Emmerdale spoilers: ITVX early release reveals Manpreet’s ‘dirty little secret’ – but who is blackmailing her?
Manpreet’s torment continues
*Warning: Emmerdale spoilers follow from the Friday March 7 episode, which is available now on ITVX, but has not yet aired on ITV*
Tonight’s episode of Emmerdale (Friday, March 7 – streaming now on ITVX) reveals what exactly Manpreet Sharma has been hiding. As her blackmail continues, she reveals to Ella that she’s been posting intimate pictures of herself online.
Feeling miserable after her split from Charles, Manpreet boosted her confidence by posting pictures to her social media. After one of her followers suggested she open a subscription site, Manpreet took things to the next level. She’d felt validated and empowered at first – but things took a darker turn when someone began texting, claiming to know her secret.
Manpreet’s blackmail continues in Emmerdale spoilers tonight
She and Ella delete the profile, but that doesn’t make a difference to her blackmailer – who texts immediately, sending screenshots of the pics to her mobile, along with the threatening message ‘ONE WORD TO THE POLICE AND EVERYONE WILL KNOW YOUR SECRET.’
This came as the mystery third party continued to text her menacing messages, all claiming to know her ‘dirty little secret.’ As last night’s episode revealed, Leyla knew what Manpreet had been up to – having walked in on her at her computer in the surgery. But with Leyla dead, she’s not on the list of suspects.
But who’s blackmailing Manpreet – and what might this mean for her, professionally speaking?
What does Manpreet’s secret mean for her career?
As she shares her worries with Ella tonight, Manpreet stresses about the damage scandal might do to her career.
“Imagine if it gets out online, in the local newspaper, all about the dodgy doc who gets her kit off. I can kiss any hero status goodbye,” she tells Ella.
“I have a reputation to protect and patients to look after,” she continues.
And that’s not to mention the risk to her job. Fearing that the medical board would deem her risqué online activities ‘inappropriate,’ she may be at very real risk of losing her job.
Is Ella blackmailing Manpreet?
As Manpreet’s confidante, Ella is there in her time of need. But, with actress Paula Lane set to leave the soap over the coming weeks, she likely has a big story beckoning before she goes.
A big twist to the tale would be that it’s Ella behind Manpreet’s torment. Impressive work, given that the texts were still coming in as she sat with Manpreet, but whoever it was did catch on to the profile being deleted awfully fast…
Could it be Billy?
Another suspect could be Billy, who Emmerdale spoilers for next week reveal begins to show an interest in Manpreet after starting to feel rejected by Dawn.
Billy and Manpreet have history, after she attempted to kiss him last year during a drunken fumble. Both parties seemed to move on, but with Billy increasingly sidelined by Dawn’s new man, might he take out his frustrations on poor Manpreet?
As it is, an early fan theory emerged suggesting that the texts could be from someone onto a ‘secret romance’ between Manpreet and Billy. Consider that theory debunked, but is Billy involved in her blackmail?
Fans are begging for Meena to return
Wishful thinking, this one, but fans have been holding out for a return from Manpreet’s sister, the murderous Meena Jutla. With all that time on her hands in prison, could Meena have stumbled across Manpreet’s online activities and begun blackmailing her?
An unlikely prospect, perhaps, but a quite delicious one regardless.
Emmerdale usually airs weeknights on ITV at 7.30pm, with an early release on ITVX at 7am.
Classic Emmerdale usually airs every weekday on ITV3 at 6am and 6.30am, plus 1.40pm and 2.10pm.
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