Soap fans have finally breathed a collective sigh of relief, as the long running Emmerdale storyline that saw serial killer Mean Jutla run amok, finally came to its dramatic conclusion on Monday evening.
Having been found guilty for the murders of Leanna Cavanagh, Andrea Tata and Ben Tucker last week, tonight saw the villainous nurse receive her sentence, a total of three life terms, meaning she would never be able to leave prison and would be forced to live out the remainder of her life behind bars, according to the soap's own legal system.
Rejoicing in the news, many fans took to social media to celebrate the end of the long running storyline, while several others paid tribute to Paige Sandhu the actress who brought the sociopathic killer to life in the soap.
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@FanofTV5 said: "Such a powerful episode, with some stellar acting from Paige, and cinematic editing!!”
@SnoopSaj also agreed tweeting “Meena has been absolutely fantastic love her hate her Paige played her amazing”
@GelertClaire also chimed in, saying “Anyone else enjoying the sentencing in #Emmerdale Meena wigging out the ending of the story line didn't let us down”
Meanwhile soap fans such as @EllieLennie2491 were just happy to see the storyline finally finish. “FINALLY. THANK YOU. THE STORY IS OVER AT LAST” she posted on twitter, in all capitals.
Elsewhere in tonight’s episode, soap fans also saw Belle Dingle continue to plough ahead with her decision to go into business with dubious businessman Al Chapman.
Having already cost Chastity Dingle the Woolpack in January’s explosive new year scenes, it boggled the mind of many fans that Belle would go into business with someone who had already caused her family such irredeemable harm.
Yet in tonight’s scenes, Belle remained undeterred as she continued to make plans to launch a wellness retreat at the Hop with Al, after having previously been snubbed by her employer Eric Pollard who was unimpressed by the idea.
Fans of the young entrepreneur took to social media to express their thoughts about the latest development with some feeling it was not only unthinkable, but also badly written.
Twitter user @AVFCLil said “I have said it before but Belle working with Al makes no sense.
She knows what he is like. How untrustworthy he is.”
The sentiment was also shared by @DionPetrie who said “If it all goes wrong it’s Belles fault for going into business with Al.”
@GeorgiaBowring also didn’t beat around the bush as she flatly declared “Belle is so stupid!”.
Meanwhile @runninoncaffine also echoed the sentiment, saying “Bel don’t know what she dealing with.”
The storyline didn’t go down well with viewer @Sofaneilas either, who said “Al and belles meditation centre works wonders. Sends me straight to sleep.”
But others were more engrossed in the plot, even going so far as to suggest that Belle knew precisely what she was getting into.
@TheRadioFanatic said “I think Belle is playing Al at his own game”
Another fan, @Delucaevans also shared their hope that the storyline would actually have a happy ending and not just descend into chaos again. They said “I hope they actually let Belle make a success of things and this isn’t gonna be another al getting one over on the Dingles type of things”
