31/10/2016 EastEnders

Dad!

Why are you closed?

Why are you back so early?

I had a dodgy prawn sandwich for lunch -

I've been feeling rough all afternoon.

Yeah, I think I can smell it.

No, that's the egg.

So you've had prawn and egg?

I ran into a bunch of kids trick-or-treating on George Street,

told 'em to take a running jump and this happened.

Must be off an' all.

So why are you closed?

Your gran had a funny turn at the supermarket, hit her head.

She all right?

Yeah, the hospital are going to keep her in overnight.

I'm sure it's just a precaution.

Yeah, so we're going to go and look after her gaff,

and you two shall be running the Vic tonight.

We're going to be Herman and Lily.

Yeah.

CHILDREN: Trick or treat!

KNOCK AT DOOR

Trick or treat.

BANGING ON DOOR

Trick or treat!

Trick or treat.

Trick or treat.

BANGING ON DOOR

I don't think the lady's at home.

Aw, but we want sweets.

There you are.

-Thank you.

-Thanks, mister.

MUSIC: Morning from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg

KNOCK AT DOOR

Dorothy?

Dorothy, are you in?

CAT MEOWS

Dorothy, are you in?!

Dorothy.

Dorothy.

Sorry, Patrick, I nearly didn't let you in.

It's my new wireless, it's one of them DABs -

digital something or other.

99 stations, it says on the box, and I can't even find Julian and Sandy.

Oh, good, good. Well, if you're at a loose end, I'm going

over to The Vic - they have a party on for Halloween.

Tonight?

-All right, all right. I know you don't approve.

-No.

But, come on, it's a family thing, man. Lots of fun and games.

Far better than you sitting down here all night,

not even Julian and Sandy for company.

I'm going to place a bet,

and then I will see you there at five?

All right?

-All right, then.

-Good.

Trick or treat.

Not again - we've had three already.

All right, come on, let's go, Kamil.

No, hold on a minute -

don't want any more bad luck.

Neville, it's me.

Have you been ignoring my calls?

Charming.

I need to talk to you about the divorce settlement.

Yeah, I know what we agreed but I shouldn't have -

I need more.

I'll call you back.

Right, everyone, early closing today, yeah.

Go off and enjoy yourselves. Off you go.

That's it.

BANGING AT DOOR

All right, 'night.

BANGING AT DOOR

Patrick.

Claudette.

We're coming in here later.

Could have gone at lunchtime, the trade was so bad today.

So am I.

I'll see you there then?

I was going in there anyway.

Is it my imagination or has it got really chilly out here?

You said that you'd just had a little disagreement.

We had.

That looked like World War III had been declared.

-Well, it will blow over.

-Are you sure?

I'm positive.

I've got a secret weapon.

Which is?

You'll see.

Right, final checks.

Yeah, that's a naughty spider, that is.

-Er, Tina.

-Yep?

-Sylvie?

Yep, me and Shirley are going to bring her later.

Sweet as - that's the three wicked witches sorted, then.

-Oi!

-Babe, how's this toxic trifle getting on?

Have a shufty.

Oh, yeah, no, that looks horrible.

Not as horrible as this.

Right, well, just keep that away from the kids, yeah?

-As if.

-What is it?

Little extra something this year - evil egg nog.

I don't need to go to my uni party if you need a hand here.

No, we'll be fine. Look, everything's sorted.

And you two, will you go? Go on, off you go.

-All right, OK.

-All right, see you later.

See you, Johnny. See you later. Say hello to Elaine for us.

-Will do.

-Will do. Love you.

-See you later.

I'm going to get my costume on, I think.

Lee, we're going to be fine.

It's just today - everywhere you look, there's going to be kids.

Just makes you think what might have been.

Come here.

It ain't going to be like what happened with them City boys the other week.

Really?

Oi. I'm positive.

Because?

Because it's you and me,

and we're getting married in four days.

Come on.

Something wrong?

We're just sorting a few things out.

What things?

Just some legal matters.

Phil's business.

Makes sense, don't it?

Just in case anything happens, everything's straight.

The way I want it.

The way you want it?

What's that mean?

I'll leave you to explain.

CAR DOOR CLOSES

ENGINE STARTS

CAR DRIVES AWAY

Louise gets everything, and me, Denny and Ben get sweet Fanny Adams?

Sharon...

-..it ain't...

-Ain't what?

It ain't personal.

I am your wife, Phil.

How much more personal do you think it gets?

So let me get this straight, yeah.

If you don't come out of here,

everything you have is going to go to a fourteen-year-old girl

who'll probably blow the whole lot on make-up.

It don't work like that. And, anyway, Lou ain't that sort of girl.

With that sort of money burning a hole in her gym slip,

who's going to stop her?

This is about legacy, yeah.

What happens next.

Well, this is going to be a fine old legacy you're leaving, isn't it?

Ben's going to hate you,

me and Denny could be on the streets and your daughter will become

some spaced-out coke-head by the time she's 18.

But why should you care?

Cos you ain't going to be around to pick up the pieces, are you?

The miscarriage was ages ago.

Yeah, well, Lee obviously ain't over it -

you should have heard him just now.

Don't know why you're beating yourself up about it anyway.

Whit could have lost that baby for all sorts of reasons.

It's just one big coincidence it happens after I give him an STI?

Oh, yeah.

WOLF WHISTLE

Right. Let's get this show on the road, shall we?

Well, if you feel that bad about it...

..there's the door.

PEOPLE GREET EACH OTHER

Lee, all right?

I think the barrels need changing.

Didn't Mick check 'em before he left?

Why would they? They left me and Whitney in charge.

Sorry, be two seconds, yeah.

LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS

-All right?

-Yeah, hold on.

Lee, where are the barrels gone?

Lee!

-I don't believe this.

-What?

They've been nicked. I bet it was those kids.

-What kids?

-The ones that egged me earlier.

I chased 'em off, but they said they'd be back.

We'll be fine.

Babe, we've got no booze and a packed pub.

Yeah, I know that. We've got bottles, though, ain't we. I know they cost a bit more, but...

Yeah, twice as much.

I don't know. I mean, we could do a Happy Hour.

Yeah. Yes, we could.

Lee, the amount of punters we got out there, we'll make it up.

-All right, all right. Let's do that then, eh?

-OK.

After you, Mrs Munster.

Look, be reasonable, yeah.

Just another day - two at the most - that's all I'm asking.

Is there a problem?

Come on, let's go in.

Happy Hour's going on all evening?

Well, yeah, till we run out.

-Which won't be long, at these prices.

-And that's spirits an' all?

-Yeah, everything in bottles.

-And soft drinks.

And there's a special price on my extra-special cocktails, too.

Care to imbibe?

-What's the yellow one?

-Evil egg nog.

Oh, no thanks.

Your funeral.

Patrick.

You...

You keeping out of my way?

What makes you say that?

Well, I haven't seen you all weekend.

You haven't been answering my calls. Call me slow on the uptake...

I...

I got a little bit worked up, didn't I?

A little?

OK, a lot.

Oh, blimey, Patrick, you don't believe in making it easy

for a girl, do you?

Is this you apologising?

Why don't you...

come back to my place?

Donna's going to be here all night.

We...

We can open this,

and I'll show you how sorry I am.

Sorry about what?

Oh.

Oh, all right.

How sorry I am for being so selfish and rude about Dot, OK.

What time is it?

It's quarter past five.

She said she was coming over. She should have been here by now.

She shouldn't be in that house on her own,

especially on a night like tonight.

OK?

So I think I'll just pop over,

and just make sure she's OK.

Well, I'm bagging you for lunch tomorrow.

Beales? One o'clock.

Kids.

I thought you'd gone.

I had.

I nearly got out of the car park and I thought,

"Why should I stew on this all night?"

That's what this is all about, yeah.

Louise might have a family in the not-too-distant future.

And Ben won't -

not a proper one, anyway.

What does that mean?

That's what I'm trying to work out.

And you can bet your life Ben'll be doing the same.

He is having half his liver cut out for you and what are you doing?

Cutting him out of your will.

I never asked him to do anything.

You know, I don't buy this, Phil, any of it.

I'm still trying to work out why I'm out of the picture,

but Ben...

It's cos he's gay, isn't it?

-No, 'course it ain't.

-Lou can keep the Mitchell line going, Ben can't.

In case you forgot, Ben's already got a kid,

not that we'll probably ever see her again.

Ben had a kid years ago.

When he didn't know who he was, what sort of life he wanted.

Anyway, however he is,

it don't mean he ain't going to have any more.

But that's not the same to you, though, is it?

That's not proper family.

Well, not in your book, anyway.

Family - proper family - it's all about blood, isn't it?

That's what makes 'em there for you, yeah.

And Lou can give you a proper Mitchell.

He can't, so you're punishing him for who he is.

I ain't punishing anyone.

And I can't give you any little Mitchell kids,

so that cuts me and Denny out an' all.

It ain't that neither.

In that case, we're cut out cos you don't care about us.

You know I do.

-I thought you did.

-I do.

Then prove it.

DOORBELL RINGS

Oh, go away.

Dorothy.

Dorothy, I know you're in there, you know.

I know you're in there.

You'd better open this door, otherwise I'm going to break it down.

-Sorry. Lee, them barrels.

-What about them?

Shrimpy just seen some lads rolling them round the Square.

-What?

-Yeah.

Oi!

What you doing?

-Oi!

-You are joking!

That is dangerous!

You sure you want to go there, kid?

I don't like it.

I can't help it.

I should never have said yes.

Oh, Dot.

You see, bad things happen on this day. Look at Stacey - she only went

to plug in Arthur's music centre and she got herself electrocuted.

And then there was Max, he got run over, do you remember?

Yeah. Yeah, but...

And Sharon. Her fiance, you know, Tom the fireman -

he was killed in the blaze next door.

I mean, terrible things happen on this day.

It's All Souls' Day we should be celebrating, not Halloween.

Some people say it doesn't matter but I think it does.

And the Bible thinks it does.

-Dorothy...

-Yes, I know. Look here, you see.

This is Deuteronomy, it's Deuteronomy, Chapter 18,

it's verses 10 and 12.

"Thou shalt not be one of those found to be a divi...

"..Who uses divination.

"Or... Nor a..."

Now look what you've done.

You've put me all in a tizz.

I want a cuppa tea.

So what now?

Now we get 'em back to The Vic.

Oh, yeah, all right, Superman.

We can't lift all these.

No, but you can roll 'em, can't you?

Yeah, I can roll 'em.

Let's get rolling then.

This is stupid.

Put your back into it, girl.

-Lee!

-Come on.

Stop it.

So is there really nothing you can do?

I've tried everything I can think of.

I even called Neville, that ex of mine, to see if he could up

the divorce settlement -

should have saved myself the humiliation.

The bank?

I'm at the limit of my borrowing already.

You could talk to your suppliers,

ask them if they'd accept staged payments. You'd be surprised

how receptive some of them can be.

It's better than nothing.

And if they say no, nothing is probably what they'll get.

You know your stuff, don't you?

Yeah, I used to be in business.

I thought you were a postie.

No, before that.

I've run a restaurant, a catering company.

I could take a look at the salon's books if you like.

No offence, Mas, but I remember when you helped me with my website.

Well, that's not real business.

Anyway, what are you going to say that the banks haven't already said?

Banks are full of pen-pushers -

what you need is a real entrepreneur to look at your books.

And that's you, is it?

I'm no James Caan, although I've been told I do

look a little bit like him.

But I have had my fair share of small successes

on the financial front.

I don't need a small success, I need a bloomin' miracle.

Take my house.

The amount it's gone up since I bought it, you wouldn't believe.

I'm serious, I was checking out the prices

in the estate agent's window the other day, and...

..to be honest, I was almost embarrassed.

Making money is nothing to be embarrassed about.

Let me get you another drink.

No, no. Let me, let me.

No. It's the least I can do.

So what's changed your mind?

What difference does it make?

What about Ben?

That's up to Phil.

I hope no-one's been putting you under any duress.

Just sign it, will you?

All right.

I'll get it sorted.

Thank you.

Have we got are superheroes in here tonight?

Any superheroes under ten?

Right, gather round, then.

Right, come round here cos I need your help, OK. We all do.

Cos any minute now, a bad man is going to walk through that door.

That'll make a change for round here.

Shirley!

And I need you to help me, OK.

So take one of these. Yep, take one of these.

Right, are you ready?

After three. One...

Oh, quick, I think he's coming.

Two...

He's turned the lights off!

Three!

SCREAMING

I don't know who's enjoying this the most.

Well, he always was a big kid.

Just wait till he has one of his own.

Babe!

Sorry.

Didn't think.

So what's all that about?

What?

You and Masood, you're very pally all of a sudden.

Business.

What, you and him are doing business?

No, but I might just be saving mine.

-Love you.

-Love you, too.

Lee.

Listen.

What?

I'm glad that Whit forgave you,

that it didn't ruin things for the pair of you.

What are you talking about?

I should have told you about the chlamydia.

Whit's miscarriage couldn't have had anything to do with that.

Yeah, it could, I looked it up.

No. She asked them, and they told her it couldn't.

Yeah, if that's what they said, then they're probably right.

You know, Dot, I don't think you're frightened of Halloween, you know.

And I don't think that is why you're locking yourself away.

I'm not.

Well, I locked me front door,

but that's just a security precaution, it's only sensible.

I think, right now, for you,

the world is a scary place.

Well, I've got all that trouble at the launderette.

I mean, that's bound to play on my mind, you know, losing my job,

even at my age.

Yeah, yeah, but, you know, you don't even look at me any more.

-What?

-You know, sometimes I'm talking to you

and it's as if you don't even see me.

I don't understand.

You know that thing about the Bible just now?

You couldn't read it, could you?

What are you talking about?

You couldn't even see the words, it was so obvious.

I told you - you put me in a tizz.

It's...

It's not just...

..a little problem, is it?

Something that you could pop down to the opticians

and get a new set of spectacles and it would fix it, is it?

No.

Then what is it?

Dorothy.

I think I'm going blind.

Look what you're doing.

I want you to go.

Dorothy!

No, I asked you to go, Patrick...

I'm only trying to help.

Is this your way of helping?

Trapping me into saying stupid things?

Trapping you?

I asked you to go. Go on, go.

Go on, go.

Go.