Emmerdale treated viewers to two episodes of the soap tonight, but left them on a major cliffhanger: will Vanessa Woofdield (Michelle Hardwick) die from the stabbing?
Vanessa was rushed to hospital earlier in the evening after being stabbed by Lachlan White’s (Thomas Atkinson) father Donny.
It comes as the murderer, who was sentenced to life for his crimes, rang his dad in last night’s episode and asked him to “up the ante” with the threats against Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper).
Viewers saw Donny covering the back of the Woolpack in petrol when Vanessa, who was getting into her car with her son saw.
Determined to put a stop to his life-threatening crime, Vanessa jumped out of the car to confront the hooded thug.
But in a shock turn of events, Donny pulled a knife out and stabbed the vet in the lower abdomen, leaving her breathless and bleeding on the pavement.
After throwing a lighter at the petrol, the back of the pub lit up into a blaze of amber flames and Donny took Vanessa’s car and drove off, only to realise a few miles out of the village, her son was still sitting in the back.
Scenes then saw Vanessa struggle to ring Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins), but eventually the dial rang through and she told her girlfriend she was injured.
Luckily, the paramedics arrived shortly after and whisked Vanessa off to hospital, whilst Charity went on the hunt for Johnny.
After successfully finding Johnny unharmed in the back of the car, the pub landlord arrived at the accident and emergency unit only to be told some grave news.
“How’s Vanessa?” she gasped, but her family just looked to one another.
“What?” Charity demanded and Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) was first to speak up: “She’s in a bad way, she took a turn for the worse on the way in.”
“Well where is she?” she continued, but as Paddy tried to convince her she wouldn’t be able to see her girlfriend, Charity bumped into Tracy Metcalfe (Amy Walsh) in another waiting room.
“What’s happening,” Charity urged and Tracey replied: “They think it’s internal bleeding.”
“They rushed her straight into surgery,” Frank Clayton (Michael Praed) added.
“Oh this is all my fault. Ok, I need to see her, I need to let her know Johnny is alright!” Charity begged.
“You do, but you can’t yet,” Tracey explained.
“But she’s going to be alright Tracy?” Charity questioned, “Please tell me she’s going to be alright?”
Tracy and Frank just looked to one another, unable to confirm whether or not Vanessa was going to pull through.
Have they been told by doctors Vanessa has a slim chance of survival and they are saving Charity from any worry until they know for definite whether or not Vanessa is going to live?
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7pm on ITV.
