The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.
Doctor Crowley’s (James Hillier) revenge plan left Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) a broken man in tonight’s Emmerdale.
We first met the dodgy surgeon earlier this year, as part of Joe’s plot to have an illegal kidney transplant. Joe paid Crowley to perform the operation, which saw him take Caleb Miligan’s (William Ash) working organ and put it in Joe’s body.
He was paid and ordered to leave the village, but he returned this evening to put Joe in a position that left him terrified.
The last we saw of Joe he had been knocked out by Shaun, his bodyguard. As he woke up, Joe found himself hooked up to some machines in a makeshift theatre room, and Doctor Crowley staring at him.
The situation was simple – all Joe had to do was transfer £100k to Crowley and Shaun, and he could leave without a scratch on his body. If he didn’t, Crowley was more than happy to use one of the scalpels he was cleaning while talking to Joe.
Crowley gave Joe some time to ponder over the threat and left him alone in the room. In this period, Joe’s anxiety increased and he found himself becoming more and more fearful.
When Crowley and Shaun returned, there was a brief moment where it looked like the doctor was going to cut into Joe’s skin, but he then gave in and revealed his bank details, so the duo could take his money.
As a result of Crowley being smart and holding Joe hostage in a location that could not be traced, there was no possible way he could face the consequences for what he had done via prison.
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And even if Joe tried to get revenge himself, Crowley told him that he’d find him one day and do the exact same thing he had done today all over again. Joe, by this point, was a shell of the man he usually is – this message from Crowley got through to him loud and clear.
Back at Home Farm, Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) tried to talk to Joe, but he sent her away.
There’s one thing Joe Tate loves more than anything else in this world, and it’s money.
So who will he become, now it’s been taken from him?
