Emmerdale's Finn Barton bitterly blames his mum Emma after his new boyfriend Kasim Sabet dumps him in the New Year.
Finn is currently on cloud nine after sleeping with Kasim (Ethan Kai) for the first time, but their romance turns sour over the Christmas period when he starts trying to rush things.
As we revealed recently, the final straw comes when Finn buys them tickets to see Kylie Minogue in Australia, despite warnings from his loved ones that it's a crazy idea to spend so much after just a few weeks together.
Predictably, Kasim (Ethan Kai) is pretty freaked out by Finn's grand gesture and decides it's time to end their relationship before things get any weirder.
When Finn's mum Emma (Gillian Kearney) realises what's going on, she can't resist interfering yet again and she urges Kasim to let him down gently.
Taking this on board, Kasim lies to Finn by claiming that he's reuniting with his ex-boyfriend and it's nothing personal.
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In the aftermath, Finn foolishly blames Emma for the mess – claiming that she was the one who made Kasim feel so uncomfortable. We're pretty sure that's not fair, Finn!
As Finn becomes determined not to let Kasim go, he continues to text him in the desperate hope of getting another chance. But will Kasim be interested after everything that's happened?
Joe Gill, who plays Finn, told Digital Spy this week: "He's so love-blind and overexcited because things are finally going right for him, after everything going so wrong with his brothers and his dad earlier in the year. Now things are going well, he just wants to keep it that way.
"Subconsciously, he'll try anything to make that happen. Finn thinks they need to move forward with a really quick pace, almost to solidify the fact that he is with Kasim and make him completely out of bounds to anyone else. It's quite obsessive without him even realising, but it's completely innocent."
Emmerdale airs these scenes on Monday, January 2 and Tuesday, January 3 at 7pm on ITV.
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