10/03/2016 Part 2 EastEnders

RADIO PLAYS

HAMMERING

HAMMERING CONTINUES

Hi, babe.

What do you think?

Why didn't you wake me?

Well, you didn't come up last night,

so I thought I'd just leave you to sleep.

Smooth as a baby's bum. Perfection, that is!

Could eat your dinner off it!

Kim's been overseeing.

Haven't taken my eye off it.

Had a bit of a job levelling it off, though.

It's like a dog had been at it.

I'd have preferred if your mum moved out altogether,

but having her down here?

I can work with that.

CAN OPENS

You and Jack?

Never would have worked.

"Happy Ever After"?

No, not for us Mitchells.

Me?

I should've listened to my old headmaster.

"No good will come of you, Mitchell!"

Instead of struggling all these years,

trying to make something of myself.

The sooner you realise the whole thing is a complete waste of time...

..the happier you'll be.

What are you doing? You stupid cow!

This has to stop right here, right now, Phil -

you, wallowing in your own self-pity,

you pouring that poison down your neck!

No point phoning Sharon.

Hello, can I have a cab, please?

Number 27, Albert Square.

Going to Walford General. Make it as soon as you can, yeah?

Vincent, I don't care what you say.

We have to call the police.

I've just been in the basement. Kim has laid the concrete already.

It is too late.

If we go to the police now, you know what they would think?

-Premeditated, that's what they'll think!

-Yeah, but...

I'm going to take JJ for a walk.

Get some air, clear my head, yeah?

-See you later.

-Yeah, later...

-We can't just leave her down there.

-They'll call it murder.

No, no, no, it... It was an accident, man!

We have no proof of that, nothing!

Even if I tell them about the provocation, about my dad...

Patrick, you have to understand.

There's a body buried underneath my house!

And the police?

They'll be more than happy to settle a few scores with me.

So, where are we going to say she is?

All right, come on.

I got here as soon as I could.

Honey's dropping the kids at school. Is everything all right?

Yeah, it will be.

Matthew's asleep upstairs.

I'm taking Phil to hospital.

-I don't know how long we'll be.

-Yeah, don't worry about that.

But... You do know it's today, don't you?

Jack's wedding.

I'll see you later.

CAR ENGINE STARTS

All we have to say is...

..Mum and I had an argument about Kim.

She wanted me to choose between her and Kim

and I obviously chose my wife.

Mum didn't like that and she left.

It's that easy?

None of this is easy. But it's a start, it's something.

She was talking about going away...

Seeing relatives - Jamaica, St Kitts.

PHONE BUZZES

Yo, sis.

Mum? No, no...

I haven't seen her.

Yeah, all right.

Promise me you won't do anything,

or call anyone?

Oh, you all right? How was your holiday?

Yeah, it was good. Darren and Tamwar bonded over trout fishing.

We walked a lot, talked a lot...

Well, Tamwar did - mainly about you.

You guys seemed like quite the fairy-tale.

Gory and terrifying?

Sweet and perfect.

-He misses you.

-Really?

-Well, the whole thing's not that easy, to be honest.

-No.

You know, Darren and I got engaged once. Didn't work out.

And with hindsight, I'm grateful.

Otherwise, I don't think I'd have ever gotten out of this place.

-See you later.

-See you later. Bye.

Thank you for seeing us at such short notice.

How can I help?

Well, look at him.

You've got to do something. Give him a pill,

or find him a bed in a specialist unit.

I don't know, just something.

Mr Mitchell knows we have a team of professionals on hand,

for when he WANTS our help.

I WANT a drink.

You see, this is what I'm having to deal with.

Until then, all I can do is manage the symptoms.

-Drain the fluid...

-No, no, that's not enough!

Don't listen to her. She's hysterical!

-Your family are worried about you.

-You've got to stop drinking, Phil!

How do you expect to get on the transplant list?

-Maybe I don't want to go on a list!

-What?

-Mr Mitchell...

I'm dying, you stupid woman!

Now, why don't you just accept that?

Let me go the way I choose.

PHONE RINGS

Louise ain't interested. Ben thinks I'm a loser.

You can always make it up with Ben.

Your kids are the reason to carry on - to beat this.

No. No, it's beaten me.

I've spent my whole life fighting,

trying to change things, to make things better.

And what? It all just got a little bit disappointing, did it?

You're a Mitchell.

Whatever life throws at us, we take it...

-I can't...

-..we fight back.

-Not any more.

-We don't just give up.

Well, you have, ain't you? And that didn't take much, did it?

-So, what about JJ?

-I might as well put it out on a tannoy.

-What are you trying to say?

-Me and Kim are models of discretion.

-Yeah.

That's as may be.

I can't think about JJ right now -

I've got bigger things to think about, so...goodbye.

-Bye!

-All right!

Here, Patrick.

What did Vincent want?

Mum... I've got to go back to Oxford.

A colleague's fallen ill and they really need someone to cover.

-Oh, OK...

-I can stay if you...

No, no, no, no. You get yourself off.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, I've got Patrick.

It's over, all right?

You can finally move on.

-I love you.

-I love you too, Squiggle.

Now, you just make sure you text me when you get there.

CLANG Oh, JJ, careful!

Don't know what she'd do without you.

I don't know what any of us would do without you.

See you, Pops.

You know, you don't owe Jordan or Lucas a thing.

No, I don't. Except...

..maybe one last visit.

I just need to see Lucas one last time.

Things I need to say.

Only, I was hoping that this time, you'd come with me.

..And washed away the little piece of glass which had stuck there.

-DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS

-Then he looked at her...

I need to find the name of the hotel where Jack's getting married.

Well, I don't know what it is. Why?

Billy...

Why don't you check the photos again?

-Billy?

-What?

-Go and get a car.

-Where from?

-Well, I don't know. Go and borrow one!

We've got a wedding to stop.

So, marks out of ten?

-Ten!

-You don't think I'm too handsome?

-Dad...

Come on, then, let's do a photo.

Ready?

-BOTH:

-Harry Styles!

-PHONE CAMERA CLICKS

-Look, are we all right?

-Yeah.

Stuff just got out of hand, really, didn't it?

I'm really sorry for taking your bar job.

It was bang out of order.

It was twice.

Yeah...

I'm really sorry.

You're my brother, man.

Come here.

-I love you.

-I love you too.

SHE SNIFFS You stink of fish.

I ain't keen on your girlfriend, but I can't have everything, can I?

Anyway, this weren't just you.

It's me. I've got a lot of stuff going on.

Is it Tam?

I really miss him.

I don't know, I just feel that I don't really fit in anywhere.

Everyone else like, goes away...

..does stuff.

You've been in the Army. You've travelled.

You're getting married...

Whereas I just go around in this massive circle.

FOOTSTEPS COME UPSTAIRS

Bunny. Ollie ain't happy unless he's chewing one of the ears off.

-I'll give you a shout when he's ready.

-Yep.

Good to see you two talking.

Look, I know the epilepsy gets you down,

but you can be whoever you want and do whatever you want.

You shouldn't let it keep holding you back like this.

It's more than just that.

I don't know what I want.

I don't really feel like I know who I AM any more.

-Billy!

-It was the best I could do!

Are you kidding me?

Well, you didn't give me much notice, did you?

-At least it'll get me there. Oh, Honey?

-Yeah?

-You all right with Matthew?

-Of course. Hurry, go!

We'll get you lunch soon, yeah?

And you're going to have your afternoon nap.

Any news? I know, I know, I'm like a stuck record...

-Have you been burning toast again?

-Yeah. Sorry, babe.

Cos if Mum doesn't get back to one of my calls, seriously,

me and her are going to be having words.

Yeah, look, I went upstairs, checked in her room.

-Some of her stuff has gone.

-"Gone"? What do you mean "gone"?

We had an argument.

What about?

Kim.

Yeah, she asked me to choose between her and Kim

and naturally, I chose Kim.

Naturally.

That didn't make Mum happy obviously, and she left.

Said something about...St Kitts.

Are you sure?

ENGINE SPUTTERS

ENGINE CUTS OUT

Billy...

Are you sure we're doing the right thing?

You know, sometimes in my cell at night...

I say your name over and over... like a mantra...

..till it was like you were actually lying there next to me.

We could have had it all, Dee.

Fantasy, Lucas.

That's all it was.

-The escape. You. Me.

-But you came.

Idiot that I am.

And I knew you would.

Because you and me...

There is no "you and me".

..we're like one soul...

..that's separated into two different people.

-Fantasy.

-But I want you to know, it's all right.

I forgive you.

-You've got a nerve!

-You stay out of this, old man.

You forgive ME?

I understand. You were just scared.

No, no, you don't GET to forgive me.

Or hurt me or contact me ever again. Do you hear me?

I know you love me.

I used to...once.

But that soul of yours?

If it even exists in there, it is NOTHING like mine.

It's dark and it's ugly

and it destroys people.

And I used to think I could...

I used to think I could fix you.

You know, if I could just love you enough.

You can. Don't you see?

You're exactly what I need!

I'm not what you need. You know what you need.

A psychiatrist.

Professional help.

You need, when you're lying in that cell of yours,

to think of all the people in your life that you have let down.

Jordan. Chelsea.

JJ...

What sort of start to life has he got now?

If you'd just done what Jordan told you to!

What? We'd be lying on some Costa somewhere?

It doesn't matter where.

You can't walk away from this, Dee.

I won't let you.

I need you more than ever.

You don't need me.

And you know what?

I sure as hell don't need you.

Come on, Patrick, can you take me home, please?

You only have yourself to blame, young man!

Oh, I know who's to blame! Coming here, sitting in judgment!

Yeah, I know who's to blame!

"Let he who cast the first stone be without sin!"

ENGINE SPUTTERS AND DIES

I don't understand! I've done everything textbook.

The thing is...

..we've run out of petrol.

-I was in a rush! I didn't have time to think.

-Billy!

This is a stupid idea.

Jack is going to be halfway to his honeymoon by now.

I'm going to call recovery.

Do you know what? I think I'm only a couple of miles away from the hotel.

-I'm going to run it.

-What?!

-Yeah!

Billy, go and get some petrol and then come and get me, yeah?

-All right.

-See you later!

-PHIL:

-'Ronnie!'

BOTTLES CLINK

Where is she?

Took me three buses to get back here.

She's gone to stop Jack's wedding.

Thinks she's going to run off into the sunset with him, does she?

I told her, it ain't happening.

Maybe she thinks it's worth a go.

-That some things are worth fighting for.

-What, like Billy?

Well, actually, like love...

and happiness...

..and showing the people that you care about

exactly how much they mean to you.

Why?

They all leave you in the end anyway, don't they?

Look, Phil, I know you're in a dark place...

and right now it seems like there's no way out.

But sometimes, you know, it's you.

You're the one that can find that way...

like Ronnie's trying to.

Like I had to, with my little girl.

Like Kai has to escape the Snow Queen. She's enchanted him.

And if he doesn't let her go...

she's going to kill him in the end.

BABY CRIES THROUGH MONITOR

BOTTLES CLINK

HE SCREAMS

Yeah...

leave JJ with Masood a while longer.

Catch your breath, hmm?

Lucas is in jail.

Jordan's on remand.

It's over.

Yeah.

Come here.

Thank you.

You're going to be OK.

Course. Still got you, haven't I?

I might not be here much longer.

What? Oh, come on, don't be daft.

And there's Kim, to an extent.

Libby, if I need her.

JJ...

That poor kid's had such a rough start to life.

So what are you going to do with JJ? You going to keep him?

Why not?

Because it don't work quite like that. You know it doesn't.

We should call social services...

No.

Denise. Denise, please be sensible. The boy is four. He is a handful.

-I mean, you're not a young woman any more, you know.

-Oh, thanks(!)

This is the perfect time for you to move on.

Get on with your own life.

His mum is dead...

his dad's in prison.

What chance does he have in a care system? A little boy.

Why should he be punished? None of this is his fault.

What did you say to me earlier?

That you needed to listen to me more.

Well, I want you to listen to me now.

If you keep that boy...

..you will always have a connection with Lucas...

..and you will never, ever be free!

Well, maybe that's a risk that I'm prepared to take.

With you by my side, we're exactly what JJ needs...

# Ding, dong! The witch is dead

# Which old witch? The Wicked Witch!

# Ding, dong! The Wicked Witch is dead!

# Ding, dong! The witch is dead Which old witch? The Wicked Witch!

# Ding, dong! The Wicked Witch is dead... #

Hi! It's just...

Wizard of Oz, innit?

I'm not going to have you disrespecting my mum

to our daughter, yeah? She's a good grandmother.

It's not as if she's gone for ever, though, is it?

It don't matter what she's done.

All right? She didn't...

-She don't deserve that.

-All right.

But whilst the basement is free,

how about a Princess Palace Playroom for Pearl?

It'd be a shame to just leave it empty.

We're going to get you that room.

# Ding, dong! The witch is dead Which old witch? The Wicked Witch

# Ding, dong, the Wicked Witch is dead... #

The... The wedding. Where is it?!

-In the suite, madam.

-OK.

Can you take that, please?

Hello?

Yes, I...

I want to report a serious matter.

A boy who needs taking into care.

It gives me great pleasure to declare

you are now husband and wife!

Jack! No!

You looking for me?

Look, I know you like being the centre of attention,

but, in case you ain't noticed, we're having a wedding here.

Sorry.

Listen, I'm just on my way over.

As long as you understand, I ain't doing this for you -

I'm doing this for my family...

..all right?

Vincent!

I called Auntie Cynthia in St Kitts.

She said she hasn't heard from Mummy for months.

So where is she?

Female. Approximate age - mid to late-fifties.

Maintaining her own airway and stable haemodynamically.

Found unresponsive by the side of the road. No name.

Hasn't spoken yet. I don't think she even knows who she is.