Emmerdale 's Alex Moore shows his true colours next week, as his secret and twisted plan for the village is exposed.
The character recently embarked on a new romance with Naomi Walters, and she is smitten with her new man - despite her father Charles Anderson not being keen.
Alex has a history with the village, and has been in prison after his criminal and drug dealing ways caught up with him.
He is the ex of Dawn Taylor, and he got her hooked on drugs years ago - while he is also the father of her son Lucas, and another child called Clemmie.
Alex is back in the village after his prison stint, and Dawn is far from happy about it given recent goings on.
Someone who is happy about it is Naomi, who believes their romance is going from strength to strength.
What she has no idea about though is that to him, their romance is a complete sham.
Spoilers for next week's episode reveal that his big secret is exposed, and his true and twisted plan for Naomi and the village comes to light.
His true colours and what he's up to, as well as who is he is working with, are all revealed - and it won't end well for anyone.
Naomi grows concerned next week when Alex is spotted with a mystery woman, and is seen giving her money.
He's also seen at the pub when he's meant to be at a job interview, but Alex manages to win her over with a lie.
It's later in the week that the true story is revealed, and Alex's twisted plan sees him possibly leave a resident in danger.
Alex is actually targeting the village surgery, with he and the mystery woman, Clare, wanting to rob the place.
He's still up to no good it seems as he's on the hunt for the drugs in the surgery, and soon plots his big moment.
Making it clear to Clare that he is using Naomi and isn't really with her, it seems Alex will tamper with the building's electrics as they are vandalised.
Naomi's stepmother is Manpreet Sharma, a doctor at the surgery - so it appears Alex has chosen to target his girlfriend as a means of getting his hands on access to the building.
Doctors Liam and Manpreet have to deal with issues due to the surgery’s closure, as a result of the electrics being vandalised, and Alex seeks his moment knowing the building is empty.
Stealing Manpreet's keys, he lets himself in armed with a crowbar and is ready to locate the drugs.
But Manpreet soon arrives and notices the door is open, unaware Alex is waiting for her in her office with the crowbar raised ready to attack - so will he hurt her to get what he wants?
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX, with an hour-long episode on Thursdays.
