Emmerdale ‘confirms’ who will expose John in early ITVX release

The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.

Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) has worked out that John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth) is hiding something in Emmerdale, but whether anyone will actually listen to him is another thing entirely.

Robert is still in prison after breaking the rules of his bail conditions a few weeks ago. Yesterday, he was visited by Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller) and then John shortly after.

During Robert’s meeting with John, he accused his distant sibling of trying to take his old life from him. Robert also called John the ‘unwanted rut’ of the family, noting that their father was willing to take Andy Sugden under his wing, and he wasn’t even a blood relative.

Robert pushed John’s buttons and slowly, his rage started to build. John ended up telling Robert that he has no idea what he’s capable of, and that he could take his life from him if he wanted to.

In tonight’s episode, Victoria (Isabel Hodgins) was back in the prison visiting room to see her brother. She chose to side with Aaron and John and told Robert that when he’s released, he shouldn’t come anywhere near the village.

The news hurt Robert a lot. He told Victoria that John is dangerous, and he knows this because he’s seen people behind bars displaying similar signs to their sibling. Robert pointed out that Vic doesn’t actually know John very well at all and for a second, it looked as though she was in agreement.

Vic then suddenly changed her mind. She concluded that she does know her brother, and that Robert’s comments were just being said out of jealousy.

We know that Robert will be released from prison this week and will head to the Dales soon after. He announces to Vic, Aaron and John that he’s back because he wants to spend more time with his family, but it’s clear he’s got an ulterior motive as well.