Emmerdale viewers were over the moon when Mandy Dingle returned to the Dales last week after leaving in 2001. The character, played by Lisa Riley, was hugely popular - so it was no surprise that Mandy had such a warm welcome back to the soap.
In true Mandy style, she had a huge bombshell to drop on the residents - that she'd had a son, Vinnie, whilst she was away, who just so happened to be 17-years-old... Of course, long-time fans of the show will remember that Mandy and Paddy had a fling before she left, 17 years ago.
So when people met Vinnie and got to know him, it seemed as though the show writers were trying to tell us that Paddy did, in fact, have a son - which would have been a timely revelation, considering that he and Chas Dingle have just tragically lost their daughter, Grace.
However, in last night's episode (8th January), it was revealed that Paddy in fact was NOT the father of Vinnie after Mandy burst into the Woolpack pub with something important to tell her ex-husband.
Swipe through to see all the Emmerdale spoilers you need to know for next week...
Emmerdale spoilers: week 3
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After reporting Joe as missing, Debbie is asked to formally identify a body, but backs out at the last minute. Cain offers to fill in, and informs Debbie the body isn't Joe,
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Wracked with guilt seeing how upset Debbie is, Cain comes clean about killing Joe.
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Horrified, Debbie rushes from the room, as Cain realises what he's done.
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Debbie heads to confront Graham, who is floored when she tells him what Cain has said
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Graham and Debbie contemplate their next moves. Later, Cian turns up at home farm and reveals to Debbie that Graham was also in on Joe's death.
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Meanwhile, Moira has been despairing about Cain's confession. As Cain tries to explain, Debbie realises Moira knew, too.
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Frustrated and scared, Cain snaps, angry that Moira has got involved.
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Cain turns violent, pushing Moira up against a wall. Will the two women in his life ever be able to trust him again?
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Jacob has been sending racy topless photographs to Maya, but she's caught out when she leaves her phone at the shop, snatching it away from Amba
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Priya is suspicious about Maya's strange behavior, and stirs the pot, planting the idea in David's head that Maya may be cheating.
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The next day, Maya scolds Jacob for being so careless and risking blowing their cover.
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Later, Maya and Jacob have their hearts in their throats, and David confronts Maya about her odd behavior with her phone.
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Will Maya and David be able to keep up their charade?
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With Belle still shaken over Lochlan, Sam thinks it's time that a new Dingle joined the clan, to cheer her up.
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He presents Belle and Lydia with an adorable new piglet, which they name Spamela Hamderson.
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The girls are thrilled with their new family member, but later Lydia confides privately in Belle that she thought Sam had been talking about something quite different...
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Meanwhile, after Charity twists her arm Chas finally agrees to pay the staff at the Woolpack more money...
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...but Bob knows that will barely scrape the tip of his financial issues. As he searches for cheap accommadation, he comes across an ad for a homeless hostel.
Although Marlon tried to keep Mandy from spilling the beans, Chas wanted to know what was going on - leading Marlon to blurt out that Paddy WAS Vinnie's father. Mandy immediately refuted his claims, saying, "Paddy don't have a secret son. At least it's not Vinnie. And it's not with me."
Of course, fans were left shocked by this - considering how likely it seemed that Paddy was Vinnie's father. Taking to Twitter, many vented their shock, with one writing, 'The kid is not Paddy's son? Well for once I'm surprised!' and another added, 'Emmerdale, you cannot convince me that Paddy is not that kid's dad.'
But it was Mandy's next revelation that was completely unexpected, as she revealed the real reason behind her return to the Dales after so long. She'd been having a clear out of her belongings, and came across something intriguing in some of Paddy's old things that she'd had.
She told Chas and Marlon how she'd found a photo of Paddy's favourite wrestler, Bear Wolf, amongst his old things, and it had a love letter to Paddy's mum Barbara hidden in the frame - and was dated September 1968.
This means he could be Paddy's biological father since Paddy was born in July 1969. Mandy and Chas were desperate to tell him, but Marlon advised them against it since it could deeply upset him. What will they do?
Emmerdale airs every weeknight at 7pm on ITV, with a second showing on Tuesday nights at 8pm.
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