Emmerdale airs unexpectedly swift exit scenes – but a twist follows

Calli Kitson

Published March 26, 2025 7:55pm

Ella sits alone in the pub in Emmerdale — It’s not over just yet (Picture: ITV)

Ella Forster (Paula Lane) has been thrown out of the Emmerdale village – but she will return.

The character, who killed her best friend when she was a child, was recently accused of drugging Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter).

Ella protested her innocence multiple times but because of her past, and the fact she admitted to stealing Chas’ engagement ring, no-one is really listening to her.

Recently, Ella’s only friend Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) told her to move out of Dale Head. Her little life in the village falling apart, Ella reacted by deliberately mentioning Manpreet’s secret side hustle during a confrontation in the café, knowing people including Charles Anderson (Kevin Mathurin) would overhear her.

After being called some horrible names by ex Liam Cavanagh (Jonny McPherson), Ella finally got the message and decided to pack up her things.

Tired and at the end of her tether, Ella put the final few things in the boot of her car and then realised Chas was watching her.

In front of Kammy (Shebz Miah), Sarah (Katie Hill) and Cain (Jeff Hordley), Ella told Chas that soon enough, her whole world will fall apart. She still maintains that Chas was responsible for the drug overdose, and believes Liam deserves better.

Brushing off the comments, Chas watched as Ella got in her car and drove away.

Chas lying unconscious on the floor in Emmerdale — Chas was sent to hospital after taking a drug overdose (Picture: ITV)

Ella is leaving the Dales, but the scenes we saw tonight were not her final ones.

Next week, she will return to get revenge on Liam and Chas as her behaviour spirals.

‘Her behaviour, and the things he thinks she has done, it’s incredibly confusing to him,’ explains actor Jonny McPherson.

‘He thought they were on fairly good terms. She’s doing things and saying things that are apparently malicious and vindictive, I think he’s struggling to understand or come to terms with why she’s behaving the way that she is.’

Metro's Soaps Reporter Calli Kitson says...

Ella Forster’s time in the village has been full of ups and downs.

For the first time ever, she’s been welcomed into a community and accepted for the person she is, rather than being thrown out as soon as her past secret is exposed.

I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Ella. She is kind-hearted and after everything she’s been through, all she wants is a quiet little life free from drama.

Same, hun.

But with Paula Lane’s exit looming, Ella’s final storyline will see her spiral. She has tried so hard to keep a lid on the dark thoughts and emotions swirling round in her head, but being accused of drugging Chas have seen them resurface.

The most intriguing part about this? Ella is still adamant she wasn’t responsible but because of her history, people in the Dales are struggling to believe her.

If she leaves and the residents discover she was innocent all along, the game will certainly change if Chas becomes face to face with the person who really put her in hospital.

Have they been hiding in plain sight?

In the end, he believes it to be her mental health, and he just wants to help her.

‘I think the only explanation that Liam reaches is that she’s got serious psychiatric problems,’ he reveals. But is it the case or could someone be setting her up?

Liam confronts her in the woods and, backed into a corner, Ella shoves him. He falls and hits his head, rendering him lifeless. After his recent head injury, it could well be traumatic.