Last night’s episode of Emmerdale saw Joe Tate making a secretive phone call as he struggled with his demons and mysterious health issues. This came as his apparent painkiller addiction took its toll.
Dawn was shocked to find Joe passed out in his car (haphazardly parked up in a ditch) with a bottle of pills at his side. He later revealed that he’s been struggling with an addiction to painkillers – assuring her that he’d be seeking help for the problem.
He then slunk back into his bedroom, where he made a phone call to an unknown figure, revealing: “Hey… we’ve got a problem.”
Joe reveals hidden sickness as Kim listens in
Joe continued: “The thing that I didn’t want to happen… it happened. It’s just it’s getting a bit more obvious now. I don’t know how long I’ve got until people start noticing.”
Little did Joe know, but Kim was listening in on the conversation, having bugged his room. As she listened to the recording later, her eyebrow twitched at the revelation, her curiosity piqued.
But who was Joe on the phone to?
Who was Joe on the phone to? All the Emmerdale fan theories so far
As the scenes aired, fans took to social media to share their thoughts on Joe’s mystery caller. The most obvious candidate being a doctor, related to whatever illness is clearly behind Joe’s reliance on painkillers.
“Joe is definitely sick in some way, guessing that was his private doctor on the phone,” wrote one fan.
“Looks like Joe has a mystery illness and will need a transplant and that’s why he wants to get close to Noah,” said another.
But is the answer really that simple?
Fans are convinced Graham is alive still
Another theory is that Jamie could be in league with former mentor and father figure Graham Foster. Graham was killed after a fatal run-in with Pierce, but that hasn’t stopped viewers from hoping the fan favourite could be alive.
“I have been convinced graham isn’t dead since he died,” wrote one fan.
Lending credence to this theory is all the talk of Graham of late… plus the framed photo of them both in Joe’s bedroom.
Jamie Tate…. or Graham again
Another popular idea is that Joe could be working with devious uncle Jamie Tate. Viewers have been looking out for Jamie’s return ever since he faked his death in 2021 – with viewers convinced he’s been behind every bad thing that’s happened to Kim over the years.
“With Joe, I think he’s colluding with an undead Graham, if not Jamie. Kim will find out. 🫢” another fan predicted.
Is Jamie’s return finally afoot?
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