The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.

Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) has issued Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) an ultimatum following a major discovery in Emmerdale.

A few days ago, Charity put forward the idea of being Sarah Sugden’s (Katie Hill) surrogate.

The offer was made because Charity couldn’t bare the thought of Sarah not becoming a mother. The young resident has Fanconi Anemia which is expected to shorten her life, but also had a hysterectomy recently following a cancer diagnosis.

With surrogacy agencies not willing to take Sarah on because of her health problems, Charity thought this was the only option.

Charity has already started the process with Sarah and Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant), the sperm donor, but for some reason believed that keeping Mackenzie in the dark about it would be best.

This all changed tonight, when a spiteful Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell) told him.

Mackenzie returned home and confronted Charity, wondering whether she’d still feign ignorance when she’s 9 months pregnant.

The argument between the two characters didn’t get them anywhere, due to how stubborn they both are.

Charity was absolutely certain that carrying Sarah’s baby was the right thing to do, while Mack pointed out the health risks, and suggested that Charity only wants to do this to prove she doesn’t just fail children all the time.