Emmerdale star Claire King has revealed how her character Kim Tate finds out she's being poisoned, as the walls close in on the mystery culprit.
Now it's been confirmed another character will be drugged by accident, opening Kim's eyes to what is going on at Home Farm.
Viewers are trying to work out who the mystery gloved character is who has been spotted drugging Kim's brandy.
In upcoming scenes, Lydia Dingle will be "ruled out" as a suspect when she too falls victim to the drugged alcohol - and it's this moment that leads Kim to the discovery she's under attack.
Speaking ahead of the scenes, Kim actress Claire revealed she would be on to the other suspects to find out who it is, as close friend Lydia becomes unwell.
She said: "When Lydia was at the house doing the cleaning she got herself all upset about what has been going on in her life.
"So Kim very kindly offers to give her a drink of brandy. They have a brandy together and within a couple of hours Lydia is suddenly feeling nauseous and almost as though she has drunk a whole bottle rather than a short glass.
"The next day when she asks Lydia how she feels, Lydia says she feels as though she has been hit by a truck. It is then that Kim starts suspecting the brandy is laced with something.
"She gets her bloods checked immediately by the doctor again and she’s told her blood contains diazepam."
Claire went on: "This is a big relief for Kim because obviously she’s been thinking she has dementia and having tests for it.
"But to find out that actually her brandy has been laced and it's not dementia but poisoning, well she now has to find out who is the culprit. Who is doing this to her?"
On the realisation that she is being drugged, Claire said: "She thinks now that must have been what has been making her feel so ill for the last couple of months at least.
"So the penny has dropped. But now she has got the problem of finding out who it is. So Kim in her typical way sets traps. She sets up a spy camera to try and find out who it is that is lacing her brandy.
"She arranges a lunch party where she invites people to come round and she tries to flush them out to see if anyone will make a mistake.
"She gathers all of them. She makes a list and invites them all. She’s put Jai and Al on this list because they’ve been giving her a lot of grief about work and she doesn’t completely trust them as far as the business is concerned so she has to include those two."
On her chosen suspects, Claire concluded: "The brandy is in the house. All of them have access to the house so they are all possible culprits. She’s ruled out Lydia at this point because she drank it and just seemed totally innocent of it.
"Also Lydia has been a real support and help to Kim recently when she passed out. So yes she has ruled Lydia out."
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7pm on ITV with an extra episode at 8pm on Thursdays.
