Emmerdale youngster left to 𝕕ie in violent twist as beloved child’s tragic ordeal worsens

There’s serious danger and peril in Emmerdale next week, with new weekly spoilers revealing a nightmare for Dawn and Billy Fletcher (Olivia Bromley and Jay Kontzle) as they fear for baby Evan, while Samson Dingle (Sam Hall) is stabbed after a situation between his mate Josh and Matty (Ash Palmisciano) escalates.

Evan’s symptoms after chemotherapy are leaving his parents devastated, Dawn continues to panic about the possibility of germs being spread.

With Dawn exhausted, Rose (Christine Tremarco) offers her some heavy sleeping tablets, only to then discover her daughter is a recovering addict.

She is certainly continuing to wear thin her welcome, particularly in the eyes of Kim Tate (Claire King).

Sinister plots and devastating developments for key Dales families

Meanwhile, when Samson’s vulgar friend Josh starts picking a fight with Matty, things get serious when he starts dead-naming him and issuing transphobic vitriol.

When a struggle then ensues, Samson is accidentally stabbed but when things spiral, Matty realises he is being suspected of committing the act deliberately…

Monday June 3

Overwhelmed with exhaustion, hearing that Evan’s temperature is up after his chemotherapy, Dawn anxiously interrogates Billy when he arrives at the hospital to see if some germs could have been transferred to Evan from the other kids.

Left with Will, Billy breaks down at the impossibility of keeping Evan safe from germs once he leaves hospital.

Tuesday June 4

Lydia is worried about Samson’s plans to head around Europe by car with his new friend Josh and secretly hopes he will fail his test and the second hand car Sam has given him will not be road worthy. But soon Samson’s chuffed when Cain gives his motor a seal of approval.

At Home Farm, Clemmie and Lucas are struggling to accept not being allowed to go to school. Dawn is grateful when Rose offers her some respite and convinces her to join her for a brandy to unwind.

However, Will’s horrified when he catches Rose offering Dawn some heavy-duty sleeping tablets. Telling her that Dawn is in recovery, Will warns Rose that she’s on her last chance at Home Farm.

When Dawn makes clear she’s forgiven Rose for her faux pas over the sleeping tablets, and is grateful for the time they’ve spent together, Rose basks in the warmth of her daughter’s acceptance. However, Rose is left riled when Kim reminds her she’s a long way from Will’s forgiveness.

Rose tells Ruby about the latest hitch in the plan to destroy Kim but Ruby reminds her of the stakes of the operation.

Sharing a beer on the Humpback Bridge, Cain reminds Liam that he cares about how he’s doing.

Wednesday June 5

Rhona’s sick of Marlon harping on about her past actions. When Charles visits, Rhona can’t help engaging in a chat about a potential christening for Ivy.

Marlon returns in the middle of the conversation, stunned that Rhona has seemingly made another major decision without him.

Rhona explains that Charles was the one who raised the prospect of christening Ivy, however, the fact that Rhona always has a justifiable reason why she makes decisions without him is part of Marlon’s frustration with her.

Unable to take any more he launches a pan of food at the floor. Rhona’s devastated to hear that Marlon’s leaving to go camping with Paddy to decide if he wants to continue being in a relationship with her.

Lydia is secretly hoping Samson won’t pass. But when Samson rolls up without ‘L’ plates and Josh announces Samson passed his driving test, Samson is miffed by Lydia’s perfunctory congratulations.

Celebrating in the HOP Josh is unsubtly interested in newly-married Amy.

Thursday June 6

Feeling dismissed by Sarah, Josh hits on Amy again – and it’s clear that he knows that Matty is trans. Struggling to cope with Josh’s endless flirting, Amy leaves work early.

When Matty gives Josh some home truths about his behaviour and tells Josh and Samson to leave the premises Josh is left fuming and embarrassed. Josh’s ire grows when Matty gets the upper hand on him again.

Outside HOP, Josh starts dead-naming Matty and heads back inside to teach him a lesson, Samson follows despite his misgivings. The situation grows increasingly hostile and Josh starts threatening him to give up the money in the till.

The stand-off escalates and Josh shoves Samson into Matty, causing him to be stabbed by the knife that Matty was holding.

With Samson bleeding out and Josh standing back accusing Matty for coming at them with the knife, Matty is stunned to realise the narrative has been turned and panics about what the consequences might be for him.

On the camping trip, Paddy is aghast to hear that Marlon is still serious about divorcing Rhona.

Paddy tries to inspire his mate to fight for his marriage with the same tenacity he used to fight his way back from his stroke, but can he get through to him?

Meanwhile, Mary urges Rhona to take desperate measures to save her relationship, what will she do?

Friday June 7

Rose pretends to be Kim when Leyla shows a client around Home Farm.

Matty is left reeling in the aftermath of Samson’s stabbing while the Dingles wait for news.

Rhona and Marlon have some decisions to make.