Lewis' return stirs up painful memories for Moira in Emmerdale

Could Moira be about to lose the farm?

 17-23 MAY

As she awaits the bill for the slurry spill clean-up, Moira is fatalistic about the farm’s prospects.

After 16 years of farming the land through tragedy and trauma, the refusal of the insurers to cover for Mackenzie’s apparent recklessness with the slurry spill, has Moira accepting this is the death knell for her tenure of the farm.

With the farm's financial troubles now terminal, Moira tells Cain she's ready to jack it all in.

After initially ignoring Lewis’ fresh attempts to get close, Ross is soon unable to resist meeting his brother again.

As he starts to wangle the family secrets out of him, Lewis asks to meet Moira but Ross is unsure. The timing is bad for Moira who is at her wits’ end, just as Ross arrives explaining Lewis, the long-lost son of a woman she killed, is waiting outside for her.

Bracing herself for the encounter, Moira soon buckles under the weight of the painful memories that have been rekindled.

The next day, Ross is having to get used to having a new sibling in his life, but his ears prick up on hearing Lewis is growing weed.

Meanwhile, up at the farm with the financial troubles so worrying, Moira’s ready to jack it all in.

The next day, as Lewis and Ross continue to bond, Ross acquires a few cannabis plants.  Suspicious of Ross lurking, Mack sees the cannabis plants and is soon sworn to secrecy over Ross’ illicit plan.

As Mack sees a solution to covering the farm’s fines, he and Ross soon realise they don’t have enough cannabis plants and devise an alternative scheme.

Emmerdale continues Mondays to Fridays at 7.30pm on ITV1 with first look episodes available from 7am on ITVX