Emmerdale fans have been left suspicious of Hazel after she claimed she was pushed down the stairs to Jamie Tate, finally telling his grieving mother Kim Tate h’s still alive.
ITV viewers were treated to three episodes of Emmerdale on Thursday night in a change to schedules.
The broadcaster and other channels have been continuously revising their published schedules following the death of Her Majesty The Queen.
Both Emmerdale and Coronation Street were axed from their usual time slots to allow for extended news coverage and in a bid to catch back up, ITV screened three episodes of Emmerdale at once.
In the scenes on Thursday, Kim finally found out the truth, as Jamie's own actions led to his true fate being exposed – and Hazel injured.
Kim was gutted when Hazel and her granddaughter failed to show up to their planned meet-up, only for some shocking news to lead to a further bombshell.
The character learned Hazel had suffered an accident, but nothing could prepare her for what she finds out as she learns Hazel was pushed down the stairs by Jamie.
Kim demanded answers and to know what Jamie had been up to and quickly picked up the phone to call the police and report Jamie.
But as Hazel explained the state of affairs, many Emmerdale fans smelled a rat and became suspicious she could be trying to pull one over on Kim.
Taking to Twitter, one fan said: “I think Kim is being played,” as another echoed: “So Jamie pushed her down the stairs, but then didn’t grab Millie and leave. V odd.”
A third fan demanded: “Sooo..Jamie pushes her down the stairs for trying to prevent him fleeing the country with Millie yet flees the scene without Millie…please make that make sense!”
“Wtf is this writing? She’s been hiding Jamie for months then suddenly changed her mind,” another penned.
Earlier this year, Gabby Thomas and Dawn Taylor made the startling discovery that Jamie was most likely alive - after he faked his death in a car crash in September 2021.
Kim's partner Will Taylor has been let in on the secret, after a case of mistaken identity led to Gabby accidentally shooting him.
It was believed Jamie was back and alive, after last year's car crash, and Will soon asked his ex Harriet Finch to do some looking into the matter.
Deciding not to tell his partner Kim for the time being, he sought help from Harriet to find out if it was true.
But after some dodgy goings on with a private investigator, Will decided to leave well alone - and he was left wondering if he'd got it all wrong.
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV, with an hour-long episode on Thursdays.
