Light at the end of the tunnel as Emmerdale’s Jacob gets new ally against Dr Todd

Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) reached the end of his tether in Emmerdale today, and told someone else about what Doctor Caitlin Todd (Caroline Harker) is doing to him.

The ruthless surgeon, who made a return to the ITV soap earlier this year, has been bullying Jacob for weeks now, and he still doesn’t know why.

Jacob’s situation got even more complex when Caitlin decided to move in with Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick). She is now taking pleasure in making it look as though Jacob is obsessed with her, much to Vanessa and Manpreet Sharma’s (Rebecca Sarker) concern.

Doctor Todd gained even more power when Charity Dingle’s (Emma Atkins) baby was born, as she learnt that Jacob and Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) are not actually the parents. In her eyes, it’s an absolutely delightful piece of information that she can use to her advantage.

In this evening’s episode, Doctor Todd decided to cause chaos by suggesting to Sarah that Jacob cannot wait to return to work after his paternity leave. Sarah found this really insulting and raced to confront her husband.

Frustrated, Jacob found Doctor Todd in the pub and berated her for lying to Sarah. Doctor Todd then went into the toilets – and Jacob followed.

He had landed right in her trap. As they argued, Jacob made a comment about how much he hates Todd – just as Vanessa walked in.

Exhausted and beaten down, Jacob had little to no energy to fight Vanessa later in the day, who arrived in the shop and said that Leyla, his late mum, would be ashamed if she knew that he was behaving so badly around his female boss.

Listening in on this was Sarah, who had arrived and wondered what on earth was going on.

Jacob broke down to his partner and revealed the ordeal Doctor Todd is putting him through. Sarah hugged Jacob and vowed to help him.

Emmerdale‘s Jacob Sugden is pushed to breaking point by wicked Dr Todd next week – and finally summons the courage to proceed with a formal complaint against his manipulative boss.

But will people believe Jacob after Todd sets him up to look like the villain of the story?

“Jacob makes a terrible error of judgement by following Todd into the women’s toilets in The Woolpack to confront her – which is exactly what she wants him to do,” explains our Emmerdale insider.

“It all kicks off after Todd tells Sarah that Jacob is desperate to get back to work, despite them having a newborn baby. Understandably, Jacob is infuriated by the suggestion, so he confronts Todd in the pub, which escalates with him following her into the loos.

“It’s a foolish move to begin with, but looks even worse for Jacob when Vanessa catches him in there.”

Later that day, Vanessa turns up at the shop to condemn Jacob for his inappropriate behaviour.

Afterwards, Sarah insists that Jacob tell her what Vanessa is going on about, which triggers the trainee doctor to break his silence over Dr Todd’s campaign of harassment.

“Jacob is teary-eyed when he tells Sarah about the misery that Dr Todd is putting him through at work,” continues our spy. “Thankfully, Sarah believes her husband’s every word, and vows to help him deal with the problem.”

Sarah realises that Dr Todd’s manipulation is taking its toll on Jacob, then issues some home truths to Vanessa for believing Todd’s claims.

Meanwhile, Jacob sits down for his latest meeting with Carol from the HR department, to talk about making a formal complaint against his boss. However, Jacob is stunned when Carol reveals that Todd has beaten him to it.

“Carol explains that Todd has presented heaps of evidence incriminating Jacob – including voice recordings,” reveals our source. “It’s a crushing moment as Jacob concludes that he has no chance of winning his case. Todd really does have him over a barrel…”

Feeling defeated, Jacob brings Sarah up to speed about Todd’s file of evidence. It’s soon clear that Sarah is in no mood to give up and encourages Jacob to fight back against Todd – not only for his career, but for his late mum Leyla’s sake too.

With Sarah’s words ringing in his ears, Jacob visits Tug Ghyll to confront Dr Todd.

Will Jacob get Todd off his back once and for all? Or will his determination to stand up for himself come back to bite him?