marriage was on the line.
Will she eventually come clean?
Read more:
- 5 Emmerdale spoilers next week: Cain Dingle bravely opens up to Moira about his aggressive cancer diagnosis
- Emmerdale airs Paddy Dingle twist as incriminating new evidence found in early ITVX release
- Emmerdale's Cain Dingle gains an unlikely ally amid prostate cancer battle in early ITVX release
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Michael Adams is the Soaps Editor at Radio Times, covering all of the hot gossip and spoilers from Weatherfield to Walford, Emmerdale to Hollyoaks and everywhere in-between. He joined the team from Metro, where he spent two years as a Soaps Reporter and previously worked on the sets of both Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
