Charity and Cain have gone from heroes to ‘I wanna kick their heads in’ in one episode, scream fans

Emmerdale fans have turned on Charity and Cain after last night’s episode saw them side with Tom. It was a real what the heck? moment when Charity especially started to question Belle’s side of things.

Earlier in the week had shown so much promise as Cain declared: “He’s a dead man.” But one glare of those manipulative eyes from Tom and he was suddenly siding with the devil.

And it left fans – and us – absolutely seething.

Charity and Cain side with Tom in Emmerdale

Things had started so well – finally, finally, someone was on to the abuse. Charity knew what Tom was, she even compared him to DI Bails, her own abuser.

Determined Charity was not going to let it lie and then broke into Tom and Belle’s house with Cain on Tuesday July 23. They were all over Tom’s abusive behaviour. They clocked the cameras, the book detailing all Belle’s spends, Belle’s phone hidden in a drawer and they finally realised something was very, very wrong.

Heading straight to Wales they found the cottage the couple were staying in and saw it had been trashed. They even found blood on the walls.

“Whatever he’s done, he’s a dead man,” declared Cain. YES! we all screamed. Tom was going to get his comeuppance and Belle was going to be saved. Right? Right?

Wrong.

After Wednesday’s flashback episode (July 24) showed what had really happened during Tom and Belle’s week away, viewers were delighted Belle had finally escaped her abusive husband.

As Thursday’s ep opened, Tom came down the stairs to find Cain and Charity in the house. He spun them a tale about Belle fleeing after an argument. He then dropped the bombshell she had had an abortion not a miscarriage. This piece of information seemed to cause Charity and Cain to do a complete 180 and believe Tom that Belle was the one with the problem and he was the innocent, injured party.

Even when Belle said Tom had hidden her phone, Charity, who had found the phone and declared Tom must have hidden it, said: “Why would he do that?” WHAT?  How has her weeks of suspicion and evidence building, turned into her total backing of Tom?

Fans fume

The episode left fans absolutely furious – and we are totally with them. Why on earth would Charity in particular believe Tom over Belle?

“Everything was going well until you managed to give Cain and Charity a lobotomy in making them all of a sudden believe Tom’s lies,” fumed one. They added: “From being the abuser to being the abused ABSOLUTELY [BLEEP] RIDICULOUS YOU STUPID PRODUCERS AND SCRIPT WRITERS.”

Another said: “Really disappointed how quickly Cain and Charity believed Tom! Charity just completely forgot all the red flags she had spotted before?”

“How can Charity go from thinking Belle’s being abused to believing the [bleep] that’s coming out of TomTit’s mouth? Incredibly frustrating,” shared a third.

A fourth agreed: “How has Charity been swayed so quickly after her adamant belief in Tom’s horrible nature not 24 hours prior? Including the fact she was convinced that a member of Belle’s mental health team – intimately aware of her health – was not trusting of Tom.”

“Cain and Charity have gone from being my heroes to I wanna kick them both in the head in one episode. Wake the [Bleep] up. ESP you Charity,” raged someone else.

A sixth also said: “Charity was wholly convinced Tom was hurting Belle, yet now Belle’s trying to tell her the same thing she doesn’t believe her!!! Don’t [bleep] me off.”

They’re about as angry as we are. Sort this out, Emmerdale. Quick.

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