07/02/2017 EastEnders

-KNOCK AT DOOR

-Mick?

Mick?

What does she want? What?

Um, I think you'd better come downstairs.

Why?

Um, maybe just come and see. I'm sorry.

You didn't have to.

It's no trouble.

I know, but I know you're busy so...

And I just want you to know I appreciate it.

Gives me something to look forward to every day.

I missed you while you was at Ryan's.

I missed you too.

Right.

I'll see you later, yeah?

-See you then.

-Love you.

..which you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence. Do you understand?

-It's just breakfast.

-Sure it is.

Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up, what's this?

-Mick Carter?

-Yeah? What's she done?

She's selling alcohol in breach of your licence.

Do what?

I never, Mick. I swear.

Are the other licensees present? Linda Carter?

-She's in Watford.

-For the day?

No. She's been there a couple of months.

Let her go, will you?

Shirley Carter?

I'm here.

See how far off the cars are.

Michael Carter, Shirley Carter,

you are under arrest for breach of licence.

You do not have to say anything,

but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when

questioned something which you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence. Do you understand?

We ain't done nothing.

Shut up, Mick.

We're just trying to earn a living, mate. This is a mistake.

-Get your hands off me.

-There's no need to resist, Mr Carter.

I'm not resisting. Get your hands off me!

Donna, have you seen the bins this morning?

I don't care about the bins!

Mick? Mick? What's going on?

Don't worry, Teen. It's all right, OK? It's ridiculous.

Just don't tell Linda, yeah?

Come on, Dennis.

Just cos you're sleeping in Mum's room don't mean you can nag

-me like she does.

-Nagging's the least of your worries.

You don't work hard at school, that'll be you.

-What's happening?

-I don't know.

You don't see that every day.

I don't know if they're ready yet.

They've already been back at school in Ongar.

Yeah, but this is their old school, the memories...

I don't even know if I'm ready yet.

Right, well, maybe they need more time.

Yeah, maybe they do.

What's the option? They never set foot in school again?

If they don't go today, what about tomorrow? Or the next day?

They need routine, Jack. They need something they can be sure of.

Are we going or what?

Come on, Amy! Let's go!

-Bacon rolls.

-Mm-hm!

I popped into the Vic to talk to Mick about his karaoke gear.

Why?

No reason. Anyway, didn't get a chance to because the Old Bill was

there and they were arresting the lot of them.

Yeah, I know, I know.

But with every cloud...I managed to nick a trio of rolls.

Result, really. Better bacon than the cafe.

How are you?

Fantastic.

I couldn't sleep. She kept me up half the night. Kept thinking...

I am so sorry about the...

pad thing. Everything. I was totally out of order.

When Mum...

When Emerald said all that, when it counted,

you were the perfect sister.

But when you needed me...

Erm... Brown sauce?

Yes, Pops, the works.

So, forgive me?

But that's just it. I'm not the perfect sister, am I?

Not even a sister.

What's to say what she said was true?

You know, maybe she was just trying to hurt us.

Do you believe that?

Look, don't feel bad for me or anything.

It's just... It is what it is.

Thanks for the roll. But I've got to get to work.

Did you know that this was going on?

No way.

What about your dad?

No. No-one did.

Um, actually I, um...

You're joking!

Babe said if I said anything that I'd lose my job.

Now we could all lose our jobs!

No, this ain't your fault, Abi. OK?

Come on, we all know what she's like.

We've just got to focus on what we're going to do, yeah?

Right. Well, I've closed up.

Police said we can't stay open without a licensee here.

Lee's got a personal licence.

Exactly. So I figure we stay closed till he's back.

Then, if we're not shut down for good,

we open and do Swedish dinner as planned.

Yeah, but who's going to cook that?

It's basically ready. I can serve it up.

Open at half-five?

-Yeah.

-Cool.

What's going on?

It's closed.

Took 'em away in handcuffs.

Mate, they slammed him on the bonnet.

It took four of them to hold him down.

Oh, leave off.

Stop it, Kushie.

Yeah, Kushie. It was three at the most.

I thought they were only going to get a warning.

Listen up, everyone.

Terrible business in there, obviously, but there's

no need for that to spoil your breakfast this morning.

So if you'd like to pop over to the cafe,

we're doing a 10% discount and endless cups of tea for you.

Enjoy.

-What?

-Wow. I don't know why I'm surprised.

Now, you keep your head down. And don't talk to that Keegan.

Yeah, I can't talk to anyone, Mum. I'm in isolation.

No mucking about, and no fighting.

Yes, Mum(!)

Don't "Yes, Mum" me.

I've had enough, Shaki. I am telling you now.

Now, go on.

Shaki? Shaki, wait, please.

Arms out, please.

I should charge you for that.

Stay still, please. Look straight at the camera.

Turn to the right, please.

Press your thumb firmly on the sensor.

-Like this?

-BEEPING

Next finger.

How long's this going to take? I've got a pub to get to, you know.

Next finger.

I'd like to inform you that the Criminal and Police Evidence Code

of Practice is available if you'd like to refer to it.

What's that mean?

It sets out the rights and responsibilities of both the

police and the public.

Sounds like you two should read it before I do.

It also informs you that you're entitled to have somebody

told of your arrest.

I think everyone who needs to know already knows.

And you're entitled to a solicitor.

Well, I don't have one.

One will be appointed for you.

Do I have to pay for it?

-No.

-Can I call my son?

You can make a phone call when we've finished processing you.

And how long's that going to be?

You know, roughly?

PHONE RINGS

That's mine. Can I just answer...?

Someone will come and take you through in a minute.

What's that, about 30 yards?

-What?

-From the gate to here.

I just walked about 30 yards without anyone saying

anything or waving a picture of my willy in my face.

-Things are starting to look up.

-Hi, Shaki!

-Hi, Shaki!

-THEY GIGGLE

Being in isolation's actually starting to sound pretty good.

They're at school so that's job done at my end.

Good. Sharon and Phil get their flight?

Yeah, just.

God forbid Sharon should leave the house without full slap on.

Be good for them, though, won't it? Get away. Get Phil nice and relaxed.

He's not going to be relaxed.

He's got his recovery regime, alcohol support groups, the works.

Sharon's got him a timetable.

Nah, he'll have his shirt off already, lying back on the beach.

Oh, stop it.

Shazza rubbing that lotion in. Long, smooth strokes.

Stop it!

Going to have that image in my head all day.

You savour it.

Well, fun while it lasts for 'em anyway.

What's that supposed to mean?

You think this new Phil's permanent?

You don't?

I hope so. But I've been around long enough.

Things get tough again, people go back to their old ways.

You've changed.

Yes, love?

There you go. Valentine's Day dinner at Beales?

Half a bottle of bubbles included.

Bring a special someone along and I guarantee romance will

be in the air. There you go.

I told Mr Beckett we'd over ordered.

I've hardly sold any of these.

That's £1.50, please.

She is really sorry, you know.

She send you?

No, no, no, no. Look, it's not easy for her either.

Nothing's changed for her.

This is not the time to be angry.

But I'm not angry.

Out of all the things she's done over the years,

this...doesn't even rate.

And of course, you know, every time, I forgive her eventually.

That's what you do, you know. She's my sister.

Course I'd forgive her. But now, you know, well...she ain't.

She ain't my sister. And so all those things that she does...

..all the things that I've had to put up with,

I don't have to any more.

I don't have to forgive. I can just...

let her go.

Come on, you don't mean that.

Don't I? That's £1.50.

Something smells nice.

I'm baking them a cake. How were they?

Saw a few of their old mates,

and disappeared amongst the other kids.

They got through the gates. They're going to be fine.

Is this Amy's sheet?

I washed this at the weekend. What're you washing it for?

She...she spilled juice on it.

She knows she's not meant to drink it in bed, so we kept it between us.

I hope that's OK?

Yeah, yeah, fine.

You know, everything's in hand here.

Why don't you go and do nothing for a bit?

You know what? That sounds incredible.

Go on, then. Take your time.

'Do you know when you'll be back?'

They can't say. Shouldn't be too long, you know.

Listen, erm, if your mum rings...

I haven't had a chance to tell her.

So could you, like, distract her for a bit?

I'll try.

Good boy. I will fill her in when it's all sorted.

I'm proud of you. Keeping everything going.

I'll be out of a job soon.

'Yeah.'

All right. Bye, son.

Bye, Dad.

Cheers(!)

I can't get hold of any of them, I've got no idea what's happening.

I have to keep popping back to Mum cos she's on her own.

Honestly, Kath, it's killing me.

It'll just be a slap on the wrist, though, won't it?

Shrimpy reckons it could be a year.

What, prison?

He's full of it.

The thing I don't get is, right, Babe's dodgy, yeah,

but she don't get caught.

She's smart. I reckon someone has grassed her up.

Two lattes.

-Thank you.

-Careful. Let me put it down.

Sorry.

You'll have it all over you.

What is wrong with you?

-Nothing.

-Oi.

All right, Michelle, how are you?

-Fine.

-What can I get you?

Macchiato?

Do you want one?

I shouldn't.

Of course you should.

Too long in America, I'm watching my sugar intake.

Oh, what, are you staying then?

I don't know, really, been over there such a long time.

Do you think you'll get a job?

I think so.

There's always demand for teachers and there's plenty of

struggling schools that need good ones.

Schools around here, you're a braver woman than I am.

Oh, they're not that bad. Anyway, I want to help.

You're like a...superhero!

Here...on the house, I won't tell the Yanks.

Thank you.

So, what?

What?

It was just the payslips, weren't it?

-Yeah.

-He ain't put his hand on you again, has he?

No. He only grabbed my arm.

Because if he has...

No. It's just the payslip.

Nothing else?

Nothing else.

Well, maybe he's just embarrassed then.

Blokes do weird stuff when money's involved, don't they? Trust me.

It ain't just money. I've never had no money, have I?

It's just another lie.

What are you going to do?

I don't know. I try, it's never enough.

Maybe it's me, maybe I'm not enough.

Do you still love him?

Of course I do. 100%.

But that's not going to change nothing, is it?

No. No, but you've got to do some work too.

You know, you've got to be on it, every single day.

Otherwise it'll just disappear.

Take that from somebody who learnt the hard way.

When me and Peter was in New Zealand, everything was...

you know. I just hoped that it would sort itself out.

Because actually talking to him, being straight with him,

it just felt too hard.

But sometimes that's the way it is, Whit. Life is hard.

And you either fight, you do the hard thing, or you regret it.

Yeah, we've been doing the breakfasts for a while now.

How long?

Like a month or so.

And how's trade been?

Yeah, all right. Steady.

Because you sell booze?

We don't sell booze.

Our man, he saw you serving booze.

He took some away with him. We got it tested.

And it's definitely alcohol.

I get it.

And you had no idea?

Of course I didn't.

It's my livelihood,

why would I jeopardise it by breaching the licence?

I have a leaky roof, I have bills to pay...

Sounds like you could do with a few extra quid.

BELL RINGS

Bruv, this is it now, you know. This is who I am.

I'm officially the nude pics guy.

So what?

So whenever anyone at this stupid school hears my name,

this is all they're going to think about.

Doesn't matter what else I do, for the rest of my life,

this is my thing.

So change your thing.

You can't just change your thing. That's the whole point.

First thing I heard when I got here - Rhys McCartney, someone

walked in on him in the toilets, first week, three years ago...

Yeah, even I heard about that and I was at a different school.

And he still has that nickname.

This is going to be my thing forever.

Not unless you find another thing.

Something so big that everyone forgets about the first thing.

-That's what I did.

-Yeah, and it got you expelled.

That teacher was lucky to keep his eye, from what I heard.

What else did you hear about me?

Nothing, I guess.

Exactly.

Is he coping, do you think?

Yeah, he seems to be. She's still there.

What about the kids?

They're back at Walford Primary today, thanks to Glenda.

She charmed the school, got them back in.

That's good, ain't it?

Well, Glenda seems to think so. And what Glenda says goes in that house.

I bet he's grateful for the extra support.

Yeah, that's one way of putting it.

What, are you saying...?

Oh, come on!

I dunno, you're probably right.

Ain't you got a husband for this?

Yeah. He's got a job.

Yeah, well, so have I. Been on the phone all morning.

Five minutes with a cup of tea, more like.

I'm working from home, so I can be there for my family.

Not be your odd-job man.

You should have a go at this. You're pretty handy if I remember.

Why would I when the hero of Walford's

going to come and do it for free?

Can't even offer you a drink. You going to give up for good?

Erm, yeah, probably, yeah. I think I need to.

Weren't easy inside.

Nothing to do all day but think about where you went wrong.

You didn't do anything wrong, Max.

No, I didn't do what I was in for.

But I did enough.

I just weren't a good person,

and drinking was just part of that.

As for all the other stuff, that's just inside me, I suppose.

No, it's not, Max. What you did for Martin,

if that ain't a good person then I don't know what is.

Chuck me that wrench, will you?

Max.

Like I said, it weren't easy inside.

Oh, will you stop doing this? You're doing my head in!

You can't keep throwing things out, you know,

and expect me to pick it up all the time.

All right, Jack?

You know what?

I think I will be.

I swear, I didn't know.

So who did?

No comment.

I knew, course I knew, I was the one serving it.

But beyond that...

..weren't my decision. I'm just the cook.

Do the eggs, fry the rashers...

..keep my head down.

It's not been easy though for Mick, with Linda away.

I got the impression money was tight.

I wouldn't know for sure, I'm just the cook,

they don't let me look at the books and nor should they.

I'd be hopeless.

But the way Mick was so keen that we do what we can to

bring more money in...

Like I say...

..I'm just the cook.

You're in breach of your licence. I mean, that's a fact.

If you knew it was happening, were honest about it,

that'd help when it comes to penalties.

I didn't know.

So you didn't tell the cook?

Babe Smith.

You didn't tell her to do everything she could to bring more money in?

Who told you that?

Did you?

Yeah, yeah...but... I didn't mean it like that.

So how did you mean it?

I meant, like...you know, like...

What?

You know, like...bootstraps.

-Bootstraps?

-Yeah.

Mr Carter, you're broke,

your roof's leaking, bills stacking up.

Trouble with the missus, she clears off to Watford.

I mean, it happens to the best of us.

You want a few extra quid in the till,

you figure no-one's going to notice.

I didn't know.

Are you beginning to see how it looks, though?

Oh, stop it!

Listen, I can't keep doing this, Pearl. OK? I can't.

I've had two hours' sleep and I really am

so close to just getting crazy now.

So just stop, OK?! Stop it.

Why?!

Why do you keep doing it, Pearl?! Stop it.

-Stop doing it!

-Shh.

Hey! Hello, darling. Can you hold this?

Can you hold it?

That's a good girl. Please? Yes.

Thank you.

Wow, look at this.

-How was school?

-Good.

-Good.

Just good?

Yeah. Apparently it was normal. Routine.

I'm very glad to hear it.

And look, I've baked a cake to celebrate your first day back.

-Look at that.

-"Baked"?

-I have to feed Hammy first.

-Go on, then.

You go and feed him and the cake'll be waiting for you.

And I have to feed Fergus.

Amy. I've popped your princess sheet back on your bed.

All clean and dry.

No-one needs know.

Don't keep Hammy waiting.

Go on, then, mate, get stuck into that.

So. Good day?

Yeah. I think so.

I told you. Glenda knows best.

Well, I got through it, is the best I can say about that day.

Lunch was definitely a highlight. Anyway, I best get over there.

Johnny sounds like he could do with the help.

I know you've been lying to me.

About how much you earn.

No, I ain't.

How'd you find out?

I saw your payslip.

I didn't go looking for it.

Please don't tell anyone.

Yeah, OK, I won't.

But, Lee, I think we need to talk about why you felt you needed

to lie to me.

Again. First the robbery, and now this...

Lee, we're married, your problems are my problems.

We're supposed to talk to each other about things...

I hate my job.

I hate it, Whit.

I know you do.

I never go in. That's why my pay's low.

What do you mean?

I don't go in.

What, never?

I call in sick all the time.

I just sit on the DLR all day because I can't face it.

Just sit there, staring out the window.

I'm so pathetic.

You're not pathetic.

I am. I am. I can't go to work.

I can't provide for my wife. I'm just a mess.

We've got to get to the pub.

So just clean yourself up and we'll go, yeah?

Michael Carter,

you are formally charged with breach of licence in that on Tuesday

the 7th of February 2017 at the Queen Victoria public house

you did serve alcohol out of hours.

Do you wish to say anything?

No comment.

You do not have to say anything.

But it may harm your defence if you do not mention now

something which you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

You will remain in custody until you are taken to

Walford Magistrates' Court at 10am tomorrow.

Tomorrow?

Can't see a magistrate till the morning.

So where am I going now, then?