So we’ve all heard the rumours that the entire White family are on the verge of departing Emmerdale and it certainly looks like Robert’s scheme to steal Home Farm from them has worked.
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Dales fans have seen Rob at his absolute scheming best – blackmailing, begging and even using sex to get what he wants. There was Twitter outrage when he recently manipulated a confused Lawrence into thinking they’d slept together.
Emmerdale’s big boss, Iain McLeod spoke to Metro.co.uk about Robert’s current situation and how it will spell the end for Lawrence, Chrissie and Lachlan’s time at Home Farm.
He said: “The exit storyline emerges from what Robert is doing now on screen – it will be big, dramatic and hopefully quite surprising and out of the blue.
“It’s part of an ultimate redemption story for Robert where he feels like he has hit rock bottom in terms of the dastardly things he has done over the years. He is determined to start to live and deal with things a bit differently.”
Hmm….that’s an interesting twist considering all the rotten tricks he’s pulled to try to get the farm into his power.
We’re also wondering/hoping if Robert’s apparent redemption could also mean a reunion for him and (let’s face it, his soulmate) Aaron, Dingle.
Iain has also promised frustrated Robron fans *waves* a special Christmas reunion (YAY!) and a second, official, wedding next summer (DOUBLE YAY).
He’s teased that the Christmas ep is weird, saying: “There is a big, big episode that goes up on Christmas Day that is pretty much a single strander.
“It is probably the weirdest episode that we’ve ever done – and that’s saying something. It’s really out there and it’s the episode I have been most nervous about since I started.
“That’s because of how crackers it is – it’s really entertaining and dramatic and it has a surprise cameo in it. It’s stylistically a bit weird and romantic – it’s great.
“I always view Robert and Aaron as being on opposite ends of a very long piece of elastic and it’s stretched pretty tight and they’re as far away from each other as I am comfortable with them getting.
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“The events of Christmas and New Year will kind of boing them back together again, to coin a phrase. The wedding is definitely still on the cards – be careful about when you book your summer holidays next year. Basically, I am saying it’s in summer!’”
We don’t care if it’s on the Moon, in August, we will be there! #Robron4ever