Emmerdale legend in danger as Joe Tate sets out to destroy her

Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) is a man on a mission in Emmerdale.

Ever since he broke Kim Tate’s (Claire King) trust, Joe has been determined to rebuild their relationship. When Kim mentioned her grand plan to him a couple of days later, he was more than happy to be appointed assistant.

Said plan is to buy all of the land that surrounds Home Farm, so the Tates can become more powerful and richer than ever before. It’s quite the task, but both Joe and Kim are determined to make it work.

With Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) currently refusing to budge with Annie’s farmland, Joe turned his attention back to Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) in tonight’s episode. Yesterday, he got word that she had another fine to pay post-slurry spill, and knew that was the exact moment to strike.

Because Joe offered to buy Butlers Farm at a time Moira felt vulnerable, it seemed tempting to her. She could see the benefits of running the farm as a tenant, without the business stress alongside it.

Moira had a conversation with Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) about this, and he said he will support her, whatever she decides to do.

Very close to signing the contract offer, Moira then made a huge discovery.

Outside the new stables, Joe was having a conversation with Noel, the man who told Moira yesterday that her appeal to the water company had been declined.

Listening in on the conversation, Moira was disgusted to learn that Joe had paid Noel to deliberately give her bad news about the appeal.

At Home Farm a while later, Moira arrived and confirmed to Joe that she absolutely won’t be giving him Butlers Farm.

Joe was incredibly frustrated that evening. Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) assumed that without Moira and Robert’s land, the plan couldn’t go ahead.