{"id":51911,"date":"2026-01-23T20:25:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T20:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=51911"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:20:05","slug":"paddy-locks-bear-up-hope-for-his-freedom-next-week-emmerdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/episode-recaps\/paddy-locks-bear-up-hope-for-his-freedom-next-week-emmerdale\/","title":{"rendered":" Paddy locks Bear up, but there’s hope for his freedom next week"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s pretty bleak in the world of Paddy Dingle and Bear Wolf in Emmerdale after Ray Walters\u2019 death<\/a> on Thursday (January 22).<\/p>

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Tonight (Friday January 23) Paddy faced a massive decision: call the authorities and potentially send his dad to prison for murder. Or cover the whole thing up. Guess what he chose?<\/p>\n

But as Bear faces being locked in a room again, is there any hope?<\/p>\n

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The murder clean up went wrong (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Bear killed Ray in Emmerdale<\/h2>\n

Flashbacks this week have told the story of Ray\u2019s final movements. And last night we discovered he had been attacking Paddy and Dylan when Bear walked in, not dead as feared, but alive.<\/p>\n

He wanted Ray to stop, so put him in a wrestling bear hug. However he ended up squeezing the life out of him<\/a>, while clearly not knowing what he was doing.<\/p>

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