Next week, Emmerdale continues to make the audience breathless when John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth) – the killer whose true identity is revealed – is still at large.

Instead of fleeing, he chose to hide at Keepers’ Cottage, preparing to launch a new deadly attack.

The target is none other than Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley), his half-brother and also his biggest rival.

With a syringe in hand, John patiently waits for the opportunity to take down Robert.

The scene is so tense that every breath of the character makes the audience feel drawn in. Just one mistake, John will strike and turn Robert into the next victim.

However, an unexpected situation occurs when John eavesdrops on the conversation between Robert and Victoria Sugden (Isobel Hodgins). During the conversation, Victoria asked: has John ever really cared about his family? The words were like a knife twisting into his heart, making John hesitate for a moment.

Instead of taking action, he suddenly retreated. But that was not a sign of remorse, but just a tactical retreat. John had not given up on killing, he was just changing his game. And when a cold-blooded killer has the patience to calculate, there will surely be more storms to come.

The whole village of Emmerdale was in fear: if Robert was the target, who would be next on John’s death list?