04/11/2013 EastEnders

Janine?

Have you eaten anything? KNOCK AT DOOR

Has Scarlett eaten anything?

She must be starving.

Come on, sweetie. Come in. Listen, she's still in shock.

I'm not sure you're going to get much out of her. OK.

Janine?

Janine. It's the police.

They want you to go down the station and make a statement.

Perhaps you should come back later. It won't take too long.

Let's, er, let's get your shoes on.

Put your foot in there. Do you want me to come with you?

OK, next one.

Sorry, is there any chance she could take her little girl with her?

Only she really needs to be with her mum.

We'll be at the station, OK?

PHONE BEEPS

PHONE BEEPS

'You have 16 new voicemails.'

'Joey, it's Carol. Can you call me when you get this?'

'Joey, it's me again. You need to - you really need to call me, OK?

'Just, please, wherever you are, just - any time - just call me.

'It's about Alice.'

Joey! Where have you been? I've been trying to get hold of you.

Is it Alice? Has something happened to her? You need to speak to Carol. Why?

She's all right, isn't she? Alice.

Mate, go and speak to Carol.

No, no, no.

Here, Tamwar, Tamwar, mate, what's going on?

Has something happened to my sister? Tam!

Tamwar?!

Joey.

Is he still in the house, do you think? Where's your school bag?

I don't know. I don't want to go to school.

I don't care. Vamos. Now. Go on.

No wonder she wouldn't settle. She was soaked right through.

Janine never changed her.

Anyway, I'm going to take her out for a bit.

Ta, Whit.

Er...I'm really sorry, Joey.

Can you give us a minute, please?

No. Why's he sorry? Do you want me to stay?

No. Just...just a minute, yeah?

OK. Look, I'll just go and unpack.

Why's he sorry? Carol, why is Masood sorry? Sit down, Joey.

I don't want to sit down, Carol. Just tell me that... Just sit down!

I don't know all the details yet...

..but last night there was some kind of argument.

Janine was there, and Michael.

And Alice. She was there as well...

Now, this argument, it got out of hand somehow.

And there was a scuffle and a knife, and...

Michael was stabbed.

OK.

All right, OK. Well, he probably deserved it, didn't he?

Probably was asking for it or something. He's dead, Joey.

He's dead, and Alice has been arrested for his murder.

They're saying that she killed him.

It doesn't make any sense, I know, but that's what they're saying.

I mean, Alice killing somebody in cold blood?

I mean, it must be a mistake.

Joey, will you just calm down? Where is she?

No, they won't let you see her. She at the station, yeah?

They won't let you go anywhere near her.

We've got her a brief. Don't worry. She's going to be interviewed.

Until then, there's nothing you can do.

You just have to sit tight, all right?

She ain't done nothing.

I know my sister better than anyone.

She ain't done nothing.

What's your name?

DS Grant.

What's your first name?

Sally.

Sally's a nice name.

I had a friend at school called Sally.

Sally?

I'd really like to see my brother.

Not until you've been interviewed.

And then after that maybe, yeah?

Yeah, after that.

And then I can go home, can't I?

Once you know how it happened, I can go home, yeah?

Now the ones on your arm.

Is it hurting?

I can get the doctor to look at it - arrange for some painkillers.

No.

All this over Michael Moon.

That man didn't care about anyone but himself.

He was his cousin.

Do you think if it was Alfie dead, he'd give it a second thought?

He wouldn't, you know.

He'd be dry-eyed, waiting to see what profit he could make out of it.

No. He loved Alfie.

In his own...

way, he loved Alfie.

Tommy's never going to know his dad.

Alfie, where are you going? I need to be there, Rox.

He can't be in there on his own.

Alfie, they're not going to let you in there. It's a crime scene.

Alfie.

I can't believe he's gone, Kat.

No, neither can I.

Michael...

was this very, erm...

..I don't know what the word is.

Charming, I guess?

He had this way about him that could...

make me do things that...

I didn't really know why I was doing them.

He had this plan.

He was going to make it look like Janine was taking sleeping pills...

..and he was going to make it look like she'd had an overdose.

And then we were going to take Scarlett and run away together.

And the way he said it was like a fairy tale.

Happily ever after.

And I believed him.

Did you love Michael?

Yes.

'More than I've ever loved anyone.'

I thought I knew what love was before, but...

Look, it's OK. It's OK. Take your time.

'Sometimes I felt...'

like he was the only person that cared about me.

The only person who...

even noticed I existed for who I really am.

And I just used to think that if it was just me and him,

then maybe we would be OK.

Maybe he could be happy.

And that's all I ever really wanted.

'I mean, we were at each other's...'

throats all the time.

And then there was the injunction and everything.

I just never, ever thought it would end up like this.

'Michael got so angry...'

..and I had to get him off her.

I tried, I did, and he threw me off.

It was so quick.

I picked up the knife and it was only once.

It was only once.

But I had to get him off her, he was going to kill her.

I mean, I had to stop him from hurting her, didn't I?

I had to, didn't I?

'It was all so fast.'

He was there - Michael,

and...

..and Alice...

Alice was...

and...

I'm sorry.

If you could just let her know I'm here. Need help here!

Janine?

I can't breathe.

OK. It's all right. Get me a paramedic.

And he was dead! He's dead.

All right. Just breathe. Come on.

Police want me to give a statement so...

Kat...

..do you want to stay for a cup of tea?

No. I don't want to get in the way. Milk and sugar, yeah?

Yeah, cheers. OK.

What?! He needed someone to talk to.

That should be you. I didn't know Michael like they did.

What are you talking about? You went out with him.

Ron, he's not going to do anything, OK? He loves me.

I've not told his dad and his brothers yet.

Not that they were particularly close.

I used to hate Michael sometimes.

Is that a bad thing to say?

No, no, no. I hated him as well.

Sometimes I just wanted to punch his lights out!

But to die like that, it's just wrong, Kat. It's wrong.

You know, I don't know if he ever told you,

but his mum was 41 when she died.

And he always knew he wouldn't get past that age.

Smug git was right, wasn't he?

Maybe that's why he lived the life that he did.

Like he was on a death wish.

He didn't give a monkey's about anything or anyone.

You know, sometimes...sometimes I wish I could be like that.

No, you don't want to be like that.

Still...

I should've done more.

How?

I saw the way Alice was getting with him.

Maybe I could've stopped it.

Michael encouraged it. You know that.

No, I should have talked to her.

He knew what he was doing. You couldn't have done nothing.

Tommy's not going to remember him, is he?

No, I'll help him remember.

We'll do it together, eh?

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

No. No, I'm not interested.

Who was it? Insurance.

Do you want another cup of tea, Joey?

Why ain't we heard from her? Why ain't we heard nothing? Well, I don't know about anybody else

but I could do with some fresh air, yeah?

I'll ring you if I hear anything. All right.

Do you think I'm cursed?

Cursed?

Maybe it's my family.

Maybe we all are. Me...

my dad...Ricky.

Do you want to hold her?

Would explain a lot though, wouldn't it?

Why things just never work out.

She wants you, Janine.

Maybe people just...

make their own luck.

And I've only got myself to blame.

You can't look at her, can you?

When Pat died, she...

..looked so peaceful, you know, like she'd gone somewhere.

Somewhere better. And I...

I don't really believe in all of that but, Michael...

Why can't you look at her?

His eyes were open.

They weren't peaceful.

She needs you.

They were full of pain.

She needs her mummy. Please look at her, Janine.

She's got his eyes, Whitney.

All right, Trace?

Hi, what can I get you?

Give us a couple of brandies, please, and a black coffee.

I dunno. Maybe we should've known, you know.

Maybe we should've seen it coming.

How? How could anyone see this coming?

She had it in her, you know? Kind of.

You know, that whole kind of obsessive thing.

She had it with Anthony too.

No. She's a decent girl.

She's the sweetest girl I know.

Yeah, but those are the ones, aren't they?

I mean, I never saw her shout at anybody.

I mean, all that anger built up.

You know, building up in the body and that. It's not... Fats.

I'm sorry, bruv. I was just trying to understand.

The thing about Janine, Joey, is she's got a dodgy track record

when it comes to fellas.

I reckon Alice has just got mixed up in another one of her messy break-ups.

I've met the murdering type. Your sister ain't one of them.

Don't worry, she's going to get out of there.

Her life is ruined.

No.

How will she ever be happy now? She's got you.

She's better off without me, Whitney.

Don't say that.

I'm no use. Why would you say that?

Because it's true.

You're her mum, and you're all she's got.

She wouldn't stand a chance without you.

You've got to pull yourself together.

Look at her, Janine.

She is so beautiful, isn't she?

She needs you, Janine.

Everyone's always said to me, "You're your father's son."

You are nothing like Derek.

It should be me in that police station, not her. Joey...

Right, I'm going to go. No!

I ain't going to sit around and do nothing, OK?

Thanks.

I hate this. I hate all of this.

I've got to do something.

Babe, babe, there's nothing you can do.

But it's not right. None of this is right, OK?

We are best friends.

I know her better than anyone, right? And I know in my heart

she has nothing to do with this. Nothing.

I love her so much.

I know, baby.

I can't bear it!

The thought of her being in there on her own.

She's such a fragile thing.

I just want to give her a cuddle or something.

Tam! Tam! Go after him. Are you sure? Yeah.

Where'd he go?

Tam!

Come on then. I'm sure you've got something urban and pithy to say.

Some words of wisdom.

Not today, mate.

No. No, not today.

Listen, Alice is going to be OK. All right, I mean, you'll see, man.

She'll be fine. I don't need pity. It's not pity, all right?

She was your girlfriend, all right,

you're bound to feel a little bit upset. I'm glad.

I'm not upset.

I'm glad I got away from her and Michael

and that whole situation.

I don't feel sorry for her. I just feel relieved.

Well, OK. I mean, but that ain't a bad thing.

Then why do I feel like the worst person in the world?

Because only the nicest person in the world is going to

feel like the worst person in the world. You get me? No. Not really.

Trust me, OK? I'm right.

Alice is a murderer.

That can't be right.

It can't be right.

Miss Branning has given her version of events.

Perhaps you could talk me through yours.

From the beginning, again, if that's OK.

Look, Miss Butcher, if you're not ready then we can do this later. No.

No, I'm ready.

He's not picking up. Oh, he's a big boy. He'll be fine.

He'll be at the station. I'll go. No. No, just leave him!

I don't mind. Honestly... Masood! You've done enough. Thank you.

Maybe I should've stayed up in Birmingham then.

No, I'm sorry. I'm really glad that you're back.

I just need a bit of space to think.

Fine. Well, you know where to find me.

What's happening to this family, David?

I didn't want to wake him.

Alfie?

Alfie? Alfie, they're taking Michael out.

Come on, Tommy.

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

It's all right.

It's all right. Sh-sh-sh.

Joey? You got my sister here, yeah?

Her name's Alice Branning. I ain't moving till I see her.

Do you understand me? Sir, take a seat, please.

Are you listening to me? I want to see my sister!

Stop. Listen, come here. You're going to get yourself arrested!

Janine's in there now making her statement.

She's going to tell everyone what happened,

and I'm sure Alice will be out of there in no time. It will be OK.

Listen, mate, he's going. He's going.

OK?

How is that going to help?

I just want her to know that I love her.

She knows.

I ain't ever told her.

Can I go home now? Not just yet.

Why not? I don't understand.

Miss Butcher's just given her statement.

'I called 999.'

And Michael was there and he had his hands round my throat.

And I said to him...

"Look at me, look at me, look at what you're doing."

He apologised.

He apologised and he would've left.

And none of this would've happened.

That's when she did it.

She grabbed the knife,

and I tried to stop her.

But she just...she went for me and she slashed my arm.

Michael got in-between us...

..because he was protecting me.

She was...she was just screaming.

"If I can't have him, then no-one can!" Sorry.

Miss Branning claims she stabbed him once - she was defending you.

No.

She attacked him.

Forensics say there were two knife wounds. The second was fatal.

No, that's not true. I only did it once.

I was protecting her.

Ask Janine, ask her!

She stabbed him.

Then she stabbed him again.

When I hugged him I just...

I knew, I knew that he was gone.

She took him away from me.

She took my husband.

Sorry!

Alice, it's our intention to speak to the CPS.

We're going to be charging you with murder. No!

No, you can't. No!

No, you can't!

I...I was protecting her!

If you can sign here, and here.

'I saved her!'

I stopped him from killing her! Please believe me!

Please!

I'm sorry. No, please!

I want to go home.

I want to go home!

I want to go home!

Please. Please!

I'm very sorry for your loss.

Thank you.

Come on.

Come on, sweetheart.

Please let me go home!

I want to go home!

I want to go home!

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