24/06/2014 EastEnders

Why don't you take a break?

I've got to revise, ain't I, Mum?

I just hate seeing you stressed like this, sausage.

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

Oh, hello.

Er, yes.

No.

Oh, that would be perfect.

Oh, thank you.

Yes.

Bye for now. Yeah, bye.

What you doing your posh phone voice for?

I'm not. It was just, er, one of the suppliers, that's all.

This thing tonight, you know,

-Dean's drinks for his opening...

-Oh, not now, Mick!

No, listen, it's just a few jars, you know,

for Shirley to say well done.

Yeah, I know! I didn't say anything, did I?

The karaoke all set up, is it?

Can't wait to have a go.

What? I never get to go up on that thing.

You know, I always miss out. My public miss out!

Yeah, I'll make a start on it, then.

-What?

-Nothing, sausage.

What... That's no good to me, then!

All right, well, forget it. I'll sort it.

-You comfortable?

-I dunno what you're so nervous about.

I'm not nervous. The drinks delivery's gone AWOL.

-Is your mother coming?

-Dunno. Ain't spoke to her.

Oi, listen, listen.

Get your excuses at the ready.

It's very, very important your mother

doesn't get anywhere near this.

She'll clear out the pub.

No, only dogs can hear her anyway. It'll be fine.

Mick, can I have a word please?

Just gimme a minute, baby.

-What's the matter?

-You couldn't lend me some money, could you?

-What for?

The mobile phone company took two direct debits out

-and I was already overdrawn.

-All right, all right, all right.

-That's all I got. It's about a bull's-eye. All right.

-Thank you.

Mick, could you lend me a couple of crates of beer?

My delivery's not shown up.

What do I look like - some sort of human cash machine?

-Let me just... I'll go have a look, see what I got.

-Cheers, mate.

All right if I pop over later on for the opening?

-Fancy a free drink?

-No. Best behaviour, I promise.

Kick-off's at 3.30.

HORN TOOTS

-Hey, Tel!

-Where've you been? You've been gone ages.

I've gotta have this in the shop in 20 minutes, gotta have a service.

-I just had a fare out to Surrey, didn't I?

-Look, Alfie...

Listen, mate, this little run-around has been a right godsend.

It's like a safety net. Put some food on the table.

Look, mate, I ain't slept a wink.

Ooh. Who's the lucky lady?

Listen, Tel, mate, I get it.

But I kept within the speed limits. I did everything proper, you know.

I know, I know, but, Alf, we can't risk this, mate.

-Look, if we get caught...

-But that's just it, if we get caught.

-We won't get caught, Tel.

-But Alfie, if we get caught...

-Terry, please...

I lose me licence and I could get the cab seized.

Flipping 'eck - looks amazing.

-He hasn't done badly for his first venture, has he?

-Thanks a bunch.

All right, Mr Hot Shot, how many are you expecting?

We're only open for a few hours, test it out and that.

Right. That's me done.

You're not staying?

I'm not exactly the kind of clientele you're looking for, am I?

Be nice to your mother when she turns up.

And don't forget the drinks later.

-See you later, Dad.

-See you.

Shirley's so excited for you. Seriously, she is.

That's nice. Listen, that was the temp agency on the phone.

Supposed to have some girls come down to serve drinks

-but they let me down...

-Mate, I'd love to. But I've really gotta work.

-Yeah. No. Sure. No worries.

-You're bricking it, ain't you?

-No. Course not.

-It's all right.

This place is a big deal, it's OK to be nervous.

I've just...never owned anything before

and I just feel like everything's going wrong.

You know, like it's bad omens or something.

It's going to be brilliant.

All right? And there's no such thing as bad omens.

CRASH!

All right. But I can't stay long. All right? Where's the broom?

Butterfingers!

Mick, guess what?

That woman from Janet's school just sponsored you for 20 quid.

Oh, well done, Bill. That's great.

Hey, Lind. Just got another 20 quid for his swim.

-Oh, it's all adding up.

-Yeah, yeah. Certainly is.

-I'll see you later.

-See you later.

-Why are you dressed like that?

-Like what? I'm off shopping.

You going to the pool?

Yeah, yeah, might do.

Fingers crossed for two lengths today, eh?

Yeah. Do you know what? It's going well.

So proud of you.

Make sure you take a break, sausage.

Nance, keep your eye on bar for a minute, please.

What? No!

Me and Johnny was going to go up Blades in a minute.

-Trace, do you mind?

-Sure.

-Thank you.

I've got that there, and I've got some change here, you see.

The rent needs to be paid in full and on time.

-I really can't be seen to make exceptions.

-It's just...

-Give it to me next week, OK?

-Cheers. Thank you.

We'll add 50 quid interest.

Oi.

Do you need a sub?

What? No, no, no. I'm fine, thanks. Don't be silly. I'm good.

I'm good.

I just came by to say...

-I'm sorry.

-What're you talking about, sorry?

Come on. It's all sparkling water under the bridge.

Hello, ladies, can I interest you in some lovely summer dresses,

direct from the stores in the West End.

Seriously, they'll look great on you, ladies. Couple of blondes.

Look, the cab's in the shop at the moment,

so I thought I'd give you a hand on the stall?

Give me a hand on the stall? Gotta have the patter for this.

-That right?

-Yeah, that's right.

You're stuck in a cab all day with your glass petition,

belting out the greatest hits of Kylie.

This is about bringing the punters in, you gotta make a splash,

that's what you've gotta do...

Make a splash? Interesting.

You know, Rosie's got a really good dressing-up box back at the flat.

What are you talking about?

Sweetheart, can I interest you in a lovely dress?

It'll look great on you. Proper polyester, direct from the West End.

What I'm talking about is making a splash.

-How're you getting on?

-That's all the beers done.

-Just the soft drinks to go now.

-What time you gotta get back?

-What?

-I don't want to go, do I?

I want to stay and watch it open properly and be all proud for you,

but I can't, can I? Cos I've got to go to work and I can't call in sick.

All right, I will! Risk it for a biscuit, you monkey.

All right? Johnny's after a perm and a blue rinse.

-You two are early.

-I told you. Can we go now? I've got some work to do.

All right, Grandma(!)

Where's Shirley?

I don't care if she's here or not.

She'll come.

It's all I could get.

Not my problem.

Phil, I can't give you what I haven't got.

Lot of nice kit in Dean's new place, ain't there?

Please. I'm sorry I blabbed to Ronnie, all right? I really am,

but...that salon, it means everything to him.

Then you'll get the money or else.

£1,000, first payment today.

Phil, don't, please. He's my son.

They both are.

Thanks for taking the time out to meet me, Mr Thompson.

Not at all. I didn't realise I was just meeting you, though?

Oh, unfortunately, Mick - that's my husband - he's busy.

-We run our own business, you see.

-I was referring to Johnny actually.

Oh, of course.

Er, the thing is, um - Johnny is intelligent

and passionate

and bright.

So bright. But he's not very...

forthcoming sometimes.

I'm not quite sure I follow?

He's never failed an exam in his life.

He's never at failed anything.

Even at primary school he was top of his class -

he knew his times tables before anyone else.

Everybody's always said it - he's going places.

He's certainly a bright young man...

Exactly.

So I can't help thinking there must've been some sort of mistake.

-Mistake?

-I don't want to point the finger

but you hear about exams being mis-marked all the time, don't you?

There may have been, in the past,

cases where exams have been marked incorrectly.

-However...

-So you admit it, then?

However, I can assure you

that I did not mark Johnny's exam papers incorrectly.

Furthermore, I cannot and will not discuss

a student's academic performance

with anyone other than the student in question.

I'm his mother.

Sorry.

Fine. Fine.

But on the university website there's this section

that outlines "extenuating and mitigating circumstances"...

Mrs Carter, I don't think you quite understand...

No, no, I understand perfectly.

Just because I ain't got a degree don't mean I'm stupid.

I came here to talk about Johnny - not to be insulted.

OK. Fine. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cause offence.

Please. I'm happy to listen to your concerns.

SHE SIGHS

HE GASPS

There you go, darling.

You'll be the belle of the ball in that.

Hey, you have got the patter! Get in there, Terry.

-Nice one.

-Told you.

Your wig's getting a bit wet, though.

Excuse me. Do you have a licence?

No. I'm just helping a mate out, ain't I?

You are not insured to work on this market.

Like he said, he's only giving me a hand.

No biggie. He's just helping.

-You need to officially register him as your assistant.

-What?

You need to submit proper documentation.

I need his ID and a £35 fee.

-Were you bullied at school or something, mate?

-Terry, stop, stop.

We can do it the proper way or you can get a written warning.

It's up to you.

Ronnie's going to be OK, isn't she?

You said yourself she text you this morning. She's a big girl,

-she'll come back when she's ready.

-Yeah. I know. I know.

That finished?

You on your own?

Don't ask.

This is where you've been hiding from me?

-That's my cue.

-Sorry, I didn't mean to...

Aleks, I'm busy. I've got a meeting with Sharon.

Too busy to reply to my text messages?

If I'm going to be managing The Albert until Sharon gets better,

then you need to appreciate that I'm busy.

I'll go, let you work.

Ronnie said...she doesn't trust you.

-That again?

-I don't know.

Look, the way we started, might not have been the most normal.

But what's normal these days anyway?

You need to make up your mind whether you want to trust me or not.

Please, once you have, let me know. OK.

-Quick, take one before I drop 'em.

-Johnny wants two.

Oh, you enabler.

Here he is. I told you it would be brilliant.

Shirley not here yet?

No. Want me to call her?

No, you're all right.

All right. Bit of hush. Yeah? This won't take long.

Look, I just wanted to say - thanks to everyone for coming

and welcome to Blades.

CHEERING

We open properly tomorrow, er, so tell your friends.

In the meantime, get yourself a drink and enjoy yourselves.

Right, Nance, I've really got to go.

You're doing my nut in.

Mate, I've gotta shoot off. Revision.

-Looks seriously impressive.

-It's coming together, yeah.

You must be well chuffed.

-Thanks for being here.

-That's OK.

SPEAKS HIS OWN LANGUAGE

-It's about Tel helping out...

-Get out. Get out!

All right, all right! OK. I'm going.

KARAOKE PLAYS "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"

PHONE RINGS

It's my tutor.

Answer it, then.

Where've you been? You've been gone ages.

I'll go up next, shall I? Finally!

Mum, I think there's something wrong with one of the barrel pumps.

-Let your dad deal with it.

-No, no, no. He's gone out.

-It's really important.

-Oh!

-Honest.

That was my tutor. Said you went and saw him.

Yeah. I did.

-Wow!

-Are you serious?

What? Sometimes they mess up on the marking, don't they?

I was only looking out for you.

Turns out he was a right arrogant so-and-so anyway,

weren't worth the trouble in the end.

APPLAUSE, KARAOKE PLAYS "Candle In The Wind"

Oh, I love this one.

Why don't you have a go, then?

What are you doing? Are you mental?

-# Goodbye, England's rose... #

-Stop her. Johnny? Johnny!

OUT-OF-TUNE: # May you ever grow in our hearts

# You were the grace that placed itself

# Where lives were torn apart

# You called out to our country

# And you whispered to those in pain

# Now you belong to heaven

# And the stars spell out your name... #

What did I say to you?

-I told you to keep her away at all costs.

-Johnny...

# And it seems to me

# You lived your life

# Like a candle in the wind

# Never fading with the sunset

# When the rain set in... #

That's it, go on baby! Go on, girl! Go on!

# And your footsteps will always fall here

-# On England's greenest hills... #

-Rubbish!

# Your candle's burned out long before

# The legend ever did. #

SCATTERED APPLAUSE

Come here. Hey?

-Who's that?

-One second.

Decided to turn up, then?

-You could at least try and look impressed.

-I am.

Honest, it's brilliant.

Look, Dean, I need to tell you...

What you've achieved here, it's really, really impressive...

..and I want you to know that I'm really proud of you.

Yeah?

More than you'll ever know.

Been going well. Told people they can have half price cuts

if they've booked early.

And they've been booking up,

so it's going good. It's going really good.

You'd better get back to meeting and greeting.

Don't get plastered, will you, Shirl?

What's happened?

Talk about a tough crowd. Can you believe that lot?

Miserable gits.

I mean, I know I'm no Sam Bailey, but I can hold a tune, at least, can't I?

-Can't I?

-No, Mum, you can't.

Yes, I can!

What about at Christmas when I do my Bernadette Peters?

Yeah, that's in the house, just us.

What, I can't sing? Is that what you're saying?

So what, you sent me up there to humiliate me?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's exactly what I did.

-Cheers, lads.

-You make all that today?

I wish. It's an advance from Stan to get started.

Right. Are we going to go back to the Vic and celebrate properly?

Yeah.

Just give me a minute.

Why would you deliberately send me up there to embarrass me?

Do you have any idea how much you've embarrassed me?

He's my tutor, Mum. You had no right.

That's what this is about?

Well, I'm sorry but I'd have done the same

for Nancy, for Lee, for any of you.

I've got to sit in lectures with that man for the next two years.

Now you're talking nonsense.

-You don't get it, do you? You never get it.

-Get what?

I only failed two of my modules, which I will resit and I'll pass.

Me, not you. Why couldn't you once, for once, just leave it?!

-And what if he had marked it wrong?

-But he didn't, did he?!

And even if he did, it ain't your place to get involved.

Of course it's my place!

Oi, Dad wants you downstairs.

-Not now, Nancy.

-It's MY degree. It's MY life.

So, please, please just stay out of it.

-Johnny, calm down, man.

-No, she needs to know.

I'm so sick of us all tiptoeing around her all the time.

You're the adult but you act like a child and we all have to play along.

-That's not true.

-Of course it is.

Why do you think we've never let you up on the karaoke before?

Because you can't sing. You can't do it. You're that bad.

None of us could say anything, which is beyond ridiculous.

-We got punters down there.

-Did you know she went and saw my tutor?

-Told him he didn't know how to do his job?

-That is not what I said.

-Why are you saying anything at all?!

-Oi, oi, calm down.

What you did to me was hurtful.

-What I did for you, I was trying to help. Help my boy.

-I ain't a boy!

-Well, you're not a man!

-That's enough!

The pair of you. That's enough.

I'm your mum. It's my job to worry and care...

-Then stop, then! Just stop!

-Johnny, I'm warning you...

Johnny, please just leave it.

You're warning me? You're warning me? Why don't you warn her?

Why don't you warn that stupid bitch!

You need to get out of my sight right now, son.

No, it's fine, Roxy.

As far as I can remember

all the paperwork's in the third drawer down. OK?

Right. Cheers.

Everything all right?

Yeah, yeah, fine.

You lost something?

No, no. Just, er, Ronnie had some stuff in this bag and, er...

She must have packed it in her suitcase.

Hope you're hungry.

They'll say anything at that age.

You remember what you was like. You was double trappy.

We're all downstairs with Dean.

Is everything all right?

I'll see you downstairs, then, yeah.

He hates me, Mick.

He doesn't hate you.

-Yes?

-I just want to say that I do trust you.

OK? I do. And I want to fight for this.

Right answer.

Give me a minute, will you?

Oh, here it comes.

Gentlemen. Alfie, could I have a word?

Go on.

-About what you saw...

-I didn't see anything.

Great. In that case, I didn't see anything either.

No interest on your late fees. No written warning. Deal?

Whatever the boys want.

Here we are.

Thanks, Shirl.

Get stuck in.

PHONE RINGS

Where is everyone?

Flamin' PPI.

Right, you, come and give your mum a hug

cos I'm really proud you today.

Well, go on, then.

Right. Let's get drinking.

Long as you don't try and get me up on that karaoke.

You all right?

I can't believe I just said that. It just...

came out.

You went too far,

but I think a lot of what you had to say was really valid

and she needs to stop treating you like a baby,

so now she knows. I think that's a good thing.

This is good, is it?

Obviously not... Where are you going?

Just leave me to it, yeah, Nance?

MAN SINGS "Ring Of Fire"

-What do you think of him?

-Out of tune.

No! Aleks.

Oh, him. Slug in a suit.

That's what I think of him.

Why do you ask?

Oh, no reason. I just don't trust him.

Look at him.

I did ask Ian earlier for a raise,

but it was, like, really busy in the caff

so we didn't get much time to talk, So I'll ask him again tomorrow.

Don't worry. He's going to say yeah. I've got a feeling.

You laughing about Linda?

The whole pub. Tumbleweed.

What did she sing?

Candle In The Wind.

The Diana one.

I won't be a sec.

You're looking remarkably well.

That purely medicinal?

I think it was just one of those 24-hour things.

It ended up just being an eight hour thing in the end.

-Really? Do I look like an idiot?

-No.

-Then don't treat me like one.

-I'm really sorry.

If you are much as one second late tomorrow...

I won't be. I promise.

What?

You didn't even go to work today?

Remember when they were little, in their pushchairs?

We'd take 'em to the park.

Remember Nancy got her big head stuck in the railings?

Still...at least they needed you.

What he said -

it was just heat of the moment, you know he didn't mean it.

He did, Mick. He meant it.

I don't know how we get back from this.

Put it back.

All of it.

It was just a loan. I was going to put it back.

You just can't help yourself.

It's Phil's money in this place.

I borrowed it from him, then it went to Stan, then to you,

and now Phil, he wants all the cash back...

..starting with £1,000 today. I didn't know what to do.

What are you talking about?

When I told him I didn't have it - Dean, he really scared me.

Good.

Now leave.

You don't understand!

Just...leave.

DOOR OPENS

Have you seen Johnny?

No. Why?

There's a load of stuff gone from his room and his phone's off.

I think he's gone.