Emmerdale 3rd October 2025

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Emmerdale 3 October 2025

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00:00I can't take it in.

00:19It's hard to even be in the same room as her right now.

00:22Which is probably why she sloped off upstairs last night and snuck out first thing.

00:26Yeah, but drugs!

00:27Leaving Leo on his own, that is not our ape.

00:30She's not been that kid for a long time.

00:32It's barely eight months since she had a baby who died.

00:35Can you even begin to imagine school after what she's been through?

00:39And I'm not trying to excuse anything.

00:41Not that this is about me, but she's not implicating any of my kids in drugs, is she?

00:49I, uh, was going to squeeze past, but it looked like you were having a moment.

00:57Double espresso when you can.

00:59Hi.

01:00Yeah, I'd better get back to the hospital.

01:06Leo will be coming out soon.

01:07I can't believe I've been out the loop like this.

01:10I feel terrible.

01:11Then get involved.

01:12Give her a talking to.

01:13Not if she feels attacked.

01:15She could bolt, and I can't have that, Mary.

01:16Not again.

01:17Sorry, double espresso, was it?

01:25Please.

01:26Kids, huh?

01:27Yeah.

01:29All kids are trouble, but that April?

01:31Yikes.

01:31Yeah, your little problem?

01:45Speak to it.

01:46Right, come on then.

01:51Let's get you to Granny Kim's.

01:52There's a room for a little one.

01:55Hey, Thomas.

01:56Hi.

01:57Sorry, I thought you'd want some more sleep, and he's been desperate to get off, so.

02:02Oh, you are.

02:03At least you haven't packed any bags yet.

02:04It's hard to know where to start.

02:10We have to, Gabby, though.

02:12Just promise me you'll come back, though, yeah?

02:17Of course.

02:19This is our home.

02:21Together.

02:22And we will talk.

02:23It's just...

02:23I need some time to gather my thoughts.

02:30Right.

02:31Come on then, you.

02:32Come on in.

02:34Come on in.

02:34I'll get it.

02:42I'll get it.

02:43Here.

02:46One's crocked and hobbling, the other's pregnant and looking a bit green.

02:50What a fantastic pair we are.

02:52Well, if it keeps you off the market for affairs.

02:54Don't want me afflicted.

02:56Well, he might be.

02:56You're just blooming.

02:58Listen, why don't you two go out later to the pub or something?

03:01Get Ross to look after Moses.

03:02It saves you being stuck in here.

03:03We could.

03:06Yeah.

03:07I'm off into town to meet Jacob looking at paints for the nursery.

03:10Oh, come on.

03:11There's plenty of time for that.

03:12The clock is ticking, Charity.

03:13Er, sorry.

03:16Since when were we on first name terms?

03:17Well, no, I'm just trying it.

03:19You know, because it feels weird calling your gran when you're carrying my baby.

03:22Right, see you later.

03:23Every time the sausages come out of the pan, I'm not here for food, Mum.

03:37Well, you're not in debt, because you and Gabby.

03:40Loaded.

03:40Yeah, no, it's just...

03:42You're never getting another dog, are you?

03:44Right, as much as I could do this all day, Mum, it...

03:46It's complicated.

03:51I had to go to court.

03:53Finally!

03:53We made a dingle out of you!

03:54You're not kidding, are you?

04:00I wasn't getting done or anything.

04:02I was more the victim.

04:04But look, I'm fine.

04:06Well, you don't look fine.

04:07I mean, is Gabby all right?

04:08Was she involved?

04:09Where is she?

04:10She's okay.

04:12Well, I hope she is.

04:14She's off ordering her thoughts.

04:16Sorry, sorry, but what does that mean?

04:18I don't really know.

04:19Do you remember the guy who came in the salon?

04:25Mike.

04:27Oh, yeah!

04:29Oh, no, she never...

04:29No, no, not with him!

04:30God, no, no, look, Gabby's done nothing, all right?

04:36It wasn't Cammy who beat me up, it was Mike.

04:42And that's why I had to go to court, because...

04:46He'd been blackmailing me.

04:49Well, like how?

04:52I just haven't been, you know, entirely clear in my head about...

04:56About things, and...

04:58I thought he was someone who would understand.

05:04You have to help me.

05:06She said she's gonna...

05:07I am doing everything I can for you, but you don't make it easy.

05:11You've lost the drugs, been picked up by the police,

05:14then leaving gear around for a kid to overdose on.

05:17Yeah, well, that was her brother, all right?

05:18She feels terrible.

05:20Would she actually do the stuff that she said?

05:22Yes.

05:23I am your only friend.

05:25No one else is going to protect you from her,

05:27so do what I ask and you'll be okay.

05:30So is she your boss?

05:31She's everybody's boss.

05:33Hang on, you're a grown man.

05:34Can you not just get away from her?

05:35It doesn't work like that for any of us.

05:40Well, what are we gonna do?

05:42We make a plan, we see it through,

05:44and we still have drugs and clear the debt.

05:47Simple.

05:48Now, what are you gonna say to the social worker?

05:51I don't know.

05:51Oh, God, kill me now.

05:55Do you want me to tell her how to go on, Ray?

05:58Yes, please, Dylan.

06:00She exhausts me.

06:01Thanks.

06:07Shouldn't you be back at work?

06:08I've sat my own time.

06:11Hats off to Vinny, though, for standing up in court.

06:14You know, this is gonna get out into the village,

06:16and it better not come from you.

06:17Oh, Nicola was really good with Arthur.

06:19Yeah, but Arthur's gay.

06:20Vinny isn't.

06:24Is this the Bernice syndrome all over again?

06:27What did I just say?

06:27Look, we know that he's not gay,

06:29but he's not entirely straight either, is he?

06:32And maybe underneath you knew that,

06:34and that's why you slept with that guy in Portugal.

06:36What?

06:36Shh, uh, shh.

06:37Just be shot quietly, Nicola.

06:40I act out sometimes because my dad and Rona,

06:44they put so much pressure on me,

06:46and they don't realize it, but...

06:49too much.

06:50Talk about middle-class problems.

06:52That social worker's gonna be off like a shot.

06:54You see?

06:55A bit of listening and cooperation.

06:56You might just survive.

06:58Do you feel more confident now, April?

07:00Of course she does.

07:01She's gonna be fine.

07:03How's your little brother doing?

07:04He came so close.

07:07And your parents?

07:08Watching over me like hawks.

07:11Oh, it'd be so much better if we had our own place.

07:15What do you think, Ray?

07:16Maybe.

07:17Probably.

07:18I need to go for the social worker.

07:20Hmm.

07:28Hey.

07:30If her parents start making a problem for my boss...

07:33Oh, then help us find a place to live.

07:35Ray, or her, at least.

07:39I'll pull a few strings.

07:42I need help.

07:43What you did in that call.

07:55It was...

07:56It was incredibly brave.

07:59Maybe.

07:59But I just...

08:02I just felt, like, ashamed and embarrassed.

08:06Come here.

08:12You are what you are.

08:14Whatever that is.

08:15But you must never feel ashamed.

08:18Yeah, well, I definitely am for getting myself in that situation with him in first place.

08:24You know, when I saw Gabby sitting there, I nearly backed down.

08:29So has this changed how you feel about her?

08:32God, no.

08:33No, Gabby.

08:33Gabby's everything.

08:36But last night, she said that.

08:39Said she didn't know me at all.

08:41And I could see that on her face in court.

08:44I felt like I was a comrade.

08:45Sweetheart.

08:46Like, you're dead young.

08:49This is the first of probably a million hurdles.

08:52That's right.

08:53And so what if you're not totally straight?

08:55You know?

08:56Maybe she's not.

08:57You know?

08:58Maybe she just hasn't had the chance to think about it.

09:01Oh, I pretend I don't feel any of these things and just knock it on the head.

09:07What?

09:07What, and live a lie?

09:09What?

09:10I'm walking on eggshells now.

09:13No, I'm not going to let that happen.

09:15Gabby loves you.

09:18But now,

09:19you

09:21have got to be really honest.

09:25Even if that changes things.

09:29Please tell me you're being honest about finding them drugs.

09:32Can they put me in care?

09:37Never in a million years.

09:41Leah.

09:44Love you.

09:49I'm sorry.

09:49At least somebody likes me.

09:57Oh, come on.

09:58Would it make things any better if you hated me?

10:00Might save his life.

10:02Time for work, please, Mary.

10:04We can handle this now.

10:05Right, um...

10:08Hi.

10:13I'm Gary.

10:14Gary Barlow.

10:16No jokes.

10:17I've heard them all before.

10:19Is it okay if I sit?

10:23Okay.

10:25First things first.

10:26Do I have your permission to talk to April?

10:28Yeah, of course.

10:29That's why we're all here.

10:31I actually don't want these two here, if that's okay.

10:34Can she do that?

10:36If it means that she talks more freely,

10:38then yes.

10:40Do I still have your permission?

10:43Yeah, of course you do, yeah.

10:44I obviously have no say, so...

10:47Sorry for assuming that I did.

10:48Come on.

10:48Do you want to tell me what's been happening?

11:00So, you found the pills?

11:24Yeah.

11:26And you thought saying they were yours would impress the girls?

11:28Yeah.

11:29You don't strike me as lacking in confidence

11:31or needing to impress anybody.

11:33You've not met the girls at my school.

11:37The school says your attendance is patchy.

11:40I study best when I'm at home.

11:42The school have okayed it.

11:44I just need to be on my own sometimes.

11:48How are things here?

11:52They don't realise how much pressure I'm under.

11:55That's why I act out sometimes.

11:57It's like she's this amazing vet

12:01and he's this brilliant chef

12:03and I'm not much cop at anything.

12:06They don't even know they're putting the pressure on,

12:09but they are.

12:09I just feel this massive weight on my shoulders

12:13that I'm trying to live up to something that I'm never going to be.

12:18Leaving your brother on his own like that

12:20sounds like more than acting out to me.

12:22Listen, I'm not here to trip you up.

12:28I'm here to support you.

12:30But you have quite a big file already.

12:33Yeah, so?

12:35Okay, I ran away and I lived rough for a bit,

12:38but that's in the past now.

12:39You must have been vulnerable to all sorts.

12:43Maybe as you still are.

12:45Hang on.

12:46A second ago you were saying that I were dead confident.

12:49Even confident people can be drawn in.

12:52Is there something happening to you, April?

12:53Sweetheart, maybe you should just come clean about Portugal

12:58and then see how you both feel.

13:00Or say nothing and Vinny stays the bad guy

13:03if it comes to divorce.

13:05Vinny isn't bad.

13:06He's just confused.

13:08He wasn't confused when he said that he'd been beaten up by a cammy

13:12and not the other bloke.

13:13He just lied.

13:13Love, do you think he's ever acted on his confusion?

13:17No.

13:18How do you know?

13:19I just can tell.

13:20Oh, like you could just tell when he told you

13:23that cammy had beaten him up.

13:25Will you stop bringing that up?

13:28Lol.

13:29Have I been really stupid?

13:31No.

13:33No.

13:35But you do need to know exactly where you stand.

13:39He didn't say anything when he left.

13:40She keeps her nose clean.

13:41I think it's dumb.

13:43Mary?

13:43Oh, Rona called.

13:45Why?

13:46Because you both need to hear this

13:47and I don't want to be this angry twice.

13:50I heard her.

13:51But the social worker, I heard her

13:53and apparently it's all our fault.

13:56What is?

13:56We make her behave like this.

13:58We are to blame.

14:00You shouldn't have been listening.

14:01Oh, I can see why he kept us out now.

14:03What did you say?

14:04It doesn't matter.

14:05I got rid of him, didn't I?

14:06It matters to me.

14:08I will now.

14:08No, Mum.

14:09It's my turn now.

14:10Do you know what?

14:11I wish I had a social worker

14:12who I could twist around my little finger

14:13but instead I have a successful career

14:16which apparently oppresses you so much

14:19you almost killed your brother.

14:21Since when?

14:21I did not say that.

14:23Liar!

14:24You said it's our fault

14:25because he's a brilliant chef,

14:27I'm a brilliant vet,

14:28and you can't live up to us.

14:29Well, what's next, April?

14:30Huh?

14:31I have a good day at work

14:32or your dad bakes a brilliant pie

14:33and you dangle Ivy out the window

14:35by her ankles.

14:36It's you that's the problem here.

14:39No, no.

14:40Leave her!

14:41Let her go!

14:44I have sat with her.

14:46I have listened to her.

14:48I've calmed her down.

14:49I've calmed you down.

14:52I'm sure we'll look back at this and laugh one day

14:54but right now,

14:56I hate her.

15:10See, that's the colour that I want.

15:12Pale sienna,

15:13but no,

15:13Jacob wants to stick with boring buttermilk.

15:15Plus he wants to spend a fortune on a pram.

15:18Mac, don't you think that's mad?

15:20Only a madman would think that it isn't.

15:23Gran,

15:23tell the bump that its daddy is mad.

15:26But I still love him.

15:28So are you two going out?

15:32I don't think I can be bothered.

15:35You all right with that?

15:36Right, well, don't say I didn't offer.

15:38Look, if he's getting the pram out,

15:39I'm having the sienna walls.

15:40Do you think they're headed for a fall?

15:47I think it'll all be fine, I'm sure.

15:52So,

15:53I'm noticing every time going out gets mentioned,

15:57you wince.

15:59Babe,

16:00if you're struggling,

16:02you know,

16:02with public places or whatever,

16:06you've got to talk to me.

16:07Remember,

16:08you've been through a lot.

16:10Okay.

16:11So, I'm thinking tonight,

16:13we will do...

16:15TV and takeaway?

16:19I hear a mind reader.

16:22Yeah, and I promise,

16:23we will go out soon.

16:25And the same goes for you.

16:27Tell me all your worries.

16:28Because I do love to hear you banging on.

16:30It's a bit early, isn't it?

16:47Not for wine or lives.

16:53Gabby, I swear, I told you about everything.

16:58Jay said that to Laurel a million times.

17:00Well, I'm nothing like Jay.

17:01And you know what happened to me?

17:03With Nicky?

17:04But Nicky wasn't confused about anything.

17:06He was just set out to con you.

17:08Why didn't you pipe up sooner?

17:11Because I didn't know sooner.

17:14It was only so well after we got together.

17:17Oh, even better.

17:18So a few months of sex with me

17:19puts you off women for life?

17:21Have I ever seemed like I'm holding back?

17:22Now you come to mention it, yeah.

17:24Since when?

17:25Since I slept with another guy in Portugal.

17:27No confusion or wondering or thinking from him.

17:32Are you just saying that to hurt me?

17:33Yeah.

17:34Yeah.

17:38But it's also true.

17:42I have never seen Rona so angry.

17:45Well, Kathy used to blame me for everything.

17:47But it was mostly true.

17:48Yeah, well, I mean, Rona and Marlon are great parents.

17:52Yeah, well, sorry.

17:53No offense taken.

17:55But you and me, we need to be the oil on the troubled waters.

18:00What is it with her?

18:02Don't ask.

18:03You two have met, right?

18:07Just a menu, please.

18:11Oh, well, we a pit or run out of menus.

18:15You can have mine.

18:15Oh, thank you.

18:20I'll, um, see if there are any specials left.

18:27You said some nasty things yesterday.

18:29I would ask for an apology, but I know how much you hate yourself and lash out after saying sorry.

18:38I've got the scars to prove it.

18:41Those two reckon she's off the hook.

18:44And I'm persuading her to leave home.

18:45I wish I could leave home.

18:48Actually, I wish I could stay.

18:51And you'd be dead.

18:53Dead.

18:56Finally.

18:57Growing a pair.

18:58Yeah.

19:01You wouldn't last five minutes.

19:03I was always worried that I wouldn't be enough for you.

19:11Oh, Vinny.

19:13You were more than enough.

19:14It was just a stupid, stupid thing and it would never happen again.

19:18But how do I know that?

19:20Well, I don't know about you.

19:21At least I've just told you to your face.

19:23I had to find out in a whole courtroom of people.

19:25Right, right, look.

19:29We've just got married.

19:30And we are a great family.

19:32Okay?

19:32And I accept that you made a mistake.

19:34Because you know what?

19:35So did I.

19:35I don't know what I was thinking.

19:39So, Gabby, can we please just forget all this ever happened?

19:43Oh, Vinny.

19:44If I didn't love you so much.

19:48Then I've agreed to that, but I do.

19:52And I know this is always going to be in your head,

19:54but it's up to me to try and understand what's going on in your head.

19:58Like you with me.

20:01So I'm going to ask you one last time.

20:07Are you a gay man?

20:10No.

20:13Then you're my man.

20:18Of course it's not true about us putting pressure on her,

20:36but she was terrified last night about Leo and what might happen.

20:40More terrified than me?

20:41Or you?

20:42Bob said he'll do more to help.

20:43Oh, my God.

20:44Well, what a relief.

20:45What the hell are we supposed to do?

20:50You didn't mean what you said, did you?

20:51Er, no.

20:53Well, I mean, I do feel pressure.

20:56And is that why you abandoned Leo?

20:58Would it make you happier if I just moved out?

21:00No.

21:00Yeah.

21:01It's not permanent.

21:03She's a child.

21:04Are you a child?

21:06No.

21:06April!

21:07I just think it would be best all round, even if just for a few weeks.

21:10She obviously didn't mean any of that stuff.

21:12Stop speaking for me.

21:13Did you mean it?

21:14Do you mean anything you say?

21:16I will just get a room with Max.

21:17Not happening.

21:18Do you know what?

21:19I'm going to leave you to it,

21:20because I've got two other kids upstairs that do need my attention.

21:22Rona!

21:23It's not forever!

21:24It's not at all!

21:25April said it, not me!

21:27And April gets what April wants.

21:29Yes!

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