Emmerdale Joe Tate’s real plan ‘sealed’ after exit twist – as new target ‘revealed’
Emmerdale viewers were left convinced Joe Tate had moved forward with his mystery plan after an 'exit' amid a visit from his secret doctor, amid his illness on the ITV soap
There were more mysterious scenes on Emmerdale on Monday night as Joe Tate continued with his secret plan, leading to an exit.
The character, who has having an affair with Dawn Taylor, revealed he was having to go away after Kim Tate was on to him. A separate chat with his secret doctor, amid his mystery illness, saw Joe reveal he was heading off on a trip.
It was said that the trip was to have treatment, while it came at a time that he and his doctor were pushing forward with their plan. Joe returned to the ITV soap in December, and he soon sparked concern when he began suffering from medical episodes and was seen collapsing.
We’ve seen Joe taking medication and he’s had numerous chats with his doctor, while the pair were also seen drugging Joe’s brother Noah Dingle recently for a yet to be revealed reason. Last week Joe took a turn for the worse and had to undergo a mystery treatment.
Amid this he made the confession he did not have long, suggesting he was dying and that his secret illness was terminal. He’s made other comments about running out of time and needing to speed their plan along, while we still don’t know his reasons or what his plan is.
There were more mysterious scenes on Emmerdale on Monday night ( Image: ITV)
On Monday night he had another secret meet-up with Dr Crowley, with him being warned he was doing too much and his body could not take it. Crowley urged Joe to forget about Dawn and focus on his health, before revealing they had a planned trip looming that was linked to whatever he was hiding.
He told Joe: “This trip for your treatment couldn’t come soon enough.” No more was said, until Joe was seen leaving Home Farm with a suit in a cover, as well as a bag packed no doubt to make it look as though he was going away for business.
Viewers are convinced there is more to it though, believing he was in fact heading off for treatment but that he could also be eyeing up his next target. The fact that just days ago they were on limited time and needed to hurry and now they were fleeing the village has left fans convinced he is up to something.
One viewer posted online: “I’m assuming Joe’s big trip for treatment is to continue whatever has been keeping his illness at bay until now, but I wonder if he is up to something or eyeing up a new target given days ago he and his doc said they only had little time for their plan.”
Another viewer speculated: “I’m wondering whether it’s Caleb. He is his biological uncle, I think? Plus, the cover art on ITVX had changed to Joe and Caleb, and we know from the flash forward that Caleb will flat-line in a hospital.”
