Emmerdale spoilers: Scheming Dr Todd uses romance with Vanessa to destroy Jacob’s life

Dr Todd (Caroline Harker) is upping her campaign of evil against Jacob Sugden (Joe-Warren Plant).

Whether it’s because she feels threatened by him or just really doesn’t like him, the respected doc seems hellbent on running Jacob’s career into the ground.

It started with her being overly hard on him, which she sneakily said was down to the fact she knew he was good. Then she looked for any opportunity to undermine him and crush his confidence. Fast forward a few weeks and she has claimed he’s stalking her while he’s been forced to visit HR.

Evidently, things are not settling down.

She moved to the village after a bitter divorce and has been trying to turn the locals against Jacob ever since.

Jacob found this incredibly awkward, but now that baby Leyla has arrived, he’s a bit more preoccupied.

That won’t stop Todd, however.

She has purposefully ingratiated herself in village life with the ladies, making firm friends with Vanessa (Michelle Hardwick) and Manpreet (Rebecca Sarker). They’re in the pub having a girls’ night when Mary suggests a darts match, putting Vanessa and Todd on the same team.

Todd grabs the opportunity to start flirting with Vanessa. It’s not for romance, it’s for more manipulation purposes. She uses the opportunity to plant negative seeds about Jacob to undermine him even further than she already has.

Todd is determined to paint a terrible picture of the aspiring doctor to prevent him from ever progressing. She also knows a secret about him that no doubt she’ll be using to make his life even worse. 

If Vanessa starts reciprocating the flirting it would mean Todd is here to stay. Will the sinister Doc succeed in ruining Jacob’s life?