John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth) got quite the shock in tonight’s Emmerdale as he came face to face with someone who recently saw his dark side.
Shortly after Robert Sugden’s (Ryan Hawley) returned to the village, he tried to make Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller) jealous by going on a date with a man called Owen.
Robert’s plan didn’t bother Aaron in the slightest. Outside The Hide though, while Robert was away, Owen slipped something in his drink, and John witnessed the entire thing.
Desperate to get rid of his sibling, John spied an opportunity.
He confronted Owen and scared him away, explaining that he had just seen him drug his brother. Owen then scurried away in his van, leaving John to deal with an unconscious Robert.
John once again tweaked the narrative so he ended up looking like a hero. Since then, the brothers have made a deal to pretend to Victoria (Isabel Hodgins) that they’ve called a truce.
In this evening’s episode, John headed to work at the surgery, serving as a distraction ahead of the funeral of the man he murdered.
John called Owen into the consultation room and it didn’t take him long to realise who he was. Owen spoke about needing some more sleeping pills, and John wondered if he was planning on using them to drug anyone else.
A while later, John was seen throwing Owen out of the surgery. It was witnessed by Robert, who rushed over to see what was going on.
John claimed that Owen used threatening language and was therefore not welcome in the building. Of course, Owen claimed it was the other way round, and walked away after telling John that he’s ‘not right in the head’.
Owen will be mentioned again in a few days time. When an opportunity presents itself to put someone altogether different in the frame for the murder of Nate, John decides he can fix things, John style. By killing someone else.
Liam Cavanagh (Jonny McPherson) makes a house call to Owen, but he can’t get an answer. Concerned for his patient’s wellbeing, he calls the police, who break into the house and find Owen dead. And on the dead man’s laptop is a written confession, saying that Owen was responsible for murdering Nate Robinson.
