Emmerdale - Current Episode Discussion - III

[Son of Cain]

For what offence ?

Breathing.

[lizann]

ruby is gas and doesn't fear cain

[Dennis tanner]

For messing with Belle. I'm not sure that she would leave Tom over that, and I'm sure he'd sweet talk his way out of it, but at least if Cain figures it out, Belle could be armed with knowledge.

Messing with Belle is not going to get him thrown into The Chokey. Personally I just don't get why he wants so much control. Is he insecure and it's a trust issue ?

I am in Team Ruby and I am confused why Cain is so protective of the hypocrit Nate.

[ccahill2]

Not prison unless he physically beats her. I meant going down as in exposed and divorced.

I just knew he was going to take the dog to punish Belle for not quitting her job and staying with him full time. I could see him 'finding' it to make himself a hero in Belle's eyes and then poisoning it while she's at work to blame his death on her. Tom is a monster.

[lizann]

tom is jealous of vinny and belle

[johntrevor]

tom is jealous of vinny and belle

Tom is just jealous of everybody particularly Belle

[Dennis tanner]

Not prison unless he physically beats her. I meant going down as in exposed and divorced.

I just knew he was going to take the dog to punish Belle for not quitting her job and staying with him full time. I could see him 'finding' it to make himself a hero in Belle's eyes and then poisoning it while she's at work to blame his death on her. Tom is a monster.

The problem is that he's now just boring and predictable. He is irredeemable and must go....pronto.

[lizann]

The problem is that he's now just boring and predictable. He is irredeemable and must go....pronto.

no doubt tom will be killed off once the end of this long storyline

[Perdita]

no doubt tom will be killed off once the end of this long storyline

Usually the easiest way in soapland to dispose of an unwanted and unpleasant character...

[ccahill2]

Tom is just jealous of everybody particularly Belle

This is actually one of the stages of an abuser. They work very hard to isolate the spouse from family and friends to get her fully relying on them and then the abuse progresses through verbal abuse and ultimately physical abuse.

I actually see both Ruby and Tom working to isolate their spouses at this point. The difference is that to me I also see Ruby as hilarious and entertaining and I want to punch Tom through a wall.

Perhaps it's because Caleb is no prize himself and Belle just comes across as sweet and innocent and very naive and completely undeserving of what he is doing to her. In many ways, I think of Belle as a lost soul, and that makes her even more vulnerable.