Dawn Fletcher issued Joe Tate a final ultimatum in tonight’s episode, threatening to leave as speculation continues to grow over rumours that Dawn actor Olivia Bromley is exiting the show.
In recent months, reports have suggested that Bromley could be leaving the ITV soap due to the channel’s recent scheduling shake-up.
Viewers know that Dawn has been secretly plotting Joe’s demise for weeks, working alongside Moira and Cain to take all of his assets after learning he was involved in Moira’s imprisonment.
In tonight’s episode, Dawn stopped the car to go inside and talk to Joe, who told her that her father’s death was partly his fault because of the stress he was causing him, saying: “It’s haunted me ever since.”
Joe confessed his crimes and begged Dawn to stay, telling her: “You know that I would do everything in my power to make this right again. Say it. Say it, and I will do it in a heartbeat. I love you. I wanna marry you. I wanna have kids with you. I want everything with you. Please.”
Graham took a leaf out of Joe’s book and told Kim he tried to kill her, saying he regretted it and that he recognised the woman he fell in love with years before.
He said: “Seeing you in this house with the family, it’s easy to see what I fell in love with, who I fell in love with. What you did to me, I’ve learnt to bury it.”
Later, while talking to Graham in the kitchen, Joe said he couldn’t imagine life without Dawn, unaware she was listening in.
Dawn told Joe that all she needed was his honesty, saying there might be a way back for the couple, noting that she would leave if his war with the Dingles didn’t end.
“And this Dingle feud, it ends. Right now,” she said. “And I swear if you do anything ever again, it will completely destroy us.”
