EMMERDALE’S Kim Tate continued to defend her husband Will Taylor despite warnings from Lydia Dingle.
Rose Jackson (Christine Tremarco) was at odds with Kim (Claire King) ever since turning up in the Dales.
Kim finally exposed her for spiking Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) and Will (Dean Andrews) agreed to collude with his wife in getting rid of Rose.
The pair drove her out of town and bribed her so she would never return.
Will then sent Dawn texts from Rose’s phone saying that she had left and wouldn’t be coming back.
After discovering the truth, a furious Dawn confronted her dad and made it clear that their relationship was over.
Although Rose spiked her, in the end her mum was the one to come clean and tell Dawn the truth about her plot to ruin Kim’s life for cash.
In contrast, Will kept peddling his lies about Rose’s disappearance, denying any knowledge of it until Dawn revealed she knew the truth.
In tonight’s episode, cleaner Lydia Dingle (Karen Blick) wished to tell Kim something about Will.
But Kim refused to hear her out and constantly interrupted her to defend her husband.
Kim said: “Let me stop you right there. You’re about to tell me about Rose trying it on with Will. Well I know all about it. And it wasn’t entirely his fault.
“He’s assured me that nothing else’s happened. And I believe him.
“I appreciate your concern, but I don’t want to talk about it anymore. It’s my marriage, my business. So please, just stay out of it.”
Lydia nodded as she was silenced – but has Kim made a huge mistake?
LOVE triangles are a fundamental part of soap-land, but which ones have become the most iconic?
EASTENDERS
Bradley/Stacey/Max: Stacey Slater began an affair with boyfriend Bradley Branning’s dad Max in 2007.
Despite their romps, Stacey still married Bradley, but their deceit came out in an iconic Christmas Day episode that year.
Grant/Sharon/Phil: Heading even further back in Walford history, EastEnders fans were gripped in the 90s as Sharon Watts had a one-night stand with her brother-in-law Phil Mitchell.
Sharon confided in best friend Michelle Fowler – not realising it was caught on tape – and her husband Grant eventually found out and played it in front of everyone at the Queen Vic.
Syed/Amira/Christian: Syed Masood was engaged to Amira before realising he had feelings for another man, Christian, which he confessed to him on his wedding day.
A devout Muslim, Syed refused to admit his true sexuality and went ahead and married Amira anyway, but when they returned, the two men started an affair before being caught in the act by Amira.
CORONATION STREET
Shelley/Peter/Lucy: Peter Barlow took the concept of a love triangle and ran with it in Coronation Street – extending it to bigamy.
He was in a relationship with Shelley Unwin but started dating Lucy Richards, and quickly married her after she fell pregnant with his son, Simon.
But it didn’t stop him also marrying Shelley, but he was eventually caught when Lucy turned up in Weatherfield and the two women confronted him.
Ken/Deidre/Mike: Back in 1982, Deirdre Barlow started sleeping with her husband’s nemesis Mike Baldwin in secret, before confessing all a year later.
When Mike turned up at the marital home, Deirdre was being throttled by her husband who then kicked her out, but years later they reconciled.
Maria/Aidan/Eva: In 2017, Aidan Connor started sleeping with girlfriend Eva Price’s best friend, Maria Connor.
Eva eventually found out and she decided to take revenge by faking a pregnancy, spending his money and planned to confront him on their wedding day.
But she had a change of heart when a remorseful Aidan confessed, and decided to marry him anyway, only for Maria to arrive and expose her fake pregnancy.
EMMERDALE
Ross/Debbie/Pete: Debbie Dingle found herself torn between two brothers, Ross and Pete Barton in 2015 in Emmerdale.
She eventually decided to marry Pete but yet again, a soap wedding day was ruined when the groom learned of his bride’s betrayal via a recording played at the wedding.
Chrissie/Robert/Aaron: Robert Sugden was married to Chrissie White and all seemed well – until he began a steamy affair with Aaron Dingle.
Robert’s ex Katie Sugden almost exposed the affair – but fell to her death before she had the chance.
However, a guilty Aaron eventually cracked and told Chrissie about the affair – after which she announced it to the whole pub.
Meanwhile, Jai called a truce with Laurel and Arthur after he paid them a visit to give some paperwork.
Jai told Arthur that he still think of him as his son and wants to stop all the arguing over money and houses.
He then handed Laurel his paperwork and said: “I won’t be contesting the house.
“And I’ve put it in writing. It’s all yours. No more arguments.”
Laurel was left feeling relieved. Is it the end of their bitter divorce?
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
