Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) is a man on the edge in Emmerdale. After weeks of stress regarding his father Bear Wolf (Joshua Richards), he thought his dad was turning a corner when he learnt about him booking another counselling session with Lucy.
Bear then discovered Laurel Thomas’ (Charlotte Bellamy) plan to attend Ray Walters’ (Joe Absolom) burial and wanted to go as well. Seeing the man he was abused by, but also killed, was incredibly difficult for Bear, but he wanted to go for closure, and because he believed it was the least he could do after taking the man’s life.
Processing this was an entirely different matter.
He was up all night drinking, and trying to ignore the fact his arm injury sustained on the farm was still causing him bother. Bear attempted to get help from Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker), but she refused to prescribe Bear the meds, knowing about his addiction to them.
Frustrated and desperate, Bear injured his hand and took off to A&E, believing he could get the meds there. When he came across Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant), Bear’s anger grew even more when the young resident doctor explained he wasn’t able to prescribe him meds on his own.
Bear grabbed Jacob in the same wrestling hold he had Ray in before he died. Jacob survived though, as he kicked a trolley over and startled the vulnerable man.
When Bear learnt that the police were on their way, he ran out of the hospital. We saw him wandering the street alone, unaware of where he was planning on going.
In this new video, a deeply worried Mandy Dingle (Lisa Riley) is on the phone telling Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) about Bear going missing.
Paddy and Dylan Penders (Fred Kettle) then return from a few more hours of searching. Following behind them, to their annoyance, is DS Walsh (Amanda Ryan).
The detective explains that because Bear has broken his curfew and assaulted Jacob, he needs to be rearrested.
Paddy is absolutely gutted. Fortunately for him, he will find Bear before the police do, and he’s concerned to find his dad sat next to Anya’s now empty grave.
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He scoops his dad up and takes him home. There, an idea forms for Paddy, as he tells Bear that he’s going to pay for him to stay at a mental health facility.
Going there will help Bear process all of the trauma he’s been through, but the murder case looming over him is another thing entirely.
What’s next for him?
