Following his continued deception, an Emmerdale fan has shared a theory about a whodunnit attack on Joe Tate.
Last week, Joe arranged for Caleb to be stabbed in order to get him into a vulnerable state so he could steal a kidney.
With Joe having lied to and tricked multiple people, an Emmerdale fan has come up with a potential story idea which will see Joe attacked.
Joe steals Caleb’s kidney in Emmerdale
Since returning to Emmerdale over Christmas, Joe Tate has been hiding a serious health condition. It was recently revealed that he is suffering from chronic kidney disease and is in desperate need of a new kidney.
Rather than go down the conventional route, Joe employed Dr Crowley to help with an illegal kidney transplant.
Originally, Joe targeted half brother Noah for a kidney. But after drugging him and taking him to a private hospital, it was revealed that Noah wasn’t a match.
Joe then set his sights on his uncle Caleb Miligan. In order to be sure this time, Joe tricked Manpreet into handing over a vial of Caleb’s blood. Caleb was a suitable match, so Joe put the next part of his plan in motion.
After an accomplice failed to drug Caleb, Joe went to extreme measures and arranged for him to be stabbed instead. Dr Crowley managed to save Caleb’s life and perform the kidney transplant before taking him to a proper hospital.
Caleb is aware that he has lost a kidney, but has no idea that Joe has it.
Emmerdale fan theory
An Emmerdale fan has taken to Reddit to share a potential storyline idea that will see Joe Tate attacked.
“When everything is revealed about what Joe has done, drugging Noah, the limo crash, affair with Dawn, deceiving Manpreet, arranging an attack on Caleb and taking his kidney without his knowledge, I wonder if there could be a who attacked Joe storyline?,” they wrote.
The post continued: “I don’t think he’d get killed off as Cain thought he killed him the last time and they seem to be able to like using the character. Not sure if he’s staying long term or not but even if only for a few months they might still like to have the option to bring him in the future.
“There’s so many people it could be if there was an attack that left him unconscious, in hospital. All the different groups of people he’s affected.”
They then listed the potential suspects, which included most of the village: Charity, Ross, Noah, Jacob, Matty, Kerry, Cain, Vanessa, Tracy, Mary, Billy, Dawn, Kim, Manpreet, Ruby, Steph and Caleb.
But, does Joe have a huge target on his back?
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