30/12/2013 EastEnders

Morning!

Morning. Oh, look, there's the milkman. Hello!

All right?

All right? Yeah. You going to walk me home?

Your fancy woman writing you love letters again?

Can't wait for it to feel more like home. Shut up, Tina. I don't want to share with you!

Yeah, well, I ain't the one who keeps stinking it out, blowing off. Why can't I have my own room, then?

You know why you can't have your own room. Why can't Johnny share?

What if I want to bring a lady home?

What if Johnny wants to bring a lady home? You think I'd bring a lady home here?

What's wrong with bringing a lady home here? Right. That is it. I'm splitting the room.

I'm building a lezzanine.

No-one is building a lezzanine.

Amy's been asking where you were.

So I told her that you'd popped out early.

That'd be a lie, then, wouldn't it?

Can you make sure you pack the nice Roxy before we go to Ibiza, please?

I've dropped my scarf somewhere.

You know she's still sleeping with Carl, don't you?

I don't care. It's the third night in a row that she hasn't even been home.

If she wants to behave like a spoilt cow, it's down to her. I ain't looking out for her any more.

Anyway, doing it your way, you're just going to push her away.

So what am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to just pretend?

I've invited Sharon over. Denny's been ill all weekend so I ain't had a chance to see her.

So she's more important now, is she? Sorry, I'm confused.

Does that mean that you and her are back together, then?

Ronnie, it's nothing to do with you.

Well, I'm surprised. Always thought you'd end up with Shirley.

I got your text.

They're not mine. Those ain't your pulling pants? I thought I had some dodgy numbers!

You got a placcy bag? In case Lady Di does...

Mum, I've got a placcy bag. Oi! Mick!

Mum!

That's my boy. Already got his hands on her drawers!

Do you two have to?

Boy's a magnet. Gimme ten minutes, I'm going to come and see you!

You met my parents?

I'm Johnny.

Whitney.

If you ever want to laugh at my laundry...

Had MY eye on that scarf.

That ring.

I know that ring. You looking for something for Ronnie?

No. Why would I do that?

Well, isn't it round now her baby died?

Tomorrow.

I can't even imagine how she's feeling.

Right. I'll leave you to it, yeah? Bye.

That's what she thinks, though, isn't it? She was just narked at me, that's all.

Yeah, well, if your own family think that, Phil... It's not their life, is it? It's mine.

Ours? Listen. Friday night...

Phil. You seen my keys?

Don't worry. I'll get Roxy's.

Friday night...

These things happen. It made me realise...you know. How good we are together.

When we're not fighting.

I'm serious, Sharon. I've not thought about anything else.

So what do you say, you know...

How about we do this properly and we give it another go, yeah?

Look, will you stop with the angry face

and just tell me what's going on? Peter dumped me. All right?

And don't ask why, cos I don't know.

He dumped you, yeah?

I mean, no! He dumped you?

Do you know what? He wouldn't know a good thing if he saw one, anyway.

Thanks, Dex. I'm off.

Look, heartbreak is... it's part of life.

Yeah, or in your case, most of life.

Phil would rip me to pieces.

Listen, Dex, is...she all right?

What do you think?

Why is life so flipping complicated?

Listen, stop all that. It's New Year's tomorrow, man.

Do you want to go into town? I'd love to.

But it's coming up to the end of the month and you know Phil. He starts collecting, don't he?

Yeah, um...don't get mad but...

What the hell do you think you're doing?

Can we just talk about it? Come on. Come on, come on.

No, your sister has been walking around splashing my cash.

What, and you don't think I'm mad at her as well?

Hold on. Cindy! Cindy! She lied to us.

She lied to our face. Cindy!

She's not in, she's gone to our gran's.

Do you know what? I'm going back to get all the wages that's been taken off me. No, don't! Don't, please.

My dad's going to sort it out. What do you mean, your dad's going to...? He...Phil...doesn't know.

I was looking to borrow your keys. Yeah, well, you had no right.

What if Amy had found it? Amy doesn't go snooping in my bag!

What about Phil?

Where did you get it, Roxy? Did Carl give it to you?

Look, he slipped it in a Christmas card. Made a little joke about snow.

Have you forgotten what you were like?

Oh, come on, that was years ago.

It was awful. I don't want to see you going back there again.

OK. You know what? It is really no big deal. It's just a bit of fun.

Is that why we left Ibiza, was it? Because you were having fun?

You're the one that wants to take me back there. Not so you can do that.

Look, will you just chill out, all right? I didn't take it.

It wouldn't be in the bag if I took it, would it?

I'm sorry.

I've got punters here. Customers. Clients. And I've got a tap that's leaking. Um, Billy?

This one's in George Street. No, it's Gregory Street.

I just wondered, since Janine was away... You want a job, go to the Jobcentre.

I've got to get back to the salon.

If I have to sort my own plumber out, I won't be very happy. OK.

I just thought you might need an extra pair of hands. I'm fine.

New Year's Eve party. First drink's on the house.

At the Vic? I'm Mick.

Just taken it over. I'm Sadie. I run the salon round the corner.

This is my husband, Jake.

Nice to meet you, pal. Pleasure. Tell your girls there's a babe magnet behind the bar.

Free kisses at midnight! Dad!

A babe magnet? Thought that was me. See you.

Thanks for this. See you there. Lovely to meet you.

Oh, look, two minutes and she's pulled!

She's as bad as you.

He's not usually like this.

Going to go and hand out some more of these. Good boy.

Alfie. Have you seen Peter?

He ain't in the cafe.

Just...market regulations, can't have him away from the stall for that long.

Oi, whoa! Dogs today, eh?

I blame the parents.

She doesn't want DVDs, she wants you.

I was walking past the pawnbroker's shop.

You know, the one on Turpin Road, this morning and there it was.

Dad's ring.

And you bought it?

I've no idea why. I just saw it. And I thought...

It's kind of weird. You know. Just to have it.

And remember him. What he was like.

I gave that ring away.

I gave it away to some homeless person because I wanted...it...

I wanted that man out of our lives.

Well, the homeless person clearly wanted the cash.

This is what he does. This is what he does.

He brings us trouble. There's no trouble.

I'm going to get rid of it.

Ron, I don't know. I'm going to get rid of it.

And then we're going to go to Ibiza.

And we're going to have some fun.

And this...

Dad, everything, the last few days, will just be a bad memory.

OK?

Yes. OK.

Where are you going?

Are you going to help me later at R?

What, with a head like mine? I need...um...caffeine.

And then a walk. And then more caffeine.

I love you, Roxy.

I know. I know.

I love you, too.

You wear a lot of different-sized clothes.

I've got a big family. With big pants.

I told you, they're not mine!

Service wash, please.

You'll have to wait until tomorrow, cos I'm absolutely snowed under.

What's your name? Pennant. Danny Pennant.

Yes, well, it looks as though everybody's wearing their Christmas dinner

down their fronts this year.

This'll be eight quid when you come in. Ta. Ta.

Was he just eyeballing me?

He'd flirt with a lamp post, him.

No animals allowed!

My humblest apologies. I've just come in here to pick up

young Casanova over there.

Give me two minutes. Can't say he don't know how to spoil a girl, eh?

I'm sorry but Mr Opopop... he don't like animals.

I couldn't leave a few of these on your counter, could I?

What are they? If you pop in later, I'll give you a little something for your trouble.

I'm Mick Carter, new landlord of the Vic.

I'm Dorothy Branning - Mrs. How do you do?

Local legend.

First drink's on the house.

Sorry to break up this little romance but liven yourself up.

Dad!

She ain't here. Don't you ever, ever give my sister drugs again.

I don't know what you're talking about. You just don't care about anyone, do you?

What, and you're Florence Nightingale? She's my sister.

Do you want to find out what I'd do to protect her?

Are you threatening me?

If I find out that she's taken anything...

If I even find a hint... She's a big girl, Veronica.

..I'll have you thrown back inside before you know it.

Yeah? So why haven't you done it then?

Stay away from my sister.

In fact, you stay away from the entire Mitchell clan.

Oh, here we go. The Mitchell family theme tune.

Except I ain't listening.

Your sister, she's a lot of fun.

And I like fun.

Get out of my flat.

Good night, was it?

Oh, my head! My head's still banging.

So what are you drinking coffee for, then?

All right.

I didn't realise you still...

Carol's off. And...can't live on air, can you? No.

Listen, I was wondering...

I mean, I don't suppose you...

I mean, I could do with an extra pair of...

I thought you were fine?

Oh, I am. I am.

Please, Luce, come back.

I'll go change.

I'll come with you.

It's not fair on Dexter.

Do it...do it tomorrow, yeah?

Excuse me, can I speak to my sister, please?

Things are a bit quiet over there and... Well, I was thinking...

What you said earlier.

And? Well, about...you and me.

KNOCK ON DOOR

I... I swear. I didn't know anything about it.

I swear, Roxy.

On your life?

I thought you might be there.

All right? I was upset about earlier.

I told you. I wanted a coffee. I know. I know, I just thought...

Anyway, you weren't there. And that's when he did it.

That's when he made a move on me.

If you're making this up...

At first I thought he was joking. And I laughed it off.

But then he grabbed me.

I pushed him away and he grabbed me again.

Are you trying to tell me that he...? No.

No. But he was holding my hair, he was looking at me

and telling me how much I wanted it.

I can't believe he would do this.

If he's trying it with me...I bet he's trying it with other people. But my sister?

She took my money? He really didn't know.

And you? You let your mate take the rap for it, yeah?

I've replaced what she spent. Ten grand. It's all there. I swear, Phil.

I bet you put her up to do it, didn't you?

No! Getting Cindy to steal from me! Phil...

Bet you've been laughing at me for all these months, ain't you? No, I didn't know! Ian wouldn't do that.

Getting a kid to do that! Phil, I swear to you... Yeah, and Phil believes you.

And he's grateful you've brought his money back.

Well, you're lucky. You're lucky I'm in a good mood.

Now go on. Sling your hook, the pair of you.

There was a time you'd have put his head straight down the toilet.

You, er...you didn't finish what you were saying.

Do I really have to spell it out?

I know I said you could come in and sign the contracts

but I can't let you live there if someone's already living there.

But they weren't living there earlier on.

Yes, I know it's not good form.

It's my fault. Could you just hang on a second, please?

Hello? Hi. I'm terribly sorry, this must be so frustrating for you.

It's Gregory Street, yeah? OK.

Well, I have another two-bedroom flat there.

Yeah, you will love it. Trust me.

We got any crisps? Course we've got some crisps. You want me to get you some crisps?

Let the boy get his own crisps! Get the lady a vodka, yeah? Customer.

If he was away in Afghanistan,

she'd be outside the base cooking his dinner every night.

Jake's exactly the same with Bella. Spoils her rotten.

Come on, boys and their mums. Dads and their daughters.

On the house.

Here, Shirley, you never told me you had no brother.

He come in today with his dog, who's very lovely

but hardly appropriate for an establishment what does laundry

and he tells me he's taken over as landlord here.

Yeah. He said he came in with Lady Di.

That's the dog? Lady Di.

The royal family was hardly put on earth for your cheap mockery.

Nah, it's my mum. She loves Lady Di. Got a wedding mug and everything.

People round here laid flowers for her. They'll hardly be very pleased.

Then they'll be happy to see her memory live on.

I reckon she ought to be left to rest in peace.

This is my wife, Linda.

How many more of 'em are there?

Like flies, ain't we? Who's she?

Let me get you a drink, Dot.

Mrs Branning, if you don't mind. And I'm not that parched.

Pint, please.

Nice to have a good-looking guy working behind the bar for a change.

That ain't really my thing, mate.

What isn't? Compliments?

Right, I've caught up with the invoices.

Need to get them in the post.

Thanks.

Excuse me. What do you think you're doing?

It's probably best for Janine.

You know, if she's planning on keeping this place open.

Which she is planning on.

Yeah. Oh, and there's going to be one more change round here.

Right. What's happening?

You lose a game, you buy a round.

OK. Going to be a cheap evening, innit, eh?

Tel will be all right. He's got a hotel lifestyle, this one.

I'll have you know that is five-star, that B

Look, if you fancy going down the cashpoint, be my guest.

And if you miss a shot, you have a drink.

Hope you guys can handle it!

You get my boy drunk...

Now now, Wonder Woman. Darts and pints. It's a bloke thing.

Right, boys? Watch and learn, watch and learn. Here we go...

Oh, hello.

Aw, no! Coo-ee!

Go on, girl, go on!

Bloke thing, yeah?

Go on, then. Step up, step up.

Easy. Mind your eyes.

Roxy. Where've you been? I've been trying to call you.

Is it true?

Right, I'm off. See you in the morning, boss.

I never said he could...!

Billy.

Maybe then we can work out which one of those empty flats

you want me to keep an eye on.

I'm sure we'll work something out.

Here, this is for you.

I wanted to say thank you for picking up my washing.

Ooh!

It was nothing.

Most blokes would have stuck around to help me iron it but... maybe next time.

Oh! Some washing for you, darling, OK! Right, here we go!

I thought, "Just cos he don't drink

"and if we're having a romantic night in..."

I was just telling Linda.

Me and Phil are going to give it another go.

Well, he practically begged me. And it just felt right.

Well, you gotta go with your heart. I'm sure you'll find someone else, Shirley. Even at your age.

I told Phil you'd say yes...

when I turned him down.

Clinging to memories, yeah?

No. Last Friday. Some of us don't go back, Sharon,

even though he practically begged me.

Oi! Don't look back.

Oi.

Oi! Can't you see what she's doing? What I'm doing?

Haven't you got a club to run? She's my sister, Carl. My sister.

D'you think I was hoping she'd jump into bed and give me a quick one before you got home?

Don't you dare take the mickey out of me. Or maybe that you'd be back so you could join in.

Get your hands off her.

She's not happy. She doesn't want you to see me.

I said, "Let her go!"

How do you know that? She told me. Can't you see what he's doing?

It's convenient, ain't it, that all of a sudden I'm after her?

I knew you'd deny it.

You think if I was going to cheat on you, I'd do it with your sister?

Oh, believe what you want. If you can't trust me, I'm out.

Just when I thought you couldn't stoop any lower.

Carl. Don't play me.

I'm not playing you. From what you've told me about her,

she's the mother of all mind games. Me? She wouldn't do that.

No?

Not to me.

This is ridiculous.

Who do you believe? Me? Or that?

I am no-one's second choice!

What's she said? Oh, you know who I'm talking about, then?

I don't know what she's told you...

You chose her. Her!

And when she said no, you just thought I'd come running.

Well, you did, didn't you? Don't laugh at me, Phil.

Sharon, no-one's laughing at you.

I thought you were serious. I thought you meant it. And I do.

What, cos you couldn't have what you really wanted? I don't see the problem.

She is! She's the problem.

This ain't about Shirley, is it?

No, you're right. You're right.

This is about you.

No, it's about us.

And me being stupid enough to trust you!

Sharon... I'm nobody's rebound.

No! You're joking? Yeah. And you see Phil, he's going to have to give me back all them wages he took off me.

Of all the people to take it... Cindy?

That's what I'm saying. Abi and Jay are going to go mad.

Do you know what, though, I'm going to take you somewhere nice, somewhere really nice.

Look, just as friends.

Peter ain't said anything about me and him, has he?

Like why, maybe?

You all right?

Go on, Johnny.

Here we go. Here we go.

Mate, that is minging. You couldn't score in a girls' netball team.

I could. Drink. Drink. I bet you have, though, ain't you?

I've scored in a girls' netball team. Twice. Go on, girl!

I think I'm going to... Go on, son!

He's got you right where he wants you, hasn't he, eh?

How stupid am I?

After all these years, I still trust you.

I still think you're going to put me first.

He is going to destroy you, Roxy.

Yeah, if I let him.

You know, you were like this with me and Sean.

Sean. Another one of your great decisions.

I loved him! I loved him and you couldn't handle it.

What are you talking about? He nearly killed you!

You ruined me and Sean, you ruined me and Alfie.

Alfie? That was me as well, was it?

Cos you're jealous.

You're jealous cos I've got a man and you haven't.

You know what, Ron, you should keep that ring.

Roxy... Yeah. Cos you know something? You and Dad.

You're just the same.

I'm OK.

Don't go.

I'm going to check he's all right. Leave it.

I told you what would happen.

Just let him get some air.

Was you serious?

About what?

The good-looking barman thing.

Yeah. I was serious.

I've got rum. You've got rum? Yeah. I'll have some rum.

If I'd have known you wanted some action...

Let me guess what you're doing.

You're taking Roxy to Ibiza.

You surprised? You know how she leaves things lying around.

It's not hard to check her bag.

Check her phone, check her e-mail.

Don't go packing a toothbrush, yeah.

Cos let me promise you one thing, Ronnie.

She won't be getting on that plane.