An episode full of “emotional detective” has left Emmerdale viewers stunned: Ruby Fox-Milligan discovers a woman being trafficked right in her village.

It all started when Ruby became suspicious of nighttime deliveries at an abandoned warehouse north of the village.

During an inspection, she heard strange noises — sobbing, a small, mosquito-like plea.

She opened the rusty old door, and then the scene left her stunned: a thin, young woman, lightly tied up, trembling and whispering in a strange voice: “Please don’t tell anyone… they’ll kill me.”

Ruby filmed the clip, hid the camera in her pocket, and then left the warehouse trembling. But from that moment on, she was no longer a normal person. She was haunted, unable to sleep, hearing the victim’s voice echoing in her head. She told her husband – but was stopped: “I’m imagining it.”

Not willing to give up, Ruby begins an undercover investigation. She follows trucks, pretending to place orders to find information. She discovers a name: Celia – and realizes the link between human trafficking and drugs.

This episode is climaxed by the fact that Ruby is no longer the “good woman”, but turns into a reluctant investigator. She risks her life for others, knowing that she can be eliminated at any time. One scene in particular makes viewers gasp: Ruby driving in the middle of the night, receives an anonymous text message: “We know what you saw. Stop.”

The audience exclaimed in unison: “No one is safe in Emmerdale anymore.”
From here, Ruby officially enters the “criminal underground” – and maybe, she will be the one to pull down the dark curtain covering the village.