Timeline of Bear Wolf's breakdown

We know Bear has had some sort of breakdown in Emmerdale, but what could it be related to? Here’s everything that has happened to him...
Carena Crawford
By Carena Crawford

We know Bear has had some sort of breakdown in Emmerdale, but what could it be related to? Here’s everything that has happened to him in the last year…

May 2025: Laura Shaw annouces big Bear storyline in Emmerdale

Emmerdale producer Laura Shaw teases future storylines, one involving Bear. “He’s going off screen for a little while,” she said. “He’ll go missing and when he comes back what you’ll see is a very different Bear in a very different situation.”

Laura added: “We’re all going to be watching going: ‘what the hell has happened here?'”

Later that month, Bear’s strange behaviour began.

June 2025: Bear’s behaviour worsens

Bear begins acting very strangely. He thinks Paddy and Mandy are trying to get rid of him and want him out.

Paddy buys him an old motorcycle to do up in a bid to cheer him up. However the stress of getting the vehicle to work causes Bear to violently lash out at Kammy.

Bear then went missing for the first time. Paddy suspected his dad had dementia and tried to test him in secret. But Bear realised what they were doing and stormed out.

June 30 2025: Bear hits out at Paddy in Emmerdale

Paddy is attacked by Celia Daniels’ dog and Bear rescues him.

Paddy is rushed in for emergency surgery and is grateful for Bear’s help. But suddenly Bear erupts and uses the attack as an opportunity to say some horrible thing about his son leaving Mandy appalled.

July 1 2025: Exit

Paddy confronted Celia over the dog attack, but she intimidated him and made him feel even worse. He blamed Bear and after another huge row, Paddy threw Bear out.

Bear called his friend Gnasher for a place to stay, but Gnasher said no. However Bear lied to Mandy and Paddy that he was going to Gnasher’s and left the village.

Later that month was the last time we saw Bear – living in his car, not far from Emmerdale.

November 2025: Paddy realises Bear is missing in Emmerdale

It took four months for Paddy to realise Bear never went to Gnashers. He had no idea where he was, but the police were unable to help.

In a special standalone episode we saw Bear had been taken in by Ray Walters and was living as a slave on his farm. Bear was being drugged to keep in line and had come to depend on Ray and believe they were friends.

January 2026 – Bear finally freed

In a bid to hurt Ray and keep him in line, cruel Celia told Ray Bear was dead. We saw Bear’s feet as Ray sobbed over his body.

However after Ray killed Celia, a week of flashbacks to Ray’s own death saw Bear was no actually dead. In fact he reappeared just as Ray was about to kill Paddy.

Bear grabbed Ray and shouted he just wanted it to stop before strangling him to death.