James tries to escape a deranged Emma in Emmerdale!

Emma Barton, Emmerdale
(Image credit: Andrew Boyce)

The farmer fears for his life as his wife-to-be Emma keeps him captive. The story is part of Emmerdale's epic week which leads to the death of a villager

Ever since discovering James's recent kiss with Moira, a raging Emma has been keeping her hubby-to-be prisoner in his own home in Emmerdale.

The deranged nurse has drugged her fiance with morphine, smashed his mobile phone to smithereens and stopped him calling for an ambulance despite the fact he's nursing a broken leg and is in increasing agony.

Events escalate as a terrified James realises just how far Emma, who he's supposed to be marrying, is prepared to go as revenge for his betrayal. Will he get out of his own home alive?...

James Barton tries to escape the house while Emma Barton is out but he falls,Emma returns is it all over for James in Emmerdale.

Emma puts on her wedding dress while James is tied to a chair! (Image credit: Andrew Boyce)

Emma puts on her wedding dress while James is tied to a chair!

James Barton tries to escape the house while Emma Barton is out but he falls,Emma returns is it all over for James in Emmerdale.

What is Emma planning to do? (Image credit: Andrew Boyce)

What is Emma planning to do?

James Barton tries to escape the house while Emma Barton is out but he falls,Emma returns is it all over for James in Emmerdale.

James feels woozy after being drugged. (Image credit: Andrew Boyce)

James feels woozy after being drugged.

James Barton tries to escape the house while Emma Barton is out but he falls,Emma returns is it all over for James in Emmerdale.

He's been in excrutiating pain after breaking his leg which has been left untreated. (Image credit: Andrew Boyce)

He's been in excrutiating pain after breaking his leg which has been left untreated.

James Barton tries to escape the house while Emma Barton is out but he falls,Emma returns is it all over for James in Emmerdale.

Earlier on James has found his wedding vows and scrawled, 'I DO NOT' in big letters across the page. (Image credit: Andrew Boyce)

Earlier on James has found his wedding vows and scrawled, 'I DO NOT' in big letters across the page.

James Barton tries to escape the house while Emma Barton is out but he falls,Emma returns is it all over for James in Emmerdale.

After hearing a lorry pull up outside the farm with a chicken delivery, he's made a desperate bid to escape and call for help. (Image credit: Andrew Boyce)

After hearing a lorry pull up outside the farm with a chicken delivery, he's made a desperate bid to escape and call for help.

James Barton tries to escape the house while Emma Barton is out but he falls,Emma returns is it all over for James in Emmerdale.

But it's too late. Emma is one step ahead of him and keeps him prisoner in the house as she returns brandishing a dead chicken and a knife! (Image credit: Andrew Boyce)

But it's too late. Emma is one step ahead of him and keeps him prisoner in the house as she returns brandishing a dead chicken and a knife!

James Barton tries to escape the house while Emma Barton is out but he falls,Emma returns is it all over for James in Emmerdale.

Is the deranged nurse planning to murder her husband-to-be? If she can't have him then no one can! Watch Emmerdale's epic week, in which at least one villager dies, on ITV from Monday, October 17. (Image credit: Andrew Boyce)

Is the deranged nurse planning to murder her husband-to-be? If she can't have him then no one can! Watch Emmerdale's epic week, in which at least one villager dies, on ITV from Monday, October 17.