ITV Emmerdale fans ‘work out’ Tom’s next sick plan as Charity rumbles his odd behaviour

Emmerdale viewers are worried they’ve rumbled Tom King’s next sick plan amid a Charity Dingle development.

The ITV soap is tackling a coercive control storyline with Tom and Belle Dingle, and fans have recently seen Tom isolating and manipulating his partner Belle. With his vile behaviour worsening recently and him having her under surveillance, recent episodes took an even more heartbreaking turn as Tom turned violent.

Only recently, Belle made a difficult decision after discovering she was pregnant. The character secretly terminated her pregnancy last week, deciding she could not go ahead with the pregnancy after Tom had put pressure on her to start a family. During Monday’s episode, Belle confessed to her mental health care coordinator, Rachel, that she told Tom she had a miscarriage instead of an abortion. During their appointment, Belle feared that Rachel was starting to realise the extent of Tom’s controlling behaviour, especially when she pointed out a dog camera for Piper, which Tom has been secretly using to record Belle at home.

Belle started to panic as she was desperate for Rachel to leave but as the latter continued to encourage her and handed over helplines to domestic abuse charities, the reality of Tom’s abuse hit home. Sensing Belle was scared, Rachel encouraged her to take a break from Tom. After the appointment, Belle quickly made arrangements to see Debbie Dingle in Scotland as she appeared to leave the village in a taxi.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the village, Tom was up at the farm doing some work, where Noah Dingle accidentally let slip that Belle was in town for an appointment instead of walking Piper, leaving the sinister vet fuming over his wife’s lies. After researching Belle’s location, Tom realised Belle had taken a trip to the abortion clinic and he was unable to contain his rage.

Tom started trashing the barn in anger before swinging an iron bar in the air for another blow which he accidentally hit against the barn’s rotary isolator behind him, Tom was electrocuted and hurled violently against a beam. It appeared that Tom was dead before a mystery person was seen trying to revive him.

Elsewhere, while it looked as though Belle had fled the village, she decided to head home to pick up Piper so they could go to Scotland together. In true soap style, Rhona Goskirk then appeared at the house, revealing Tom had been electrocuted and they had to head to hospital. At the hospital, it was revealed that Tom had died but Paddy Kirk, who was nearby, was able to resuscitate him just in time. While in the hospital room, Tom woke up, claiming he couldn’t remember what had happened, but he chillingly said to Belle: “I’m never leaving you!”

On Thursday night, Belle attempted to flee to Scotland again but was interrupted by a knock on the door, where Jimmy King was waiting with Tom in a wheelchair, who had discharged himself early. Jimmy said to Belle over Tom’s early return: “I hope you’re ready for what comes next…” to which Tom replied: “I guess now we’ll find out what in sickness and in health really means…”

Belle attempted to hide her suitcases but Tom spotted them before he started manipulating Belle in hard-hitting scenes. The duo were then interrupted by the arrival of Charity Dingle, who questioned Tom as she pointed out that the barn was smashed up and asked what had happened. This prompted Tom to get defensive as he said: “Are you actually asking if I did this to myself?”

Charity then shared her suspicions as well as worries for son Noah Dingle, who has been working as an electrician apprentice and did the electrics at the barn, as she said she didn’t want him getting blamed as he fitted the barn’s rotary isolator. During the scene, Tom blurted out Belle’s miscarriage, which made Charity open up about her ectopic pregnancy heartbreak in 2022, sharing empathy with Belle.

It was too much for Belle as she got upset to which Charity went to leave before accidentally revealing that Belle was planning to see Debbie in Scotland, leaving Tom furious. Meanwhile, over at The Woolpack, Charity shared her suspicions about Tom to Noah, commenting: “Something is not adding up!” She added: “No, he’s [Tom] not decent… he’s almost perfect and when someone or something appears perfect…”

With Charity cottoning onto Tom’s behaviour some viewers think her son Noah will be framed for the barn incident, which would cause pain for Charity. One person said: “Surely when they go in they will see the barn is smashed up he pulled all the plastic down he will blame poor Noah saying wiring dodgy and make a claim to bring a Dingle down he is vile.” Elsewhere, another predicted: “I said I bet noah will get blamed!” while a different viewer added: “He’d gone in to speak to Noah (who is an apprentice electrician, so he’ll get blamed).”