Emmerdale viewers watched on in shock last week as the murdering Lachlan White finally killed off his aunt Rebecca White after keeping her hostage for weeks
The villainous teen, who has now claimed four victims on the soap - his grandfather Lawrence White, his mum Chrissie White, and his best friend Gerry Roberts as well as Rebecca - was seen foiling her attempt to escape after she made a run for it.
Unfortunately for her, Lachlan put paid to that attempt, and strangled her to death before packing her body up in a suitcase. Nasty stuff.
HOWEVER. The director of Emmerdale George C. Siougas may have just revealed that Rebecca survived her terrible ordeal after posting a certain photo on Instagram.
Taking to his Instagram profile, George shared a photo of himself next to Emily and her actor father, Anthony Head - most famous for starring as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer - captioning the now-deleted photo: "With the great Anthony Head who paid us a set visit today to see his lovely daughter Emily."
But one eagle-eyed fan realised that if Emily is still at the Emmerdale studios, Rebecca is most likely alive: "You’ve kinda just given away that she’s alive there pal," which caused George to immediately delete the post.
He later uploaded the same photo again with Emily cut out, before deleting that too.
One fan pointed out that Rebecca could be returning as a ghost: "Could also be a dream sequence or she is doing the same to Lachlan that James did to Emma last ssw?"
Check out next week's Emmerdale spoilers:
Emmerdale spoilers: 20 August - Friday 24 August
Victoria is jealous
Matty Barton shows Pete Barton photos of the girl he met – Abby. Victoria Sugden's jealousy bubbles over.
Matty 4 Abby
Matty admits he's scared to tell Abby he's trans and Victoria's chuffed when he asks her to spend his birthday with him. Matty, however, gets a text from Abby wanting to meet up the next day. He starts to text Victoria about the change of plans but gets distracted…
Poor Victoria
The next day, Victoria asks Charity Dingle and Marlon Dingle for the day off to go out with Matty but later, tries to hide her disappointment when he instead meets up with Abby.
*KISS KLAXON*
As Matty and Abby get closer and kiss, a fed-up Victoria looks away. Unaware he is rubbing salt into her wound, Matty tells Victoria he's going to tell Abby about his transition.
Victoria puts her foot in it
Later, when Victoria finds Abby crying she assumes Matty told her about his transition and lashes out at her for not understanding. Victoria is then mortified when she realises Abby didn't know after all.
Matty is devastated,
Will he be able to forgive Victoria?
Lachlan White and Priya Sharma
Belle Dingle returns and is jubilant to have passed her A Levels. She suggests she and Lachlan White move in together, leaving him buoyed. DON'T DO IT BELLE.
Errr, congratulations?
Belle Dingle returns and is jubilant to have passed her A Levels. She suggests she and Lachlan White move in together, leaving him buoyed. DON'T DO IT BELLE.
Uh oh
Priya Sharma mentions she's hired a dog patrol for the glamping site. Lachlan is instantly worried because he knows it's the grim scene of his murky crime.
Caught out?
Lachlan sneaks through the woods and watches the security guard walk away before heading towards the cabin he held Rebecca White in. Inside, Lachlan notices the message Rebecca wrote about him and tries to erase the words but is interrupted by Priya's arrival.
FIRE
Will Priya see the writing on the wall and if so what will Lachlan do? The next day we see Lachlan dousing the cabin in petrol, about to set it alight... Please Priya, we hope you're not in there.
Money woes
Kerry Wyatt and Dan Spencer are struggling for money and Kerry's angry to realise they're behind on rent payments.
Can anyone help?
Daz asks a reluctant Bernice Blackstock to ask her sister Nicola King for the money but Jai Sharma overhears and puts a stop to it. Daz notices she's left her bag…what is he going to do here we wonder?
Missing money
Later, Nicola's alarmed to see the factory's money is missing from her bag. She's left seething and believes Kerry is the culprit. Soon Nicola and Jai confront Kerry about stealing the cash. Kerry insists she didn't take the money but will they believe her?
Supportive Sam
Lydia Hart is grateful for Sam' Dingle's support as she gets her test results. Later, Lydia comes face to face with Pat, a woman from her past. As Lydia storms past her and ushers Sam out, a baffled Sam is left wondering who she is.
Who is Pat?
Later, Lydia is rattled when Pat appears and she storms out in anger. An upset Lydia is troubled when Sam asks her to explain everything to him about Pat.
Wedding bells
Who is Pat and how will Lydia react when Sam urges her to set a date for their wedding?
Evil stepmother vibes
Maya Stepney warns Jacob Gallagher to stay away from Leanna Cavanagh but when Leanna realises she's said something she swears revenge on her stepmother.
I ain't saying she's a gold digger...
The next day, Jacob's thrown when Leanna pulls out a pile of homemade leaflets branding Maya a gold digger. He insists that he's not getting involved with her plan but later, a furious Maya confronts Leanna about posting accusations on social media.
Jacob dropped in it
Leanna shows Maya one of the leaflets and implicates Jacob. Leanna storms out and Jacob's left with an upset Maya. What will Maya say and how will Jacob react?
But many saw the quick deletion as a sign that George had in fact been rumbled and that Rebecca has survived her horrific ordeal.
Emmerdale continues on Friday on ITV at 7pm.
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In next week's Emmerdale...
Victoria Sugden accidentally ruins a date between Matty Barton and new girl Abby - will he be able to forgive his interfering friend? Meanwhile, is murderous Lachlan White about to strike AGAIN with poor Priya Sharma? (Please, we can't take any more.) And Kerry Wyatt has financial troubles, but how will she find a solution?