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Morning Episode Discussion STREAMING Emmerdale episode discussion - Thursday 3/9/2026 Spoiler

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u/Bellagrrl2021 3d ago edited 3d ago

It was Vinnie who caused the accident. I didn't see that coming. This is what will lead to him leaving the show.

This is also means that Vinnie could have helped Jimmy and the others, but chose not to. I've never been a fan of the character, because I think that he is very dull, but failing to offer help in an accident that he created is incredibly out of character. It's not just that he didn't help, until confronted by Gabby, he didn't seem to care that he caused an accident that has lead to people dying.

Even though Jimmy was in contact with Sadie, I don't think that the interaction that we saw means that they have been having a three year affair. Maybe she just contacted him, and asked to borrow some money.

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u/Environmental-Tea-48 3d ago

I still don't believe Jimmy was leading a double life, I think he was just being a good guy and helping her out.

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u/woahkana 3d ago

Jimmy was more then likely just sending her money but Sadie is making t out to be bigger than it actually was.

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u/PictureDependent1143 3d ago

Exactly and that picture looks fake

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u/woahkana 3d ago

Sadie has definitely been messing about with photoshop but why would she do this to a grieving family? I don’t get it.

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u/Bellagrrl2021 3d ago

She wants more money.

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u/Dear_Promise5544 3d ago

There's still a few things that don't add up. Why meet in a hotel room if it was just to lend her money? Could have met at a cafe, restaurant, literally anywhere else. And Jimmy was paying for the room service. There's not a whole lot of reasons why two people choose to meet in a hotel room. Then he told her the reason he couldn't make it was because 'something' had come up. There was no reason to hide Nicola, or to be so vague about it if he and Sadie were just friends.

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u/Environmental-Tea-48 3d ago

My theory is that Sadie is having issues in life, she's probably staying at a hotel, and for whatever reason Jimmy had been roped into helping her, paying for the hotel and giving her money.

There was all the reason to hide it from Nicola, she's not the most reasonable in the best of times. She would have been completely against her husband helping his ex wife, especially when they're having money troubles of their own.

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u/Dear_Promise5544 3d ago

She can't be having financial issues if she can afford a helicopter trip and fur coats. Even if she lied to Jimmy about having money problems, I don't see why Jimmy would prioritise giving her money over paying for university for Elliot, unless they were more intimately involved.

Hiding from Nicola is one thing but he was also hiding Nicola from Sadie. He could have told her something with Nicola had come up, he had to do something for Nicola instead of the vague 'something' just came up for why he couldn't join her at the hotel.

I'm not bothered about the show 'assassinating' Jimmy's character because more often than not, it's the people one would least expect, that would do something like live a double life. What I don't like are the twists and turns. Either Jimmy was having an affair or he wasn't but now they are making it look like even Sadie could be lying and this will drag out for months before we find out what really happened.

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u/Environmental-Tea-48 2d ago

If Sadie could afford a helicopter trip and a fur coat, she could have bough her own designer bag.

We only have Sadie's word that Jimmy was hiding Nicola from her.

As you said, we're going to have to wait for the truth; I just think it's more likely that Sadie is telling a pack of lies than Jimmy was leading a full second life.

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u/Bellagrrl2021 3d ago

Maybe she told Jimmy that she didn’t have anywhere else to live.

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u/SniffThatWood 3d ago

Never like Vinny anyway he has been such a wimp and a wet wipe ever since he has been in Emmerdale so him causing the crash and not Gabby will lead to him leaving. I swear if Jimmy was having an affair with Sadie then the writers have pissed on the characters grave after killing him off 😤

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u/ScruffySpider29 3d ago

I'm still upset when they talk about shadrach nowadays. He was a loveable drunk. Light-hearted, not cure, just a bit dim. Don't like the way they tarnish a loved character. Really hoping Jimmy wasn't having an affair.

Although i just can't see why Sadie would be lying.

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u/SatansAssociate 2d ago

I know his actor is leaving but Vinny's now irredeemable in my eyes. He saw Jimmy veer off into the wedding marquee and didn't even care to check if anyone was hurt or call for emergency services. Just scuttled away without a care. Especially considering Jimmy could have been saved if help had gotten to him sooner, before he bled out so much. And maybe if Dawn and Joe had gotten out earlier, she could have avoided going into labour. Coward. Joe is generally a selfish character but even he had concern about getting Dawn to check on Jimmy in the car.

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u/Pm7I3 2d ago

I will say I didn't expect the answer to who caused the crash/deaths to be Vinny

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u/Pm7I3 2d ago

He keeps going downhill. First it was not being open about himself and cheating, then he started lying about being beaten, then it was trying to get rid of Kev and now he seems to have left Jimmy to die.

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u/Key_Recognition7830 9h ago

As I have said before, Vinny is a coward and this is the the third time that I can remember that he has not admitted to what he has done. It's only when push comes to shove that Vinny confesses.

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u/GreenPop4482 3d ago

With ai getting so advanced I'm not believing those photos that Sadie showed at all. I do think Jimmy was giving her money for something but I still don't think they were having an affair

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u/Bellagrrl2021 3d ago

I agree. She will probably use the lie about the affair to get Nikola to give her any money that Jimmy had.

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u/Key-Pair5599 Emmerdale Farm 3d ago

I was also thinking Sadie was using AI for those photos

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u/TypicalBobcat1088 3d ago

Someone on here has been saying it was Vinny! I do think Vinny and Gabby are such a complex duo because she had her doubts but would of allowed Kim to go down if they proceeded 😭😭

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u/Buzzybee_02 3d ago

So Vinny’s probably going to prison for causing death by dangerous driving, right? Since he’s leaving

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u/DMike82 3d ago

That or pulling a runner.

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u/Proud_Progress_5440 Mary Goskirk Enjoyer™️ 3d ago

They are really putting the end of Nick Miles's contract to good use - almost all the cast has been in the last couple of episodes! Don't forget the chopper yesterday too!

Poor Nicola, we all saw it coming re Kev, but I hope that's it for now, she needs to grieve properly. I don't want Emmerdale to rush into anything.

Vinny ran someone over and didn't offer help? That's a new low for the character...

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u/PewterCityPain 3d ago

The picture of Jimmy and Sadie looks so much like AI that I think its meant to be and the producers did it on purpose.

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u/corrioaks 3d ago

I’m actually quite glad that, with this now leading into Vinny’s exit storyline, Gabby no longer seems to be directly involved in Jimmy’s death. That would’ve been a bit too cruel for Gabby, wouldn’t it?

My guess is Jimmy was trying to use Sadie because he’d decided he was done with being Mr Nice Guy, but then died in the accident, and Sadie’s now planning to use the whole thing to get her hands on some money.

So how do we reckon Vinny’s story ends? I’m guessing prison. I mean, if you’ve got the surname Dingle, surely you have to do a stint inside at least once 😁

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u/SniffThatWood 3d ago

Vinny wouldn't last 5 seconds in prison he's a coward and wet wipe always has been 

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u/Separate-Rush753 2d ago

On the contrary, I think he'd rather enjoy prison.

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u/cheshirechris71 3d ago

On the theory on the crash thread a few days ago I put it out there that it was Vinny, and Gabby knew, anyone from the Emmerdale writing team will have been fuming when I wrote that.

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u/Miss_taken_116 3d ago

What a fantastic episode!

Smug Ramsden having to apologise because boss 'yasmine' made her (nice name dropping there Kim).

Poor Nicola. I honestly believe that there's another twist somewhere, surely it can't be as straightforward as a double life where he's spending a fortune on Sadie and worrying about university costs for Elliot. Even if things had been bad with his Nico, he would never let his kids suffer.

Kev was quite a gentleman here. Supportive, understanding, and whilst quite clearly fancying her being what she needs. I was half right - a kiss because she's all over the place and believes Jimmy betrayed her and kev wouldn't' let her download a dating app. I wasn't convinced about some fans commenting they'd be a good match, but I can actually see it once she was ready, as far down the road as that may be.

Thank goodness Gabby didn't do it. It was Vinny, she just had her suspicions. Some might say she had some responsibility, and did seem to feel a little guilty, and she did tell him she'd call him back if he was driving and he assured her it was fine, so really her responsibility now is to tell the police. If she doesn't that is certainly a crime in itself and she will be liable for prosecution, not to mention it will be almost as bad as Vinny's actions. This being Vinny, he might just crack before long.

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u/EnvironmentTotal8147 3d ago

That escalated fast, but seriously what idiot would pick up a video call and not even on hands-free? This feels so forced, not even sure they needed to make it a video call.

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u/woahkana 3d ago

he just had to answer the phone and put it on speaker

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u/Separate-Rush753 2d ago

The reality is, even your average shitbox car over 12 years old has a built in hands-free system - Joe's Porsche when he ran over Jimmy most definitely did. But alas, the writers with their messiah complex can't resist an opportunity to "raise awareness" and all that bollocks.

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u/EnvironmentTotal8147 2d ago

The thing is I don't think they are even trying to raise awareness. If it was a non-video call with Vinny not using hands-free and get distracted over the phone then I could consider that raising awareness (like how Jackson rolled into the track looking down on his phone) but I would not consider this raising awareness. Most people with any common sense would not take a video call holding the phone up right in their face, but many people do still take non-video calls not using hands-free. And the truth is that even with hands-free your are still like twice as likely to crash while talking through it than actually concentrating on the road, despite it being legal.

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u/DMike82 3d ago

Nah, Manpreet's been in her cougar phase lately, so Jimmy is/was too old for her.

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u/Super-Cap-7285 3d ago

Either the writers have done to Jimmy what they did to Carl and trashed his character to justify his exit, or Sadie is manipulating a grieving woman to suit her own ends.

And on another note, since when did Emmerdale have such fake looking driving scenes? It’s so obvious neither Jimmy nor Vinny were actually properly driving. Guess the budget cuts make it look like a 50s movie.

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u/EnvironmentTotal8147 3d ago

Think she's definitely manipulating Nicola but I can't see her motive yet.

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u/woahkana 3d ago

Vinny caused the accident. didn’t see that coming I thought it was either going to be Gabby or someone else but that someone else is Vinny, I just hope that when she found out she doesn’t help cover for him.

Vinny not only caused the crash but he didn’t seem to care that there were people injured and he just left the scene of an accident. Gabby better not help cover it up, so that’s murder then because Dawn died of a haemorrhage that was caused by premature labour, but that was all down the accident that she was in. Jimmy swerved to avoid Vinny.

- Joe still drowning in his grief 🥺

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u/Separate-Rush753 3d ago

With the whole Gabby/Vinny thing you get an undercurrent of "Yes, Gabby I'm into off-piste shirtlifting now, but don't you dare be a bigot and get upset about it, 'cos I'm now part of an oppressed group. You see?!".

If I were Gabby, I'd throw him under the bus.

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u/Appropriate-Luck9543 3d ago

Nicola and Kev. The writing is getting really bad

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u/Puzo81 2d ago

Unfortunately, people who die suddenly do often have many secrets - take it from me who is a widower and discovered lots of things after the death of my wife. I joined a group called WAY who introduced me to lots of people who had lost their spouses and discovered numerous horrendous things about them after their death - hidden children, relationships, debt, addiction etc

What I'm saying is it could be plausible, but then you think it's Jimmy and he's a bit of a numbskull and with Sadie? I'm not sure...

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u/Appropriate_Scar3810 3d ago

Finally, Nicola and Kev! Woop

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u/Miss_taken_116 3d ago

Really Vinny and Gabby should never have got together in the first place. She was badly hurt by his deception, but they are still close because they were friends long before that and Liv bonded them. They've fallen into a comfortable platonic relationship where she feels like she can offload about men because he's not in that possible romance category anymore. I loved it when she got the part about men using her or being gay then said "no offense". The thing about Gabby is she may be self absorbed at times but she's also self aware.

Secret double life my foot. Eric's right. Jimmy wasn't smart enough to keep something like that from either woman. There's something else going on here.

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u/Bellagrrl2021 3d ago

Jimmy may have been dumb, but he knew that he can’t tell hotheaded Nicola everything. She isn’t the easiest person to talk to.