24/02/2013

0:00:28 > 0:00:30I hated half term with the kids running riot,

0:00:30 > 0:00:33but at least it keeps that truant officer off my back for a week.

0:00:33 > 0:00:36PHONE RINGS

0:00:52 > 0:00:56Hey. Did you not you hear the phone? It was your solicitor.

0:00:56 > 0:00:58She's got an appointment for you today if you want it.

0:00:58 > 0:00:59It's a bit soon, ain't it?

0:00:59 > 0:01:02I'd have thought soon was good. Unless you changed...

0:01:02 > 0:01:05- No, no, no. No, I haven't. - Alfie, do you promise?

0:01:05 > 0:01:08- Rox, it's just finding a way of telling her...- All right, look,

0:01:08 > 0:01:11I know this is going to probably seem a bit insensitive

0:01:11 > 0:01:14coming from me, but I think you've just got to tell her, you know?

0:01:17 > 0:01:20I don't mean to eavesdrop, but have you got something to tell me?

0:01:20 > 0:01:22- No, no, no, Jean. Not you.- Jean,

0:01:22 > 0:01:23there's something I need to tell you.

0:01:23 > 0:01:25You're going to find out anyway, darling.

0:01:31 > 0:01:34- CLEARS HER THROAT - It's my day off today.- Right.

0:01:34 > 0:01:36Got any plans?

0:01:36 > 0:01:37You.

0:01:37 > 0:01:40Nah. Babe, I've got to work, ain't I?

0:01:40 > 0:01:44I could just come with you. Be your secret weapon.

0:01:44 > 0:01:46Right. So you know a lot about motors, do you?

0:01:46 > 0:01:50You could do the talking, I could just stand next you.

0:01:51 > 0:01:54(Babe, I'll see you tonight.)

0:02:02 > 0:02:06- Phil! - Yeah, that's right. I'm back.

0:02:06 > 0:02:08Look, I'm sorry I'm a bit late.

0:02:08 > 0:02:11It's just... I had a dodgy curry last night.

0:02:11 > 0:02:13It was turning my stomach, I felt horrible...

0:02:13 > 0:02:16You got your appetite back now, though, ain't you?

0:02:16 > 0:02:19I'm going to dock you half a day's wages for the last three weeks.

0:02:19 > 0:02:21- No, Phil, you can't do that... - You do want some wages, right?

0:02:21 > 0:02:25And you can pass the same message onto lazy Jay and AJ and all.

0:02:28 > 0:02:30- When did you get back?- Friday.

0:02:30 > 0:02:33- What? Why didn't you tell me? - I'm telling you now, aren't I?

0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Where's Lexi?- She's with Sharon.

0:02:36 > 0:02:39- I can go and pick her up - I got the day off.- No, you won't.

0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Why not?- I've got a meeting with Trish Barnes from Social Services.

0:02:42 > 0:02:44- Then I'll come.- I don't think so.

0:02:44 > 0:02:47- No, you can't just stop me from seeing my daughter!- Just calm down!

0:02:47 > 0:02:51- You can see her this afternoon.- No, I haven't seen her for three weeks!

0:02:51 > 0:02:54Exactly. What difference is a couple of hours going to make, eh?

0:02:57 > 0:02:58Divorce.

0:03:00 > 0:03:06Just sounds so serious. Seems so final. You know, like, the end.

0:03:09 > 0:03:12It's got to be done, though, for both our sakes...

0:03:14 > 0:03:16I mean, you understand, don't you?

0:03:18 > 0:03:23Oh, Jean, come on. Oi, oi, oi, oi.

0:03:23 > 0:03:25Have I said something wrong?

0:03:28 > 0:03:32I just always thought that you and Kat would get back together.

0:03:34 > 0:03:36I know.

0:03:36 > 0:03:37(I know.)

0:03:39 > 0:03:42Oh, thanks, Dot.

0:03:44 > 0:03:46Skiving off work again, are you?

0:03:46 > 0:03:51I've never skived off work, Patrick, not for a day, as you well know.

0:03:51 > 0:03:57No, I have changed shifts with Cora so as I could come and find out

0:03:57 > 0:04:00if you'd straightened things out with Anthony.

0:04:00 > 0:04:02Patrick?

0:04:02 > 0:04:04- Oh, hello, Denise.- Hi, Dot.

0:04:04 > 0:04:06The nurse just told me - that's great news.

0:04:06 > 0:04:09Although how I'll get everything ready in time, I don't know.

0:04:09 > 0:04:12- What, are they letting you out? - Tomorrow, yeah.

0:04:12 > 0:04:15Oh! Well, I'm going to have to get you a room sorted out downstairs.

0:04:15 > 0:04:18Actually, I'll have to tell Kim so she don't let it out...

0:04:18 > 0:04:22- There's no need to.- You can't stay upstairs with your leg like that!

0:04:22 > 0:04:26I mean, I ain't coming back to Albert Square.

0:04:28 > 0:04:30Why not?

0:04:30 > 0:04:32Well, I was speaking with Anthony,

0:04:32 > 0:04:36and he suggested that I move in with him up there.

0:04:36 > 0:04:38We'll just see how things work out.

0:04:38 > 0:04:42Give me a great chance, an opportunity, to get to know my grandchildren.

0:04:42 > 0:04:46And Sophie... I mean, apparently she's an incredible cook, you know.

0:04:48 > 0:04:51- Really?- Mmm.

0:04:53 > 0:04:56James, that is your last packet today.

0:04:56 > 0:05:00- Have you worked with this age group before...?- Oh, it's Whitney.

0:05:00 > 0:05:02Whitney. Sorry, terrible with names.

0:05:02 > 0:05:06- That's all right. No. Usually under-fives.- Right.

0:05:06 > 0:05:08Well, the thing to remember with the older kids

0:05:08 > 0:05:10is that although it's supposed to be fun,

0:05:10 > 0:05:12that doesn't mean abandoning all discipline.

0:05:12 > 0:05:14They will run rings around you if you let them.

0:05:14 > 0:05:16Don't worry - I can handle a bunch of 12-year-olds.

0:05:16 > 0:05:20I've got two little brothers at home and a sister who's ten, but she thinks she's 16.

0:05:20 > 0:05:22I'm sure you can.

0:05:22 > 0:05:24Although it's great to draw on personal experiences,

0:05:24 > 0:05:26you must maintain some boundaries.

0:05:26 > 0:05:29- Oh, yeah, of course. - I'm not patronising you, Whitney,

0:05:29 > 0:05:32- I just want you to be prepared. - Thanks.

0:05:32 > 0:05:36And, by the way, my little brother, he hates being called a kid,

0:05:36 > 0:05:40so I'm just guessing that maybe they feel the same way too.

0:05:40 > 0:05:45Right. Good point. I'm sure we can both learn from each other.

0:05:47 > 0:05:49All right.

0:05:49 > 0:05:51SWITCHES TV OFF, CHILDREN GROAN

0:05:51 > 0:05:54You noisy lot. Hands up if you like Plan B.

0:05:55 > 0:05:57Great.

0:05:57 > 0:05:59Lovely. I've got him. There you go.

0:06:02 > 0:06:05- I'll see you later, Alfie, yeah? - All right, darling.

0:06:08 > 0:06:10- Ow!- He's had quite a lot for breakfast

0:06:10 > 0:06:13so don't let him tell you he's hungry. And he got up early this morning,

0:06:13 > 0:06:16- so he might want to crash in a bit, yeah?- Yeah.

0:06:16 > 0:06:17- You fancy a coffee?- Dad...

0:06:17 > 0:06:20I would, but I'm in a bit of a rush. See you later, yeah?

0:06:20 > 0:06:25- All right. Give your lovely mummy a kiss. Good boy.- Love you.- Bye.

0:06:25 > 0:06:29- So will you be rushing off later, though?- No, why?

0:06:29 > 0:06:35Well, I just thought maybe me and you could have drinks upstairs?

0:06:35 > 0:06:37Any reason?

0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Truthfully, yeah. There's something I need to talk to you about.- What?

0:06:40 > 0:06:44- Can I tell you later? - Can't you give me a hint?

0:06:44 > 0:06:47No, it's nothing I can hint about, really.

0:06:49 > 0:06:52- All right, I'll see you later, then. - OK. See you later. Bye, Mummy.

0:07:00 > 0:07:03What's the matter with you? You had a fight?

0:07:03 > 0:07:06No. No, quite the opposite, actually.

0:07:06 > 0:07:08Please. I don't normally mind salacious mental images,

0:07:08 > 0:07:11but I draw the line at my ageing cousin.

0:07:11 > 0:07:13OK. Thank you. He's not actually much older than you, is he?

0:07:13 > 0:07:16- That's a lie.- 20 years.

0:07:16 > 0:07:18Touchy. It's not love, is it?

0:07:20 > 0:07:23- Yes, it is, actually. - How ghastly. Be cautious, though.

0:07:23 > 0:07:26You don't want to be collateral damage in that great love story.

0:07:26 > 0:07:28Please! You don't know what you're talking about.

0:07:28 > 0:07:32- I know that there'll never be a full stop with those two.- Really?- Yeah.

0:07:32 > 0:07:36OK. So how comes he's asking her for a divorce right now? Hmm?

0:07:36 > 0:07:40Michael, keep that to yourself, please. Michael...

0:07:40 > 0:07:42Mi... Oh.

0:07:44 > 0:07:46Glasgow!

0:07:46 > 0:07:49This is from a man who complains if there's a bit of frost on the ground.

0:07:49 > 0:07:51Oh - and you're going to love this -

0:07:51 > 0:07:55apparently, Anthony's wife is an incredible cook!

0:07:55 > 0:07:59Oh, yes, incredible. He actually used those words.

0:07:59 > 0:08:03- She sounds well boring. - Then there's the grandchildren - they're probably running around

0:08:03 > 0:08:05- like the flaming von Trapps in kilts.- So what, they sing?

0:08:05 > 0:08:10What? No, I don't know. Probably. Probably dance and all, don't they?

0:08:10 > 0:08:12Yeah, but I dance. I could dance for Patrick.

0:08:12 > 0:08:16The point is, family, it's not about blood ties and doctor's salaries.

0:08:16 > 0:08:20It's about being there, you know, day in, day out, and that's us, Kim.

0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Mmm.- We're like daughters to that man.

0:08:22 > 0:08:24I know.

0:08:24 > 0:08:26So why don't Patrick?

0:08:26 > 0:08:29Dot, it's Scotland, not Timbuktu!

0:08:29 > 0:08:32Yes, but you're hardly likely to know anybody up there, are you?

0:08:32 > 0:08:33Yeah, but there's my son...

0:08:33 > 0:08:36What about your friends? What about Denise and Kim and me?

0:08:36 > 0:08:38Look, Anthony promised to look after me.

0:08:38 > 0:08:41He's family - that's the way it should be.

0:08:41 > 0:08:43You know, the girls, they don't owe me anything.

0:08:43 > 0:08:45- Why don't you ask them?- No.

0:08:45 > 0:08:47That way there won't be no doubt about it.

0:08:47 > 0:08:50No. No. And you must promise you won't say anything. OK?

0:08:50 > 0:08:54- You are a silly, proud man, Patrick. - Dorothy!

0:08:54 > 0:08:57What was his body language like?

0:08:57 > 0:08:59Just Alfie, really.

0:08:59 > 0:09:02He was quite sweet.

0:09:02 > 0:09:05Told Tommy to give me a kiss. Said I was his lovely mum.

0:09:05 > 0:09:07- He's missing you.- I doubt it.

0:09:07 > 0:09:09Oh, come off it! He came to the police station at half five

0:09:09 > 0:09:13in the flipping morning. Ricky wouldn't do that even if we were together.

0:09:13 > 0:09:17Oi, you! You've been staring for the last minute.

0:09:17 > 0:09:19Are you going to say hello or what?

0:09:19 > 0:09:22Hello...or what.

0:09:22 > 0:09:24You all right?

0:09:24 > 0:09:25Fine.

0:09:25 > 0:09:30Good. It's good to be fine. Seen Alfie?

0:09:32 > 0:09:34Why? What's it to you?

0:09:34 > 0:09:36Nothing. Nothing. Bye.

0:09:39 > 0:09:41That was weird, wasn't it?

0:09:41 > 0:09:43He is weird, though, ain't he?

0:09:51 > 0:09:54I was...just about to clear them away, sorry.

0:09:54 > 0:09:57Must be exhausting for you juggling everything.

0:09:57 > 0:10:00- No, no, no, not really.- How's Lexi?

0:10:00 > 0:10:02She's good. Mum's been spoiling her rotten the last few weeks.

0:10:02 > 0:10:05Have you heard about Lola since you've been back?

0:10:05 > 0:10:07Her job at the salon's going really well,

0:10:07 > 0:10:10so she's decided to do an apprenticeship.

0:10:10 > 0:10:11Great, isn't it?

0:10:11 > 0:10:14And she's attending all her parenting classes,

0:10:14 > 0:10:16is even turning up early for her meetings.

0:10:16 > 0:10:18Honestly, she's like a different girl -

0:10:18 > 0:10:21it's the first time I've seen her really positive about her life.

0:10:21 > 0:10:23Maybe it's having all that free time.

0:10:23 > 0:10:26- No baby getting in the way.- Maybe.

0:10:26 > 0:10:27But all she talks about is Lexi.

0:10:27 > 0:10:30And with any luck, she should have her back soon.

0:10:30 > 0:10:34Bet you'll be relieved. No more dirty nappies and sleepless nights, eh?

0:10:34 > 0:10:36You can go back to being a proper granddad.

0:10:39 > 0:10:43So, we've got - trainers do the talking when I go out walking,

0:10:43 > 0:10:46but why does it matter if my threads don't match my patter?

0:10:46 > 0:10:50I've got a mate called Fats and he would love this.

0:10:50 > 0:10:52What about you, got any ideas?

0:10:55 > 0:10:56Hello?

0:10:56 > 0:10:59Oi, don't touch me! I could get you done for that.

0:10:59 > 0:11:02- What are you listening to? - What's it to you?

0:11:02 > 0:11:06Well, you're obviously into your music - got any ideas for lyrics?

0:11:08 > 0:11:10Right, if you feel that way,

0:11:10 > 0:11:13can you please go and play in the free area?

0:11:13 > 0:11:15Happy here, thanks.

0:11:17 > 0:11:19- I said move.- Make me.

0:11:19 > 0:11:21ALL: Oh!

0:11:21 > 0:11:23You think you're big and you're clever?

0:11:23 > 0:11:25You're the loser listening to... What is that?

0:11:25 > 0:11:27Cheryl Cole?

0:11:27 > 0:11:30THEY LAUGH

0:11:31 > 0:11:33You pick that up right now!

0:11:33 > 0:11:36Are you listening to me? I said, you pick that up right now!

0:11:36 > 0:11:38Kyle, pick up the chair.

0:11:40 > 0:11:43Don't make me have to ask twice because then I'll call your mum

0:11:43 > 0:11:47and I don't think she'll be impressed if she has to leave work, do you?

0:11:50 > 0:11:52Thank you.

0:11:55 > 0:11:58- You OK, Britney?- It's Whitney.

0:11:58 > 0:12:00- Sorry.- It's fine.

0:12:00 > 0:12:02I just... I took the mick a bit and he just lost it.

0:12:02 > 0:12:05- Well, social standing means a lot at their age.- Really(?)

0:12:05 > 0:12:06Yes.

0:12:06 > 0:12:10You have to get to know them before you can treat them like family.

0:12:15 > 0:12:18- Sharon.- Oh, give me strength!

0:12:18 > 0:12:21- What's he going to do, ask you out on another date?- Behave, Jack.

0:12:21 > 0:12:24- I'm not a trained dog, you know. - Just had that social worker round,

0:12:24 > 0:12:27- that Trish Barnes.- Hmm? - She reckons that Lola's doing well

0:12:27 > 0:12:30- and she'll be getting Lexi back soon.- And?

0:12:30 > 0:12:32Well, do you think she's ready?

0:12:32 > 0:12:36Yeah. Yeah, I do. Look, I don't see what the problem is.

0:12:36 > 0:12:40I thought this is what we all wanted - Lola getting Lexi back?

0:12:41 > 0:12:43I'm off to powder my nose.

0:12:46 > 0:12:47What?

0:12:47 > 0:12:49I ain't said a word, have I, Phillip?

0:12:57 > 0:13:00Got any idea why I'm getting evils off Bianca?

0:13:00 > 0:13:02Not that I'm aware of.

0:13:02 > 0:13:04You haven't done it, have you?

0:13:04 > 0:13:07Rox, I didn't have time this morning, sweetheart.

0:13:07 > 0:13:10OK, all right. What about now? I'll watch the bar for five minutes.

0:13:10 > 0:13:14- We were married for ten years, I don't think five minutes is going to cut it.- OK, all right. Ten?

0:13:18 > 0:13:21I'll do it when she comes to pick up Tommy later, all right?

0:13:25 > 0:13:28Tyler's looking after the stall.

0:13:28 > 0:13:31There's definitely something up with them two.

0:13:31 > 0:13:32You reckon?

0:13:32 > 0:13:34He's looking at you.

0:13:36 > 0:13:38- Oh! You've gone all red!- Shut up.

0:13:38 > 0:13:41- What time you meeting him later? - Five, why?

0:13:41 > 0:13:44Better get your best underwear out, girl.

0:13:44 > 0:13:47Hot chocolate and a doughnut, and one of those cookies.

0:13:47 > 0:13:50and some of those sprinkles on my chocolate.

0:13:53 > 0:13:55What's he done now, then?

0:13:56 > 0:13:59Come on. All the symptoms are there.

0:13:59 > 0:14:02All dressed up with nowhere to go,

0:14:02 > 0:14:07a sugar binge and the expression my mum invented in the '90s.

0:14:09 > 0:14:12So your boss is a nightmare - join the club.

0:14:12 > 0:14:14Least she ain't a cyborg like Lister.

0:14:14 > 0:14:18Might have something to do with the fact that you spend half your time in here

0:14:18 > 0:14:21- rather than actually on the stall. - Oi! You on his payroll or something?

0:14:21 > 0:14:22Might be!

0:14:22 > 0:14:24Well, I'm definitely a signed-up member and all.

0:14:24 > 0:14:27Sorry, I couldn't help overhearing. I'm Dexter.

0:14:27 > 0:14:29- Yeah, you're Lauren's cousin? - That's right.

0:14:29 > 0:14:32- I'm Whitney.- Tyler. - You work for Phil, don't you?

0:14:32 > 0:14:35Yeah. So I definitely top the evil bosses chart.

0:14:35 > 0:14:37Least with him you know what you're getting.

0:14:37 > 0:14:41The thing with my boss, Ava, she'll pretend to be on your side

0:14:41 > 0:14:45- and then she'll just wait for you to trip up, know what I mean? - Nightmare.

0:14:45 > 0:14:47Worst thing is, I think she might be right.

0:14:47 > 0:14:50- About what? - About me, not being up to it.

0:14:50 > 0:14:52Hey, come on, it's just your first day.

0:14:52 > 0:14:55Come on. I reckon you need something stronger. On me.

0:14:55 > 0:14:57All right.

0:15:15 > 0:15:19- It'd about ten, I think, ten or 20... I think so.- Rooney is just...

0:15:19 > 0:15:21Oi, oi, 12 o'clock - Ava.

0:15:21 > 0:15:23And she got my name wrong. My name's Whitney.

0:15:23 > 0:15:26- I mean, how hard is that? - Whit, Whit, Whit...

0:15:26 > 0:15:27What?

0:15:28 > 0:15:32- Oh. Hi, Ava.- Hi.

0:15:32 > 0:15:34- You ready, Dex? Do you want a lift? - Yeah, come on, then.

0:15:34 > 0:15:37- You two know each other? - You could say that.

0:15:37 > 0:15:39- She's my mum, innit? - See you tomorrow.

0:15:44 > 0:15:46- Why didn't he say anything? - Oh, she's coming back.

0:15:46 > 0:15:49- I'm so sacked.- I'd say it was a definite possibility.

0:15:49 > 0:15:53I forgot to say - it was a tough day today.

0:15:53 > 0:15:57And you were fab. A real natural.

0:15:57 > 0:16:00I'll see you tomorrow, WHITNEY.

0:16:01 > 0:16:03Nice name, by the way.

0:16:10 > 0:16:13Hello, gorgeous girl! Hello.

0:16:13 > 0:16:16Just ten minutes, yeah? She's due her nap.

0:16:16 > 0:16:20Oh, look at you! You've got a big girl.

0:16:20 > 0:16:24Yeah. Not long before you're back home with Mummy, eh? Hey?

0:16:29 > 0:16:32This beats crying into your cocoa, don't it?

0:16:32 > 0:16:34I don't do crying.

0:16:34 > 0:16:37You just flung your wedding ring off in a fit of anger, did you?

0:16:39 > 0:16:41Look, I ain't stirring.

0:16:41 > 0:16:43I'm past the point of caring who my dad's involved with.

0:16:43 > 0:16:45I'm just saying what I see.

0:16:47 > 0:16:49And what is that?

0:16:49 > 0:16:51We both know how this is going to end, don't we?

0:16:51 > 0:16:55You're going to go home, scream, shout, he's going to apologise...

0:16:55 > 0:17:00then one day you'll find him in bed with a woman half your age.

0:17:00 > 0:17:05- Look, no offence, but me and your mum, we're quite different.- I know.

0:17:05 > 0:17:07It's my dad that's the same.

0:17:07 > 0:17:12Do you want another one? Joey said we could stay as long as we want.

0:17:14 > 0:17:15Nah.

0:17:17 > 0:17:18I think I'll leave it.

0:17:20 > 0:17:23- All right. See you later, then. - (Yeah.)

0:17:35 > 0:17:37You look like a condemned man.

0:17:37 > 0:17:39Sure?

0:17:39 > 0:17:41About what?

0:17:42 > 0:17:46Of course. Roxy's told you. Naughty, naughty.

0:17:46 > 0:17:48- She shouldn't have done that. - No, no, I guessed it.

0:17:48 > 0:17:51I'm intuitive like that.

0:17:51 > 0:17:54So you're sure, huh? It's you and Kat, though.

0:17:54 > 0:17:55Yeah, I know.

0:17:55 > 0:17:57- Kat...Alfie Moon. It fits. - Yeah, Michael, stop.

0:17:57 > 0:18:01- It feels right.- Whoa, whoa, whoa. I know, I know. Stop.

0:18:01 > 0:18:04You are having second thoughts, though?

0:18:04 > 0:18:07Cos think on this. If you go down this path,

0:18:07 > 0:18:08there ain't no turning back.

0:18:13 > 0:18:15- All right?- Evening.

0:18:15 > 0:18:17Still want that drink?

0:18:17 > 0:18:21Yeah. Yeah. Come on.

0:18:28 > 0:18:30KNOCK ON DOOR

0:18:32 > 0:18:35Well, safe journey, Patrick.

0:18:36 > 0:18:40Oh, do say hello to Anthony, won't you?

0:18:40 > 0:18:45Anyway, we can always speak on the phone, and...

0:18:45 > 0:18:48- There's always the internet, ain't there?- Yeah.

0:18:48 > 0:18:52Sure Anthony's got one of those little...camera thingies.

0:18:52 > 0:18:56Erm... You all just take care of each other, please.

0:18:56 > 0:18:58Yeah.

0:19:00 > 0:19:04Right. Well... See you later, then, Pops, yeah?

0:19:04 > 0:19:06- Yeah.- Look, I can't stand by and watch you.

0:19:06 > 0:19:09I can't stand by and watch you make yourselves miserable because of your silly pride!

0:19:09 > 0:19:13Denise, Kim - Patrick thinks you don't want to look after him

0:19:13 > 0:19:15because you didn't put yourselves down as next of kin.

0:19:15 > 0:19:20Patrick, Denise and Kim think you'd rather go and live with Anthony,

0:19:20 > 0:19:23so they're pretending not to care.

0:19:23 > 0:19:26But I thought it was you that didn't want us to look after you!

0:19:26 > 0:19:29Only because I didn't want to be a burden.

0:19:29 > 0:19:32- It's never been a problem in the past, Pops.- Kim!- What?

0:19:32 > 0:19:35- Course we want to look after you! - Yeah!

0:19:35 > 0:19:36You're like a dad to us!

0:19:38 > 0:19:39(Am I?)

0:19:43 > 0:19:45Come here.

0:19:45 > 0:19:48Hey, don't hog him! Yeah?

0:19:50 > 0:19:53Hey, hey, you trying to finish me off?

0:19:53 > 0:19:55- Oh, sorry! - ALL CHUCKLE

0:20:04 > 0:20:05- Here you go.- Where's Tommy?

0:20:05 > 0:20:07- He's playing in his room. - Is he all right, yeah?

0:20:07 > 0:20:09Yeah, he's good, he's good.

0:20:11 > 0:20:14He does the funniest little thing lately, have you seen him?

0:20:14 > 0:20:16When he tries to tell you that something's hot?

0:20:16 > 0:20:19- He blows his cheeks out like this... - SHE PUFFS

0:20:23 > 0:20:26Kat, there's something I need to tell you.

0:20:26 > 0:20:28You're making me nervous, Alfie.

0:20:32 > 0:20:34Come on. Just...just tell me.

0:20:34 > 0:20:39I-I-I had this speech prepared, but I don't know...

0:20:39 > 0:20:40My mind's gone blank.

0:20:40 > 0:20:43- Why would you have a speech prepared? It's me!- I know.

0:20:43 > 0:20:45Come on, it's me! It's Kat!

0:20:45 > 0:20:47(I know, I know, I know, I know.)

0:20:50 > 0:20:53You know...

0:20:53 > 0:20:57deep down, I love you, right?

0:20:57 > 0:20:59Do you?

0:20:59 > 0:21:01Mmm.

0:21:01 > 0:21:05But...I know I can never trust you ever again.

0:21:06 > 0:21:10Kat, I... I thought me and you were going to be for ever.

0:21:10 > 0:21:13I did. I always believed it.

0:21:14 > 0:21:17We had that dream, didn't we?

0:21:17 > 0:21:20We always talked about us being some old codgers

0:21:20 > 0:21:23on Brighton seafront, eating chips out of old newspaper

0:21:23 > 0:21:27and you with your zip-up boots, laughing at my old jokes.

0:21:33 > 0:21:36And then something weird happened.

0:21:38 > 0:21:42I looked at us, and it wasn't us no more.

0:21:44 > 0:21:50All I could see was me getting smaller and smaller

0:21:50 > 0:21:52and not knowing who I was any more.

0:21:53 > 0:21:56Kat, I'm...

0:21:58 > 0:22:04I'm not saying this to hurt you, but you just need to understand, right?

0:22:09 > 0:22:14I need to move on. I need to think of a future without you in it.

0:22:17 > 0:22:19The thing is...

0:22:22 > 0:22:24The thing is...

0:22:32 > 0:22:33(You want a divorce.)

0:22:53 > 0:22:55How did you get in here?

0:22:55 > 0:22:57I'm a resourceful girl.

0:22:59 > 0:23:01Right. What are you doing?

0:23:01 > 0:23:04It's called "keeping it alive".

0:23:04 > 0:23:07Right. I thought that was more like a candle-lit dinner.

0:23:07 > 0:23:10Suppose I'm not like other women.

0:23:11 > 0:23:13Guess what I'm wearing?

0:23:19 > 0:23:21Was that a trick question?

0:23:26 > 0:23:29- I thought I was in the doghouse. - You are.

0:23:29 > 0:23:31I'm just bunking in for the night.

0:23:37 > 0:23:40No, it's fine, it's fine. I knew this...

0:23:40 > 0:23:46I knew this was going to happen. It was only a matter of time.

0:23:46 > 0:23:49And you want to move on, I get that.

0:23:49 > 0:23:53You've got every right. You've got every right, Alfie.

0:23:53 > 0:23:55Thank you.

0:23:55 > 0:23:57For what?

0:23:57 > 0:24:00Well, for understanding. Not making it hard.

0:24:00 > 0:24:02I mean, it's us, ain't it?

0:24:04 > 0:24:07Us. Yeah.

0:24:07 > 0:24:11Kat and Alfie, you know. The magic.

0:24:12 > 0:24:14It still could be.

0:24:14 > 0:24:17No, no, no, listen. We could try again for Tommy.

0:24:17 > 0:24:18Tommy's fine.

0:24:18 > 0:24:22All right, not for Tommy - for us. For both of us.

0:24:22 > 0:24:25You still love me, you just told me.

0:24:25 > 0:24:28See? See? You can't deny it.

0:24:28 > 0:24:31- I'm with Rox.- Yeah, but it's nothing serious, is it?

0:24:31 > 0:24:33- It's not like what we've got.- Had.

0:24:33 > 0:24:36- Nothing compares to that, does it? - Kat, it's too late.

0:24:36 > 0:24:38No, no, it's never too late. Not when you love someone.

0:24:38 > 0:24:40- I can't trust you any more. - No, no, I've changed.- Oh, stop.

0:24:40 > 0:24:44No, I'm better now, yeah? I can prove you can trust me.

0:24:44 > 0:24:47This is my fault. I can fix this. All right?

0:24:47 > 0:24:51I'm going to be so faithful, and so good, yeah?

0:24:52 > 0:24:55I'll be ANYTHING you want me to be.

0:24:55 > 0:24:58I'll just be Mrs Moon. I'll be your Kat.

0:24:58 > 0:25:00All right? I won't go out. Yeah?

0:25:00 > 0:25:04It'll just be us - here. Yeah?

0:25:06 > 0:25:08Look at me, Alfie.

0:25:09 > 0:25:11Alfie, look at me.

0:25:36 > 0:25:38You need to go now.

0:25:52 > 0:25:55SHE CRIES

0:25:59 > 0:26:02Oh! Are you OK?

0:26:05 > 0:26:07You know?

0:26:07 > 0:26:11- You told Jean before you told me? - It wasn't like that, all right?

0:26:16 > 0:26:18Sorry. Kat?

0:26:24 > 0:26:25You knew.

0:26:28 > 0:26:30You did as well, yeah?

0:26:36 > 0:26:38Is there anyone else you didn't tell?

0:26:38 > 0:26:41Tyler? Tracey?

0:26:41 > 0:26:44- Does she know about it as well? - Kat, stop being stupid, all right?

0:26:44 > 0:26:46But that's just me, though, ain't it? Stupid Kat.

0:26:46 > 0:26:48But at least I ain't a coward.

0:26:48 > 0:26:50At least I don't go around whispering to all my mates,

0:26:50 > 0:26:53trying to get the bottle to tell my wife she's been dumped!

0:26:53 > 0:26:58- I was scared of hurting you. - Well, you shouldn't have worried, Alfie, cos it was a relief!

0:27:00 > 0:27:03You are a pathetic excuse for a man...

0:27:04 > 0:27:07..and I'm best shot of you!

0:27:20 > 0:27:22I thought...

0:27:22 > 0:27:26I thought me and you could do this with some dignity.

0:27:27 > 0:27:30I even thought maybe we could be friends.

0:27:32 > 0:27:34But that's not your style, is it?

0:27:36 > 0:27:37And I'm kind of glad in a way.

0:27:40 > 0:27:43Because I can see it all so much clearer now.

0:27:47 > 0:27:49And I really don't love you any more.

0:28:12 > 0:28:14Tommy, come on. Look, look, look, it's your favourite.

0:28:14 > 0:28:16- Problems? - He won't eat his breakfast.

0:28:16 > 0:28:19He must be full from that fry-up I made for him earlier.

0:28:19 > 0:28:22- You having this or not?- No. - Not interested, are you?

0:28:22 > 0:28:26That's cos children are quite sensitive to change.

0:28:26 > 0:28:27ROXY SIGHS

0:28:27 > 0:28:30It will get easier, you know.

0:28:38 > 0:28:41PHONE RINGS

0:28:50 > 0:28:54Kat, where are you? I'm trying to call you. Look...

0:28:54 > 0:28:57Phone me when you get this message, yeah?

0:28:57 > 0:29:01Is your partner in crime not joining you today, then?

0:29:01 > 0:29:04When I say "partner in crime", I'd like to make it absolutely clear

0:29:04 > 0:29:07I am in no way referring to your criminal record.

0:29:07 > 0:29:09What's it got to do with you, anyway?

0:29:09 > 0:29:11I'm the new assistant market inspector.

0:29:11 > 0:29:14Peeping Tom, more like - listening in on people's phone calls.

0:29:14 > 0:29:17You're mixing your metaphors a little bit there cos...

0:29:17 > 0:29:20a Peeping Tom wouldn't be listening, would he?

0:29:20 > 0:29:22He'd be peeping.

0:29:22 > 0:29:24Has anyone ever told you you're a little bit weird?

0:29:24 > 0:29:27- Pretty much everyone, yeah. - Where's Lister anyway?

0:29:27 > 0:29:30He's on holiday. So I'm officially in charge of the entire market on my first day.

0:29:30 > 0:29:33- Ooh! Bully for you! - So is Kat going to be joining you?

0:29:33 > 0:29:37Only we like to see the all the stall-holders on their stalls.

0:29:37 > 0:29:40Tell you what, I'll go and have a look, shall I? See where she is.

0:29:40 > 0:29:42You can't leave your stall unattended. Market rules.

0:29:42 > 0:29:46Thanks for the offer, and make sure you don't scare the customers away.

0:29:46 > 0:29:47Looking after other people's stalls is NOT

0:29:47 > 0:29:50in the assistant market inspector's job description.

0:29:50 > 0:29:54Take that. It'll be character building.

0:29:54 > 0:29:55Weirdo!

0:29:59 > 0:30:01What's that about?

0:30:01 > 0:30:03Kat. She's gone AWOL.

0:30:04 > 0:30:07And Poppy's going to help me fill out forms for my apprenticeship.

0:30:07 > 0:30:11- No, that's great.- So, soon I'll be able to tick it off my list.

0:30:13 > 0:30:16You're going to struggle

0:30:16 > 0:30:18- with number five.- Eh?

0:30:18 > 0:30:22Er, excuse me, I am a reformed character, I'll have you know.

0:30:22 > 0:30:26- I think it's good. Proper making an effort, an' that.- Hmm.

0:30:28 > 0:30:30Oh! Where's Lexi?

0:30:30 > 0:30:32With the child minder. Shouldn't you be at work?

0:30:32 > 0:30:35And I don't pay you two to stand around yakking. Get on with it.

0:30:35 > 0:30:37- Yeah, we're doing it. - Yes, boss. Straight on it.

0:30:37 > 0:30:39Oh, Phil, I got that for Lexi.

0:30:40 > 0:30:42- She can't have it.- Why not?

0:30:42 > 0:30:45Not suitable for anyone under the age of 12 months.

0:30:45 > 0:30:48Don't listen to that - that's just health and safety rubbish.

0:30:48 > 0:30:50All the kids down the parenting class have got 'em.

0:30:50 > 0:30:54Well, let's hope there's someone on hand when they start choking on 'em.

0:30:54 > 0:30:56You don't want to be late for work, do you?

0:31:00 > 0:31:02- See you later.- Ta-ra.- Later, Lola.

0:31:04 > 0:31:08Ten years being Kat Moon... and now what?

0:31:08 > 0:31:12Just go back to being Kat Slater? No more Kat and Alfie - just Kat.

0:31:14 > 0:31:15Whoever she is.

0:31:15 > 0:31:19I remember how I felt when me and Ricky got divorced.

0:31:19 > 0:31:22If this is where you tell me that "time is a great healer"...

0:31:22 > 0:31:24No. That's a load of old rubbish. Time's not a great healer.

0:31:24 > 0:31:26Just numbs the pain, don't it?

0:31:26 > 0:31:29Come on, budge over. Let me get on there with you.

0:31:29 > 0:31:31We can just lay about all day.

0:31:32 > 0:31:35- Just go and look after the stall. - To hell with the stall.

0:31:35 > 0:31:37I mean, who needs the stall? To hell with the stall,

0:31:37 > 0:31:38to hell with our kids...

0:31:38 > 0:31:41I get it.

0:31:41 > 0:31:44- You're not putting me on a guilt trip.- I'm not trying to.

0:31:44 > 0:31:47But if you want to sit there and wallow in self pity, it's fine with me.

0:31:47 > 0:31:49Yeah, that's what I intend to do.

0:31:49 > 0:31:52Or you could stick your two fingers up to the world and get out there.

0:31:52 > 0:31:54No, that's all right. I'll just stick to this quilt, thanks.

0:31:54 > 0:31:56Fine.

0:31:56 > 0:32:00But when you get to the end of the day and realise nothing's changed,

0:32:00 > 0:32:02just remember, whatever you've lost,

0:32:02 > 0:32:05you've still got Tommy...

0:32:05 > 0:32:07you've still got your stall.

0:32:07 > 0:32:10They're both things that are worth fighting for.

0:32:11 > 0:32:14I know it's hard, Kat.

0:32:14 > 0:32:16But it is just a day at a time.

0:32:20 > 0:32:22You know the way out, don't you?

0:32:32 > 0:32:34FRONT DOOR SHUTS

0:32:34 > 0:32:37It's not any fun for me, Liam, either, trust me.

0:32:37 > 0:32:39I love you!

0:32:41 > 0:32:43Hello? Hello?

0:32:45 > 0:32:48- Oh. Kamil.- He's got his own mobile now, has he?

0:32:48 > 0:32:52Yeah, they grow up fast. He even reversed the charges and everything.

0:32:52 > 0:32:54Look, I can't do this!

0:32:54 > 0:32:56Putting in the hours during half term. Impressive.

0:32:56 > 0:32:59Liam is behind with his school work.

0:32:59 > 0:33:02Look, give it here. Can't be that hard, surely.

0:33:04 > 0:33:05Hmm.

0:33:05 > 0:33:07Maybe I can help?

0:33:10 > 0:33:12Now, have you got everything that you need?

0:33:12 > 0:33:15- Looks like it.- And I'm off work, so if you need anything else,

0:33:15 > 0:33:18you just, er... You ring this!

0:33:18 > 0:33:21You can ring my bell any time, Pops.

0:33:21 > 0:33:23Oh, sorry!

0:33:25 > 0:33:26Thanks.

0:33:28 > 0:33:30Thanks for everything, huh?

0:33:39 > 0:33:40Still no Kat?

0:33:42 > 0:33:43- She's got a migraine.- Right.

0:33:43 > 0:33:46Good to see you doubling your efforts in her absence.

0:33:46 > 0:33:47You know they make those stories up.

0:33:47 > 0:33:49You're such a killjoy, do you know that?

0:33:49 > 0:33:51Yeah, lighten up, geek boy.

0:33:51 > 0:33:54There's enough misery in the world without you adding to it.

0:33:54 > 0:33:56"Geek boy" - that's original.

0:33:56 > 0:33:59THEY LAUGH

0:33:59 > 0:34:01Get up. Come on, we've got a stall to run.

0:34:01 > 0:34:06Come on, ladies and gents! West End goods at East End prices!

0:34:06 > 0:34:10So you multiply that one by that one and Jamal's your uncle.

0:34:12 > 0:34:14Something I used to say to Syed.

0:34:14 > 0:34:16Yeah, what, when he was six?

0:34:16 > 0:34:19Why don't we just stick to the matter at hand here?

0:34:19 > 0:34:21Erm, have a go at that one there.

0:34:21 > 0:34:23Do you actually know anything about teaching?

0:34:23 > 0:34:27- I mean, you're only a postman. - Have I said something to offend you?

0:34:27 > 0:34:30Yeah, you think you know it all, don't you? You don't know nothing.

0:34:30 > 0:34:32Oi! Liam! Liam!

0:34:33 > 0:34:35It's all right. Let me.

0:34:40 > 0:34:43There you go, darlin'. Don't forget to tell your mates where you got it.

0:34:43 > 0:34:46And if you're wondering, we're both single.

0:34:46 > 0:34:48- Sorry, Kat, I didn't mean... - It's all right.

0:34:48 > 0:34:51- If you want to talk about it... - I got nothing to talk about.

0:34:51 > 0:34:53- Men are overrated anyway. - Yeah. You're right. They are.

0:34:53 > 0:34:56From now on, it's mates and money, in that order.

0:34:56 > 0:34:57Yeah, mates and money.

0:34:57 > 0:34:59- Oh, Kat...- No, it's all right.

0:34:59 > 0:35:02I'm not going to let THAT ruin my day.

0:35:05 > 0:35:07Morning, Kathleen.

0:35:09 > 0:35:11- You look nice today. - SHE LAUGHS

0:35:12 > 0:35:15Call me paranoid, but I'm getting the distinct impression

0:35:15 > 0:35:18you're not happy with me about something.

0:35:18 > 0:35:20I don't think that's fair. You need to cut me some slack.

0:35:20 > 0:35:22I couldn't get involved. He is my cousin, after all.

0:35:22 > 0:35:24And Tommy's your son.

0:35:24 > 0:35:27But then getting involved isn't really your style, is it, Michael?

0:35:34 > 0:35:36You all right, darlin'?

0:35:36 > 0:35:38Someone moved on quickly, didn't they?

0:35:40 > 0:35:43Bit of compassion wouldn't go amiss.

0:35:58 > 0:36:01- School's lame, huh?- You're lame.

0:36:06 > 0:36:08Tam used to call me sad.

0:36:08 > 0:36:10Is lame the new sad?

0:36:10 > 0:36:13Nah. You're sad AND lame.

0:36:16 > 0:36:18You know, I was never very good at school.

0:36:20 > 0:36:24- You don't know nothing about me. - No, you're right. No.

0:36:24 > 0:36:25I don't.

0:36:28 > 0:36:32But I do know that we could all use some help once in a while.

0:36:32 > 0:36:36Take me, for example. I've been a real mess since Zainab left.

0:36:38 > 0:36:41But your gran, she helped me out.

0:36:41 > 0:36:45She kept me busy making curries when she could have done it herself.

0:36:48 > 0:36:50So what do you say we go back to the cafe and start again?

0:36:57 > 0:37:02- Well, here we go, Pops.- Mm-hm. - One Kimberley's Special.

0:37:02 > 0:37:05- Thank you.- I don't even do that for the paying guests.

0:37:05 > 0:37:09All right, then. Here you go.

0:37:09 > 0:37:12- Thanks.- Well, tuck in, then!

0:37:12 > 0:37:14I, erm...

0:37:14 > 0:37:16I need you to cut it up for me, please.

0:37:16 > 0:37:19Oh, yeah, yeah. Sorry, sorry.

0:37:21 > 0:37:24You know, if you like, we can always play the choo-choo train.

0:37:24 > 0:37:28No, it's all right, I can manage on my own now. Thanks.

0:37:28 > 0:37:30- Yeah?- Yeah. Thanks.- Oh, OK, then.

0:37:35 > 0:37:37- HE CHUCKLES - Oh, yeah, yeah.

0:37:46 > 0:37:49Black coffee. Cheers.

0:37:49 > 0:37:51Oi! So you've decided to come back, then?

0:37:51 > 0:37:54Liam has decided to accept my apology

0:37:54 > 0:37:56for my outdated teaching methods

0:37:56 > 0:37:59and has generously agreed to give me a second chance.

0:37:59 > 0:38:02Isn't that right? Liam?

0:38:04 > 0:38:06Yeah.

0:38:06 > 0:38:08Get back to your books.

0:38:10 > 0:38:13- I'm really sorry he behaved like that.- Oh, it's all right.

0:38:13 > 0:38:16I'm an old hand when it comes to dealing with stroppy teenagers.

0:38:16 > 0:38:19Bianca's 35 and she's still a stroppy teenager.

0:38:19 > 0:38:21And thank you for getting through to him.

0:38:21 > 0:38:24Is there anything else bothering him at school?

0:38:24 > 0:38:27Oh. No. I don't think so. No.

0:38:27 > 0:38:31- Cos he's way behind on where his work should be.- Yeah?

0:38:31 > 0:38:34You know, I could help. Private tutoring.

0:38:34 > 0:38:37No. Do you know what? We just couldn't...

0:38:37 > 0:38:41Carol, listen... It would be my pleasure.

0:38:41 > 0:38:44It would give me something to do with all that spare time.

0:38:44 > 0:38:47Tell you what, why don't we go for a drink at The Vic later,

0:38:47 > 0:38:51- seal the deal?- Er... - Please, Carol? Come on.

0:38:51 > 0:38:54You'd be saving me from another night in with the two stooges.

0:38:55 > 0:39:00- Well, all right, if you put it like that.- Yeah?- Yeah.

0:39:00 > 0:39:02Good.

0:39:07 > 0:39:08Hiya.

0:39:09 > 0:39:11Everything all right?

0:39:11 > 0:39:12What do you think of this?

0:39:12 > 0:39:15It's gorgeous. Sure Lexi will love it.

0:39:15 > 0:39:18Phil doesn't think so. He thinks it's not "suitable" or whatever.

0:39:18 > 0:39:21- Why does he hate me so much? - Oh, he doesn't hate you.

0:39:21 > 0:39:24He does. He wouldn't treat me like this if he didn't, would he?

0:39:24 > 0:39:27Look, he wants what's best for Lexi. That's all.

0:39:27 > 0:39:30And I don't?! Sharon, I am trying really, really hard.

0:39:30 > 0:39:32Look. See? I even made a list.

0:39:32 > 0:39:36But anything I do isn't going to be good enough for King Phil, is it?

0:39:36 > 0:39:40You know, sometimes, I think Lexi would have been better off in a foster family, after all.

0:39:40 > 0:39:42Oh, Lola, don't say that.

0:39:42 > 0:39:44I'm going back to work.

0:39:54 > 0:39:55BELL RINGS

0:39:57 > 0:39:59You rang, milord?

0:39:59 > 0:40:02- What can we get you, Patrick? Tea? Coffee?- Bed bath? - KIM GIGGLES

0:40:02 > 0:40:04I need the bathroom.

0:40:06 > 0:40:10Right, well... I'll take you, then.

0:40:10 > 0:40:12Thanks.

0:40:16 > 0:40:19There you go. And if that don't stop him snoring, nothing will.

0:40:19 > 0:40:21Ta-ra, darlin'.

0:40:25 > 0:40:28- All right, Jean? - It's nice to see you smiling again.

0:40:28 > 0:40:31Especially after last night's little outburst.

0:40:31 > 0:40:32Thanks for warning me.

0:40:32 > 0:40:36There's no excuse for the way you've behaved towards Alfie.

0:40:36 > 0:40:38Well, it's nice to know whose side you're on.

0:40:39 > 0:40:41Well... This isn't about sides.

0:40:41 > 0:40:42Isn't it?

0:40:43 > 0:40:44No.

0:40:47 > 0:40:49Hello, darlin', you all right?

0:40:51 > 0:40:53There.

0:40:53 > 0:40:54That wasn't so bad, was it?

0:40:56 > 0:41:00Jay, you don't have to do that.

0:41:00 > 0:41:03No, you're all right. We've all got to do our bit now you're out of action.

0:41:18 > 0:41:20All right, Tam? How was your first day?

0:41:20 > 0:41:22Yeah, good.

0:41:22 > 0:41:25Apart from having to deal with Thelma and Louise over there.

0:41:25 > 0:41:28Oi, that's my future mother-in-law you're talking about.

0:41:28 > 0:41:29No second thoughts, then?

0:41:29 > 0:41:32Only you know what they say - all women turn out like their mothers.

0:41:34 > 0:41:37Suppose you just have to know how to handle women.

0:41:37 > 0:41:38And how's that?

0:41:38 > 0:41:40Smooth.

0:41:40 > 0:41:42Smooth?

0:41:42 > 0:41:45Yeah, suppose you've just got to turn on the charm a little.

0:41:47 > 0:41:48- Smooth?- Smooth.

0:41:58 > 0:42:00- HE CLEARS HIS THROAT - Good day's trading, ladies?

0:42:00 > 0:42:02Yeah, best day ever, thanks to this one.

0:42:04 > 0:42:05Excellent.

0:42:07 > 0:42:11And can I just say that you're both looking lovely today?

0:42:11 > 0:42:14Is that right, Inspector Masood?

0:42:15 > 0:42:18Yep. And I'm sure you'll pack the stall away properly.

0:42:18 > 0:42:22Oh, I don't know, really. Cos we're just two helpless women.

0:42:22 > 0:42:25Maybe you could show us how to do it properly.

0:42:25 > 0:42:27THEY CACKLE

0:42:27 > 0:42:28I'll leave you to it, then.

0:42:28 > 0:42:30BOTH: Weirdo.

0:42:30 > 0:42:31We should go out and celebrate.

0:42:31 > 0:42:34Oh, no, I'm going to go and have a nice long soak

0:42:34 > 0:42:36and then go and get Tommy and take him home.

0:42:36 > 0:42:41- I've got to get home, anyway. Ray's bringing Tiff and Morgan back soon. - Listen, Bianca, thank you for today.

0:42:41 > 0:42:44It's all right. And we get to do it all again tomorrow.

0:42:44 > 0:42:46No, I was thinking, I'm going to take the day off tomorrow

0:42:46 > 0:42:48and take Tommy to see my dad for the day.

0:42:48 > 0:42:51- Yeah. You go for it.- Cheers.

0:43:06 > 0:43:09- Can I help you? - I'm here to see Lexi.

0:43:09 > 0:43:12- You're late.- I got held up at work. I couldn't just walk out.

0:43:12 > 0:43:15Listen, if you want to be a full-time mum,

0:43:15 > 0:43:17- you need to get your priorities right. - What? No, you can't do this.

0:43:17 > 0:43:21- That's right. Go on. Kick off. Show your true colours. - What's wrong with you? Phil!

0:43:21 > 0:43:23What's wrong with you?

0:43:31 > 0:43:33Oh, what's all this in aid of, then?

0:43:33 > 0:43:36- All what?- The 60-minute make over.

0:43:36 > 0:43:38It's nothing.

0:43:38 > 0:43:39Is someone going on a date?

0:43:39 > 0:43:41It's not a date.

0:43:41 > 0:43:45It smells like a date to me. Who's the lucky fella?

0:43:45 > 0:43:47Erm... Masood.

0:43:47 > 0:43:50Oh!

0:43:50 > 0:43:53Is it not a bit soon after Zainab leaving for him to be going on dates?

0:43:53 > 0:43:57- It's not a date!- He's single, he's asked to take you for a drink -

0:43:57 > 0:44:00- it's a date. Duh!- He's buying me a drink to discuss Liam's school work.

0:44:00 > 0:44:02That's something else we need to talk about.

0:44:02 > 0:44:05- We will do. After your date. - It's not a date!

0:44:05 > 0:44:07But, seriously, if you like him, go for it.

0:44:07 > 0:44:10He's a nice bloke. Even if his son is a bit of a weirdo.

0:44:19 > 0:44:21Hey, Tam. Good first day?

0:44:21 > 0:44:23Yeah. Where are you going?

0:44:23 > 0:44:24Just going for a drink with Carol.

0:44:26 > 0:44:27- Carol Jackson?- Yeah.

0:44:27 > 0:44:30You are going on a date with the mother of the devil spawn?

0:44:30 > 0:44:33- It's not a date. - If you hook up with Carol,

0:44:33 > 0:44:35that would make Bianca my stepsister.

0:44:35 > 0:44:38And of all of the calamities that have befallen this family,

0:44:38 > 0:44:40Dad, that would be the hardest to bear.

0:44:40 > 0:44:41Just as well it's not a date, then.

0:44:44 > 0:44:46- Where's Jay?- He's done for the day. Can I help?

0:44:46 > 0:44:48Yeah. You can help me smash up...

0:44:48 > 0:44:50- I really don't think you want to do that.- Yes, I do!

0:44:50 > 0:44:52Get off of me!

0:44:52 > 0:44:56What's happened? Lola? What's Phil done now?

0:44:56 > 0:44:58Stopped me from seeing Lexi.

0:44:58 > 0:45:01And you went off on one. Which is exactly what he wanted.

0:45:01 > 0:45:04- What would you know about it? - You think I'd still have a job here

0:45:04 > 0:45:07if I kicked off every time Phil wound me up? No.

0:45:07 > 0:45:09So what am I supposed to do, then?

0:45:09 > 0:45:11Do what I do. Just play the game.

0:45:11 > 0:45:15Take whatever he throws at you. "Yes, Phil. No, Phil."

0:45:15 > 0:45:19- "Three bags full, Phil."- And you bow and scrape if you have to.

0:45:19 > 0:45:22Because that way, in the end, you still get what you want.

0:45:22 > 0:45:24And you've come this far. You want to mess it up now?

0:45:39 > 0:45:40Hi.

0:45:40 > 0:45:45Oh. You look, erm...different.

0:45:45 > 0:45:47Well, it's not often I get a break from the kids,

0:45:47 > 0:45:51- so I thought I'd make a bit of an effort.- Well, you look great.

0:45:51 > 0:45:53Thank you.

0:45:53 > 0:45:54So Liam's school work...

0:45:59 > 0:46:02- I've come to get Tommy. - He's sleeping at the moment.

0:46:02 > 0:46:03You'll just have to wake him.

0:46:03 > 0:46:06- He's had the sniffles all day. - And you didn't think of telling me?

0:46:06 > 0:46:08He's had the sniffles all day

0:46:08 > 0:46:10and I thought it best if he stayed with me tonight.

0:46:10 > 0:46:13- I think I know what's best for my son.- Is that right?

0:46:13 > 0:46:15I don't think this is the time or the place, Kat.

0:46:15 > 0:46:17Oh, look, chief cheerleader's joining in.

0:46:17 > 0:46:19Excuse me, don't take it out on Jean. Thank you.

0:46:19 > 0:46:23- Would you rather I took it out on you instead?- Oh.- Your idea, was it?

0:46:26 > 0:46:28The divorce?

0:46:28 > 0:46:32No. No, actually, that was all Alfie's idea.

0:46:32 > 0:46:35He thought of that all by himself. I can't imagine why(!)

0:46:35 > 0:46:39- I bet you couldn't believe your luck when I screwed up, could you?- All right.

0:46:39 > 0:46:42You finally got what you'd been sniffing round for all that time.

0:46:42 > 0:46:43- Kat...- Make you feel good, does it?

0:46:43 > 0:46:47- Picking over the pieces of a broken marriage?- That's enough now, Kat.

0:46:47 > 0:46:49And now you've got your name over the door.

0:46:49 > 0:46:52- What, do you want to be the next Mrs Moon now, yeah?- Listen, you listen.

0:46:52 > 0:46:54This wasn't my doing.

0:46:54 > 0:46:57I'm not the one who cheated on Alfie.

0:46:58 > 0:47:02And I'm getting a little bit sick of everyone treading on eggshells around you like you're the victim,

0:47:02 > 0:47:05cos you're not! OK?

0:47:05 > 0:47:08Alfie is the victim. Not you.

0:47:08 > 0:47:11You did this by yourself, Kat.

0:47:11 > 0:47:13You're the one that behaved like a complete slapper.

0:47:15 > 0:47:19- Oi, that's enough. That's enough! - No, no, no! Stop. Wait. Fine.

0:47:19 > 0:47:21It's fine.

0:47:23 > 0:47:24I'll let her have that one.

0:47:24 > 0:47:27Considering all you've been through.

0:47:28 > 0:47:29What about this one?

0:47:29 > 0:47:31CROWD GASP

0:47:31 > 0:47:35No. That one you're going to pay for.

0:47:35 > 0:47:38- Whoa! Enough! Enough now! - Come on, then!

0:47:38 > 0:47:40Michael, get her off, will you? That's enough!

0:47:40 > 0:47:43- Come on, then!- What are you doing? - Getting involved!

0:47:43 > 0:47:45Right! Get her out of here.

0:47:45 > 0:47:48Kat, you're a disgrace, you know that?

0:47:48 > 0:47:50You are not fit to be a wife or a mother. Now get out!

0:47:54 > 0:47:57- I'm fine, I'm fine. - All right, all right.

0:48:01 > 0:48:03Another quiet night in The Vic(!)

0:48:03 > 0:48:05Yeah. It's a shame about those two.

0:48:05 > 0:48:07I always thought they had something special.

0:48:07 > 0:48:10Really? I always thought you were a good judge of character.

0:48:10 > 0:48:13Oh, Alfie clearly adores her, though.

0:48:13 > 0:48:16But it takes two people to make a relationship work.

0:48:16 > 0:48:17Don't I know it!

0:48:18 > 0:48:20- I'm sorry.- It's OK.

0:48:22 > 0:48:25You know, I proposed to Zainab on this very spot.

0:48:27 > 0:48:29We were supposed to be married last week.

0:48:32 > 0:48:33You OK?

0:48:33 > 0:48:36No, Alfie, I'm not. I'm sorry, but if she sets foot in here again,

0:48:36 > 0:48:38I'm going to have her.

0:48:43 > 0:48:46BELL RINGS

0:48:47 > 0:48:52- Seconds out. Round 23. - It hasn't been that bad.

0:48:52 > 0:48:54I haven't done half the things I was supposed to do today.

0:48:54 > 0:48:56Well, it'll be worse tomorrow.

0:48:56 > 0:48:58You're on your own.

0:49:01 > 0:49:04What if he wants to go to the toilet? >

0:49:04 > 0:49:05Then you'll have to take him. >

0:49:05 > 0:49:07But I've just had my nails done. >

0:49:07 > 0:49:10I'm sure you'll manage. I had to. >

0:49:18 > 0:49:22And before you know it, you're looking back and thinking,

0:49:22 > 0:49:24"Where did the last 30 years go?"

0:49:26 > 0:49:29Oh, I'm sorry. This can't be much fun for you.

0:49:29 > 0:49:32No, no, it's fine.

0:49:32 > 0:49:34- Let's change the subject, hmm?- Oh.

0:49:34 > 0:49:37And besides, I am done with romance.

0:49:37 > 0:49:40I mean, who wants the nightmare of dating again, eh?

0:49:41 > 0:49:43- I need to get going. - Was it something I said?

0:49:47 > 0:49:50Oh. I'm sorry, did you think...?

0:49:50 > 0:49:52I need to go.

0:50:00 > 0:50:04Mum was over the moon to meet her great granddaughter.

0:50:04 > 0:50:07It's like another chance for all of us.

0:50:08 > 0:50:12I saw Lola earlier. Refusing to let Lexi have a cuddly toy.

0:50:12 > 0:50:13What next, Phil?

0:50:13 > 0:50:16It's not my fault if Lola's too stupid to know

0:50:16 > 0:50:18what toys are suitable for her own kid, is it?

0:50:18 > 0:50:20Oh, come on, Phil. She's trying. She's got her job.

0:50:20 > 0:50:22And she's applying for an apprenticeship.

0:50:22 > 0:50:25It'll take more than a poxy job to make a proper mother out of her.

0:50:25 > 0:50:28Anyway, she'll probably end up failing the course anyway.

0:50:28 > 0:50:29Why are you so hard on her?

0:50:29 > 0:50:32Cos I don't think Lola's ready to take Lexi back full time,

0:50:32 > 0:50:33that's why.

0:50:33 > 0:50:36Lola could be a good mum. Deep down, you know that.

0:50:36 > 0:50:38Oh, yeah. That's why she was round here earlier on

0:50:38 > 0:50:41shouting the odds for no reason. Kicking my door in.

0:50:41 > 0:50:43She did seem a bit wound up.

0:50:43 > 0:50:45KNOCK ON DOOR

0:50:53 > 0:50:55Back for round two, are you?

0:50:55 > 0:50:58No. I wanted to apologise for kicking off before.

0:50:58 > 0:51:01I promise I'm never, ever, going to do it again.

0:51:01 > 0:51:03I am going to prove what a good mum I can be for Lexi.

0:51:07 > 0:51:09Oh, Phil?

0:51:09 > 0:51:11Could you give Lexi a kiss good night for me, please?

0:51:11 > 0:51:14And tell her I'll see her at my next visit.

0:51:26 > 0:51:29Carol, wait. Look, can we just start again?

0:51:29 > 0:51:31Hello. I'm Masood.

0:51:31 > 0:51:34You look lovely. Do you come here often?

0:51:34 > 0:51:35Good night, Masood.

0:51:35 > 0:51:39Look, I'm sorry for being such a blind, insensitive fool.

0:51:41 > 0:51:45Look, it's all right. It's too soon after Zainab.

0:51:45 > 0:51:47And I shouldn't have assumed.

0:51:47 > 0:51:51No, it isn't. And, you know what, I'm glad you assumed.

0:51:53 > 0:51:56I just didn't think someone like you would be

0:51:56 > 0:51:57interested in someone like me.

0:51:59 > 0:52:02I'm really looking forward to our first proper date.

0:52:02 > 0:52:06- If you're still interested. - Oh, is this a sympathy date now?

0:52:06 > 0:52:08Carol Jackson, would you do me

0:52:08 > 0:52:11the honour of going on a date with me tomorrow night?

0:52:12 > 0:52:14Well, that all depends

0:52:14 > 0:52:17on whether you put more effort in next time.

0:52:18 > 0:52:22I shall be groomed to within an inch of my life.

0:52:22 > 0:52:25I might even cook for you.

0:52:26 > 0:52:28Well, there's an offer I can't refuse.

0:52:39 > 0:52:43- Just calm down, Kat. And have a drink.- Cheers.

0:52:51 > 0:52:54Do you want me to go round to Alfie? Have a word?

0:52:54 > 0:52:57- No.- Sure? I'll do it if you want me to.

0:52:57 > 0:53:00Why are you being so nice all of a sudden?

0:53:03 > 0:53:05Guilty conscience.

0:53:10 > 0:53:12You don't think I'm a bad mum, do you?

0:53:16 > 0:53:17No.

0:53:19 > 0:53:21You're the best there is.

0:54:01 > 0:54:03Watch out. Prefect on the prowl.

0:54:03 > 0:54:06- You think I'm an idiot, yeah? - I'm not saying nothing.

0:54:06 > 0:54:08What you fail to grasp, Bianca, is that I am

0:54:08 > 0:54:10but one of many idiots, OK?

0:54:10 > 0:54:13I sit at the foot of an entire edifice of idiots.

0:54:13 > 0:54:15So to be anything other than an idiot would be

0:54:15 > 0:54:18to let down the other idiots who are depending on me.

0:54:18 > 0:54:21One idiot turns sensible, the entire structure collapses,

0:54:21 > 0:54:25then what have you got? Anarchy. So by agreeing to move your stall 13 centimetres to the right

0:54:25 > 0:54:28you're not just submitting to the will of a petty jobsworth,

0:54:28 > 0:54:31you're sustaining the entire concept of Western liberal democracy.

0:54:31 > 0:54:34So you should be proud.

0:54:34 > 0:54:37Talking of idiots... Morning, Dad.

0:54:37 > 0:54:39It runs in the family.

0:54:39 > 0:54:42Are we still on for tonight?

0:54:42 > 0:54:43Yeah, I guess so.

0:54:43 > 0:54:46OK, well, I'll make the arrangements

0:54:46 > 0:54:50when I pop round with today's curry.

0:54:50 > 0:54:53- I'll get this lot out the way. Half an hour?- Yeah, yeah. Excellent.

0:54:53 > 0:54:56It's a special one.

0:54:58 > 0:55:02Ooh, it's a "special one"?

0:55:02 > 0:55:05- Bianca, please. - For a special lady, no doubt.

0:55:05 > 0:55:06Will you give it a rest?

0:55:06 > 0:55:08- Is she blushing?- I'm not even having this conversation.

0:55:08 > 0:55:12I was just going to ask you about Kat... Will you stop it?!

0:55:14 > 0:55:17She's gone to visit her dad. Took Tommy or something. Having the day off.

0:55:17 > 0:55:20- As long as you don't let her take the mickey.- No, Mum.

0:55:20 > 0:55:23What?

0:55:24 > 0:55:27So when will he be posting something through your little letter box then, eh?

0:55:27 > 0:55:29Oh, will you grow up!

0:55:29 > 0:55:31Ooh!

0:55:46 > 0:55:49Hi, Kat, it's me.

0:55:49 > 0:55:53I've just noticed that you're not working today and...

0:55:53 > 0:55:56To let you know Tommy's feeling much better,

0:55:56 > 0:55:59so listen, if you fancy having him for the day, feel free.

0:55:59 > 0:56:03And, you know, you're more than welcome to come and pick him up.

0:56:03 > 0:56:07Um... Will you give me a ring when you get this, yeah?

0:56:07 > 0:56:10SIREN SOUNDS OUTSIDE

0:56:22 > 0:56:23Stop thinking about it.

0:56:27 > 0:56:28What am I thinking about?

0:56:28 > 0:56:33In no particular order? Alfie, me, Tommy,

0:56:33 > 0:56:37divorce, guilt, shame...

0:56:37 > 0:56:42Am I getting warm? You'll just drive yourself mad, girl.

0:56:43 > 0:56:44I was already mad.

0:56:44 > 0:56:48Mmm. Just don't wallow in it though, it's quite unattractive.

0:56:48 > 0:56:51- I'm not wallowing in it.- You need some mental discipline, Kathleen.

0:56:51 > 0:56:56You need to accentuate the positive. Dismiss - throw away - the negative.

0:56:56 > 0:56:58Is that what you do, is it?

0:56:58 > 0:57:00- Yeah.- No wonder you're screwed up.

0:57:02 > 0:57:03So come on then - you tell me

0:57:03 > 0:57:07one positive thing I've got in my life right now.

0:57:07 > 0:57:10You had an extremely nice time last night.

0:57:12 > 0:57:13I was faking it.

0:57:15 > 0:57:17No, you weren't. No, you weren't.

0:57:18 > 0:57:21Just like that time you faked it in Spain.

0:57:21 > 0:57:25All summer long. You're thinking about it again.

0:57:25 > 0:57:28- Am I? - You know, I have a theory about you.

0:57:28 > 0:57:30- Do you want to hear it? - Yeah, go on.

0:57:30 > 0:57:33Deep down inside, you love all this.

0:57:35 > 0:57:41- Is that right?- Yeah. That role of the tragic drama queen.

0:57:41 > 0:57:46The tears and the tantrums and the inner turmoil.

0:57:46 > 0:57:47You love it. You love the crisis.

0:57:47 > 0:57:51And if there isn't a crisis, you create a crisis.

0:57:51 > 0:57:54- You ain't got the first idea. - Haven't I? All right.

0:57:54 > 0:57:58Let's swap your life then, for...

0:57:59 > 0:58:03..who do we know who's happy? Whatever that means.

0:58:03 > 0:58:06- No-one. - Kim Fox - she's a good example.

0:58:06 > 0:58:09She's fairly uncomplicated, but happy.

0:58:09 > 0:58:10Her life for yours.

0:58:14 > 0:58:17Just as I thought.

0:58:21 > 0:58:22Just gimme five minutes.

0:58:26 > 0:58:28Stop thinking about it!

0:58:35 > 0:58:39Oi! Get up. Come on.

0:58:41 > 0:58:43Someone's been a naughty girl.

0:58:44 > 0:58:48- What have I done now? - No, it's not you. It's Kat.

0:58:48 > 0:58:51Her door's wide open this morning. Her bed's not been slept in.

0:58:51 > 0:58:54- So? - Do you not think that's a bit weird?

0:58:54 > 0:58:56No, not really, Joey.

0:58:56 > 0:58:59All right, you've got coffee there. Come on, get up.

0:58:59 > 0:59:01What time is it?

0:59:01 > 0:59:02Have a look.

0:59:04 > 0:59:06- It's still the middle of the night, Joey.- No, it's not.

0:59:06 > 0:59:08Anyway, do you remember what you said to me last night?

0:59:08 > 0:59:11You said I've got to get you up at 8.30 cos you've an essay to do

0:59:11 > 0:59:15and if you don't do it today your tutor's going to kill you. Remember?

0:59:15 > 0:59:19- I've got a headache. I'll do it later.- Then you said if you make any excuses,

0:59:19 > 0:59:21I'm going to have to drag you out of bed, OK?

0:59:21 > 0:59:23So I'm going to drag you out of bed.

0:59:23 > 0:59:26- You've got five seconds, all right? One...- Don't be stupid.- Two...

0:59:26 > 0:59:30- Are you serious? - You getting out of bed or what? - Yeah, I am. In a minute!

0:59:30 > 0:59:34- Three...- It's cold outside. - Four...- No, OK!

0:59:35 > 0:59:38- Go and put some clothes on, you look a state.- Annoying!

0:59:46 > 0:59:49Penny for them? You were miles away.

0:59:49 > 0:59:51What do you want, Jean?

0:59:51 > 0:59:53Just to say I'm taking Tommy to feed the ducks.

0:59:53 > 0:59:57No-one feeds my son to any ducks, I don't care how hungry they are.

1:00:02 > 1:00:05Why does he let her get to him?

1:00:05 > 1:00:07Jean, that is a good question.

1:00:07 > 1:00:08There you go - he's all yours.

1:00:08 > 1:00:11I've got to go and sort the delivery out.

1:00:11 > 1:00:17Kat, it's Alfie. Listen, you've not got back to me yet.

1:00:17 > 1:00:22I don't know if you got my last message - I just want to say I'm sorry about last night.

1:00:24 > 1:00:29You know, if you just ring me back maybe we could work it out, yeah?

1:00:31 > 1:00:34Talk to you soon. Bye-bye.

1:00:39 > 1:00:43Junk...junk...rubbish.

1:00:45 > 1:00:47Oh, hello.

1:00:47 > 1:00:51This'll have to be sorted - and soon.

1:00:51 > 1:00:53So?

1:00:53 > 1:00:57So it's your father's house. It's still his responsibility.

1:00:58 > 1:01:00Well, I'm not taking it over.

1:01:00 > 1:01:02Oh, I see.

1:01:02 > 1:01:05You'll be happy if the lecky gets cut off, will you?

1:01:05 > 1:01:07Well, I went round there last time.

1:01:07 > 1:01:08Well, who else is there?

1:01:08 > 1:01:11Your sister's not here and I'm in my dressing gown.

1:01:11 > 1:01:15Oh, come on, Abs, do it for your old nan, eh?

1:01:15 > 1:01:19All you've got to do is pop it through the letter box.

1:01:23 > 1:01:27'You've not got back to me yet. I don't know if you got my last message...

1:01:27 > 1:01:29'I just want to say I'm sorry about last night.'

1:01:29 > 1:01:35What's he saying? Is he all unhappy? Yeah? Wants to talk?

1:01:35 > 1:01:37Is he sorry he's upset you?

1:01:37 > 1:01:40- Leave off, will you?- "Please come over? We can sort it out?"

1:01:40 > 1:01:42Does Tommy send his love?

1:01:43 > 1:01:45Will you shut up?

1:01:45 > 1:01:47Don't take it out on me, darling.

1:01:47 > 1:01:50You have not got the first idea what goes on between me and Alfie.

1:01:50 > 1:01:53Please. Spare me. I have every idea.

1:01:54 > 1:01:57You think you love him and he loves you?

1:01:57 > 1:02:01But no, you don't. You're addicted to one another.

1:02:01 > 1:02:05And if you both had an ounce of sense you'd seize this chance.

1:02:08 > 1:02:09What chance?

1:02:09 > 1:02:12Glad you asked. This chance to free yourself from each another.

1:02:12 > 1:02:16Doesn't have to be nasty. Could be quite civilised.

1:02:16 > 1:02:18But you won't have it like that, will you?

1:02:18 > 1:02:24Cos if you don't go a day without a row or a screaming fit,

1:02:24 > 1:02:26you think you're missing out.

1:02:27 > 1:02:29How's that sound?

1:02:35 > 1:02:36Abi?

1:02:40 > 1:02:43I know. Damned delivery lorry.

1:02:43 > 1:02:46And after I'd just dropped my dirty washing at the launderette.

1:02:46 > 1:02:48I was just about to post this for Dad.

1:02:48 > 1:02:49I'll make sure he gets it.

1:02:49 > 1:02:54- Well, see you.- Actually, I was rather hoping we could have a word.

1:02:54 > 1:02:57- I've been meaning to for some time. - I was on my way to sixth form.

1:02:58 > 1:03:02We can't spend our whole lives avoiding each another, Abi.

1:03:02 > 1:03:04Just a quick chat.

1:03:04 > 1:03:07Please? I don't bite.

1:03:10 > 1:03:12Thank you.

1:03:17 > 1:03:19- Hiya.- You all right, babe?

1:03:22 > 1:03:24Blimey, what's all that?

1:03:24 > 1:03:27Actually I've got someone with me. She wants you to have this.

1:03:30 > 1:03:32You never said he was going to be here.

1:03:32 > 1:03:34It's all right - Max is just going.

1:03:34 > 1:03:36- Kirsty, what is this? - Aren't you, Max?

1:03:38 > 1:03:43Er, yeah, I'll go to the car lot. I'll leave you to it.

1:03:45 > 1:03:47You should change out of those.

1:03:47 > 1:03:48Yeah, in a minute.

1:03:50 > 1:03:51You all right, Abs?

1:04:00 > 1:04:04Can you just give me two minutes so I can just change out of these?

1:04:09 > 1:04:11Right, they've messed up the crisps order again.

1:04:11 > 1:04:14- Five cheese and onion, but no plain. - I'll sort it when I get back.

1:04:14 > 1:04:15Why? Where are you going?

1:04:19 > 1:04:21Rox, I can't help it. I'm worried about Kat.

1:04:21 > 1:04:24She's not turned up for work and she's not answering her phone.

1:04:24 > 1:04:28- Did you not see what she did to me? - Yeah, I know. I know, all right?

1:04:28 > 1:04:29Just for my peace of mind.

1:04:29 > 1:04:32I promise - I promise I won't be long, OK?

1:04:37 > 1:04:40- Come on, your laptop's ready.- Can I not just do it when I get home?

1:04:40 > 1:04:44No, cos you'll only find another excuse when you get there. Sit down.

1:04:44 > 1:04:47You know, you're worse than my tutor.

1:04:47 > 1:04:50- What's it about anyway? - Yeah, like you want to know.

1:04:50 > 1:04:52Yeah, course I do. I might be able to give you a few tips.

1:04:52 > 1:04:53A few tips.

1:04:55 > 1:04:58"Brief Encounter to A Touch of Class.

1:04:58 > 1:05:03"Discuss the emergence of feminism in British cinema from 1945 to 1975."

1:05:05 > 1:05:07All right, feminism.

1:05:07 > 1:05:11So that's, once upon a time women used to do what they were told.

1:05:12 > 1:05:15Now, they don't. Sorted, eh?

1:05:15 > 1:05:18DOORBELL RINGS

1:05:22 > 1:05:25All right, mate? Listen, I just want a quick word with Kat.

1:05:25 > 1:05:27Oh, well, she'll be at work by now.

1:05:27 > 1:05:31No, she's not at work. She's probably still in her pit. Just give her a shout for me, will you?

1:05:31 > 1:05:32No, no, she's not here.

1:05:34 > 1:05:39- Do you know where she is?- Probably stayed at a mate's or something. - She hasn't got any mates.

1:05:39 > 1:05:40OK, doesn't matter.

1:05:41 > 1:05:44- If you see her just tell her I called, yeah?- Yeah. Yeah.

1:05:44 > 1:05:46See you later.

1:05:54 > 1:05:59- All right?- What was that? - Alfie. Alfie, looking for Kat.

1:05:59 > 1:06:01If she'd been good and stuck to her marriage vows,

1:06:01 > 1:06:05she wouldn't be having this trouble, would she? That's feminism for you.

1:06:05 > 1:06:07- Where are you going? - Back to bed. See you later.

1:06:33 > 1:06:35Someone's looking for you.

1:06:39 > 1:06:42He's just come from yours.

1:06:42 > 1:06:44So he knows you didn't stay there last night.

1:06:57 > 1:07:01You're being very hard on yourself, Kat.

1:07:01 > 1:07:04What have you done that's so wrong?

1:07:04 > 1:07:06I know you're hurting though, so...

1:07:08 > 1:07:12I suppose what I'm trying to say is that I'm there for you, you know.

1:07:12 > 1:07:13I'm not going anywhere.

1:07:16 > 1:07:18Thanks for trying, Michael,

1:07:18 > 1:07:21but them words just don't sound right coming out of your mouth.

1:07:23 > 1:07:24Fair enough.

1:07:25 > 1:07:28But I have been dumped too, remember, so...

1:07:31 > 1:07:34TEXT MESSAGE ALERT

1:07:37 > 1:07:41Oh, I said I'd meet Phil in the cafe.

1:07:41 > 1:07:44- Well, off you go then.- I forgot.

1:07:44 > 1:07:47- I'll come straight back.- Do what you want. Cos I won't be here.

1:07:58 > 1:08:00Phil, you ain't seen Kat about, have you?

1:08:00 > 1:08:02Nah. Explain something to me, will you.

1:08:02 > 1:08:05Why do these morons want the same bit of information time and time again?

1:08:05 > 1:08:08- Sorry - what? - If I had a pound note for every time I've filled in a form for

1:08:08 > 1:08:14- the flaming adoption agency, I could think about putting me feet up. - Sorry, Phil. Can't help you, mate.

1:08:14 > 1:08:18- You ain't seen Kat around at all, have you?- No, sorry mate. - Cheers, mate.

1:08:18 > 1:08:20So, come on, what's the recipe today?

1:08:20 > 1:08:24Masood's Special Chicken Jalfrezi.

1:08:24 > 1:08:26Smell.

1:08:26 > 1:08:28Oh, wow!

1:08:28 > 1:08:31Yeah, I was thinking... It's not much of a date...

1:08:32 > 1:08:34Go on.

1:08:34 > 1:08:37I could give you a cookery lesson. If you fancy it?

1:08:37 > 1:08:40And we could eat the results.

1:08:40 > 1:08:41So what do you think?

1:08:43 > 1:08:46Sorry about that. I dropped all my dirty washing at the launderette

1:08:46 > 1:08:48and this is about all I had left.

1:08:48 > 1:08:52Eurgh. Anyway, are we going to sit down?

1:08:56 > 1:08:57I'm already late.

1:08:57 > 1:09:02Oh, well. I'll try and make this quick then. The thing is...

1:09:03 > 1:09:06I understand you hating me...

1:09:06 > 1:09:08Abi?

1:09:08 > 1:09:11- Sorry. Go on.- Your father hasn't stopped loving you

1:09:11 > 1:09:14and this situation is driving him mad.

1:09:15 > 1:09:18I'm sure you're not happy about it, either.

1:09:18 > 1:09:21So,

1:09:21 > 1:09:26if we could just sit down, the four of us - me and your Dad,

1:09:26 > 1:09:30you and your sister - and just have a normal conversation...

1:09:30 > 1:09:32Well, I'm already late.

1:09:32 > 1:09:35Well, I was just wondering if we could pop round after school, maybe?

1:09:35 > 1:09:37Have a quick chat?

1:09:37 > 1:09:38Yeah, yeah. Whatever.

1:09:38 > 1:09:42Really? Shall we come round to the house?

1:09:42 > 1:09:43Say about 4.30?

1:09:43 > 1:09:47Maybe we could bring some fish and chips or something, if you like.

1:09:53 > 1:09:54(Uh!)

1:10:02 > 1:10:06Phil. Sorry. Sorry, I overslept. And then I had to get Scarlett to the nursery.

1:10:06 > 1:10:09- I'm supposed to be in south London now.- I know, and I'm sorry for messing you about.

1:10:09 > 1:10:12What's this about, anyway? And make it quick, will you?

1:10:12 > 1:10:16OK. Well, the gym's going through a bit of a thin time at the moment.

1:10:16 > 1:10:19I'm not surprised if you keep sleeping in every day.

1:10:19 > 1:10:21So I thought you might be able to, you know,

1:10:21 > 1:10:23pass a bit of business my way.

1:10:23 > 1:10:24What sort of business?

1:10:26 > 1:10:30Well, our thing, you know. The dirty money that needs cleaning.

1:10:30 > 1:10:34Listen, you keep me hanging around for ages and you've got the front to ask me for favours?

1:10:34 > 1:10:36I prefer to see it as a mutually beneficial arrangement.

1:10:36 > 1:10:39Yeah, well, I'm keeping my nose clean at the moment.

1:10:39 > 1:10:41So you can keep your mutually beneficial arrangement.

1:10:59 > 1:11:01What are you doing here?

1:11:01 > 1:11:04Just writing an essay. Joey said that it would be all right.

1:11:04 > 1:11:07- Where is he? - He's gone back to bed.

1:11:09 > 1:11:11You OK?

1:11:18 > 1:11:20Kat?

1:11:21 > 1:11:24- Correct, well done.- Tam...

1:11:24 > 1:11:27What do you want? The market will be up in arms if you stop me doing my job.

1:11:27 > 1:11:29This'll only take a second. Come here.

1:11:29 > 1:11:32- I need to know whether you two are you going to be around early evening.- Why?

1:11:32 > 1:11:35- I need the kitchen.- What for?- Just teaching someone how to cook.

1:11:35 > 1:11:39- And who might this someone be? - I just need to know whether you're going to be there or not.

1:11:39 > 1:11:43- Now I'm really intrigued.- You can have dinner at the cafe. I'll pay.

1:11:43 > 1:11:45A woman. I bet you any money!

1:11:45 > 1:11:47How did I know you'd be like this?

1:11:47 > 1:11:50- I feel slightly sick. - No, it's not like that.

1:11:50 > 1:11:52So come on, who is it?

1:11:52 > 1:11:54Carol Jackson.

1:11:54 > 1:11:55Carol Jackson?

1:11:55 > 1:11:57Again? I thought you said last night wasn't a date.

1:11:57 > 1:12:00What did I say? It's not like that!

1:12:00 > 1:12:03- Come on, she's a woman, you're a man. It's always like that. - In your world, maybe.

1:12:03 > 1:12:07- OK, I'm going back to resume idiot duties.- Please. Come on, she's just a friend...

1:12:07 > 1:12:10Yeah. What, Mum's been gone a fortnight.

1:12:10 > 1:12:11Why'd you leave it so long?

1:12:13 > 1:12:14Thanks a lot.

1:12:14 > 1:12:16He knows I'm joking.

1:12:18 > 1:12:22It wasn't till after she'd gone I realised I had my skirt tucked into my knickers the whole time!

1:12:22 > 1:12:25- Did she see?- She must've done.

1:12:25 > 1:12:29- What, and she didn't say anything? - No, I just rabbited on and she didn't say a word!

1:12:29 > 1:12:33But the thing is, she's agreed to see us, so however ridiculous I made myself, it was worth it.

1:12:36 > 1:12:37Thank you.

1:12:37 > 1:12:40I've said we'll bring fish and chips so I'll see you here about 4.15, yeah?

1:12:40 > 1:12:42All right, lovely.

1:12:42 > 1:12:46I'll be that nervous, I don't know if I'll be able to eat.

1:12:55 > 1:12:57And now he wants a divorce.

1:12:59 > 1:13:02Listen, Kat, I do want to talk some more.

1:13:02 > 1:13:05It's just I've really got to finish off this essay.

1:13:07 > 1:13:08What's that about, then?

1:13:08 > 1:13:12The emergence of feminism in post-war British Cinema.

1:13:16 > 1:13:19Fat lot of good feminism's done for me.

1:13:19 > 1:13:22Well, a hundred years ago you wouldn't have even been able to vote.

1:13:22 > 1:13:27I don't vote. So 'so what?'

1:13:27 > 1:13:31OK, 150 years ago, Alfie wouldn't be divorcing you,

1:13:31 > 1:13:34cos only rich people could do that. He'd have just slung you out.

1:13:34 > 1:13:37And you'd have had no rights, no comebacks, no nothing.

1:13:37 > 1:13:40As it goes, you do. So don't go knocking feminism.

1:13:42 > 1:13:46- Well, get you.- My tutor's really hot on stuff like that.

1:13:46 > 1:13:51She'd say that you were trapped in a patriarchal relationship.

1:13:51 > 1:13:52Do me a favour.

1:13:52 > 1:13:57And that you've allowed "victim-hood" to be written into your narrative.

1:13:57 > 1:13:58What does that mean?

1:14:00 > 1:14:04Basically... well, you bring it on yourself.

1:14:05 > 1:14:09Yeah. Yeah, that's what Michael says.

1:14:09 > 1:14:10Michael?

1:14:10 > 1:14:12Don't tell me you haven't guessed.

1:14:14 > 1:14:16Do you think I CHOOSE to be like this.

1:14:18 > 1:14:21So don't. Fight back.

1:14:28 > 1:14:30Where's your dad?

1:14:30 > 1:14:35I dunno. Off buying ingredients for his candlelit dinner for two.

1:14:35 > 1:14:39Oh, come on. Maybe we should be pleased. At least he's not sitting around moping.

1:14:39 > 1:14:44I think given the circumstances a bit of moping wouldn't be

1:14:44 > 1:14:45entirely inappropriate.

1:14:47 > 1:14:49Well, it can't be her. Not yet.

1:14:49 > 1:14:52Well, go on, then.

1:14:52 > 1:14:54Yep.

1:15:02 > 1:15:04Oh, you're not wearing that cardigan?

1:15:04 > 1:15:06I'm just going to learn how to cook a curry.

1:15:06 > 1:15:09What's it going to look like if I arrive all glammed-up?

1:15:09 > 1:15:14- Like you're interested. Which you obviously are.- Look, I've told you before, will you stop all this?

1:15:14 > 1:15:15Get changed!

1:15:23 > 1:15:26Lauren, I've been thinking about what you was saying.

1:15:26 > 1:15:29- And what was that? - About fighting back.

1:15:29 > 1:15:31I just wish I didn't feel so guilty.

1:15:31 > 1:15:33The man's already divorcing you, Kat.

1:15:33 > 1:15:35He's shacked up with some woman. In your bed.

1:15:35 > 1:15:38And you're the one that feels guilty? Yes, OK.

1:15:38 > 1:15:41OK, you slept with someone else. So what?

1:15:41 > 1:15:45Good. At least it's one notch up from Joey's old man.

1:15:45 > 1:15:48KNOCK ON DOOR

1:15:49 > 1:15:50- That might be him. - I'll get it. >

1:15:50 > 1:15:54The only control Alfie has over you is the control that you give him.

1:15:54 > 1:15:56So don't do it, yeah?

1:16:01 > 1:16:02It's your sister.

1:16:07 > 1:16:08Am I glad to see you.

1:16:08 > 1:16:11- That's a first. - I need you to get me out of here.

1:16:11 > 1:16:14- Something's come up and... - Well, something has.

1:16:14 > 1:16:17Kirsty and Dad are coming round for dinner.

1:16:17 > 1:16:19- What?- Yeah. I'll explain on the way.

1:16:19 > 1:16:21OK.

1:16:21 > 1:16:24Kat, I'm really sorry, but I've got to go.

1:16:24 > 1:16:26Don't worry about it.

1:16:26 > 1:16:29I know exactly what I've got to do now. Cheers, Lauren.

1:16:39 > 1:16:41What are you doing here? I told you to make yourself scarce.

1:16:41 > 1:16:44Something's turned up. Or rather someone.

1:16:44 > 1:16:46What are you talking about?

1:16:50 > 1:16:53Hi, Dad - we've got a visitor.

1:16:53 > 1:16:56Hi.

1:17:00 > 1:17:03I asked you to give him an electricity bill -

1:17:03 > 1:17:04not arrange a love-in.

1:17:04 > 1:17:07Well, they're only coming round for some fish and chips.

1:17:07 > 1:17:12Oh, really? And what would your mum have to say about that?

1:17:12 > 1:17:15Look, I already told you - it wasn't my idea.

1:17:15 > 1:17:17They're here.

1:17:17 > 1:17:19Right...

1:17:19 > 1:17:22Lauren! They're here! Get down here, now!

1:17:22 > 1:17:25Please, Nan, don't cause a scene.

1:17:25 > 1:17:31Well, well! If it isn't the Walford whippet and his mongrel mistress.

1:17:31 > 1:17:34You all right, Cora? There's something about you reminds me of the Dalai Lama in prayer.

1:17:34 > 1:17:37Don't know what it is.

1:17:37 > 1:17:41Judas Iscariots, the lot of you. I want no part of this.

1:17:42 > 1:17:45Get out my way. Go on, move.

1:17:53 > 1:17:55Nothing like getting off to a good start(!)

1:18:02 > 1:18:04Well, well, well. Look who it is.

1:18:04 > 1:18:07I'm not stopping. I've come to get Tommy. Is Alfie here?

1:18:07 > 1:18:10I'll just check. Alfie! It's here.

1:18:10 > 1:18:13Can you bring Tommy through with you?

1:18:13 > 1:18:17So where've you been all day, huh? When you were supposed to be looking after your own child?

1:18:17 > 1:18:19No doubt you were out on the pull or something.

1:18:19 > 1:18:25- I haven't come here for another fight.- You have. Look at your face. You see that? Butter wouldn't melt.

1:18:25 > 1:18:28What I do in my private life is my business.

1:18:28 > 1:18:30Yeah? If your private life stayed your business, maybe.

1:18:30 > 1:18:32Not now, eh.

1:18:32 > 1:18:36Listen, when you get him home, you might want to get him something to eat. He's a bit hungry.

1:18:36 > 1:18:40- Will you stop going on like nothing's happened? - Roxy, please stop. Just stop.

1:18:40 > 1:18:43I'll bring him back at the usual time, yeah.

1:18:43 > 1:18:47- So she can go out on the pull after, probably.- I'll walk you home, Kat. - Notice how she's not denying it.

1:18:47 > 1:18:51Come on, was it someone special? Or, I don't know, first come, first served? What?

1:18:51 > 1:18:53Let's just ignore it, Kat.

1:18:53 > 1:18:56No, if she wants to know, I'll tell her.

1:18:56 > 1:18:57It was Michael, Roxy.

1:19:00 > 1:19:05Yeah, you really missed out there, didn't you, eh?

1:19:07 > 1:19:10Now there's a man who really knows how to please a woman.

1:19:12 > 1:19:15I might ask him to give Alfie a few tips.

1:19:15 > 1:19:18You never know - might perk things up a bit for you.

1:19:44 > 1:19:47I'll say something for Ian Beale - he might be a berk,

1:19:47 > 1:19:49but he knows how to batter a bit of fish, don't he?

1:19:49 > 1:19:52What's the point of this? I could be upstairs doing my essay.

1:19:52 > 1:19:56We're just having a little chat. Getting to know each other a bit better.

1:19:56 > 1:19:59Yeah. If anyone was actually chatting.

1:20:05 > 1:20:10All right, Abi, who's going to mention it first?

1:20:12 > 1:20:15- Mention what first? - The skirt stuck in the knickers.

1:20:15 > 1:20:17What's this?

1:20:20 > 1:20:21You knew, didn't you?

1:20:21 > 1:20:25Well, I didn't want to say anything, I was too embarrassed. I'm sorry.

1:20:25 > 1:20:28What did I say? I told you she knew.

1:20:28 > 1:20:30Can someone fill me in, please? What..?

1:20:30 > 1:20:32You tell her, Abi.

1:20:32 > 1:20:36When I saw Kirsty this morning, she'd just changed into this skirt...

1:20:36 > 1:20:38My jeans had got splattered with mud.

1:20:38 > 1:20:41And when she came back down...

1:20:41 > 1:20:43She had her skirt tucked in her tights.

1:20:43 > 1:20:47And I stood there the whole time and I didn't say anything!

1:20:56 > 1:20:59I'm glad to see everyone's made themselves at home.

1:21:03 > 1:21:06- This is all very cosy, innit? - We were just having dinner.

1:21:06 > 1:21:08I'm not blind, Abs. I can see what's going on.

1:21:08 > 1:21:11- Tan...- Look, Daddy's here as well. That's a nice surprise, innit?

1:21:11 > 1:21:12Say hello.

1:21:12 > 1:21:14- How are you?- Maybe we should go.

1:21:14 > 1:21:17No, don't be silly. Don't go on my account.

1:21:17 > 1:21:19Any leftovers?

1:21:19 > 1:21:21Yeah. Well, we just started.

1:21:21 > 1:21:23Good. Well, I don't know about you lot but I'm starving.

1:21:23 > 1:21:25Give us a chance to catch up, won't it?

1:21:25 > 1:21:27Obviously plenty to chat about.

1:21:41 > 1:21:43Tan?

1:21:43 > 1:21:46Oscar's tired. You should take him upstairs to bed.

1:21:46 > 1:21:49Read him a story. He's missed you.

1:21:52 > 1:21:55You going to go up to bed with Daddy?

1:21:57 > 1:21:58Do you want a story?

1:22:00 > 1:22:02Right? Let's eat, shall we?

1:22:08 > 1:22:10All right?

1:22:10 > 1:22:12Alfie knows about us.

1:22:12 > 1:22:15Does he? Interesting. You told him? Why?

1:22:15 > 1:22:16What was it you said?

1:22:16 > 1:22:19"Can't go a whole day without a screaming fit."

1:22:54 > 1:22:57So I typed "hot Pakistani spices" into the search engine.

1:22:57 > 1:22:59HE CHUCKLES

1:22:59 > 1:23:03I wouldn't recommend doing that without Safe Search on.

1:23:03 > 1:23:08So, Ayesha, this is a surprise. Why? What brings you back?

1:23:08 > 1:23:12Obviously not my stories. Tam, fancy a pint?

1:23:12 > 1:23:13No.

1:23:13 > 1:23:17I wanted to come. And say I'm sorry.

1:23:17 > 1:23:19Sorry?

1:23:19 > 1:23:21- I meant soft drink. - Yeah, I know what you meant.

1:23:21 > 1:23:25- There's no need for you to... - I heard about Zainab.

1:23:25 > 1:23:28They need to catch up. You need to buy me a pint

1:23:28 > 1:23:32because I'm skint. See you later.

1:23:35 > 1:23:36Tam!

1:23:48 > 1:23:50So you heard about Zainab?

1:23:51 > 1:23:53That she left. That...

1:23:56 > 1:23:58I had to come.

1:24:03 > 1:24:06This is, uh...this is very good.

1:24:06 > 1:24:09The secret's in asking Ian Beale for extra vinegar.

1:24:09 > 1:24:10Is it?

1:24:10 > 1:24:12They do say, don't they, that

1:24:12 > 1:24:14the way to a man's heart is through his stomach?

1:24:14 > 1:24:18I find with Max... What am I saying, you'd know, wouldn't you?

1:24:18 > 1:24:20- Stop it!- Stop what?

1:24:20 > 1:24:22This. Pretending like everything's fine.

1:24:22 > 1:24:24Oscar's asleep already.

1:24:24 > 1:24:27We know you must be angry but you weren't here, were you?

1:24:27 > 1:24:29- Who's angry?- Look, go easy. I'm sure your mum's...

1:24:29 > 1:24:32No, it's fine, Kirsty, I can speak for myself, thanks.

1:24:32 > 1:24:35I'm just glad to see you all getting along so well.

1:24:35 > 1:24:36It's good, innit?

1:24:36 > 1:24:39Girls, make sure you tidy all this away after, yeah?

1:24:39 > 1:24:42The last thing your mum needs is a messy house.

1:24:42 > 1:24:44Shall I take those bags up for you?

1:24:44 > 1:24:47No. No, it's fine. I can manage on my own.

1:24:55 > 1:24:58What are you doing here? I thought you was going on your date.

1:24:58 > 1:25:01- What's it look like? - You a bit nervous?

1:25:01 > 1:25:03I'm just fashionably late.

1:25:03 > 1:25:09So what's with the Dutch courage then? You all right, Cora?

1:25:09 > 1:25:10I've been hounded out.

1:25:10 > 1:25:14My granddaughters are paying court with their father to his Jezebel.

1:25:14 > 1:25:16Oh. So, not all right then.

1:25:16 > 1:25:20That's a nice bit of slap you've got on, Carol. Got a date?

1:25:21 > 1:25:23As a matter of fact, I do.

1:25:23 > 1:25:27I just don't know why she'd come back.

1:25:27 > 1:25:29Maybe she needs chaperoning again.

1:25:29 > 1:25:33Yeah, but she said she heard that Mum had gone.

1:25:33 > 1:25:38So I don't understand why that would mean she had to come back.

1:25:38 > 1:25:40She might be worried for Zainab.

1:25:40 > 1:25:43They grew pretty close when she was here.

1:25:44 > 1:25:46Look, they're family friends.

1:25:46 > 1:25:48Obviously word's got around about your parents.

1:25:48 > 1:25:50People are going to gossip.

1:25:50 > 1:25:53Your dad needs to explain. It's easier to do that in private.

1:25:53 > 1:25:59They're not going to get a chance. She's going for "cooking lessons".

1:26:02 > 1:26:03Listen, something's come up

1:26:03 > 1:26:08and I'm going to have to take a rain check for tonight.

1:26:08 > 1:26:11I'm really sorry.

1:26:22 > 1:26:24You lost something?

1:26:24 > 1:26:29Phone. I pretty much chucked everything in without sorting.

1:26:29 > 1:26:31That's quite a lot for a visit.

1:26:32 > 1:26:35I didn't come to visit, Masood.

1:26:35 > 1:26:36I came for you.

1:26:38 > 1:26:39DOORBELL RINGS

1:26:49 > 1:26:51It's Joey's.

1:26:51 > 1:26:54Yeah, and that towel's Nan's. She's out.

1:26:54 > 1:26:57She couldn't stand to be in the same room as Kirsty.

1:27:00 > 1:27:03He hasn't moved her in. They're at the B&B.

1:27:03 > 1:27:07Well, thank heavens for small mercies, eh?

1:27:07 > 1:27:10You did leave him, Mum. It's Dad. What did you expect?

1:27:10 > 1:27:12I didn't expect to come back and find them here.

1:27:12 > 1:27:15Find you all here, sitting round, playing happy families.

1:27:15 > 1:27:17Wasn't someone going to tell me?

1:27:17 > 1:27:18Well, I didn't want to hurt you, Mum.

1:27:18 > 1:27:20And what were we supposed to say?

1:27:20 > 1:27:23That you were right when you threw him out? Come fight for him?

1:27:25 > 1:27:27Is that why you came back?

1:27:31 > 1:27:34- Hi.- You all right?

1:27:34 > 1:27:37Something smells nice. You started without me?

1:27:37 > 1:27:40Well, the thing is, something's come up.

1:27:41 > 1:27:45I did try to call you, but...

1:27:48 > 1:27:52Ayesha. She's a...family friend.

1:27:52 > 1:27:56Ayesha, this is Carol Jackson. She works at the cafe.

1:27:56 > 1:27:59You're here to help cook, is that right?

1:27:59 > 1:28:02Well, yeah. Sort of.

1:28:02 > 1:28:07It was going to be her first time. Cooking, that is. Curry.

1:28:07 > 1:28:11Well, if you like, I can help Masood and you can take the night off.

1:28:11 > 1:28:14I don't know. That depends what Masood wants.

1:28:16 > 1:28:17Erm...

1:28:20 > 1:28:22I think it's probably for the best.

1:28:22 > 1:28:25Because it's quite late and there's so much cooking to do.

1:28:25 > 1:28:28Yeah, yeah, yeah, without me getting in the way.

1:28:29 > 1:28:32- I'm so sorry.- No.- I came home and she just turned up.

1:28:32 > 1:28:35D'you know what, we can do it any time, you know. It's fine.

1:28:35 > 1:28:36Yeah.

1:28:46 > 1:28:50She was dressed nicely for someone coming for a cooking lesson.

1:28:50 > 1:28:51MASOOD SIGHS

1:28:51 > 1:28:55I'm sorry. I shouldn't have... you know, I'll go.

1:28:55 > 1:28:57No, no.

1:28:59 > 1:29:02Don't go. You only just got here.

1:29:02 > 1:29:05And we've got so much cooking to do.

1:29:11 > 1:29:14Right. So the shortest one gets to go out?

1:29:14 > 1:29:22No. Remember, long equals good result, short equals bad result.

1:29:24 > 1:29:26Right.

1:29:26 > 1:29:32So, kind of like the difference between pulling Ray and, say, Ian?

1:29:32 > 1:29:33Just choose a straw, Kim.

1:29:33 > 1:29:35Look, the both of you go out now, man!

1:29:35 > 1:29:37I can look after myself.

1:29:38 > 1:29:41Result.

1:29:41 > 1:29:44Patrick. It wasn't like that.

1:29:44 > 1:29:47Look, I'm fine. I'm just fine, OK?

1:29:48 > 1:29:51I've survived for over 70 years, I'm sure I could manage

1:29:51 > 1:29:55an hour or two while you all go out and have some fun.

1:29:55 > 1:29:59Well, you just call if you need anything.

1:29:59 > 1:30:01And no drinking.

1:30:01 > 1:30:03You've hidden my stash anyway.

1:30:03 > 1:30:04It's for your own good.

1:30:04 > 1:30:05PATRICK SCOFFS

1:30:20 > 1:30:22HE WINCES

1:30:30 > 1:30:32Max? Coming?

1:30:34 > 1:30:36Babe, I feel like I need to talk to her.

1:30:36 > 1:30:38You know, just explain.

1:30:38 > 1:30:41Explain what? Us?

1:30:43 > 1:30:44Do you feel guilty?

1:30:44 > 1:30:46- No.- Ashamed?- No, course not!

1:30:46 > 1:30:49Well, then what's there to explain?

1:30:49 > 1:30:51Babe, it must have been a shock for her.

1:30:51 > 1:30:52You know, coming in, seeing that.

1:30:52 > 1:30:56I just want five minutes, all right? To make sure she's OK.

1:30:56 > 1:30:57Babe, she's back now.

1:30:57 > 1:31:01And me and her, we got to work things out, haven't we?

1:31:01 > 1:31:03Find a way forward.

1:31:03 > 1:31:04You're going.

1:31:04 > 1:31:06Tan, can we talk?

1:31:07 > 1:31:09You've got five minutes.

1:31:11 > 1:31:17I'll be five minutes. All right? Five minutes. I promise.

1:31:46 > 1:31:48Well?

1:31:48 > 1:31:52Well, you were gone. She was gone. I was in bits, weren't I?

1:31:52 > 1:31:56Really? How long?

1:31:58 > 1:32:00How long before she came back? Did you go and get her, did you?

1:32:00 > 1:32:03Or did you just send her some text the minute I drove off?

1:32:03 > 1:32:05It weren't like that. She needed help.

1:32:05 > 1:32:06That's what you call it now?

1:32:06 > 1:32:09Do you want to come round tonight for some "helping"?

1:32:09 > 1:32:11No, she was in trouble. I brought her back here.

1:32:11 > 1:32:13You brought her back here and what?

1:32:13 > 1:32:15You slipped and fell into bed with her? That sort of accident?

1:32:17 > 1:32:19No. Well, that weren't an accident, was it, obviously?

1:32:19 > 1:32:20I knew what I was doing.

1:32:23 > 1:32:26Yeah, of course. Yeah, that's what you wanted.

1:32:26 > 1:32:28Yeah. Maybe, yeah.

1:32:31 > 1:32:34- Only because, you know... - Because, you know, what?

1:32:34 > 1:32:37Because you left, all right. I didn't know what you wanted.

1:32:42 > 1:32:44So what do you want?

1:32:47 > 1:32:48What I want...

1:32:48 > 1:32:51is to be able to leave for three weeks without you replacing me

1:32:51 > 1:32:53in my own home, with my daughters.

1:32:53 > 1:32:56- Right, I think I've heard enough. - Heard enough for what?

1:32:56 > 1:32:59To know that they're not getting back together.

1:33:02 > 1:33:04At least not tonight, anyway.

1:33:10 > 1:33:11But you do want them to, right?

1:33:16 > 1:33:17Don't you?

1:33:17 > 1:33:20MUFFLED ARGUING CONTINUES

1:33:22 > 1:33:24I wish I was on a date.

1:33:24 > 1:33:30Date? Yeah, I remember those. Dimly.

1:33:30 > 1:33:35Men, they're about as reliable as an old clock and as trustworthy.

1:33:37 > 1:33:39Have you seen Dexter?

1:33:39 > 1:33:41He was supposed to be buying me tea at the cafe

1:33:41 > 1:33:43and now it's closing and he's a no-show. Men.

1:33:43 > 1:33:45You could join us.

1:33:45 > 1:33:47We're thinking of starting a support group.

1:33:51 > 1:33:52TV IS ON

1:33:53 > 1:33:55HE SIGHS

1:34:08 > 1:34:11This is what we drew straws over. So you could sit at the bar.

1:34:11 > 1:34:12Where's your date?

1:34:12 > 1:34:15Just good to get out of the house, I suppose.

1:34:15 > 1:34:17He will be OK, though. Won't he?

1:34:17 > 1:34:19Patrick? What you talking about?

1:34:19 > 1:34:23He's tough as old boots. Don't worry about him.

1:34:23 > 1:34:26If there's anyone who knows about tough old boots...

1:34:31 > 1:34:33TV PLAYS IN BACKGROUND

1:34:36 > 1:34:38HE PANTS

1:34:45 > 1:34:49What you talking about? Masood and Carol?

1:34:49 > 1:34:52But Zainab's only been gone five minutes.

1:34:52 > 1:34:54Don't worry, so was the date.

1:34:54 > 1:34:56Mum? What's happened?

1:34:56 > 1:34:59Well, it turns out it wasn't a date, after all.

1:34:59 > 1:35:01I thought you were cooking tomorrow's special?

1:35:01 > 1:35:03Yeah, well, Masood's got it all under control.

1:35:03 > 1:35:06I'd just have just been playing gooseberry.

1:35:13 > 1:35:16Oh, Trace, will you just sort Carol out?

1:35:19 > 1:35:22- Are you going to go to her, then? - Why would I do that?

1:35:22 > 1:35:23Because you feel bad.

1:35:23 > 1:35:27Rox, maybe that's what she wanted, you know. Her and Michael.

1:35:27 > 1:35:30Yeah, maybe. Or maybe there's another explanation.

1:35:30 > 1:35:32Yeah, what's that?

1:35:32 > 1:35:36Well, I don't know, they're two grown adults, free to do what

1:35:36 > 1:35:39they want, when they want, with who they want.

1:35:49 > 1:35:51Since when did you start caring?

1:35:58 > 1:36:01What makes you think I want to cry?

1:36:01 > 1:36:04Because the man you love is divorcing you.

1:36:04 > 1:36:06And the only way that you can deal with it

1:36:06 > 1:36:10is to cop off with another man. A man you will never love.

1:36:10 > 1:36:13So, sometimes it is better to just cry.

1:36:20 > 1:36:23Why do I do it, Jean?

1:36:23 > 1:36:24Why do I keep on screwing up?

1:36:26 > 1:36:29There's a darkness in you, Kat.

1:36:29 > 1:36:30Always has been.

1:36:32 > 1:36:35You're good at this cheering-up lark, aren't you?

1:36:35 > 1:36:36You been taking lessons?

1:36:36 > 1:36:39There's...a lot of good in you too.

1:36:39 > 1:36:43I mean, you've got a big heart.

1:36:44 > 1:36:48That's why decent men like Alfie fall in love with you.

1:36:52 > 1:36:54I just keep hurting him.

1:36:56 > 1:36:59Why do I always hurt everyone I care about?

1:36:59 > 1:37:02There's only one person you're trying to hurt here.

1:37:06 > 1:37:08- Okra?- You disapprove?

1:37:08 > 1:37:11No. Isn't it quite tricky to cook?

1:37:11 > 1:37:13I don't see it much in modern restaurants.

1:37:13 > 1:37:17Yeah, that's why I chose it, you see. It's traditional.

1:37:17 > 1:37:21It's something I'm comfortable with, people of my generation appreciate.

1:37:21 > 1:37:23Well, I suppose traditional recipes can always be

1:37:23 > 1:37:25spiced up with a modern twist.

1:37:25 > 1:37:27- Ow!- Come here.

1:37:30 > 1:37:32MASOOD MOANS

1:37:32 > 1:37:34Is that better?

1:37:34 > 1:37:36Yeah. Ow!

1:37:39 > 1:37:41Ayesha...

1:37:42 > 1:37:45I see it but I don't believe it.

1:37:49 > 1:37:51What do you want, Tanya?

1:37:51 > 1:37:53It doesn't matter what I want, does it?

1:37:53 > 1:37:57It's never been about that. It's about what Max Branning wants.

1:37:57 > 1:38:00Always has been.

1:38:00 > 1:38:02Well, that's not exactly fair, is it?

1:38:02 > 1:38:06No, it's not fair, is it? But it's true.

1:38:08 > 1:38:11You can't help it, Max.

1:38:11 > 1:38:18You know, you need someone in your life. Always have.

1:38:18 > 1:38:23In your life, in your head, most of all, in your bed.

1:38:23 > 1:38:26You just can't function without it, can you?

1:38:29 > 1:38:33That's cos you're weak. Always have been.

1:38:34 > 1:38:40That's why you need a Stacey, a Kirsty or a me around.

1:38:40 > 1:38:44You know, cos we're weak too. And that's why we love you.

1:38:44 > 1:38:45That's why we can't stop.

1:38:52 > 1:38:54So you do still love me?

1:38:59 > 1:39:01MOBILE PHONE RINGS

1:39:17 > 1:39:19It's not what you think.

1:39:19 > 1:39:22Really? What do I think?

1:39:22 > 1:39:25Actually, Dad, tell me what you think about a young, beautiful,

1:39:25 > 1:39:29Muslim girl living in a house with three unmarried men.

1:39:29 > 1:39:30It's not ideal.

1:39:30 > 1:39:33How about her turning up while Mum's bed is still warm?

1:39:33 > 1:39:34- That's enough.- Is it?

1:39:37 > 1:39:40Did something happen between you and Ayesha before Mum left?

1:39:40 > 1:39:43What? No! No. Nothing inappropriate.

1:39:43 > 1:39:47- Inappropriate?- Don't lecture me, Tam. I'm your father.

1:39:47 > 1:39:49Yeah, and you're old enough to be her father!

1:39:49 > 1:39:51Look, I don't know what's gone on.

1:39:51 > 1:39:53Whatever mid-life crisis you're going through,

1:39:53 > 1:39:55whatever reaction you're having to Mum leaving,

1:39:55 > 1:39:57this cannot happen.

1:40:01 > 1:40:03Look at us, what a sorry bunch.

1:40:03 > 1:40:09Stood up, passed over, and me chased out of my home.

1:40:09 > 1:40:13For what? Men? Why do we even bother?

1:40:13 > 1:40:17- Well, I can think of one reason. - Only one reason?

1:40:17 > 1:40:19THEY LAUGH

1:40:19 > 1:40:22What about you, Ava? You as cynical as Cora here?

1:40:22 > 1:40:25Well, we don't agree on much but, yeah, in this case.

1:40:25 > 1:40:28Why's that, then? Whitney said Dexter's a lovely kid.

1:40:28 > 1:40:31His dad can't have been that bad. He didn't spoil him, did he?

1:40:31 > 1:40:33Didn't get the chance, did he?

1:40:33 > 1:40:35Took off not long after he was born.

1:40:37 > 1:40:39Men, eh?

1:40:39 > 1:40:41It keeps going straight to voice mail.

1:40:41 > 1:40:43He's probably turned it off.

1:40:43 > 1:40:45- I'm going to go and check. I'll see you.- See you later.

1:40:56 > 1:40:58All right, Alf?

1:41:04 > 1:41:06Go on, go on, then, lay it on me.

1:41:06 > 1:41:08I've come to face the music.

1:41:08 > 1:41:10What music?

1:41:10 > 1:41:15Well, your music. You know, took advantage of Kat.

1:41:15 > 1:41:17Again.

1:41:17 > 1:41:20You know what, Michael, you're both adults. You know what you're doing.

1:41:23 > 1:41:26If it makes you feel happy, then just go for it.

1:41:26 > 1:41:28But if it doesn't,

1:41:28 > 1:41:31and you're doing it because she's just there...

1:41:34 > 1:41:36..then I kind of feel sorry for you.

1:41:41 > 1:41:43Did you mean what you said?

1:41:46 > 1:41:48About still loving me?

1:41:50 > 1:41:53Tan, is that why you're back here? For me?

1:41:56 > 1:41:59Maybe that's part of it. If I'm honest.

1:42:00 > 1:42:01That's good.

1:42:03 > 1:42:04I like honest.

1:42:09 > 1:42:12You see, Jane warned me this would happen.

1:42:17 > 1:42:19This is the problem.

1:42:20 > 1:42:22I've always loved you.

1:42:25 > 1:42:28Yeah, well, that's not a problem, is it?

1:42:30 > 1:42:32I still love you too.

1:42:34 > 1:42:36And that just makes it worse.

1:42:37 > 1:42:40What do you mean? Makes what worse?

1:42:40 > 1:42:41This. This whole thing. Us.

1:42:41 > 1:42:44We just keep going round and round in circles, don't we?

1:42:44 > 1:42:45And it's destructive.

1:42:45 > 1:42:48We're still here. We're still standing.

1:42:48 > 1:42:51I don't mean to us. To everyone else we get involved, you know?

1:42:51 > 1:42:53To Stacey, Greg, Kirsty.

1:42:56 > 1:43:00Our kids. Max, our kids.

1:43:00 > 1:43:02I mean, poor little Oscar,

1:43:02 > 1:43:05he don't know when or where he's going to see his dad next.

1:43:05 > 1:43:08Then we've got Abi, she should be out there getting some fabulous career

1:43:08 > 1:43:10and instead she's stuck here.

1:43:10 > 1:43:12And Lauren...

1:43:12 > 1:43:15And here we are. Going round and round.

1:43:21 > 1:43:22You told Kirsty you'd be five minutes.

1:43:22 > 1:43:24It'll be fine. She'll understand.

1:43:24 > 1:43:27She shouldn't have to understand, should she?

1:43:31 > 1:43:35- Babe, please.- No, I'm not doing this. I'm not doing this again.

1:43:38 > 1:43:40I didn't come back here for you, Max. I didn't.

1:43:40 > 1:43:42I came back here for our kids.

1:43:42 > 1:43:47To do right by them, for once. Please.

1:43:50 > 1:43:54So what do you say? We'll just wipe the slate clean.

1:43:56 > 1:44:01We'll focus on them, yeah?

1:44:08 > 1:44:11Right, and that's what you really want?

1:44:11 > 1:44:13That's what I want.

1:44:18 > 1:44:20OK.

1:44:24 > 1:44:26I'd better go.

1:44:44 > 1:44:46Yeah!

1:44:48 > 1:44:50Patrick?! What's happened?!

1:44:50 > 1:44:52Oh, I...slipped.

1:44:52 > 1:44:54Are you hurt?

1:44:54 > 1:44:57HE GROANS

1:44:57 > 1:44:59You daft old thing. You should have just waited.

1:44:59 > 1:45:02I didn't want to have to ask.

1:45:02 > 1:45:05Over 72 years.

1:45:05 > 1:45:10I never had to ask anybody to open a rum bottle for me before.

1:45:10 > 1:45:16Still there's always a first time, eh?

1:45:16 > 1:45:20Come on, why don't we drink to it?

1:45:20 > 1:45:22Here you are.

1:45:36 > 1:45:39Tamwar... He doesn't understand, that's all.

1:45:40 > 1:45:43No. That's not all.

1:45:44 > 1:45:46I don't understand.

1:45:46 > 1:45:53What are you doing, hey? Here? Now?

1:45:55 > 1:45:57My wife of 30 years,

1:45:57 > 1:46:01the woman who I gave my whole life to, has been gone barely two weeks

1:46:01 > 1:46:05and you come here thinking I'm just going to fall into your arms?

1:46:05 > 1:46:07Like she's some kind of obstacle that's now been removed?

1:46:07 > 1:46:09No. I just...thought...

1:46:09 > 1:46:10Thought?

1:46:10 > 1:46:13What? What did you think?

1:46:16 > 1:46:19I'm sorry if I've hurt you.

1:46:22 > 1:46:23HE SIGHS

1:46:23 > 1:46:26No. No, I did that to myself.

1:46:31 > 1:46:33Tam's right.

1:46:33 > 1:46:34I need to get a grip.

1:46:35 > 1:46:39I'm going to call you a cab. You can't stay here. How would it look?

1:46:39 > 1:46:40I don't care.

1:46:40 > 1:46:42But I do.

1:46:50 > 1:46:52Ayesha.

1:47:00 > 1:47:03- Five minutes up already? - Yeah, sorry about that.

1:47:03 > 1:47:04Did you tell her we're still together

1:47:04 > 1:47:07- and that's how it's going to be? - Yeah, of course.

1:47:07 > 1:47:10I told her. Clean slate.

1:47:35 > 1:47:37You all right?

1:47:39 > 1:47:40Yeah.

1:47:43 > 1:47:48I'm home, aren't I? Come here, you guys.

1:48:01 > 1:48:03Don't bother calling us a cab.

1:48:03 > 1:48:05I haven't.

1:48:06 > 1:48:10I didn't want it to, erm... end like this.

1:48:14 > 1:48:16I knew you couldn't.

1:48:19 > 1:48:22You can't stay here un-chaperoned.

1:48:25 > 1:48:29You've always been sad. From the moment we first met.

1:48:30 > 1:48:35You hide it but it's there. You deserve to be happy.

1:48:38 > 1:48:43That's why I'm here. For you.

1:48:43 > 1:48:45I'm not going anywhere.

1:48:45 > 1:48:48And I don't care how it looks. I want to be with you.

1:48:48 > 1:48:50And I think you want to be with me too.

1:48:53 > 1:48:55There's nothing standing in our way.

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