The survival challenge begins with cries of enthusiasm - but there is murder on the horizon in Emmerdale.
The week begins with viewers seeing Meena lying motionless in the middle of a maize maze.
Emmerdale fans will hear a voice saying: "It was meant to be a day of fun. And it was, to begin with. Everyone was really up for it. Competitive but friendly, you know?
"A lovely atmosphere. It was a trial run, so I suppose we imagined the odd thing might go wrong. But not this. No one could have imagined this."
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We’re then brought back to the present and we’re in the throws of the survival event organised by Priya and Ellis.
The participants are all heading for first prize in the centre of the maize maze.
But soon, David, Victoria, Manpreet and Charles find themselves fighting for their lives in the menacing waters - but what events led them into such danger?
It all begins with the survivalists jumping into their rafts and setting off down the river with Manpreet, Charles, Victoria, David, Meena, Andrea, Charity and Mack all taking part.
With Billy and Ben trying to rally their respective team members, things appear to be going well.
But the day soon takes a horrible turn and many are left fighting for their lives in the menacing waters.
With Meena on a mission to kill and the elements set against them, the event turns into a race to survive but who will lose?
Emmerdale has teased one of the most gripping and thrilling weeks in the ITV soap's history with malevolent Meena back on the warpath.
Fueled by overpowering jealousy, the character will cast a dark and foreboding shadow throughout the drama.
That day, we'll see Meena hold Victoria’s lifeless body under the water, but someone’s watching from afar.
Wanting to find out just what they’ve seen, Meena follows them into the maze - which was actually purpose-built by Emmerdale for these dramatic events.
With only one thing on her mind, Meena’s ready to kill should anyone get in her way.
But it is soapland and there are many twists and turns thought next week.
Though one thing is certain, it will end in tragedy for at least one person as Meena’s reign of terror takes hold.
Viewers will also see the moment Manpreet takes Victoria's harness, knowing full well she’s maliciously damaged it.
Elsewhere, Marlon and Paddy’s frustrations with one another boil to the surface, after they find themselves lost in the woods together while Charity and Mack separate themselves from their respective groups in order to cheat.
When Mack hears a loud scream coming from the edge of a pond. As he approaches it, he sees large ripples moving across the water, suggesting that Charity has vanished beneath the surface.
Priya and Ellis head off for some cheeky fun in the woods. Ellis shares a moment of post-coital bliss with Priya, before she heads off to drop off the survival challenge prize at the maze.
Filmed over six weeks, this is one of Emmerdale’s most ambitious weeks of drama full of twists and turns.
With stunts including white water rapids and a custom-built maize maze grown from scratch near the Emmerdale village, Emmerdale are keeping their biggest stunt top secret.
But they have promised to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
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