Joe risks Kim’s wrath with ruthless move that could backfire in Emmerdale | Soaps

All the power he held in his hands at the beginning of 2026 is now starting to go to Joe Tate’s (Ned Porteous) head in Emmerdale.

In January, Joe spotted Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) trying to cover up John Sugden’s (Oliver Farnworth) murder.

He recorded this moment on his phone, and then used it to blackmail her and Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley). Joe told the siblings that if they didn’t give him the Sugden farmland, he’d tell the police about how John really died.

Around the same time as this, Joe managed to find ID cards in Celia Daniels’ (Jaye Griffiths) farmhouse that proved she had been hiring illegal immigrants. Determined to help Kim Tate (Claire King) succeed in her plan to buy the land that surrounds Home Farm, Joe realised he had another opportunity on his hands.

He got Robert to plant the ID cards in Moira Dingle’s (Natalie J Robb) house, and now the beloved character is in prison. Joe is hoping to take advantage of this situation as well, and make Moira sell Butler’s to the Tates.

Annoyingly for Joe, he faced a hurdle in tonight’s episode, and it came in the form of Kim. Neither of them have particularly big hearts, but Kim proved she has a stronger moral compass than Joe and issued a warning to him about Moira.

Kim told Joe to hold off trying to get Butler’s from Moira until the aftermath of Celia’s reign over the village has been dealt with.

Perhaps it’s because Kim was Celia’s landlord, but the scene also hinted at Kim feeling awful about Moira’s situation, and didn’t want to make things worse. She told Joe to take a step back, but remained adamant they’d still get the farm in the end.

Joe looked as though he was going to fall in line and do as Kim asked, but he later told Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) that he has no intention of leaving Moira alone.

A mistake if you ask me, considering Joe seems to invested in rebuilding the relationship he has with Kim and making her trust him again.

Will Joe live to regret his next move?

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Or will Graham step in and stop him?

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