Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) made a monumental return to Emmerdale during the Corriedale episode when he showed up as creepy hooded figure with an unknown woman tied up in the back of his van.
Monumental, because the man died six years ago at the hands of Pierce Harris – he was hit with a car, fell off a cliff, then received a blow to the head. All pretty unsurvivable events, one might think. But our Graham has resilience of a Nokia phone in a tumble dryer.
As we always say, no one’s dead in soapland if you haven’t fully clapped eyes on the body for more than 3 seconds, or unless you’ve actually watched their body go into the cremator and come out as dust.
Fan theories are rife with the idea that Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry) knows Graham is alive. Some suggest she even helped him escape all those years ago. In recent movements, having made some mysterious phone calls, everything is beginning to point to her being aware of Graham’s resurrection.
During one call she outrightly asked, ‘have you done it?’. Another call saw her warn her mystery caller that April had decided to go to the police. Was this Graham at the other end?
Emmerdale is set to air some pretty snazzy flashback episodes, which will clue us in on what happened to dear, departed Ray Walters (Joe Absolom) (we’ve seen his body, definitely dead. We think), and as it appears that Graham seems to feature, could he have a hand in Ray’s demise?
As the episode flashes back over the lead up to Ray’s death, there is a key moment for Rhona.
Ray Walters (Joe Absolom) spends his last moments looking at his mum’s dead body, before leaving the farm with a red bag and later coldly telling Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) that his dad is dead.
That’s the last we see of Ray, before we spot Rhona at home alone.
As she goes about her business, a shadowy figure appears behind her. In terms of timeline, this moment happens ahead of Graham making his appearance at the huge Corriedale crash.
Is Graham back for Rhona, and does she know it? And is he Ray’s killer?