Beloved character Lydia Dingle (Karen Blick) faced another challenge in the aftermath of her rape in Emmerdale as she watched Samson (Sam Hall) start his first shift with Craig (Ben Addis) – the man who attacked her.
Lydia has tried her best to remain calm and in control after the assault but obviously, after such a harrowing ordeal, it hasn’t been that easy.
She almost made a mistake while working at Home Farm yesterday and then chose to set fire to the clothes she wore before and after she was raped.
In tonight’s (September 7) episode, Lydia decided to keep an eye on Samson during his work with Craig.
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Craig’s job involves developing video games which Samson is hugely interested in. As Craig showed him around and chatted about the team meetings, Lydia watched in her cleaning tabard, unable to comprehend how Craig was going about his day as though nothing had happened.
Back at home, Samson smiled from ear to ear as he told Sam about his day. While Sam and Samson don’t share the same interests, Sam believes that Craig is a good man and was really happy to hear his son had been enjoying himself.
As they chatted, Lydia interrupted and said she was going to bed. Ever since the rape, Lydia has told her family and friends that she’s just tired and under the weather to try and account for her change in behaviour.
Heading up the stairs, all Lydia could do was silently cry as she heard Sam and Samson praise Craig, completely unaware of the dark and terrifying truth.
‘That’s important because so many women do do that and the impacts can be wide-ranging for families, for individuals,’ Karen Blick said, discussing why Lydia chose to not go to the police this week and is proceeding to keep quiet about what happened.
‘As soon as I played the scenes I completely understood why she did not go to the police. I had a real empathy, sympathy, understanding for her behaviour. She feels guilty, she feels ashamed, she feels that it’s somehow her fault, she has put herself in that situation – which is completely incorrect.
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