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Emmerdale 26th December 2025
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00:30Know thine enemy. First rule the war. Which is why I think I'll keep you where you are.
00:44So this is a war then, yeah?
00:46Cool.
00:48I hope Robert was right about you. He's deaf or something seriously going wrong in your brain.
00:53Now, the difference between you and me is that you're a blunt instrument.
01:05I'm trained for this.
01:08So what exactly is your plan?
01:11Well go on then. Tell me all about it.
01:13I know how you're going to.
01:19Yeah, a bit busy right now.
01:21Things to do.
01:23People to get in my sights.
01:25You know how it is.
01:27I didn't want this.
01:32But you and your little revenge scheme got in my way.
01:35Oh, sorry.
01:36I might as well use it to my advantage.
01:39Oh.
01:41Not if I've got anything to do with who you want.
01:43Hm.
01:45You keep telling yourself that.
01:47Like we said.
01:50There's every indication that what you heard was poachers.
01:53Poachers?
01:54Right, okay. And what did they think we were?
01:55Rabbits?
01:57Look, we've already put out a full description.
01:59Ports and airports have all been alerted.
02:01If your husband's out there, we'll find him.
02:03And what if he starts taking pot shots in the meantime?
02:05Or even worse, one of them actually hits us?
02:07Look, I'm afraid we've found nothing significant in the woods to indicate that it was him.
02:10Alright.
02:11That is Kev's wedding ring.
02:17And that is a bullet.
02:19Is that significant enough for you?
02:23Like I know this must be unnerving.
02:25Without any proof of intent or ownership.
02:27Does the ring have an inscription?
02:29No.
02:30Then I'm afraid it proves nothing.
02:37Okay.
02:38Thanks for the update.
02:39Appreciate it.
02:40As it's Christmas.
02:43If we can think of anything else, we'll let you know.
02:45Likewise.
02:46For now, just try not to worry.
02:49Brilliant.
02:50Thanks.
02:51Waste of time that was.
02:55Come on. I know you're scared.
02:56Scared? I'm not scared.
02:57I'm wound up. There's a big difference.
03:00It's our first Christmas back together and Kev's ruining it.
03:05That'll be Vic.
03:06I told her we'd go for a Boxing Day walk, but if you don't want to, then...
03:10What, let that little psycho win? No chance.
03:15Sorry for chaining up unannounced, but I saw Charity heading off, so...
03:19Yeah, no, she popped to go and see Chas.
03:22Left me to tidy up this bonsite, so if you're looking for a torrid affair, it will need to wait.
03:30Judging by the state of you, I think I'll pass.
03:34Yeah. Yeah, I'm probably too young for you anyway.
03:36Yeah, that's fine. You be smart. I'll, er, not bother showing you these pictures of Ruben opening his Christmas presents.
03:44Whoa, whoa. Ruben?
03:46Are you winding me up?
03:48Why else would I be here smelling your stale boozy breath?
03:51Wow. Look at him, he's so big. A proper little lad.
04:06He's lush.
04:07Do you think that Chloe would mind if I had these?
04:13If I told her.
04:17Which I'm not going to.
04:19Because it's Christmas, you're his dad, and you deserve to know how he's doing.
04:29That means the world. It's amazing. Thank you.
04:31Don't thank me.
04:32Thank you, Amy.
04:33I asked myself what she would do if she was still here, and...
04:39This is it.
04:42She was always a much nicer person than me.
04:45Yeah, well, I can't help but think that there's a catch in there somewhere, but whatever it is, I'll take it.
04:51You all right? Looking a little bit green around the old gills.
04:55Actually, I think I'm going to...
04:57Oh, okay. Wow.
04:59See myself out.
05:03Sorry about being on call. Hopefully I won't be too busy.
05:07Probably good to have a distraction, let's face it. What could do with the money coming?
05:10Well, even so, I'd still rather be with my family.
05:12Are you going to be okay doing this on your own?
05:15Wish me luck.
05:17Please be careful.
05:18Nice family Christmas, tucked up with your cosy little bubble.
05:34Mum, have you ever, um...
05:36Have you ever played charades?
05:38No.
05:39Beautiful.
05:43Listen, it's 100 short, but I can get the rest when the bank opens in the morning.
05:50Nah. You all right?
05:52Season of goodwill and all that.
05:54Fact!
05:56Why don't we call this the last payment?
06:00Why would you do that?
06:02Erm, do I need a reason?
06:04No, but I...
06:05You're off the hook.
06:07Merry Christmas.
06:09If I was you, I'd leave it at that.
06:16Oh!
06:18Nicola's inside nursing a small but beautifully formed hangover.
06:23It's not Christmas if you don't indulge a little bit, is it?
06:26Oh, I see what you mean.
06:28What did you two do when you left mine?
06:31Somebody had got Jimmy a game of shot glass tic-tac-toe.
06:35Oh, and Jimmy won?
06:37No, but I must have a better tolerance than her.
06:40Plus, Nicola insisted that all of her shots were Irish cream.
06:46Don't even say those words out loud, Jimmy.
06:49Guess he's doing the cooking today.
06:51And clearing up half Nicola.
06:52Oh, I don't mind.
06:53We had such a good time at yours yesterday.
06:55A proper Christmas.
06:57Oh, I know it was good, wasn't it?
06:59Ray took everything in his stride and he doesn't think we're too crazy.
07:03Well, he seemed like a top bloke and he seemed to fit in all right.
07:07He did, didn't he?
07:09Well, your ear's burning.
07:11Why, what have I done?
07:13Oh, Jimmy was just saying what a lovely time he'd had.
07:15Two families enjoying Christmas.
07:17Doesn't get more festive than that.
07:19Oh, yeah, yeah, made a nice change.
07:20I haven't had that much of a laugh for a long time.
07:21Celia didn't mind that we stole you.
07:24No, Christmas has never been her thing.
07:26It's nice to see what normal people do.
07:28Oh, do you hear that, Jimmy?
07:29He thinks we're normal.
07:31Well, here's to many more.
07:33And if you ever fancy a pint or a game of golf, make a call.
07:37I think you've got a fan there.
07:41Maybe you're contagious.
07:44Do you want coffee?
07:46Er, well, I've got to make a few calls first.
07:48No rest, but later, definitely.
07:51Yeah, I think I've got time.
07:53Good.
07:54I mean, look at the size of him.
07:58He's absolutely full of beans by all accounts.
08:01Can you believe it?
08:02What, that they grow up so fast?
08:03Yeah, too right I can.
08:04Interright lazy efforts.
08:06Moses, are you coming down to help me tidy up this mess?
08:09Charity, I'm trying to share this with you.
08:11Sorry.
08:13Ignore me.
08:14I just, I can't wait to actually get my feet up and veg out.
08:17Oh, no.
08:19Just ignore it.
08:20Please, it's Christmas.
08:25Moira, can I, can I give you a call back only?
08:30Sorry, you want me to do what?
08:33Moira, it's, it's...
08:36Moira, it's Boxing Day and I'm hung over.
08:41We are not going out, by the way.
08:43Lazy day, you promised.
08:44The kids, having a film.
08:49Right, fine, okay.
08:51What's the address?
08:53Yeah, hang on.
08:54I need to write that down, one second.
09:02Right, see you again?
09:04Fine, yeah, okay.
09:06Yeah, I've got it.
09:10Okay.
09:11Okay, so, the bill has gone walkabout again, so I need to go in, I need to go and get it.
09:17Listen, why don't you tidy this up with Moses and then I can come back, we can watch the film, we can lock the door and shut the world out.
09:25All right?
09:27I'm really sorry.
09:28I love you.
09:29Oh, bye.
09:36A bit cold at the park, maybe.
09:38Have I told you to wear your Christmas long guns?
09:42See?
09:47That's it.
09:49Smile your last smile.
09:50Smile your last smile.
09:51Smile your last smile.
10:09Hey!
10:10Hey!
10:13Hey!
10:14Guess what?
10:15Santa left one last present round at our house.
10:17How cool's that?
10:19Go on.
10:21Who wants to go to the cafe for our hot chocolate?
10:25I've already got my Christmas drink right here in its very own hip flask, thanks to Robert.
10:30Obviously not for Harry, but...
10:31No, it sounds good to me.
10:33Robert, you up for it?
10:34You okay?
10:38Oh, yeah, you know, I just thought I'd heard something.
10:41Well, Father Christmas is long gone by now.
10:46You ready?
10:47Yeah, let's do it.
10:49Yeah, Robert's on it.
10:51Come on, Harry.
10:52Come on, sit, Lloyd.
10:53On it.
10:54How much have that hit you for?
10:55I don't know.
10:57Hey?
11:04Boo!
11:06Yeah!
11:07Ah!
11:08Yeah!
11:09Ugh!
11:10¡B LORD!
11:11Ah!
11:13¡B.
11:16Ah!
11:17Ah!
11:18Uh!
11:19Ah!
11:20Ah!
11:24Ah!
11:27Ah!
11:30Ah!
11:31How was your Christmas?
11:43Busy with family, I imagine.
11:44Oh, tell me about it.
11:46I'm only working here today to escape the mayhem at home.
11:49I'm sure there are people who would die for what you have.
11:53What?
11:54Yeah, Ray told me.
11:56You don't really do Christmas.
11:58You should have joined us.
12:00Us?
12:01Well, Ray, obviously.
12:02Me, Nico, Laurel, the kids.
12:04It would have been the more the merrier.
12:08Well, it sounds like you managed to have a good time without me.
12:11Didn't Ray tell you about it?
12:13We're not that kind of family.
12:15Well, I'm sorry you missed out.
12:17And that son of yours, well, he's a great blog.
12:21He really made himself at home.
12:24What more could a mother ask for?
12:27I heard you were moping in here.
12:35Still brooding over me and your granddad?
12:37I think it's a bit more than that, don't you?
12:38Er, how would you know if all you do is kick off and think the worst of him?
12:42He could have at least talked to me about it first.
12:44Yes, I'll admit we didn't handle it brilliantly, but what we're doing is for the right reasons.
12:48For you, maybe.
12:49I'm telling the truth, I am not marrying Eric for his money.
12:55Jacob, I've done this to save your inheritance.
12:58Yeah, right.
12:59Look, it's complicated.
13:01It's paying for care.
13:03It's something about tax.
13:05Maybe if you spoke to him yourself, he would find out and it would just save us all a lot more arguments, yeah?
13:14But why would Ray drop the payments?
13:17What's in it for him?
13:17You don't think he's going to make April deal again, do you?
13:19I mean, what other reason could there be?
13:21Have you talked to April?
13:22I mentioned it to her before she went out, asked if he'd approached her or, you know, put any pressure on.
13:26And?
13:27Well, she seems to think that Celia and Ray are going to move away before they get caught.
13:31But that's a good thing, isn't it?
13:33Well, for us, maybe, not for the victims in the next turn.
13:35I wasn't so petrified, I'd call the police myself.
13:39But you won't.
13:40Because if they go, then it's over and we're free.
13:44If they're not here, then they can't hurt us anymore.
13:48I don't even think about that.
13:50I mean, they've, you know, they've put us through so much.
13:54If we're finally free from them, we can focus on being a family again.
13:59Yeah.
14:00Maybe I need to talk to my mum.
14:01I know I've got a lot I'm making up to do, but if I tell her the truth, then she might come back.
14:08Who knows?
14:08We might just get our lives back.
14:11We might just get our lives back.
14:41You tried to escape. Now you want me to think you're having some sort of medical crisis.
14:48You're more clever than you look.
14:51Too low.
15:00Okay.
15:02It feels hot.
15:06Okay.
15:08Your tachycardic, that's not good.
15:12You said pills. Where are they?
15:19It's okay.
15:35Hold it. Under your tongue.
15:38That's it.
15:39Come on.
15:43Come on.
15:45I'm not letting you go anywhere.
15:48Should have known I'd find you playing with your new toy.
15:58Well, Santa really did a number on you this Christmas, didn't he?
16:13What's that supposed to mean?
16:14Things I heard from your new best friend Jimmy.
16:18So I spent some time with Laurel and her friends. What does it matter?
16:22You really can't keep away, can you? Despite what you said. It's a question of loyalties.
16:29I know where my priorities are. The plan stays the same.
16:32Sorry, I've got an issue with the pizza rubbing. Oh, Celia, hi. How are you?
16:38Just catching up with my son. He was absent without leave this Christmas, but then you knew that.
16:44You didn't make a mess. I thought you were trip to where it is.
16:48I thought...
16:50Try not to, dear. It doesn't suit you.
16:53Moses, do you want to pass me that recycling?
16:55I'll do it myself, eh?
17:03Urgh!
17:15Moses, do you know anything about this?
17:17What is it?
17:19It's nothing.
17:20Erm, someone's idea of a stupid joke.
17:22Right, come here, you.
17:24Take these upstairs for me.
17:26Now, please!
17:31You would not believe what happened to me.
17:34I swear when it comes to bills and me, I am cursed.
17:37I'm going upstairs for a shower.
17:39Well, take your time. Sounds like you need it.
17:41I don't know what kind of sick game you think you're playing, Vanessa, but you don't get to do this to me. Do you understand?
17:57You and me are going to be having some serious words.
18:03When I say I want to see you now, it means now. Not when you feel like it.
18:10Look, I can't just walk away. They'll ask questions and now that you've stopped the payments, they think that everything's alright.
18:16Well, it will be. If you stick to what we've agreed.
18:20Yeah, I am. And I will.
18:22Well, you're doing so well. It would be a shame to put your family under all that unnecessary pressure, wouldn't it?
18:28Well, that's obviously not what I want.
18:31Of course it isn't.
18:32You're a good kid.
18:34You want to do right by them.
18:36So...
18:39Are we good?
18:44That is the correct answer.
18:46So be ready. We leave New Year's Day.
18:49What? That's too bad.
18:51I've told you we're going. Now you know when. It's not that difficult to understand, is it?
18:56Is it?
18:57No.
18:59I'll send you the details on this.
19:00Yeah.
19:03And I'd make the most of what's left of Christmas if I were you.
19:15Yeah.
19:19You okay?
19:21Yeah.
19:22You seem rattled before.
19:24No, no, it's nothing. I just shivered from the cold.
19:27Okay, so you're not worrying about Kev.
19:32Because you were right.
19:34I'm not gonna let him get to us.
19:36I've got so much to look forward to.
19:38To us.
19:39Yeah, I'll get into that.
19:40You had me worried for a moment there.
19:53Oh, you're welcome, by the way.
19:58No need to thank me.
20:01You were only...
20:03...begging for my help.
20:05Why did you bother?
20:06Oh.
20:12What can I say?
20:14It's Christmas.
20:16I'm feeling all...
20:17...toasty inside.
20:19Oh no, wait.
20:21You.
20:22My new plan A.
20:24Jealous ex.
20:25With a history of violence.
20:26Kills.
20:27Husband in a crime of passion.
20:28It's...
20:30It's got a certain ring to it.
20:32I take it you do the killing for me.
20:34You catch on fast.
20:36Then you're found.
20:37Having...
20:38...turned the gun on yourself.
20:39A neat little note explaining what you did.
20:42Star-crossed lovers.
20:44Romeo and Julius.
20:47Then I...
20:49...swoop in and save Aaron.
20:51Unless of course I stop you.
20:52I stop you.
21:01Are we still doing this?
21:03You don't have to play the big man with me.
21:06I've saved your life.
21:09So I figure you owe it back to me.
21:14I want you...
21:16...ready for action.
21:19Eat.
21:23Oh!
21:25Hm.
21:52...
21:56Oh!
21:57Oh.
22:00Oh!
22:03Oh!
22:05Oh!
22:07Oh!
22:09Oh!
22:12Oh!
22:17Oh!
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