While much of Emmerdale’s drama revolves around Home Farm and the Celia-Ray feud, the Robron arc quietly escalates into a thriller.

Aaron and Robert have just gotten closer, trying to rebuild their lives after a long series of events, when a series of bizarre incidents begin to happen around them.

At first, it’s just a smashed car window, some strange noises in the yard, a few shadows on security cameras.

Aaron, used to trouble, sees it as a bad sign, while Robert initially tries to reassure them that they’ve escaped the past.

But as the vandalism gets more serious, it becomes more than just a temporary anger. Trees in the garden are set on fire, people are lurking near the house, threats are hidden in small situations. Aaron immediately thinks of Ross, who is still at odds with them over the Seb incident. The fact that they both want to bring Seb back to the village makes Ross the prime suspect in Aaron’s eyes. However, Emmerdale is not that simple, and the more clues appear, the more it becomes clear to the audience that Ross is just a cover.

News reports and spoilers often mention two other names: Kev and John. Kev is Robert’s husband in prison, and John has a history of violence and sick obsessions. Both have reasons to want the couple to be uneasy. The times Aaron and Robert appear next to Kev and John in posters and teasers are seen by fans as clear hints that their prison past and old threats are coming back. Whoever is behind the disturbances seems to know Robron very well: knows their weaknesses, knows their history, knows how to make them return to a state of constant fear.