ITV/Comp Emmerdale Insider Share By Carena Crawford Sep 17 2025 By Carena Crawford Sep 17 2025 Emmerdale spoilers: ITVX early release sees Cain help John escape Aaron is awake Aaron Dingle John Sugden Share By Carena Crawford Sep 17 2025 By Carena Crawford Sep 17 2025 *WARNING this article contains John Sugden Emmerdale spoilers for the episode airing on Wednesday September 17 that has yet to be broadcast on ITV, but is available to watch on ITVX and YouTube. Emmerdale has confirmed the fate of Aaron Dingle and opened up the next stage of the John Sugden storyline in today’s ITVX early release episode. The walls were definitely closing in on John when the doctors decided last night (Tuesday September 16) to wake Aaron from his coma. But as Cain helped him get away, he had no idea exactly what John was getting away from. Crazy John pulled Aaron over the edge of the gorge with him (Credit: ITV) John Sugden’s reign of terror almost over in Emmerdale spoilers After months of pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes, the whole village – we’re especially looking at you Victoria and Chas – are going to be shocked when they realise Robert was telling the truth about John all this time. Last week John pulled Aaron over a cliff in a bid to keep him all to himself. Aaron had found out John had Mackenzie trapped somewhere and was desperate to find him. article continues below Read all the latest spoilers Instead, both Aaron and John ended up at the bottom of a gorge with Aaron in really bad shape. Robert was blamed for it and sent back to prison as John played the victim to perfection. Except he knew Aaron had to die to preserve his secrets. And thus began John’s final downfall. John planned to kill Aaron (Credit: ITV) Aaron awake as John flees in ITVX early release John’s reaction when the medical team looking after Aaron decided to bring him out of his coma said it all. Even Victoria was starting to wonder about her brother when she clocked the fear in his eyes. Today she was questioning John subtly, but why she thought he would ever confess to her is beyond us! Instead, she left him free to head to Aaron’s room where he said what he thought was a final goodbye to his husband. He then cut off the oxygen supply to Aaron and once the machines were beeping, John left the room. He quickly discharged himself. Although he might consider himself a superstar medic, John hadn’t actually done enough to kill Aaron. The doctors managed to stablise him and wake him up to say: “John’s got Mackenzie.” Unfortunately, John had at that moment persuaded Cain to drive him back to the cottage. So Cain has helped him escape without any idea what he’s actually done… Will Mack end it all? (Credit: ITV) What happens next? We don’t know! John is on the loose and Aaron is awake. Everyone is about to find out what John Sugden is – and that Robert is innocent. But Emmerdale is staying tight-lipped on exactly what happens now. Will John get away? Will the police catch up with him? And what about Mack in that bunker – will they locate him in time? Or is it goodbye to Mackenzie for good? Read more: Who’s leaving Emmerdale? All the cast exits, arrivals and returns Share Good to Know Share By Carena Crawford Sep 17 2025 By Carena Crawford Sep 17 2025