7 ways Emmerdale killer Lachlan White could get his comeuppance How will the soap gods write him out?

7 ways Emmerdale killer Lachlan White could get his comeuppance

How will the soap gods write him out?

With Coronation Street serial killer Pat Phelan finally out of the picture, Emmerdale’s twisted teen Lachlan White has taken over the mantle as the biggest villain in Soapland. And unfortunately for young actor Thomas Atkinson’s job security, this can only mean one thing – impatient viewers wondering how and when Lachlan will get his comeuppance.

Show bosses have been keeping very quiet about how long they intend to keep Lachlan around in the village for, but they do seem to be subtly sowing seeds for his inevitable downfall.

So much so that we’ve been able to come up with seven intriguing possibilities for how he’ll get collared in the end. Which do you think is most likely?

1. Rebecca remembers everything

Rebecca White is the one surviving witness to the shocking moment that Lachlan grabbed the wheel of his family’s 🚗, putting them in the path of an oncoming lorry and killing poor Chrissie and Lawrence. The only problem is that because of Rebecca’s rather convenient memory troubles, she can’t remember a thing about it.

Viewers have seen that Rebecca’s memories of various events seem to come and go. While this has often been played for laughs by the Emmerdale writers, there’s every chance it could take a far more serious turn if she finally remembers the finer details of the crash. Will it all come flooding back for Rebecca at the worst possible moment for Lachlan?

2. Lachlan’s voicemail resurfaces

The voicemail message that Lachlan inadvertently left on Gerry’s 📱 at the time of the Whites’ 🚗 crash is this year’s version of Ashley’s memory card, coming and going from the storyline at the whims of the writers. First it was deleted, then it was back again, now it seems to have been forgotten once more. But for how long?

The damning voicemail, proving that Lachlan caused the crash, is such a 🔑 piece of evidence that it’s hard to believe it won’t resurface again at some point. But please, Emmerdale writers – can the next person who finds it go straight to the police with it, rather than foolishly tipping off Lachlan beforehand and giving him an opportunity to hatch a murderous masterplan?

3. Roblivion become a detective trio

Forget DS Benton or DS Wise, we reckon we can only rely on the joint force of Robert, Aaron and Liv to solve this particular case. Let’s not forget that Robert immediately suspected that Lachlan was to blame for the Whites’ crash in January, before unfortunately changing his mind. (Trust your gut next time, Rob!)

We also know that Liv will start to grow suspicious of Lachlan in future episodes, proving that she’s no fool either.

The show’s writers also made a point of Gerry asking for Aaron’s help in retrieving the lost voicemail a few days before he died, covering that it was from a girl. So, could Aaron recall this 🔑 bit of information and put the pieces of the puzzle together? Justice for Gerry could lie in Roblivion’s hands in the end…

4. Belle discovers everything

Belle may spend most of her time with Lachlan, but she hasn’t yet noticed his rather nasty habit of killing everyone close to him. Could that change as this story moves forward, though?

We know that Eden Taylor-Draper, who plays Belle, always delivers standout performances in dramatic storylines, so the writers must surely be tempted to give her character a major role in Lachlan’s last stand.

Could Belle be the one to slowly 👀 Lachlan’s true colours and ultimately expose him to everyone? Perhaps she’ll bide her time and go undercover to gather evidence, just like her fellow Dingle family member Debbie did with Cameron a few years ago? If you need some tips on having a dangerous lunatic for a boyfriend, Belle, just give Debs a call.

5. Comeuppance via comic 📓

This week’s episodes have seen Lachlan start to get very nervous about Gerry’s private collection of comic-📓 artwork. The cheeky chappy used real-life events to inspire his drawings (six episodes a week of soapy drama surrounding him kept him busy), but Lachlan is 😟 after learning that he included the Whites’ 🚗 crash among his source material.

Liv has already admitted that the 🚗 crash drawings are dark, leaving Lachlan rattled and determined to get his hands on the 📓. Does it contain some subtle clues to Lachlan’s guilt? A killer’s downfall being caused by a comic 📓 would definitely be a soap first…

6. Terry tells all

This week’s episodes 👀 dodgy newcomer Terry, who’s passing himself off as Gerry’s uncle, start to realise that something isn’t right with Lachlan. Why is it that guest characters with an obvious shelf life are always far more observant than our beloved regulars?

Terry has sensed that Lachlan is desperate to get his hands on Gerry’s comic 📓 and is currently winding him up by refusing to ✋ it over.

By the end of this week’s episodes, Terry has done a runner – but could he be back again to expose Lachlan’s true colours further on down the line? Or will Daniel Casey’s character be forgotten about even quicker than that time he played Michelle’s annoying stalker Tom on EastEnders?

7. Lachlan confesses

If Emmerdale really want to pull the rug from under our feet, maybe Lachlan will reach breaking point and actually confess to his crimes. We’re used to the very familiar pattern of soap serial killers committing multiple murders, nearly getting caught out dozens of times, before finally slipping up just in time for the big Super Soap Week in October.

But what if Emmerdale breaks from tradition by having Lachlan call it a day and actually confess to his own misdeeds before getting banged up? Maybe history can repeat itself and he’ll meet Gerry’s identical twin as his cellmate? In this village, stranger things have happened.