In a dark room, Mackenzie Boyd struggles between despair.

Exhausted and panicked, he finds the syringe left by John and desperately injects himself.

As his coma sets in, Mack sees the figure of Charity Dingle – a hallucination of hope and death.

He calls her name in tears, while his life hangs by a thin thread.

Outside, Charity receives bad news from Chas and almost collapses. But before the pain can overwhelm her, she embarks on a journey to find Mackenzie, determined not to let the tragedy repeat itself. Cain – burdened with guilt for unwittingly assisting – also joins the hunt to make amends. Aaron, despite just emerging from a coma, still demands to join, determined to expose his monster husband.

The whole Emmerdale village enters a breathless race: who will find John first? Will Mack survive to return? And when the truth is revealed, can the betrayed trust be saved? All the answers will be revealed in the upcoming episodes – where Emmerdale has no room for lies, and every minute is a fight for survival.