Viewers will have to wait an extra day to find out the outcome of Aaron and John’s drastic fall

Just as the drama in Emmerdale reaches its breaking point, viewers will be left without an episode on Tuesday (September 9).

It’s been an intense few weeks for the residents of the Dales, particularly for Mackenzie Boyd, John Sugden, Aaron Dingle and Robert Sugden.

As viewers will recall, Mackenzie Boyd learned that John Sugden had killed Nate Robinson, and after a nerve-wracking chase ensued Mack found himself held captive in an underground bunker.

In recent episodes, Mack managed to escape but it was short-lived as he was found moments later once again by the villain.

Meanwhile, John had also drugged Aaron Dingle, hoping to keep his husband by his side at all times in an attempt to feel “needed”. However, Aaron drank more than John expected and followed him into the woods just as he went on the hunt for Mack.

Aaron, pretending to believe John’s lies, has since started questioning his behaviour and then discovered Mack’s phone in his pocket.

During Monday’s (September 8) installment of the ITV soap, things took a turn once more as Aaron became determined to find Mack.

Running through the woods, he ran past the underground bunker in his confusion and ended up in front of a gorge instead.

As John caught up to him, Aaron tried to calm his husband down before Robert Sugden intervened and ruined everything. John, determined not to lose to Robert, made a chilling call to the police saying that Robert was trying to kill both him and Aaron.

Just seconds later, he told Aaron that if he can’t have him, no one can. Wrapping his arms around Aaron’s body, John plunged them both off the side of the cliff.

The credits rolled as the soap showed their bodies lying still on the ground, and unfortunately for viewers, we won’t know their fate until Wednesday (September 10).

Emmerdale won’t air on Tuesday due to England and Serbia playing in football’s European Qualifier. It will return on Wednesday, when we’ll see the aftermath of the terrifying scenes.

Emmerdale airs on weekdays at 7:30pm on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.