ITV Emmerdale fans ‘work out’ harrowing Tom King twist as he ‘returns from dead’

Emmerdale aired explosive scenes on Monday night as Belle Dingle attempted to flee her abusive marriage while Tom King was electrocuted in a shock twist.

The ITV soap is tackling a coercive control storyline with Tom and Belle, 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 took 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 to 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.

After anxiously heading over to 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. Tom said: “Belle, what happened?” to which Belle explained: “There was an accident at the farm, for a moment, you were gone.” A shocked Tom then replied: “I died?” with Belle adding: “Paddy saved you!”

In a chilling response, Tom then said: “The miscarriage, you’ve been through so much, you don’t need this. I thought I lost everything – you, us. But I’m here, I’m still here, and I’m never leaving you!” However, soap watchers are convinced Tom remembers everything and have demanded Belle run.

One person said: “He’s threatening Belle from his death bed!” while a different account put: “Belle should leave while Tom is in the hospital because now that he knows she terminated the pregnancy I think he’ll be brutal when he gets home & gets Belle alone. Tom telling Belle ”i’m never leaving you” sounds threatening AF! Run Belle Run! #Emmerdale.”

Elsewhere, another fan put: “Now is your chance belle RUNNNNN #emmerdale” while a different concerned soap watcher added: “This is the PERFECT TIME for BELLE TO GO!! #Emmerdale.”

Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX, with an hour-long episode on Thursdays.