The Emmerdale village is familiar with scandals, divorces, betrayals… but this week, everything becomes small before the horrifying mystery related to Bear Wolf – Paddy Dingle’s father.

Bear’s “disappearance without a trace” for many months has made the whole village question, but the recent spoiler has revealed a dark truth that is so suffocating that the audience: Bear was brought into a network of modern slavery right in the village he once trusted.

Initially, Bear left Emmerdale after an argument with Paddy.

He said he wanted to go to Ireland to “calm down, live away from all the troubles”.

But weeks passed without a text, no call, no sign that Bear was still safe. Paddy gradually became insecure, but still reassured himself that his father just “wanted peace”. However, the audience did not have that peace.

Spoiler: Bear never left England, not even the Dales. He was tricked by Ray Walters and Celia Daniels – the two heads of a fake farm – with the promise of “steady work and free accommodation”. But when Bear arrived there, the promise turned into hell. He was stripped of his possessions, locked in a dark shack, forced to do hard labor day and night without care.

The film will have many flashbacks depicting his terrible life: being shouted at, threatened, suffering from untreated injuries, sleeping in cold storage, even being forbidden to communicate with the outside world. The once strong wrestler is now suffocated like a prisoner.

The most shocking point? Paddy once went very close to where Bear was imprisoned but did not realize. In a future episode, viewers will see Paddy standing just a few feet away from his father, calling out his name in vain — while Ray forces Bear to keep absolutely silent to avoid being beaten.