Viewers were left asking ‘how long will this go on for?’
ITV Emmerdale fans have been left saying they are “sick to death” of the latest storyline as village villain Tom King “does it again”.
As viewers of the ITV soap will know, Tom became panicked in Friday night’s episode when his tablet was taken by Carl King Jnr. Tom scared Carl into confessing he had borrowed it, only to learn that Isaac had taken it home with him. The episode ended as Tom promised to deal with Isaac when he saw fit, as Isaac went inside with his mum Moira.
In Monday night’s episode, Tom approached Isaac in the street and asked him for his tablet back. Isaac said his mum wasn’t at home, but that he could give Tom a spare key to get in the house.
With Matty still inside the property, Tom crept in to retrieve his tablet, which has evidence which proves he used a hidden camera to spy on Belle. Later in the episode, Tom bumped into Belle in the village.
He began walking alongside Belle while she begged him to leave her alone. He responded by saying: “If I’m really the monster you say I am, wouldn’t I be in custody by now?”, before he gave her a speech about his “clean reputation” and told her she had “nothing to pin on him”.
Belle begged him to leave her alone, but not before he had one last go at her. He said: “You are going to get sent down for what you’ve done to me and then they will lock you up for a very, very long time. Just watch.”
Tom then returned home where he took the tablet outside and began to look through photographs of him and Belle. He then selected a photo of her on their wedding day, before stamping on it and smashing the tablet with a brick – attempting to destroy the evidence. However, Tom didn’t realise 10-year-old Carl King was watching from an upstairs window.
The scenes left viewers saying they were ‘sick to death’ of the Tom and Belle storyline as they asked ‘when will this end?’ Fans took to social media to voice their opinions. On X, formerly known as Twitter, @JeanieThePixie wrote: “What a load of old crap! I’m a diehard #emmerdale fan, and even I’m sick to death of this Belle and Tom storyline. Please put us out of our misery soon!”
@dm_2401 tweeted: “#Emmerdale So he’s got the tablet and will now delete every single piece of evidence against him! Pathetic,” and @Vintyg121 penned: “What is even harder to stomach than the c***, predictable storyline around Tom is that someone is actually getting well paid to write it. #Emmerdale.”
@jabberwocky43 said: “This Tom and Belle saga on #Emmerdale has to be the most drawn out, ridiculous storyline I’ve ever seen in a soap. Good job my blood pressure tablet dose has been increased,” and @Winis_World commented: “How long will Tom get away with this c*** for? #Emmerdale.”
@Tommy_1972 tweeted: This Tom and Belle story is going to go on until 2029 #emmerdale,” and @TellyVsPodcasts wrote: “Tom doing this in broad daylight- but will of course be wearing his invisibility cloak as usual #emmerdale.”
@CarolineIn36350 added: “How much longer are they going to drag this bloody Tom & Belle story out it’s doing my head in #emmerdale.”
