From Moira's U-turn to funeral madness: 6 things that didn't make sense in Emmerdale this week

It’s been another emotional week in Emmerdale this week, but some things just didn’t make sense to us.

Moira made a huge, lightning speed decision over Cain. No one turned up to Leyla’s funeral and Amy loved animals. Apparently.

Here are the things that left us scratching our heads in Emmerdale this week.

Things that didn’t make sense in Emmerdale this week

Moira and Cain on the sofa together at home on Emmerdale — Moira seduced Cain with talk of chicken burgers and it was all very sudden (Credit: ITV)

1. Moira’s U-turn over Cain

On Monday (March 3) Moira tearfully told Cain they couldn’t make it work and he needed to move out. Their marriage was over. On Tuesday (March 4) she insisted they tell Kyle and Isaac they were splitting up.

But then Ruby sat her down for a cuppa and told her some home truths: Moira is not that innocent having slept with Nate. And also that she and Cain were meant to be together and she shouldn’t throw that away.

When Cain arrived to meet with the boys and tell them, Moira was still adamant they were going through with it.

Then suddenly she started talking about chicken burgers and how she didn’t want to freeze one in a pack of four. Cain was confused, and so were we, until she spelt out she wanted them to try again. And the pair kissed passionately.

Now, while we are thrilled the two are back together as a Coira split was NOT what we wanted, this seemed very sudden about-turn. Literally in the space of about 10 seconds. And to be so passionate so quickly? Something didn’t feel right…

Is she playing him for revenge? Could there be something else about to knock at Moira’s door – did she have something to do with Nate’s death? Or have we just been watching soaps too long and are always expecting too many twists?!

Funeral madness in Emmerdale this week

David Metcalfe - aka Matthew Wolfenden -left Emmerdale last year (Credit: ITV) — David Metcalfe – aka Matthew Wolfenden – left Emmerdale last year (Credit: ITV)

2. Where were Leyla’s family?

Now we know David hates Jacob for sleeping with Victoria and we know Alicia lives in Portugal, but them not returning for Leyla’s funeral was ridiculous.

Broken leg or not, Alicia could have got on a plane and been then to support the boy she brought up as her son for years. And David could have popped up from London for a day whether Theo was ill or not. It’s really done Leyla dirty following her devastating death.

Villagers were forced to choose whose funeral to attend (Credit: ITV)

3. Why were the funerals on the same day?!

Two popular village women, with lots of connections to other residents, so why oh why oh why were Amy and Leyla’s funerals on the same day at the same time?!

It was particularly odd for Eric Pollard not to attend Amy’s funeral – the girl he adopted with late wife Val, and gave away at her wedding to Matty. Instead he went to Leyla’s funeral to support Jacob as he saw Leyla as a surrogate daughter.

It was a lose lose for Pollard, really, so why didn’t they hold the funerals days or even just hours apart?

Matty held Amy's funeral in the woods because she loved animals and nature (Credit: ITV) — Matty held Amy’s funeral in the woods because she loved animals and nature (Credit: ITV)

4. Since when did Amy love animals?

We know Amy was a carefree spirit, but we had no idea about her intense love for animals. Nor that that was why animals, namely Chip the dog, were invited to her funeral. You learn something new about dead characters every day.

April and Marlon in Emmerdale this week

April asks Marlon if Dylan can stay in Emmerdale — April lived on the streets, but she had a good home to go back to (Credit: ITV)

5. April claiming she was homeless

Bit of a pinickity one this, but April keeps saying she was homeless. She technically wasn’t, she ran away. There is a difference, because she did have a loving, safe home to go to. She chose not to.

And for that matter, was her life with Marlon and Rhona really so awful, living in a squat was better? We keep wondering if there is another flashback incoming because we really can’t see what was so terrible…

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6. How is everyone so flush?

Victoria bought two bottles of wine for £15. She gave Tracy a £20 note and told her to stick the change in the charity box. That’s not just a few pennies, that’s £5! Nice of her to give that to charity, for sure, but just months ago she was destitute, so how can she afford it now?

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