It seems Lucas is already setteling into village life when the youngster gets his hands on a real gun courtesy of Will (Dean Andrews).
The week kicks off with Dawn (Olivia Bromley) in a worry that everything won’t go to plan for her son’s visit. Billy (Jay Kontzle) however is making an effort and that includes building a fort of pillows in the front room.
It all goes well and Lucas is happy until a moments distraction sees the fort collapse and this results in an upset Dawn snapping and scaring him.
Later a kids fun blaster fight turns into a stand off as Billy spots Lucas enter the room with a real gun instead of his blaster weapon.
A stand off sees Will hyperventilating as Billy tries to coax the gun off Lucas.
When Harriet (Katherine Dow Blyton) and Billy learn the gun belongs to Will he has some explaining to do and the fact that the truth could scupper Dawn’s custody plans will they cover for him?
Emmerdale airs these scenes from Monday 17th February on ITV.