In Monday’s (August 21) episode of Emmerdale, Paddy and Marlon Dingle experience heartbreaking scenes as their tight friendship is put in jeopardy.

As he intervenes to help Mary Goskirk, who is having confidence issues as a result of her experience with con artist Faye Helders, Paddy unintentionally offends Marlon.

Mary recently informed her daughter Rhona and son-in-law Marlon that she has resumed dating and is prepared to put the Faye incident behind her.

When Paddy drives down a country road and sees Mary crying by herself in a field, he realises this isn’t the case.

In order to please Rhona and Marlon, Mary tells Paddy that she has been acting as though she is going on dates.

In truth, Mary is hesitant to start dating again because Faye tricked her and exposed a private picture.

Paddy takes a while to comfort Mary, which causes him to be late for his meeting with Marlon. As The Woolpack cook begins to get used to driving again after his stroke, Paddy had agreed to go for a ride with Marlon.

When Marlon expresses his displeasure at being ignored by Paddy, their friendship may be put at risk.

Marlon actor Mark Charnock recently commented on the issues, saying: “It is bad luck more than anything.” Everyone agrees that Paddy is the best person to help Marlon with his driving, yet Paddy keeps stepping forward to offer his assistance.

“But they continue to set these dates, but every time, different circumstances cause them to fall through, to the point that they end up arguing about it: ‘You’ve let me down. No, you let me down, I said.

Of course, Paddy can’t tell him that it’s because he’s been taking care of Mary, and Paddy also can’t tell him that he’s dealing with his own issues since he doesn’t want Marlon to worry.

Paddy is very innocent in all of this, so I guess. As a result, Paddy suffers since Marlon accuses him of betraying him despite the fact that he has been assisting with Mary’s care.