The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.

On Monday, Emmerdale’s Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) got a call and discovered husband Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) had been arrested in Dover.

The character has been away for a few weeks trying to track John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth) down. After Caleb Miligan (William Ash) helped him leave the country, John planned to go from Rotterdam to France.

Adamant the man needed to face some sort of consequence for killing Nate, Cain believed that he could find John, and refused to listen to anyone who told him not to go.

In the latest episode, the dynamic at Butlers was tense. Moira immediately set about trying to get some answers from Cain about where he’s been and whether he found John, but that was like trying to get blood from a stone.

Cain eventually confirmed that his search for John was completely pointless. He said that once he had accepted that he wasn’t going to find his son’s killer, he found a pub and started drowning his sorrows.

Cain then got onto the ferry to come home, but ended up shouting the odds while drunk and got arrested.

Moira tried her best to help Cain, telling him that she also knows what it’s like to lose a child. She reminded him of his responsibilities in the village and how his other sons have been waiting for him to come home, but Cain seemed too consume with grief and the fact John has got away with his crimes to really care.

After snapping at Moira, Cain headed out and started drinking again.

While this was happening, Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper) and Sam Dingle (James Hooton) were at Zak Dingle’s (Steve Halliwell) grave. They were reflecting on his life, but couldn’t help worry about Cain, who hadn’t turned up.

This was because he was in the garage with Liam Cavanagh (Jonny McPherson), who was next on the list of people to try and get through to the grieving father. Liam tried to connect with Cain over losing his own child to a murderer, but Cain said his circumstance was different because Meena actually went to prison and John hasn’t.

It seemed no one could get Cain out of the pit he had fallen into – and things got even worse when he returned to Butlers.

Kyle (Huey Quinn) rushed into the kitchen and proudly presented his new football trophy to his dad. Cain pretended to be enthused, and Kyle immediately sensed that he wasn’t really fussed.

As a result of the young lad questioning Cain, he snapped, causing the trophy to fall to the floor and break.

Kyle was devastated. Cain grabbed his coat and outside, he sighed.

Clearly Cain knows that his behaviour needs to change, but what will it take for his loved ones to start seeing a difference?

With Cain’s search for John proving fruitless, the character is still on the run – and it’s very possible he’s going to end up on a familiar street.

A few weeks ago, we confirmed that a Wanted picture of John was spotted in an episode of Coronation Street, suggesting he could be part of the crossover episode, which is called Corriedale.

Iain MacLeod, ITV’s Executive Producer for Continuing Drama, teased the game-changing instalment – which will air in 2026 – and said: ‘It’s beyond exciting that filming is under way on Corriedale. There is a massive buzz around both the Leeds and Manchester sites and the images coming out of the shoot are utterly spectacular.

‘And that’s before we’ve even got to all the brilliant transpennine interactions between characters from the different shows!

He added: ‘As a soap fan myself, I think my head is going to explode when the episode airs next year. It will be mind-blowing, historical and unmissable.’

The episode will also mark the start of a new soap power hour schedule, with Emmerdale airing at 8pm and then Corrie following afterwards at 8:30pm.