11/04/2014 EastEnders

Lola! Lola, can you hear me?!

Lo!

Lola, can you hear me?

Lo?

Lo?

Well, I'm not moving, until you tell me the truth.

He is telling you the truth!

What do you know?

You haven't seen him! Remember?

And now you want to skip the country on a moody passport,

and I want to know why.

Lee!

Lee!

-Ambulance. George Street.

-Lola, can you hear me? Lola?

Next to Walford East tube. Quick as you can, please.

Shirl, she ain't answering. Why ain't she answering?!

Lola, can you hear me?!

Lee!

Come here!

Lee!

You haven't moved her, have you?

No, no, no.

The ambulance is on its way.

Hello, sweetheart. Can you hear me?

What I need you to do for me, mate, is just come here a second.

Just hold her head very still for me. Just like this, OK?

Left hand here. Right hand here.

Now, sweetheart,

can you give me a little squeeze of my hand, please?

OK, you can talk to me now, darling. What's your name?

Lola.

Hello, Lola. OK, my name's Lee.

Are you feeling any pain at the minute, Lola?

Yeah. My head.

OK, what I need you to do, OK, is keep really still for me.

She just... She just stepped out in front of the car.

Stay with her, I'm going to go tell Billy.

The paramedics are on their way.

As soon as they get here they'll check you over

and everything will be fine. Just stay where you are, darling.

You know I'm only trying to look out for you, don't you?

Yes, and it's my life.

Yes, and you're my little sister.

All right, I'll back off.

Can Rebecca stay for tea tonight?

Yes, this is what I'm talking about.

You and Martin spending a bit of quality time together.

-Who said anything about Martin?

-I thought...?

-When I finish my shift,

-me and Tina are going to go and have a little drink.

-Tina?

Yes. She's kind, she's funny, she listens to me,

and she don't tell me what to do.

It's exactly what I need at the moment.

You did well there, son.

Lola, she'll be OK, just let the hospital deal with her.

-I need a drink.

-Yeah. I keep the good stuff upstairs.

Why don't you go and join your grandad?

I think it's time you opened up

and we had some serious bunny, don't you?

'Roxy?'

No, I haven't seen your sister.

I'm at work.

Where are you?

Can't you get a cab?

OK, OK. Hold on, hold on. Stay where you are.

I'll be there in 20 minutes, OK?

Before I went out there...

Afghanistan?

The boys wound me up.

Said the locals we were training were high on hash,

a bunch of trigger-happy insurgents in waiting.

Yeah, you hear stories.

Not the lads I was with.

They hate the Taliban.

There was this one lad, Qasim. Same age as me, right laugh.

We got on like a house on fire - apart from him supporting Arsenal!

Gooner?

Some stoner had given his dad a shirt in the '70s.

Qassi had followed them ever since.

So, one day we'd been out clearing this section of road,

usual stuff,

when Qassi spots something.

Top lad.

Can spot a section of disturbed ground a mile off. Proper talent.

It was baking. We'd already dealt with four IEDs,

so at that point we're knackered. But Qassi, no, he insists.

His call.

So we all take a step back and watch him take the long walk.

Bend down, brush the earth away.

Enough explosives to blow up a Mastiff

and he's using little more than a paintbrush.

Go on, son.

And...

I see this rock to his left.

For some reason, my eyes keep...

And I see his hand reach out to move it...

..and I knew...

They'd put a secondary device underneath.

Didn't hear a thing. I'm just...

Suddenly, I'm on my back.

There was so much dust in my eyes, in my mouth.

Somebody's screaming, "Nobody move!"

Cos one of them's already gone off, right,

but I just want to get over to him, see if there's...

any...

Any chance.

Then the dust settles.

And you want to know what I see?

Qasim.

Half his body. Gone.

But I weren't going to leave him. Not out there.

So I pick him up and take him back to camp.

My mate.

I only...

I only took my eyes off the road for a second.

Where's Lexi?

Listen, she's with Billy. She's fine.

I've messaged Peter. It's all fine.

Billy and Phil, they're on their way, OK?

Ronnie's going to kill me.

Lola, I am Ronnie.

No. No, the dress is a mess.

Sweetie, don't worry about the dress.

-The dress is fine.

-Ronnie, is she all right?

-Yeah.

Sorry, how long are we going to have to wait?

Ssh.

Listen to me.

Everything's OK. Lola, look at me.

Do you know where you are?

Where's Lexi, Jay? Don't let take her take my daughter.

Please don't let them take her again!

Shush.

Son, do you want another drink?

Please. She really does my head in, that sister of mine.

Seriously, forget about her, all right? Take your mind off things.

-Have another drink.

-Do you want another one?

You know what? We don't have to drink down here.

Nancy, customer!

Do you know you're in hospital, Lola?

-I want to see Lexi.

-She seems quite confused.

Lola, can you repeat the months of the year backwards for me?

-What?

-Go on.

December, November, Oct...

What's the point in all of this?

There may be some concussion.

I'd like to send Lola for a CT scan,

if that's all right with you, Mum?

Yeah, whatever you think's best.

Bear with us, Lola, we'll get you up there as soon as possible.

And then I'd like to keep you in overnight

so we can keep an eye on you.

No, I have to go home. I can't stay here.

Listen, you have to do whatever the doctor thinks is best.

Don't worry.

Don't worry, OK, cos I'm here.

I saw a bloke...

go under an articulated lorry once.

-It weren't pretty.

-War ain't pretty.

You got to put it out your mind.

Qassi's dad came to camp.

Wanted to wash the body down before burial.

I had to tell him.

Try explaining that through an interpreter.

He shook my hand.

-He was so proud, Dad.

-Yeah.

Just like I am of you.

No.

What? You boys go out there facing who knows what.

My heart could bust I'm that proud.

-No, you don't understand.

-Listen to me, what about that girl?

No-one else knew what to do, did they?

-I can't go back there.

-All right. All right.

All right. All right. It's a shock, OK?

And it's a bad one.

Men get killed.

Name of the game.

-What if next time... What if...

-No, no, no, no, no.

You're not going to go down this road. OK?

You're going to put this behind you. You're going to do the right thing.

What's that then, Dad? Eh?

Come back maimed?

Or blind. Yeah, if I'm lucky.

If not, in a body bag.

With full military honours for Queen and country!

I need to... I need to go home.

Lexi can't sleep if I'm not there.

The important thing is you're going to be OK.

No.

Lexi can't sleep if I'm not there. She's going to be upset.

I'm so sorry.

If anything had happened...

I just don't think I could go through that again.

I want to see my daughter!

Lo, look who's here.

Look who I found.

Lo? Lo, you all right?

Pops, where's Lexi?

Are you all right? What does the doctor say?

-She wants Lola to stay in overnight.

-Why? What they worried about?

-They must be worried about something, yeah?

-I don't know.

I think it's just a precaution.

Pops, where's Lexi?

She's all right, she's with Sharon, OK? Don't worry.

-You should've brought her with you.

-I didn't know how long we was going to be waiting, did I?

-How'd it happen?

-She just ran out.

Next thing she was on the floor.

-Where was this?

-George Street, outside the tube.

Martin's good.

He works hard.

He remembers to put salt in the dishwasher.

That's useful.

I just don't see the point in worrying him.

Don't you think he'd want to know?

All I know is I've got a gene.

Yes, it's a cancer gene. But I'm not actually ill, am I?

So, come on, Oprah.

You and Tosh.

-Real thing, is it?

-I don't know.

I know I've never felt about anybody like I do about her.

-When she walks in the room, my tummy flips.

-Ah!

Shut up!

No, I mean it. It's sweet!

Only time my stomach flips is when the milk's off.

Yeah, me and Tosh, it's really good.

Except for when we're at each other's throats.

Seriously, what am I supposed to do at my age?

I mean, going out dancing's one thing. But out on the pull?

I couldn't be bothered to train anyone new.

I mean, Martin's only just realised

that the bins don't put themselves out.

Better the devil you know, eh?

Absolutely.

Billy, I'm so sorry.

Maybe try and watch where you're going next time.

Listen, the main thing is Lola's all right.

-Some people shouldn't be allowed on the road.

-Billy...

I'm sorry, Ron.

If you want to blame anyone, then blame me.

We had words.

Why? What was you two arguing about?

Well, I made us late. That's why she was running.

If I hadn't've been having a go at her, then...

No. No, Jay, I should've looked. No-one's blaming you.

Somebody'll be coming to take you up for your scan in a minute, Lola.

Might be best if Lola gets some rest after that.

Right, yeah, I'll go and get you some bits, yeah.

Some toiletries and that.

There's a shop across the road. I'll go. It's the least I can do.

Thanks.

And you'll bring Lexi in the morning, yeah?

Yeah, course I will.

And I'll give her a goodnight kiss from you

and make sure I'll take care of her.

Yeah, and I'll take care of him.

Come on then, let's go, yeah?

We'll get something to eat on the way home.

-See you.

-Take care.

You all right?

Yeah. Yeah, you better go.

You took the Queen's shilling, son.

-Now you know.

-Your dad's right.

You made your choice.

Not like in my day.

We had to go whether we liked it or not.

Yeah, I stood and had a look at that war memorial the other day.

Bet they all thought they were coming home and all.

It's what you signed up for.

No, you don't know what you sign up for. Not really.

You see bits on telly, you hear stories in the regiment,

but you don't understand, not until you're there.

Least we knew who we was fighting.

Lee, you cannot go AWOL.

It's going to affect the rest of your life.

Not just you, your whole family.

Think...

Think about your mother.

Hitler. Communists.

What are you on about? You didn't even fight in a war!

-I never said I did.

-18 months national service you did. Tops.

I got my campaign medal. Malaya. Jungle fighting, hand-to-hand.

We lost people.

Yeah, but this isn't about you, is it?!

This is about my boy!

Now, Lee, you've got to go back.

-Or you're going to regret it for the rest of your life.

-I can't...

We're talking prison.

And your name.

You want to be known as the man who isn't good to his word?

And you've got mates out there.

People relying on you, am I right?

Right. Now the army, it's built on loyalty.

You want to let them boys down?

Course you don't.

And that's why you're going to go back.

And you're going to do your duty.

And then you're going to come home,

and be the hero I know that you are.

And you're going to keep that head up high.

It's the right thing.

It's the only thing.

Come here. Come here.

Now...

..are you with me?

Yeah.

Good boy.

Good boy, that's it.

Now, we keep this between us, all right?

Meanwhile...

you are going to go and get yourself cleaned up,

and we're going to get down that bar and we're going to get off our nut.

All right? That's an order.

Go on.

'Ronnie?!'

Wow, this is gold standard. Even for Ronnie.

Can't believe she did that to me.

Standing there waiting for her.

Aleks, look, thank you very much for picking me up, all right,

but you can go now.

Roxy.

Listen, I...

Look, Aleks...

I hope you weren't going anywhere nice.

Not any more.

You all right?

-Yeah.

-Your mum says you're staying for your tea.

-Is sausage and mash all right for you?

-Yeah. Fine.

I bet your mum and dad hardly get time to sit and eat together,

-what with them being on different shifts and all that?

-No. They don't.

Bet they hardly see each other.

Your mum's been getting a bit pally with that Tina one, hasn't she?

-Yeah. Mum says she's really nice.

-Hmm, does she?

Says she's really easy to talk to.

Got a wicked sense of humour.

Martin can't even hold a normal conversation.

The minute I try, it ends up in an argument.

Yeah, Tosh is just the same.

All I have to do is look at her sometimes and she's, like,

"What!?"

Like I'm thinking up all these evil thoughts in my head or something.

When actually it's just my normal expression. Vacant.

And he belches when he eats.

Makes me feel ill.

I take it you paid for that?

You won't be laughing when Linda finds out.

Who's going to tell her?

Go on, then. I could do with a laugh.

What's so funny anyway?

Partners' dirty habits.

No use asking her. She's given up on men, ain't you, Shirl?

She's going to join the convent.

Blimey. Their habits are worse than ours!

Here you go.

They should make you a bit more comfortable.

I'm sorry, it's the best I could do.

Thanks.

It's all right. You wouldn't be here if it weren't for me, would you?

-Yeah, but I can look after myself.

-Well, you don't have to.

I'm here looking after you, so just lie back and get some rest.

All right, Mum.

It was funny when the doctor said it earlier, weren't it?

Look, you don't have to wait around, OK?

I just want to get some sleep.

And don't feel bad about the accident. It wasn't your fault.

You did the right thing.

Yeah. You reckon?

Well, I'd never have helped him if I'd known, would I?

The lad's terrified!

Given the story he's just told us,

I think that's perfectly understandable, don't you?

No, course you don't.

Well, why'd you persuade him to go back then?

Cos he'd never live it down.

People would draw the wrong conclusions.

So...

you did the right thing.

Yeah.

It's called tough love, Dad.

You should know all about it.

You taught me everything I know.

You see, if I could only go in his place.

I would lay down my life

in a heartbeat

for my kids.

You should've come out with me. Would've been more fun.

Want me to walk you inside?

Yeah.

I just think I need a drink.

What's he doing here?

Ronnie! Well, it's so nice of you to show up.

-You. Go on! Get out!

-Hi, Roxy.

I'm sorry for leaving you in the lurch for hours.

-Did you hear what I said to you?!

-Excuse me?!

You shouldn't be here! Get out.

Calm down, calm down!

Where is Amy?

Yeah, because I can see she's really high on your list of priorities,

as always. She's with Sharon.

This is too much, Ronnie. This is just too much.

Where are you going?

I'm going to finish what I started.

He's using you!

He's using you and you just can't see it.

Here he is! My hero!

Shirley told me. About you saving Lola.

Come on, I want to show you off to everybody!

What was all that about?

I just...

I just knocked someone over earlier. She's OK.

I've just got back from hospital.

My daughter, Danielle, she was hit by a car five years ago.

She died.

And I saw it happen. She was only 19.

I am so sorry.

Hey.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry, I just think maybe that just brought it all back.

Don't worry. Sometimes it helps to...talk it through.

Do you really want to help?

Ronnie...?

# What they say

# Better the devil you know... #

Shush, there's kids asleep upstairs.

And one of them happens to be yours, Sonia. Shush.

# Cos it's true what they say

# Better the devil you know... #

Sonia, Mum's trying to rest. Stop being so selfish!

Me?

A few drinks, you said. That's all.

Yeah, well. Once I got out I realised I needed a lot more.

Staggering about like a teenager!

So what? I've only had a tiny little drink.

-What's rattling your cage?

-Yeah. Give her a break.

I'm talking to my sister.

Anyone'd think that you'd got the positive gene test...

-Test gene thing...

-Sorry, what did you say?

Seriously. Where do you go calling me selfish, eh?

Who do you think you are? You got your results, didn't you?

You didn't care about mine.

You got your fabulous news and you went skipping off into the sunset.

I told you, Sonia, I've been having a hard time with Terry.

Oh, have you?

Well, you've broken his heart, and you couldn't give a stuff about me

because it's self, self, self, isn't it? All about you. All the time.

Why don't you just say what you think, Sonia?!

Right. Water. Bucket. Bed, yeah?

-Do you want me to...?

-Are you still here?

Is this what you do, is it? Get women drunk?

She just needed a blow-out.

-She's married.

-Who to? Tony Soprano?

It was just a drink...or seven.

She's been with girls like you before, all right?

-And it didn't work out.

-Like what? Funny? Smart?

-Stylish?

-You know what I mean, Tina. Her life's complicated enough.

So just keep out of it, yeah?

Go on.

This is Charlie Cotton.

He's Dot's grandson.

We were just...

Talking. Maybe we can do it again sometime?

Yeah, maybe.

-All right, see you soon.

-See you.

It just happened.

I heard he's Old Bill.

Call yourself a Mitchell?

Just so long as you know...

You know there's family here if you need us.

Where you going?

Where are you...?

Who's for slammers?!

All right, here we go.

Last one in.

All right, heads up. Get in.

Let's have it.

Overdoing it, isn't he?

The boy's just letting off steam.

Ah, one rule for the boys, eh?

That's right, Shirl. Is there a problem?

Your mum's lovely.

I thought she'd be here all night.

Yeah, well, I don't need her. And she's not...

I just mean she can be a bit much sometimes.

She's just worried about you.

Like I say to my daughter,

"You'll always be my baby.

"I don't care how old you are."

From now on,

I bet she'll never let you out of her sight.

Thought you were hung-over?

Can't have the boy thinking I'm a lightweight, can I?

Don't you come crying to me in the morning.

Come on then, liven them up. Come on, Teen.

I'm sorry, Shirl.

My head's banging,

it's like my brain ain't engaging.

Your boy's leave comes to an end soon.

You're feeling it now, ain't you?

Am I that see-through?

Always have been.

You miss him.

You worry about him.

It's only natural, he's your boy.