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The lesser used rarely seen Cain getting a major focus once again and you guessed it he's spiralling again and secrets are revealed. Will this be about Cain's health and Kyle finding out or will this also include the arson stuff?

The Caleb stuff sounds absurd. He's scammed again, presumably he's feeling annoyed about Charity's theft too and then is scammed by AI Archie and Kerry and decides to commit crimes to make himself feel better. Exactly the type of Dingle/Dingle adjacent behaviour expected, hey at least Billy is allowed to exist and have some feeings about how wrong this is until he's offered money of course.

Don't get me started on the abuser turning up in his van fresh from an ambiguous prison sentence which the show wont mention much about cause it's contrived rubbish to excuse letting him get away with holding THREE people hostage and attacking one with a weapon and hand waving it away with lack of evidence BS.

Not more Cain via the spreading of cancer. This means not only more of him but more self pity, more misery, more excuses and i don't even know what for unless he's leaving eventually which is the only way all of this time spent on him year is acceptable.

HTF did a workplace bullying storyline go so badly off track that it has become a blackmail plot with a different character who is then going to potentially be SA as a form of punishment and redemption both? This is disgusting on every level. SA should not ever be a punishment but this will completely overshadow everything else in this story now. Anyone annoyed with Charity for cheating and lying etc is going to be framed as a horrible person, this goes out of show too where we have to be on her side instead of calling her out for fooling her granddaughter. Sigh.

Graham's backstories are increasingly stupid and annoying. He's always got to relate in some way via consoluted history. He can never just be a part of the story.

Why has Moira appointed herself fire marshall of Emmerdale Farm all of a sudden? She's spent the past few weeks bitching at and about Robert but now she's heavily invested in who the arsonist is to the point of extreme eagerness.

Charity and Chas thinking they can just take what they want is typical Dingle and it's what i can't stand about that family. Take what they want, commit crimes when they want, cover up crime after crime when they want, lie, cheat, attack and steal when they want and all the while acting like it's justified. When the boot is on the other foot, it's a moral outrage. Kim is the victim here nothing in this forced dialogue and narrative will change that.

The lack of Robron for all this new arson stuff is frankly bizarre. It makes me wonder if they somehow approved time off Ryan and Danny and realised too late they'd be needed for longer so have traded them out in favour of Moira and Graham. I doubt this but i'm at a loss to reason why you'd just drop the involvement of the 2 most affected by the fires. It's possible they find out on screen later on but then it's been covered up, They could also find out off screen and then either not react or have a small reaction when they appear to draw a line uner it. I think it's also very possible Kyle starts a bigger fire at some point that is more harmful and this reveals everything and reignites the Farm wars from everyone's pov.

I'm far too beaten down by the show like Robert.

Someone seriously needs to do a supercut of Robert post Vic exit and spam it across all emmerdale SM cause they can't think this is remotely acceptable storytelling.

He's even hated, untrusted by the kidney stealing limo crash causing unrepentant villain and has less people to talk to or fight his corner. Ridiculous.

8 billion enemies. WTF? He didn't have that many in 2015, he had more friends and allies in 2015 and was doing actually villainy things in 2015.

Why bring him back when it's clear nobody behind the scenes likes him as a character? IM maybe forced it since he loved him, idk but it's clear these day to day writers and storyliners do not care 1 bit beyond Robron pr hype.

Unpopular opinion maybe? But i am delighted they're going off screen, i can freely not watch and not care and i don't have to see Robert be relentlessly miserable. Aaron is also very miserable but at least he's free to visit family, he's got his sarcy best mate.

Robert has got almost nothing. Apparantly the money he got from selling the farm doesn't exist? He never got a new car after John and Aaron wrecked it in corriedale but then he doesn't need it he's imprisoned on the farm from hell which he doesn't own, can be evicted at any time seemingly for not being a good little boy and yet some idiot viewers think he could should just give back to the people who sold it...

Oh yeah, no family aside from Aaron, no son cause he doesn't deserve one but Cain trash can raise a killer arsonist, be a violent drunk thug and it's fine.

No friends cause they didn't bother to care or think about them for him even though before prison he was close to Nicola and Jimmy, all forgotten by a very bad producer.

He's got no real loyalty to Robert so why doesn't he just quit and work at Dingle Farm or somewhere else? I'm so confused by this but then Laura Shaw is the producer and realism, and realistic character motivations don't exist.

Matty and Mack (who i assume this will affect also) shouldn't ever be caught between Robert and Moira. My only theory is they want Matty there for Vic when she's back.

Aaron did acknowledge Robert going out of his mind again and Belle sort of seemed sympathetic but again all this was for the plot of being wrong about Kammy and not about Robert or Robron at all.

Yes i'm glad they're showing some of Robert's MH being a mess because of it but as per usual they are not treating it seriously at all. Aaron is the only one allowed to even mention it and it's only been to Belle, Lydia, Kammy, basically a small number of people. I can't abide Chas but surely she's concerned there's fires where her son is living? Aren't she or Paddy or others vaguely worried on behalf of Aaron at least? Matty lives there too and he's been as blase as everyone else but noone is concerned for him getting trapped in a barn fire? They're making it obvious we're not supposed to look deeply or care at all about any of this as it's a plot about the perpetrator and since they haven't revealed him properly yet it's all so... i don't even know how to describe it beyond bad and pointless.

Anyway to Kammy and Belle, they got some sweet scenes to talk about feelings and a bit of history (look at that, how nice for some) then had a kiss and hug to celebrate resolving this part of the story (Robron never get a resolution, only a pause before the next part of their misery, so no kisses or hugs or romance and i'm going to keep moaning about it as it's bad writing and it's not fair).

Cain and now Sam pissing in a field WTF is this story? Cain being a moody shitty parent again as well. Woe is me Cain will be back before long too probably when Kyle is revealed as the fire starter and we'll have to feel sorry for Cain being such a shit parent and for Kyle having a shit parent. Sorry no. I'm not buying into this. He's always been a shit parent and cancer isn't to blame. Look at John's escape last year where he stormed off to France and then came back, got drunk and broke Kyle's footy trophy.

Ross and Laurel is actually worse than i thought. I thought they might have good chemistry even in spite of the history but it's very forced flirting from both sides and some of the dialogue is cringey. Jesus.

Circling back to Robron, barn fires etc Aaron was the chosen scapegoat for the audience to blame today for Kammy getting arrested, usually it's Robert but since he was off screen they had Aaron be the one to get it wrong (but with lots of justification and reasoning). Oh and of course the Dingles are taking Kammy in and making him an honourary Dingle. It's got to always be about Dingles.

No. It's just a case of poor writing and an inability to tell a story that makes sense so they have to overhype Robert as this terrible person, even by Mack who is employed by Robert and who was the only one who tried to save him from John's bunker when Aaron was in a coma. All this gets forgotten for the current plot, just like past history is forgotten for the current plot until they can make it fit the narrative.

It also doesn't help that Matty or Mack don't share scenes with Joe so they can't bitch at him so it looks unbalanced like everything on this show atm.

The only good thing today was Ryan's 'unhinged' acting, he wasn't unhinged, he was rightly and justifiably furious in that circumstance. It's all being played as Robert is a "lunatic" and it's all in his head. As viewers we know different but yes it's all 2025 on repeat only with no Vic to fight Robert's corner.

At least Robron got to physically touch but only so Aaron can plot stop Robert getting to Kammy, no warmth or comfort or emotional depth to their scenes again. It's impossible to care about them being engaged or wedding references when it's used in flippant from Mack or plotty ways Belle. In 2026 Robron look more asexual than Liv and i note the Daily Star (yes i know trash) has written an article on the lack of kissing and touching.

Kammy being like "who me" when caught with a pertrol can and then just casually walking off. WTF? What was his plan going to be after that?

"Robert wants to call the police, we don't have to". I mean if Aaron wanted to call the police and Robert was like how bout no, i can see the agency police having a field day with their meta tripe.

Fuck off Coira with all their shit even when he's being dishonest to her again and he still never told her about trying it on with Charity. They are by far and away the most favored pair, even when compared to non Robron couples like Jai and Kerry or Belle and Kammy who combined with Robron all have far less kisses, hugs and romantic moments than Coira keep getting. It's agenda writing. Throw Scum and Lydia in to this as well and yep Coira still way out in front.

Ross and Laurel... i have no words for how forced this is. Him shitting on her dancing turned her on really?

Vinny was surprisingly watchable today and talked sense.

Ever since Danny said on that podcast about being wary of confusing his son i feel that's played into his acting and is wrongly influencing the natural emotions Aaron should be conveying.

I don't think it's entirely on Danny, the directors are clearly not demanding enough and the writing is not giving 'epic supercouple in trouble from outside forces' vibes. I think Danny though is playing it far too harsh and abrasive instead of soft and sensitive. It's like he's got it in his head Aaron is still mad at and punishing Robert for the ID's as that's when i really felt this swing in Aaron's demeanour.

Kim decides she doesn't want the pub so it's ok for Charity and Chas to just rob 100k from her (which is the number she needs to pay Todd)? Why would the HF safe have even more than a few grand in it? The articles write it up as a comedy caper rather than a serious crime...Would it be the same for Robert stealing to pay someone blackmailing him? I think we all know the answer is no. It would be "scheming smugden resorts to him old dirty tricks to cover up his seflish cheating and lies".

Graham suddenly being in the arson plot to find what is clearly Kyle's burnt out car that he and Cain were supposed to be working on together.

Gabby feels rejected by a much older man so suddenly she's going to have image issues??? Feels like they don't know what to do with her, she's never had a shortage of takers and her relationships have failed cause the men have sucked, not cause she's undesirable.

More Cain advice from Liam...yawn yawn yawn.

The fact is he's not irrational, he's not paranoid, he is the victim, just like he was the victim multiple times last year and corriedale.

This version of Aaron who mostly says the right things but shows no physical concern or comfort is not one i'm liking (don't block me but come on you can't be loving this either). It's even feeling very gaslighty to the point Aaron and everyone else are acting like Robert is going OTT. It's the same Aaron as last year over John and Kev when Robert ever expressed concerns. It's a worrying pattern.

Belle is a case in point in how cheaply it's being handled, she's like "which idiot is doing this?" about the fires and then immediately goes about her own life without taking a breath. There is no urgency except from Robert about this plot, then there's Aaron who is vaguely urgent but only as a result of it's affects on Robert and then everyone else is like whatevs, it's only fire. What the actual fucking fuck?

The dancing plot is ok, i don't want this love triangle or not triangle but secret fling between Ross/Laurel, it's plotty and from nowhere and just flies in the face of their history. It's not unwatchable though as it's not misery, people get to smile at least.

Coira have gone back to being more reasonable people after the past couple of months but for me i'm fed up of them, their hypocrisy, their double standards. I'm also resentful they get to moan, argue, express concerns and then it's mostly followed up with a resolution.

Robron get limbo repeat scenes firstly about the ID's, now about the fires and very little, actually no emotional depth as a couple. Robert is getting a bit of depth but it ignores his history long past and recent so it's still a frustrating watch.

Belle/Kammy yeah they're nice enough but how long has Kammy been homeless? It's like this version of Kammy doesn't gel with what we've seen the past year.

Also how has Kammy got all that stuff in a barn and he's not seen, none of his stuff is seen or anything? WTF?

God the writing, directing, stories, everything on this show...

Aaron's going to "batter" the arsonist. Sure about that one Aaron when it's a member of your vile family? Let's be honest if it were an adult Dingle he'd still not be battering them. He's worried about stressed Robert and puts his foot down to go for a pint but we don't get to see this as we might get some comfort and the show refuses to show that, only misery barring the dance reveal on friday.

They're clearly making up the tenancy agreement and what it said as they go along. Absolutely not a chance in hell would Robert have signed it under these ridiculous terms, threat of eviction with no justification, rent hikes without a) notice or b) legal standing, the herd belongs to the Tates even if Robert pays for it and has the license? Bollocks. They better do what they're doing with Emmerdale Farm (transfer ownership to Sugdens) sooner rather than later as i'm bored shitless already and i like Farmbert but this is the opposite of fun Farmbert last year.

The dancing plot is absurd for all the reasons i thought, it being used as an unbelievable love triangle for Ross the car jacker and his victim who became an alcoholic off the back of it and Gabby who has nothing else to do with her life but chase older men.

As nice as the laughter and smiles were, the attitude of Scum was ridiculous and annoyed me. They are tresspassing on other people's land without permission and one of them attacked Robert only last week FFS. "Why were you watching us?" Oh i don't know cause you are somewhere you are not supposed to be dummy. Also is this resolved now? Are they allowed to dance there? Is Ross going to get paid?

Anyway call me greedy or entitled, now give me some natural normal Robron joy and laughter with just them in a scene and not others. Discussing their wedding, Seb, their plans, a holiday to see Vic, anything fun, it's not that hard writers.

The Dawn and Joe stuff was bizarre, he confesses to more awful stuff and she's suddenly more wet for him when she was on the verge of binning him multiple times already for previous awful stuff. This is very signposty that Dawn will end up dead accidentally and this is Joe's comeuppence which feels more like Dawn's, her kids and Billy's punishment to me rather than Joe's.

Graham and Kim yet more bizarre stuff but Graham managed to sort of emote so we'll take that as a win. Also i prefer this truce (but only a truce and not a relationship) if only to make it make sense that Graham is allowed to live and work there even though he's hated by most of them.

The terrible Moira stuff...So now she cares about controlling Cain to prevent him going near Joe but she was gloating about him nearly bludgeoning Robert last week. WTF? Sorry but what? I'll reserve full judgement until down the line but look what Robert is facing and has faced compared to Joe in this saga so far.

Charity/Todd continues to go way too far and way too off the deep end of what it was suppsoed to be. I find it impossible to believe Todd ever qualified as a Doctor, let alone was a respected experienced consultant, she is OTT.

Robron at the end setting up next week's Kammy story but Aaron stopping at the pub door and looking round was odd. Was it just me who saw that? He got to the door, held it, stopped and then looked around and then left lol.

Let's start with the arson plot where they reveal the culprit in the credits, i mean many of us guessed the culprit already based on off screen factors, Kyle getting a story, Ryan and Danny having time off for a significant period and the general lack of real emotive 'stakes' writing.

Aaron is still moody with Kammy, not for shits for and giggles, but because he's stressed working multiple jobs invluding the police's work hunting an arsonist. A John mention and Aaron's having trust issues?? This seemed odd and out of place to me, Aaron's not dating Kammy, he's being his boss.

Oh look a Kev mention as well and there you have it a hurried badly written rewrite of history to explain how he can just reppear. Sorry but lack of evidence when THREE people witnessed his actions, a stolen weapon with Robert's blood and Kev's fingerprints, a detective who saw Kev in the area on the day of this attack but ok he's in prison for some random other offense.

Moira getting the heebie jeebies when near Graham was the most relatable she's been in ages.

Cain wasn't loathsome and terrible either for once, even with Robert in his presence so again linking into the Kyle arsonist stuff, trying to soften Cain so Robert and Aaron have to be extra reasonable and understanding after it's revealed.

Kim buying Charities half of the pub is just a csse of Charity is desperate and very few will buy half a pub and even fewer can pay fast. Whether is happens or not, it will be reset pretty quickly i'd bet and Charity will still be there.

Ross and Scum being extra plotty and suspicious for the 'comedy' reveal of Robron catching them dancing tomorrow in the barn. Ross hates them now. I mean do he hate them though? I have no idea what each character feels about other characters these days. They feel what is required at the time of plot.

A quick fire Seb mention, not much to say as we've been here before multiple times and it leads nowhere. I think the show has forgotten why Robron cancelled on Angela i.e. cause they were being terrorized not cause of how Ross felt or Angela herself. She's probably waiting for them to call her, at least based on the way the show left it but rewriting etc.

Back to the arson, actors going off screen, culprit being a child Dingle means no accountability or consequences as per usual when Robert is a victim, also see Kev or Cain or Joe. Le sigh. All this points to Robron either going for a holiday or them just being off screen 'working'.

The arson plot is already spinning the wheels at this point cause each scene feels like a loop or is setting up the Kammy being homeless or Ross and Scum dancing threads.

Speaking of loops, Joe and Graham have the same conversations over and over. Joe and Dawn are only getting to be a couple because they're very much going to be over and out. The show still hasn't told us how Joe and Graham knew. I knew Dawn would have just passed out and it would be a nothing burger event.

Ross and Scum are definitely dancing in the barn by candlelight or something. Why Scum thought Ross would or could teach him i don't know since i don't recall Ross ever being a professional dancer but whatevs i'm rolling with it like everything on the show. It's all plotty to keep the viewers suspecting them of the fires, most viewers i would think already know it's BS.

I can't enjoy anything Todd related as i still have my senses and remember this was supposed to be a workplace bullying storyline and everything recently has been a terrible OTT motiveless mess. Who is Todd? What does she really want? Why is she like this? Anyone know? Does Laura Shaw even know? I'm betting no.

Wading in on the lack of affection etc and Ross getting touch up Robert more than Aaron... There's multiple issues, the writing for them sucks and doesn't think they need love and affection or comfort as it's a continued punishment story for Robert? It's a plotty filler story not requiring 'light' moments as there's no real stakes? Or that's how it's written anyway. Something else?

I hope the arsonist is revealed to us soon, by next week i think it's 5 or 6 fire and that is getting to be excessive.

It's probably going to be some shitty Dingle, likely Kyle for the 'shock' factor and all will be forgiven cause he's suffering he had to move home and his dad's got cancer.

Other culprit is Matty. He tips them off next week about someone in the field but otherwise has the motive and the ability given he's on site.

I'm not sure the hooded figure in the pics is the culprit, it could be an extra to account for the size not matching up.

More boring Cain self pity. Just fyi my dad has prostate cancer so this story should hit me harder than most but it's missing me by miles cause A) it's Cain being typical awful Cain and B) It's a badly told story focusing on the wrong things too often. If they had just got him surgery straight away, forget crimes and revenge and special episodes and constant chats with people trying to get through to him, it would have been a way better story and maybe award winning.

Ross/Laurel i do not get. This makes no sense to me that they suddenly are just into each other and especially given the history.

Upcoming:

Sadly all that will remain headcanon and fic.

Moving on to the actual 22 minutes...

Add Sam to the list of Dingles looking utterly dreadful in this storyline. What a whiny bratty petulant man child, just like his odious older brother only slightly less violent. You shouldn't get to be that obnoxious to a guy you shovelled over the head and he's not even holding a grudge.

Moira acting like she didn't know exactly what Cain would do and acting holier than thou at Sam when she is every bit as culpable and bad as Sam is.

Am i the only one pissed off with Robert trying to please and be nice to these lot? Yes yes for Aaron but god it's making terrible viewing and that's me as a Robron fan saying that. Anyone stanning Robert but not Robron, i imagine they're turning off this guff.

Robert and Aaron both being on edge and techy to the point that they're alternating, or seemingly going to be, trying to calm each other down might be ok if it had a none plotty point but there is the typical lack of depth for them. All this will lead to is maybe them taking a holiday to explain their actor absense... great they get some peace and happiness but what good is that when we're denied seeing it as per?

Ross and Manpreet seem a much better match than the upcoming Ross/Laurel but felt plotty with the obvious history talk and him trying his luck all for Todd's benefit.

Charity and Todd and the 'workplace bullying' story WTF? I am so baffled why they think this direction was the way to go.

Joe and Graham being 2 steps ahead of Dawn already because of course they are. It's part of the wider show issue that they're incapable of telling and linking stories together and explaining all that to the viewers. At least give us a clue last week one of them was supicious not just oh we know it all.

Speaking of what is and isn't known etc Lydia calling out Sam for his actions and just the Dingles in general discussing violent shitty behaviour against Robert as if it's normal and acceptible.

Ryan and Danny (especially Danny since Robert is the one needing comfort and reassurance and isn't getting it on screen) shouldn't get byes for the low effort but the writing and directing are really not helping.

A line of extra dialogue here or there to make Robert feel secure and safe, a line of comfort and/or love.

Aaron TELLING Vic or Cain or John or whoever what Robert means, that he's family or whatever, is all well and good but if they don't SHOW us these things onscreen we might as well just read fic (which is very much more in character and often better written) forget the show exists. The whole benefit of TV and film is actually seeing feelings, emotions and connections play out on screen instead of our heads. We actually had them last year and much as i hated some of that other husband stuff, it WAS better than anything we've had lately.

The gifs of some of those hospital scenes and Aaron's looks have pissed me off tbh. He's looking at Robert as if he's a naughty schoolboy who skived school. He got attacked FFS and then dragged his shitty attacker to the hospital. This is not on Ryan or Danny, this is on purely terrible writing narratives.