Emmerdale fans think it’s only a matter of time before Joe Tate is killed off after his latest villainous actions on the ITV soap, leading to a threat from Robert Sugden
Joe Tate could meet a gruesome end on Emmerdale(Image: ITV)
Joe Tate could meet a gruesome end on Emmerdale, after his run-in with Robert Sugden this week.
Fans know that vile Joe is blackmailing the Sugdens for their farm, after he watched and filmed Victoria Sugden killing her brother John Sugden. She had not meant to kill him, but attacked him after he turned on her.
Joe took things further when he told Robert that as well as handing over the farm, he had to frame Moira Dingle for dodgy dealings with drugs, actually committed by Celia Daniels. At the time it seemed Joe didn’t realise the evidence he’d found at missing Celia’s home also exposed the human trafficking she was caught up in.
After telling Robert he had to plant the evidence in Moira’s house so that Moira would be handed a fine, forcing her to sell her farm to him, Joe claimed he would pay Robert for this. Robert was torn but went ahead with it out of fear for Victoria.
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But now that Joe has crossed the Sugdens and Aaron Dingle, and now he’s targeting Moira and Cain again, fans think it’s all leading to his final downfall. Despite his run-in with Robert who has vowed to make him pay, fans don’t think Robert will be the one who kills Joe if he does meet a grim fate.
One theory read: “Anyone else think this latest storyline with wanting to set Moira up is going to lead to him being killed off and another whodunnit? When the truth inevitably comes out, I think people will be annoyed at Robert initially.
“But once he explains to Cain and Moira why, they’ll eventually understand (we know Moira is also quite protective of Victoria) and anger will soon turn to Joe. And to be honest, almost everyone in the village will be a suspect.”
Another fan said: “I think he could be killed off because he’s already had a whodunnit and survived and then all the bad things he’s done, he’s got away with it all. His latest stuff is so evil I can’t see him being redeemed from it.
“So I definitely think someone will want revenge. I feel like they want us to think Robert or Aaron or even Victoria would be involved, maybe Moira or Cain too, but what if in a twist of all twists its Graham who ends up killing him?
“Or Kim, given she wanted him dead the last time.” Another fan wrote; “I think Graham will deal with him,” while a further theory said: “What if something happens and Kim and Graham team up and Joe gets killed?
“Wouldn’t put anything past Kim… you just have to look at her history.” A final theory said: “I think maybe Dawn will find out what he has done and she could end up killing him or maybe even Kim (both of them have done it before), and the previous whodunnit with the pushing him out the window was just leading up to this – like a pre-warning he was going to die.”
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