Kim’s taking things too far, more Miligans in the offing, and Nate’s alive!

Our Emmerdale review this week is mostly just full of confusion. After the thrills and spills of last week’s barn fire, it’s been a bit quieter, a bit baffling, and we have to admit – a bit disappointing.

Here’s what’s been leaving us wanting in this week’s Emmerdale review.

Kim’s terrible revenge

First up, we need to talk about Kim Tate and her overly elaborate revenge on cheating husband Will.

Because WHAT on earth, was that?

Just to recap. Will cheated with his ex, Rose and thought he’d got away with it. But unbeknownst to him, Kim had worked it all out.

In the meantime, Will got a mysterious message from a mysterious blackmailer, demanding £10k to keep his secret. He sold his precious watch – the one Kim had bought him as a wedding present – for the cash. But when he was on his way to the drop-off, he found out about the barn fire and went to help, getting injured in the process.

Anyhoo, that didn’t sit right with his blackmailer, who then upped the price to £50k and nicked Kim’s horse too. And then finally Kim herself vanished. A frantic Will had to follow strange instructions and the distant strains of Fleetwood Mac to find his kidnapped wife.

It was like some weird, twisted version of Taskmaster, as he was forced to dig a grave, spurred on by a recording of Kim’s voice shouting for help. And what did he uncover? A coffin with his own name on it. Seriously who has the time or the energy to set all that up?

Surprised? Nope.

Well, we were about to find out! Because the blackmailer appeared and what do you know? It was Kim all along! Hands up if you were surprised? No? Neither were we.

What we were surprised about, though, was the HUGE amount of effort Kim put into this ridiculous revenge plot. Buying a coffin with Will’s name on it, and burying it. Dressing a mannequin up as herself. Laying the trail for him to follow… the whole thing was ridiculously complicated, time-consuming, expensive and totally bonkers (and not in a good way!).

If we’re being honest, it was all very unlike Kim. Ms Tate is the mastermind behind a business empire. She is no fool.

She wanted to make Will pay, which is really no less than he deserves, the big wally. We get that.

But we reckon she’d  have done it in a cold, calculating Kim kind of way. Not this elaborate prank that served no purpose – Kim’s better than that!

More Miligans!

The biggest news of this week, though, was Caleb and Ruby talking about their daughter Stephanie! She was mentioned by Ruby’s dying mum, Helen, and then by Caleb and Ruby.

Obviously, we’re now desperate to meet her and to find out what they did that made her cut them off!

Ruby and Caleb are a great addition to Emmerdale (when Caleb’s not weirdly fixating on Kim that is) and we’re really enjoying finding out more about Ruby’s back story especially. Though we love Sharon Maughan and we’re sad we didn’t get to see Helen and Ruby together.

But like we said, now we’re eager to find out more about Stephanie and hopefully meet her too. In fact, we’re busy putting together a wishlist of actresses who could play her. Watch this space!

Nate’s alive!

One disappointment this week was finding out that Nate is alive! We didn’t wish him dead, but his exit seemed so brutal and unfair, we were convinced he was really another victim of the fire.

We pictured Cain calling his son, ready to apologise, only for the camera to focus on the phone ringing out as Nate lay unconscious nearby. We imagined his final hours – once someone (probably Mack, let’s be honest) had found him. Nate in a hospital bed, Cain and Tracy waiting to say sorry for the awful things they said. And then the long beep as his life slipped away… SOB!

But instead we got a half-hearted mention of him settling into his new life in Shetland. Is that really it?