What happened in Emmerdale tonight (Friday, May 23)

Elsewhere in tonight’s episode, Sarah continued to feel alone as her family attempted to process the news of Debbie’s move to Australia. With Charity still...
Joel Harley
By Joel Harley

Elsewhere in tonight’s episode, Sarah continued to feel alone as her family attempted to process the news of Debbie’s move to Australia. With Charity still raging, Sarah had no-one to confide in, and felt increasingly scared over her biopsy results.

Meanwhile, Clemmie took action against Joe, and Mack and Ross attempted to secure more supplies for their latest scheme.

Here’s everything else that happened in Emmerdale tonight.

Sarah felt isolated

Charity was still in a bad mood over Debbie’s move, while Sarah stressed in secret about the results of yesterday’s biopsy. As the only person aware of her IVF plans, Vanessa dropped by to see how Sarah was doing in the wake of the Debbie news.

She soon noticed that Sarah was feeling emotional, and assumed it was about the IVF results, encouraging her to talk to Charity before scarpering again.

Outside, she bumped into Kammy, who was clearly avoiding her. Her attempts to talk to him failed, and she continued on her way as the loneliest teenager in the village. Talk turned to Debbie (again) when she bumped into Chas, leaving Sarah by the wayside as everyone gossiped about her mum.

Back at home, she’d just finished calling to see whether the biopsy results were ready when Charity walked in. Charity soon put her foot in it as she ranted about Debbie, leaving Sarah feeling like one of the ‘pieces’ Charity had been left to pick up in the wake of her exit.

Done with her family, Sarah stormed off, still bearing the weight of the world on her shoulders.

Clemmie took action against Joe

With Lucas at football practice in his shiny new boots, Joe continued in his concerted effort to get Clemmie back on side.

She wasn’t the only one he was trying to win over, and he told Dawn how he missed having fun with her. His sweet-talking was clearly having an effect, although she continued to insist that she couldn’t be bought.

With Joe and Dawn distracted, Clemmie snuck downstairs where made a call on one of the adults’ phones – telling whoever was on the other end of the line that she was scared of her mum’s new boyfriend. Social services, is that you?

Mack and Ross

In the barn, Mack and Ross tended to their little cannabis farm. Hinting that they had space for a lot more plants, Ross was deflated when Lewis slammed his attempts at horticulture so far – utilising the wrong kind of compost to bed the plants in. What a dope! Dope, geddit.

Regardless, Ross continued in his bid for more plants, claiming that he needed them for Ryan and his cerebral palsy.

Later, the brothers shared lunch in The Hide, where Lewis had another delivery – handing over a packet of gummies. Not the plants, then, but Ross had another plan – he and Mack were going to take the plants anyway. Is Ross about to betray his little brother?