11/02/2013 EastEnders

Oh, will you just give it a rest please, Tiff?

-LIAM:

-Mum! Where are my trainers?

-Under the telly!

At the table please, Tiff.

< What?

Come on, Tiff. Under the telly!

-I need a new bag, Mum.

-This one's fine.

It's ripped, so my pencils fall out.

Just take that in the front room, yeah?

-What about her breakfast?

-Take it in there. Morgan!

-I thought we ate at the table.

-I've got the probation officer coming tonight.

I ain't got enough money in my purse to show that I can even feed my kids.

I don't want anything to be a nightmare today.

-You're going to be late, Liam.

-Well, I can't find my shoes.

-They are under the telly.

-They ain't there.

Morgan, breakfast! Use your eyes, Liam, look.

Where is your brother?

-Can you see the stain? You can see that, can't you?

-Yeah.

-I've got an interview tomorrow. Morgan's ruined my top. He's put ketchup on it.

-Well, wash it.

-I have, three times.

-Look, I'll buy you a new one.

-Really?

-Yeah, well, I'm working now, aren't I?

Morgan, will you come, please, when I call you?

What is that?

-Am I going to find that over a wall somewhere?

-No...

Don't lie to me, Morgan.

-Yes.

-Come. Show me.

MUSIC: "Waka Waka" by Shakira

-Morgan did that.

-Thanks, Tiffany.

"Morman"? What even is that?

-My tag.

-Your tag, yeah?

You begged me for a haircut.

You promised me that you'd be a good boy, and this is what I get for it?

DOORBELL RINGS Come here.

Tiffany, will you just stop it?!

SHE SIGHS

You all right? Look, this lot ain't dry yet.

You ever put a tag on anything else and I'll give you a good hiding. Do you understand me?

Wash your hands properly and Nanny will give you your breakfast.

You all right? Take that over and hang it out. Should dry pretty quick.

Suppliers giving us dirty clothes - it shouldn't be allowed, should it?

-Kat, I'll have to meet you over there in five minutes and help you set up.

-Yeah, all right.

-First day?

-Yeah.

-Nervous?

We ain't got time to be nervous.

-I told him not to do it.

-Why didn't you stop him?

-Cos I was rehearsing.

-For what?

Being famous.

Oh! Well, you can stop that right now. Go and get them costumes

and take 'em to your room.

-Can I have a new bag?

-Tiffany, just go!

Liam!

They were exactly where I said they were. Now you're going to be late.

So what? No point me doing all this work anyway.

-Why?

-There's this trip coming up in a couple of weeks

that's a big part of it.

What trip? Wouldn't I have got a form to sign or something?

-Yeah, if I was going.

-So why you not going?

Costs money, innit? Got to pay tomorrow.

Where's it to?

Nowhere. Doesn't matter. These are falling apart, Mum!

-Liam.

-Olympic Park.

You're missing out on a trip to the Olympic Park?

-I don't mind.

-How much is it?

-13 quid.

-I'll have the money for you by tonight.

-It's fine.

That is why I go to work - to earn money so you lot can have the best chance.

-It's fine, Mum.

-I don't want you worrying about money. You hear me?

I don't want you ever worrying about money.

Bring the form home, yeah? SHE SIGHS

Quiet, yeah?

Isn't it?

You OK?

Yeah.

So what happens now?

Morning.

Are we out of cereal?

I'm sorry, I didn't do the shopping. Your mum usually...

So what you up to today?

Well, there's no cereal, so...

I'll just go back to bed.

-HE SIGHS

-That's what happens now.

What?

Tam.

You know what? It just needs to be pulled.

-That's it, pull it over that pole.

-That's it. There y'are.

-Sorted.

-I'll just get that bit over there.

There y'are. That's beautiful.

Hey! Morning, ladies.

I thought my two favourite entrepreneurs might fancy a cup of Rosie.

-Cheers, Alfie.

-Thanks Alfie.

-There you go, B. Let's have a look. Not bad.

All thanks to you, why we're here. Let us buy you a pint, yeah?

-Nah, you're OK.

-Go on. Tonight?

OK. OK. Listen, I'm going to drop Tommy off in a minute.

-Is he all right?

-Yeah, terrific. Sniffles in the night but,

-you know, Roxy's taking...

-KNOCK ON WINDOW

Er...listen, I'll drop him back later, OK?

Good job here, girls. Very proud of you. Well done.

You know what? That will do us.

Right. Now what?

-We set up. And we'll sell.

-Right.

You ARE serious.

Just what this family needs - something to look forward to.

-Tamwar!

-How are we going to afford that?

We'll manage. Ah, here he is!

-University?

-Yeah.

-You want me to go to university?

-You want it too, don't you?

-It's too late to apply.

-Try through clearing in the summer.

You know it's not free any more?

You don't have to pay upfront.

Yeah, I can just get myself into 30, 40 grand's worth of debt.

I mean, who can't afford that? Oh, wait, not kids from Walford.

-Libby's at Oxford.

-Yeah, that's different. She's brilliant.

If you're average like me, with a family that...

A family that you SENT broke, then don't bother.

Tough crowd.

They're going great guns out there.

Like they've been doing it for years.

They're going to pop in when they're finished, just to say thank you, anyway.

Why would they say thank you?

Oh, well, I... I just gave them a loan just to get them started.

They're going to pay me back as soon as they go into profit.

-Oh, right. When's that going to be?

-Rox...

I'm not going to let her starve, all right?

-No. No. I understand fully. You're very generous.

-Roxy...

-I've got to get Tommy back.

-I've just been down there. I can take him.

-It's fine. I'll go.

-No, you finish your tea.

I'll go. You watch Amy and do the VAT, yeah?

Right, yeah, I... I'll do the VAT.

PATRICK HUMS

Ah!

Yo, yo, yo, Mr T. What's all this, man?

-Just moving these out to the back.

-You don't have to do that.

It's no trouble, man. There's nobody else around.

No, no. Bruv, you're vintage. Don't want to be messing about with big boxes.

-Look, man, it's only crisps.

-Yeah, I know, but trust me, just let me...

-Yo. Yo, yo, Kirsty-licious, you want to be careful Roxy don't see you, you know.

-Why?

Because you disappeared.

And I'm back. Experienced barmaid, ready to work.

Fats! What is she doing here?

I'm trying to help.

You're trying to help? Help and get out.

-Whoa, come on, Roxy.

-No, Patrick. She bailed on us.

-You need a barmaid, right?

-If I did need a barmaid,

there's plenty round here who'll work and not bail on me.

Yeah, until they work with YOU. Nightmare.

Didn't even say "please" once.

Not once.

Well, wonderful. We're all agreed, then, aren't we?

Not your best work.

So I hear you're the boss,

so how about you let me do a few treatments?

I'm only the boss while Tanya's away.

Oh, come on, nothing big - just a few pedis, maybe the odd wax.

Please? I'm trying to get everything sorted before Lexi gets back.

And, er, Gaynor's away, so you can't do it all on your own.

OK. Do you want to get stuff ready for Kim?

She's going to be in soon, yeah?

All right. Er...and the treatments?

We'll see.

Morning.

Ah, Denise. The post is there. I really need to be getting on.

You OK?

Yeah.

Tough weekend?

Not the best.

How's Tam?

Oh...

Yeah. Sorry. Probably not at his finest at the moment.

Yeah, well, life goes on, eh?

Tam and I are preparing for university,

so that means we need money.

Actually, I was hoping he could cover some of the shifts for Zainab.

Sorry, we can't do that any more.

New staff, they have to go through head office.

If Dom found out... Mas, I'd lose my job. I'm sorry.

That's all right. It's OK.

Plenty of work out there - you just need to know where to look, eh?

You know, Lister put that up before.

-When?

-20 minutes ago.

Ssh!

-See you later.

-See you. And if you speak to...

Tell her if she wants her wages, she's going to have to come back in and get them.

Here you go. That'll look lovely with a pair of jeans or a nice skirt - whatever.

-Cheers, thank you. See you later.

-Bye, darling.

-You should frame that.

-This?

-Yeah. That's what people do with their first sale, ain't it?

-Frame my first sale? I can't afford it.

-I need this tenner for Liam's school trip, and Tiffany wants a new bag.

-Where's he going?

-Olympic Park. Can you believe that?

-Olympic Park?

-Where did we go in our day?

-Can't remember. I was always bunking off.

-And me.

-All right?

-All right?

Hello. Did you have fun? Alfie said he's got the sniffles.

Yeah, it's all right. Nothing to worry about.

Thought he was coming out.

Busy with the VAT. You take him to playgroup, yeah?

See you later, little piggy. What does a piggy say? What does he say?

SHE SNORTS AND GIGGLES

-Thanks for bringing him.

-It's all right. So, listen, Alfie's got a lot on today.

I don't even know if he'll make it down to the bar tonight. So if you were thinking of popping in...

All right.

Bye, piggy. Bye, piggy-wiggy.

Only one little piggy-wiggy round here!

THEY BOTH LAUGH

KAT SNORTS Hello!

Hello! All right? Who's that?

Cor, she can half talk, can't she, that Kim?

Banging on about Joey this and Joey that. Do you know what?

I don't even think she realises she's, like, five times his age.

I'm not being funny or anything, but as if he'd go for her.

Know your limits - know what I mean, love?

Hang on. Um...

..did you check that ratio?

Ratio? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, the ratio. Course I did.

Look at it - that's going to send her hair bright pink.

I don't get it. I followed all the instructions.

You have to check. Twice.

Kim likes her highlights very subtle.

Twice. Gotcha. Thanks.

It's, er... It's OK, but...

maybe we wait before we start you on the hair, yeah?

I'm really, really sorry, Poppy. I didn't...

No, it's OK. You just...

Just clean up down here, yeah?

Er...yeah.

Yeah.

If she doesn't want me working there, she just has to say so.

-Doesn't have to be a cow about it.

-May I?

What?

Can I tell you a story?

No, Patrick, I'm not in the mood.

OK.

Go on, then, if you're going to sit there like that.

I was a cricketer, you know,

as a teenager. Played for Trinidad and Tobago.

-So?

-At 15, you thought...

"Just a whisker away from the Test side."

-And were you?

-Left Trinidad before I had a chance to find out.

But it was during Crop Over Festival in Barbados in 1955.

Maybe '56. I did OK, you know.

Made a whole heap of runs -

some of them against a young Guyanese called Clive Lloyd.

Who?

Turned out to be one of the greats.

But, man, I belted him around the park that day.

Sent him home with a flea in his ear.

12 years old - come on!

Then the West Indies came over here in 1969

and I had a net with them, bowled a few overs to Clive.

The man damn near took my head off,

hit my bat down on the ground over and over again.

Pa-dum, pa-dum, pa-dum, pa-dum. Eh?

HE CHUCKLES

Long memory, that boy.

What's the point of this story?

It pays to be nice.

Yeah, well, try telling Roxy that.

Roxy's not the one who needs a job.

Market assistant?

Well, these have only just gone up,

so if you get in there quick, there won't be any competition.

So basically Lister's skivvy,

just grassing on the stallholders, basically, isn't it?

It's just an idea, Tam...

And isn't it one of your best, Dad?

I literally can't think of a job I want less.

I am trying here, Tam!

Do you think I'm enjoying this?

Do you think it's my dream to go digging around for part-time jobs?

-Then why are you doing it?

-Because I have nothing else!

Our lives changed last week and...

Changed? Dad, YOU changed them!

-You made her walk away.

-No, I didn't make her.

And now you think this is going to make it better?

-No, I don't think that.

-What, some miserable job

and the vague, distant, utterly unrealistic hope of university...

is going to make up for the loss of my mother and my brother?

Wrong, Dad. Very wrong.

He can go through everything, Steve. Bank statements, bills.

-Can even look in my purse if he wants.

-Sure he's not a stalker?

So, er, how'd we get on?

It's only the first day. Things'll get better.

Here. That should cover the Olympic Park.

-That's your share.

-Take it - we'll sort it out later.

-No, I can't.

Take it. It's only money. It's not important.

Only people that have got money say that.

No-one that's slept in a bus shelter with four kids reckons money's not important.

Will you be all right to finish up? I've got to tidy up before he gets there.

-Off you go.

-Know what?

I wish I could just go home for once with nothing to do,

and have a nice bath or something without kids all over me.

-Sounds perfect!

-You'll be all right to get this lot down, won't you?

-Go on. See you later.

-Bye.

And?

And I'm sorry I disappeared.

Anything else?

You're not a nightmare.

You frequently said "please".

OK, hop behind the bar.

Oh, those kids. They make me so proud!

Renee got a new one.

This will do you lovely for another couple of months.

Oh, Whit, this is for you.

-What's that?

-A new top for your interview.

Oh. It's perfect. Thanks.

It has got to go back, though.

It's a bit of a loan from the stall, really.

That's all right. Won't get much wear out of it anyway.

KNOCK AT DOOR There you go.

-I want you to take all them costumes off the stairs and put 'em in your room.

-Do I have to?

Yes, you have to.

-Hi, Bianca.

-All right, Steve?

-How are you?

-Yeah, come in.

-Through here?

-Yep.

-Don't look like she's coming back.

-Ever?

Don't think so.

Oh, Denise.

Top shelf, that.

I expect nothing less. HE CHUCKLES

Was it true, about the cricket stuff?

Oh, every word.

You're a dark horse, aren't you?

Yeah, man.

He could have played cricket for the West Indies.

Kirsty. Kirsty! Short on glasses.

I'll be right there.

Cricket...for the West Indies?

Oh, yeah. Middle-order batsman.

-Off-break bowler.

-You make that up?

You'll never know.

-PHONE RINGS

-Hold on a second, mate.

Listen, Kat...

-'I'm really busy, darling.'

-Yeah, I know, I'm sorry.

'No, I understand.'

It's just what we can't be at the moment is, like, being sociable.

-Know what I mean?

-Yeah, I understand. I'm sorry.

'Anyway, what is it you wanted?'

SHE SIGHS

It's Tommy.

Hey, sweetness. So how'd the day go?

She taking over? She'll be running the place soon.

If I don't send it bust first.

OK. I'm going to let you ladies talk that out.

And, sweetheart, I'll see you later.

You did really well today, Lola.

Yeah, apart from nearly turning Kim's head pink.

It can happen to anyone, darling.

Can you just please stop being so nice?

I'm sorry. It's just Phil's keeping Lexi for another week

but even when she's around, he won't let me see her anyway.

I guess being a bad hairdresser ain't that bad.

But you're good. I mean it.

Look, I know it didn't go perfectly today

but you're really good with the customers

and you're a quick learner.

You should be doing more than sweeping up.

I'm going to have a word with Tanya,

-see if we can get you on an apprenticeship.

-You serious?

Yeah. Why not?

Do you really think I could do that?

Lola, you're a mum.

This is going to be a walk in the park.

Cheers, then!

Are you accessing benefits?

Only the minimum. I've started a stall on the market today.

That'll be bringing some money in soon.

-And that's full time?

-Yeah.

That's good. How are you getting on with the kids?

They're fantastic. Whit's going to be starting working at a holiday play scheme soon

and Tiff's doing really well with her dancing.

Liam's going to the Olympic Park. My shout.

Have you been violent since your release?

No.

Have you felt like being violent?

No.

-CAROL:

-Yoo-hoo. Bianca, what time's that nosy probation clown coming?

Have I got time for a quick shower?

Oh.

Hello.

This is Carol, my mum. This is Steve.

Steve Lowe.

-Nosy probation clown.

-Sorry.

You can have that shower if you like.

-I beg your pardon?

-I'm heading off.

Oh. Is that it? You don't want to look at my bank statements or nothing?

No, I've seen everything I need to. I'm really pleased.

-Oh.

-Are you surprised?

No. You know what? To be honest, I was just really nervous.

-So everything's all right, yeah?

-Yeah.

It's really, really all right. I'll see you in a couple of weeks.

Enjoy your shower, Carol.

He was really flushed and burning up.

-It was only a sniffle this morning.

-I know - it just came on.

He had, like, blotches on his face and a rash,

and he just kept scratching...

I didn't know what to do.

It seems to have all gone now, so...

That's cos he likes having his dad around.

Look, he was really poorly. I really don't know what happened.

Well, you did the right thing, calling me, Kat.

-But, you know, he seems OK now.

-You don't have to go.

Um...

Might as well, er, play with him for a bit and...

we can give him his bath.

Kat, you've got it all under control now, sweetheart.

It'll only take an hour.

We could put him to bed and... have some dinner.

We miss you.

-I

-miss you.

I've got to go.

-I've got to do the VAT.

-VAT, yeah.

Right, I'll see you tomorrow, on the market.

I'll look forward to it.

It was the right decision, Tam.

I know you may not understand this, but it was the right decision.

For YOU.

For all of us.

You think I'm enjoying this?

You think I'd have done it if I didn't think it was absolutely the right thing to do?

If she'd have stayed...

it would have been worse.

She's not coming back, is she?

No.

But...

we need something and that something is getting you to university.

-That's not your responsibility.

-I'm making it my responsibility.

You know, if you go for this job,

I will match you pound for pound until we have enough.

-How?

-Doesn't matter. That's not your problem.

I would give my life to see you at university.

All you have to do is meet me half way.

OK.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, I'll talk to Mr Lister first thing.

Thank you.

Tam...

I love you.

Here we are. Week's worth, easy.

You didn't have to do the shopping.

Who else was going to do it?

I'm doing dinner, as well.

Really?

It's fine. Nothing fancy.

Mas.

We're going to be OK, right?

Yeah.

FRONT DOOR CLOSES

-CAROL:

-Bianca.

-Who is it?

-Come here.

Bianca Butcher?

What's happened?

We found him under the railway bridge...

with a few mates, during school hours,

graffitiing.

Watching. I wasn't doing anything.

Watching, then.

Get in.

Get in there!

Mrs Butcher, Walford Council takes repeated truancy very seriously.

If this continues, Support Services will get involved.

-Any penalties will be yours.

-Penalties? What do you mean?

Fines. Up to 2,500.

Two and half grand? I ain't got that sort of money.

Or, Mrs Butcher, you could go to jail.

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