11/01/2016 EastEnders

There's no lights. They can't see us.

No-one's going to hurt you. Not now, not never.

Stace, where are you?

The weird kid in the caf said you were acting strange.

PHONE VIBRATES

'Stace, where are you?

'The weird kid in the caf said you were acting strange.

'I'm running out of places to look. Just call me, please.'

SHE SOBS

No, Shabs! Please, just stop! Just listen to me, please!

Get off me!

Let him explain, sweetheart...

Explain what? Stacey's baby's his? I got that. I got that.

I got that.

No, no, no! Oh, oh...

No! Shabnam, please, open...just...

-Give her a minute, Kushy.

-Yeah.

THUNDER

Did you hear that?

That's God. He's on his way.

He's coming especially for you.

Your daddy'll be here soon. He's going to rescue us.

THUNDER

You know, seeing Kat dealing with Charlie -

it felt like Christmas Day all over again.

It's finished. Dennis is going to be fine.

It isn't finished, though, is it, Phil?

Cos every time Dennis gets ill or hurts himself,

I'll be reminded of it.

And every time I see Ian on the square, I'll want to kill him.

THUNDER

FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS

I'm, er... I'm just going to pop out for ten minutes.

I promised Martin I'd help him find Stacey and Arthur.

You need to sort this first.

DOOR OPENS

-Sweetheart, I know you're angry and upset, but...

-Upset?

You have no idea.

Oh, no - you...you actually do.

You know exactly what it's like to be cheated on

-and yet you still said nothing.

-Shabnam, just listen to me...

-Congratulations, Kush.

You finally have what you wanted.

I'll have a whisky. A large one.

You look like hell.

What happened?

Did you win the Lottery and lose the ticket?

Or you fallen out with Sharon again?

HE EXHALES

Where are you going?

Somewhere I can have a drink in peace and quiet.

Here's your change. Thank you, guys, cheers.

Any sign of Stace yet?

Yeah. She went upstairs a little while ago to change Arthur.

Martin, is everything all right?

Yeah, yeah.

Stace?

Stace, you in here?

Sh, sh, sh.

No-one will find us up here.

Only HE will.

And soon we'll be safe and sound.

SHE KISSES HIM

Thanks for coming, boys.

-Have you seen Stacey and Arthur? Are they inside?

-No, mate. No.

Stacey weren't in the Vic. I thought she must have come home.

Hey, has somebody died?

Yeah. Charlie Slater.

-Cha...

-Come to visit today.

-Hey! You not coming in?

-Nah.

So, what was the cause of death?

Heart attack, they reckon.

Charlie.

Oh, well, I'd better tell Dot, then.

I mean, he was a good friend of the both of us, you know.

No matter what happens, I promise you I will never put this child

before our marriage. Never.

DOORBELL

I'll get it.

I asked Stacey about this baby, whether it was yours.

She lied to me too.

I'm sorry.

Have you been lying to Martin as well?

It'd kill him if he knew.

Whereas I can deal with it?

-What kept you?

-Sorry, sorry, mate. Something came up, OK?

-You still not found them?

-Found who?

-Stacey and Arthur. They've gone missing.

-Maybe you should try the...

-I saw them.

-Where?

In the square earlier. But I didn't know there was a problem.

I'll go back out.

Your friend needs your help, Kush.

Go and find your son.

SNIFFLING

What are we waiting for now?

My, um...my work colleague.

See, it would take two of us...

Kat, you OK?

I'd better let the family know.

-Maybe I should call.

-I'll do it.

Is Mummy back yet?

Er, not yet, sweetheart, no.

-Come on, Lily, I'll read you a story yeah? What's your favourite?

-I'd best go and call Belinda.

What about Unicorn?

Fairy princess! Yeah? Go and get it, then.

You can get on with it now, mate.

No, I...

I have to wait.

It doesn't take two of you to get him ready, does it?

What is it?

First time dealing with someone I've been related to.

Best father-in-law ever, he was, Charlie. He was good to me.

Yeah. He was good to both of us.

I'll tell you what, mate - if you want, I'll give you a hand. We'll do it together, yeah?

Cheers, Alfie, you're a proper mate.

-I'm glad you're here.

-It's all right.

If it all goes to plan,

this food business could be the start of something special.

BABY CRIES

What? There's someone on the roof.

What, do you reckon it's Stacey, with Arthur?

That's why Martin couldn't find them. Oi, go and get him.

What are you going to do?

See if they're OK. Can you just go, please?

THUNDER

Can you hear him?

See, I told you he was coming.

DOOR OPENS

Stace, what are you doing? It's freezing!

Are you here to help or stop us?

I'm...I'm here to help.

We can't see the stars. Why can't we see the stars?

Cos it's cloudy.

No, no, we need to see the stars. They have to light the way.

Martin was looking for you, but he's gone again now.

-But, why...why don't we go inside?

-No.

-Come on, we'll go inside and just have a cup of tea or something.

-No, no, no!

Because he's got a better chance of seeing us up here.

And I can see them, so they...they can't sneak up and surprise me.

Wait - who's "them"?

-The demons.

-The demons?

Yeah, yeah, they're everywhere.

They try to and get in my head and steal my thoughts,

but I know how to trick 'em.

I think different things, you see. So they go where we're not.

OK. Right. Why...Why don't we go inside before the storm hits?

And then we can put Arthur in Ollie's cot.

No, it's not just a storm - it's OUR storm.

It's mine and Arthur's. It's coming to deliver us from evil.

THUNDER

I've tried everywhere! She's gone, she's disappeared!

Whoa, whoa! No-one just disappears, OK?

We'll go back to the flat in case the police turn up, all right?

And I'm going to go and see if that kid's where we left him. All right?

Martin!

Stacey's at the Vic, on the roof with Arthur.

THUNDER

-Stace, it's going to pour down.

-No, it won't. Not on us.

-Why not?

-Because by then, we'll be by His side.

-Martin's?

-No, not Martin's - His.

-How did she seem to you?

-She seemed a bit wound up earlier, to be honest.

Look, Tam. I'd really appreciate if no one else knew about this, yeah?

Just for Stacey's sake.

Yeah, course.

-It's no wonder I couldn't find her earlier.

-She...she's not making any sense.

-What are you doing up here, Stace?

-What are you doing?

-I've been looking for you.

She says she's waiting for someone.

No, no! You stay there! You stay there.

Just come inside and we'll sort all this out, yeah?

-She said she can't leave Martin.

-Maybe we should get her some help.

No, I'll handle this. You just go inside.

She seems really agitated.

-Look, I can handle it, Nance.

-OK.

Look, if you...if you see Kush, just let him know I've found them, yeah?

And to tell the police.

Just make sure no-one else comes up here, yeah?

-It's all right.

-No!

It's all right. OK. All right. It's all right.

I'm just going to sit down here, yeah? Is that OK?

Why don't...why don't you sit down as well?

OK? It'd just make me feel a lot better if you're sat down.

I won't do anything stupid.

Promise.

Please.

Someone's hid the stars.

What?

They know that if we can see them,

then we'll see Him coming to take us home.

That...that's why they hid them.

God's blowing all the clouds away with the storm.

Look, why don't we...why don't we just go back down to the flat?

No, no. Arthur's not safe there, not with all those demons.

Stace, please. Just...I want to help you.

I do, but...I don't know what to do.

You have to go downstairs and pray.

Pray for us and pray for yourself.

I'm not going anywhere...

..while you're up here with my son.

He's...he's not your son.

THUNDER

Give him a chance when he gets back, yeah?

He knows it wasn't right, not telling the truth about Arthur.

And what's your excuse?

-It's you he loves, Shabs.

-Is it?

How do I know he's not been lying about that as well?

You married him because he's a decent person.

Because he always tries to do his best for everyone.

That's what he was trying to do here.

SHE LAUGHS

What?

The baby-gro that you gave to Stacey.

I knew it...you... Oh, you couldn't wait to be a grandma, could you?

-No, it wasn't like that.

-You know what?

I...I think it's best if you just go home, Carmel.

Let us sort this out ourselves.

Why are you saying all this? Of course he's mine.

-No, he belongs to God.

-Oh, Stace!

He was sent to us as a gift, but I'm...I'm too weak to protect him.

Stop it. Let's just go back downstairs.

I tried. I've tried really hard to keep him safe, but they're everywhere.

They're all around us.

I can't do it. I can't do it on my own.

You're not on your own, are you? I'm here.

I'm his dad.

No, you're not listening to me! Arthur is not yours.

He is God's! That's why the devil's here!

-He wants him!

-The devil isn't here.

Yes, he is! I saw him! I spoke to him!

And he tried to trick me, but I could smell he was the devil!

I can still smell him now.

That is why God is coming down from heaven.

He's going to gather Arthur up!

The devil can't have him!

-We're leaving.

-I thought you were with your sister.

She ran away from me. I've been looking for her, but I just need to go.

You've come this far - you can't just chicken out now.

It's a lot more complicated than I thought.

I just need to go. Now.

Come on.

So you're just going to stay up here until he comes for you?

He'll come for us soon.

-What if he doesn't?

-He will.

What if he doesn't come, and then, you know - what are you going to do?

Well, he'll have another plan.

And he'll tell you that how?

He'll find a way. He'll send a sign.

Or...like a...a messenger?

Yeah. He'll find a way.

I, um...

I was brought here too...

Yeah, he, um...

He asked me to come.

God.

He sent me here.

Why...why are you saying this?

Because it's the truth. I'm here, aren't I?

He must have sent me.

He...he's asked me to be his messenger.

He sent me here to save you - and Arthur.

THUNDER

DOOR OPENS

There's no sadder sight than seeing a man drinking alone in the dark.

I thought you were at the Albert. Then I saw the light.

What do you want, Shirl?

I think you and me have known each other long enough to skip

over the first five stages of this conversation and get to the point.

PHONE VIBRATES

Sharon. She wants me to go to the hospital.

Whatever it is that's eating you away, just say.

I am the only person you've got to talk to right now that's not going to pass judgement on you.

And that includes Sharon.

So?

Christmas Day.

It weren't Ian driving the car.

He...he told me you were here.

God did.

How else could I have found you?

I...I can't make sense of it.

I can't either, Stace. But He speaks and we...

Well, we do what He says, don't we?

It must be a test.

That's it. He's testing us, you know, to make sure that we trust each other.

Whether we love each other enough.

Yeah. And now...

Now He knows just how much I love you both...

Because God is love.

Right.

We're in this together from now on.

It's OK.

Sh, sh, sh, sh.

BABY GRIZZLES

BABY CRIES Sh, sh, sh, sh.

Sh, sh, sh, sh.

BABY CRIES

Let's go home.

Stacey!

Oh, come on! Where are you?

STACE!

Stacey!

Come on, Stace.

-Stacey! Where are you?

-Come on, let's just go home.

-Stace, come on, let's just go home, yeah?

-Stacey!

-STACEY!

-Stace!

THEY GASP

It's OK. You're OK.

I've got you both.

What are we going to do with this?

You go and put it in a bag.

Alfie, I want the boys home now. I want to hold them.

OK, darling.

We didn't need the stars all along. He had His own plan.

-He delivered us.

-Let's get you home, yeah?

You're sure she's OK?

Yeah, yeah. She's fine.

The shock of Charlie dying, and, um...

Tam said you were here. Is everything OK?

-Stace?

-She's fine.

-And Arthur?

-He sent His Messenger to save us.

-It's just the three of us from now on.

-Yeah, that's right.

We need to get her back to the flat, mate.

-If there's anything I can do...?

-No, mate, there's nothing.

It's all sorted. You just...you just go home.

DOOR SHUTS

Sharon again?

PHIL SIGHS

Must be important.

It's Jay.

I'd better get back.

You've made a lot of enemies in your time, Phil,

but the worst one's right there, every time you look in the mirror.

Lying about who was driving the car

wasn't just about saving my own skin.

It's more complicated than that.

Lies have a habit of coming out.

We know that more than most.

If I were you, I'd tell Sharon what really happened.

I'm not saying it's easy.

I went to hell and back, but I come out the other side,

and things look better, Phil - trust me.

Yeah.

Look who I bumped into outside.

-I've put the twins in the bedroom. They've been a bit

-grizzly. Mummy!

-Hey!

-I'll go and get the boy's 'jamas on, eh?

-Yeah, thanks, Mo.

-Stacey! Stace, where did you get to?

We had to, um... Just had to get out of here. Sorry.

With everything with Charlie, just...

What have you got there, Tommy?

Where's Grandad? I've done him a picture.

Tommy, come and sit here. All right. I've got something to tell you.

It's about Grandad. Um...

See, the fact is...

..he...he's, um...

Yeah, see, the thing is... Come here, Lily.

The thing is, Grandad...has now gone up to heaven.

So he can be with Grandma.

So when you look out at the night, all those stars shinning bright, when you look out tonight,

-who's going to be the brightest, shiniest star?

-Grandad?

-Grandad, yes, of course!

-That all makes sense.

That's why Uncle Charlie came today, to light the way for Arthur.

Arthur's, um...he's tired, ain't he? Listen, we're going to go and put Arthur down, yeah?

-He's worn out.

-No worries, mate.

But Uncle Charlie, he's happy. He is - ain't he, Martin?

Yeah. Yeah, he is.

Lily, Tommy, why don't you go and jump in bed?

-And then we'll come and tuck you in in a minute, yeah?

-Off you go.

Hey.

Stacey's right. Your Dad is happy. All right?

Bless him, he's worn out.

That wasn't a coincidence, Uncle Charlie going today, was it?

He's a sign.

He's gone ahead. He's gone to help God with Arthur.

Stace, what are you doing?

I just need to see what star Uncle Charlie is.

It's freezing outside.

No, I need to see the sky. God needs to see Arthur

and he needs to know he's safe.

He knows he's safe. Come on, we don't need the windows open.

Um, he can see him already. He can see Arthur.

He can see us. He's...

He's everywhere, ain't he, remember?

I think it's safer if we just shut the windows.

Yeah. OK. OK.

Oh, I'm glad you're with us. The three of us.

There's nothing stronger than three, is there?

There's God the Father, God the Son with the Holy Ghost.

Yeah!

-Thanks, Alfie.

-What for?

For supporting me. For stepping in to talk to Tommy.

You're my rock.

DOORBELL I've got it.

You know what? You've been amazing today.

And you are the rock around here, not me. Mmmwah!

Only because you're always by my side.

-The storm's going. Soon there'll be a big, bright star out there, won't there?

-Could be, yeah.

Look, Stace. You look shattered.

Why don't you get your head down? I'll watch Arthur.

I'm so glad I'm not on my own any more.

God's spoken to both of us, so we know what we've got to do.

Me and you, we have to protect God's son.

You won't let anyone take him, will you? Never?

-Never.

-You promise?

I won't let anyone take him.

I promise.

What?

-There's something that I have to tell you.

-Kat, Alfie!

Right, I'm off.

-No, Mo, you can't leave. Not now.

-If she wants to go...

No, Mo. You can't leave, she needs her family right now.

She's got her family.

Belinda!

So, you finally did it. You finally killed Dad.