So, how did Moira actually kill Emma Barton in Emmerdale? A timeline of everything that went on between them

Emma Barton came to Emmerdale to reconcile with her sons Ross, Pete and Finn and ex-husband James. He was Moira’s brother-in-law, brother to her husband John Barton.

Emma blamed her ex, James, for her losing her family, but it was quickly revealed that she had tried to kill Ross when he was a baby.

Not surprisingly, James wasn’t keen on his ex-wife coming back into his life. But Emma was persistent!

Emma Barton - in a wedding dress - holds husband James prisoner — Emma held James prisoner in his own home (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock)

The background for Moira and Emma Barton in Emmerdale

It turned out that Moira had slept with James and it was later revealed that James was actually the biological dad of Moira’s son, Adam.

During an argument with James, Emma accidentally caused a pallet to fall onto her ex. She was a nurse and could have helped, but instead she waited before calling an ambulance.

With James injured, Emma managed to manipulate him into letting her move in to look after him and then to give their marriage another try.

The truth about Moira and James revealed!

When Emma found out about James and Moira, she stepped up her mental abuse, holding James prisoner in the house. When he escaped, she followed and they had a showdown on a motorway bridge. Emma pushed James off the bridge, causing the huge Hotton by-pass crash. And James later died of his injuries.

Dark stuff!

Emma Barton in a burning barn — Emma and Moira had a confrontation in a burning barn – sounds familiar! (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock)

Moira comes face-to-face with Emma Barton in Emmerdale!

Anyway, with all that resentment about James and Moira still simmering, Emma’s mental health began to suffer even more.

She became fixated on the church and her Christian faith

And eventually, in October 2017, Moira and Emma came face-to-face in a barn.

Emma confessed to pushing James off the bridge, and the women fought. In the struggle, they knocked over a lamp and the barn caught fire.

As if that wasn’t enough drama, Moira was pregnant, though she didn’t know it at the time, and she went into labour!

Fiery confrontation

So with the barn ablaze and Moira having contractions, things looked bleak, especially when an explosion trapped the mum-to-be.

Emma saved the day, though, driving through the barn to free Moira, and helping deliver baby Isaac.

Moira fell unconscious, and was found by Adam and his wife Victoria. Emma ran away and Adam followed – with a gun. Another struggle followed and Emma grabbed the gun.

She walked off into the night, and accidentally fired the gun when she banged into a tree.

Unbeknownst to Emma, the bullet she fired hit her beloved son, Finn, who was in the woods looking for his mum. He died later in hospital.

Emma and Moira on the viaduct just before Emma's death — Moira tried to stop Emma from jumping but ended up pushing her instead! (Credit: ITV)

Viaduct showdown!

When Emma heard the news of Finn’s death on the radio, she was distraught. She was seen on the viaduct, contemplating taking her own life – and then viewers saw her on the ground, dead.

But it was revealed later that she had been murdered. On the day of Emma’s funeral, a series of flashbacks revealed that Moira had spotted her nemesis balancing on the viaduct and had attempted to talk her down.

Emma though, wasn’t listening. Instead, she blamed Moira for her daughter Holly’s death.

“Imagine if you paid attention and actually noticed that there was something wrong with Holly on the day that she died,” she said to Moira. “You could’ve saved her, Moira, but you walked out and left her to die. You might as well have injected the heroin yourself.”