Thea puts Kim under pressure as questions are raised over Baby Tate in Emmerdale

Will Thea find the evidence she needs to bring Kim down?

 17-23 OCTOBER

Still worried about Joe, Kim continues to guard the secret that Graham has the baby and is looking after him in an out-of-the-way cottage until they think Joe is ready to have him home.

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As Lydia shares her worries with Kim, she’s thrilled by her support, thinking Kim has kindly offered Samson a job on his release.

The next day, Lydia is hurt to discover they were talking at cross wires and there is no promise of a job. As they chat and discuss the baby having been adopted, Thea overhears and jumps to the wrong conclusion about the fate of Baby Tate.

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Before long Serena’s increasingly worried about Thea’s obsession with bringing down Kim, urging her not to do anything she’ll end up regretting.

Later, Kim’s firmly on the back foot when a Social Worker turns up demanding to see Joe and his baby as a result of a report of an illegal adoption.

Undeterred in her mission to bring down Kim, Thea keeps a watch on her after successfully getting access to her phone. She downloads some messages before setting off to search... but will she find something?

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Meanwhile, a struggling Joe rebuffs Gabby’s attempts to empathise with his grief, leaving them still at odds with each other.

Emmerdale continues Monday to Friday at 8pm on ITV1 with first look episodes available from 7am on ITVX