Emmerdale: ‘rumble’ what Joe Tate is hiding in black case as mystery ‘revealed’

Emmerdale fans are convinced they’ve figured out what Joe Tate is hiding in a black case amid his mysterious dark secret.

On Thursday night, a visibly agitated Joe was overheard on the phone, exclaiming in distress: “It isn’t working! You know what! Well if I could fix it, I would have done it by now wouldn’t I? I know, I know! It needs to be sooner than that, please try, thank you!” before he booted a mystery black case under his bed.

However, the plot thickened later when viewers were introduced to Joe’s secretive doctor following his sudden collapse, leading to a clandestine medical session back at Home Farm.

Post-treatment, the doc took one look at the black case and dropped a bombshell: “That, my friend, is not a long term plan!” triggering Joe to retort swiftly: “I know, the long term plan we do have needs to hurry up, I’m not sure how much time I’ve got left!”

Soap watchers will recall that ever since Joe returned to the village over Christmas, he has been seen collapsing and taking medication while keeping it a secret from those around him.

It comes as Joe recently spiked his younger brother Noah Dingle, where it seemed tests were being carried out in a hospital setting, with a confused Noah traumatised by the incident as he doesn’t remember what happened or where he was although he’s been having chilling flashbacks.

Soap watchers think that Joe needs a donor and he was going to use brother Noah’s organs as they figured out what the black case is being used for.

Taking to Reddit, one person said: “So we know Joe is hiding something and it seems to be something health related, and then there’s the mystery plan for Noah after the flashback with the doctor.

“I watched Thursday’s episode and was surprised that we finally saw who the doctor was after Joe collapsed, but also there were so many hints about what was in the black case or box and what was wrong with Joe while nothing confirmed. What do people think is in that case? And what do we think is wrong with Joe? What is he and the doctor planning? It has to be medical related surely, and something that means he’s running out of time.”

To which a different account replied: “I think it’s some kind of dialysis kit in that box. He’s probably got kidney failure and is after one of Noah’s. Plus soaps seem to mirror one another’s storylines ie Carla in corrie with her transplant storyline” while another put: “I’m guessing he’s looking to harvest an organ. Had Noah sedated and tested to see if he’s a match. Didn’t outright ask because it’s an organ that, should it be taken, Noah will d.i.e.”

Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX, with an hour-long episode on Thursdays.