David's in a state as he prepares to go under the knife...
(Image credit: Andrew Boyce)David Metcalfe is about ready to bottle his cancer operation in Emmerdale. Will he conquer his nerves?
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David's in a state as he prepares to go under the knife...
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Pollard plays matchmaker and tells a reulctant David to give Tracy a chance. The pair enjoy a drunken kiss in The Woolpack and end up in bed together...
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But David's angry when he realises Tracy knows about his testicular cancer and believes she only slept with him out of pity. Pollard tries to give him a pep talk...
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...Pollard worries when he realises just how much his son is freaking out about his imminent operation to remove a testicle
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Tracy tries to reassure David everything will be OK, but a depressed David later holes himself up and gets drunk. Pollard's alarmed to find his son at home passed out and naked
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When David tells Pollard he can't face going through with the op it's up to his dad to convince him to go through with it
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...but terrified David is ready to walk
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The nurse reassures him that he's going to be fine
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As David tries to conquer his nerves, Jacob returns from Portugal and wants to know where David is. What will Tracy tell him? Watch Emmerdale on ITV from Monday, April 25
