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After the death of their cattle, the Briggs’ are forced to sell their land to the Kings. Tom calls a meeting with the rest of the family and tells them that they no longer need to sell the haulage company. Tom is furious when his sons are reluctant to give him their backing, and he makes it clear that he is sick of them all. Over at the Vet's, Paddy struggles to treat a dog, having lost all confidence in his own ability. Max’s attempts to boost Paddy fail and he goes to The Woolpack to drown his sorrows. Elsewhere, Rodney and Paul laugh that they both have unwanted fans. Delphine the vineyard buyer is besotted with Rodney, and Aubrey the estate agent adores Paul. The father and son decide to have fun with their unwanted admirers!

Callum waits in a lay-by for a contact to pull in and present him with fake passports for Zoe, Effie and the two children. He is later stunned when he returns to Home Farm to find Zoe and Effie kissing and storms out with the documents before speeding off in his car. Zoe is distraught, knowing that her plan cannot work without him. Over in The Woolpack, Rodney brags about being the new owner of Home Farm. Sadie overhears and goes to congratulate him. She asks what he paid and when he tells her £3.5m she manipulatively says that Zoe was offering it for far less. Rodney is left thoughtful. Meanwhile, Tom takes his family to the field behind the Vet's where there is a huge billboard advertising the new development.

Zoe leaves a panic-stricken message on Callum’s phone and she is thankful when he eventually arrives home with the passports. Effie gets the kids together and they go to catch their plane, whilst Zoe and Callum head for the boat. They arrive at the marina in Ireland and Zoe waits with anticipation for Effie, Joseph and Jean. She is excited when the seaplane arrives but is stunned when Sadie steps out. Zoe is furious to learn that Sadie and Effie have set her up and that Jean is back at Home Farm. When she hears how much has been taken from her, Zoe catches Effie with a right-hook. Unwilling to be separated from her daughter, a distraught Zoe has no choice but to return home with Sadie. She is forced to sign over Home Farm to the Kings and is beside herself in the knowledge that she can’t escape the trial. Meanwhile, Max feels depressed after his first official working day at King & Sons and tells Robert that he regrets ever setting foot in Emmerdale.

Paddy refuses to respond to Zoe’s attempts of blackmail and so she is forced to attend court with no idea of what he plans to say. Scott is also aware that Paddy holds the cards to his future and follows him home. Scott pins the vet up against a wall and warns him not to cross him. As a final threatening gesture Scott knees Paddy in the groin and he falls to the floor. Elsewhere, Tom is thrilled to be the proud owner of Home Farm and is smug as he shares the news with his sons. Jimmy is stunned to hear that Sadie is responsible and he clearly feels uncomfortable. Meanwhile, Rodney goes to Home Farm to do some measuring up and is horrified when Callum informs him that it has been sold to Tom.

It's the day of the trial and Zoe puts on a brave face as Ashley comes over to look after Joseph and Jean. She hugs her daughter and nephew tight as she says goodbye, fearing that it could be the last time she sees them. As the court case commences, Paddy is pacing the floor outside. When the vet eventually takes to the stand, both Zoe and Scott watch with fear and the entire congregation are shocked by what he has to say. The jury give their verdict. Zoe is found not guilty, much to Scott's anger. Later, while drowning his sorrows in the Woolpack, Scott discovers from Betty that Zoe is leaving with the kids. He heads round to Home Farm, armed with a shotgun, and holds Zoe, Callum and the kids hostage, although he lets Joseph go straight afterwards.

The high emotions of the week become too much for Scott who finds himself involved in a fight with Paddy. Dawn tries to break it up but ends up being punched in the face. For once Scott's usually overprotective mother sees that her son is in the wrong. Viv tells him that from now on he is on his own. There is a knock on the door and Viv answers to two police officers. They tell Scott that he is under arrest for assault and as he is lead off he pleads with his mother to help him. Viv is unable to look him in the eye as he is dragged away. Meanwhile, Val decides chatting up a wealthy business man could be the answer to her money worries and she sashays over to a gentleman in the Woolpack. She is delighted when he takes her business card but she is completely unaware that he is a bailiff.

While Val is offering her furnishing services, she is completely unaware the bailiffs are bashing on her door. Eventually they catch up with her and demand the money. Elsewhere, Debbie agrees that Andy can look after Sarah, but when Robert discovers this he sets about ruining Andy's plans. Also, Alice struggles to eat her breakfast and as she gets up she begins to feel queasy and faints. Adam comes over to see her and says that she is anaemic and needs to increase her iron intake.

Debbie tells Cain that Sarah’s spending the day with Andy. However, when Cain sees Andy drowning his sorrows in the pub and finds out that Debbie blew him out, Cain becomes concerned. After sharing a passionate kiss with Robert, Debbie goes home. Meanwhile, Val is desperate for cash and goes to Rodney’s Antiques Barn to steal a handful of money. Paul and Danny are horrified when Rodney later accuses them of losing the missing cash and tells them that it will be docked from their wages. Also, Steph takes a B&B booking for Rodney's business associate, Delphine LaClair but Terry also takes a call and double books the room. Steph tries to cancel Delphine, but struggles to communicate with the client as she can only speak French!

Robert and Debbie tell a stunned Andy about their relationship but when Jack confronts Robert he denies he is seeing Debbie. Andy is adamant that Robert is lying and is determined to end to the bitter feud with his brother once and for all. Elsewhere, Paul and Danny are both gutted when Rodney docks their wages. Paul asks Val if she’ll have a word with his father for him and she guiltily agrees. Also, Steph is concerned about where the French guests are going to sleep. She plans to move Terry and Adam into Edna’s house and stay with Betty herself.

Andy tells Cain about Robert and Debbie in the hope of a strong reaction but Robert smoothly manages to convince Cain that Andy is simply stirring things up. Later on, Robert visits Debbie and tells her that it’d best if they cool things off, leaving her distraught. That evening Andy sees Cain and Robert having a drink together and tells Cain that he's thicker than he thought. As a fight breaks out, Robert goes outside and Debbie begs him to give her another chance. Spying Andy approaching he kisses Debbie prompting Andy to knock him to the floor. Andy makes it clear his brother has gone too far and threatens to kill him for what he has done. Meanwhile, Tom instructs Max to collect rent from one of his tenants and when he returns burdens him with a stack of paperwork. Max can’t bear it and skives off to get drunk. Seeing his distress, Paddy offers him his old job back at the Vet's.

After recent events, Jack makes it clear that Robert is unwanted in the village and is so keen for Robert to leave the village that he offers to buy the garage. Robert agrees and meets up with Debbie to ask her and Sarah to leave Emmerdale with him. Debbie is unsure but Robert tells her he loves her and seduces her into bed. Afterwards she agrees that she wants to be with him. Elsewhere, Max confronts his father, telling him that he's sick of being dragged into his sordid schemes after Tom asks him to bribe Councillor Ledbetter for planning permission. Later, Max bumps into Robert, who, having taken his father's words to heart, invites him to leave the village with him.

Robert argues with Jack, and Max falls out with Tom, leaving them both more determined than ever to flee the village. The boys become impatient as they wait at Wilson's corner for Debbie and the baby, unaware than Andy has stopped them en route and alerted Emily about Debbie's plans to runaway. Emily refuses to allow Debbie to abscond with Sarah and eventually the teenage mum decides to go without her daughter. Debbie meets Robert and explains that they’ll have to come back for the baby. Robert tells her that she's nothing without Sarah and a devastated Debbie runs off leaving Andy and Robert laying into one another.

Jack heads to the scene of the accident. Robert tells Jack what happened and Jack is furious at his two sons, especially Robert. Jack tells Robert to leave the village in order to avoid being arrested for manslaughter by suggesting that Andy swerved to avoid a flock of sheep. Meanwhile, the police break the news of Max's death to Tom and Jimmy. Tom is devastated and laments with Jimmy at the hospital that he cursed Max.

There are concerns over Alice’s health and Adam tells her that he is worried about her high level of white blood cells. Alice is terrified that she's got cancer and fears for the safety of her unborn child. Adam advises Alice to talk through the situation with Sam but she insists that she doesn’t want him to know. Meanwhile, in the wake of the village’s bad news, Ashley suggests cancelling his working trip to Israel. Ethan and Laurel persuade him to go.

Val is becoming increasingly desperate for cash to repay her debts and when she sees the cash box in the Antiques Barn, she can’t resist grabbing a handful of notes and stuffing them in her handbag. Val panics when she notices the CCTV camera, and heads to the office to attempt to record over the tape. Later that day, Danny accusingly tells Paul that the takings aren’t tallying up and Paul goes off to inspect the CCTV footage. He is stunned when he notices there's a jump cut and suddenly sees Val. Meanwhile, Dawn tries desperately to keep the garage afloat by asking Cain to clean cars. Jack later suggests that they close it down for a while, but Dawn won’t hear of it, determined they can sort something out. Elsewhere, Matthew and Carl arrive home and are devastated to hear about Max's death.

Paul confronts Val about the missing cash and he tells her that if she doesn’t tell Rodney, he will. Val tries to explain to Paul that Jimmy Pepper was demanding money and that's why she stole the cash, but he tells her straight that if she wants his help she has to tell Rodney the truth. That evening, in The Woolpack, Val approaches Rodney ready to confess, but Rodney now believes it was Paul who took the money. Val tells an angry Rodney that he shouldn’t be making wild accusations about who stole the money, but fails to own up to her crime. Meanwhile, Simon tells Nicola he has a job interview that afternoon but is evasive as to what the job is. Simon later announces to Nicola and Lesley that he has got a job working for King & Sons, but they burst out laughing when he says that he’ll be their bin man.

Paul is annoyed that Val still hasn’t come clean, but unaware that he is now in the frame, he lends his mother the money that she needs. Val tries to sneak it back into the till at the Antiques Barn, but when Rodney catches her, she lies that Paul needed the cash because he was tricked into lending money to a friend who has fled the country. Later on, Rodney confronts Paul about the theft and seeing how furious her son is, Val is forced to confess all. Diane is outraged by Val's behaviour and decides to call the police. Elsewhere, Nicola has trouble coming to terms with Simon’s job as a bin man and the couple have a blazing row when she condemns him for shaming her. Simon brands her a snob and storms off in disgust.

Val is released on police bail and tells Eric she’ll be pleading guilty in court the following week in the hope of a minimised sentence. As Paul is able to forgive his mother, Diane begins to wonder if she did the right thing reporting Val to the police. Meanwhile, Nicola is still annoyed that Simon misled her about his job and begs Rodney to give him a loan to fund his business venture instead. Rodney agrees but Simon refuses the gesture, realising that Nicola is behind it and not wanting to accept charity. Elsewhere, Viv has transformed her front room into wedding central but is annoyed when Donna doesn’t turn up for the lunchtime wedding summit.

Donna tearfully admits to Bob that she is having doubts about the wedding. Bob is aghast but covers for her when Marlon enters. Meanwhile, Ivan suggests to Simon that he move in as a lodger to help with his financial problems. Simon agrees but Nicola is later annoyed that he has taken the decision without consulting her first. Elsewhere, Adam insists that Alice must tell Sam the truth about her health problems as she will need his support during her tests.

Donna decides that she can’t go through with the wedding and goes to tell Marlon. When she sees her fiancé, she bursts into tears and realises that she was about to make a terrible mistake. Marlon assumes they are tears of joy and afterwards Donna assures Bob she's seen the error of her ways and does want to marry Marlon. Meanwhile, Val leaves for court and Paul asks Diane if she's prepared to shoulder the guilt if Val is sent down. Diane waits with anticipation for news of the verdict. Elsewhere, Sam finds Alice crying and she finally opens up to him and tells him about the cancer. He is sad that she couldn’t tell him initially, but quickly realises that the real issue is that he could lose Alice and the baby.

As Alice has her scan she can barely bring herself to look at the screen but Sam takes comfort in the nurse's assurance that everything seems fine. Afterwards, Alice nervously waits with Sam and Emily for her haematology tests. On the way home Sam is horrified when he runs over his prize cockerel and becomes convinced it is a bad omen for Alice's health. Ethan is nervous as he is about to conduct his first funeral and he feels the pressure to give Max a good send off. After the funeral, Andy arrives to pay his respects to Max, but Tom furiously tells him to leave. Jimmy tells Tom some home truths - that Max was leaving to get away from him, that Max killed the Briggs' cows for him and that Tom must be to blame for Max's death.

Jimmy tries to apologise to Tom about things he said yesterday. Tom's still angry. Jimmy thinks Max's death was an accident, but Tom insists that Andy must have something to do with it. Sadie confirms his suspicions about the Sugden brother row, having overheard village gossip. Meanwhile, troubled Andy confides in Jack about his run-in with Tom. Later Andy is shocked to find Tom at the front door to evict his son's killer. Tom begins throwing furniture out as Andy calls Jack for help. Jack tells the others to leave so that he can have a head to head with Tom. Tom vows revenge, threatening to take Jack's son from him but Jack is quick to tell Tom that he knows about Max killing the Briggs' calves and accuses Tom of selling Max's principles for money.

Laurel worries that Ethan should get out more and promises to plan something special for the weekend. When Betty points out to Laurel that all Ethan needs to cheer him up is a good woman, Laurel invites Kelly to join them on Sunday. Meanwhile, Diane flips during a busy shift in the pub due to her frustrations over Victoria, Val’s theft and staff troubles at the pub. Louise returns home and is stunned to find Diane with her head in her hands. Elsewhere, Paddy is mortified when Jo catches him on a chat room website. Jo realises he's embarrassed and tells him that lots of people use the internet to meet people. Curious, she uses the computer in the café to see who Paddy is talking to. She finds Paddy's alias and decides to put a smile on his face by sending him some messages.

Whilst playing Trivial Pursuit, Laurel tells Ethan that he and teammate Kelly make the perfect match. Ethan finally loses patience with the match-making and in his desperation to reveal his true feelings to Laurel he seizes the moment and kisses her. Elsewhere, Paddy is feeling glum after not having had a response from ‘Fireblade’, who he met the previous day in an internet chat room. Jo overhears and feeling sympathetic sends a reply. After a few messages Paddy feels reckless and invites her on a date. In a panic, Jo tells him she lives in Lisbon. Also, Matthew tells Jimmy that's he just sold the haulage yard for profit. Jimmy reckons they should have sold it ages ago when they had the chance and it's a shame it took Max’s death for Tom to see sense. Matthew can’t believe his insensitivity and suggests he stay well away from Tom.