Kerry collapses and is near death!

Kerry collapses and is near death!
Kerry collapses and is near death!

What's this? Is Kerry sleeping on the streets? No, she's collapsed again. She couldn't find her insulin pen for her diabetes - but Debbie could! The pen was in Sarah's bag and Debbie's raging. What if Sarah had used it?? While Debbie's giving Andy a tongue-lashing for letting Kerry anywhere near their poorly daughter, Kerry's getting a verbal bashing from Val. She turns to Andy for comfort, but he turns her out; he won't risk Sarah's health for anyone. Homeless, Kerry turns to the friend that's always available: alcohol. But alcohol and diabetes aren't friends and Kerry collapses. She's found by Sam, who calls an ambulance, while guilty-feeling Val tries to help. But Kerry could be beyond help this time... Some would say Nikhil's beyond help, what with his food fads, his fitness fads and his general fussiness. Now he's got a fake baby - Henry - to obsess over and is desperate for Gennie to obsess with him. Instead, she talks him into having quality time with her while Victoria babysits. What can go wrong? Victoria leaves Henry in the pub and Charity sends Nikhil a picture. It's funny, right? But Nikhil's not amused. Jai wasn't amused when Rachel returned to Emmerdale, but now he's got another plan: he's going to buy her a house in Emmerdale - Tenant's Cottage, where Faye lived. *Second episode* Kerry's very ill - there's no bouncing back and shuffling around in her dressing-gown outside the hospital so she can have a fag. Deep, deep inside her, Val feels pain in her hard heart. She's convinced this is all her fault and she tells Pollard she will make things right with Kerry when she's better. Pollard tells Val he's ready to make things right with her now and they kiss. They're back together! But at the hospital the doctor tells Val and Pollard Kerry might not get better. She might die. That means they need to get Amy home - now! Gennie tells Nikhil that she doesn't want fake baby Henry at home; she'd rather focus on the real baby that they're having. They have a heart to heart and admit that they're terrified of becoming parents, but they also agree to help each other with whatever lies ahead. Awwww, shucks. And there's Jai, not even able to acknowledge the mother of his child in public. David tells Priya he can't do anything about his feelings for her because he has to put Jacob first. What? Princess Priya is used to being put first by everyone and David's rejection is not easy for her to handle.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.