David Metcalfe leaves Emmerdale for good – but plotline leaves fans baffled
EMMERDALE fans are baffled by David Metcalfe as he made a huge blunder while leaving the village for good.
The shopkeeper – who is played by actor Matthew Wolfenden in Emmerdale – left the village tonight to move to London where his young daughter Amba lives with her mother Priya Sharma.
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However he appeared to forget his three-year-old son Theo in the rush with the youngest not seen nor mentioned in quite a long time.
David’s decision came after he discovered his son Jacob was in a relationship with his own ex Victoria Sugden.
Jacob tried his best to get his dad to understand that he and Victoria were over and they went to him to apologise to try to repair the relationship between them.
However it didn’t go well and David just lashed out, and when he called Victoria a “thoughtless slapper” – Jacob lost it and lamped his dad in the chops.
David told them both to get out and made his mind up to leave to move to London immediately.
Jacob walked into the shop and found his dad preparing to leave the village without even saying goodbye.
“Grandad thought I knew, thought you’d told me,” he said. “The car’s already packed, you were just going to go.”
“Yeah you’re probably right,” said David.
Jacob told him: “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have hit you. So that’s it? You can’t even bear to look at me. Please dad…”
But then David said something incredibly cruel, telling his adopted son: “Maybe you shouldn’t call me that anymore.”
Jacob was distraught by his dad’s cruel words and walked away in silence leaving David to go without repairing their relationship.
And as David said goodbye to Eric, Brenda and Leyla he said it was the “end of an era” but there was one thing he appeared to have forgotten – his son Theo.
There was no sign of the toddler in the episode, nor in the car as David drove away to his new life in London.
The blunder has fans hugely baffled.
One wrote: “Where is David’s child Theo?”
A second said: “So david has just drove off and left the village, have I missed something? Where is theo?”
Another added: “Did #emmerdale forget about the baby David has, Theo? He hasn’t been mentioned. Or have I missed a storyline?”