What happened in Emmerdale tonight: Aaron falling apart as Steph edged closer to the truth

In Emmerdale tonight Aaron couldn’t pretend everything was normal so John had to act. Can he keep it together and cover up the evidence?

Meanwhile, Laurel was also spiralling and Nicola struggled to contain her as Steph remained determined to get to the truth about Anthony’s disappearance.

Here’s what happened in Emmerdale tonight, Friday January 24.

John kicked struggling Aaron into touch in Emmerdale tonight

Aaron was out trying to run the guilt off himself. John was worried about where he was and Aaron tried to be glib and pretend he was fine. John later cornered Aaron at work wanting to know how he was feeling, but Aaron brushed him off.

John insisted they had to act normal and go to the pub to make it seem like everything was okay. And that’s where they heard Steph say Anthony’s car was behind the pub so he couldn’t have gone anywhere.

Elsewhere, Leyla revealed she’d seen Anthony with a head injury, so panicked Steph decided to organise a search party.

She went to the hospital and coincidentally asked the same nurse Nicola had seen if Anthony had been in. The nurse described a blonde woman also asking after Anthony, which made Steph assume Ruby had been there too and later confronted her mum.

Aaron was horrified to overhear their conversation and rushed out. John tried to calm him down, but Aaron spiralled and shouted there was no way he’d ever get away with this.

John yelled at him to calm him down. He told him they would deal with this together – move Anthony’s stuff and get rid of the car to make it look like he’d returned and left again.

“Get a grip,” he told Aaron. But can Aaron really hold it together?

Dawn and Joe can't keep away from each other (Credit: ITV) — Dawn and Joe can’t keep away from each other (Credit: ITV)

Joe Tate continued to plot – but Kim’s on to him

Joe was on the phone to his mystery caller saying things weren’t good, he was tired and stressed – and Kim was listening in.

Meanwhile, Dawn was pouring coffee and was in a strop with Joe for blackmailing her. He claimed he’d reached out to someone about his problem and was getting help.

Noah was celebrating possibly winning a contract and being able to set up his own business. Joe overheard and swooped in with pictures of Dubai, wanting Noah’s help with the electricals over there.

He then went home and found Dawn, seducing her into kissing him again. Kim was listening in, but as they were in the nursery, she couldn’t hear them. This time.

Dawn pushed Joe off and told him to leave her alone. But she isn’t going to resist his charms for long.

Laurel was finding it hard to cope with her guilt (Credit: ITV)

The walls closed in on Laurel in Emmerdale tonight

Laurel was trying to pray her guilt away. But it didn’t really help.

Nicola fished for info on Anthony from Steph and worried he still hadn’t turned up.

Back at home, Laurel was wittering on again about how scared she was. Nicola was getting fed up of her (she’s not the only one) and told her Anthony had walked away alive, so it wasn’t their fault. But will Laurel stop spiralling?

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