{"id":38039,"date":"2025-04-30T13:02:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=38039"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:02:48","slug":"emmerdale-fans-confused-joe-storyline-miss-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/emmerdale-fans-confused-joe-storyline-miss-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale fans ‘so confused’ over Joe storyline: ‘Did I miss something?’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale fans are confused over the latest Joe Tate<\/a> storyline and cannot understand why he returned to the village.<\/p>

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After stealing his uncle Caleb\u2019s kidney, Joe was advised by his dodgy doctor to get away from Emmerdale. It looked as if Joe had taken that advice\u2026 but then he returned.<\/p>\n

Fans feel like they have missed something as they don\u2019t believe Joe<\/a> would risk returning to the scene of the crime just to confess his love to Dawn.<\/p>\n

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Joe targeted both Caleb and Noah in kidney plot (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Joe left\u2026 and then came back<\/h2>\n

Upon returning to Emmerdale in December it was made evident to viewers that Joe had health problems. It was eventually revealed that Joe had chronic kidney disease and was in desperate need of a transplant.<\/p>\n

For whatever reason, Joe decided to take matters into his own hands and set his sights on half brother Noah. Joe drugged Noah, before it was discovered that Noah wasn\u2019t a suitable match for a kidney transplant.<\/p>

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