Rachel's pregnant!

Rachel's pregnant!
Rachel's pregnant!

Well, Jai wanted to be a daddy and now he can be - because Rachel's pregnant. Yes, remember when the scrubber was supposed to be scrubbing the factory floors and Jai gave her the night off so she could get drunk with him? And then they got down and dirty on the unscrubbed factory floor (Nikhil would have had a fit!)? Well, now Rachel's carrying Jai's baby. She's done the test and given it to Ali to read for her (yes, Ali's reading is coming along nicely) and it confirms her worst fears. Now she just has to decide what to be most worried about: being pregnant, telling Jai she's pregnant, or Charity finding out she's pregnant with Jai's child. It's a no-brainer really. Cameron thinks marrying Debbie is a no-brainer but she is very surprised when he proposes. She needs time to think, but Cameron doesn't want a delay and proposes again, in The Woolpack - right in front of Chas. Ouch! Debbie, though, has made up her mind and her answer is yes! Marlon has made up his mind, too: he wants to stay in Emmerdale with Laurel and he has stayed with her - overnight! Best not go home and tell Ashley where he's been...

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.