The villagers of Emmerdale are in for a big next week on the soap, as the community reels from Marlon Dingle’s shock health battle and grieving families prepare for Meena Jutla’s trial.
Fan favourite Marlon suffered a stroke in devastating scenes on the ITV soap, which left his daughter April and fiancée Rhona fearing the worst.
Next week on Emmerdale, both he and partner Rhona find it difficult to navigate the world after the incident, with his best friend Paddy also clearly not coping.
Meanwhile, Emmerdale's Charity Dingle might want to watch out next week on the ITV soap, as Moira Dingle takes revenge.
Elsewhere, a tough decision looms for Emmerdale’s Laurel Thomas as she faces further heartache in her relationship with Jai Sharma.
Here’s everything fans can expect next week on ITV’s Emmerdale…
Marlon struggles to form words after stroke
Spoilers have revealed that the Dingles will prepare to send a video to Marlon in hospital, but Paddy is worried he's being fake and ends up recording a strange message to his pal.
In the hospital, Marlon becomes increasingly frustrated as he meets with his speech therapist.
As he struggles to form easy words, Rhona is upset to see how devastated Marlon’s slow progress leaves him.
Rhona tries to push a stubborn Marlon a little too hard and a nurse later takes her aside and gently urges her to put less pressure on him.
Paddy later notices that Rhona is clearly feeling low and promises that he will do better, but is unable to convince Rhona.
She later apologises to Marlon, but he can't bring himself to watch the video from the Dingles, as it becomes another reminder of everything he's lost.
Charity in danger as furious Moira takes revenge
Next week will see Moira blaming Charity for her brother Mackenzie leaving the village, after his romance with Charity hit the rocks.
She is left furious to see Charity flirting with someone at the pub - even if it’s only pretend flirting to get over Mack - and Moira assumes the worst.
Later, Charity tracks Moira down and confesses she is gutted about how things panned out, pleading with her to contact missing Mack.
But Moira lashes out and refuses, telling Charity it is her fault that her brother left, leaving Charity crushed.
Things only get worse when Vanessa confides in Paddy about her near kiss with Charity - and he soon lets slip this information to a furious Moira.
Out for revenge, Moira takes action that could leave Charity in danger when she offers to drive her to where Mack is in an apparent change of heart.
Charity jumps at the chance, but as the pair set off, she has no idea Moira is planning something vengeful and she kicks Charity out of the car, abandoning her in the middle of nowhere.
Laurel kisses Jai amid split heartache and ex Bob's support
Laurel and Jai’s relationship on Emmerdale has been on the rocks for weeks after he took out a loan in Laurel’s name.
Spoilers reveal that in the wake of Marlon’s stroke, Jai will be a crucial support to Laurel as the villagers reel, leaving Laurel to fill Bob in on her situation.
Supportively, Bob tells her that Brenda forgave him in a similar situation, giving Laurel food for thought.
Later on, Laurel meets Jai in the café to return the rest of his things, but she begins to agonise over the decision, wondering if she’s made a mistake.
Confused and emotional, Laurel later gives in to her feelings and kisses Jai, but will she regret her actions? Or are the pair now on track for a reconciliation?
Manpreet considers testifying in surprise twist on decision
Manpreet could be set to reverse her surprise decision on the soap not to testify after running away in the wake of Meena's pre-trial court hearing last week.
Manpreet struggled with the pressure after learning of Meena's pleas and scarpered when she suffered two panic attacks, amid promises to Charles Anderson she was off to the doctors for a check-up.
After going missing at the end of last week, Manpreet was finally found after she disappeared into the woods.
But ITV spoilers have revealed that Manpreet will reconsider her stance on testifying on the soap next week. Will she change her mind and help put Meena behind bars for good?
New struggle for Nate Robinson as he hits the booze
Emmerdale has teased strife ahead for Cain Dingle's son Nate Robinson, after a period off-screen after ex Tracy Metcalfe moved away.
Nate is left down in the dumps in upcoming scenes as he struggles with being without their baby daughter Frankie.
ITV spoilers reveal that he soon decides to get drunk, as he's desperate to stop the pain of his little one’s absence after watching emotional old videos of her.
As the week goes on Nate remains upset, and tries to rope Ryan Stocks into a drinking session at the pub as he looks to distract himself from missing Frankie. Could there be more struggles ahead for the dad?
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV, with an hour-long episode on Thursdays.
