Emmerdale’s DI Dent makes unexpected return after six years in new Graham twist

Emmerdale aired a comeback for a past character on the ITV soap on Friday, linked to the return of Graham Foster as there was a new twist linked to his fake d3ath

Emmerdale aired a comeback for a past character on the ITV soap on Friday

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Emmerdale aired a comeback for a past character on the ITV soap on Friday(Image: ITV)

There was a familiar face on Emmerdale on Friday night, leading to another twist linked to Graham Foster.

Graham returned from the dead after six years during the Corriedale crossover earlier this month. It was confirmed that he was alive, despite fans seeing him killed off in 2020 by Pierce Harris.

We still don’t know what happened all those years ago, and when he may be back on the show for good. But it seems he had help to fake his death, and on Friday we may have seen who that was.

DI Dent appeared in scenes with Joe Tate, after he grew suspicious about his sighting of Graham. He’d been injured in the Corriedale crash and when he was in hospital, he saw someone outside his room that he believed to be Graham.

 

There was a familiar face on Emmerdale on Friday night, leading to another twist linked to Graham Foster

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There was a familiar face on Emmerdale on Friday night, leading to another twist linked to Graham Foster(Image: ITV)

It was him, but Joe believed he was imagining things. He hasn’t been able to let it go though and he contacted a private investigator, hoping to uncover the truth.

When he met with the PI on Friday, also there was DI Dent. Fans will recognise the detective, played by actress Linda Armstrong, as she appeared on the soap back in 2020.

She was one of the officers investigating Graham’s murder, helping to put away his apparent killer Pierce Harris. She left the show months later, and has not been in the village since.

Dent told Joe that Graham was very much dead, and had been for six years. She revealed how she’d been the one to see his body after he was found, and that she also saw him in the morgue.

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Linda Armstrong as DI Dent in Emmerdale

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Linda Armstrong as DI Dent in Emmerdale in 2020(Image: ITV)

Joe took her word for it and decided Graham had to be dead after all. But when they left, Dent was seen in her car making a rather cryptic phone call.

It wasn’t clear who she was speaking with, but it was clear some sort of cover-up was in play. She told the person the job was done, and that Joe had been told what he needed to hear.

So what exactly is she covering up, and why is she lying to Joe? Is it Graham she was talking to, or somebody else that doesn’t want anyone to know he’s still alive?