{"id":45556,"date":"2025-08-30T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=45556"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:35:12","slug":"more-ross-robert-less-john-chas-this-week-emmerdale-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/more-ross-robert-less-john-chas-this-week-emmerdale-review\/","title":{"rendered":" More Ross and Robert, less John and Chas – this week’s Emmerdale review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amidst the doom and gloom of John Sugden<\/a> maybe or maybe not killing Mackenzie Boyd, there have been some shining lights in Emmerdale this week \u2013 mainly Ross Barton and Robert Sugden\u2019s sheep escapades and Moira and Celia teaming up. It\u2019s fair to say it\u2019s been much needed.<\/p>

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There have been moments of pure joy and hilarity as well as the usual serial killer antics. So what have we loved? And what has not quite hit the mark for us?<\/p>\n

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Ross holds hid red spade (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Things we loved in Emmerdale this week<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s start on a positive, shall we? There were some scenes of pure brilliance on screen this week. Yes, we are talking about Ross Barton and his red spade.<\/p>\n

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It was war between the Bartons and Sugdens (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robert and Ross<\/h3>\n

Who knew all Emmerdale needed to bring it out of its doom-filled ditch was Ross Barton<\/a> rounding up some sheep? He said it perfectly himself: \u201cWho needs a border collie when you\u2019ve got a Ross Barton?\u201d Well, quite.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t now why he was running around with a little toy red spade all episode, but it was everything. It made us chuckle and boy do we need that right now.<\/p>

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