The atmosphere of Emmerdale suddenly became gloomy when the news of John Sugden’s death officially spread throughout the Dales village.

The first person to collapse in that shock was Cain Dingle – a friend, a rival and also the one who had an unpaid debt with John.

From the first minutes of the episode, the scene of Cain returning to the village in the middle of a rainy night made the audience suffocate.

He stood in front of The Woolpack door, holding a crumpled death notice, his face covered with rainwater and tears.

“No, John can’t die like this,” Cain muttered. “Someone did it.”

Cain’s anger quickly turned into action. He went to Moira, Victoria, and Robert – people who were close to John – to question him. The more he asked, the more unusual details he discovered: John had been threatened a few weeks ago, and someone had wiped the data from his phone shortly after his death.

The most dramatic scene in the episode was when Cain grabbed Robert by the collar and screamed in the rain:

“You know what happened, right?!”
Robert was silent, his eyes filled with tears.

Viewers were quick to speculate: was John’s death not an accident, but a staged murder?

And if Cain really did embark on a journey of revenge, it would be more than just a hunt for a killer – it would be bloodshed within the Sugden–Dingle family itself.