Heartbreaking Emmerdale episode see Ashley Thomas’ dementia leave him unable to move
The former vicar is living with vascular dementia and the disease is taking its toll on him
Ashley Thomas suffered a heartbreaking part of vascular dementia in Friday night's Emmerdale.
The former vicar - who is suffering from the disease in the ITV soap - was left struggling to move as his disease robbed him of his ability to move, while he was trying to look after his baby daughter Dotty.
Left alone, he decided to make cupcakes for his wife and children, but after being covered in flour, he decided to sit down and rest.
Unfortunately, as he did, he found himself unable to move, or, it appeared, even talk about what was happening to him leading to utterly heartbreaking scenes.
As his wife Laurel busied around him, Ashley sat there motionless, and then when Laurel left baby Dotty with him, he could barely get the word 'tea' out as he struggled to understand what was going on.
Actor John Middleton recently promised an explosive plot which fans will remember for YEARS as the soap creeps closer to its shocking death storyline.
The fan favourite promised the biggest week in the ITV show's history would be "quite extraordinary".
Viewers were left on the edge of their seats after producers released a nail-biting trailer revealing that at least one cast member would die in the Dales next week.
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Today John gushed about the impending drama and said: "We have done something important. We have done TV that will be talked about in a few years time.
"It's TV people will remember and say 'do you remember when Emmerdale did that?' You will want to see every episode."
Officially, there are eight cast members with the Grim Reaper lingering at their door, and all are at risk.
John's character, Ashley, has been confirmed to leave the show so he is a prime candidate.
Meanwhile, Ashley is suffering from vascular dementia and fans will see the scenes run alongside those showing him forgetting the name of his own daughter, Dotty, on her Christening day.
He added to GMB reporter Richard Arnold: "It's quite extraordinary the way we have filmed it. The drama is in the scripts."
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