After being rescued, it seemed that April would return to normal.

But no, she fell into the darkness of psychological trauma, making the audience exclaim: “This is no longer the little April of the past.”

April started skipping school, lying to her father, and secretly hanging out with bad friends.

She was drawn into the underworld of marijuana and those who exploited minors.

A shocking scene where she secretly exchanged “packages” in the school toilets – a detail that made netizens explode: “Emmerdale is going too far, but it’s too real.”

Marlon, the once optimistic and kind father, is now completely devastated. He constantly asks himself: “Have I failed?”. When he discovered his daughter carrying marijuana in her backpack, he screamed: “April, your mother died so you could live a better life!” This scene made viewers cry.

The climax comes when April runs away from home again. This time, no one kidnapped her – she chose to leave, to escape the guilt and torment. Marlon searches in vain, following every small trace, as he did when she first disappeared. But instead of finding his daughter, he receives only a scrawled note: “Don’t look for me. I don’t want to hurt anyone anymore.”

The episode ends with Marlon sitting alone on a chair, the house empty, the phone ringing unanswered. Outside, the Emmerdale rain continues to fall — and viewers understand that a new cycle of tragedy is beginning.

Many fans believe that this is the darkest and most emotional series of Emmerdale episodes in years. No longer a light-hearted “soap opera”, Emmerdale now feels like a warning about the consequences of psychological trauma and the unfinished past.

And perhaps, only when April truly confronts her mother’s past – and Marlon learns to let go so his son can stand up for himself – can they escape the “Windsor curse” that has enveloped this entire village.