Emmerdale fans have worked out that a legendary character is returning to save Paddy as he said goodbye to his loved ones.
In heartbreaking scenes that aired yesterday evening, Paddy's family finally found out his heartbreaking plan. He had gone missing recently from the village, leaving his family concerned, but he suddenly returned this week. While he claimed to his close friends that he was feeling better and just needed to clear his head, he was hiding a heartbreaking secret.
Paddy revealed on Thursday night during a chat to his sleeping daughter Eve that there was a reason for his comeback. He had actually fled the village with a plan to take his own life, but he decided he couldn't go through with it.
Instead, Paddy revealed that he needed to say goodbye to Eve and his loved ones first - but that he also needed to see how they would cope with him being gone. The heartbreaking scenes had fans in tears, but they have now predicted that Dales icon Aaron Dingle - played by Danny Miller - will return to 'save' Paddy amid his heartbreaking decision.
"Please come back to the village! It's breaking my heart seeing Paddy going through this alone. Paddy helped Aaron - know it's time Aaron helps Paddy #Emmerdale," one wrote, whilst another added: "I keep saying this but if Aaron doesn't have some kind of involvement/mention in Paddy's storyline then the writers have missed a very important (and obvious) mark. #emmerdale."
A third shared: "Paddy!! Think of Aaron. You think he is happy in a foreign land. But really we would rather be with his family #Emmerdale," with a fourth adding: "I wish Aaron would have been there for his dad… Roles reversed."
Actor Dominic Brunt has insisted the storyline won't be all misery.
"But there's also a lot of light as well. I think what Emmerdale do, brilliantly time and time again is, it's not a misery fest," he said, "It's not this dark storyline that's awful to watch. It's really well coloured in with the pace and even two blocks later, there's little pinches of light - he’s found his humour again but, at the same time, he has to watch himself.
"It normalises the talking so he has a little slump and he turns to someone and says, ‘Are we alright to grab a cup of tea? I just want to talk to you about something just something that's bothering me.'"
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