The night of the big Emmerdale car crash didn’t just see the deaths of three beloved locals, it saw a marriage once as solid as the Woolpack, crack like the ice under the limo.
As all the lads got geed up for a Valentine’s night out, Caleb Miligan (William Ash) coldly revealed to the group that there was a cheater amongst them – his own brother Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley).
After Caleb nearly drove off the road in rage, the lads stepped out the car to have it out, with Caleb lamping Cain for his betrayal.
On return to the village, Caleb went home to tell Ruby their marriage was over, only for him to do a U-Turn when a broken Ruby (Beth Cordingly) explained what led to her awful mistake.
Cain, meanwhile, returned to the farm to confess his indiscretion having been left with no choice after Caleb told all the Dingles, and Moira’s son Matty.
At first, Moira (Natalie J Robb) thought he was about to tell her that he’d attacked someone like he did Jimmy (Nick Miles) when Moira was sick. She had not been prepared to hear the scummy betrayal he made while she was having brain surgery.
Not long after the bombshell was dropped did Moira’s daughter-in-law Amy (Natalie Ann Jamieson) die after becoming severely hyperthermic having fallen through the ice after the limo crash.
Now Moira is faced with supporting her grieving son Matty (Ash Palmisciano) while coming to terms with her own loss.
But as a little time has passed, Moira starts to see clearly, she reclaims her strength, and she makes a definitive decision about their future – it’s over, and she wants Cain to leave.
This. Is. Huge. One of Emmerdale’s biggest marriages dead in the water like whoever’s at the bottom of that lake.
They’re both crushed it’s come to this – after everything they’ve been through, neither of them thought their marriage would ever end. It’s a poignant moment when the unbreakable admit defeat.
But it’s not all doom and gloom for Moira as she gets her results and learns she has the all-clear. What timing, just when she’s got no one by her side to celebrate.
To make things official, the broken couple prepare themselves to sit down with Kyle and Isaac and tell them their family is dissolving – a tough conversation when Kyle is still grieving from losing his mum Amy. Is this really it for Cain and Moira?
