Emmerdale spoilers – Caleb Milligan dies in shock twist during collapse – as Nate Robinson watches on?
Caleb Milligan (William Ash) is a man who is currently being pulled in two directions in Emmerdale – but could all the stress be about to take its toll when he dramatically collapses?
When Caleb arrived in the village he had two aims. One was revenge against Kim Tate (Claire King), which is currently on the back-burner after she successfully foiled his plan to take all her money.
The second was to get to know his family, the Dingles. Caleb is the son of Faith Dingle (Sally Dexter) and Frank Tate (Norman Bowler), so he’s Chas (Lucy Pargeter) and Cain (Jeff Hordley)’s half-brother but had been brought up in care. Becoming a part of the Dingle family has been hugely important to him.
This was going well until he managed to alienate the majority of the family by having an affair with Tracy Robinson (Amy Walsh), the wife of his nephew Nate (Jurell Carter).
The affair was exposed by his wife Ruby (Beth Cordingly) soon after she arrived in the village. Caleb and Ruby had been on the verge of divorce, but Ruby has made it her mission to secure her marriage – and she sees the Dingles as a threat to that as Caleb in some ways seems to attach more importance to the Dingles than to her and their son Nicky (Lewis Cope).
While Ruby has no time for most of the family, she recently had a heart-to-heart with Nate and apologised for some nasty things she said about him and Tracy.
‘You really see the two of them in the same situation, that they’ve both been hurt by people they love. It’s really nice and they make up. I like that friendship,’ Beth Cordingly told us.
She added that, while Nate may have forgiven Ruby the same isn’t true for his uncle Caleb.
‘Nate makes it very clear that I’m forgiven but he’s not. I mean, I didn’t sleep with Nate’s wife so…’ she laughed.
So in upcoming episodes there’s still tension between Nate and Caleb. And when Nate discovers Caleb doubled up in pain and pleading for help, he’s torn.
Can he bring himself to help the man who ruined his life? Or will he believe that Caleb deserves to suffer – and possibly let him die?
