Episode 8769 (27th March 2020)

==Plot==
Kerry tells the crowd gathering outside her house that Dan will need operating on his spine. She asks Wendy about the pills she gave him yesterday morning and if they could have caused the allergic reaction but she assures her it was just pain killers. Brenda watches from a distance and hurries back inside the cafe. Harriet, Dawn, Will and Lucas head out but Dawn struggles to get Lucas to put his coat on. Will helps out but Dawn questions why Lucas won't do the same for her. DI Malone sits watching in his car. Dan asks his doctor if he'll be able to walk again after the operation but she tells him it isn't an instant fix. Things continue to be tense between Belle and Ellis. He asks if she wants him to move out but she assures him she wants him there and shocks him by telling him she loves him. He tells her he loves her too but Belle looks conflicted. At the cafe, Brenda gets defensive when Harriet questions why she's gone back to her old menu. Dawn struggles to get Lucas to do what she asks and he walks away from her looking at his teddy bear listening to his foster mum's voice. Will manages to get him distracted and away from the bear but Dawn is upset that he behaves for everyone but her. Will rushes off when Malone enters. Kim assures Jamie that she won't tell Andrea about him and Belle. Kim's car is stopped on Hotten Road by Moira's tractor blocking the way. Kim tells her to get it out of the way but Moira insists she can't, forcing Kim to drive the long way around. Ellis walks by and suggests Moira could give Cain a call to help her sort it. Dan tells Kerry, Mandy and Amelia about his operation. Amelia starts crying but Kerry and Mandy try to reassure her it's nothing to worry about. Malone confronts Will in his kitchen. Will tells him to stay away from his family but Malone claims it's too late, revealing he's already roped Billy into helping him. He tells Will he wants him, Billy and Cain to drop off a van for him in Hull tomorrow night. In the pub, Rhona worries about Pierce's sentencing, scared he'll change his plea to not guilty so she'll have to appear on trial again but Marlon assures her this will be the end of it. Moira asks Cain to help her tow the tractor but he tells her she'll have to pay for it which she begrudgingly agrees to. Eric asks Brenda for one of her wraps but she tells him she doesn't sell them anymore. Wendy and Liam asks if there were any almonds in the wrap Dan got from her. She panics and asks them to leave. Noticing something is wrong, Eric encourages Brenda to tell him what's going on. Brenda tells Eric that the wrap didn't contain any nuts according to her incidents but it was only later that she realised the store-bought dressing contained almond milk. Eric sternly tells her she should have checked and that all ingredients need to be listed to protect people's lives. He urges her to find Dan and apologise. The doctor tells Dan the operation went well but he'll need concentrated regime and physiotherapy. When he asks when he'll be back on his feet again she says it'll be a few months. Will tells Cain and Billy about the new job for Malone but Cain refuses to get involved. Kim warns Belle to not go near Jamie again. Moira tells Rhona about her financial troubles at the farm since Nate and Pete left. Rhona is relieved to get a phone call disclosing that Pierce has gotten a life sentence. Brenda visits Dan at the hospital and admits she was responsible for his reaction and apologises. Billy asks Cain why they can't tell Will about the blood-covered car but Cain tells him to keep his mouth shut. Will lies to Malone that he's managed to get Billy and Cain on board. Dan asks Brenda when she realised there were almonds in the wrap and she tells him it was after the accident. Dan angrily tells her she might be responsible for him never being able to walk again. He tells her to get out and she runs out crying. 
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Mandy Dingle - Lisa Riley
*Kerry Wyatt - Laura Norton
*Wendy Posner - Susan Cookson
*Liam Cavanagh - Jonny McPherson
*Amelia Spencer - Daisy Campbell
*Brenda Walker - Lesley Dunlop
*Harriet Finch - Katherine Dow Blyton
*Will Taylor - Dean Andrews
*Dawn Taylor - Olivia Bromley
*Lucas Taylor - Dexter Ansell (uncredited)
*Dan Spencer - Liam Fox
*Ellis Chapman - Aaron Anthony
*Belle Dingle - Eden Taylor-Draper
*Kim Tate - Claire King
*Jamie Tate - Alexander Lincoln
*Moira Dingle - Natalie J Robb
*Marlon Dingle - Mark Charnock
*Rhona Goskirk - Zoe Henry
*Cain Dingle - Jeff Hordley
*Eric Pollard - Christopher Chittell
*Billy Fletcher - Jay Kontzle
===Guest cast===
*DI Malone - Mark Womack
*Dr Connolly - Lisa Ronaghan
==Locations==
*Main Street
*Café Main Street - Outdoor seating area and interior
*Woodbine Cottage - Front garden, kitchen and living room
*Hotten General Hospital - Ward, waiting area and corridor
*Wishing Well Cottage - Living room/kitchen
*Smithy Cottage - Driveway
*Hotten Road
*The Woolpack - Public bar
*David's Shop - Shop floor
*Barton and Dingle Automotives - Forecourt
*Robblesfield Way
==Notes==
*Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 6,771,877 viewers (16th place).
Category:Emmerdale episodes
Category:2020 episodes