Emmerdale spoilers - Soap boss reveals REAL reason he killed off Emma Barton
Speaking to media including Express.co.uk at a recent press day, the soap executive said: “There was just a nice symmetry to that and because this week is designed to be like the final chapter in the No Return story from last year.
“We talked extensively about making even the pictures look quite similar, so that there is a deliberate parallel to be drawn there.
He continued: “That was pretty much the first thing that popped into my head. It was very deliberately an echo of all of that.
“When you come to watch it – it’s weirdly pictorial and serene. It’s like James’ death, less anguished. She’s not screaming in terror in quite the same way she was.”