Emmerdale spoilers follow from Tuesday's episode (6 January), which is streaming now on ITVX and YouTube but hasn't yet aired on ITV1.
Emmerdale airs the fallout from Graham Foster's shock return tonight, with Joe Tate clearly troubled after what he saw at the hospital. But how much does he know after only catching a brief glimpse of Graham?
Andrew Scarborough reprised his role as Graham in the hour-long Corriedale crossover special on Monday night, as his sly character was seen driving a van at the crash site. For unknown reasons, Graham had new Coronation Street character Jodie tied up in the back of the vehicle, but abandoned his sinister plans for her after she'd managed to escape.
Fans have speculated that fearsome Graham could be a hitman for hire, so it seems that Jodie had a very lucky escape.
During a trip to Hotten General Hospital, Graham checked on Joe following the ambitious businessman's involvement in the crash chaos. Joe spotted the hooded figure staring into his hospital room, but Graham was gone within moments.
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In tonight's follow-on episode, Joe seems lost in thought at the hospital following the mysterious visitor who watched him from afar.
When Kim Tate arrives to bring Joe back to Home Farm, she notes his strange mood and asks whether he has concussion.
Joe replies: "No, I'm fine. Doctor said it's a miracle I wasn't hurt more. Apparently it was like I had someone watching over me..."
Later on, Joe heads to the café and catches up with some of the other villagers who were involved in the carnage the night before.
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When Jacob Gallagher asks what Joe saw on the night, he pointedly replies: "I saw a lot of things yesterday. Still trying to make sense of most of them..."
Graham was a regular character on Emmerdale from 2017, when he was introduced as Joe's enigmatic right-hand-man. In 2020, his time on the show came to an end when he was seemingly murdered by Pierce Harris.
ITV soap boss Iain MacLeod has promised that Graham's reappearance in Corriedale is setting up a big storyline in Emmerdale, unsurprisingly!
"You want stuff that will originate in that episode – like the return of the mysterious, hooded stranger, Graham," MacLeod said at the Corriedale press screening.
"I hope you didn't see that coming, but maybe some of you recognised his eyes in the rear-view mirror, I don't know!
"So you want something that's completely fresh and of course, there were hints to the mystery prisoner that he had in the back of his van throughout the episode. So you want something that's forward-looking…"
Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 8pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.
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