Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) has been swimming against the tide since returning to Emmerdale. No one wants him there, even his own sister Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) at times, and least of all John (Oliver Farnworth).
Robert has clocked John’s true colours, which has made him unpopular with everyone around him. Added to that, his PTSD saw him accidentally lash out at Vic and give her a black eye, and his n
ame has been mud ever since. Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller) won’t even give him much more than a filthy side eye.
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John pulled some strings and managed to get Robert sacked from the Depot, which added a new layer of complication for the ex-con.
And when his drink was spiked by a hook up and John took him off in his van to do God knows what, John once again managed to turn things around to make himself to be the hero and Robert a pathetic victim.
But Robert is still driven to unmask the true John and was interested to learn that Mack is also not a fan of the former army medic. So, while the chips may be down for Robert, things are starting to look up.
Needing to catch a break, he’s relieved to get some good news about Annie’s field, which he feeds back to Victoria and leaves her utterly delighted.
Annie’s field is part of land once owned by their grandmother, which she left in her will to Victoria when she died. Moira’s farm sits on Annie’s land, but Vic agreed to continue letting her farm on it in memory of her grandmother.
Robert becomes strangely coy when Vic presses for specific details of his plans for the land.
It seems whatever they are, the plans are untoward as Ross (Michael Parr) thinks he’s cracked the code of where Lewis’ missing weed went, and he lays the blame at Robert’s door.
Robert does not take kindly to the accusation, whether true or not, and during the confrontation he turns on Ross and makes a massive threat – he’ll cancel the land deal with struggling Moira if Ross doesn’t back off.
