19/11/2013 EastEnders

Look, I'm in a rush, all right?

If you've come round to give me grief...

You look exhausted, Janine. Trouble sleeping?

Not going to the funeral, no?

No. Oh. I'm going to go and see Alice in a bit.

Is there anything you want me to pass on? You was in shock.

If things are starting to come back to you, people would understand.

What do you want me to say?

That Alice didn't stab Michael?

I just want you to admit that she did all that to save your skin.

There's a big difference between manslaughter and murder,

and you know it.

Alice stabbed him, all right?

Alice stabbed Michael twice and killed him, she's admitted that.

It might not be what you want to hear, but it's the truth.

Now, how about you stop interrogating me

and take a look at your own sister? I don't need to.

I know my sister. There ain't a bad bone in her body.

Really? Really.

And you're 100% sure about that, are you?

PHONE RINGS

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

I didn't sleep a wink.

Nor did I.

Kept lying there...wondering, "Why am I still here?

"Why... Why am I lying in this house?

"Still here?"

And...?

And...

I couldn't think of a single good reason.

Do you know, I remember lying in bed with Owen...

..wondering the same thing.

You can't compare me to him. No.

You don't hit me...

..but you...

..but you hurt me.

You hurt me and then you beg for forgiveness.

It's just like he did.

And I promised myself I wouldn't put up with it again.

I'm nothing like him.

No...

..but I thought you were different.

I just thought that perhaps for once I'd chosen someone

who was going to look after me,

make me feel safe.

You have.

No...

No, I'm not going to repeat history.

I'm stronger than that.

I think I'd rather be lonely on my own than lonely in a relationship.

So, what are you saying?

I don't know.

I've got two more viewings to go to. Fine.

Danny, get the details, please, and cover for her.

Isn't it the funeral today?

Are you going to go? Nope.

I mean, we can handle things here today.

Maybe today's not a day for working, eh?

Maybe today's not a day for telling me what to do.

Don't you want to leave things on a good note? Make peace or...

Danny... I'm just saying, he was Scarlett's dad.

You ain't got to pretend that he didn't mean anything to you.

You're always going to have that bond, you know? Is it my turn?

Good. Latte.

Ta-da! Ah! Yeah, we don't want gatecrashers, do we? No, we don't.

ALFIE: Be a good boy, Tommy. OK, I won't be long.

Alfie, if it's a bad day for this... No, no, don't be silly.

You ain't seen my phone anywhere, have you, sweetheart?

Yeah, it's by the TV. Oh, lovely, thank you.

Everything all right?

Yeah, it's just Tommy's got a bit of a temperature.

Me and Kat were hoping to take him with us, you know.

Well, why don't you see how he goes? If he's too ill, he's too ill.

Yeah. Listen, I need to pop out and get another shirt.

The other one's got a curry stain on it. So, why don't you let me go?

Nah, you carry on doing what you're doing.

Gives me a chance to stretch my legs.

Get a bit of fresh air. I won't be long. Bye.

PHONE RINGS

Well, that should be fine, let me just check the diary.

Sorry...

Um...4pm tomorrow? Yep, that's fine.

I'll see you then.

Thank you.

What's the occasion?

Don't need an occasion to want a new top, do I?

Right.

You OK?

Yeah. Yeah, course I am.

You going out?

Yeah. Yeah, we're just out of milk.

Good for you.

PHONE BEEPS

I've just seen Shirley.

She's come back?

Yeah, yeah, I know. She's kipping at mine.

It's the least I could do. What do you mean?

Cheers.

Nothing. Forget it.

You'll catch flies.

Tea, please.

Hiya. You all right?

It's just, you know...I'm just thinking, you know, it's weird.

People still going about their business as usual, you know.

Well, I'm working,

cos I didn't want to be on my own with my stupid head.

So, I'll see you at half twelve, then, yeah? Yeah. OK. Right.

Alfie. What? Are you not getting anything?

Yeah. D'oh. Yeah, course I am.

Tea, please, sweetheart. Sorry.

Cheers. See you later.

I'm sorry, OK? Look, I'm really sorry.

It's all right. You were under a lot of pressure.

Good old Uncle Phil. You've paid off the debt.

Hey, why are you looking so scared?

I'm not going to bump you off, am I?

You have a good day.

THUNDER RUMBLES

Just a couple of shifts.

I'm fed up with people thinking I'm a pushover.

Well, you don't mind them thinking that you're a heartless cow.

TOMMY CRIES

You know, Rox, I can't leave Tommy while he's like this.

Um...right, OK, fine. I will stay.

What? No, no, it's fine.

Look, you go to the funeral with Kat, and I will stay

and look after Tommy, all right?

Michael was your cousin.

And you've got to say goodbye to him properly,

not be worrying about Tommy, OK?

I'm staying.

You sure? Yeah.

Thank you.

Well, if anything comes up, you know where I am, yeah?

Definitely. Cheers.

Shirl!

Oh, Lola!

Hello. Ohh! Good to be home?

Well, what's there not to love about Walford(?)

I suppose. Here, you'll never guess what happened to Michael?

He only got stabbed to death in Janine's house. Get off me!

I don't know what you're talking about! I'll catch you later. OK.

No, don't you even think about it. You stay where you are.

Put it back.

I was going to pay for it.

How, by sticking it under your jacket? Now!

I was handling it.

Now get out.

I'm going to count to three

and if you're still here, I'm going to call the police.

One!

Two!

Three!

What? Nothing. I just forgot how handy your bouncer qualities were.

Can't sell it now, can you?

Call it a perk of the job.

Start tomorrow? You won't regret it.

Already am.

All right, darling.

Listen, any problems, give us a bell on the phone. All right.

Yeah, I know it's a bit low cut,

it was all I could find.

No, it's fine.

You ready?

So much for sisterly solidarity.

I used to work there.

Luckily, she don't know you're my sister,

otherwise I wouldn't have got the job back. But you did? Thanks to me.

If you've come for money, you're out of luck. I want a change.

There's no law in saying I can't live round here.

Oh, look.

Fresh ones...go with the old ones. You haven't left her, have you?

What, you come here for a handout?

If you can get a job, then I sure as hell can.

Like I said, not round here.

Have you spoken to Janine since she came to see me?

It's going to be all right.

It is.

I wish Dad was still here. He would have sorted this.

Yeah, yeah, he might have done, Al, but at what cost, eh?

He would have known what to do.

He knows about this kind of stuff.

I promise you, he'd have only made things worse.

He wasn't above the law, was he?

He wouldn't have been able to just pull a couple of strings

and get you out of here.

Made things worse?

OK, well, I might as well give up, then, mightn't I?

Because Janine's not going to help me,

and nobody else is either, are they? No.

CHURCH BELL RINGS

I know he wasn't Mr Popular, but I can't believe it's just us two here.

I don't think it's a bad thing.

You know? Means no-one's going to get to see me cry like a big girl.

HE CHUCKLES

Come on, Kat, you can't cry. Mascara.

It's waterproof.

It's weird. He always reckoned he knew he was going to die young.

Like something he wanted. No, he might have felt like that before,

but not after Scarlett was born.

No? There's no way that he'd have wanted to leave her.

Especially who she's been left WITH.

He'll be pleased he was right, though.

I can hear him now.

AS MICHAEL: "I told you so!"

An advance? You are joking, right?

One night at Phil's is enough for both of us.

Denise, I need the money to put a deposit down

on one of Janine Butcher's overpriced bedsits.

Seriously? The other guys have pulled out?

Yeah, that's brilliant news.

Um...great.

So when can I come and get the keys off you?

Right. Yep, I'll see you tomorrow at ten.

I've just got a house on the Square.

Well, I hope for your sake it wasn't from Butcher's Joints,

cos they're a right rip-off.

Oh, ignore her. Congratulations.

I'll see you in the Vic at five.

God give you his comfort and his peace, his light and his joy

in this world and the next,

and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit,

be upon you and remain with you always.

May Michael rest in peace and rise in glory. Amen.

ALL: Amen.

Resting in peace doesn't sound much like Michael, does it?

Creating mayhem more like.

You know, Michael, I know...

I know you never wanted to do the dad thing with Tommy, but...

..I promise you when he's older I'm going to tell him all about you.

Not everything obviously,

cos I don't want to scare the poor lad...

..just the important stuff.

And I promise...

I promise I'm going to take care of him for you, OK?

I promise.

We both will.

I'm not looking for forgiveness, OK?

I'd just like to try and explain.

Oh, Denise, come on, look, I let you talk, didn't I?

I was...

..scared, all right? I was being threatened.

Look, we all were,

I mean, you and my kids...

If it was Chelsea and Libby... I wouldn't have lied.

All right, so I messed up.

I thought I was protecting my family.

What about me? You are my family.

And I... I had a lot to lose, didn't I?

I panicked.

All I want is for it to go back to how it was, you know.

You remember when we got locked out back there...

and there was all the giggling, we'd had too many wine gums.

Not going to happen, is it?

That's all I wanted to say.

Thanks, Rev, thank you.

You're welcome, Alfie. Take your time. Yeah.

ALFIE SIGHS

Well, it's going to be a lot quieter without him around.

I don't like quiet.

KAT SIGHS

Come here.

Oi, come on.

You all right?

Come on.

Tommy gave me his last sweet out of a bag the other day. No?!

Yeah, it was really lovely.

Then he looked at me with a glint in his eye

as if to say, "Right, now you're going to take me to the park."

Hear that, Michael, your evil genius lives on.

How's the waterproof?

Yeah, it's all good.

Shouldn't buy such cheap make-up, should I? Listen, I was thinking,

while we're here, why don't we pop over to little James' grave,

just to say hello? Yeah, that'd be lovely, yeah.

I think we do a left at this path. Are you sure?

I think it's straight on, isn't it? No, no, it's definitely left.

It's interesting because we'll probably pass Pat's.

Last time we were here, we were saying goodbye to Pat, weren't it?

Look out for the windmills.

Goodbye, Michael.

TV ON IN BACKGROUND

Oooh, where are you going?

Nowhere.

Mmm, yeah, right.

You all right, girls?

You OK? Yeah.

I was thinking, who fancies a bit of dinner with their dad tonight?

Somewhere nice? Yeah.

Yeah? Yeah.

Lauren?

If you've got other plans, don't worry about it.

No, I can cancel 'em. No, it's all right, you don't have to.

No, I want to.

Just give me a minute, yeah? All right.

Hello...

it's me.

I'm not going to be able to see you later.

I can't get out of it.

I've been looking forward to seeing you all day.

Tomorrow?

Yeah, cool. All right. See you later.

You all right? How was it? All right?

Oh, yeah, a laugh a minute(!)

Not much of a turnout, actually, but that was no surprise.

Listen, er, Kat... Yeah. ..do you know anything about wine?

Gets you drunk. Yeah.

No, no, I mean, er, don't suppose you know

what sort of wine Janine likes, do you? I don't know. Who cares?

You got the money?

Yes, I've got your money.

Oh, not her again.

You leave us alone. I have left her. You have to believe me.

Don't push your luck, it's not too late for us

to call the police, you know. Shirl, please...

How does she know your name?

She's my sister.

Oh, so, earlier, was that a set-up? No.

I was nearly stupid enough to give you this advance.

Look, I'm just trying to get back on my feet again.

I want her gone as much as you do.

I can't go back.

I need that money to get myself a bedsit.

What about your sister? What sister?

Bedsit ain't big enough for one. Never mind two.

She's on her own.

So what about Phil's?

No. One Carter's more than enough,

he sure as hell ain't going to put up with two.

Hi, can I, er, come in, please?

DOG BARKS

THUNDER RUMBLES

You won't even know I'm there. I'm nothing like old loudmouth here.

I was always the quietest of the three.

I'll leave you to it.

Look, I got my old job back, I was going to get a flat.

I had it all sorted. Yeah, whatever.

I did!

She can stay.

Thanks. You're lovely.

Make sure she stays out my way and clears up after herself.

Brilliant(!)

(Cheers.)

Did...did you love him, Janine?

For my sins.

Alice did an' all.

He didn't love her, though.

I don't think he even loved me,

don't think he was capable of it.

You were right about Alice, by the way.

Just...I always thought it was going to be me

that ended up in trouble, you know.

Didn't think I'd be the one that ends up on my own.

Join the club.

Yeah, but at least you've got Scarlett, right?

DOOR OPENS

You fancy a cuppa?

Thanks for forgiving me.

Hey, it's all right.

I'll do it.

I wish it could just go back...

..to how it was.

I mean, however messed up it was before...

..at least I didn't feel like this.

I mean, at least I didn't feel so...

So...?

I've just never felt this way before and I'm just scared...

What if losing Michael is something that I just can't cope with?

JANINE CRIES

Come here. Come on.

Shh.

Everything... everything's just gone so wrong.

Can't believe this place is nearly ours.

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