A massive shock awaits Dr. Liam Cavanagh in the upcoming episodes of Emmerdale when he learns that his former girlfriend, Ella, is expecting his child. The news is a bombshell, primarily because Ella left the village after it was revealed she had killed her best friend as a child. Despite Ella’s tragic backstory—growing up in dire circumstances and committing the act in a fit of grief when she feared losing the only love and care she had known—Liam couldn’t forgive her. Having lost his own daughter, Leanna, to serial killer Meena Jutla, Liam finds it impossible to be around someone who has taken a life.

Ella has returned to the village, now staying at the salon and working at the vets, but she has kept her pregnancy a secret from Liam. This changes when she feels unwell in the street, and Liam, being on hand to assist, learns the shocking truth. Ella reveals that her sickness might be due to pregnancy, and the baby is his. The revelation leaves Liam reeling, and when he shares the news with Chas Dingle at the Woolpack, she is equally stunned, especially since she and Liam have been cautiously rekindling their relationship.

Liam is unable to reconcile the idea that someone he sees as a child killer could also be the mother of his child. When Ella tries to talk to him, he initially refuses to answer the door. Eventually, he confronts her, but only to humiliate her by demanding she take a pregnancy test to prove she’s telling the truth. The tension and drama peak as viewers are left questioning whether Ella is being truthful about her pregnancy and how Liam will cope with the shocking developments.