Overview

• Police are actively searching for John Sugden after recent episodes brought his hidden crimes into the open.
• The bunker investigation shifts to hospital care as a long-missing character’s welfare becomes the priority on screen.
• A previously detained villager is cleared after evidence undermines a high-profile frame-up.
• Tensions rise in the village as families consider the legal fallout and personal repercussions of the revelations.
• Fans speculate about outcomes, but ITV has not announced any cast departures or confirmed John’s ultimate fate.