Overall, Emmerdale is entering a dark arc that many fans have to admit: “Is this still a 7pm soap?”.

In just a short period, the village has witnessed enough combos: Ruby selling bootleg alcohol, Laurel entangled with Ray, Celia running a slave and drug ring,

Bear being imprisoned, Dylan almost dying in an accident from a criminal gang, Moira being between life and death after daring to touch the female boss.

If the drama previously revolved mainly around family matters, adultery, bankruptcy, now Emmerdale plays a full package of organized crime.

The main pivot of all events is Celia. She appeared like a black ink mark in the middle of the village: not noisy, not ostentatious, but spreading very quickly. Bear was turned into a slave. Anya died and was hastily buried. April was drawn into drug trafficking by threatening the person she loved. Dylan lies in the hospital between life and death. Ray is both a henchman and an emotional pawn ready to be sacrificed if he dares to soften his heart for Laurel. All of them are like small threads, drawn together into a network that strangles Emmerdale.

In the midst of such a dark picture, Ruby plays a seemingly harmless bootleg game but accidentally stirs up the lake. Her business not only attracts the attention of the police, but also makes Celia uncomfortable because she sees the criminal territory “not being managed by the right people”. Laurel falls into Ray’s orbit, becoming the weak point that Celia wants to break to keep her followers in order. Moira rushes straight into the eye of the storm, creating an explosion that makes everyone startled to realize: if they do not resist, this village will no longer be a village, but will become Celia’s exclusive playground.