Kim Tate – the symbol of Emmerdale’s power – has perhaps never been more vulnerable.

After years of building Home Farm with cunning and cold-bloodedness, she is about to lose everything… not to enemies, but to those closest to her.

In recent episodes, Kim has increasingly suspected Lydia and Sam – two people she once considered her “right-hand women” – of secretly betraying her.

It all begins when Kim discovers some accounting records have been tampered with, and Home Farm funds have vanished without a trace.

Lydia pretends ignorance, Sam avoids the issue, and at the Christmas party, everything explodes.

One scene sent chills down fans’ spines: Kim stands in the Home Farm hall, staring directly at Lydia and saying, “I gave you everything… and you stabbed me in the back?” That steely statement freezes the atmosphere. Lydia bursts into tears, but her justification, “I only wanted to save Sam,” only enrages Kim further. In a fit of impulsiveness, Kim signed the document stripping them of their management rights – but shortly afterward, she fainted. Rumors circulated that Kim had ingested poison, allegedly mixed into the celebratory drinks by one of them.

Outside, Moira and Cain heard the crash and rushed in, but it was too late. Kim Tate lay unconscious, and Home Farm was sealed off for investigation. Fans were frantically speculating whether Lydia had been arrested, or if this was just a ploy by Kim to trap them. Whatever the case, the “Queen of Emmerdale” had been pushed to the limit, and Home Farm – a symbol of wealth – was about to become a battleground of betrayal and guilt.