EMMERDALE viewers have ‘worked out’ Joe Tate’s sinister storyline – after drugging Noah Dingle in a flashback scene.
Ned Porteous reprised his role as Joe late last year – having left the ITV soap in 2018.
Since returning to the Dales, Joe has tried to form a relationship with half-brother Noah (Jack Downham).
Viewers are speculating over Joe’s sinister intentions – who has a mystery illness – as they shared their theories online.
One wrote on X: “So I take it Joe Tate needs a new heart and decided to try and steal Noah’s.”
Another penned: “I’m wondering if in @emmerdale, #Joe took #Noah to some dodgy clinic and was selling Noah’s kidney.
“After all, Joe’s got some mystery illness/lots of pain..”
A third penned: “Joe really tryna have Noah wake up in a bathtub full of ice and a missing kidney.”
While a fourth said: “Is anyone else thinking that Joe is after one of Noah’s kidneys?”
Scenes aired earlier in the week saw Noah wind up drugged and lying in the road.
Following this was a huge limo crash – which put several villagers’ lives in danger.
It saw the d.e.a.t.h.s of Suzy Merton (Martelle Edinborough), Leyla Harding (Roxy Shahidi) and Amy Wyatt (Natalie Ann Jamieson).
When Noah woke up in hospital, doctors informed him that he’d likely been drugged.
A flashback later showed him trying to piece together what had happened.
Noah hazily recalled being in a hospital with two figures standing over him.
One appeared to be a doctor, who injected him with a syringe.
Viewers saw the other person was none other than Joe.
Meanwhile, Noah’s mum Charity (Emma Atkins) has openly distrusted Joe ever since he returned to the village.
What drama will unfold between them next?
Emmerdale airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
