Emmerdale viewers blasted the soap's "ridiculous" storyline which saw Amy Wyatt (Natalie Ann Jamieson) do a runner with her son, Kyle (Huey Quinn) in a bid to stop the truth about Al Chapman's (Michael Wildman) murder being exposed.
Kyle's dad, Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) is currently in prison for the murder of Al. However, it was soon revealed that Cain wasn't the one who killed Al and it was actually 10-year-old Kyle who pulled the trigger. Since then, Cain has been covering for his son and is taking the fall for the crime.
Meanwhile, Kyle has been struggling to cope with the fact that his dad will be in prison for life and the fallout of his actions.
During last night's Emmerdale episode (Wednesday, November 9), Kyle got into a fight at school after some classmates bullied him about Cain being in prison.
As Amy told him off, he said: "I've done worse," and threatened to tell the truth about what really happened.
A panicked Amy made him promise not to say anything, until Matty Barton (Ash Palmisciano) interrupted their intense conversation.
As Matty and Kyle played a video game, Kyle had a panic attack after a gunshot went off in the game, reminding him of the traumatic murder.
Amy reassured Kyle and told Matty that she thinks it's best if Kyle came to live with her and her mum, Kerry Wyatt (Laura Norton) — however she had another plan in mind.
As Amy got Matty to leave so that she could put her plan into action, she told him that she loved him, before ordering Kyle to quickly pack a bag so that they could leave the village.
Amy grabbed Kyle's passport and called a taxi to the airport — have they left for good?
Unimpressed Emmerdale fans took to Twitter to criticise the storyline and branded it as "ridiculous"...
This story about Kyle and Amy doing a runner is ridiculous. As if a young lad is going to be able to keep quiet for the rest of his life that he killed someone and his dad is doing life for it #emmerdaleNovember 9, 2022
So Amy's latest idea is to take Kyle & just run really? Cos that doesn't look totally suspicious whatsoever right, especially with Moira also taking off with Isaac. How exactly do they see this playing out? Can't run forever or stop Kyle talking to anyone ever again #Emmerdale 😮 https://t.co/FRhpjGMlKnNovember 9, 2022
Amy taking Kyle away 😬😬 that is a really selfish thing to do especially at a time like this. Amy seeing Cain's situation as a custody oppitunity 🙄#EmmerdaleNovember 9, 2022
Is Amy leaving with Kyle? Brilliant...... #EmmerdaleNovember 9, 2022
Emmerdale continues tonight at 7:30pm on ITV.
