Emmerdale’s Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) has been growing more and more frustrated by the fact that absolutely no one will trust her to be on her own, but they’ve all got a very good point.
Almost every time she’s left alone, Moira suffers a seizure. The most recent drama saw her get impatient waiting for Mack (Lawrence Robb), so she jumped in the Land Rover to head over to see Belle (Eden Taylor Draper) about Tom’s (James Chase) tablet she’d found.
But unfortunately for Moira, she started suffering an episode, ended up lost in the woods, before sinking to the ground and having a fit.
Luckily Mack found her, but not before the incident wiped her memory – a memory that could have saved Belle from prison.
Before that, when left alone with little Isaac she’d suffered a seizure and he’d been left to call the emergency services and utterly terrified.
In the latest drama surrounding the ‘houseguest’, Moira’s cooking breakfast when suddenly she’s overcome once again and hits the deck as another seizure takes hold.
By good fortune, once she comes to Moira learns there is an operation slot available for the next day. Though risky, her problems could all soon be solved. But when Cain (Jeff Hordley) returns home unexpectedly from Scotland, her plans are disrupted. Before she can tell him, they receive a devastating call – Zak (Steve Halliwell) has died.
The Dingles have lost the head of their family and are sent into a spin of grief – giving Moira the perfect excuse not to even mention her operation news. Hiding behind the idea that the family has enough to cope with, she makes a huge and potentially life-threatening decision – to postpone the op.
As Moira hides her deadly secret, the family console each other over their loss. But Matty (Ash Palmisciano) knows what Moira has done and questions her on her decision to delay the op.
While the rest of the Dingles raise a glass to Zak, Moira is hiding the fact that she’s made a decision on behalf of her family that could well kill her.
Will Cain find out and make her change her mind, or could they soon be holding another memorial?
‘She keeps it to herself. The sense behind it is that she knows that Cain’s got so much on his plate with the funeral that she doesn’t want to burden him with it’, actor Jeff Hordley explained.
‘So she makes a massive sacrifice for herself to make sure that Cain can get through this day smoothly. Being a Dingle for me, is a source of immense pride. It’s something that I still pinch myself when I think about.
‘I’m kind of part of this institutional amazing family that’s part of the Emmerdale fabric. So, yeah, I just feel very honoured and very proud. I’m very thankful to be a Dingle.’
