28/10/2013 EastEnders

'Hi, you've reached Alice's phone...'

Thanks, Carol, no-one does a fry up like you, sweetheart.

Britain's Got Talent, here I come(!)

So listen, are you still OK about what we spoke about?

You're going to stick to it, yeah?

Yes. Yes, absolutely.

Good. Listen, when we get back to the pub,

I'm going to give the vicar a call,

see if we can bring the wedding forward, yeah?

With a bit of luck, we will be Mr and Mrs Moon by the end of the year.

Oh, yes.

-Michael.

-Joseph.

-You seen her this morning?

-She came downstairs for a cup of tea,

and then said she wasn't feeling very well.

Did she seem upset? I mean, I was going to take her out for breakfast,

try and make up for how we left things last week.

That's very thoughtful of you, Joseph, but I don't think that

particular blandishment will mollify her, somehow.

Bye.

-Oh!

-Morning.

-Morning.

I know what you must be thinking.

I don't look old enough to be a mother, let alone 30.

There's probably a few in there for me today.

Um, sorry. Nothing here for you.

There must be something.

Sorry. See you again.

-Right, there you go.

-Is that the kit?

Never you mind, hop-along.

Oi, Billy's got every chance of wearing one of these kits.

As long as he earns it.

Yeah, my metatarsal's healed up good and proper now.

What? Your metatarsal? You mean your stubbed toe.

-What do you reckon?

-A bunch of hairy blokes with "beauty"

written across their chests.

They'll think you're the entertainment!

Pints all round, yeah?

You know what, you must've been born with a beer pump in your hand.

It's just too natural. It's too natural.

Do I take that as a compliment?

Lager's gone. I'll just go and change the barrel.

-OK.

-Hear ye, hear ye - the landlord is back.

-Hey, boss, what you doing here?

-We live here, Fats. You missed us?

Depends. Are we getting a free round?

OK, fellas, on the house, what's your poison?

-Actually, we...

-It's not like you lot to turn down a freebie is it, eh?

You're back.

Um, Kat actually saved my life a couple of times

while you was away, boss.

We're very grateful, aren't we, Alfie?

Yeah, yeah, course we are. Yeah. Thank you.

We'll take it from here now, all right, Kat?

Tell Tommy I'll see him later, yeah?

Welcome home.

Right. There you go.

Oh, I was hoping to see you this morning.

Look, I'm really sorry again about Sharon.

No, I am. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have kicked off at you like that.

-I know you were trying to help.

-You know, what with Jack going,

and all this stuff with Dennis, things just got on top of me.

Are you all right, though?

Not really. Just waiting to go down that police station.

It's doing my head in, to be honest.

Right, well, get over there and get stuck into some washing up.

There's nothing like a bit of hard graft

to take your mind off things.

The sooner you give this statement, the sooner you can put all

-this behind you.

-You think it will be over and done with like that?

It better had. I can't handle any more aggravation at my age.

Will you look after Amy for me?

Yeah, sure. Where you off to?

We had a deal, didn't we?

Time for me to go and do my bit.

-All right, Carol?

-All right?

Do us one of my coffees on the quick, will you?

Oi! Is this your grand plan to make some cash, is it?

Sloping off early from the car lot to scoff doughnuts?

A good salesman always keeps his blood sugar level up.

Trick of the trade.

Listen, can you knock off early?

Only it's not fair that Liam's baby-sitting

all of his half term, is it?

On the other hand a good salesman never knocks off early. Sorry.

Course not. Why pull your weight

when you're staying rent-free and getting all your food cooked?

-No.

-Milk?

-I'm going to go and get you some milk.

Do you think there's a chance she'll give me a break?

Sharon, look, I know that Carol thinks things went too far

-the other night...

-Yeah, too right they did.

With any luck you'll be without a job by this afternoon.

You might want to get your coffee somewhere else today, Sharon.

-Excuse me?

-You heard.

-You should be ashamed of yourselves.

-Hey...

-I'm going to lose everything, aren't I?

Not on my watch, you ain't.

No, no, no, don't. Um...

I need to say something, so please, please just let me say it, OK?

Me and Alfie, we made some decisions whilst we were away

about our future, about how if we're going to have a future,

and I really want that, Ron, I do...

..that I can't see you any more.

And I've got to stick to it this time, OK?

Please. Please let me finish.

Me and Alfie, we've been trying for a baby of our own.

We want to be a proper family, Ron.

Ron, if I could have that and have you, I would, I swear to you...

But...Alfie won't have it.

What happened, it's not something he can just get over.

Ronnie...Ron, I love you.

I love you so much and I will always,

always want the best for you.

So what you're saying is, just so we're clear...

..is that we can't be in each other's lives any more.

It's OK. It's OK. I understand. I really do.

I mean, what were we going to do?

Were we going to go back to Ibiza, Mitchell sisters?

Together forever?

No, Alfie's your future now.

It's only right.

SHE BREATHES OUT

You all right, Alice?

I thought I'd just nip home, see if you're feeling any better.

Al?

Yeah, Alice, I wondered

if you fancied going out for a bit of lunch, actually?

Oh, Rox, I managed to have a chinwag with the vicar

and he reckons he might have a cancellation in November.

That's good. That's good. We'll talk later, yeah?

SHE SOBS

Poppy.

Hello. All right?

Yep.

I'm sorry, did you want something?

Cos only the last time you took time out to have a chat

and walk me to work was, eh...never.

Clearly a huge oversight on my part.

You've got a strange manner about you, Mr Moon.

Has anyone ever said that before?

Daily. It grows on you if you give it a chance.

I'll explain my purpose if I may.

-OK.

-Alice.

What is it with you and her?

I'm glad you asked. I'm concerned about her.

She's been...off-colour lately.

Yeah, it might have something to do with her dumping her

perfectly lovely boyfriend

and therefore spending all her time hanging round with you and Janine.

Sarcasm, come on in. Have you spoken to her recently?

Not for a couple of days. I might give her a ring, though,

cos it sounds like she might need it.

Yeah. You're a good friend, Poppy.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

And you're creepy as. Just my opinion.

Michael said that she came home this morning.

Well, I haven't see her. I don't know why you're so worried.

She's a big girl. Michael!

-All right?

-No, I'm not, Michael.

Obviously. I've just been to check on my sister. She ain't there.

-Sure you saw her this morning?

-That's what I said.

Her phone keeps going straight to voice mail.

Do you reckon I should check with Janine,

see if she turned up for work?

-Ah, that's it. Sorry, she's gone to see a mate.

-What mate?

I don't know. A generic girl's name like Emma or Betsy or Gemma.

The list is endless. I didn't remember it

because it was so boring, Kathleen.

Right, so, sorry, Michael, how come you know

so much about my sister's whereabouts and I don't?

Let me walk you through that one, Joey.

The reason why, is cos when was the last time you had a conversation

with her? Proper conversation? I rest my case.

Right. Well, did she say what time she'd be back, Michael?

Five o'clock. Dinner time.

-Dinner time?

-Or thereabouts.

OK. Good. She better be.

Are you telling the truth?

What?

All right, darling? You can take your break now if you like. Thank you.

Just the paper please, Denise.

All right, Dan? Any idea when you're picking the final team?

Well, I haven't done it yet and I'm certainly not doing it now.

What's that, Dot's charity match?

Yeah. Billy's a little bit over-excited, anyway.

Just because all the others are treating it like a jolly-up

don't mean there's anything wrong with being committed.

I know I'm no spring chicken any more.

The understatement of the year...

But this could be my last chance for sporting glory.

Well, I'll be posting the final selection in the pub later.

Lay off the biscuits in the meantime.

Yeah, yeah. Course I will.

-Den...

-Yeah?

-You haven't got any of them protein shakes, have you?

Course. On the third shelf down,

between the caviar and the quails' eggs.

Lovely.

Skiving off again?

Nope, half day.

I thought I'd let Liam go out with his mates for a change.

How did this happen?

You're putting the family first and I'm the one kicking off in the Vic!

Like Bianca wouldn't have given Sharon ten times as much

if she'd been over there.

I know, but what if Whit's right?

-What if I have made things worse?

-Well, we'll deal with it, won't...

KEY TURNS IN DOOR Who's that?

Janine and the baby.

Janine, you can't just come barging in here when you feel like it.

All right, relax. I'm not here as the landlady.

I'm here to invite you all to a very special occasion this afternoon.

Oh, you leaving town?

Very funny.

No, it has actually been 30 years since the day of my birth.

I thought you'd like to come and pay your suitable respects.

-No, not today, Janine. We've got too much going on, thank you.

-Come on.

It's going to be fun for the kids. Food, games, drinks...

Lovely. We wouldn't miss it for the world.

If I haven't said it already, I'm so glad that you are back in town.

Ta-ta.

The way to get rid of that girl is just tell her

what she wants to hear.

You know who taught me that, don't you? Frank.

HE LAUGHS

What do you want, Alfie?

Well, I just brought Tommy a little present.

He'd have loved it out there.

Is that supposed to make up for going away without a word?

You made me look a right mug earlier.

Sorry, but you shouldn't have been working behind the bar.

With all due respect, Fats should have phoned or asked me.

What else was he supposed to do?

You left him right in it. When are you going to learn that running off doesn't solve your problems?

Nobody's running off. We went to make some decisions,

one of those decisions being that we need to come up with a schedule

for when we're going to see Tommy and we need to stick to it.

As far as me and you goes, we need to have some distance between us.

Me and Roxy want a fresh start.

Then make one and stop blaming me and Ronnie for getting

in the way when it's YOU that can't let go of the past.

I don't believe you sometimes, Kat.

How can you forgive and forget what Ronnie did to our little boy?

-I don't get it...

-Alfie, hold on. Tommy doesn't remember it.

He's got a mum and a dad and he's happy.

And forgiving is not the same as forgetting.

And if you can't do that,

the only person that will suffer here is Roxy.

I saw her crying after her meeting with Ronnie.

You used to say to me to not to let the past decide on the future.

Decide on the future.

Time to take your own advice, yeah?

Yeah.

You're right.

Tam - that's what they call you, isn't it?

Tam. Is that a term of endearment?

No, just what friends call me.

We never got to be friends, did we?

Yeah, that's a good thing.

You're being quite hostile with me, Tam...war.

Now just stop, just for a second.

We do have one thing in common though, don't we?

Quite a big thing. Alice. We have Alice in common.

-No, we don't any more.

-We don't?

We broke up, it was awkward.

The last thing I want to do is talk to her.

I feel your pain, brother. I empathise.

'Hi, you've reached Alice's phone.'

Alice, come on, baby.

This is hard. I miss you.

Come on, I'm really sorry. I really messed up, Come back.

Come back, I'll make it right, yeah? Call me.

Balloons and banners all being delivered later, are they?

-You what?

-Or should I add you to the list of people

that have completely forgotten my birthday?

Do you know Alice just hasn't turned up for work?

She's got her phone switched off so I can't even fire her...

Yeah, I was just going to pop out and get a few bits and pieces.

Relax, relax.

As if I'd actually rely on you to lay on any festivities.

No, I just wanted to invite you round for dinner later

-with Lola and whatsername.

-Lexi.

-Lexi.

Janine, are you sure you're feeling all right?

I'm not ill, Billy, I'm just cheerful.

Looking forward to, you know, spending a nice evening

with my closest friends.

Right then. See you then.

Bye-bye.

Alice! Alice, you home?

Right, Michael, it's five o'clock. Where is she?

I told you, she's at a friend's house!

She didn't come home last night Michael, did she?

You've been lying to me all day, ain't you?!

Why am I being held culpable for this, by the way?

You're being very hostile with me. Pointing the fingers and all.

-I'm feeling a bit worried.

-Michael, why are you making this worse?

What is all this?! Why are you joining in?

Will you shut up please, Michael? OK! If anything's happened to my sister...

Then I will be as upset and concerned as you clearly are, Joseph.

How do you know nothing's happened? Have you spoke to her?

Yeah, I spoke to her.

She called me, said she was going to stay at her friend's house.

She'll be back tomorrow evening.

I'm just supposed to believe you on that one, am I?

It's not me you're believing, it's her, OK?

You're casting aspersions on her word, not mine.

Come on, she's a sensible girl. She always does the right thing.

She's a paragon of virtue.

So if she said she was going to be back tomorrow evening, then she will.

So, why don't you talk me through exactly what happened

on the day that the complaint was made, Whitney?

OK. I was on playground duty on my own.

And everything was going well.

And when did you first cross with Dennis Rickman that day?

When he was running too fast in the playground. And he fell.

And what happened then?

Well, I made a joke with him about chasing after girls.

The other kids laughed but I don't think he took it too well.

Can you explain how Dennis may have got the injury

that his mother found when he arrived home?

Well, I told you - he fell over in the playground.

Look, please, I have a little brother and a sister, OK?

And they fall over all the time. They're covered in bruises.

It's not my fault, is it, that Sharon wraps her little prince in cotton wool?

Mrs Rickman's over-protective?

Yeah, and the rest. He is a nightmare.

And Sharon - Sharon thinks he can't do nothing wrong.

That's what this is really about, OK?

He is an obnoxious little tearaway who wants attention

and he's got some mad mother who's only too happy to give that to him.

Sorry.

I know I put that bluntly

but I'm telling you, that is the truth.

So, are you moving on?

I don't really know.

So it looks like we might be stuck with each other then.

Is that all right with you?

Us social outcasts need to stick together.

Have you seen them?

Yeah. I was hoping for a stick of rock

but I got a mouthful instead.

Do you think if it weren't for us, their lives would be perfect?

And nothing would ever go wrong? I doubt it.

I fancy a vodka.

You're not serious? What at the pub?

Yeah. We've paid for our mistakes. We've got nothing to hide.

DOOR SHUTS

-All right?

-Yeah.

-So? How'd it go?

-I just told the truth.

-PHONE RINGS

I've just got to wait and see now.

I told you. Tell the truth and everything will be all right.

Yeah. I mean, it's not over yet but it's a start.

It's the Headmistress for you.

Hello?

What are you doing here?

Did you not hear anything I said to you earlier?

Believe it or not, this has got nothing to do with you.

What's wrong with you? Look at the state of her,

and all you can think about is you and your precious Alfie.

She's got Jack. She's fine.

Have you seen him lately?

He's packed his bags and gone.

Where's he gone?

I don't know. But she's hanging on by a thread

and I reckon she's counted the days till you got back.

Danny, Danny, is it up yet?

If I say yes, can we stop playing me and my shadow?

Go on, it's up there.

I don't think you want to be in a rush to look at it, Bill.

No way. No, no, Danny wouldn't do that to me.

Well, wouldn't leave you off the team completely, no.

No. He'd put you on the bench though, mate.

That is so unfair!

I'm the only one who's turned up to every training session!

Sorry, pal, looks like only

the finest physical specimens have made the grade.

And you, AJ.

Get me one, Fats.

No point my body being a temple anymore, is there?

Why didn't you tell me about Jack?

Maybe if your opening line had been something other than

"'I never want to see you again", I might have.

Ron, you know that's not fair.

Look, I understand, all right?

I understand that all of this is about you and Alfie.

And your future.

But I just want my sister back.

Do you know what, Ron?

I can't do this.

I can't. Come here. Come here. OK. It's OK.

So how you going to play a match with beer guts?

Oi, we don't do beer guts.

A spare seat for our favourite former barmaid?

All right, budge over then.

-Bar kid. Go on.

-Me an' all. I'll get 'em.

-Right, who's having what?

-I'll have a G&T, please.

Drowning your sorrows again? I better put my crash helmet on.

We're celebrating, actually.

Yeah. I just had a phone call from the head teacher.

Apparently no-one believes your lying little brat of a son, Sharon.

See you on Monday.

Small whisky, vodka and coke and what are you having?

Er, G&T. You know what, I feel a bit sorry for Janine.

You know, missing her 30th birthday.

Oh, shut up.

It's Janine's birthday today?

Yeah, she invited me over but I'm not really in the mood any more.

No, no, I don't blame you. You have that.

Cheers.

CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS

Right, listen up, everybody.

-What's he doing?

-Don't worry.

As you know, me and Peroxide

have spent a couple of weeks away from the Square.

It's given us chance just to do a bit of thinking and...

Alfie, wait, wait!

It's all right, it's all right, come here.

I've had a little chat with the vicar.

How does the 25th of November sound?

-Are you kidding me?

-Course I'm not.

Everybody, I want you to put the 25th November in your diary.

We are getting married - it's a big bash and everyone's invited!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Get in there, Alfie.

Ronnie...

..I said everyone.

Right, Fats, get the champagne out.

It's on the house, everyone!

Listen, Kat, is it OK if I pop over and see Tommy tomorrow?

I want to spend a little bit of time with him.

Let me know when you're in. Is that all right?

Are you sure you can do this?

Listen, darling, you make me

the happiest bloke this side of Watford Junction.

I will do anything for you, OK?

I love you, Alfie Moon.

Right back at ya, peroxide.

"..to...my...wife.

"Happy...birthday.

"Love...Michael."

CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS

DOORBELL

Just a minute!

Distance. Distance.

Do you actually want me to call the police?

Happy birthday.

You remembered.

Yeah. I remembered. I'm your husband.

I'm sorry...that it's come to this.

It is grotesque and I'm sorry.

Enjoy your celebrations, I guess.

Hold on.

If you wanted to, I don't know, maybe come round tomorrow,

have some dinner.

You could see Scarlett. That might be OK.

Yeah. That's very decent of you, Janine. Tomorrow it is then.

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