Noah sits in silence, his gaze fixed on the road as if staring at it will somehow make sense of the chaos in his mind. But no amount of thinking will change what happened. Chas tries to reassure him, telling him there was nothing he could have done to stop it. But Noah isn’t convinced. He keeps replaying the scene, questioning every decision. Did he try to avoid the accident, or did he cause it? If he could go back in time, would he do something differently? He knows one thing for sure—his mother never should have been in the road that night.

Meanwhile, Mark is haunted by guilt. People died because of what happened, and he needs answers. But no matter how much he wrestles with his conscience, nothing will bring them back. Chas urges him not to think that way, but the weight of it is too much. How can anyone move on when lives have been shattered? Jacob, Kyle, and the others—how do they find peace in such a mess? Mark doesn’t think they ever will. Desperate to leave the painful memories behind, he decides to walk away. He never wants to see that place again.

Elsewhere, Sarah crosses paths with an old friend who had been meaning to call her. They exchange a few words, but the heaviness in the air is undeniable. She’s still struggling to process everything, including Noah’s involvement in the accident. There’s something about his presence that night that doesn’t sit right with her. What exactly was he doing there? Was he just an innocent bystander, or was there more to the story?

Noah, trying to make sense of his fragmented memories, recalls bright lights flashing in his eyes and then waking up in a hospital bed. The details remain blurry, but he knows something isn’t adding up. Sarah suggests that the lights could have come from a limousine that was on the road that night. But that doesn’t explain the rest—why does he feel like he was drugged? 

A new name enters the conversation—Rich, a med school acquaintance of Jacob’s who has been lurking around the village. He thinks he’s untouchable, but could he be the key to unlocking the truth? Noah remembers being with him before the accident, but that’s where his recollection stops. Did Rich have something to do with what happened to him?

Jacob, still reeling from grief, blames Noah for what happened. His anger boils over as he confronts him. His mother is dead, and in his mind, Noah is responsible. But Sarah intervenes, insisting that Noah was spiked. Jacob refuses to believe it. Noah has lied before—why should this time be any different?

But then, a revelation. A mutual acquaintance confirms that it wasn’t Noah who tampered with Belle’s drink—it was Rich. The realization sends shockwaves through the group. But for Jacob, it doesn’t change anything. He looks Noah dead in the eyes and tells him he will never forgive him.

As the dust settles, the truth remains elusive. Noah is still left with more questions than answers. But one thing is certain—this tragedy has changed everything in Emmerdale, and things will never be the same again.