Emmerdale spoilers follow from Wednesday's episode (4 June), which is available to watch now on streaming service ITVX but hasn't yet aired on ITV1.
Emmerdale reveals Ruby Miligan's surprising saviour tonight as she faces the threat of a long stretch in prison.
Ruby's future hangs in the balance following her drastic decision to confess to the murder of her abusive father Anthony Fox.
The fan favourite is left mortified in Wednesday's hour-long episode as she realises that she acted too hastily when she went to the police.
Ruby decided to come clean following the news that a body had been found in a nearby lake. She presumed that this was the location where John Sugden secretly disposed of Anthony's remains following his death.
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After Ruby shares a version of events – leaving out any involvement from co-conspirators – the police inform her that the body in the lake is not Anthony.
This makes her confession pointless and she immediately tries to backtrack, cooking up a plan with her solicitor to get herself out of trouble.
Ruby decides to pretend to be delusional, so that the police think she was struggling with her mental health when she made her confession.
Meanwhile, Joe Tate becomes aware of the troubling events unfolding and makes his own sneaky plan to help Ruby.
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Joe certainly owes Ruby and her husband Caleb some favours after the recent stolen kidney incident, but how does he plan to get her off the hook? Will it work? And could this be the first step towards Joe and Caleb resolving their differences?
Fans can see exactly how the drama unfolds when the episode airs at the earlier time of 7pm on ITV1 tonight, or it's streaming now on ITVX.
Emmerdale viewers already know that the body found in the lake is Nate Robinson, who was accidentally killed by John last year.
In the coming days, villagers will turn on each other as wild theories and speculation are shared over what happened to Nate and who was responsible.
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Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.
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