Emmerdale airs at 8pm on ITV1
Charity’s gone overboard with Sarah’s baby shower but when the woman making the cake can’t deliver it; Mack and Charity head to pick it up. After a quick toilet stop, Mack’s car won’t start and Charity and Mack are stuck in the middle of nowhere with a broken down car, no phones and her waters break. Charity spots an approaching car – it’s Ross who begrudgingly agrees to give them a lift to the hospital. Sarah makes her big entrance at the baby shower and wonders what could have kept Jacob and Charity.
When Sarah finds her phone and sees all the missed calls she panics. Chas sees the same number of missed calls on her phone and knows something is seriously wrong. In the hospital the lift with Charity, Mack and Ross inside, breaks down. Charity’s panic mounts as her pain, contractions and desperation are all mounting.
However, Sarah’s confused when she arrives at the Hospital and there is no record of Charity on the system.The confined space of the lift triggers Mack’s trauma from the bunker, whilst Ross tries to call for help over the intercom. In his HR meeting, Jacob’s anxiety levels are sky high as he relays how Todd’s bullying made him feel, unaware Charity’s childbirth drama is simultaneously unfolding in the same building.
When a midwife on the labour ward gets an emergency call about a woman about to give birth in a lift, Sarah fears the worst. Over the intercom the midwife enlists Ross and Mack to help deliver the baby in the lift.
Meanwhile, after Jacob’s meeting he’s horrified to see all the missed calls. When Todd tries to corner him and ask why he’s met with HR, Jacob finally stands up to her in person. Ross successfully delivers the baby but then notices a growing pool of blood on the lift floor. Charity’s life hangs in the balance…
These scenes air from Sunday 19th April on ITV1
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