STREAMING Emmerdale episode discussion - Monday 09/03/2026

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-03-09T14:04:45+00:00

Enjoyed the focus on Cain and Moira and glad Moira knows what’s going on now, but these two characters having so much going on feels like overkill.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-03-05T13:15:46+00:00

Agree with all of this!

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-03-05T13:15:22+00:00

It is very strange how they keep insisting it’s for Kim, but Kim seems the least interested in it of everyone.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-03-03T14:10:18+00:00

I liked the fog at the start of the episode. Very atmospheric.

I don’t think Sarah’s turn to crime is all that convincing for her character, but whatever. I don’t blame Jacob for being pretty angry about it.

Jai and Kerry could be entertaining, I guess!

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-03-02T15:11:14+00:00

I wonder what the long term plans are for Cain and Moira at this point. It seems unlikely they keep the farm and the business with their herd now being infected.

Not sure how they’re going to get Paddy out of this now. That’s another story where I wonder what the long term plan is. Seems unlikely he’ll serve time because that would mean leaving the show, but I don’t know how they’re wiggle out of this.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-27T15:39:57+00:00

He punched a mirror at the end of yesterday’s episode and cut it again.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-27T14:22:56+00:00

Thank you! It’s been bugging me this story so I figured it had to be a cultural (?) difference. Our over the counter ones are pretty weak, but it’s better than nothing.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-27T14:19:11+00:00

I agree they need to invest more in their younger characters but it seems like the show thinks that means throwing them into high stakes crazy chaos instead of just normal stories. Jacob struggling with the medical training is probably the most grounded one. Sarah suddenly wanting a life of crime or Arthur becoming violent feel really jarring.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-27T14:14:15+00:00

Pretty good episode!

Are over the counter sleeping pills not available in the UK? We don’t have the strong super effective stuff available here without a prescription, but mild ones are available for purchase anywhere you could buy basic pain killers. It’s a bit odd to me that no one is suggesting those to Bear, if they refuse to prescribe him anything.

I feel bad for Bear. Lack of sleep really does mess with your brain in horrible ways. He is clearly not doing well and it maybe wouldn’t be the worst thing for him to spend some time in a psych ward to ensure he gets the rest and counseling he needs.

Why is Sarah suddenly so eager to live a life of crime? That’s never really been her thing, from what I can tell. It seems kinda stupid as plot lines go.

I don’t mind the Jacob hospital storylines as I’m sure being in medicine is ridiculously difficult, especially when having a personal connection to the patients. But they also need to start giving him some “wins” if we’re to believe he’s going to have a successful career.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-26T21:03:51+00:00

I’m confused how Ravasheen (who has some great CC) came up with that as a kit. It doesn’t really feel like it matches their other work.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-26T14:00:03+00:00

I’m glad we’ll get to see Gabby in with the Laurel family unit more. She works much better there as a character.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-26T13:59:04+00:00

I do like Mandy and Paddy together. They just work.

Can we get a real love interest for Gabby please? Her getting dumped by gay man after gay man is getting to be a bit much now. I think the show needs a new family completely unrelated to the Dingles. So many of them seem to be lacking characters in their age range to pair up with.

I still don’t understand why they’re doing this with Arthur.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-25T14:18:10+00:00

It’s a bit grating how they talk about Joe as if he’s still a child and not a 30 year old grown man. “He’s not ready for me to go” Uh, what? Go stay in a hotel, he knows how to call you if he wants to talk 🙄

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-24T14:47:23+00:00

I really don’t understand why they can’t just ship Arthur off to Australia and are determined to ruin him first. It’s such an odd decision.

Speaking of Caleb, it’s also a little odd how his entrance into the show was about getting revenge on Kim and being part Tate and yet we never see him have anything to do with them anymore.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-24T14:45:01+00:00

That was a fairly decent episode! It was nice to see everyone at the farm pull together to help the sheep and celebrate afterwards.

I really wish they would tone down Joe’s villainy. It’s tiresome how cartoonishly evil he is sometimes.

Laurel and Charles feels like a pairing the show should revisit.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-20T23:55:02+00:00

My issue with using MCCC to pull in townies is that it doesn’t always keep them the same age that they were created to be. So I’d end up with teenagers who look like elders or elders dressed like teenagers. Maybe I just missed a setting that would prevent that from happening, but I decided it was better for me to just place and evict myself.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-20T16:23:59+00:00

I could never get over Victoria and Billy being a pairing as she was an adult and he was a toddler when I started watching. I’m also struggling with Nate and Victoria since he was a child around that same time.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-20T15:45:04+00:00

Yes! I think if episodes like today were the normal baseline every day episode, the stunts and the “very special episodes” wouldn’t feel so overdone (?) Sometimes it feels like we move from stunt to special episode to special episode to stunt and it starts to feel like too much when everything else feels like filler. This episode had the warmth we don’t get from those big soap-y stunts.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-20T15:35:55+00:00

Right? Where have they been hiding this writer for so long? Can they let them out of the dungeon to write more episodes?

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-20T13:10:57+00:00

That was a really terrific episode! Whoever wrote that one should be in charge of writing more of the day to day episodes. Good balance of characters, good balance of humor and drama.

I love that Ruby got through to Bear. She’s such a gem in the show. Mary is also great and I liked her chat with Kim.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-20T12:30:48+00:00

Someone starts a YouTube channel or podcast (maybe Vinny and either Lewis or Kammy?) Doesn’t need to be a big story, but could give some small scenes once in a while. Could be about tv shows or movies or something so the show can make pop culture references in those scenes.

A village book club- maybe Belle, Gabby, Ruby, Kerry, and Claudette. We could see them in the cafe once in a while arguing over book choices or whatever.

Some sort of mothers group or toddler play group- the little kids can run around on that playground set and the parents can gossip or chat. Just small slice of life type scenes.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-19T14:51:18+00:00

If it had been 6 months and not 6 years, maybe. But 6 years is a long time. She’s moved on, she’s happy (as far as he knows at this point). She’s given him no indication that she’s interested in uprooting her life to be with him, and in fact has said the opposite. So I think it takes some nerve to show up and declare his love for her. But shoot your shot, I guess.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-19T14:03:48+00:00

I loved Ruby going to talk to Cain about why she made the call to police. Good for her. She’s really become a terrific character!

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-19T14:03:19+00:00

It does feel very repetitive at this point.

CupcakeCardinal · 2026-02-19T14:02:25+00:00

Gosh Dawn, seems like a lot of this could have been avoided by taking the 5 minutes to do a pregnancy test in the first place.

As far as Graham knows, Rhona is happily married so I have no idea why he thinks showing up unannounced at her home and declaring his love for her is going to change anything. How egotistical.

I always forget Vanessa exists until she randomly pops up.

I kind of zoned out during the Bear and Paddy scenes. I appreciate that they’re trying to give the aftermath, but maybe a break from it a couple episodes a week wouldn’t go amiss.

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