There’s a dramatic escalation in Ella Forster (Paula Lane)’s behaviour in upcoming Emmerdale episodes – and one show legend is left terrified for her life when Ella takes her hostage.
Ella’s jealousy over Liam (Jonny McPherson) and Chas (Lucy Pargeter)’s engagement led them to believe that she’d tampered with Chas’s pain medication, causing her to overdose and collapse.
Protesting her innocence, Ella tried to persuade Liam that Chas was addicted to the painkillers and had probably overdosed herself.
With her actions causing increasing stress and worry for Chas and Liam, Manpreet (Rebecca Sarker) asked her to move out immediately, causing Ella to retaliate by telling everyone about Manpreet’s racy pictures that led to her being blackmailed – something a horrified Manpreet had told her in confidence.
It’s now blatantly clear that Ella will stop at nothing, and when she starts harassing Chas and Liam by constantly messaging and calling them, they’re disturbed. John (Oliver Farnworth) advises Liam to turn his phone off, which seems to work for a while.
Ella has simply changed tactics, however, and the next thing that happens is that Belle (Eden Taylor-Draper) receives an email cancelling Liam and Chas’s wedding, and it looks like Ella’s work.
Not knowing where to turn, Liam calls the police for help. It’s not long before the pub window is smashed, an action which Chas is certain Ella is behind.
As she talks this over with Liam the couple are unaware that Ella is close by and listening to everything they’re saying, her rage only increasing.
Ella then turns up at Tenant House looking for Liam. Mandy (Lisa Riley) is home alone and refuses to go along with Ella’s demand for her to summon Liam back to the house.
So Ella takes Mandy hostage at knife-point, forcing her to stay at the house until Liam agrees to come over.
Rationalising this bonkers move, actor Jonny McPherson said: ‘I think he knows that if it came to it, he could overpower Ella. I think he just wants to help her, that plays out in the way that the scene evolves – he just wants to give her a cuddle and tell her that everyone will be alright.’
It’s clear that Ella is now beyond the point where Mandy can reason with her and, despite their previous friendship, Ella seems prepared to carry out her threats unless Mandy gets Liam to come to the house.
What does she have in mind? And will Mandy – and Liam – make it out alive?
𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 “𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝒇𝙞𝒍𝙢𝒔𝙥𝒐𝙞𝒍𝙚𝒓𝙨.𝙞𝒏𝙛𝒐” 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬.
