30/11/2015 EastEnders

Here you go, that's £7 change. Enjoy. See you later.

All right?

Yeah.

-Well, that's nice. Who's it for?

-Me.

What? You gone all girlie now you're married?

Yeah...what's wrong with that?

I'm joking. Do you want to have a coffee?

I'll get Shrimpy to cover. I want to hear all about Turkey.

I can't... Um...

What about lunchtime? Ain't you working?

No, I've got a bit of a throat thing.

I'm actually going to go to bed for a bit.

Oh, well, I'll, I'll come round.

I'll bring you some lunch, we can have a chat.

I just want to rest, all right?

All right.

Seeing as it's somebody's birthday coming up,

I think we should make some plans.

# Vincent? I'm talking to you... #

It would help if you talked to him like a grown-up.

-Vincent.

-Hm?

Your birthday?

-Oh - yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Look.

You seem stressed so I'm thinking we can have, you know,

a couple's massage.

Maybe you can look after Pearl?

I'd love to. I just thought we'd celebrate as a family.

We don't have to do everything as a family. Do we, babe?

You know what, I'm a... I'm in a bit of a rush.

Um. Maybe we could talk about this later, yeah?

Is everything OK?

Everything is fine.

Erm, I just need to go. Erm...you two play nice.

Look what's coming up! December!

Cor! Look at my physique there!

Oh, you two look so lovely.

What we going to do about the wedding photos?

-Have we booked someone yet?

-I'm sorting it.

Oh, what are we going to do about your hair?

Stacey's coming over to do wedding hair dos later.

You know what everyone's doing now?

Little diamante pieces scattered all over the hair.

-Yeah, I haven't got time for this now, Mum.

-Well, time's ticking away!

It's New Year's Day, it's not tomorrow!

It is nice, ain't it? Having our own wedding planner.

She's doing my head in.

Listen, I've had a little thought about that.

-Don't say anything...

-Sh.

Elaine...

So, er, the old, er, community centre,

-they're having a Christmas show this year.

-Ooh.

I know, I know. And I spoke to the geezer yesterday and, er,

they've been let down so they're looking for someone to take over.

You know?

-What, me?

-Well, I thought, who likes Christmas shows?

I thought, who needs a chance to get to know the bods better on the Square? I thought...

Well... I mean, I don't know. We're really busy here. You know.

We've got Christmas, the wedding...

Well, I've probably got the wedding covered, I think.

Right... You've got the wedding covered, have you?

Yeah.

So, you don't mind if I'm spending a lot of time over at

the community centre rather than here,

bothering you about the wedding?

You're a very wise and shrewd woman, Elaine.

-Thank you, Mick.

-No, but seriously,

I can see you sort of directing and choreographing and, er,

you know, organising things.

You know...it's your game, ain't it, really?

Well, I do love my Christmas shows.

I know you do. Hey, oooh!

What you doing?

Say hello to Goosey Lucy!

What's it doing in here?!

It's the best way.

We'll keep her in the barrel store

and fatten her up for Christmas ourselves.

You are an absolute maniac.

We're going to have that living in the pub?!

Be nice, she's nervous.

There are health and safety rules, you know.

Health and safety.

You can't keep a goose in a pub! That's cruelty.

You know about geese, do you?

-Are you, are you winding me up or...?

-I've looked after geese before.

Bet they all ended up dead.

Why have you looked after geese?

-Get it out.

-Where am I going to put it?

Well, I can think of a place or two.

I don't care. Get it out.

Get it out of here.

I don't want a goose in here.

Stroppy!

Scrooge.

You made your mind up?

I'm not going to let you destroy my family.

Your family?

The family that shopped you for Carl White and did nothing to help?

That's, that's the family you're talking about, yeah? And now, what?

You just... you just forgive and forget?

You know, there's something missing from your little story -

there's actually no evidence that I killed Carl White.

How do you know that?

I know, because I made sure I didn't leave any evidence.

OK? So I don't need your help.

And when the police make their move,

you're not going to be asking for no special favours?

No, because you can't trust a grass.

I'm doing this because I care.

The only person you care about, Vincent, is yourself.

I'm meeting my man this afternoon.

Your man? You mean, your handler.

I'm leaving here at midday - if I see no sign of you by then,

you are on your own.

Hey, Phil, it's Ronnie... I need to speak to you.

You all right?

No, not really.

Mum, come on - there's mitigating circumstances.

Yeah. You pleaded guilty, you helped them.

Yes, but let's be realistic, eh?

I might not be coming back here.

Yes, you ARE coming back here and we will have champagne

and we'll put all this behind us.

Any word from Ben?

He's going to be there, all right?

You're going to have your whole family supporting you.

Well, at least you'll all be there to say goodbye.

You not eating?

You should go to work.

I ain't going anywhere till we know where Dad is.

Maybe I should ring round the hospitals?

Can I go on the computer now?

Why ain't you in school?

Cos he's too upset, Ben.

Where've you been?!

He smashed my bike up! Look at it!

You ran over his bike?!

-Scratched me paintwork.

-You're drunk! You could have hit him!

-I am not drunk!

-I hate you!

Well, you shouldn't have left it there, should ya?

Don't blame him when you're drink-driving!

Well, WHY is he drink-driving, eh, Sharon? Cos you're letting him.

All that talk about keeping him on the wagon, he's been on one for days.

All right, thank you, Ben.

Now you know where your dad is, you can go to work. Go on.

Ben.

Ron.

SHE SIGHS

Why did you chuck this in the bin? What is it?

It's pointless, is what it is.

It's a two-person dog lead.

So when me and Shirl was walking Lady Di...

Lady Di kept pulling, and I just...

..just thought we'd have a laugh with it.

Sorry.

Don't worry about it. Just throw it in the bin.

No, no. I'll put it somewhere.

Why?

Cos things change.

Lady Di does need a walk.

We could take it out for a spin. It might be good.

Lady Di wants to try it.

You need a rest.

I'm fine.

I haven't seen you like this before, Sharon.

And why do you suddenly care?

I don't even know why you're here. I thought you were leaving?

No, it's fine. It's all sorted, I'm staying.

Look, I'm, I'm sorry I wasn't here before, but I can help now.

-Matthew's at nursery...

-Look, there's nothing to be done.

Denni's off school, I need to be here.

Yeah, but I can look after Dennis, I can look after Phil.

I have seen this before, Sharon.

I don't need you looking after my family, Ronnie.

Really? Because you're handling it?

Oh, look, come on. What about the business?

There must be something you could be doing there.

-Maybe.

-Go on, just take a couple of hours off.

There's some work I could be doing, yeah.

Good. So go on, go. Come back and check on us at lunchtime, yeah?

Well, I'll go and tell Denni.

And no talking business with Phil. He's not up to it.

-Oh, hi.

-Honey and lemon. Guaranteed to make you feel better.

-Oh. That's really nice, but honestly, I'm...

-The market's dead.

Donna said that she'd give me an hour to cheer you up.

No. I don't need cheering up. Honestly, I'm fine.

I've got to go and do wedding hairstyles with Linda,

-so it's now or never, Shabs.

-Listen. I can't, all right?

-Why, what's the matter?

Nothing. Nothing. Honestly, I'm fine. Will you just, just go?

-Please. Honestly, I'm fine...

-Mum!

Mum!

Stace...

I know you.

What are you doing here?!

What's it got to do with you?

Um...

Hello?

Fiona, sorry. This is my friend Stacey.

Stacey, this is Fiona, a social worker.

She's here to supervise Jade's visit.

Is there, is there a problem?

Oh, no, no, no. It's just Stacey being Stacey.

I asked if she wanted to come round and join in.

We're doing our nails, aren't we?

You helping?

Yeah, yeah. Great.

OK, come on, Jade.

Does, er, does Kush know about this?

-Yeah, of course!

-Well, why wouldn't you tell me?

Oh, no, no... Go!

KNOCK ON DOOR

What are you, the baby-sitter?

No. I'm watching Dennis.

Look, Phil, we need to have a serious talk.

OK? I've just been with Vincent...

Listen. Do you think I care about your problems? Hm?

They're not just my problems...

Yeah, well, I ain't interested! All right? So just, just go home.

-No, I'm not going to because I'm not going to leave you in this state.

-What state?

You stink of booze, because you've been out all night.

Dennis is upset, Sharon's a mess...

I'm going to be here all day,

so why don't you put these bin bags on your casts and get in the shower!

I'm going to go and get what we need for a fry-up,

because I am not leaving you alone with this booze.

While you get yourself sorted, I'm going to take Dennis to the shops.

OK?

Cheers.

ENGINE STARTS

You're cutting it a bit fine, ain't ya?

Sorry, I can't make it.

So, that's it? Ben, I want you at court with me.

You'll be fine.

Well, I might not be.

You do know I might not be coming back?

All right.

What was that, mate?

I've had just about enough of my family for one day, all right?

You don't know how lucky you are, mate.

Lucky?! Right, OK.

So I take it you haven't seen what's been going on round ours?

Lucky to still have a mum.

And you might not be seeing her for a while now.

Right. What am I supposed to do about that?!

I'm going to get a coffee.

Phil smashed up my bike on purpose.

I'm sure he didn't.

He's just got a lot on his plate at the moment.

A lot of whisky.

Look, I know he shouts and stamps about a lot but...

-He's scary.

-But he would never hurt you.

Yeah, he would.

No, he wouldn't.

Right, come on, let's you and me go to the shops, yeah?

Phil! I'm taking Denni out.

DOOR OPENS

I'm looking for Mum and Ben.

We're supposed to be going to her hearing.

Well, good luck with that.

Is that all you've got to say?

After all the lies you told me.

Look, Phil, I broke down in your arms

when I thought I had nothing left after Lucy, and you just sat there.

Why didn't you tell me about my mum?

You ain't going to cry again, are ya?

You don't care about anyone but yourself, do ya?

I'm not going to ruin my mum's day by telling her about this.

You keep on drinking, Phil, drink yourself to death.

-It's good!

-We're very middle-class!

Barely even looked at me.

Oi, Shirley. Don't just blank Mick.

Whatever's happened, he's your son.

What do you want?

Just, just forget it.

Yeah, that's what I thought. Cheers, Linda.

Don't start on her. She's just trying to be nice.

This is ridiculous.

Yes, it is. Cos all I care about is Dean and Jade.

If she misses this court appearance...

DOOR SHUTS

-Where've you been? Where's Ben?

-Oh, let's just go.

DOOR OPENS

You could have dressed a bit smarter.

Thanks, love.

OK.

-Last card!

-Last card!

Loser! Loser!

No, no. This is about having the most amount of cards, so I win.

No, I win!

-Yes, that's right.

-Well done.

We've got to be going soon.

The judge is expecting us at midday.

-The judge?

-Yeah.

Jade is meeting the judge, just to talk through what's going to happen. And then the hearing's tomorrow...

Oh, well, I had a lovely time. Thanks, Jade.

Yeah.

Do you think the judge might ask Jade what she thinks?

Oh, he might do.

Look, don't worry about the hearing.

You said you had a surprise.

Oh, yes! Oh, I almost forgot! Hang on, um...

Oh, it's not in here... I think I saw it.

Yes, it was just hiding. You had it all along!

Oh, cheeky.

-Thanks!

-There you go.

That's lovely.

Now, you've given me so much tea, I need to use your loo.

Oh, it's...

Right, shall I put it on you? Yeah? So, um...

So, you're seeing the judge in a bit, aren't you?

Yeah.

If you don't feel safe with Shirley and Buster,

you know it's OK for you to tell him that.

(Shabs...)

Shirley's all right, she got me cupcakes.

And um...and Dean?

Do you, do you feel safe with him?

-He's moving out.

-OK.

We have a nice time together, don't we?

Yeah, we do, I like it here.

-If the judge asks you that, you can tell him if you want.

-TOILET FLUSHES

Shabs, that's enough... you're not her social worker.

-Yeah, OK. I'm her mum, I'm just...

-Stop it now.

That looks gorgeous. You'll have to look after that.

Shall we get your coat on?

Right, shall we go and see that judge?

Come on, let's stick a few of these up! Mick'll love it.

Not very Christmassy.

Oh, look at him.

If we don't cheer him up he'll start scaring the punters away.

It's official!

I'm going to be doing Jack And The Beanstalk in the community centre.

Um, I'm the director. And maybe...the star.

There is my inspiration!

Good. You should enjoy that. Ordering people around.

Babe, I want to talk about Goosey Lucy to you.

Don't start that again.

I've found a place for her at Patrick's allotment. Not your doing.

It's health and safety.

No, no, no, no. I'm talking about Jack And The Beanstalk.

You know the goose that lays the golden egg?

Wouldn't it be lovely for the kids if they had a real goose on stage?!

Nah. It's cruel.

What do you mean, cruel?

All those lights and kids. Cruel.

You were going to keep it in the barrel store!

You were going to kill it and eat it!

-Oh, Linda, can I have a word?

-Oh, can we do this later?

No, no, no. It's really important.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to take a back seat with your wedding plans,

it's just I'm doing the Christmas show at the community centre

and I'm not going to have enough time.

That's...that's a shame.

Well, I can cancel it, if you want?

Oh, no, no, you can't let everyone down.

I'll just have to manage.

Oh, darling, thank you.

You all right?

Couldn't be better.

You've done me a favour with Mum...

My pleasure. It's all part of the service.

-Rox, Roxy...

-Don't want to hear it...

You know Phil's back on the bottle?

Yeah, that's right.

I'm trying to sort him out but we should stick together

because we're family.

Look, if you and Dean are working out then that's fine,

but we are family.

Sorry. Sharon said I'm not welcome, am I? So...

I spoke to Jack before.

I told him I want Amy for the holidays,

cos we're going to spend a proper family Christmas together.

Really? What, Dean Wicks, in a Christmas jumper, singing carols?

OK. Forget it, yeah?

Come on, Dennis, me and you are on a mission.

What?

I can't believe that you would talk to Jade like that.

I know. I know, it just...

it came out wrong, but...

She's too young, Shabs! You can't ask her things like that.

-That ain't right.

-Oh, and is it right for her to go and live with Shirley Carter?

I'm protecting her! If the judge decides against me...

Oh, calm down.

Come on, then, tell me what I'm doing wrong.

I'm just trying to help you.

Why, why would you lie to me about her being here?

Because I didn't want you to worry, after the last time you found us.

-Well, I'm worried now.

-Oh, right.

You think I'm making a mess of everything, thank you very much. But you know, maybe I'm not.

Shabs, you're not ready for this. And I'm sorry but if I can't tell...

No, no. You know what? I'm sorry too, all right? Did I ask you to come here? Did I?

All right, well, I'll go.

Yeah, go. If you can't support me, then please just leave!

-Champagne?

-Well, I suppose.

Oh, Mum.

I just can't get my head round it. It's just, it's unreal.

Look, I'll tell you what. Why don't we take this to Beales,

and we will have a decent lunch and celebrate properly?

I'm up for that!

Come here! Aw, this is perfect.

I'm not letting you two go ever again.

Can I get changed, at least?

-Oh, go on.

-Be quick, you.

See you in a bit.

Two years suspended! I couldn't have dreamed of that.

Well, it wouldn't be worth anything if I didn't have you and Ben back.

Ah, Dennis! Dennis!

Oh, here she is. The baby-sitter.

You had to do it, didn't you?

You know what?

I wouldn't want to be here if I was you when Sharon gets home.

So. Bye-bye, Ronnie.

What kind of a father are you?

I mean, you're an alcoholic, you're a drunk-driver

and Denni's got to grow up with that.

Just be a man, Phil! Get up!

Yeah, get up and sort out YOUR mess, that's what you mean, i'nt it?

This has got nothing to do with Dennis.

All right, fine - I do need your help.

This family is in danger.

Are you listening to me, Phil? I've been talking to Vincent...

I don't want to hear it.

You are going to want to hear this. The police are after you.

The police have been after me all my life. I don't care.

All I want is for you to do one.

So, what you saying, your family doesn't even matter to you?

No. You, you don't matter to me because you're a liability.

You're drunk. You don't know what you're saying.

Do you know how much better off we'd all be

if Carl White had done you in?

That's one battle that went the wrong way, I can tell you.

You can say what you want cos it doesn't mean anything

because you're drunk.

Well, how about this one -

I wish you was still in that coma!

Because that, that suited me fine.

Why ain't you at work?

I've just been at Mum's hearing.

She got two years, suspended.

Oh. Happy ending for her, then.

Happy ending for you and happy ending for Ian.

Happy ending all round.

So, why don't me and you celebrate?

We'll have a toast, I'll get you a glass... Ben? Ben!

Oh, I don't know, Stace. This one looks all right.

What do you think?

Yeah.

You all right?

Yeah, yeah. Sorry. I just had a bit of a weird morning.

Work?

No, actually. Um...Shabnam.

How is she?

-Oh...

-What?

She's just a bit...a bit strange.

Strange?

Well, come on.

I know there's something you're not telling me.

Do you remember saying the same thing to me,

right here, nearly a year ago?

I really care about Shabs...

I just want her to be happy, but I don't know how I'm supposed

to help her if she just keeps going about everything the wrong way.

Wrong, how?

You're cutting it a bit fine, aren't you?

You all right?

Sharon resents me. Roxy won't speak to me. Ben hates me.

And Phil wishes I was dead.

Full set, then. So, are we on?

No, I've come here to stop you.

Listen, Vincent. I'm never going to betray my family. And you?

You're a police informer.

Whatever power you think you've got over me,

I've got just as much power over you.

Understand me, Ronnie, I didn't want to have to do this.

'There's actually no evidence that I killed Karl White.'

I got the whole conversation.

'I know because I made sure I didn't leave any evidence.'

So, are...we...on?

Shabnam's a mum - of course she's going to do everything

she can to get Jade.

Yeah, but you should have seen her when that woman left the room.

Well, I can't blame her for trying to run rings round the social.

It weren't like that.

Well, what else? Look... I feel for her.

But if there's anything dodgy going on, you've got to stop it.

Don't you think I've tried?

I caught her, a few weeks ago, she'd taken Jade from the foster carers.

So she weren't at school. The police could have got involved.

I told her and I thought that she'd seen sense

but it doesn't look like anything's changed.

You shouldn't have told me.

Just forget I said anything.

I'm just worried that she can't look after Jade,

so soon after losing a baby.

Yeah, I understand that, Stace, I do,

-but she shouldn't have done that.

-Please, you can't tell anyone.

What do I say to Mick?

I can't lie to him and the hearing's tomorrow.

She can't lose Jade because of me.

Lie to me about what?

I'm...I'm going to go.

You do think Ben's coming back?

Yeah, he wouldn't want to miss this.

Yeah, we can't wait all day, can we?

PHONE BEEPS

"Something came up."

Why would he do that?

Give him a ring, Kathy.

No, no. Let's just go.

If the judge heard about this...

Look, she told me in confidence. We can't make it Stacey's fault.

We can't.

I just don't want that little girl anywhere near Dean.

She should be with her mum. So, we forget it.

Just another secret, though, innit?

Another thing that stands between me and Shirl.

In a way, I wish I could tell her.

But I can't, though, can I?

I'm sorry. Look, I really am.

I wanted you to come to this decision by yourself,

cos it's the right thing.

Your family is like a sickness.

You want to shake it off, but you can't.

I'm trying to help you.

Look, you said so yourself, they all hate you. Just...

Just step away from them. That's all I ask.

Save yourself.