28/01/2016 Part 1 EastEnders

DOG BARKS

No, sit.

Heel.

Whatever. Sorry. You had your breakfast?

-No.

-Do you want that?

Get out of it!

Since when have you had a dog?

Since the girlfriend roped me into walking her.

Crisis at the Vic, big family talk,

so Muggins here has been left to do the business.

Or pick up HER business, more like.

Tam?

Oh, blimey.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

SHE SIGHS

Oh! Bobby!

You startled me then!

What you doing up so early?

HE SIGHS

This is my punishment, isn't it?

HE SOBS

HE SIGHS

So the thing is...

regardless of the rights or wrongs,

the business is still five bags down.

So what do we do?

There's a couple of police on the market right now, so...

We're still discussing options, ain't we? So...

Ryan's not a thief.

Right, so what else do you call it, then?

I'm going to get kicked out, ain't I?

What? No, don't be silly, it's not going to come to that.

-Well, your sister hates me.

-Well, you both lost your temper.

All right? Just give it a couple of days.

She'll say sorry, you'll say sorry, and it'll all blow over.

Do you think I should message Ryan again?

No, if he was going to get back to you, he would've done.

-I feel so guilty.

-Come here.

Oi!

-Don't blame me, all right? I'm on your side, remember?

-Yeah.

KNOCK AT DOOR

Can one of you get that, please?

If you want to claim on the insurance,

you're going to have tell the police.

Won't they wonder why we didn't do that last night?

-Speaking of which, where were you?!

-Oh...popped out.

All right, listen, Babe's right about the insurance, but I guess

-you don't want your son's girlfriend dragged into it, do you?

-Nancy, that's enough.

Why are we even having this conversation?

Why is she still in this house?

Why are you so keen on blaming Whitney?

Why are you so keen on sticking up for her?

Cos she's part of this family.

And what on earth would Whitney have to gain by being part of it?

She's the one who brought him into this house, that's the point!

-Thank you, Aunt Babe.

-Er, Tam's here.

Nancy told me about the robbery.

I've got some news.

So you're going to go to this hospital, where is it again?

-Er, Hatfield.

-Right, and you're going to go there,

and you're going to say,

"Oi, you give my mate a bed in the mother and baby unit or else," yeah?

Er...yeah. I can be very assertive sometimes.

Mm-hmm? DOOR BUZZER

That'll be Martin.

Ah. Er...

Are you sure this isn't going to be,

like, the biggest waste of time ever?

If you'd seen Stacey at the hospital yesterday,

you wouldn't be saying that.

-Morning!

-All right, mate?

-Hiya.

-Hey.

Yeah, so I've dropped Lily off at her breakfast club,

but we have got a problem.

What?

Sonia is actually working after all.

Oh. Erm...

-So what are we going to do?

-Well...

we either take him with us...

..or we ask Kush if he wouldn't mind?

-Just for the morning, mate.

-I...I'm working.

Well, Shrimpy'll cover your stall.

Look, if you're worried about changing nappies, don't be -

at this age, even their poo smells good.

So, right, changing mat in his bag, I've got some nappies,

his formula, got some bottles, a couple of baby grows which

I washed with my own fair hand, and - ooh, not forgetting,

last but not least, his blue blanket, yeah?

-OK.

-Don't forget that.

Right, er...

so we're all set, then?

Yeah.

And you've got Sonia's number, ain't you, just in case of emergencies?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Go on, mate.

-ARTHUR WHINES

-Erm...

I'll... I'll meet you at the van.

-I'm just going to get all my stuff.

-OK, yeah.

-Good luck.

-KUSH SIGHS

See you later, little man. Good lad.

Right, see you in a bit.

This bit was not my idea, I promise.

This is going to make it so much worse.

What worse?

Telling him.

You'd better go. Go on.

-So you're absolutely sure it was Ryan?

-Definitely.

-And he didn't say nothing?

-He just ran off down the road.

What? So he's in the area,

he's obviously still got the money on him.

Why are we not phoning the police?

Cos he needs help, not blame.

-Oh, I'm sorry, should we have a whip-round?

-Nance...

Do you know what, I can't be bothered with this any more.

Well, he must've wanted to bring it back, didn't he?

Why else would he be there?

-BABE:

-Nancy's right. What other choice have we got?

-LEE:

-I know where Nance is going with this, so I just want to say now

-if Whitney goes, so do I.

-Mick...

-Whit, can I have a word?

-What about?

It'll only take a sec.

So this is what you're going to do.

You're going to call Ryan.

I've tried that, Mick, about six times. He ain't picking up.

He loves you, yeah? You love him.

So you're going to leave a message saying, if he don't bring that

money back, you're going to get slung out on your earhole.

Something more subtle, maybe.

Now, if he really loves you...

he will call you back. OK?

His punishment?

What did you say?

Well, I said of course it wasn't a punishment, but...

IAN SIGHS ..he didn't believe me.

He was all right about it yesterday.

Yes, but he's had a whole night to think about it since then.

You know, I'm going to go and speak to him.

No, love, hold...hold back.

He'll see right through it, won't he?

I'll talk to him later.

Well...did he say anything else?

Well, he said he was worried about losing his friends.

Yeah, but he'll make new ones!

-And he didn't want to join the Navy, either.

-Oh...!

He doesn't HAVE to join the Navy. Who told him that?

What have we been saying since Christmas?

That he needs discipline and structure.

Thank you.

Well, I just pray we don't end up regretting it, that's all.

IAN SIGHS

Well, I'm late for work already, so I'm...

I'm going to say goodbye now.

Are you going to be OK?

Sorry about earlier on.

There's nothing to be sorry for, darling.

And listen...

it's like your dad says - you'll probably love it once you're there.

And then, before you know it...

it'll be half term, and you'll be back here, and...

me and you, we'll have...

we'll have lots of special time together. Just us.

Give us a kiss, quick.

All right?

I'm sorry.

DOOR CLOSES

Bobby, go brush your teeth, we're going to be off in a minute.

Or would you rather he went to prison?

Course, the only good thing in all this...

Remind me what the good thing is?

..was the amount Nancy took while we were away.

We're well up on the same week last year.

Which explains why she's got it in for Whitney.

We've been over this a million times.

-So can we just change the subject?

-Like I can think about anything else right now.

-You haven't said a word about your honeymoon.

-Oh!

Yeah. We had a beautiful time, didn't we, baby?

Yeah, it was lovely to see Johnny.

He's settled in so well, speaking Italian!

-Yeah, he done all the bunnying for us.

-Oh, and the food!

Oh... Italy don't half do a naughty pizza. Whoo!

-Dad...

-What?

-Ryan's on the phone.

What do you mean, "don't be angry," Ryan?

Yeah, of course I'm angry, they're talking about kicking me out now.

I know you're having a rough time, but I don't deserve this, do I?

All right, I'm listening.

So where are you now?

Right, I'll meet you there in ten minutes.

Well?

Wants to meet me in the park in ten minutes.

Has he got my money?

I don't know, he didn't say.

What am I going to do?

Just leave it to me.

I'm coming with you.

Come on, then, smile!

Yeah, that's good, come on.

Just look at that building.

That just oozes class, doesn't it? Do you know what?

This is why parents are willing to spend 30 grand a year

sending their kids here.

Cos you're not just buying an education.

You are buying a privilege, it's a short-cut to the top.

Do you know how many of the kids from here

go to Oxford and Cambridge?

Right, and it's not cos they're especially bright

or anything like that, it's cos they expect to.

-And that's how you've got to start thinking, yeah?

-Ian...

-he's 12.

-Yeah, I know, but he doesn't want to end up

running a fruit and veg stall, does he?

You're joining the elite.

This isn't a punishment, it...

It's the exact opposite.

Now, confident smile.

Yeah, chest out, shoulders back.

Let's go and do this thing, yeah?

Remember, big smile.

-So what are you going to say to him?

-Don't worry.

Just do as I told you - everything'll be sweet.

What's the matter?

Why are you being so kind to me?

Because, believe it or not, I like you. I trust you,

I know it's not your fault.

Come here.

It's going to be all right.

So...

on the way...

I'm going to need to know everything about this brother of yours.

Are you done? Are you done?

Well done, good boy!

Good boy, Arthur. Pop you down?

Yeah, I'm going to pop you down?

I'll pop you down...

and me and you can watch a little bit of telly.

Yeah? Watch a little bit of telly?

Let's see what we've got on.

Let's see what we've got, shall we?

ARTHUR SPLUTTERS

Ooh, what's that, you all right?

You all right? Eh?

Oh, come on...

Come on. Oh!

OK, er...

OK, I'll just hold you for a...

I'll just... give you one of these yeah?

I'll just give you one of these and we'll... Just, erm...

Just this... It's OK, OK.

OK, OK.

I'll just pop this down.

We'll have to get you a new little onesie, won't we, eh?

We do, of course, take our pastoral responsibilities very seriously.

Mrs Kay, Bobby's housemistress,

will be keeping a special eye on him for the first couple of weeks.

So any problems, she's your first port of call.

Er...it says here you don't encourage phone calls.

Not for the first two weeks, no.

Homesickness can be a problem,

but we've learned that to indulge it only exacerbates things.

Better that he throws himself into the life of the school.

You'll be surprised how soon he settles in.

INTERCOM BLEEPS

Emma, can you come through?

DOOR OPENS

She'll take you across to your dorm, where you can meet Mrs Kay.

You'll like her, I promise.

We'll see you in a bit, love.

DOOR CLOSES

Now, while he's out of the room,

are there any particular behaviours or concerns

you'd like to share with me?

No, I don't think so.

Nice, fresh and clean onesie!

Good boy! Good boy, let's try again, shall we?

Eh? We'll try again?

Let's see what's on. See what we've got.

Here we go, what we got here? We've got some horse racing.

Yeah, you want that? Put a little bet on?

Eh?

Yeah.

See what's... Ooh...

ARTHUR FUSSES

OK, OK. Shh-shh. OK.

OK. Shh... OK. ARTHUR STARTS TO CRY

Come on, come on...

Shh-shh...

-All right?

-Don't do that! I'm nervous enough as it is.

You by yourself?

If there's cops around, Whitney, I'll never forgive you.

No, no, there's not. Look, Mick said, if you give the money back,

he'll forget all about it. Have you got it?

-No, don't go!

-Ryan.

Mick Carter.

How's it hanging?

-Is this a trap?

-No, no.

Just want to have a little talk.

So she says you're a nice bloke.

I can be, yeah.

So why are you slinging her out when this had nothing to do with her?

I'm not.

Just a little ploy.

What you on about, a ploy?

Well, we're all here now, aren't we?

So you haven't phoned the old bill?

Cos if you have, you'll never see your money again.

So I think what we need to do is we need to establish a little bit

-of trust here, don't we?

-Have you or haven't you?

I get you being edgy. I get it.

Whitney's told me the whole story.

And if some geezer had done to my sister what that wrong'un

done to yours, I would do exactly the same thing.

So I'm inclined to trust you.

Just, it's got to work both ways, yeah?

First of all he's sick, right? And then I see he's got this rash.

I'm on the website now, only I can't work out which one

of these rashes he's got. Shh-shh...

OK. Hey, hey, hey, hey... Just, nothing works!

He don't want to be put down and he don't want to be picked up,

he don't want feeding, he don't want his blue blanket - I tell you,

I am absolutely going out of my mind.

ARTHUR CRIES I'm going out of my mind here. OK...!

Oh, thank you, Son. Thank you, darling, I love you, cheers.

Cheers, OK, yep, yep, yep. ARTHUR SCREAMS

Please, please, please, please get better.

Shh-shh. Please, please get better!

Hey, hey, hey, hey...

So, if you would sign the direct debit form there and there.

Thank you.

Now, you said something about wanting to make a donation.

Yes. That's.... That's all being taken care of.

What's this?

The new science block.

Your husband has very kindly offered to become a sponsor.

We'll talk about this later, love, yeah?

-MICK:

-So just imagine.

You're Lily, right? You're five years old.

And your mum's in hospital.

You're already upset.

You're confused.

And then this geezer shows up...

..and he's saying that he's your dad.

And he's acting a little bit crazy.

And he wants to drag you off somewhere.

I mean, what's that going to do to you?

How was she...

after I went?

She was a bit shaken up.

See, Whitney told me a little bit

about what you went through when you was a nipper.

And that couldn't have been easy.

So why would you want to put Lily through a similar thing?

Just...

Just think about that.

Oh, Ryan.

RYAN SOBS

I'll go and get us a coffee, all right?

Come here.

Well, it's definitely not meningitis.

Oh! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Honestly, Kush, he's going to be fine!

What's he eaten this morning?

Erm...

Just a bottle of formula that Martin brought round.

Oh, right, and when did it start?

It was just... Just after I changed him into a clean baby grow.

-He sicked up all his milk over the other one, so...

-Changed him?

-Yeah.

-Oh.

-Can I take him, please?

-Yeah.

-There you go.

-Come here, come here.

-There you go!

This baby grow...

..what's this been washed in?

Look, we'll see you again really, really soon, OK?

And I know what she said about not phoning, but to hell with that.

If you want to phone, you phone, OK?

Just one more cuddle.

People are watching.

I love you...

so very, very much.

Now, remember what I said, OK?

You're going to meet lots of new friends here, and...

one or two of them you might get close to.

But no matter how close you get to 'em,

you can't say anything about...

..you know.

Not to anyone, under any circumstances. Is that clear?

I love you to bits.

See you in a few short weeks, yeah?

Bye.

Come on, love, you've got to pull it together, OK?

CAR ENGINE STARTS

-JANE SOBS

-Jane, turn around.

Turn around. You don't want him seeing you like this.

What'll that do to him?

Ryan's decided he don't need to see Lily after all.

He's going to write her a letter for when she's older.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Just going to, erm...

you know, tell her that I'm sorry for what I did last night.

-Good man.

-Listen...

You've still got to promise not to grass me up.

-I was never going to do that.

-I said promise.

So you like being on the run then, do ya?

Oh, yeah, it's brilliant(!)

Because if that's your choice and you was on your own, I'd say fine.

But it's not - you've got a sister.

And you say you don't want to hurt Lily,

so why do you want to hurt Whitney?

-Well, I don't.

-Well, you're going to disappear again,

-and you know that's going to hurt her.

-This ain't about me.

Of course it's about you.

And it's about Lily, but most of all, it's about you, Ryan.

Now, I've done some stupid things in my life.

But I have learned you have to face up to them.

When you face up to them, things ain't half as bad

-as you thought they'd be.

-Hang on, what are you saying?

-What do you think I'm saying?

-Give myself up?

HE SCOFFS

Oh, yeah, this is what you were talking about last night.

-Yeah, and why did I do that?

-She was just thinking of you.

-Which is what I'm trying to do.

-I'm looking at a life sentence!

-No.

-Not if what Whitney told me is true.

-What you did weren't murder.

At worst, it was manslaughter. I'll testify to that.

-Get yourself a good brief, you might just be looking at a suspended.

-Are you mad? I ran away!

Which is understandable under the circumstances.

Do yourself a favour, do your sister a favour,

do everyone a favour, and do the right thing.

The sooner you do the right thing,

the sooner you can be a proper dad to Lily.

How you feeling?

I'm scared!

Course you are.

Will you come and see me?

-In jail?

-Yeah, of course I will!

-And Lily. Lily, too?

-Yeah, absolutely.

OK.

Good.

Good man.

So can I have my money now?

It's in there.

OK, I'm just going to...

I'm just going to make a call.

I'm proud of you.

What can I do to cheer you up?

-I don't want to be cheered up.

-You know it wasn't your fault.

Yeah, but it happened on my watch, though, didn't it?

Mum and Dad ain't going to trust me with this place again.

It wasn't your fault, and even if it was, it doesn't matter,

-because we're building a business empire, remember?

-Oh, yeah(!)

-What, you don't want to do that any more?

-FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

-Guess what? Your dad's got the money back!

-What?!

What, are you joking?

Have you given up on talking to me completely?

I thought you'd given up on talking to me.

What's all this about being a sponsor, Ian?

How do you think he got offered a place mid-term?

Didn't happen by accident.

You bribed her.

Yeah, I oiled the wheels.

How much?

Ian, how much?

25 grand.

You've got the number of the lawyer that Mick gave you, yeah?

And you don't want me to come in with you?

No, I think...

I just think this is something I need to do by myself.

OK.

Look after yourself.

You promise.

And, erm...say thanks to Mick, OK?

You called it right, he's a good guy.

I'm going to fall apart when you go.

You know what I said...

about Lily coming to visit me inside?

I think it's probably only going to upset her.

I've done enough of that.

So maybe...

Maybe that wasn't such a great idea, OK?

-Are you sure?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Yeah?

-Just...

Just tell her I love her.

And I love you, too.

Right. HE SIGHS

SHE SOBS

Thank you, Mick.

It's all right, come here.

You're proud of Ryan, I'm proud of you.

SHE SIGHS

Well, what do you mean, as well as can be expected?

He was upset.

We all were, but...

could've been a lot worse, I suppose.

Jane been telling you all about it, has she?

Where you going with them?

It's his old ones. I was going chuck 'em.

You will not chuck them!

-Well, he's got new ones!

-I don't care, Ian.

Why don't you tell your mum about the sponsorship, hmm?

-What's this?

-Ian's basically bribed the school.

£25,000, Kathy! I mean, heaven knows how we're going to afford it.

It's all sorted.

-JANE SIGHS

-I'm selling the restaurant.

And before you say anything, I've already put it on the market.

Peek-a-boo!

Where's he gone?

-There he is!

-Hey!

Hey, all right?

-Everything OK?

-Yeah, it's a piece of cake.

-Why's he not dressed?

-Well, that's just it, mate.

-Came out in a proper rash, didn't you, eh?

-What?

It's all right, it's all right, it's fine, I sorted it.

-You had me worried for a minute though, didn't you, little fella, eh?

-What was the problem?

Er...

What kind of washing powder do you use on his clobber?

Erm... I dunno. Whatever I can find, I suppose.

OK, well, word from the wise, mate.

You do not want to be using that biological stuff

on the little 'uns, you know? Brings them out in allergies and all sorts.

You stick to the non-bio in the future, and it'll all be fine.

Cheers, mate.

Hmm. How did you get on? All right?

Yeah, yeah. It was... They're going to...

They're going to let the hospital know when they've got a spare bed.

-Fingers crossed, then, yeah?

-It's not going to stop us trying other places, too.

Are you... Are you staying for lunch?

Oh, yeah, that'd be great.

I have missed you so much!

Yes!

Suppose you'll be wanting to get back to work now, won't you? Eh?

Yeah, I guess, yeah.

Can we stop a minute, please?

SHE SOBS

Just...

calm down.

Breathe.

Try not to worry about Ryan. It's OK.

-Yeah?

-It's OK.

SHE SIGHS

Have you got the hump with me?

No! No.

So what is it, then?

You were amazing back there.

-SHE SIGHS

-Just common sense.

We just used our common sense, baby, OK?

I don't want you to worry about Nancy, I'm going to deal with her,

I promise, all right? So...

So what is it?

It's Lee. I can't face him.

-Well, I thought you were sorting things out, no?

-I'm all confused.

About what?

Do you think it's possible to love...

..two people at the same time?

Why?

Who's the other person?

Can't you guess?

(Sorry.)