Review of the week: Belle’s bravery, Tom’s amazing recovery and Liam’s dressing up

There's a lot to be impressed by in this week's Emmerdale (not you, Liam)

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DS Foy and Belle Dingle in Emmerdale

Our Emmerdale review this week is mostly just admiration – at Belle’s fearlessness, at Tom shrugging off an axe wound, at DS Foy’s interrogation techniques, and at Liam finding another fancy dress costume.

Here’s what we thought of this week’s episode in our Emmerdale review.

Belle’s bravery

We have to be honest, we were a bit disappointed when Belle went to see Tom in the hospital. Surely she wasn’t going to do as he asked, we thought. SURELY no matter how scared she was, she wouldn’t give in and make a deal?

But NO! We had underestimated the steely strength of Ms Dingle, who is most definitely down but not out. Belle brilliantly double-crossed evil Tom!

She dug up the murder weapon, marched into the police station with it, and announced she was a victim of domestic violence.

She’s got a long road ahead of her, but we are cheering her on.

Belle takes the axe to the police station — Belle marched into the police station with the axe (Credit: ITV)

DS Foy as bad cop

HOW good is it to see someone giving Tom a hard time? We are LOVING DS Foy‘s obvious dislike and suspicion of Tom King. We’re so used to everyone being nice to Tom, or tiptoeing around him, it’s refreshing to see someone really asking him to account for his actions. More of this, please! We want to see him sweat!

Tom is interviewed at the police station — Go on, DS Foy! Do your worst! (Credit: ITV)

Tom’s miraculous recovery

Speaking of Tom, we are once again amazed and impressed by the miraculous treatment Emmerdale residents receive at Hotten General. One minute they’re out cold having been stabbed in the back with an axe, or gored by a bull, or dragged from a burning barn, the next they’re FINE.

Just a couple of days after being whacked by Belle, Tom was wandering round the village with only an occasional twinge. Whatever they’re prescribing at that hospital, we’d like some!

Tom in hospital bed with a worried Belle — One minute at death’s door, the next feeling strong enough to torment poor Belle some more (Credit: ITV)

Brilliant youngsters in our Emmerdale review

Hot on the heels of Isaac Dingle stealing every scene he’s in, comes little Carl Holliday – Jimmy King’s son. We’ve not seen him for yonks, but suddenly him helping himself to Tom’s tablet and then lending it to buddy Isaac, is an important plot twist. Young actors can be unpredictable, but Charlie Joyce, who plays Carl, knocked it out the park this week.

John Sugden helps a poorly Eric Pollard in Emmerdale — Handsome AND medically trained? What more could we ask for? (Except an answer to the whole Aidan Moore thing).

A John Sugden mystery

We thought that John being all quiet and prickly and brooding would be a bit irritating, but somehow it’s not. In fact, we love his extreme Sugden-ness. It’s like Jack has been reborn. We’re such fans, we don’t even care who Aidan Moore is or why John has his dog tag (actually, no, this is a lie – we do care).

John Sugden's dog tag with the name Aidan Moore — WHO is Aidan Moore? (Credit: ITV)

No thanks to a love triangle in our Emmerdale review

Ella’s so sweet, and eager to please but now her secret’s out, and the dust has settled, it seems like the powers that be don’t know what to do with her. And absolutely the wrong thing to do with her is to stick her back with Liam, in some weird off-screen romance that we’ve only just found out about.

Liam is lovely – we adore him – but let’s be honest, he is an old dog who’s been round the village and back again. He’s too jaded for Ella – but he’s perfect for Chas, who’s a bit jaded herself. And the thought of another love triangle involving Liam in fancy dress makes us feel a bit jaded too. Please make it stop.