The daughter of Emmerdale legend Paddy Kirk’s (Dominic Brunt) life is at risk when she’s discovered with an open bottle of sleeping pills.
Little Eve Dingle (Bella James) becomes collateral damage as granddad Bear Wolf (Joshua Richards) continues to struggle with his insomnia.
Emmerdale boss Laura Shaw hinted that Bear would be at the heart of a surprising storyline earlier this month, telling a press conference: ‘He’s going to go off screen for a little while and go missing.’
She continued: ‘And when he comes back, what you’ll see is a very different Bear in a really different situation and we’re all going to be watching saying “what the hell has happened here?”‘.
While the exact circumstances surrounding Bear’s ‘disappearance’ remain to be seen, it’s likely to tie into his sudden insomnia.
But this spells danger for Eve, who leaves Paddy horrified when he and Mandy Dingle (Lisa Riley) find her with Bear’s freshly prescribed sleeping pills.
With Bear still suffering from insomnia, Paddy and Mandy persuade him to go and see Doctor Liam (Jonny McPherson).
Returning home, he promises Eve some sweets if she stays quiet. She agrees, and he heads out.
Growing bored, Eve sneaks into the kitchen where she finds Bear’s box of sleeping tablets…
Later, Mandy and Paddy wake up after an accidental nap.
They’re terrified when they see that Eve’s been at Bear’s box of pills while they were sleeping.
Is Eve about to be taken seriously ill?
With Bear’s storyline only just beginning, this will likely herald his promised ‘disappearance’ from the village.
He’s been keeping a low profile in recent months, living at Tenants with Paddy, Mandy and Liam – all seemingly forgiven since he discovered that Mandy’s side-hustle as a financial dominatrix.
Will he be able to forgive himself in anything happens to Eve? And what will happen to him in his upcoming absence?
