“Cain, Please Don’t Give Up On Us…” – Desperate Moira Makes A Heartbreaking Plea As Tragedy Strikes In Emmerdale 👇
Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) won’t let Monty go without a fight in Emmerdale, despite his loved ones best attempts to open his eyes to the enormous case of projection he’s dealing with.
His cancer journey has been a long and arduous one.
In the aftermath of the Corriedale carnage, a large mass was found during an MRI scan on Cain, and he was later diagnosed with prostate cancer, thus beginning the biggest battle of his life.
Cain, who’s always dealt with things in the first instance by punching them repeatedly, found an enemy he couldn’t physically intimidate or harm, and he struggled to deal with the sudden feeling of vulnerability.
With the physical side effects of the operation he needed – including both impotence and incontinence, Cain questioned whether to have the operation at all, even suggesting that his wife Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb), leave him to spare any future pain.
Though a car accident delayed things even further, Cain did have the operation, and also began to suffer with the side-effects. Returning to the hospital for an update, he learned he’d need further treatment, and the once temporary side-effects may become permanent as a result.
With the prospect of this too painful to bear, Cain declared that he’d seek no further treatment.
In the latest chapter of the Dingle and Tate beef, young Kyle Winchester (Huey Quinn) entered the fray, forcing Cain into a confrontation with Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) and Joe and Kim Tate (Ned Porteous and Claire King).
While Kyle fled from the fracas, he and Cain later clashed viciously once at home.
Reacting with pure fury, Kyle started a fire in a barn, not knowing that the Dingle’s treasured dog, Monty, was trapped inside.
Cain managed to rescue Monty and sped him off to see Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt).
The news wasn’t good, though, and Paddy informed him that, while the fire hadn’t done any lasting damage to the dog, he had an advanced form of cancer.
Next week sees Cain still clinging to hope that Monty can be saved as he prepares to approach another vet for a second opinion.
If radiotherapy could potentially help him, it surely stands to reason that it could help Monty, too?
As his obsession grows, though, so too does the distance between himself and Kyle, with he and Moira miles apart as she struggles to get through to him.
Kyle, who recently started cadets after forming a friendship with Graham is struggling, though Cain’s utter indifference to him does little but wound Kyle, who’s then too hurt to reach out to his dad for help.
As the day comes for Cain to take Monty to a second vet, Moira attempts to gently press Cain about his obviously lofty expectations for a cure to be found and all to be okay, as he continues to ignore the ironic parallels between his own case and Monty’s – his abject determination to save the dog while his utter reluctance to continue treatment and save himself.
It’s all for naught, though, as Moira encounters Cain at his most cold, either unwilling or unable to take any of her words in as he prepares for the vet appointment.
She offers to accompany him to the vets, proposing a coffee first, but Cain is single-minded and rejects her.
As she gently suggests that the likelihood is that these results will only solidify the last ones, Cain bats her concerns away, and as she presses further, he snaps that he won’t give up on Monty.
As Moira gently withdraws before trying to push again, Cain is up and away, and the conversation is brought to an abrupt end.
Will Monty’s inevitable demise prove to be the final blow for Cain?