John and Aidan on Emmerdale on May 21, 2025 / ITV
Next week on Emmerdale, John is panicked when Aidan wakes from his coma and Belle starts digging into Nate’s disappearance.
Meanwhile, Moira admits defeat with the farm, Sarah gets some shock health news and Ross learns about Lewis’s surprising sideline.
Read on for pictures and spoilers from next week’s new episodes!
Monday, May 19
Episode: 10296
Writer: Linton Chiswick
Director: Becky Wild
As Harry lies in the hospital on a drip, Victoria is grateful for John’s support.


Meanwhile, as Moira awaits the bill for the slurry clean-up, Mack blames himself for the potential death of a child as he breaks down in a guilty John’s arms.

Ross initially ignores Lewis’s attempts to get in touch again but soon bumps into him in the café. Lewis starts to question him about the family history and asks to meet Moira.


Also on Monday: Sarah keeps her fertility appointment a secret, while Nicola rages about the village’s broken water supply.
This episode of Emmerdale streams from 7am on ITVX and airs at 7.30pm on ITV1.
Tuesday, May 20
Episode: 10297
Writer: Julie Parsons
Director: Becky Wild
At the hospital, John bumps into Cathleen, who assumes that he’s been notified about Aidan and asks him to accompany her to see him. Meanwhile, at the mention of John, Aidan’s eyes spring open…

Still secretly using Nate’s credit card, Tracy’s surprised when it’s unexpectedly declined but Belle helps her out.

Also on Tuesday: Moira meets with Lewis, Sarah goes to her fertility appointment and Nicola arranges an emergency water supply for the village.
This episode of Emmerdale streams from 7am on ITVX and airs at 7.30pm on ITV1.
Wednesday, May 21
Episode: 10298
Writer: Karin Young
Director: Becky Wild
Hearing that Aidan has woken up from his coma, John heads to his bedside to try and figure out whether he is a threat.

With Aidan thankfully still non-verbal, John’s hopeful… unaware that Belle could inadvertently send everything crashing down as she prepares to head to Scotland to find Nate.

Ross’s ears prick up when his new-found sibling Lewis reveals that he’s growing weed. Meanwhile, Moira tells Cain that the farm’s financial difficulties are now terminal and she’s ready to jack it all in.

Also on Wednesday: Sarah gets some concerning news at her latest fertility appointment.
This episode of Emmerdale streams from 7am on ITVX and airs at 7.30pm on ITV1.
Thursday, May 22
Episodes: 10299 and 10300
Writer: Lesley Clare O’Neill
Director: Sarah Kendell
After Ross acquires a few cannabis plants from Lewis, a suspicious Mack is surprised to come across Ross at the farm with the plants. Ross swears him to secrecy as Mack sees a way out of the farm’s financial woes.


Sarah tries to talk to Cain and Charity but both are busy so she goes to her hospital appointment alone, where she’s forced to face a potential cancer diagnosis.

Also on Thursday: Belle tells Sam that Nate never arrived at his job in the Shetlands, a mortified Mack backs out of being Aaron’s best man and John pushes a flashback of Nate’s dead body out of his mind.
This hour-long episode of Emmerdale streams from 7am on ITVX and airs at 7.30pm on ITV1.
Friday, May 23
Episode: 10301
Writer: Andrew Kirk
Director: Sarah Kendell
John’s shocked to realise that Belle knows Nate didn’t arrive in the Shetlands and does his best to convince her that Nate doesn’t want to be found. She agrees not to involve the police, leaving John relieved – but he’s soon panicked again when he overhears Moira telling Cain that the water company has to dredge the lake.

Mack comes up with an alternative scheme after he realises that they don’t have enough cannabis plants.

Sarah is left feeling sad and isolated as she awaits the results of her biopsy.

This episode of Emmerdale streams from 7am on ITVX and airs at 7.30pm on ITV1