ITV Emmerdale split ‘sealed’ after 10 years as ‘uncomfortable’ scene leaves marriage in tatters

Emmerdale fans will see one fan favourite couple in jeopardy next week after 10 years.

In upcoming scenes, the ITV soap will air an ‘uncomfortable’ fight scene between Moira and Cain Dingle amid tension within the family. Soap fans will recall that Samson Dingle was stabbed in huge scenes on Thursday night with Matty Barton to blame for what has happened after the knife he was holding ended up in Samson’s stomach.

In shocking scenes, Samson’s new friend Josh confronted Matty after he poured their paid-for beers down the drain. He was furious over Josh constantly flirting with Amy, despite knowing that Matty and Amy were recently married. Things escalated when vile Josh started referencing Matty being transgender and in a furious confrontation, Matty warned them to leave – but Josh wasn’t having it. He pushed Samson forward, and onto the knife that Matty was holding. In horrifying scenes, Samson was whisked away in an ambulance – whilst Matty found himself arrested.

On Friday’s episode, Matty was grilled by police and it was revealed that there was no CCTV at the HOP or the Hide due to cost-cutting measures, which meant there was no evidence to back up Matty’s claims. To make matters worse, Josh threatened Samson to stick to his side of the story in order to keep themselves out of trouble. Samson then told the police that Matty had stabbed him with Cain Dingle, who is Matty’s stepfather, furious as he vowed to get the truth.

In spoilers for this week, Emmerdale has revealed a prison twist for Matty and next week will see his mother Moira hellbent on revenge. In upcoming scenes, Amy and Moira visit Matty in prison, where Matty is on edge when Moira mentions his medication and he confesses he hasn’t showered since he arrived.

Meanwhile at the Dingles, Samson gets ready for work, but is unsettled by the arrival of Cain. Knowing Josh is the real instigator, Cain pleads with Samson not to let Matty rot in jail. Later, Moira is disheartened to hear Samson is still sticking to his story. As a plan to save Matty forms, Moira darkly states there’s more than one way to skin a cat. Later, Moira follows Samson to the Woolpack toilets full of dark intent… what has she got planned?

Later, Cain tries to warn Moira about messing up Matty’s case but Moira doesn’t want to hear it and emasculates Cain at the dinner table. The next day, Moira regrets last night’s tirade as Cain reminds her of the cruel words she called him. Later, a drunken Cain returns to Butlers and things spiral out of control. It’s not long until Moira is left shaken as her marriage and her life is falling apart…

Talking about the upcoming scenes, Natalie J Robb said: “She senses he’s [Cain] not doing enough to back her up. When he went to prison for Kyle she was there and she stuck by him and she doesn’t feel the same is coming back in return and that’s when the problems and the cracks start to appear. You can hardly blame her.”

Teasing the fight scene, the actress added: “It’s a very powerful scene and actually Jeff Hordley is a very good drunk – he plays a very good drunk. He comes into the scene and he’s drunk and Moira doesn’t have the time for it and she tries to goad him and she tries to push him to the point of showing some sort of reaction to what’s going on, to make him angry, to provoke him to try and do something and back her up.

“It ends up that we come face to face and he nearly hits her. It’s a bit of a face off between them both but kind of a very uncomfortable moment. People who’ve seen the video and the rushes said they felt very uncomfortable even though they knew both of the characters, so that’s really good, and that’s what happens in real marriages.”

Emmerdale continues Monday to Friday at 7:30pm on ITV and ITV X.