Jai Sharma catches Arthur Thomas in compromising position in Emmerdale
EMMERDALE’S Jai Sharma crashes his stepson Arthur Thomas’ date.
Arthur returned to Emmerdale and helped diffuse the tensions between his mum Laurel Thomas and stepdad Jai Sharma’s divorce proceedings.
Next week on the ITV soap, Arthur will focus on his own love life and Jai crashes his first date.
Upcoming scenes will see Charles encourage Jai to do whatever it takes to maintain a relationship with Arthur.
But Jai’s defeated when Arthur continues to ignore him.
The next day, Arthur welcomes his date, Lewis, into Mulberry.
There’s a nervous energy as they open a beer, unsure what to do next.
A while later, Jai spots Arthur and Lewis stealthily disposing of their empty beer cans.
When Lewis awkwardly leaves, Arthur worries that Jai might tell Laurel about his date.
Meanwhile, Ryan’s gutted to hear that Gail’s keen to find a new place but wants to live alone.
Will he be able to convince her to move in with him?
Dawn confronts Billy about the money she found.
Brushing it off as savings for a surprise, Billy is forgiven.
But when Dawn goes back upstairs, shifty Billy calls someone to ask for more work.
And Jimmy and Lydia bicker about the accusations against Tom.
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
Best soap affair love triangles
LOVE triangles are a fundamental part of soap-land, but which ones have become the most iconic?
EASTENDERS
Bradley/Stacey/Max: Stacey Slater began an affair with boyfriend Bradley Branning’s dad Max in 2007.
Despite their romps, Stacey still married Bradley, but their deceit came out in an iconic Christmas Day episode that year.
Grant/Sharon/Phil: Heading even further back in Walford history, EastEnders fans were gripped in the 90s as Sharon Watts had a one-night stand with her brother-in-law Phil Mitchell.
Sharon confided in best friend Michelle Fowler – not realising it was caught on tape – and her husband Grant eventually found out and played it in front of everyone at the Queen Vic.
Syed/Amira/Christian: Syed Masood was engaged to Amira before realising he had feelings for another man, Christian, which he confessed to him on his wedding day.
A devout Muslim, Syed refused to admit his true sexuality and went ahead and married Amira anyway, but when they returned, the two men started an affair before being caught in the act by Amira.
CORONATION STREET
Shelley/Peter/Lucy: Peter Barlow took the concept of a love triangle and ran with it in Coronation Street – extending it to bigamy.
He was in a relationship with Shelley Unwin but started dating Lucy Richards, and quickly married her after she fell pregnant with his son, Simon.
But it didn’t stop him also marrying Shelley, but he was eventually caught when Lucy turned up in Weatherfield and the two women confronted him.
Ken/Deidre/Mike: Back in 1982, Deirdre Barlow started sleeping with her husband’s nemesis Mike Baldwin in secret, before confessing all a year later.
When Mike turned up at the marital home, Deirdre was being throttled by her husband who then kicked her out, but years later they reconciled.
Maria/Aidan/Eva: In 2017, Aidan Connor started sleeping with girlfriend Eva Price’s best friend, Maria Connor.
Eva eventually found out and she decided to take revenge by faking a pregnancy, spending his money and planned to confront him on their wedding day.
But she had a change of heart when a remorseful Aidan confessed, and decided to marry him anyway, only for Maria to arrive and expose her fake pregnancy.
EMMERDALE
Ross/Debbie/Pete: Debbie Dingle found herself torn between two brothers, Ross and Pete Barton in 2015 in Emmerdale.
She eventually decided to marry Pete but yet again, a soap wedding day was ruined when the groom learned of his bride’s betrayal via a recording played at the wedding.
Chrissie/Robert/Aaron: Robert Sugden was married to Chrissie White and all seemed well – until he began a steamy affair with Aaron Dingle.
Robert’s ex Katie Sugden almost exposed the affair – but fell to her death before she had the chance.
However, a guilty Aaron eventually cracked and told Chrissie about the affair – after which she announced it to the whole pub.