Dawn's Exit Storyline Confirmed in Emmerdale as She Discovers Joe's Evil
The scales are set to fall from Dawn Taylor's eyes in Emmerdale next week as she sees scheming Joe Tate for who he truly is. Despite his shortcomings, Dawn has been desperately hoping Joe can turn over a new leaf. Joe has done dastardly things, from having Holly Barton's memorial tree cut down to setting Cain Dingle up and blackmailing Victoria Barton. Dawn often ignored his twisted acts, believing he's a good guy, but she couldn't ignore the claims about Holly's tree. She confronted him, and Joe feigned innocence, claiming it was a mistake. Dawn believed him but made clear she could never be with someone so heinous.
Joe's crimes caught up when Robert Sugden revealed to Dawn that Joe filmed Victoria fighting for her life and blackmailed her with the footage to secure her share of Butlers. Dawn was horrified that Joe didn't help Victoria and used the incident for business leverage. After groveling, Dawn gave him one more chance, urging him to come clean. Joe said there were no more skeletons, but his biggest sin is about to catch up when the truth about his role in Moira's imprisonment is unearthed.
Viewers recall Joe blackmailed Robert into planting ID cards at Butlers to cause trouble for Moira, leading to her arrest on modern slavery charges. Moira lost her home and farm and faced decades in prison. Cain had cancer, fearing his kids would be left without parents. Moira's freedom was granted after Robert found evidence of her innocence. Next week, Joe confesses his role to Moira while helping at the farm. Horrified, Moira urges him to go to the police, but Aaron says the stress would harm Cain before his operation. Aaron reminds Moira that Robert was a pawn; Joe is the real nemesis.
Moira agrees and heads to Home Farm with a shotgun, reminiscent of her confrontation with Jamie years earlier. To ensure Joe loses everything, Moira turns to Dawn, spilling Joe's role in her prison stretch. The question is how Dawn will react. With reports that Dawn star Olivia Bromley is leaving the show, will her broken heart prove the reason for her character's departure? Emmerdale airs weeknights at 8pm on ITV1 or streams from 7am on ITVX and YouTube.
