The BEST episodes of Emmerdale season 42
Every episode of Emmerdale season 42, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Emmerdale season 42!
The lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs, lies, deceit, laughter and tears, it's all there in the village.
#1 - Episode 6581 (17th June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 131 - Aired 6/17/2013
Rishi berates Jai for the stunt he pulled with Archie yesterday. Vanessa covers that Rhona is going to a Pilates class tomorrow. Gennie and Nikhil walk into work again, Nikhil's not looking forward to it. Moira tells Adam that if he's back at the farm, he'll have to tell Natalie to go. Jai unintentionally winds up Nikhil when he arrives at work. Megan worries about Robbie.
#2 - Episode 6572 (6th June 2013) (Part 1)
Season 42 - Episode 122 - Aired 6/6/2013
Andy and Diane tell Debbie they're disgusted at her latest trick. Rhona and Paddy arrive back in the village. Chas tells Diane that Debbie is still causing Cameron trouble. Val wants Amy to talk Eric into emigrating to Portugal. Megan gives Dom the keys to Brook Cottage.
#3 - Episode 6573 (6th June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 123 - Aired 6/6/2013
Debbie goes around the room asking who reported her to Social Services. Eric tells Val he's willing to emigrate to Portugal. Debbie rips into everyone in the room, not knowing that Sarah is listening to every word outside. Gemma slags Alicia off to Belle. Victoria tries to get to the bottom of why Amy wants to move. Gemma tells Alicia she's sticking her beak in where it's not wanted. Paddy, Rhona and Vanessa have a barbeque.
#4 - Episode 6574 (7th June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 124 - Aired 6/7/2013
Dom has let Gemma have the day off school due to her being so upset last night. Dom offers to cook for Alicia later, much to Gemma's irritation. As Lisa and Charity tidy up Tug Ghyll, Andy arrives for the Social Services visit. Sean invites Belle on a camping trip with him and Dan. Victoria is sick of Adam sponging off her.
#5 - Episode 6575 (10th June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 125 - Aired 6/10/2013
Belle begs Lisa and Zak to go camping with Sean, they still refuse but they invite Sean and Dan to the caravan. Belle tells them to forget it. Gennie and Bob have it all sorted for Brenda as she prepares to go the hospital. Belle talks to Sam about being in love with Sean.
#6 - Episode 6576 (11th June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 126 - Aired 6/11/2013
Alicia tells David and Priya that her and Dom have broke up. Belle asks Lisa and Zak if she and Sean can go on the camping trip after all. Bob hints to Dan about getting rid of Kerry so he can move Brenda in. Belle tells Gemma she's bunking off school to have sex with Sean; Gemma tries to talk her out of it.
#7 - Episode 6577 (12th June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 127 - Aired 6/12/2013
Robbie heads off for court. Victoria isn't pleased with Adam as he decided to drink with Robbie rather than asking Moira for his job back. Andy overhears the conversation and tells Victoria that Moira has a new farmhand starting.
#8 - Episode 6578 (13th June 2013) (Part 1)
Season 42 - Episode 128 - Aired 6/13/2013
Adam tries to ring Robbie but he ignores him. Kerry is unconscious in hospital. Sean discovers that Belle has smashed his bike up, he tells Dan he loves her and wants her back. Dan asks Bob if he's seen Kerry, they figure she's back with Andy.
#9 - Episode 6579 (13th June 2013) (Part 2)
Season 42 - Episode 129 - Aired 6/13/2013
Adam tells Cain that it was Robbie's idea to flee the scene of the accident. Cain says he needs to start praying as he's looking at possible manslaughter. Nikhil gives Gennie a driving lesson; he's disappointed to learn she's already passed her theory as he'd prepared questions for her. Adam worries about the possibility he's killed Kerry's baby and is going to prison.
#10 - Episode 6580 (14th June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 130 - Aired 6/14/2013
Gennie escorts Nikhil to work. Dom takes Gemma to her second appointment. Alicia asks if she's okay, Dom is abrupt with her. Adam discovers that Moira accused Cain of being responsible for the accident. Vanessa tells Rhona she's booked her first support group session,
#11 - Episode 6571 (5th June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 121 - Aired 6/5/2013
Adam tells Debbie they kept her out of the booze run; Debbie says she doesn't care, she was responsible for setting Robbie up. The police question Robbie again, he tells them he bought the booze off a man at the side of the road who had just cancelled his engagement party.
#12 - Episode 6582 (18th June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 132 - Aired 6/18/2013
Rhona heads off to her support session, lying to Paddy that she's going to a Pilates class. She notices her tyre is flat and gets the bus instead. Gennie is mad that Nikhil has quit his job at the factory. Megan gets more and more worried as she tries to contact Robbie. Declan rubs it in her face that a staging supplier she was going to do a deal with has gone bust.
#13 - Episode 6583 (19th June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 133 - Aired 6/19/2013
Megan has set up some potential investors in an attempt to cover the business' loss. Lisa unintentionally gives Kerry the idea to seek compensation for her accident. Vanessa asks Rhona about the group, she lies that it was fine. Neil uncovers something suspicious at the Glamping Site. He tells Declan they could have potentially uncovered part of a human body.
#14 - Episode 6584 (20th June 2013) (Part 1)
Season 42 - Episode 134 - Aired 6/20/2013
Declan pays the workmen extra money to cover up the body. Kerry receives a wad of cash in the post and a letter saying the money is hers as long as she forgets the accident. Nikhil serves his first drink in the Café to Gennie. Rhona eagerly awaits the post, she asks Vanessa for her pill but she says they agreed to bring her dose down.
#15 - Episode 6585 (20th June 2013) (Part 2)
Season 42 - Episode 135 - Aired 6/20/2013
Katie is disgusted with Declan. Gemma walks into a classroom and discovers that Belle has wrote 'Gemma Andrews had an abortion!' on the whiteboard, they end up fighting on the floor until the headteacher drags them off each other. Dan tries to sober Kerry up, and they both have a self-pitying session. Chas arrives at Home Farm with a bottle of wine,
#16 - Episode 6586 (21st June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 136 - Aired 6/21/2013
Preparations are underway for the Home Farm dinner party tonight. Katie asks Chas if she can stay at The Woolpack once she's exacted her revenge. Bob gets the wrong idea when Kerry has disappeared from the sofa, not knowing that she's slept with him in his bed. Kerry joins them for breakfast in Dan's robe and prevents him having to explain.
#17 - Episode 6587 (24th June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 137 - Aired 6/24/2013
Katie plans to go and collect the rest of her stuff from Home Farm. Charity tries to explain to Debbie what happened at the party before she hears it from somebody else, but she's preoccupied by getting Sarah ready for school. Cameron drops a present off for Sarah. Kerry listens to Dan and Bob discussing her after she's spent another night in Dan's bed, Dan defends her.
#18 - Episode 6588 (25th June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 138 - Aired 6/25/2013
Belle is stroppy with Lisa and Zak. They meet with Mr Duggan, he informs Belle that he can't accept her back unless he's sure there will be no repetition. He says he's had a phone call saying she was overheard threatening to attack Gemma.
#19 - Episode 6589 (26th June 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 139 - Aired 6/26/2013
Debbie cries to Charity about Belle. Sam and Marlon join Zak and Lisa at the hospital. Picking up on Amy's irritation, Eric decides to send her and Victoria to Portugal to do a reccy for him and Val. Bob and Brenda return from the hospital. Charity works out that Belle got the booze from the barn where Debbie stashed it.
#20 - Episode 6629 (12th August 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 179 - Aired 8/12/2013
Val invites Amy into town with her, but she says she has other plans. Brenda gets emotional looking over old photos of Gennie with Molly. Amy asks Victoria to come to the funeral with her. Katie overhears Nicola talking about the glamping site doing well. Katie says it wouldn't be if people knew the truth about the place. Sandy tries to put Ashley off going to see Laurel again. Marlon informs Ali and Lisa that Laurel won't be returning to work yet.
#21 - Episode 6639 (22nd August 2013) (Part 2)
Season 42 - Episode 189 - Aired 8/22/2013
A helpless Declan continues to protest his innocence as the police probe him for answers about the body and Katie's whereabouts. Clutching at straws, he suggests that they could speak to her best friend Chas.
#22 - Episode 6638 (22nd August 2013) (Part 1)
Season 42 - Episode 188 - Aired 8/22/2013
As rumours are rife over the festival being cancelled, the Home Farm office do their best to stifle concerns. However, soon the police return and Declan is arrested for perverting the course of justice. Declan undergoes vigorous questioning over Katie's disappearance and soon becomes increasingly worried when the accusations take a new twist when he is accused of murder.
#23 - Episode 6637 (21st August 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 187 - Aired 8/21/2013
With the police continuing to delve into Declan's statement and his relationship with Katie, Declan's frustrations rise. When the police reveal that the body they found has been buried, dug up and then reburied, all within the Home Farm grounds, they insist on a lockdown.
#24 - Episode 6635 (19th August 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 185 - Aired 8/19/2013
Nicola receives a phone call from the bank and tells Steve he'll have his money back at the end of the week. She thanks him and begins to look at him with new eyes. Declan is optimistic about the prospect of his upcoming festival, but his mood is soon shaken when the police call wanting to talk to him again.
#25 - Episode 6634 (16th August 2013)
Season 42 - Episode 184 - Aired 8/16/2013
Charity is angry at Debbie for getting back together with Cameron. Cameron's stayed at the B&B; Val winds him up. Rishi tells Jai that Nikhil needs something to focus his energies. Megan worries about Chas blabbing about the body. Brenda finds Nikhil cleaning as he puts on a brave face.