Emmerdale [ITV1 pace] ** NO SPOILERS ** A gun or a stick or a rock versus Kev in a pinny

[TellingBone]

Surely only a be-aproned Kev can save us from the drug fiends? Die valiantly and all that. On Christmas Day.

I know he’s evil in his own way but I don’t think he’s involved unless they’re going for a real shock reveal!

I’m laughing at how I have acceptable levels of soap evil 🤣

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They're obviously people trafficking as well then.

This is getting ridiculous, when will the writers give us a break.

I'm starting to feel sorry for Ray. As an 8 year old boy he would have stood no chance against Celia.

No I don’t feel one bit sorry for him after seeing him drag Anya out of the boot. He’s all grown up now and can make his own choices.

He'll have been groomed. She looked angry at him being with laurel. Presumably because if anyone else gets their claws into him he might realise what's really gone on.

I am very late catching up on Friday’s ep. What the ever loving fuck was going on there? 🤯

Has modern slavery ever been covered in a soap before? They do tend to have such set ups on farms don't they. So many questions that it's going to drive me mad over the weekend.

I don’t think it has you know and because it is so intertwined with County Lines, trafficking etc, I think it’s no bad thing if it’s covered. However, I also think that this is unlikely to go unnoticed in a small village where everybody knows everybody. I am wondering if Ruby is going to play a bigger role in this if Anya is able to escape to her.

In addition, I also get the vibe that Ray is questioning his life choices now.

I'm still gobsmacked by the revelation a couple of years back that Sir Mo Farah was a modern slave as a boy. It was his teacher that saved him.

Yes I'm now thinking modern slavery, especially with Bear being there. They prey on the vulnerable.

We've had it reported on in our local news, about farms and car washes (that was one very local to me) being done for it.

How has it taken Paddy 4 months to start being concerned about Bear? If my parent went awol I'd be concerned a bit sooner than 4 months.

I was just thinking about why Ray doesn’t just get in his car and drive far away from Celia. Maybe Kev is one of Celia’s lost boys who tried to escape her clutches by doing the armed robbery and she found out and made sure he got caught as a warning to the others so that they would stay with her.

Wasn't modern slavery the story of the woman (can't remember her name), who had an affair with Tyrone on Corrie. I think she was working in a nail/beauty salon. I could be wrong though.

Oh yes Alina Pop in Corrie. She was forced to work in a nail bar wasn't she. Seb was the one who saved her from that.

And another thing I’m thinking: was Anya actually trying to escape on the truck? We all presumed that she had just arrived.

Yes @JaneJeffer that definitely makes sense

I thought exactly the same

Do turkeys get reared in barns with no daylight?

Bird flu means they have to be housed indoors at the moment in Ireland at least. Not sure about Yorkshire

I'm getting my moderns and classics mixed up and found myself wondering if Rosemary King was somewhere in that barn 😄

I just googled and same in UK.

😂 imagine if she is!

Oh no! What a horrifying thought about Rosemary. I'm hoping we've seen the last of her in Classic.

Looking at Shadrach in today’s classic I’m starting to think Kev is his long lost son