15 Days follows a family returning to their childhood home in Wales for the will reading of their late mother.
Tonight, Channel 5 viewers tuned in to see the penultimate episode of the drama with events taking a dark turn at the end of the episode.
Teenager Rhys (played by Tom Rhys Harries) was seen beating a cow to death, in extremely dramatic and disturbing scenes.
Those watching at home were shocked by the nature of the murder and took to social media to comment on the death.
That's brutal
A viewer
One viewer posted: “15days Can’t stand this animal cruelty any more, I’m out!”
Another added: “15Days Enough with the animal cruelty. First the dog, now this. Disgusting. Ghastly load of people.”
A third opined: “15days now that’s brutal,” with a fourth adding: “WTF is it with this and cruelty to animals. #15Days.”(sic)
The scenes even led some viewers to turn off, with a fifth remarking: “After the dog killing, and now this, I’ve switched over. These writers need to find other ways for characters to express their anger. Gratuitous animal cruelty is both clichéd and sickening #15days.”
Referring to the killing of a pet dog earlier in the series, a sixth stated: “15days first a dog is shot and now a cow had its head caved in.. This is BS.”(sic)
It was revealed in earlier episodes Rhys had been struggling
