24/01/2013 EastEnders

CUTLERY RATTLES

You all right? Morning.

Oh, sleep well, did you?

Funny that, cos I didn't get a wink,

what with you tossing and turning all night.

I nearly threw you out.

He probably would have deserved it.

What you talking about? I ain't done nothing wrong, have I?

Really? So how did you manage to lose two wives in one night?

Eh?

And apparently, that Kirsty,

she packed her bags and she drove off late last night.

How do you know these things?

Because I keep my ear to the ground.

Although I might not be around so much any more.

Why's that?

Well, see, I'm not one to gloat,

but I have been short-listed for the position of Regional Manager.

Well, that's fantastic, Zee.

See, I didn't know whether to say anything or not.

You know, because I didn't want you to think

that I was rubbing it in your face or anything, so...

No. No, you're not.

Cos, oh!

I've got one, too.

Morning!

Watch yourself.

There you go. Do you want some breakfast?

Oh, that's fantastic, I'm really pleased for you.

Yeah, well, I haven't got the job yet. It's just an interview.

Yeah, well, you will when they meet you.

Yeah, try telling that to Zainab.

Well, Zainab hasn't got your secret weapon.

-Me.

-Huh?

I've interviewed more no hopers than Lord Sugar, OK.

And for the price of a drink,

I'm willing to give you the benefit of my experience.

Do you know what, I might just take you up on that.

When you've finished, some of us are waiting.

You going to tell her your news?

No, no, it's no big deal, is it?

Don't you think it's time you and her had a proper chat?

What's the point? She'd only throw it back in my face, wouldn't she?

All right?

You're early. I ain't finished getting her ready yet.

Well, I've got the day off and no-one to spend it with.

I suppose an extra half hour won't hurt.

And we ain't going to be around for a while,

cos I'm taking Mum to Cornwall next week.

-Since when?

-She wants to meet her great-granddaughter

-for the first time.

-Why can't she come here?

There's people round here she don't want to see,

so we thought we'd take Lexi away.

And what if I don't want her to go?

It's only for a couple of weeks.

Anyway, it's all sorted so you ain't got any choice. Has she, eh?

Right, did you want any more pancakes? I'd better get to work.

I didn't think you'd be up for it today.

Managed to drag myself in when I was having chemo, didn't I?

I think I can cope today.

Well, what about Dad? Don't you two need to talk?

No. We said everything last night.

I don't get it. Did you find out he was seeing Kirsty after all?

No, darling. I just...

I just realised it was time to stop fooling myself and move on.

Trust me, things will be better.

You'll see.

Wait, wait! You're not getting away from me this time!

I knew you'd be the ruination of me, Cora Cross.

I knew I would pay for trusting you but I never thought, in all my days,

it was going to cost me so much.

Only a few weeks behind with the rent.

Only a few weeks? It's over a thousand quid!

And the council have suspended my benefits, you know,

because of these here arrears.

And I've got a meeting with them to discuss what's going on.

That ain't my fault.

I've never had no trouble with the council until I,

in my foolishness, put you in charge.

I did the best I could, tried to keep on top of things.

Hiding the final demands within the sideboard?

You never told me how high the bills would be.

Oh, I suppose you kept the house lit up like a lighthouse.

And the heating on all day and all night.

What did you expect us to do? Sit in the dark and freeze?

Oh, no. No, I am the one who's going to be doing that

since you left me destitute.

The council ain't going to want the money up front.

I'll give you a tenner a week, and the odd shift.

Oh, how very generous of you(!)

In fact, you can start now, I need to be with Tanya.

You have left me up to my eyeballs in debt

and now you ask me to do you a favour.

You ask me to cover your shift

so that you can pay off a minute fraction of the bills that you owe?

It's the best I can do.

Take it or leave it.

I ain't never heard nothing like it in my life!

I want you to know, Denise, that if I get the job,

I won't be one of those people that, you know, comes back to work

and makes my colleagues' life a misery.

Thanks, Zee, and I want you to know

that if I get the job, then I won't make your life miserable, either.

You really think you stand a good chance?

I might have a few tricks up my sleeve.

Oh, yeah? Too much make up? Short skirts?

Ian's going to help me practice.

Do you really think that's a good idea?

Being so over-rehearsed and stiff?

Yeah. It's better than being under-rehearsed and panicking.

Boo!

What you doing for lunch?

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Ava, hello.

Listen, I'm so sorry about what happened the other week.

I had no idea who Dexter was.

He explained.

Right. What are you doing here?

I'm on lunch. I was coming to see you to let you know

I got a job at a local school.

Oscar's, actually. I didn't know that when I applied.

I'm not stalking you, it was just one of those things.

Right, well, that's great. Well, they're lucky to have you.

And I wanted to apologise.

I went too far.

You know what it's like to be protective of your kids.

I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions.

And I definitely shouldn't have said anything about you and Max.

There is no me and Max.

Oh...

We've split up.

-I'm sorry.

-Oh, no, don't be.

No, it's the best thing that could have happened.

Tan.

-Right, so I'll be seeing more of you then.

-Yeah. See ya.

Look, I know things got out of hand last night,

and I said one or two things I shouldn't have done,

but the last thing I want is to hurt you.

Oh, don't worry, you haven't.

I'm glad you finally admitted how you feel.

Babe, don't be like that. You're just taking it all the wrong way.

Can I just explain, at least? For the kids, if nothing else.

Don't worry about the kids. I've told them it's over

and they think it's for the best, too.

So why don't you get back to your real wife?

Leave me alone, cos I don't need you.

You all right, Tan?

Yes, I will be, if people stop asking me.

You coming in?

Oh, hello, Mum. Shouldn't you be at work?

Dot's covering my shift. I thought I'd get my cuticles done.

Though she did mention you'd kicked out Max.

You must be devastated, Tan. You poor thing.

Not really.

Come on, darling, we're only trying to help.

I've been saving this for a special occasion,

but since you're all here...

Just so you know, I don't need your pity, all right?

I am finally back in charge of my life,

so do you want to help me celebrate?

Yeah.

Atta girl.

Ain't like we're emigrating or anything.

Anyway, she's in my care, I'll do what I want.

You know I'm doing my best to be there for her!

I even stopped seeing my mates cos you wanted me to!

That's what this is about, is it?

You're upset cos you've dumped your loser boyfriend?

He wasn't my boyfriend, and this ain't about him.

This is about me making you happy all the time

and you don't even seem to think about me.

-You ain't my priority, Lexi is!

-Oh, yeah?

And how is going to see some old dear she don't even know

-good for her?

-Because I say so.

And what do the Social think?

They'll be fine. It's just a holiday.

I'm terribly sorry to keep you all waiting, but I'm afraid that

one of my colleagues forgot to order the soap powder.

Which you would think is a matter of priority in a launderette,

but no, apparently it's more important to stock the place

with magazines filled with titillation.

Dot, how long on these dryers?

Only I was hoping to get out of here sometime today.

There's only one working, Billy. The other's on the blink.

There's probably a rogue brassiere stuck in the mechanism

which no-one has bothered to report, nor attempted to retrieve. Ah!

It's good to have you back, Dot.

What was that, Billy?

-I said it's good to have you back.

-Well, I wish I could say the same,

but, I mean, half the baskets have gone AWOL,

and there's more cash in the machines than there is

in the petty cash, and as for the bathroom facilities...

Yeah, well, I'm sure you'll have it back normal in no time.

Unfortunately, Mr Opa...

Mr Opadi...

He has seen it fit to give my job to someone less qualified!

And even I can't perform miracles in a day.

Well, if I was Mr Papadopoulos, I'd be begging you to come back.

Place ain't been the same without you.

Pops, you've got to get down the Social, quick.

What's wrong? Is it Lexi?

I'll explain on the way down, just hurry up.

Dot, please can you..?

-Hurry up!

-All right, all right!

KNOCK AT DOOR

What do you want me to say?

Just tell me to come in.

Better do what she tells you.

All right, fine, come in.

Mrs Masood, hello.

Hello.

Please take a seat.

Thank you for coming to this interview.

So, could you tell me

what kind of managerial skill you'd bring to this job?

Oh, yes. I would bring excellent organisational skills,

a very strong work ethic and I suffer no nonsense.

Ah. And what would you say to that, Miss Fox?

Huh?

Since when is she playing Miss Fox? This is not a group interview!

You know what, it might be a good idea to find out

what kind of answers Denise might give.

I don't know that much about Denise.

You don't need to, just make up some half baked,

patronising rubbish and you'll be fine.

Well, I suppose I'd say a good manager looks out for their staff

and makes them want to do their best.

-See?

-What?

Don't you want them to do well?

Well, of course I do,

but there are better ways to achieve productivity than by being nice.

My dad always said that people respond better to sugar than salt.

Oh, is that right, Miss Fox?

Are there any other cooking proverbs that you might like to come up with

that would help maximise growth within a double dip recession?

I don't think so.

I've spent years doing things for everyone else.

I'm just going to start looking after myself from now on.

And I'm not going to make the mistake of just jumping into bed

with the first bloke that pays me a bit of attention.

We've all been there,

you should have seen some of the horrors I've had.

We have. Phil.

You know who I think's got it made?

Nuns?

No. Lesbians.

Yeah, cos, well, you wouldn't catch a woman lying or cheating.

Don't you believe it.

Straight or gay, if they want to put it about, they will.

Max wasn't sleeping with Kirsty, if that's what you're all thinking.

Course not, darling, we never said he was.

Good. Right, let's stop talking about it, shall we?

This is going down well, isn't it? Shall we get another one?

That's a stupid question, and it is not even on the list I gave you!

They're not going to just ask you what you're expecting.

They could hit you with anything.

OK, fine! If I was in a balloon that was losing height,

I would throw overboard the people

that would be of the least amount of help.

Right. Miss Fox, the same question to you.

I'd jump.

Ah!

Well, if I got the people onto the balloon, I can't throw them out.

So I'd jump myself.

There is no balloon, all right?

This is just a test to see

if you're ruthless enough to get rid of dead weight!

Or to see if you can take responsibility for your actions.

Either way it is a stupid thing!

Well, that kind of covers everything. Can I read my paper now?

No. No, no, no. Not until you tell us which one of us has got the job.

You never said I had to do that.

Well, I never said we had to do a group interview.

Yeah, the very least you could do is tell us which one you'd choose?

Her or me?

Four white wines, please. Make them large.

All right, coming up.

-Why not get a bottle?

-Yeah, good idea.

And before you say anything, I'm not here to harass you,

I just want a drink.

We're still mates, you can harass me anytime.

-You all right, Mum?

-Oh, hello.

I thought you were meant to be working today?

Yeah, I was. And then I thought no, I'm going to celebrate my freedom.

See, you're not the only one who knows how to enjoy herself.

Thank you.

Take it everything went well?

First time I've seen you enjoying yourself since you got back.

This is purely medicinal, and if by well, you meant spending my day

clearing up your mess, yes, it went very well.

Maybe I could put another couple of shifts your way.

Well, that won't be necessary, cos Mr Oppopolus, he popped in.

He never said he was planning to come.

And he was so pleased with the way the launderette

was running so smooth, that he offered me my job back on the spot.

That's good news.

It ain't the answer to all my problems,

but as the saying goes, the Lord helps them what help themselves.

So I shall need your keys for the morning shift.

You can't just swap shifts.

Oh, but I can!

Because Mr Opa, he wanted someone in a more senior position,

so he has offered me my job back as manageress.

So I'll require you at 1pm tomorrow, preferably not reeking of alcohol.

Thank you. Patrick.

Bye.

Maybe we should go.

Oi, you can't keep walking out of places

just because she's come in, OK? It's getting stupid.

You need to come and have a chat with your sister.

Ian!

He's right, you know. I mean, how much longer is this going to go on?

What if something serious happens? One of you falls ill or something?

You sick?

No. No, I'm not, I've got a job interview, actu...

What, that's it?

Forget it, I knew this was going to be a waste of time.

You think I want this?

I would love to chew the fat with you, D, I would really love to.

Tell you about this big fat mess that's my life but I can't.

Not since you came onto my boyfriend.

No, she didn't.

Excuse me, Sharon, we've run out of crisps.

One thing I've learnt in this last year

is that you can't get over your problems unless you talk about them.

Unless you're honest about them.

What are you talking about?

Look, Denise didn't come onto him.

He came onto her.

I thought you were going to go and see Tanya and sort this out.

Yeah, well, looks like that might be a bit harder than I thought.

So, what exactly have you done to upset Tanya?

Did she catch you and Kirsty at it after all?

No, don't be stupid. I told you, there's nothing to catch, is there?

Right. So she just flipped? Slung you out for no good reason?

No, she asked me to be honest, didn't she?

Said she wanted to know the truth about Kirsty.

Yeah, and what exactly did you say? Kirsty was better in the sack?

No, don't be stupid.

No, I just...

I said I had some feelings, you know, they wouldn't go away.

-Feelings?

-Yeah.

What, you told Tanya that you had feelings for another bird?

Come on, Max.

Surely you of all people know you should never admit that

to your Missus.

Unless it's the other Missus you want to be with.

I thought it'd be better, you know. Get everything out in the open.

Honestly, I don't know what came over me.

-Oh, feelings, apparently.

-Yeah, all right!

-What do you expect?

If Del was here he wouldn't let you hear the last of it, would he?

Anyway, I'm sure you'll manage to squirm your way out of it, though.

You always do in the end, don't you?

I don't know.

I reckon I might have blown it for good this time.

You looked me in the eye

and told me that Dee was the one that came on to you!

You ain't supposed to be around here, Kim, I'm working.

You don't even want to be with me any more, so why make that up?

He's a spineless coward.

I don't need to take this, all right? We ain't even together.

Look, just tell me the truth!

All right.

Look, I might have given you the wrong idea, all right?

It was down to me.

Look, I wanted to tell you the truth

but she reckoned it was better not to.

Look, the only reason I went along with it was

cos I didn't want to hurt you.

If you were really bothered about hurting me

then maybe you shouldn't have come onto my sister.

Nan, she still not said what's happened?

Not exactly, but she seems to think it's for the best.

This is what she always does!

She makes out that she's doing great, then you find out she's got

cancer, she's had it for months and she ain't told no-one.

That ain't going to happen this time, darling.

-Ain't it?

-What you saying?

She's already missed one check up. This is just going to make it worse.

OK, darling. Great.

Abi's taking Oscar to stay at a friend's,

so if Jack's picking Denny up from swimming, we've got the whole night.

I should have done this weeks ago, shouldn't I?

Instead of staying in, wondering if my husband was having an affair

with his other wife.

And you're really sure it's over? Even though Kirsty's gone.

She still exists, don't she? Wherever she is.

No, you're probably doing the right thing.

It's just not easy to walk away from such a big part of your life, is it?

It is if you want it to be, isn't it?

Right, who's in the mood for dancing?

I'm sorry.

I should have just told Ray to be honest with you.

But I knew how much you loved him.

I just thought it would be easier this way.

So you let me go on making a fool of myself?

It's nothing like that.

He's just not the type to settle down.

You mean more to me than any fella ever will...

..which is why I didn't want to hurt you.

The truth is you can do much better than a creep like that.

We both can.

We're going to R&R. You coming, girls?

Come on.

I don't understand why you still won't say.

I told you - it's too hard to say.

Why? I'm not asking you who are you going to push out of a balloon.

I'm just saying who would you employ?

I don't know. You've both got different...qualities.

I mean, you're more focused, and Ayesha, she's more diplomatic.

What's Ayesha got to do with anything?

You're supposed to be thinking of her as Denise.

I do!

You're the one who chose a joint interview,

so come on, who would you pick?

You...

..of course, Zee.

You're not just saying that?

If it came down to it, I'd always choose you.

# And when you get the chance

# You are the dancing queen

# Young and sweet, only seventeen... #

Have I got the wrong time or something?

I swear we only just opened.

Look, if you let me come home, I promise I'll make things right.

What about Ian? I thought you two were getting cosy.

No, it's not like that, we're just mates.

You could do worse than Ian Beale.

Could do a lot better an' all.

I'm not doing anything with him,

and I'd prefer to be back in my own home.

A week's laundry. Six weeks' breakfasts on your own.

Three weeks' breakfasts, and I'll throw in a foot massage.

Four weeks', a foot massage and you're on.

# Dancing queen. #

Thank you! Thank you very much.

Tanya!

Surprise me!

You think that's a good idea, Mum?

I don't know till I try, do I?

Maybe you should just go home.

Lauren, oh, Lauren. Seriously? Are you telling me to not drink?

She's only trying to look out for you.

Oh, sorry, if I'm embarrassing you, why don't you go and speak

to your new best friend? To your Kirsty.

Maybe it is time to call it a day, babe.

Oh, right. Oh, I get it.

So none of you are here to have a good time at all, huh? No?

You're just here out of pity, yeah?

We're just trying to help.

Well, I don't need your help, all right? I'm fine.

Oh, it's about time!

We've already been down the office and tried calling

but your phone's off.

I'm sorry, I came as soon as I could.

You'd be round here a lot quicker if someone complained about me,

but when someone's trying to take my baby away, it's all right.

I'm here now and I promise, no-one's taking Lexi without your permission.

We've spoken to Mr Mitchell and made it clear he should have told us

straight away if he was thinking of going on holiday.

So Phil messed up then? And he can't go?

You have a right to your contact time

and, as I say, no-one can take that away.

Now we can arrange for you to see your solicitor.

However, if you do object and Mr Mitchell decides to go

on holiday anyway, Lexi will have to be taken into temporary foster care.

What? Can't she just stay here with us?

You know we're not ready for that yet.

The last thing we want is her taken into care.

Which is why it might be better to reach a compromise.

After all, it's hardly a bad thing for Lexi to get to know her family.

We could set up extra contact after the holiday,

or even pay for you to visit.

Do you really think he's going to let me spend any time with Lexi?

All he'd do is keep me waiting around all the time,

to prove who's in control.

No, not this time. I'm in control.

It's your decision,

but why don't you take a night to think about what's best for Lexi?

No, I already know.

I want to see my solicitor.

I thought I'd better see if you were still talking to me.

I'm not sure that I should be, but I've worked it out now

and I'm moving back home, so I won't be in your hair any more.

Oh, right. Well, how about I cook you a special dinner tonight

so we can say goodbye?

Dinner? Bit much for mates, innit?

Well, I must say I have got an ulterior motive.

Is there any chance you could do the school run tomorrow?

Listen, we'll talk later, yeah? See you in a bit.

Who said romance was dead?

I told you, there's no romance going on.

Then why do you look so disappointed?

I'm sure she didn't mean what she said, babe, you know.

She has had a fair bit to drink tonight.

If she can be a nightmare, then I can, too.

Apparently, it runs in the family.

I can see people looking at me.

Let them look.

Yeah, I don't care, I can still hold my head up, can't I?

Whoops-a-daisy!

Shame you can't hold the rest of you up.

Oh, dear.

Come on, let's get you home.

All right, Tanya?

Hello. Look, look, it's my knight in shining armour.

You come to save the day, have you?

Look at the state of you. Why did you let her get like this?

-I don't need anyone's permission.

-You've had enough.

Get off me. Who do you think you are?

You're not my husband.

You don't even want me.

-Well, I never said that, did I?

-No?

Go on, go back to your precious Kirsty.

She's the one you love. Know this now.

She's the one you've got feelings for.

All those months... all those months of treatment.

All the time we had without sex, and now we know, don't we?

Now we know what you were thinking of.

Her.

Didn't even want to be with me, did you? Just felt sorry for me.

Poor little cancer-riddled Tanya...

-Tan, you all right?

-Get off me!

You heard her. Just go.

I always thought that no matter what happened,

no matter how many other women there were...

..I always thought that I would be the one that he really cared about.

I'd be the one, you know.

The one real love of his life.

I'm a fool, aren't I?

I'm a fool who'll believe anything, aren't I?

Ssssh. This ain't your fault, darling!

No, it is, Mum!

Because...

Because I know, I know I should be strong

and I know I should move on and I can't.

I can't, Mum, because...

Because I still love him.

I still love him so much.

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