Emmerdale Bear’s secret exposed, Sam’s lie devastates Lydia and character attacked

Strap yourselves in Emmerdale fans, as next week is another drama filled one with secrets, discoveries and the rest.

Bear Wolf’s link to the village is finally uncovered by Celia Daniels and Ray Walters, sparking a whole lot of trouble for the villains. A marriage could be in tatters too, as one husband is forced to confess something he has been lying about.

While one new couple may form, which could have fans yelling at their TVs, we also see a brutal attack and things escalate in the soap’s modern slavery plot. That’s not all though, as the moment finally comes when April Windsor exposes Celia and Ray to her parents – but will she bring them down?

It’s a big week, and it could see a shift and change everything in the Bear storyline. Fans know that he fled the village months ago, and now his son Paddy Kirk is worried for him.

Bear is being held by Celia and Ray, manipulated into living on their farm and working for them, while also covering up their crimes. Bear like others is being exploited though, and a moment next week could see it all come crashing down.

Dylan Penders, who is being exploited by Ray and Celia as a dealer, has at this point realised Bear is at the farm. Dylan will know who Bear is as he’s been living with Paddy, and next week sees Celia enter the home and spot a picture of Bear.

Realising his identity and that he’s linked to the village, will this leave Bear in danger? She soon claims to Dylan she has a birthday gift for him, and when he gets to the farm he’s horrified.

Believing a worker named Robbie is the person who snitched on them all, she ties him up and asks Dylan to enact the consequences, handing him a bat. He can’t go through with it, and worker Mick is tasked with taking over.

Dylan soon uncovers Celia plans to put him in charge of the forced workers, giving him no choice too. It dawns on him he’s being exploited, but will he do anything about it?

It comes as he tries to save April from the dodgy deals and the sexual exploitation she’s being forced into, hinting at her dad Marlon Dingle that she’s in trouble. April still believes she k.i.l.l.e.d sleazy client Callum, who forced himself on her weeks ago.

Feeling guilty, she leaves a card full of cash through the letterbox of his home, and Callum soon tells Ray. Ray urges the teen to leave things alone, and when Celia finds out she and Ray plan to separate April from her loved ones, telling her to pack a bag for a job away from the village.

As things reach a worrying point, Dylan subtly urges Marlon to get April to tell all to the police. When Marlon tracks his daughter down and asks what trouble she’s in, she denies it all before breaking down and finally confessing about the dealing.

When Rhona gets involved and she and Marlon beg her to scrap Ray’s job, they decide it’s time to involve the police. April is forced to confess she k.i.l.l.e.d Callum though, unaware he’s alive, but as they all react they’re stopped in their tracks by Celia who storms in and has something to show them.

Ray, meanwhile, also gets closer to Laurel Thomas this week, with Laurel unaware how dangerous her new man is. Finally next week, Sam Dingle is forced to come clean after lying to his wife Lydia.

Clearly skint, he’s urged to reveal all as Lydia tries on dresses for a concert she believes she has tickets for. Sam explains all about the money though to Lydia and his sister Belle, and a saddened Lydia flees upstairs – but can Lydia get past this?