ITV Share By Kerry Barrett Jul 26 2025 By Kerry Barrett Jul 26 2025 Robert turned detective, and everyone was being really mean in this week's Emmerdale There were some horrible things being said in this week's Emmerdale Robert Sugden Share By Kerry Barrett Jul 26 2025 By Kerry Barrett Jul 26 2025 Our Emmerdale review this week is written while we cower in the corner because the claws were out in this week’s episodes! Just about everyone was being really horrible to everyone else. But in among all the cattiness were some moments of brilliance, and a few that left us a bit baffled. Here’s everything we thought of the action in this week’s Emmerdale review. Charity forgot to mention her plans to her husband (Credit: ITV) Emmerdale review: Why do you have to be so mean? People were saying some really nasty stuff in this week’s episodes. Some horrible, thoughtless things that can never be taken back. Some things that made us gasp in shock. For example, Jacob telling Eric he was evil, or Charity being genuinely astonished that her actual husband thought she should tell him she was planning to give birth to her own great-grandchild. Then there was Cain telling Moira that her daughter Holly’s tragic, horrible, sudden death wasn’t the same as Nate’s because Holly did it to herself. Ouch! And Cain also seemed to forget that Liam’s daughter Leanna was also murdered when he was being short with him as he tried to help. Not nice! article continues below Read all the latest spoilers And even Joe was getting in on the act, when he had a swipe at Dawn for “living off the spoils of Kim’s achievements”. He’s not wrong, but still, he didn’t have to be so mean! Hotten Police need to recruit Robert! (Credit: ITV) Detective Sugden on the case! Once more Hotten Police weren’t covering themselves in glory this week, as they accepted the news that Owen had killed Nate – a man he didn’t know – and then topped himself. Even Cain was asking questions about the whys and wherefores as the detectives admitted it was “unusual” but closed the case anyway. Luckily for everyone, except maybe John, Robert is bringing his inner Miss Marple. He is determined to prove Owen wasn’t the one to kill Nate – and he’s pretty certain John had something to do with it. The police told him to get lost, and so did Owen’s brother. So Robert’s on his own. Except, Paddy’s talking to him on the helpline – unbeknownst to the pair of them for now. Could he begin to have suspicions? AND was that a tiny glimmer of suspicion in Aaron’s eyes when he came across his new husband burning a load of medical supplies? We can’t even begin to tell you how happy it would make us if Robron reunited to bring down killer John! Joe gave Moira a contract (Credit: ITV) The Tate Empire is growing. Or is it? Kim’s Business Empire continued to baffle us this week with her flying off to sell her vague interests in Dubai, so she could… checks notes… buy a field in Yorkshire. She’s got a plan to build a legacy, has Kim. And that plan seems to be to… checks notes… buy loads of fields in Yorkshire. Still, that’s got to be better than buying a Scottish solar farm, so she’s definitely on the up. Anyhoo, Kim left Joe in charge, and he immediately produced a contract for buying said field which definitely did not look like he’d downloaded it from the internet in 30 seconds, and printed it off for Moira to sign. With no witnesses, obviously. No involvement from legal brains, no financial guarantees… Just the very trustworthy Joe Tate and desperate Moira Dingle making a deal. There’s nothing fishy about that whatsoever. Nothing at all. Moira was tempted for a minute or two before she clocked Joe talking to the man from the water company and realised he’d got him to throw out their appeal. Is there nothing Joe Tate can’t do?! Well, outsmart Moira Dingle, apparently. Because she definitely had the upper hand there and it was awesome! Steph’s vanished! (Credit: ITV/ Composite EI!) Emmerdale review: Missing in action? Anthony got a mention this week, which made us suddenly remember all that nasty business. Where is Steph? Where’s Ruby? What’s happening with their trauma? Another missing character is Celia, who arrived with a bang, then promptly vanished again. What was all that about? Leyla would not be impressed with Jacob and Sarah’s plans for the future (Credit: ITV/Composite: EI) Which engagement ring? Jacob proposed to Sarah this week. It was a bit out of the blue but we grudgingly admit, they are kind of cute together. If they abandoned the whole ridiculous baby thing. What made us laugh, though, was when he presented Sarah with his mum Leyla’s engagement ring in a big romantic gesture. What we’re not sure about, is which engagement ring it was. Was it the one she wore when she was engaged to David, before she legged it with all his cash and left him heartbroken, drunk and alone? Or was it the one she wore when she was engaged to Pete Barton, before they jilted each other on their wedding day? Or perhaps it was the one Liam bought for her. She and Liam did make it down the aisle, so that’s the most likely we suppose. Though things still didn’t end well. But as every mention of Leyla makes us sad all over again that she died, we’re not going to think about it! Ross tells it as it is (Credit: ITV) Ross sums it all up Big credit where credit’s due this week to Ross Barton, whose astonishment over Charity’s surrogacy plan was a thing of beauty. When he heard that his baby-mumma was planning to give birth to her own great-grandchild, he hooted with laughter. “You Dingles are freaks,” he said. Couldn’t have put it better ourselves. Share Good to Know Share By Kerry Barrett Jul 26 2025 By Kerry Barrett Jul 26 2025
