In Emmerdale spoilers for next week, Belle Dingle is bravely facing up to what husband Tom has been doing to her, while Tom is busy trying to cover his tracks!
But as news of Belle’s torment begins to spread around the village, who will believe which side of the story?
And when Tom disappears, has Cain finally snapped and taken terrible revenge?
Find out more in these new Emmerdale spoilers.
Belle is trying to move on (Credit: ITV)
Spilling the beans in Emmerdale spoilers
Knowing Belle has spilled the beans about his coercive controlling behaviour, Tom realises he has to act.
He urgently tries to hide the evidence of him stalking Belle by removing all the hidden cameras he had set up in the cottage.
But he’s cornered when Jimmy asks him what’s in his bag. What will he say to put Jimmy off the scent?
Tom is, of course, a master manipulator and he manages to distract his uncle by telling him – full of emotion – that Belle’s spreading rumours that he abused her.
Jimmy is horrified and promises to protect his nephew. But it doesn’t take long for news of Belle’s revelations to spread round the village.
Tom is a master manipulator (Credit: ITV)
Tom goes missing
At the vet’s, Rhona and Vanessa are unimpressed and immediately dismiss Tom from his job.
But soon everyone is worried about the newly jobless vet because he disappears. No one can track him down, and Cain’s around… Has Mr Dingle taken terrible revenge for Tom’s behaviour towards his little sister, Belle?
Or is this another one of Tom’s mind games to ensure he regains control and manipulates the villagers back on to his side? After all, Cain has promised Belle he won’t take revenge and will not act until she’s ready, would he really go back on his word?
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This week’s Emmerdale review is all about quirky storytelling!
Emmerdale is never afraid to try something new when it comes to interesting ways to tell a story and this week we were treated to a special, stylised episode featuring four potential futures for Belle Dingle.
Did it work? We’re not sure! Find out more in our Emmerdale review of the week.
Belle imagined possible futures (Credit: ITV)
Groundbreaking episodes
Back in 2016, Emmerdale screened a groundbreaking episode exploring Ashley’s point-of-view as a dementia patient.
And since then we’ve seen all sorts of innovative episodes including two-handers, an all-female cast and crew for International Women’s Day, an all male episode promoting men’s mental health, flash-forwards, flashbacks, and a Christmas episode featuring Robert Sugden that’s probably best forgotten.
We’ve also had two special episodes in the Belle and Tom storyline. There was the dinner party where we saw the same events play out from Marlon and Rhona’s point of view, and from Belle and Tom’s. It cleverly portrayed the truth that you never know what goes on in someone else’s marriage.
And then there were the tense, gripping episodes as Belle and Tom went to their remote Welsh cottage only for his abuse to ramp up further.
So we were excited to see how this week’s special episode would play out.
But we’re not sure it really hit the spot!
The episodes following Belle and Tom at their holiday cottage were gripping (Credit: ITV)
Belle rattled in our Emmerdale review
Belle was rattled this week when Tom revealed he was in a relationship with young mum Amelia Spencer. And her desperate attempts to persuade Amelia that it was a bad idea fell on deaf ears.
So the special hour-long episode began with Belle hoping to protect Amelia. In the first scenario, she got back with Tom and we saw her at Christmas, pregnant and sad.
In the second, her passionate – and public – pleas to Amelia, listing the ways Tom had hurt her, were overheard by Cain. He lashed out, and was carted off by the police, as Tom fought for his life.
Next – giving us a glimpse a few years into the future – we saw businesswoman Belle, who was back working with Suzy, while Tom and Amelia planned a wedding. But Belle knew Amelia wasn’t happy and tried to warn her. It was too late, though, and we saw Amelia’s body being taken away while Tom cried crocodile tears at her funeral.
Dark stuff!
Charity has promised to do things Belle’s way (Credit: ITV)
Begging for help
But the final scenario was the one where Belle told Charity what had been going on and she, and a surprisingly calm Cain promised to support her. Thankfully, as Friday’s episode showed, that was the ‘real thing’ and we’re looking forward to Tom getting his comeuppance!
There’s no doubt that it was an entertaining episode. As a storytelling technique, though, showing alternative futures seemed a bit unnecessary. Belle and Tom’s story is dramatic, engaging and important enough without needing the addition of gimmicks. And actors Eden Taylor-Draper and James Chase are great actors who don’t need any glittering distractions to help them shine.
But we loved the final outcome and now we are on tenterhooks waiting to see how Tom will pay!
Will’s being a bit of a wally (Credit: ITV)
Will’s baffling blackmail
The rest of this week was uneventful! Will’s blackmail plot is still completely baffling. How that man thinks he can outsmart Kim Tate is beyond us. Has he met Kim? She always – ALWAYS – comes out on top. And if she’s not behind his blackmail, well, let’s just say, we’ll be very surprised.
Everyone persistently ignoring Moira’s health issues is beginning to grate a bit, too. The poor woman is mood-swinging all over the place and it’s clear something’s very wrong. Though, we have to admit seeing her headbutt Ruby was a treat! We reckon Moira and Ruby could actually be good friends – they’d be a formidable team!
Emmerdale tonight brought out the Cain Dingle we love oh so much when he supported Belle after learning the truth about his abuse. As our heart rate recovers from his mad, bad, brooding, but melt-in-the-middle demeanour, here’s everything that happened in Emmerdale tonight.
Anyway, that picture of domestic bliss aside, Belle felt relieved, but admitted she was worried about telling Cain. Charity agreed to do it for her, insisting she needn’t worry because Moira is the violent one these days! True story.
Charity then arranged a secret meeting with Cain and prefixed what she was about to tell him with the sentence: “We can’t kill him.” When a Dingle says that, they really mean business. Of course Cain was fired up and immediately flew out of his seat ready to hurt Tom “and the rest”. But Charity talked him down and he calmed slightly.
But before too long, Cain couldn’t contain his anger any more and stormed out, despite Charity screaming at him to stop. However it turned out he wasn’t off to confront Tom, he went straight to Belle, took her in his arms and said: “We believe you and we love you.”
And that moment just cemented our love for Cain all over again. Swoon.
Back in the bosom of her family, we finally felt Belle was somewhat safe again. Cain told her they would go to the police when she was ready.
Tom saw Cain leaving Charity’s with Belle on the doorstep and he knew. He realised he was caught out and she had told them everything. So what will his next move be? He’s not going to give up without a fight, so how will he regain control of this situation?
Tom is manipulating Amelia now (Credit: ITV)
Amelia fawned over Tom and it was not pretty
Elsewhere, Tom revealed it was his birthday as flirty Amelia supped on wine and tried to seduce him. She then attempted to organise a birthday party for him, but no one would attend.
He manipulated Amelia saying her plans had made him feel even more rejected, sucking her even further under his spell.
Kerry then had a mother/daughter chat with Amelia – telling her she had a thing for rescuing lost lads. Kerry’s not really one to talk about taste in men, but she does have a point. However she sort of spoiled it by saying they can’t even get free vet care out of it because they don’t have a pet.
Angry Amelia told her to support her or butt out of her life, leaving Kerry with no choice. But we wouldn’t like to be Tom when Kerry realises what he’s really like.
We need answers over Moira now (Credit: ITV)
For the love of God, tell us what’s wrong with Moira!
Caleb wanted Moira to give Ruby an apology, but she was adamant Ruby was flirting with Cain. Nate defended Moira, but Mack was not on his sister’s side.
Later, Nate and Moira shared a hug, but she had a moment of weirdness which he thought was her trying to kiss him. She later insisted she wasn’t, however, he shouted at her quite aggressively and stormed off. It was all rather confusing – for us and for Moira. And honestly, we’re struggling to care much about Nate’s temper tantrums.
Also, Caleb witnessed their ‘moment’, immediately told Ruby and now we fear it’s all going to kick off. That will then be the focus instead of finding out what the hell is wrong with Moira. It’s dragging now, give us some answers, please, we’re bored.
Nate and Tracy decided to leave in Emmerdale tonight – yay!
Nate confessed to Mack he’d kissed Tracy and had all the feels and didn’t know what to do. Mack, who was keen for him to stay, told him to talk to Tracy. This was the same advice Moira gave him, and not to state the obvious, it seems like the right thing to do.
Then after Moira’s weird kiss-not-kiss moment, Nate stormed off and told Tracy he was leaving for Shetland. But that he wanted her to come with him. She told him they wanted the same thing and led him upstairs. So is that an exit for both of them, then? Is Tracy leaving Emmerdale too? We wouldn’t be overly sad to see it…
Am I bovvered? Er, yes, Aaron, clearly you are (Credit: ITV)
Also in Emmerdale tonight…
Aaron was doing a very bad job at pretending he wasn’t bothered that John was packing up and leaving. John himself seemed slightly bothered, but not enough that he was going to stay or anything. Are they really over?
Emmerdale fans were left so emotional after last night’s episode giving us a glimpse into what the future could hold for Belle, that they were unable to speak.
In a special, stylised episode, Belle watched herself living three potential futures – each of them more heartbreaking that the one that went before.
The first glimpse of her future saw Belle back with Tom, stuck in the abusive marriage, but this time she was pregnant and definitely not blooming with happiness.
In the second scenario we saw Belle desperately trying to make Amelia understand that Tom was an abuser. But as she told her all the awful things he’d done, Cain was listening in. He stormed off to take out his anger on Mr King and ended up being carted off by the police.
Finally we saw Belle in what initially looked like a positive future – winning in her career as a wedding planner and totally fine with Tom and Amelia planning their own big day. But Belle knew Tom hadn’t changed and tried to warn the bride to be – only for her concerns to be ignored.
Then Amelia died “falling” down the stairs and Tom posed as a grieving widower at her funeral, leaving Belle devastated.
Belle knows the time has come to tell the truth (Credit: ITV)
Back in the real world
Knowing there was only one course of action she could take, back in the real world, brave Belle went to Charity’s cottage. She opened up to Charity and told her exactly what had been going on.
It was an emotional episode, with all the possible futures, and Belle’s real-life decision, bringing all the feels.
And the fans loved it! Though they agreed it had left them so distraught that they struggled to speak at the end of the episode!
“I couldn’t speak after tonight’s episode,” wrote one fan on social media. “Belle and Charity, that was such an incredibly moving and powerful scene. Outstanding episode.”
“I’m numb, said another, adding two crying emojis.
One moved viewer said: “I can’t speak either for the tears” while another said: “The ending made me cry.”
Even Daisy Campbell, who plays Amelia, shared her emotions on social media. “The way I was in tears,” she wrote.
Emmerdale fans have declared last night’s special episode featuring Belle Dingle the one they’ve “been waiting for”!
The viewers were delighted that after months of abuse, Belle finally turned to her family for help – but only after exploring what the future would hold if she didn’t.
Belle looked into the future and didn’t like what she saw (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale: Belle imagines her future
Belle watched three potential scenarios play out. In the first, she and Tom got back together and we saw her desperately sad and scared, and pregnant.
In the second, she begged Amelia to listen as she ran through all the ways Tom had hurt her.
But Cain overheard, and – in typical Dingle fashion – he attacked Tom leaving him fighting for life.
The third scenario saw Belle having made peace with her split from Tom and his new romance with Amelia. In scenes several years in the future, we watched Tom and Amelia plan their wedding, only for it to become clear that he was now abusing his wife-to-be.
Belle tried to intervene, but her attempts to help came to nothing. Poor Amelia was taken away in a body bag after “falling” downstairs, while Tom played the grieving widower at her funeral.
Belle wants to get away from Tom (Credit: ITV)
Asking for help
Having seen all those potential futures, Belle knew what to do. She headed to Charity’s house and begged her to help.
Fans of Emmerdale were left confused following last night’s episode of the soap, in which a bodybag appeared to be wheeled out of Belle and Tom’s marital home.
This special episode, told from Belle’s perspective, showed her as she imagined each potential future of a life with Tom in it. Here she imagined repairing her marriage to Tom; Cain beating her husband to death after learning the truth; Tom murdering Amelia after presumably throwing her down the stairs.
Belle imagined herself in a psychiatric ward (Credit: ITV)
Belle reveals the truth to shocked Charity
As Belle ran through every possible outcome, she found herself at Charity’s doorstep – where she finally revealed the truth about her ordeal.
But before then, one imagined future showed a bodybag being wheeled out of the family home. And it was this development which left fans scratching their heads. Who had been killed?
Who’s in the bag? (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale fans confused as Belle imagines a series of grim futures
As the episode aired, fans took to social media to register their confusion at what had just happened.
“Who’s dead?” several asked as other clarified no one had actually died, it was just an imagined scenario. “I’m so confused,” several replied again.
Elsewhere on social media, someone else queried: “Is he dead?”
Emmerdale tonight saw Belle Dingle imagine her life turning out in different ways as she looked ‘through the looking glass’ into her future. And some of the paths she could take were very bleak indeed.
In fact, it seemed even if she moved on with her life and ignored Tom, the consequences would be fatal for others.
Finally it looks like Belle has acted and told Charity everything. But was that just another imagined future or was that her final decision? We’re a bit confused but we *think* it was her final choice – and if so, it was definitely the right one!
Belle has spent all week trying to get free of Tom’s control (Credit: ITV)
Emmerdale tonight: Belle’s future Part One
So the first option was for Belle to take Tom back to save Amelia. She visited him at Nicola and Jimmy’s and saw him doing his trousers up just after sleeping with gullible Amelia.
Belle then confessed she wanted him back and promised to abide by all his new rules. He swiftly dumped Amelia and took Belle home – where he found everything gone and her telling him she would never get back with him. It was all a trick to reveal his true self to Amelia.
But somehow, she soon ended up at Christmas five months pregnant with his baby, sobbing her heart out as he forced her to eat toast. What is his obsession with toast?!
Tom is rubbing Amelia in Belle’s face (Credit: ITV)
Belle’s future Part Two
The second imaging saw Belle beg Kerry to help her protect Amelia, but then it seemed Tom had turned the tables and made out Belle was the one abusing and stalking him. No one believed poor Belle as she begged them to realise he was the abuser.
She then lost it, screaming in the pub exactly what Tom had done to her. And Cain overheard.
True to form and all her fears, Cain stormed out and beat Tom to near-death. As Cain was arrested and looking at life in prison for murder, STILL no one believed Belle, and Lydia decided to have her sectioned for her own safety.
What is getting more and more frustrating here is the pattern of no one – not even Lydia – believing the victim and Tom, who isn’t even that nice to anyone, pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes. Fortunately, that seemed to be rectified later on, but we’ll get to that.
Is Amelia likely to end up dead? (Credit: ITV)
Belle’s future Part Three
The third option for Belle was to ignore Tom, get on with her life and not strive to help Amelia escape suffering what she had.
Confident businesswoman Belle was in partnership with Suzy, she wore a black power suit and big gold earrings (neither of which Belle would ever wear, but hey, we’ll go with it). Amelia, Esther and Tom meanwhile, were playing happy families and planning their wedding.
But soon Belle spotted a burn on Amelia’s hand and tried to help. It was very clear Tom was abusing Amelia, but she tried to cover for him and threw Belle out.
In the end, though, Amelia was carried out of the cottage in a body bag, dead after supposedly falling down the stairs. Now we all know Tom pushed her, but no one else seemed to realise and he got away with it. So that’s the future if Belle didn’t act and she sure felt guilty about Esther.
Belle knows the time has come to tell the truth (Credit: ITV)
Belle’s future Part Four
So it looks like this is the future Belle has chosen – to be honest and open with Charity about everything that has been going on. To tell the right people in the right way and manage the situation to make sure she and her loved ones are protected, while Tom is punished.
As Belle recounted everything she had been through to Charity, our hearts broke. Full props to Eden Taylor-Draper her for her performance – still defending Tom, still coming to terms with what he has done to her and still confused as to whether it was her fault.
Charity started to go in full-Charity mode and we winced, but then she realised, calmed down and told Belle they had all night and could talk about everything.
Did Emmerdale tonight finally put an end to Belle’s abuse storyline?
Well, we’ve been told this will continue until the end of the year, so chances are this is not over.
Tom is likely to twist and manipulate everything, but with the weight of the Dingle family against him, it finally looks like comeuppance won’t be too far off.
Fans of Emmerdale have predicted that Nicola King could be the one to finally expose Tom for his abusive behaviour towards ex-wife Belle.
Tom has been living with uncle Jimmy and his wife Nicola since the collapse of his marriage to Belle. At the same time, he has continued his manipulation of his (now ex) wife – spying on her with hidden cameras, running over Piper in a fit of rage, and now striking up a relationship with the newly-single Amelia Spencer.
With all of this going on under Nicola’s nose, could she be the one to realise what Tom is playing at?
Tom is currently living with Nicola and Jimmy (Credit: ITV/YouTube)
Nicola to discover Tom’s hidden camera feed?
Writing on a Reddit thread, one fan shared their theory that Nicola might stumble across evidence of Tom’s wrongdoing.
“There’s a possibility Nicola could be the one who realises Belle is right. She could open his laptop accidentally to see a live feed of Belle just sitting there,” wrote one fan.
“I was thinking something like that. You would think he wouldn’t be so careless with even leaving it out in the open, even if closed, in their house, but he actually watches their feed in their common areas instead of in private as well. That just seems reckless, so yeahhh, somebody is going to find out that way,” agreed another.
Meanwhile, another wondered how Belle hadn’t spotted Tom’s cameras already.
Tom has been using hidden cameras to spy on Belle (Credit: ITV)
“She COULD just look UP when sat on her couch. It’s DIRECTLY facing a camera that’s on a presumably bare wall. Can’t exactly be hard to spot the thing that’s in such an obvious spot,” said a third.
Clearly, this is just a ploy to get under Belle’s skin… but an effective one, regardless.
Tom revealed earlier this week that he had a new woman in his life (Credit: ITV)
Belle attempts to warn Amelia about her new man
Belle was horrified to learn that Tom had a new victim in his sights – and recognised all the red flags as he even promised to sort Amelia out with a new puppy.
Cornering Amelia in The Woolpack toilets, Belle attempted to warn her what Tom was up to – but bull-headed Amelia was having none of it, and snapped back, demanding that Belle stop ‘stalking’ her ex.
Emmerdale’s newest couple (Credit: ITV/YouTube)
Belle was then humiliated out in the pub as Kerry tore a strip off her for allegedly threatening Amelia in the loos.
Afterwards, Tom let himself into their home to ‘check up on’ his estranged wife (sure, Tom) and try to convince her to get back together.
A ridiculous idea but, according to fans, not a far-fetched one.
Back at home, Tom changed his tune… again (Credit: ITV/YouTube)
Belle to take back Tom to save Amelia, fans predict
As the episode aired, fans took to social media to share their thoughts on the episode’s developments. And many wondered whether Belle might accept Tom’s attempts to rekindle their marriage, for Amelia’s sake.
“Belle is gonna take him back to save Amelia,” wrote one fan.
Belle is gonna take him back to save Amelia #Emmerdale
“Why do I have a horrible gut feeling that Belle is going to get back with Tom so she takes the (metaphorical & physical) hits from Tom instead of Amelia?” suggested another.
why do i have a horrible gut feeling that Belle is going to get back with Tom so she takes the (metaphorical & physical) hits from Tom instead of Amelia😮â€ðŸ’¨ #emmerdale
In Emmerdale spoilers, Belle is at the centre of a special episode which focuses on the abuse she’s suffered at the hands of Tom.
During the hour long installment on Thursday September 5, Belle is haunted by her imagined futures.
Viewers will see three different potential future realities for how Belle’s life could turn out. But will these disturbing nightmares prompt Belle to take action and report Tom?
Belle starts to imagine what horrors await in her future (Credit: ITV)
Belle’s hell is far from over in Emmerdale spoilers
1. Belle can’t escape evil Tom
For months now viewers have watched in horror as Tom has controlled every aspect of Belle’s life. His wicked campaign of physical and verbal abuse has turned the once bubbly Dingle into a shadow of her former self.
After their ill-fated trip away to a remote cottage, Belle found the courage to end her marriage. But Tom just won’t let her go and has continued to terrorise her.
As well as installing hidden cameras to monitor her every move, Tom now has taken the most precious thing in Belle’s life – her beloved pooch, Piper. Tom deliberately ran over the dog, then made Belle think she had died.
Belle has tried to stay strong and fight back. She applied for access to Clare’s Law, to see if Tom had any previous history of violence. Sadly this was unsuccessful, as are Belle’s attempts to get everyone to see what kind of monster Tom is.
Now Belle has discovered Tom has grown close to Amelia and fears she will become his next victim.
Belle fears she will never be free from Tom (Credit: ITV)
2. Belle is in a daze
Belle is in a terrible state after her latest run-in in with Tom. His pledge to never give up on her has made Belle realise she may never be free of him.
Feeling frightened and alone, Belle appears in a trance-like state as she leaves her house and wanders down Main Street.
Belle isn’t aware of anything or anyone as she carries on walking and starts imagining what might happen next to her.
A special episode of Emmerdale explores Belle’s imagined futures (Credit: ITV)
3. Belle’s futures are explored in Emmerdale spoilers
Belle is soon propelled into a dream-like day, as what might happen in her future life is reflected back at her.
Unsettling scenes explore three potential scenarios of how Belle’s story could end. Each scenario plays out within the world of Emmerdale village.
The story follows a dazed Belle leaving her house with each scenario she then encounters playing out within the world of the Emmerdale village.
As Belle observes these different situations, viewers will realise the true horror of what could happen with Tom still in control.
Will Belle be able to find the courage to open up about the abuse she’s been suffering?
