Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) has taken his revenge mission too far in Emmerdale, with new spoilers confirming that Ruby Miligan (Beth Cordingly) is buried alive. The Home Farm character, consumed by grief following the death of Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley), has vowed to make all those he holds responsible pay a costly price. Despite being urged by Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) and Kim Tate (Claire King) to reconsider banning everyone, including Dawn's children, from her funeral, Joe ultimately relented—or so everyone thought. When alone with Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough), Joe asked for his help in seeking 'retribution'.
What happens in Monday's episode?
The next episode, airing Monday, September 21, sees a few select mourners arrive to pay tribute to Dawn on the day of her funeral. Graham, however, is nowhere to be seen—until he finally shows up. What he has been up to remains to be seen, but given what Joe asked of him at the end of Friday's visit, it cannot be good.
Joe attempts to deliver a eulogy but struggles, with Kim stepping in to pay tribute to the woman she thought of as her own daughter. She promises to keep the family together, but Joe, unable to cope, leaves the burial site. In subsequent scenes, Graham and Kim argue about Joe's absence and wonder what the future of the Tates will look like in the wake of all this devastation.
Joe's vengeance and Ruby's fate
Joe is seen standing at a gravesite, swearing vengeance for Dawn's death. But who is in the grave? It's Ruby Miligan, who has been buried alive. Will she make it out before time runs out?
Elsewhere, Kev (Chris Coghill) offers Vinny Dingle (Bradley Johnson) some advice, urging him to hold it together and marry Lewis (Bradley Riches). Kev reckons Vinny is talking about making things up to Lewis when he says he's planning on 'doing the right thing'—but it turns out he intends to confess to what he's done, seeking out Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) to drop a bombshell on her. Cain (Jeff Hordley), meanwhile, is taken aback when Moira (Natalie J Robb) thinks he withheld his cancer diagnosis from Sadie King (Patsy Kensit) because he was enjoying the attention. He clarifies the situation.
When to watch
Emmerdale airs these scenes Monday, September 21 at 8pm on ITV1 or streams from 7am on ITVX or YouTube.
