What happened in Emmerdale tonight: Tina Dingle has a secret son in the village – and Mandy was distraught

In Emmerdale tonight (Monday, October 21), Tina Dingle returned and dropped a huge bombshell, causing Mandy to be fearful.

Tina returned to the village last week during Zak Dingle’s funeral. Her stay was short, however, as she was hauled off by the police for breaching her release conditions.

But now, a tag-free Tina is back. Here’s what else happened in Emmerdale tonight.

Tina dropped a bombshell

As the Dingles attempted to get on with their lives following Zak’s funeral, Mandy received an unwanted visitor at the salon.

Tina greeted Vinny and questioned him about his love life. After he left, Mandy shouted at Tina that she’d told her to stay away.

Tina snapped: “You don’t get to tell me where I can and can’t go, especially now I’ve got interests round here.”

Suspecting that Tina was after the house again, Mandy reiterated that Tina isn’t included in Zak’s will and can’t have a share of the house, but Tina replied: “Prove it. It belongs to family. And I’m family. And who says we’re just talking about the house?”

This caused a nervous reaction from Mandy, as Tina continued: “I’ve come for everything that’s mine. Vinny is such a sweet boy. Do you know, it makes me sad, thinking about everything I’ve missed out on. What’s mine is mine. My house. My son.”

While Vinny knows Mandy is not his biological mum, he is unaware of his true parentage. Will Tina reveal all to him?

Caleb’s lies were exposed in Emmerdale tonight

Caleb tried to convince Ruby to let him deal with her mum’s will as he desperately tried to keep the secret that Ruby’s mum had given him £100,000 before she died. Ruby was adamant she wanted to be involved though.

During the reading of the will, Ruby was incensed to discover that Helen had left everything to Ruby’s daughter Stephanie and questioned whether Helen and Steph had been meeting up.

“I did everything to keep them apart. I didn’t want any of my mum’s poison rubbing off on her,” Ruby remarked, before leaving to get some air.

Caleb then pleaded ignorance when the solicitor asked him about the mystery payment from Helen’s bank account, Caleb tried to keep this from Ruby, but the solicitor bumped into Ruby in the village and mentioned the £100,000.

Back at home, Ruby screamed at Caleb to “Stop lying to me,” before he eventually relented and admitted that he had the money and wanted to invest it in the haulage yard. Ruby was angry and chastised Caleb for never being honest.

Belle was angry at Mandy’s revelation

Feeling down about not visiting her dad during his last days, Mandy tried to make Belle feel better but let it slip that Zak had been aware about her situation with Tom.

Belle was furious when Mandy shared that Cain and Sam had told Zak about Tom’s abuse. Belle hit out at Sam, but soon calmed down when Sam explained that Zak sensed something was up and they couldn’t lie to him. Sam shared that Zak wanted to “rip Tom’s head off.”

Later, Sam stuck a handmade cross into Zak’s burial site engraved with the words “Our dad”. There was a nice moment as Sam chatted to his dad about the mundane things going on in the village.

Elsewhere in Emmerdale tonight

Gabby was worried that Mandy thought she was a snob. She was right to share that view as Mandy told Belle that Gabby was from another planet.

Elsewhere, Jimmy reminisced about his brothers, the haulage company and Edna (!) Will told him that even if he sells up to Caleb, he’ll always have the memories. But will Jimmy be able to let go?

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