Emmerdale : Season 48

It's Jacob's sixteenth birthday. Maya seductively tells the teen that her present isn't something you wrap up then instructs him to meet her at the Summerhouse in an hour. In the meantime, Jacob and Liv play with the drone Eric gifted him. Leyla notices something is off with Megan and tries to get to the bottom of what's wrong. Jacob tells Liv he needs to get ready for the party then sneaks off to meet Maya.

Liv can see there's something wrong with Jacob. She apologises for earlier then asks if she's ruined his birthday. Kerry is hurt that Eric received a card from Amy but she didn't.

It's the morning after Jacob's birthday party and Jacob has a hangover. Maya reminds Jacob he could've blown everything last night and orders him to be more careful. Jacob apologises and assures her it won't happen again. Maya orders Jacob to apologise to Liv too ash she's their cover so they need her onside. David and Leyla are annoyed to learn Maya gave Jacob a beer last night.

An excited David asks Jacob to cover the shop and confirm the meat order whilst he gets ready for his his romantic night with Maya. Jacob can't believe Maya is letting this happen although she insists if she could get out of it, she would. Robert promises to join Aaron at the surrogacy group tonight after an important meeting.

DAs Maya drops Jacob off on the edge of the village, Jacob is forced to duck behind the car to avoid being see by Leyla and Megan. Aaron receives a text message which he tells Robert was about scrap metal. When Robert leaves, Liv asks Aaron who the text was really from. Aaron maintains it was about scrap so Liv grabs the phone and reads the message from Jeremy about introducing Aaron to someone.

After Robert heads off to a meeting, Aaron takes the cash from the jiffy envelope. Kerry informs Eric that she's tracked down Amy to Belfast. Jacob tells Maya they need to find somewhere where they can be alone properly as Farrers Barn is too risky. In hushed tones, Dawn asks Kerry if she's thought anymore about Amy.

Marlon, Jessie, Paddy and Kerry finally arrive at the hotel in Belfast after a long night of travel. The journey has worn the four of them out and they all snap at each other. Back in the village, Dan can't get hold of Kerry so decides to take Amelia to Croydon to see Daz. Paddy tries to check him and Kerry in but there's no record of his booking on the system.

As stunned Amy questions what Kerry is doing here, the man she was arguing with puts his hands on her. Kerry leaps to Amy's defence but Amy doesn't need her mother's backing and knees the man in his groin. Kerry concludes Amy is a prostitute and the man was a punter although Amy states she actually works at a woman's shelter. Bear Wolf can't believe Paddy is his son as he didn't think he could have children after an incident with a circular saw.

Charity pulls up outside a cottage in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile, Chas lays flowers on Grace's grave. Moira returns to the farm. At Smithy Cottage, Rhona prepares her hospital bag ahead of her hysterectomy, whilst April studies her face in a mirror at the Community Garden. After paying her respects to Grace, Chas approaches Laurel at Daniel's grave and thanks her.

Rhona is nervous ahead of her hysterectomy. She puts on a brave face for April and Leo but admits to Marlon and Vanessa that she's scared about taking painkillers during her recovery. Vanessa promises Rhona they'll get her through this. Faith can't understand why Cain isn't putting his foot down with Amy. She's adamant they need to stop Amy from getting anywhere near Kyle so she decides to pay her a visit.

Charity prepares to face the village but struggles to act normal. Chas worries to Laurel about telling Paddy about being pregnant. Paddy tells Chas that the Vet's Surgery is not liable for Rhona's accident, so he will have to talk to Moira. Chas tries to talk herself out of telling Paddy but Laurel urges her to tell him.

Megan tells Diane that Graham is taking her and Eliza on a holiday. Faith and Eric argue and Kerry and Faith snap at each other in the cafe.Jacob feels guilty about what he said to David. David tells Leyla that he thinks Jacob stole the earrings. Chas makes a special breakfast to tell Paddy the news but Vanessa interrupts. Pete breaks the news to Moira that the vets surgery wants to sue the farm. Liam tells Bernice about wanting to buy a house on the other side of Hotten.

Megan is excited ahead of her trip to the Lakes with Graham and Eliza. Meanwhile at Home Farm, Graham receives a call from Kim demanding he collects her from prison. David attempts to prove to Jacob that he and Amba are his priority but a moody Jacob doesn't want to spend time with him Maya follows Jacob outside to try to find out what's wrong.

Graham suggests he and Megan talk somewhere else but Megan doesn't believe there's anything to say. She tells Graham and Kim that scum like them deserve each other then storms out. Unable to handle Maya's declaration, Jacob walks away. Maya desperately tries to stop Jacob but her demeanour quickly changes when Liv appears at Farrers Barn. Cain lets himself into Dale Head and demands Kerry tells him where Amy and Kyle are.

Kim is still annoyed with Graham for keeping the truth about Joe's death from her and refuses to draw a line under things until the police investigation is finished. Graham assures Kim that all the evidence has been covered up but Kim doesn't know if she can believe that. Cain has a word with Charity about letting Amy see Kyle yesterday although Charity doesn't see what she's done wrong by letting Amy see Kyle and compares it to her own situation with Ryan.

Kim meets with an associate named Marcus and instructs him to find out who's making withdrawals from an offshore business account. Nicola resolves to get herself onto the council planning committee to make herself indispensable to Kim. Amy is upset that Kerry is getting to see Kyle but she isn't.

Graham tells Kim that she won't find Joe. Kim tells him that she never wants to see Joe, but is more than happy to deal with him herself. Lydia suggests that they hold the party at Wishing Well Cottage. Charity tries to make up some sort of excuse to get out of going to the party. Pete tells Marlon that now might not be the best time for Leo to see Rhona. Nicola practices speaking in front of the mirror. Jimmy suggests that Nicola joins the council for herself.

Cain is surprised to see Graham. Cain convinces Moira to let Noah visit Home Farm. Jacob's family think that he is doing too much extra tuition. Belle tells Vanessa that she wants to volunteer at an Orangutan sanctuary in Borneo. Vanessa tries to talk her out of it, especially when Belle thinks that she may not even return. Kim vents to Graham about Cain, and isn't impressed when Noah turns up to play pool with him.

DC Meaden quizzes Cain about why he was found shovelling earth from what appeared to be a grave. Cain states he got a text from Noah saying he was in trouble so he went to find him and that's when he found the hole in the ground with the phone in it. Cain's solicitor, Mr Drake, reminds DC Meaden that there's no evidence a crime has been committed and suggests an apology is in order.

Billy reiterates that nothing happened between him and Leyla but Tracy doesn't believe it. She begs Leyla to tell her the truth but instead Leyla tells her she's got a screw loose. Tracy goes for Leyla and Billy is forced to break it up. Jacob wants to intervene but Maya talks him out of it. Back at Tug Ghyll, Leyla and Billy continue to protest their innocence.

An exhausted Jai and Laurel have spent all night at the factory completing the forgotten order. David gets Matty up to speed at the shop before he heads off to the Independent Retailers symposium. In the café, Billy lays sleeping on a couch. Tracy wakes him and gives him a coffee.

April asks Ellis if he ever gets treated differently because he's mixed race, commenting it's really wrong what happened to Billy yesterday. Charity believes the deal with Robert will be the gift that keeps on giving although Vanessa isn't happy that Charity will be flirting with a dodgy bloke in the name of business.

DS Sanders and DC Meaden pitch up at Wishing Well Cottage as Cain is fixing the Dingle van and ask after Debbie. DS Sanders proposes Debbie knows what happened to Joe so she can no longer stand to be around Cain. Vanessa is still hurt that Charity let Mike think she's single.

Robert, Charity and Aaron cannot believe Vanessa abandoned Mike's car in a field. Charity assures Vanessa she won't go down for this as long as she wiped away her fingerprints but Vanessa didn't. As Graham and Kim are talking, Graham hears noises on the other side of the door so he goes to investigate and finds Noah. Kim isn't happy to see Noah so orders him to go away.

Cain has spent the night in his car, leaving Moira frantic with worry. As Vanessa is about to head into work, Mike appears at the pub. Cain watches intently as Graham exits the shop. Faith approaches Cain and tries to talk to him but Cain gets in his car and follows Graham. At Dale Head, Dan and Kerry argue about Amelia seeing Daz which results in Dan walking out.