Composite image of Belle looking haunted; to the left, a bodybag is carried out of a home in Emmerdale (Credit: ITV/Composite: EI)
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Confused Emmerdale fans question ‘Who’s dead?’ as they see body bag wheeled out of Belle and Tom’s cottage

Belle imagined a series of bleak futures for herself and Amelia

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ByJoel Harley

6th September 2024, 13:43

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 lying in a hospital bed on psych ward
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?

A body bag being wheeled out onto the street in Emmerdale
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?”

“I’m so confused. This episode has me lost,” said another.

“I am so confused tonight,” wrote a third.

“This is like the ending of the series Lost. That was confusing as well…” another agreed.

Of all the scenarios we saw play out, only one was real in the end – Belle telling Charity what Tom had been doing to her.

Read more: Tom and Amelia might not be the worst Emmerdale couple ever…

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