Emmerdale will appear to air a soap first next week, or at least something unusual in soap land. A special episode focusing on Belle Dingle will see her imagined futures play out with different scenarios. Based on her current and future decisions, we will see more than one future she could be faced with amid her ordeal at the hands of abusive husband Tom King.
The soap's domestic violence storyline reaches a huge point next week, after Belle's recent turmoil. Viewers will know that Tom coercively controlled wife Belle for months before turning violent. After Belle left Tom and ended their marriage he began spying on her while also trying to make others believe Belle was mentally unstable.
Tom even ran over their dog Piper and allowed Belle to believe she had died, while he's actually given the dog away. Next week things reach a huge point, with a special hour-long episode in a completely different format to what we normally see. Following another showdown with manipulative Tom, Belle will be left in a daze wandering through the village.
We will then be shown three different potential future realities that could happen to Belle depending what she does next. It's said to be a "dream-like day" for Belle, as she imagines what her future may hold depending how she handles her horrifying situation with Tom. We will see inside her mind and through her eyes as she imagines the different realities ahead of her in emotional scenes.
It seems each scenario will play out one after the oth.