While everyone is busy arguing about Charity and Kev, Bear Wolf – Paddy Kirk’s rough but warm father – disappears without a trace, making the atmosphere of Emmerdale thick with anxiety.

Paddy receives a parcel from Ireland with Bear’s name on it, inside is only a note that simply says: “Don’t look for me.”

The scene of Paddy opening the parcel in the middle of the night, the light is dim, his face is stiff – makes viewers shiver.

Bear, a strong former wrestler, has never left the village for too long, and now disappears without reason.

When Paddy goes to the police, things get even more confusing. They say there is no exit record with Bear Wolf’s name on it. Meanwhile, Chas Dingle claims she heard Bear calling someone, mentioning “a man called Kev”. The statement immediately raised suspicions among the villagers: could Kev have something to do with Bear’s disappearance?

Some fans even theorized that Bear had discovered something sinister in the deal Kev was hiding – and was “forced” to keep quiet. Bear’s disappearance not only devastated Paddy, but also rekindled an old obsession: he had lost his mother in similar circumstances, and now feared history was repeating itself.

The final scene of this week’s episode, revealed by Digital Spy, shows Paddy standing in front of the lake where Bear used to fish, looking down at the moonlit water. A boat floats by, with Bear’s hat inside. No dialogue, no background music – just the sound of the wind whistling through the ravine.

Emmerdale is building a swirl of emotions and suspicions: if Bear really has been harmed, who is behind it? Kev – the manipulator? Or another hand in the dark?
Whatever the answer, viewers know one thing: Emmerdale is about to explode.