If Bear is the one locked in the dark, Mary Goskirk is the one who starts to turn on the light.

The audience is already familiar with the image of Mary in Emmerdale as “salty aunt”, often bringing everyday, somewhat humorous segments, sometimes a place for other characters to confide.

But the new spoiler reveals that Mary will step out of that safe zone, becoming one of the first people to really suspect: something very dark is covering the village, and the focus is Celia and her shady relationships.

The beginning of suspicion comes from seemingly small things.

Rhona – who tends to take risks for the people she loves – suddenly gets involved in a “big game”, related to money, contracts or patients that Celia can control. Mary, with her motherly instincts, quickly noticed the uneasiness in her daughter’s eyes, the times Rhona avoided mentioning her new job or new partner. At the same time, Mary noticed that Celia appeared at sensitive times, saying things that sounded reasonable but when you think about it, they don’t fit any logic.

Not stopping there, Emmerdale began to stir about Bear’s disappearance, some unusual amounts of money, “too good to be true” contracts, and even some mysterious names like Ray who were always around Celia but left no trace online. Mary was not good at technology, but she was good at what many young people lack: patient observation, memory, and connecting facts. Every little lie, every time Celia changed the subject when questioned deeply, every distorted detail in Rhona’s story, Mary kept in her mind like pieces of a big picture.