Emmerdale - New Dingle to join the show

corriedalescorriedales Posts: 5,223
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Cain is set to gain a secret brother

https://eastieoaks.com/2022/11/26/a-secret-brother-for-cain-dingle-as-waterloo-roads-will-ash-joins-emmerdale-as-caleb-miligan/

No idea if this is Faith or Zak's kid. I assume it's not Zak's because then the article would mention Sam and Belle surely. This storyline doesn't seem to involve them. It seems to involve Chas so I assume it's from Faith. But why would Faith not confess to Chas when she was dying?
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  • shades101shades101 Posts: 9,117
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    What a brilliant actor
  • corriedalescorriedales Posts: 5,223
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    nicoleJo wrote: »
    Oh for goodness sake! Not another Dingle!! And of course more drama for Chas :s:s And here I was hoping that we would get a break from her soon since she has been in pretty much every episode for months now.

    Chas is the third most featured character ever and has been in the top ten appearances for the last decade except for 2017 which was only because Lucy went on Maternity leave.
  • R2Y5A0N2R2Y5A0N2 Posts: 54,679
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    The show is obsessed with Cain and the Dingles.

    Other characters need screentime and storylines.

    On a side note, Mandy's dad is called Caleb.
  • jjayxjjayx Posts: 1,036
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    edited 26/11/22 - 00:56 #7
    I mean, technically, if he's Faith's kid then he's not a Dingle, is he? Or was she another distant cousin who married within? I know, it's pedantic but still.

    Agree, though, there are plenty of families in the Dales that could do with some padding out. Why always the Dingles?
  • SS_SummerSS_Summer Posts: 2,392
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    Ugh. Does everyone have to be a long lost/secret relative??

    But anyway...Would this be Shadrach's child? I think it would be bizarre if Faith had a child out there who she never even mentioned while she was dying?
  • Mike789Mike789 Posts: 262
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    If he's Faiths son this is poor poor writing to not have his name even mentioned when she was dying. I hope he's Shadrachs son, which means he's not really Cains brother but Chas's half brother, it says Cain has kept his existence a secret since he was a teenager and he didn't know Zack was his real dad until he was an adult so that potentially ties in
  • Nova8221Nova8221 Posts: 1,378
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    Maybe he's Shadrachs son.
  • Joe_H11Joe_H11 Posts: 5,587
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    Nova8221 wrote: »
    Maybe he's Shadrachs son.

    Gennie was also Shadrachs and Chas s brother
  • GolightlyGolightly Posts: 500
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    This is just a bit silly - how many secret siblings and children are going to pitch up in Emmerdale?

    Of course it may turn out to be a great storyline, and the actor may be a real asset to the show, so I shouldn’t judge before it plays out on screen. But if they wanted to introduce another Dingle to cause ructions in the family, why not just introduce / recast one that we already know is out there. At one point Zak was supposed to have had another son, Nathan, who had rejected the family and lived a respectable life in London - there you go, a brother for Cain (and Sam and Belle) who has actually been mentioned before (albeit not recently). Or bring back (probably recast) Eli - there’s loads of potential there.

    Plus, it’s typical of contemporary Emmerdale to just layer way too much drama onto characters rather than tell simple human stories. Chas and Cain just lost their mum, with whom they have a fairly troubled history. Nope, not enough drama there, let’s throw in an affair. Oh, and a killing. By a child. And let’s put Cain in prison. And now let’s have a secret brother show up. It’s just too much.

    But maybe it’ll be great….
  • Robert_Davies1Robert_Davies1 Posts: 880
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    Sick of secret long lost family members arriving every other week.
  • GoosebeeGoosebee Posts: 5,271
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    Good actor. Unnecessary connection.

    They need to explore and develop the characters they have further. For example Marcus and Mckenzie both still full of fresh potential.

    (Mary who I LOVE!) Liam, Leyla lots of people they could do more with (though Leyla has had a heavy year!)
  • idgwiatidgwiat Posts: 2,256
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    Exactly what Emmerdale is crying out for.

    Another Dingle!

    :/

    Got to keep up the quota.
  • ScrabblerScrabbler Posts: 50,931
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    Joe_H11 wrote: »
    Nova8221 wrote: »
    Maybe he's Shadrachs son.

    Gennie was also Shadrachs and Chas s brother

    Wow the Dingles were even more interbred than I thought.

    I thought Gennie was Shadrachs daughter and Chas' sister.
  • CreamteaCreamtea Posts: 14,682
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    edited 26/11/22 - 10:20 #17
    Oh FFS. Does everyone have to be a Dingle or Dingle adjacent?!?!
  • MikayMikay Posts: 10,503
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    I don’t think this plot makes any sense given all the recent Faith storylines…
  • GolightlyGolightly Posts: 500
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    Plus, we also just went through a story arc during which Cain was confronted with a long-lost, secret relative (Nate), and moved from (understandable) hostility and rejection, to acceptance. Are we going to do that again? And as someone has pointed out, Chas already did the ‘coming to terms with a secret sibling’ thing with Gennie.

    If Caleb is Faith’s son, and thus is related to both Cain and Chas - how very odd for nothing to have been said over the course of the last 6 months while Faith was dying. Don’t they plan these things in advance?

    If he is Shadrach’s, then he’s not really Cain’s brother at all - and exactly how many secret children did the man sire?

    And if he’s Zak’s - then surely this should be a Cain / Belle / Sam story, rather than Cain/Chas.
  • yenstonyenston Posts: 2,299
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    jjayx wrote: »
    I mean, technically, if he's Faith's kid then he's not a Dingle, is he? Or was she another distant cousin who married within? I know, it's pedantic but still.

    Agree, though, there are plenty of families in the Dales that could do with some padding out. Why always the Dingles?

    Always wondered whether Faith was a Dingle cousin who had married within. Wouldn't surprised me because she kind of had a Biblical name- not strictly but certainly with strong connotations like Charity. And she had the dark hair which seems to be a genetic feature.
  • Michelle JonesMichelle Jones Posts: 5,450
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    So he turns up on Christmas Day it seems, well I was hoping the Chas and Al reveal to Paddy would’ve happened on that day☹️ but that looks doubtful if they’ve already got this bombshell! And does this mean Cain will be out of prison by then too??

    Looking forward to seeing William Ash in the show though, I’ve been a fan of his for years.😃
  • MJsDirtyDianaMJsDirtyDiana Posts: 368,572
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    edited 26/11/22 - 13:26 #22
    I liked William Ash in Waterloo Road, good actor. He’s the cousin of Peter Ash who plays Paul in Corrie 😃
  • lola_connorlola_connor Posts: 258
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    Maybe he is Shadrach and Faith's child who they gave up for adoption.
  • tivtiv Posts: 2,212
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    Rename it Dingledale and done with it!
  • MJsDirtyDianaMJsDirtyDiana Posts: 368,572
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    tiv wrote: »
    Rename it Dingledale and done with it!

    Tptb are obsessed with the Dingle clan. Of the ones currently in the show I only like Samson, Noodles, Cain, Mandy and Vinny.
  • Brummie Girl Brummie Girl Posts: 22,416
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    I liked William Ash in Waterloo Road, good actor. He’s the cousin of Peter Ash who plays Paul in Corrie 😃

    They do look similar
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