10/03/2014 EastEnders

She's got you slaving away already then, has she?

Eh? Nah, I'm always ready to help family out, ain't I?

Here, did you know she'd bought this place? Cos no-one told me.

That's my sister, Billy. Full of surprises.

'Shot. One, two, three, four...'

'Right cross, that's good.'

'One, two, three, four...'

If you've come to eye up my punters, get in line.

Carl's mum called again this morning.

She's not going away.

-Right, then.

-Who's taking you to the clinic?

We're going to get a cab.

Oh! I'm surprised Terry never offered.

Terry didn't know.

Terry's got enough to deal with.

I'll drive you then.

I'd like to see how my money's being spent.

I'm seeing doctors with designer suits and gold-plated stethoscopes.

No-one FORCED you to pay for them to go private.

What price a good night's sleep for our girl?

Girls. Two of them, don't forget.

Yeah, all right! She's cost me an extra grand!

We'll definitely get a cab.

I didn't want to come round here and start dragging you down,

not after everything you've been through.

Oh no, it was just one of my winter chests.

You know, keep in the warm, keep out the wind

and take your cough mixture.

Anyway, I'm glad you told me.

You shouldn't even BE down here. You should be tucked up in that bed!

I'm fine.

But you must be feeling a bit scared.

Yeah.

Yes. But...

I keep telling myself... it's better to know, right?

Surely it's better to know than end up like Pauline?

Walk out the house, and cross the Square, and drop dead in the snow!

Yes, well, I've worried about a lot of people dying...

and some have. Some fast. Some slow.

But there's one thing I DO know.

You're not going nowhere!

Now, come on.

Give us a smile.

Go on.

There's my girl!

'And I know we've had our disagreements,

'but I'm starting to get worried.

'Just give me a ring, Carl, let me know you're OK.'

She's his mum, and she's never going to find out what happened to him.

Don't you think that's sad?

There's not much I can say, is there?

If she finds out, everyone finds out. Is that what you want?

-Go on. Pick it up. Call her.

-That's not what I'm saying, Ron...

I just, I just think it's sad.

Who are you imagining on the other end of that phone, Roxy?

Mary Berry?

Look, I don't know this woman, but if she raised Carl,

chances are she's not exactly Mother of the Year.

But, you know, if you feel sorry for her...

I'm with YOU, Ronnie.

I'm ALWAYS with you.

You should know that by now.

Can I help? Yeah, one second.

Phil... PHIL!

-WHAT?!

-It's the phone for you!

Do I look like I'm taking calls?! Just book 'em in!

It's not garage business. This woman's trying to find someone.

Well, did she give her name?

Yeah. Mrs White.

Why aren't you at school?

-Felt sick.

-See, this is what I was worried about.

You might be happy to throw away your education...

You really want me puking up in double maths?

Teachers asking questions? Wouldn't that ruin your little plan?

What plan?

Keeping it a secret till you can persuade me to get rid of the baby.

Cindy, I'm tired of fighting with you about this, OK?

Believe it or not, all I want is what's best for you.

You don't know what's best for me!

Right, and you do? OK. You're just a CHILD, for crying out loud!

Cindy...

Cindy!

Cindy, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean it to sound like that...

Cind...

I'm sorry about that...

I'll try not to take it personally.

Jane?

You're moving back from Cardiff today? Should've let me know.

Didn't want a fuss. All the brass bands and bunting...

-Where're you going to stay?

-Ah!

You made it!

Masood offered me a bed just till I get myself sorted.

Oh, you can stay as long as you like!

-Shall I get this luggage for you, Madam?

-Thank you.

-Ian.

-Masood...

If anything's broken, I'll...

No, no, it's fine. It doesn't matter.

Don't worry, there's no-one else here.

-Both the boys are out getting parts.

-How'd she get the number, Phil?

I don't know. The internet?

Search for Mitchell, Walford, something like that, I suppose?

Sorry, I don't understand...

Just before Christmas, Carl told his brother

that he was seeing a girl called Roxy Mitchell.

-I don't believe this!

-What did you say to her?

What d'you think I said? Told her I'd never heard of either of 'em.

She knows my name. She knows I live in Walford. What if she shows up?

You're going to have to tell her that Carl's disappeared.

That woman is probably going out of her mind.

Right? And now I... I have to lie to her?

Maybe you should pick up Amy from school.

Disappear for a few days.

So that's your answer, is it? Run away?

-Has Nan left?

-Yeah, they're just going.

-Who was that on the phone?

-Alice.

Where're you going? No, no, no. Your nan's got enough on her plate!

But apparently Kat's told the police that she saw Alice stab Michael...

-Eh?

-And she's going to stand up in court and say so.

-Liam...

-But the trial starts this week.

I don't care. I'll deal with this.

Your nan does not need to know. D'you understand me?

(Right.)

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Kat!

DOORBELL RINGS

Come on, Bianca! We're going to be late.

-She ain't in!

-Well, have you tried her phone?

I've tried her phone, but there's no answer.

But I need her for the stall. I'll have to try Alfie's phone.

Strange, Kat letting you down like that again.

Syed had Yasmin for the day, so we all went to the park.

She's a right little princess, isn't she?

Got them eating out of her hand.

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You stay right there. I want to hear all about her.

You been up to see your brother?

Not yet.

Erm, we have a guest...

All right? I'd like to offer to pay for what Cindy broke.

-It's OK, really...

-I'd like to get it straight with you.

-Wasn't anything important.

-Is it in that one?

No, Ian. Please. No!

Ha! Grandma's tea-set?

No. It was our wedding present from my late Auntie Pauline.

I like traditional. Traditional's good.

-Yeah. I should get your room ready, right?

-Thank you.

-Shabnam?

Kat?

Kat? Oh!

You all right?

I've just had Bianca on the blower. She's worried about you.

-Everything all right?

-Yeah, I'm fine.

So, you made your choice.

-You've got nothing to say?

-What d'you want me to say?

What do you expect me to say? You know how I feel.

Alfie!

You have got no idea how hard this is for me!

Kat. OK, just hear me out, please. Kat...

DOOR SLAMS

Come on, come on.

Hello, mate, it's Alfie Moon.

It's about that delivery to Albert Square.

Listen, I really need it today.

Got any of those little juice cartons, the ones with the straws?

Not sure. You checked the fridge?

Know we've got the big ones in there.

I need the little ones. For travelling.

Me and Amy are going to head off for a couple of days,

thought we might go and see Aunt Sal.

Excuse me. I wonder if you could help me.

I'm looking for Carl White.

Carl? Haven't seen him in months.

He has a girlfriend, lives locally.

Roxy?

Roxy? Erm, name rings a bell... What's her surname?

-Mitchell.

-Mitchell? Walford's full of THEM!

But...

can't say that I've heard of a Roxy.

Sorry to trouble you. Don't worry.

So, who was that, then?

-I have got no idea!

-Yeah?

Well, I'd say if she's got anything to do with Carl,

she's definitely worth avoiding.

Do you want one of these? Ladies, take one as well.

Here you go.

Hey! Do you want to earn 20 quid handing out these flyers?

No, not really. I just want to go home.

What's wrong with you?

Billy says you haven't been out of the flat all weekend.

Is it cos of what happened last week?

Does he know?

Do you want to tell him?

-Yeah, part of me does.

-Listen.

Take it from me. Secrets have a way of blowing up in your face.

You've made one mistake, don't make another one.

No, I don't think I can.

Look, invite him to the pub later tonight and talk it through.

-I can't, I'm skint!

-Well? Here you go. Go on!

-See you later.

-Yeah!

-Hi!

-Hiya! All right?

Oh! What are you doing?

Carl's mum. She's here.

-Pregnant?

-Yep.

How far gone?

We think, three months.

Well, shouldn't you know?

Look, I only found out the other week!

I'm sorry. Sticking my nose in.

No, it's fine. I nearly phoned you over the weekend, but...

well, then I remembered what happened with Lucy...

That's in the past, Ian.

And this is very different. I mean, at least Lucy was a bit older.

What does Cindy want to do?

She wants to keep it.

-Although she may just be saying that to wind me up.

-Oh, come on, Ian!

No, she is just like her flamin' mother!

And what about the father? Do you know him?

His name's TJ. His dad's going out with Bianca.

Big, bald fella.

Big, bald fella?

I'm guessing relations aren't too good with him, either?

Do you know what, I didn't want it to be like this.

I've mucked everything up, haven't I?

And you know what to do to put things right...

You get everyone in a room together, and you talk things through.

You handle Big Bald Fella, and I'll talk to Cindy.

Listen, I want you to call me as soon as you get there.

And you, you make sure you give a huge big hug to Aunt Sal, OK?

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It's probably just the postman.

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-Who was it?

-No-one.

-What're you hiding?

-Nothing.

-Show me.

She knows where we live.

I know.

Well, she's not going to stop, is she?

I've got to meet her.

No! No, Roxy, you can't.

Listen to me, you've got to take Amy and go to Aunt Sal's!

Will you stop it? Just stop it.

OK, I know you're always trying to protect me.

But I can do this. OK?

You let me protect you for a change.

There you are!

I was beginning to think you'd done a runner!

If you've come to have a go, I've been up since four,

so I ain't in the mood.

I'd like to extend an olive branch.

-Obviously not a real olive branch...

-I know what that is, Ian.

Just trying to figure out what your game is.

-Come round to ours at five o'clock and we'll talk things through?

-Fine.

I'll head over to the stall and see Bianca, and see what she says.

I've already been there. They've packed up.

How to describe Alice's reaction?

Devastated. Confused.

And there's me left wondering, why you, why now?

Has Janine got some sort of hold on you, has she?

Wonder what that could that be?

I dunno what you're talking about. I'm just doing what I think's right.

Well, why didn't you do what you thought was right three months ago?

I'd brush up on your story if I were you.

-All right, Kat?

-All right?

-What was that about?

-Nothing! You said you had something to show me, then show me!

-Yeah!

SHE SIGHS HEAVILY

Hi, Mrs White? It's...it's Roxy Mitchell.

Yeah, I'm sorry I missed you before.

SHE SIGHS

Look, I'll tell you as much as I can.

Why don't you come over?

Do you know the cafe on Bridge Street, Cindy's?

This ain't a good idea. One slip and the whole thing comes tumbling down.

What do you want me to do, Phil? Tie her to a chair?

Her head ain't in this.

You don't want her anywhere near Carl White's mum, do you understand?

Cindy, isn't it?

Do you think the fact they haven't got back to me

means I haven't got in?

-Jay!

-Huh? Oh, I don't know, Abs.

I ain't that familiar with university admission procedure.

I just want to help. Me and your dad used to be married.

He's not my dad.

No. Of course.

But he is responsible for you.

-And he's worried about you.

-Did he send you here?

No. I think if he knew you were skipping school,

he'd have marched over here himself, don't you?

What do you want?

I was going to ask you the exact same thing.

Because I'm betting that's the one question no-one's asked you.

Have you seen anyone yet? A GP? A midwife?

My car's just around the corner.

Right, you can open those peepers now!

Ha-ha!

I give you the ultimate mobile fast-food dispensary!

Stylish and classy and guaranteed to get them queueing round the block.

Where'd you get the money?

Well, I told you, I did all right in Oz. It's all ready to go.

Comes with stock, which Mick's kindly taking care of for me.

And that new bloke on the market, he said we can have this pitch.

-Sure there's going to be a market?

-Oh, that's the beauty about having

a business on wheels, you see. Things go belly up,

we move on to pastures new! I really think, Kat,

this is where it's going to start to go right for us.

What is it?

I think you was right, Alfie.

I think you was right about everything.

I've made a terrible mistake.

So, feel free to look around, you can ask any questions that you like.

And as you know, we're offering a free week's trial

which starts today.

So, obviously you can go over there, speak to Billy,

and fill out some forms if you're interested. OK? Cheers.

I want to be signed on by you personally.

SHE LAUGHS

Just see Billy.

Mrs White? Hi, I'm Roxy Mitchell.

Nora White.

I'm sorry about the last-minute change of plan.

We'll talk in the office, shall we?

Oh!

Oooh. DOOR BANGS

Oh, there's no service washes cos I'm incapacitated.

I've bruised me hand. You'll have to do your own.

Actually, Mrs Branning, I was just wondering

if you could put a couple of these up for me?

Let's have a dekko, cos Mr Oppodopolous,

he is very particular about what he has up on his walls.

-Oh!

-You OK, Mrs Branning?

Yes, I'm all right. Would just have been nice to have been consulted

before she chucked my Jim's legacy out the window.

Oh...

Sorry.

And you've had no word from him at all, no calls, no texts?

-Nothing.

-And you didn't try and find me?

Well, why would I? How was I to know he'd disappeared?

I figured he was just cutting me out of his life, you know, moving on.

He did tell you, didn't he, that we split up just before Christmas?

No. But that's no surprise. He didn't tell me anything about you.

SHE LAUGHS

Oh, don't take it like that.

Carl knows I thought Kirsty was the only girl for him.

He did mention you to his brother, though.

Adam seems to think he liked you more than most.

Shame it didn't last.

To be honest, I was relieved when we broke up.

Yeah, your son scared me.

It takes a certain kind of woman to handle a man like Carl.

I could handle him, all right.

In fact, I think we'd still be together

if he hadn't started running off.

Well, he'd disappear for days on end, you see.

And when he got back he was secretive, bad-tempered.

Did he ever tell you where he went, what he was up to?

He let slip once something about Manchester, but that was it.

When I asked him about it, he just closed down.

-Maybe he was trying to protect you.

-Protect me from what?

About this form...

Could you knock, please, before you come into my office?! Thank you.

-Sorry about that.

-Oh, don't apologise.

Looks like you might have been a match for Carl, after all.

Bit of fire in your belly!

Shame we didn't meet in better circumstances.

-Thank you for your time.

-I, erm, I hope you find him.

Oh, he'll come back. Bad penny always does.

SHE EXHALES

Kat, you knew people would eventually find out.

Yeah, I can handle that.

Just as long as Janine does what she promised.

-But what if she doesn't?

-She will.

But if you're in any doubt, you just need to go back

to the Old Bill and withdraw your statement, don't you?

And say what? That I got it wrong?

Get myself charged with perverting the course of justice? And for what?

Chances are you won't be charged.

No, this can't have been for nothing. It can't.

Well, you're just going to have to trust Janine, then.

-You ready?

-What about Bianca?

Yeah, I can't get hold of her, but I've left her a message.

She'll be there, I promise you. Come on.

-What?

-I just wish Mum was here, that's all.

Yeah, well, she's thinking about you, ain't she?

Look...

Whatever happens, I'm your dad, and I'm on your side, OK?

Come on.

Oi! What are you doing? She could be here any minute.

No, she won't.

Well, show me!

It's a good job your brother sent you this.

There's definitely a resemblance.

Just admit it. You didn't trust me to pull it off.

-No...

-Admit it!

-Have you finished?

This isn't about me not trusting you.

This isn't about me being over-protective.

You said yourself you didn't want to lie to her.

Look, I know you'd have done it. You'd have done it for me.

But this is my mess. It's my job to clear it up, not yours.

-What did you tell her?

-I said he'd left.

He left, and that was that.

OK. I could do with a drink!

I'll call Phil and ask him to join us. OK? Come on.

Ronnie, I handed out all the flyers.

-Any chance I could grab my 20 quid?

-Yeah, course.

Oh, by the way, did Dot find you yet?

Look, if Cindy ain't going to show, we'll do this another time, eh?

I'm sure she'll be here. And Bianca too.

School going all right then, is it, TJ?

-Fine, thanks.

-It's going more than fine!

Teachers think he's university material, don't they?

Really? Good job he didn't get pregnant then.

Look, we came here in good faith,

but if you're going to stick the knife in any chance you get...

-Listen...

-Forget it. Come on, TJ.

Sorry we're late, but it was important.

Cindy has something she wants you to see.

That's him. That's my baby!

Cheers, thank you. That wasn't easy, was it?

I'm really proud of you.

Come on, then, let's get inside.

Well, thank you for this at least. Where am I going to put it?

I'm sorry I didn't consult you about changing the name, Dot.

I had no idea it was going to be so important to you.

It ain't. But, I mean, it might be to Jim.

Not that I'm going to tell him. And it could be to Jack.

Me and Jack...that's long gone.

Yeah, but you can't just shut people out of your life, can you?

Even if you'd like to. He was your husband.

With all due respect, Dot, I don't need a lecture from you

-or from anyone else.

-I was just saying.

DOORBELL RINGS

Oh, who's that?

Yes?

-Mrs Dorothy Branning?

-Yes.

-I'm afraid we have some bad news.

It concerns your son, Nicholas Cotton.

You'd better come in.

-What's he done this time?

-It's not that, Mrs Branning.

I'm very sorry to tell you that your son has died.