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Emmerdale 19th December 2025
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00:30Hiya.
00:34I heard you up in the night pacing around.
00:39What's wrong?
00:40Just something I need to get my head round.
00:44If it's still about cash, Joe paying for the electric should see us through Christmas and we'll worry about getting more in the new year.
00:52I've been worrying about Kim.
00:55Okay, we messed up.
00:58But she doesn't know that.
01:00We just need to move on and put that behind us.
01:04Trouble is, the way that she wants to move on makes me feel even worse.
01:10What do you mean?
01:12Kim's changed her will.
01:15She wants to leave me on farm.
01:17What do you mean you are?
01:21I'm not sure confronting Celia is such a good idea after all.
01:26It's what she deserves.
01:27We need answers.
01:28We can't get away with this.
01:30But is it the best way to stop her?
01:31She can't garage you to the police because she's the one that's bent.
01:34But she's putting my name to stuff so it looks like I'm in on it too.
01:38So we put a stop to it?
01:39You know, usually I'll be trying to hold you back, but this time I think you might be right.
01:45Right, so let's go before you change your mind.
01:47Okay.
01:47Come on.
01:48Right.
01:48Hey.
01:58Oh, cheers.
02:01Six days to Christmas.
02:03Listen, we're still family, yeah?
02:05We're still together.
02:06We've got things to celebrate.
02:08Morning.
02:10Well.
02:13You know why I'm here.
02:15Can't it wait?
02:16Oh, she knows the score.
02:19I wish I didn't.
02:20Just get me the money, I'll be on my way.
02:33You know, 20 grand was hard enough.
02:3620 grand, but two grand a week on top is too much.
02:38What's the deal?
02:40Well, we might need a bit more time in future.
02:42Hold on.
02:44It is every week.
02:45If you haven't got it, we have her back working until she's earned it.
02:52How can you do this to people?
02:54Keep your end of the bargain.
02:55If you can't, she's ours.
02:58You'll get your money.
03:00See you next week.
03:01I hate seeing you like this.
03:08We'll do anything to keep you with us.
03:11You know, we'll just have to hope the police get something on them soon.
03:13Same old, Emmerdale.
03:26Nothing changes.
03:27It's not really true, though, is it?
03:29You've changed.
03:30Starting to forget what that smile looked like before we left.
03:32Well, yeah, that's because I've got something to smile about now, despite the weather.
03:36Hmm.
03:36Starting to wonder if we should ever come back.
03:39It's our home, Robert.
03:41Or at least it will be when you move in.
03:43Welcome back!
03:44Hope you had a great holiday.
03:46Yeah.
03:46Best ever.
03:47Well, let's hope your crazy ex doesn't turn up again and ruin things.
03:50It's not going to happen.
03:51You seem pretty confident, considering he's a head case.
03:53Well, Kev's wanted by the police.
03:54He's not going to show his face around here again, is he?
03:56Look, forget him.
03:57Right?
03:58He's our past.
03:59We're concentrating on our future.
04:01Which, er, you might be able to help with.
04:03Because we've decided that it's time I move in here.
04:07Oh.
04:08Well, I guess I should say I'm going to miss you, but I'm not going to miss cleaning up your mess.
04:12In fact, come on and I'll help you move the rest of your stuff over.
04:15Right.
04:16Only me.
04:28Thought you'd be on your way to the airport by now.
04:31Er, no.
04:31Not until this afternoon.
04:33I've got to pick up Thomas from Laurels and finish off a few bits first.
04:36Well, don't let me slow you down.
04:38Enjoy your holiday.
04:41Kim, look, it's just a quick break.
04:43And if you're annoyed about being on your own for Christmas,
04:45I mean, I can always ask Mum to cancel.
04:47On the contrary.
04:48I'm looking forward to having the place to myself for once.
04:51Oh.
04:52Something arrived for you.
04:53Catch up on some reading.
04:56Get a little peace and quiet for a change.
05:01Think it might be ice as ashes.
05:03You on your own?
05:12We need to talk.
05:13Oh, don't start this again.
05:14You're not going to throw me out this time.
05:16Sarah deserves to know the truth.
05:18I've told you.
05:19Oh, for God's sake, Charity, stop burying your head in the sand.
05:21Just admit this baby might be yours or Max.
05:23Okay.
05:24Okay, fine.
05:25Yes, there is a chance.
05:28But I'm sorry.
05:29The truth is the last thing she needs.
05:31If I can present her with a healthy, happy kid,
05:35she's got everything she wants.
05:37Really?
05:38Yes.
05:38Because as far as she's concerned, it's hers.
05:41And that's what matters.
05:45You know, I'm having some private tests
05:46to check the baby's okay.
05:49Why would you need tests?
05:50You only had the scan yesterday.
05:52Just in case there was anything that didn't show up.
05:55I've had to make an appointment on Christmas Eve.
05:57That's the only thing they could offer.
05:59I don't understand.
06:01Look, I'm just trying to be extra careful.
06:03I want to make sure this baby is definitely okay
06:05for Sarah and Jake.
06:07Right, I'll leave you guys to it.
06:09We'll talk later.
06:10Yep, yep.
06:11Hey.
06:12Hey.
06:12Hey.
06:15Me and Jake have just been making more plans
06:17for the gender reveal party.
06:18Oh, I've got a bit of a problem with that.
06:21What do you mean?
06:22So I've got this really important brewery appointment
06:25on Christmas Eve.
06:26I can't let them down.
06:28Well, can you not just postpone it till the new year?
06:30I'm afraid I can't, though.
06:32Oh, Gran, you promised you'd be there.
06:33Look, I'll try and make the last half an hour if I can.
06:35No, I need you there from the start.
06:37You know, when I was your age,
06:39there were a lot of people who did not want to know
06:41if it was a boy or a girl until it was actually born.
06:43A bit like opening Christmas presents before the big day.
06:46I still can't believe Kim's going to leave you on farm.
06:55Except I've told her I can't accept it.
06:58So tell her you've changed your mind.
07:01But I haven't, Sam.
07:03I know you feel bad about what we did.
07:05So do I.
07:06But this is a chance to leave all that behind.
07:08Home farm has been part of my life since I was knee-high.
07:14My dad used to take me up there poaching.
07:16I was worried at first, but he said,
07:18they have so much,
07:21they're never going to miss a few pheasants, son.
07:23And he were right, because they owned everything.
07:26I don't need a history lesson, Sam.
07:28Happen you do.
07:30Because it's not just land and houses.
07:32They owned people and all.
07:34My dad went from porcher to gamekeeper.
07:37And I followed him.
07:39But we were still just tools in their box.
07:42Everything has to be how they want.
07:44Well, whatever they did,
07:45Kim ended up on crutches because of what we did.
07:47And it could have turned out much worse.
07:50But it didn't.
07:51And she's going to be all right.
07:53So in the end, there's no real harm done.
07:57You and me owning home farm,
07:59it's more than we could have ever dreamed of.
08:02You're not listening to me, Sam.
08:03It's not going to happen.
08:05But it could.
08:06You just say,
08:08thanks for being a great friend, Kim,
08:10and our whole life changes.
08:11Yeah, but I've not been a good friend, have I?
08:14I went behind her back.
08:15And because of what we did, Ice is dead.
08:17But she don't know that.
08:19Telling her's just going to upset her.
08:22She's not doing her any favours.
08:23What she don't know doesn't hurt her.
08:27I just don't think about it.
08:29Do we want to be scrabbling around for pennies for the rest of our lives?
08:32Or do we want to load it up in the big house?
08:34I need to get to home farm.
08:39So are you going to tell her the good news?
08:41No, Sam.
08:43We're scattering Ice's ashes.
08:45And she's going to need help getting into the fields on crutches.
08:47From April's dad, to keep her off the streets.
08:58We'll be paying the same every week.
09:01One born every minute.
09:03Oh, ho.
09:03I'm sure there'll be lots of dads like him in Wrexham.
09:09Wrexham?
09:10Yeah, I found us another farm down there.
09:12We're moving New Year's Day.
09:13Oh.
09:14Do we need to move that quick?
09:15Moira!
09:19Oh, and you brought back up.
09:20Come to take another swing at me or maybe a bit more spying.
09:24No.
09:25I just want to get away from all this.
09:26Because I've got no idea what you've dropped me into.
09:29Flogging turkeys is hardly a mystery.
09:31It's just business.
09:33It seems like funny business when you start putting things in Moira's name without even telling her.
09:37So what exactly are you accusing her of?
09:41What is your part in all of this, eh?
09:43Either you fancy Moira that doesn't even look like a farmer's car.
09:46Maybe it'd be easier to solve our problems by getting the police involved.
09:50Okay.
09:54Look, I can see you're both upset and that is the last thing I want.
09:59If you'll let me talk through things, I promise you it'll be worth your while to listen.
10:13Maybe this wasn't such a great idea, given the condition you're in.
10:21I need to do this for ice.
10:25It wasn't just my horse.
10:27It was my friend.
10:28I know how much he meant to you.
10:30You know, I'd talk to him more than I'd talk to any of that lot.
10:35Well, except you, of course.
10:38I'd tell him what was on my mind and somehow it made it easier to work out what to do.
10:45I remember you riding him on your wedding day.
10:47Well, that's a bittersweet memory, considering what happened to my marriage.
10:51Come on.
10:55Let's go do this.
11:01There is all of the paperwork I want you to look through.
11:05I admit I made some adjustments, so I want you to mark up anything that worries you.
11:12It's too late for any of that, Celia.
11:14I've told you I just went out of this deal.
11:16I can make that happen, but you will be losing a great deal of money.
11:22But at least I could sleep at night.
11:29If you check your bank balance, you will find I have transferred the last of the profits from the turkeys into your account.
11:38Right.
11:39Well, I suppose I should thank you for that.
11:42Good.
11:45And here.
11:46What's all that?
11:49A gesture of goodwill.
11:57No thanks.
12:00Come on, Cain, we're done here.
12:02You sure we shouldn't take the money?
12:03Oh, I'm quite sure.
12:12You're going to let that get away, wouldn't it?
12:13Have you met me?
12:15Of course not.
12:16But by the time they realise how deep a mess they're in, we will be long gone.
12:22We always loved the view from up here, overlooking the village.
12:43Look at my eyes.
12:52Look at my eyes.
12:57Thank you for all the good times.
12:58I've got a finance meeting, so I won't be able to make a Christmas party.
13:24It's a gender reveal party.
13:26It's really, really important to the both of us.
13:30Charity's already said she can't make it.
13:31Can't you just change your meeting?
13:32I'm sorry, I'm afraid not.
13:35I'll still foot the bill.
13:37It's you we want there, not your money.
13:41Your lunch, Eric.
13:42Oh, again.
13:43So I'll leave you to it, then.
13:49Time for that talk.
13:50I'll tell you what I want to talk about.
13:57Why everybody seems so determined to ruin Sarah's life.
14:00Mac deserves to know the truth, too.
14:02And that truth is going to destroy Sarah's dreams.
14:05Are you really that cruel?
14:07I didn't think so.
14:09Look, Sarah needs this to be her baby,
14:12so just let her carry on thinking that it is.
14:14I can't believe our grandparents don't care.
14:26What are we going to do to persuade them to cancel so they can be there?
14:29I guess we'll have to tell them we'll be celebrating something else.
14:31No, we can't.
14:32Look, we know she can't keep a secret,
14:34and we don't want the whole village finding out.
14:36Then we'll have to go ahead without her.
14:37No, we can't do that either, Jacob.
14:39They have to be there.
14:40We have to make this happen.
14:44You belong up here, Lydia.
14:51I know you love the place.
14:53Yeah, but I'd never even dreamed of owning it.
14:57I know.
14:58Well, I never dreamt of it when I was a stable girl.
15:01I think that makes it an even better surprise, don't you?
15:04Well, it won't be a great surprise for your family.
15:06They'll be expecting you to leave it to one of them.
15:09Exactly.
15:10They're just waiting for me to die.
15:12They think they're entitled to all of this, but you never would.
15:18You love the place for what it is.
15:21Do you really think they're all that greedy?
15:24As I've said before, I've made provisions, but they can sort their own lives out.
15:30Yeah, OK.
15:31Obviously, I was ruthless at the start, but when I thought I got what I was fighting for, I could enjoy it.
15:41But I had to go on fighting just to keep it.
15:45But it hasn't always been like that.
15:46You've had happy times here as well.
15:48Looking back, they were the worst.
15:53You think you've found who you were searching for, and it turns out it's just another shark plotting behind your back.
16:03It really was a good holiday, wasn't it?
16:05I feel ready for a fresh start.
16:07It sounds like a good reason for a Christmas backwarming party.
16:10Yeah, especially if we get Seb over for the day.
16:13Yeah, I think that might be a bit too much doubtful.
16:17You change your tune.
16:18I know, I think I've got a bit carried away with it all.
16:21You said you thought it was a good idea to contact his auntie Angela over Christmas.
16:24Yeah, I know, but Seb doesn't really know me, does he?
16:27And Angela might say that I've not really made much effort to contact him before, so...
16:31But she knows you've been away for a while.
16:33Well, yeah, but I'm an ex-con fresh out of prison.
16:36It's not really going to make her trust me, is it?
16:38Well, you're trying to build a new life and you want your son to be a part of it.
16:41What's wrong with that?
16:41I've still got to convince Angela to let me be part of his life.
16:44We've got to convince her, and we won't know until we ask her, will we?
16:48Yeah, I know.
16:50I know.
16:59You still here?
17:00Yeah, I just need to get mine and Thomas' passport.
17:03Well, get them and get out.
17:05All right.
17:08Oh, Lars, I finally got rid of them all.
17:14You might find you miss them all now.
17:16No chance.
17:18I'm going to enjoy the peace and quiet.
17:24But you're always welcome, Sam.
17:27Um, Lydia was saying that you two have been talking about the house.
17:32Thought she might have mentioned it.
17:37Are we celebrating something?
17:39Well, I hope so.
17:41If you can help me convince your wife that she's worth more than she thinks.
17:46I keep telling her that.
17:48Great.
17:49So, are you pleased I decided to leave her home farming my will?
17:55Oh, yeah.
17:56Of course I am.
17:58I mean, it's really generous of you, Kim.
18:02And I promise we'll look after the place just how you'd want.
18:05I know you will, Sam.
18:08The only problem is, she's too modest to take it.
18:12So I'm hoping you can help me persuade her.
18:20So, what do you say?
18:23Can I open the champagne now?
18:25Nothing anyone says will make me change my mind, Kim.
18:30I can't inherit home farm because I don't deserve it.
18:34Well, that's a matter of opinion.
18:37You won't think that when I tell you that Ice died because of me and Sam.
18:40We went behind you back to make a few quid and it was a death sentence for Ice and you ended up on crutches.
18:46This was all our fault.
18:50Yeah, it was nice.
18:51Yeah.
18:51Oh, I'll call you later, Laurel.
18:55I need you to start winding things up here.
19:01There's no rush, is there?
19:03No point sticking around, either.
19:05I have just got a good deal out of April's dad.
19:08Two grand a week, two grand a week just for knocking on his door.
19:11It would be a shame to lose that.
19:14My lovely boy.
19:19You have no imagination whatsoever, do you?
19:22What do you mean?
19:23If we take April with us to Wrexham, it will be even more incentive for her dad to keep paying us.
19:29You think of everything.
19:35Yes.
19:36And you don't.
19:38It weren't Lydia's fault, Kim.
19:40It were mine.
19:41It just seemed like easy money.
19:45I thought it would get us out of a hole.
19:50I never would have thought it would cause all this trouble.
19:53She went along with it.
19:55She didn't want to.
19:56And then everything just started to go wrong.
20:01I don't want to hear any of this.
20:03The bottom line is, you've betrayed me.
20:07Your employment here is over.
20:09Now just get out of my sight.
20:11I might have expected it of him.
20:20But I thought you were my friend.
20:23I am so sorry.
20:24Sorry?
20:27Just words.
20:29More lies.
20:31After everything I've done for you.
20:34If you needed something, you only had to ask.
20:37I thought you knew that.
20:38I don't have any excuses.
20:40You know what this place means to me.
20:43I thought you understood.
20:46It's everything I've ever worked for.
20:49Everything I love.
20:52I was ready to give it all to you.
20:55Just tell me what I need to do to make things up to you.
20:58Nothing you can do can make things like they were.
21:04I have made that mistake before.
21:07I'm never going to trust anyone again after this.
21:10You're sacked.
21:13I don't want to see you up here again.
21:15You're right.
21:16It's just words.
21:17I'm sorry.
21:18But you will never know how sorry I am.
21:21How much I wish that none of this had ever happened.
21:25Oh, and Lydia.
21:27I really wanted to believe that you were different from the rest.
21:31Oh, yeah.
21:42Oh, yeah.
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