Emmerdale Dr Crowley's true fate 'sealed' as Kim Tate takes epic revenge

There was quite the comeuppance on Emmerdale on Thursday night for one village baddie.

Dr Crowley got a taste of his own medicine, quite literally, as Kim Tate worked out his evil schemes. Not only that but she did what Kim Tate does best, and took her revenge.

Joe Tate finally confessed to her what had been going on, just as it looked as though he was about to drug her. In fact as viewers watched the scenes unfold, we saw Kim pretend to have been drugged as part of Crowley's plan to steal all her money.

Crowley was targeting Joe and blackmailing him over his own dodgy dealings, months on from the fiasco that saw the pair steal Caleb Miligan's kidney. Noah Dingle had also been drugged to see if he was a kidney donor match for Joe, who needed a transplant.

Crowley demanded Joe steal money from Kim and get it to him if he wanted him out of the way. So when Kim declined on the made up investment idea, Crowley came up with a sinister plan that would involve Joe drugging his 'grandmother', before Crowley would enter and steal the cash from her account.

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As this unfolded, Kim was seen laying on the bed unable to move after seemingly being injected with what Crowley had given Joe. As Crowley threatened to harm Kim with his surgical scalpels, demanding the password to her account so he could steal the money, Kim appeared to deteriorate.

Crowley leaned in to get a better hearing of the code Kim was saying to him very quietly. But in that moment it became clear that Kim and Joe were faking the entire scenario, and she had not been drugged at all.

She leapt up and jabbed Crowley with the needle, injecting him with the medication before Joe smirked. He'd told Kim everything and they teamed up to take down Crowley.

Even the surgeon's accomplice Shaun was in on it, paid by Kim and Joe to switch sides and help them defeat the doctor. Kim explained how she knew she was being played thanks to Joe, and she did not take being scammed, almost, very lightly.

Shaun made it clear he hated what Crowley had done, and had been offered a higher price by Kim. Crowley told Joe that he could have him arrested for everything that he'd done though, as he had evidence hidden in a safety deposit box in a mystery location.

Refusing to reveal its whereabouts, Crowley was left horrified when Kim told Shaun she would give him the money Crowley planned to steal in exchange for him finding out the location of the box. She even encouraged him torturing Crowley, telling him to use whatever means necessary to get the details.

We didn't see him again after this, with Joe simply saying they'd left and that Shaun had put Crowley in the car. He added they wouldn't likely be hearing from Crowley ever again - so does this confirm Shaun killed Crowley?

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