John Sugden takes things to the extreme as he throws himself off a cliff with Aaron Dingle in tow in upcoming episodes of Emmerdale.
Viewers are in for even more drama thanks to John Sugden spiralling once his lies begin to get exposed. Actor Oliver Farnworth joined the ITV soap last year, and since then the ex-Army medic has struggled to control his “hero complex”.
After putting multiple lives in danger just to save them, John felt content as he was labelled a hero. Happy in his marriage with Aaron Dingle, things were great – until they weren’t.
As viewers will recall, John is responsible for his ex-fiancé Aidan Moore ending up in a coma, Nate Robinson’s death, and holding Mackenzie Boyd captive in an underground bunker.
While John hides away in a cottage with Aaron Dingle, things are set to quickly escalate in upcoming episodes, particularly after he tried to drug Aaron out of jealousy over Robert Sugden.
Aaron once more tries to make his escape from John. Robert finally arrives at the cottage and accuses his brother of committing murder but John’s defiance is unbreakable. When the confrontation turns physical, Robert’s left lifeless on the ground. Checking that Robert’s still breathing, John’s relieved not to have killed again, but it’s short-lived as he spies Aaron making an escape.
Aaron’s distressed as he searches for the hatch in the woods he knows is connected to Mack’s disappearance. Meanwhile, John tears through the woods, frantically, to locate his runaway husband. With his search for Mack increasingly hopeless, Aaron is stopped in his tracks by a massive gorge.
Turning around, he’s shocked to be face to face with John. As John tries to improvise a cover story, Aaron no longer believes a word from his lips. All at once Aaron can see how unbalanced John really is. He urges John to lead him to Mack but just as John is on the verge of calling the police to confess, Robert appears.
His sense of betrayal is instantaneous as he accuses Aaron of orchestrating the reunion. As things escalate, John calls the police to frame Robert before jumping into the gorge with his arms around Aaron….
Robert is still reeling after witnessing John pull Aaron off the cliff. When he looks over the edge and sees both of them motionless, Robert dials 999. Robert is left defeated when no one believes his accusations that John is behind the recent terror in the village. Believing he’s the one that pushed John and Aaron off the gorge, Chas vows to make him pay.