0:00:36 > 0:00:39And make an effort. You've got to make an effort.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42And put your hand up and say please and thank you, yeah?
0:00:42 > 0:00:47And don't be nervous. First impressions are very important.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Oscar. Oscar,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52you want to look good for your first day at school, don't you, eh?
0:00:52 > 0:00:55People remember the first impression.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Right, come on, then.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00And you cannot be late.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Because that would be a very bad start.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06- And if any of those kids give you grief...- Yes. Yes.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08I'll tell a teacher.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11SHE SPEAKS SHARPLY IN URDU
0:01:27 > 0:01:29I got you this for your break. I was thinking
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- I could give you a lift as well, yeah?- Yeah.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35No. I have said no. I can manage. And I will take him.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Then I have to go to school
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and tell them I don't have time to go back next year,
0:01:39 > 0:01:43then call the solicitors, then meet the woman doing this Fine Cafe blog
0:01:43 > 0:01:46and then I have to try and work out
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- why the chippie fryer won't go hot. - Just give me a break.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52OK? I'm trying here. I'm not...
0:01:52 > 0:01:55I'm getting back to normal, aren't I?
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Lucy, no, please. I can help, can't I?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01How you going to know if you don't give me a chance?
0:02:03 > 0:02:04Come on.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11One chance.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Don't blow it, Dad.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Come on, then, mate.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Kat? Kat!
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Problem.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Oh, look.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49I know, darling. You'll just have to paint him a little picture.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53You can draw him a picture of your first day at school so it feels like he was here, OK?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Go on, then. Good luck.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- You don't understand. He's had a headache...- Yeah, OK.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Parents this side of the gate. It's school policy, nothing personal.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Promise me, if he tells you he has a headache,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07make sure he drinks plenty of water. He gets dehydrated.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- I make sure he drinks lots at home. - You know they've got taps here?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Yeah, yeah. Or call me!
0:03:12 > 0:03:16And I put on the form that he was mildly lactose-intolerant as a baby,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18so any problems, just...
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Oh, Ian...
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Coffee.- Huh?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27We need coffee. Everyone goes for coffee.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30It's like first day at school for the parents,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32only we go to a cafe and it's cliquier.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Every single other dad is here. Even Ian Beale is here.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Even I'm here, Max.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42That's not something we could've guaranteed a year ago, is it?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45No, all you had to do was pick the car up
0:03:45 > 0:03:47and then show up here on time.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Yeah? Well it's too late now, isn't it?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51You might as well stay stuck on the M25.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Kat, listen, I know it looks bad, sweetheart,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22but you can't go throwing accusations, all right?
0:04:22 > 0:04:27- It's becoming an habit with you. You just can't throw the woman...- Out!
0:04:27 > 0:04:28But I invited her.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- Now.- Now? But I've just found her some apple crumble.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34We let you stay here, yeah? He give you a job...
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- Kat, she's hardly done it on purpose, has she?- Done what?
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Tommy is covered in little red bumps, and it's not measles or chickenpox.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- I know cos I've looked online. - It's bed bugs.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- She's infested the whole of upstairs with bed bugs.- I ain't got bugs.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- To be fair, she hasn't got a bed.- No, you ain't.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Did you not get my message on Friday?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- You're not welcome here, Shirley. - Kat, Kat, stop!
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Sorry, Shirley, she's just a bit upset.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00That's bang out of order, by the way, all right?
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Listen, maybe I think it's best...
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Thank you for your hospitality.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Can't she just have a little bit of apple crumble before she goes?
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Can't she just have a little bath first? That's just common decency.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18No! Jean, look!
0:05:22 > 0:05:26No, no. This morning instead of this afternoon is...fine.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30We're very grateful for your time, Ms Hickey.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34"Service" industry. The clue's in the name.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37I don't know why I didn't stay at home and have a bacon sarnie,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39these prices.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- Because I am treating you.- Urgh!
0:05:41 > 0:05:45No. I can meet you at the tube station. My pleasure.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Well, the Fine Cafe Guide can either make or break a place, Ms Hickey...
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Bethan.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Yeah, well, we at Cindy's Cafe look forward to welcoming you
0:05:55 > 0:05:57when you can get here.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Service. Come on!
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- Service!- Just go away!
0:06:05 > 0:06:08So there I am, waving at the gate. Not even a backward glance.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Still, Oscar's always been quite independent, you know.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Yeah, I think it comes from having older siblings.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18I think if Denny's nervous, it's cos he's a little bit sensitive.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Most intelligent boys are.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Still. It's hard with your first, isn't it?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Sort of a big wrench, isn't it? Letting go.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30It's easy to get paranoid.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33- I beg your pardon?- Sorry?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35I'm paranoid?
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Um, no, but...
0:06:38 > 0:06:40It's natural, innit?
0:06:40 > 0:06:44They do say recognising the problem's half the battle won, so...
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- And is it difficult to see where Oscar gets it from?- Pardon?
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Well, attitude.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53You're probably not aware, but they pick it up from their parents.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56You know, this flippant, disrespectful attitude, and...
0:06:56 > 0:06:59No offence, Tanya, but it greatly reduces Oscar's future prospects.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- There's plenty of research to show for it.- What, from America? Is it different in America?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Is everything perfect in America?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Oh, I'm sorry. One of us has to rise above it.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I will not have my only son's first day at school ruined by you.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17Don't worry, his mother'll do that, like she does everything else for him.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27See? Even your best friend finds you embarrassing.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29And where exactly is your husband
0:07:29 > 0:07:31on the most important morning of Oscar's life?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Actually, Max isn't my husband.- No?
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Sensible man.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58SEAGULLS CAW
0:09:14 > 0:09:16SHE MOUTHS SILENTLY
0:09:21 > 0:09:23(Quick, quick!)
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Right.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Mission accomplished. Right, get your kit off.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00Luce?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04She needs help.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Here we go. Mr Bleeding Heart.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08What she needs is a clip round the earhole
0:10:08 > 0:10:12- and a lesson in customer service. - Oh, have some compassion, ooman.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16The poor girl doesn't know whether she coming or going.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Oh, if that's the case, why is she off inviting cafe guides
0:10:20 > 0:10:22to have a look at her dirty little kitchen?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Because she's a kid,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26out of her depth.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Didn't you ever mess up at her age?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Oh, do me a favour!
0:10:35 > 0:10:38How do you even know this Bed Bugged company is legit?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41You want to go DIY. I've got a crate of hairspray in the basement.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Shut up. Anyway, the good news is they can start straightaway.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- The bad news is, it's going to cost you a ton an hour.- No, Nan.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50The bad news is, we've got to shut the pub down
0:10:50 > 0:10:51and lose what? A week of takings?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53And move out. All of us out of our own home.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55No, no. No. Not all of us.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58One of us has got to stay behind, to act as bug bait.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Yes, hello, mate, I'm still here. Yeah, it's Alfie...Alfie Moon. Yeah.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Oh...!
0:11:13 > 0:11:15For goodness' sake!
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Does washing do it?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Does washing everything we own make a blind bit of difference?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24This is Phil's fault.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Beer, telly, feet up, eating one of those chocolate bars
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- with the crispy bits. I won't even feel the pain.- Alfie!
0:11:29 > 0:11:31For once, can you fight for us?
0:11:31 > 0:11:32What you on about?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36- How is this Phil's fault? I'll be fine, all right?- He'll be fine.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40- They'll eat you alive.- No. If he wears his going-out aftershave,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42there isn't a bug around that'll touch him.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- I'm not leaving you, Alfie.- Kat!
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Come on, sweetheart.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Hang on to your hormones. I know how you feel about me, darling.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51It's only for a couple of days!
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- What can we do that Phil hasn't done already?- Take responsibility.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Face up to what he's done to Shirley, for what he's doing to us.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01This is not your fault. It's not right that you're paying for it.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04How can I have the love of my life looking like a pepperoni pizza?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06HE LAUGHS
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Tell you what, how about this? Let's see.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09You take this with you.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11That's me, you and little Tommy.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Put it by the bed, give it kisses every night before you go to sleep.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17No. No, I can't go, Alfie.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19Why?
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Cos I want to stay with you.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26I feel a song coming on.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I know, sweetheart, and I'd love you to stay, but you know...
0:12:29 > 0:12:31I'm going to go and do me own packing.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33You do that, darling.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Look...
0:12:35 > 0:12:40Listen, I know you want to go, all right? Giving me the old flannel.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Tell you what - why don't you take the Christmas money?
0:12:42 > 0:12:46OK? What is it they say? Yeah, absence makes the heart grow fonder.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- Come on, take it. - TOMMY CRIES
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Kat, will you stop turning this into a drama, right?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Please, get yourself a room. It's there.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57All right, Tommy, I'm coming. Stop scratching. Tommy, I'm here...
0:13:04 > 0:13:06SHE SIGHS
0:13:09 > 0:13:11He didn't want to know.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Darren.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17He didn't even pick up when I called.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20WASHING MACHINE HUMS
0:13:20 > 0:13:23I find the world looks a lot brighter
0:13:23 > 0:13:26with a cup of tea and some toast.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28He's moved on.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Heather would've loved to have taken little George
0:13:39 > 0:13:41to his first day at nursery, wouldn't she?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46You know, I've been where you are, Shirley.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Before I came to Walford.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Hardly recognise myself now.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59When Stacey rescued me, she had to break in.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02I'd boarded up the windows.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04She brought two bags of shopping with her
0:14:04 > 0:14:06but couldn't find anywhere to put them
0:14:06 > 0:14:09because there were empty wine bottles everywhere.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11DOOR HANDLE RATTLES
0:14:11 > 0:14:15MO: Jean? What you doing? You need to start packing.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- (I didn't want to be rescued.) - Who you talking to?
0:14:17 > 0:14:22To myself, Maureen. Thank you very much. Won't be long.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Flaming talking to herself again.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31I think what you've got to try and hang onto is hope.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Yeah.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40That's cos you're a nutter, Jean.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Well, yes.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45It does have its advantages.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Eat your toast.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59I didn't know where to look. Making a show like that.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Sharon? In the school cafe?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03In the school cafe.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06She doesn't realise that will be with her for months.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10- Years, probably.- Elephants. Some of those mothers are like elephants.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13They'll still be talking about it when he's in year six.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15That poor Dennis...Denny child. Honestly, some mothers
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- don't know when to step back, do they, Tanya?- They don't.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Well, they don't.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Bobby!
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Bobby!
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Bobby!
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Bobby!
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Oh, you do love him, don't you?
0:15:43 > 0:15:48All that snapping and putting Alfie down.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50I can read your face like a book, Kat.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Look at you. You're missing him already.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Go on.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56What?
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Get Alfie some of that chocolate with the bits in.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Well, go on, hurry up.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Me and Fleabags'll meet you over the B&B.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Marie's got a doctor's appointment. We usually share the cleaning,
0:16:36 > 0:16:40and meeting you at the train station, I couldn't just leave the place...
0:16:41 > 0:16:43..open.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51Good morning, madam. Would you like to see our lunchtime menu
0:16:51 > 0:16:53or would you prefer to take a seat
0:16:53 > 0:16:56and soak up the ambience with a coffee?
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Service - that's how it's done, girl.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05(You left the keys in the door.)
0:17:05 > 0:17:08AND you need a new toilet brush.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16What?!
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Yeah. Shut until further notice. Not seen the sign on the door?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27No...
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- OK, OK...- Masood, make sure Bobby knows!
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Ian, you can't park your car outside the school, look at the sign!
0:17:33 > 0:17:35I forgot, OK? I...
0:17:35 > 0:17:37I didn't forget.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40I didn't blow it. Please.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Please, Masood, just make sure Bobby gets that.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48It's just an apple, Ian. We've...
0:17:48 > 0:17:49There's a bowl in the canteen.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Ian, look, just come in for a while, all right?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Or...or why don't you come over ours later?
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Zee's cooking a "surprise" dinner, huh?
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Come over. Eat dinner.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07- VOICE BREAKING - Don't be nice to me.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09I'm just a waste of space.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Ian?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Come on, Alfie, man, no-one's perfect.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- I held my hands up on Friday night, didn't I?- Ray, I couldn't see
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- for the flying glass and blood everywhere.- Yes, I admit, all right?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Me playing for the Old Lions was not the best move.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Yes, you playing for the Old Lions got us disqualified. All right?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Yes, yes. But a boycott?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38A boycott?
0:18:38 > 0:18:40What do you mean? Boycott what?
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Michael told me. He said to me
0:18:43 > 0:18:46that Derek and the lads are planning on boycotting the Vic because of me.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49That is why you're shutting down the Vic, right?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52He told me that I'm probably going to have to take a wage cut,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54and that's if I even have a job to hang onto.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57All a bit extreme, ain't it?
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- He's certainly on fire today, my cousin.- Huh?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05OK. Now. The truth is, Ray, you put a lot of noses out of joint.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08OK? Which means I have to shut down the pub for a few days...
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Whoa, listen, hear me out.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Only till the dust settles, and whatever else needs to settle.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18Now it's known as the mighty power of the punter. All right?
0:19:19 > 0:19:24So. We'll leave it a week, and we'll say no more.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26But...your job's still safe, all right?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- Yeah?- Yeah.- Thank you, mate. - Feel the love.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- Appreciate it.- One love. Least I could do, all right?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Listen, I'm really sorry about...
0:19:35 > 0:19:37SPRAY HISSES
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- What's this?- OK. Now...
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Between me and you - goes no further, keep it schtum -
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I'm having a few problems with some creepy crawlies,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49little buggy things. But I've got it sorted.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- Yeah.- Talk to you later. One love, Raymondo.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- Yeah!- Yeah.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14I'm here. I'm here right now, yeah?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21CHILDREN SHOUT FROM PLAYGROUND
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Just a coffee, then?
0:20:28 > 0:20:33I know Zee can get on your nerves. She really gets on my nerves.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50FLOORBOARD CREAKS
0:20:58 > 0:20:59Ian...
0:21:23 > 0:21:25I should leave.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Yeah.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Go inside. First day and that.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Yeah.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41As long as you're, uh...
0:21:42 > 0:21:44You are all right?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Yeah. Yeah, course.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59You should, um...
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Have you, er, talked to anyone?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03About what?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06I don't know.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Your feelings and that?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Well, I don't know, do I?
0:22:55 > 0:23:00I'm just saying, that's all. It's...you, your...
0:23:00 > 0:23:03your whole "on the streets" thing.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07And Mandy.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09And Ben...
0:23:11 > 0:23:13It's enough to send anyone a bit bonkers.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19If this classroom assistant thing doesn't work out,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- you should try counselling. - Yeah, counselling,
0:23:21 > 0:23:25if that's what you need, Ian, there's no shame in talking...
0:23:25 > 0:23:26or medication...
0:23:28 > 0:23:30or someone to go with you to the doctor's.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33It was just an apple!
0:23:33 > 0:23:35You just had a fit.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Shouldn't you be laminating a timetable or something?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Fine! Fine. Just...
0:23:44 > 0:23:47I know. That's all.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Feeling like a waste of space, lying like it's all right.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Scared to death...
0:24:02 > 0:24:04I know how much I would have given
0:24:04 > 0:24:07for someone to talk to last Christmas.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08And listen.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12And your wife...
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Your ex-wife, sorry...
0:24:17 > 0:24:20..Jane, she was the only one.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25HE SIGHS
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Because I was that close to giving up.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Yeah, we all know how much you fancied her.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55SHOWER TURNS ON
0:25:13 > 0:25:15- TV:- 'It's got the garden, bedrooms, reception.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17'I think it's hot stuff, basically.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20'And then, for the wild card, I've got...'
0:25:20 > 0:25:22HE LAUGHS
0:25:22 > 0:25:25'Are you ready? Here it is.'
0:25:25 > 0:25:27ALFIE: I'd pay for that.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- 'What a lovely colour.- Isn't it?'
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Masood! Masood, please, just... please, just wait.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36You're right.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40She was a kind woman, my fourth wife.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47I don't...
0:25:47 > 0:25:48I don't feel...
0:25:52 > 0:25:53I know it's not right, OK?
0:25:56 > 0:25:58I just don't know how to stop it...
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Please...please, help me.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05'Help me, please.'
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