05/09/2016 EastEnders

What do we do?

I don't know.

PHONE RINGS Dad's not picking up.

SMASHING NOISE IN BACKGROUND

PHONE RINGS

Aren't you getting that?

It's probably just a call centre.

Well, switch it off if you're not going to answer it.

PHONE RINGS

It's Courtney.

What was that?

GRANT: 'Courtney?'

Dad. What's the matter?

Can you hear anything?

'Courtney?'

I'm here. Where? Where are you?

At Phil's.

We're upstairs, some guys have just bust in.

'He came to get us,'

next thing there was this ring at the bell

and there was all this yelling.

Well, where's Phil now?

He went back down again. Told us to stay up here.

'What's happening now?'

Nothing.

What do you mean, "nothing"?

'Don't shout at me.'

There was this big crash, like...something had fallen over.

Or someone. Now everything's gone quiet.

'We don't know what to do.' You stay exactly where you are.

They might have gone. Yeah, and they might not have done.

Until you know, you stay where you are, do you hear me?

I'm coming over.

Grant... Sal!

Who are you with? I heard you talking to someone.

Lou.

We went to a party last night, we've been crashed out here all day.

Hello?!

They're still here.

Anyone there?

They're coming up the stairs.

Is there anywhere to hide? What's he saying?

Courtney, concentrate, look around you.

Just the bed. Well, get under it.

That's the first place they'll look. Just do it!

But stay on the line so I can hear what's happening,

'and don't say a word.'

There's no-one here.

Who was he talking to, then? Who? Gay boy's old man.

I never heard him talking to no-one.

When he was coming downstairs, he told someone to stay up here.

Well, I never heard that, neither.

You shouldn't have hit him like that.

He's just an old man.

He shouldn't have got in the way then, should he?

What did we have to take his mate for?

COURTNEY BREATHING ON PHONE

Si. Come on now, will you?

Before someone does come back.

Si...

..the longer that Tom and Neil are in that van,

the more chance there is of someone seeing us!

They've gone.

I'm on my way.

Sal, move. Not until you tell me what's going on.

There's trouble at Phil's. I heard that!

Grant, you're not meant to be getting involved in any trouble.

Grant!

Dad?

BANGING I'm in here!

Lou, I'm in here.

They've got Ben.

What? They've got Ben and Jay. Who?

The ones who killed Paul.

I'll call the police. No. Dad? No police, all right.

Just go and get Ronnie. Get Ronnie and tell her to come over here.

Lou, just do it.

PHONE RINGING

Everything OK?

There ain't a problem, is there?

Denise?

There is no problem with the baby.

But...

It's not yours.

I'm...a lot further on than I thought.

A lot further on.

That's how I know.

I'm not spinning you a line here, Kush - it's the truth.

OK, I had a one-night stand.

It was a few months back.

That must have been when.

So... I'm not going there, Kush, OK?

Right.

Let's, erm, let's get you back to the Square, yeah?

There's no point in you staying here.

I'll make my own way back.

I don't just want to leave you here. You're not leaving me.

I'm asking you to.

I just need time to think, Kush.

Please?

Come in.

How did it go?

You'd have danced them off the stage.

Course I couldn't.

Remember the Isle of Wight? 1976, wasn't it? '74.

What did we get for our quickstep?

You can't compare them, Les.

That was a contest, not an end of term show.

A silver medal.

Gold, actually. Le...

Thanks, Les.

Getting out. You were right.

You've, er... You've had Paul's suit cleaned, yes?

I saw it hanging up.

I was gonna get him ready myself.

Do it with me, if you want.

Pam, the funeral's tomorrow.

This will be our last chance.

Say a private goodbye.

DOOR BANGS

SHARON: Phil?

I said "Ronnie". And what's he doing here?

I saw them out on the Square. Is that right? About Ben?

They got Jay and all. He tried to stop them.

But he didn't have a chance, there was four of them.

I still don't get this - why?

Cos Ben's the only witness. He's the only one who can send them down,

move him out the frame. So why haven't you called the police?

What are they gonna do?

Send a couple of traffic cops to keep an eye out for them?

And probably not even that. And anyway... What?

Ben's... Ben's been on their tail and all.

I thought that stopped weeks ago. Bring the motor round, all right?

I'll make some calls. Someone's gotta know who they are.

They drove off in a white Transit. I saw it.

Well, that's gonna narrow it down(!) I got the reg number.

Well, give that to Ritchie, see if she can dig anything up.

Isn't that even more reason to call the cops?

They could trace that in seconds.

Did I ask you, eh?

Mark's right, Phil. This is why I said get Ronnie.

We are not getting the Old Bill involved. We don't have to.

Kush!

What happened?

It's not mine.

She's weeks on from what she thought.

This is from way before me and her.

Don't say nothing, OK?

I probably shouldn't have told you in the first place.

It's weird, isn't it?

I mean, I'm father to one kid and I shouldn't be.

And then when I think I'm father to another one, I'm not.

It went well, then? Dot, don't act so surprised.

I hope you don't think that I was match-making.

We're going to have to call you Cupid from now on, Mrs Branning.

I don't know what you're talking about.

If you need the favour returned, just say the word.

But I ain't done no-one no favours.

There were some real hunks in the audience today.

Oh, I say.

I think I'll just go and make us a nice cup of tea.

Joking aside... Who's joking?

We have been here before, Patrick.

Yeah, I know, it all went wrong.

But we can learn from our mistakes,

even at our age.

What happened last time was a mistake, was it?

One hell of a mistake. It feels right now, though.

You are a very sexy man, Patrick Trueman.

I know.

I think that's the point where you're supposed to say,

"So are you, Claudette."

Yeah, but you're not a man.

I hope you two ain't thinking of using this place as a love tryst.

I hope that ain't why the two of you've come.

Dot, look, we're grateful.

That's all we wanted to say.

Whether you meant it or not,

whether you were just playing Cupid or it was just a happy accident

and you were really under the weather. But thank you.

Well, how about them two girls of yours?

How are they going to be feeling about it?

They wasn't too happy about it last time, as far as I remember.

I hope they ain't going getting in the way this time.

Well, we've been putting off telling them, if you want to know the truth.

I don't know how they're gonna take it.

But at least now there's a chance to tell them.

No way. Jack. Ronnie, no. Anyway, what's the point?

Report this to the police and they'll trace that car for you anyway.

Ben and Jay have been abducted. There's witnesses. They're not just going to ignore that.

A Mitchell's been snatched. I can see that going straight to the top of their list(!)

Once they've done something more important like help old ladies across the road.

That's just rubbish. Them two boys just been beaten the hell out of.

Anything could be happening to 'em right now. OK, so I do this.

Then what? What's that mean? Well, I make a few calls.

You know, to mates that don't actually owe me any favours any more.

I get this info, then?

Well, then, as far as you're concerned, nothing.

You leave the rest to me. In other words, World War Three kicks off.

When the dust settles and they try and trace how they got hold of these maniacs, then what?

Well, you concentrate on saving your own skin. I'll try and save my son's.

Yeah, well, the best way of doing that is calling the police. Jack.

Hang on.

PHONE RINGS

SALSA MUSIC

Together... Who are you still trying to teach?

It's in me, it's in me, come on Donna.

Together and out, hip, hip, hip-hooray! Woo-hoo...

Dee, where have you been?

You missed a treat.

They weren't bad, Dee, I have to admit.

That's nice. Not bad? Nice?

We were historic.

OK, I mean you were good.

Don't know if you were that good, though.

This isn't just about salsa, is it?

Something's happened.

Between Patrick and me.

We know, you told us. Practically told the whole market.

Still trying to live the whole thing down.

Something happened...since.

So did you want it to be yours, or is this just because it isn't?

I don't know. I don't know.

I would have stood by her, don't get me wrong,

but it was just thinking about it...

telling everyone. Not to mention your mother.

Mm. Yes, it freaked me.

And then Denise told me it wasn't and... I don't know, just hit me.

It's not, it's not just that. What, then?

Well, if it ain't mine, then whose is it?

Oh, what, Denise didn't say?

I got the impression it was complicated.

Well, I guess that's her business, isn't it?

Why are you so bothered anyway?

If it's not yours, then why does it matter whose it is?

Because I also get the impression that she's not gonna be telling him.

So? So, well, I know what that's like, don't I?

Someone carrying a kid, your kid, and you don't know.

Are you OK?

Fine.

Why don't you just sit down, yeah?

I was OK when it was happening - well, not OK, but...

A friend of my mum's, he had this big car crash last year.

He was amazing,

got all his family out a second before the whole car

burst into flames, even saved the dog.

He was just so cool and calm, all the way through.

And a week later, in the grocery store,

he was buying a paper,

he was a cent short, one single cent.

He just lost it. Right there in the middle of the store.

This big bear of a man, just crying his eyes out,

couldn't help it, couldn't stop.

It's just shock - it's completely natural.

You've just got to let it out.

Courtney! Dad?!

Dad!

Grant!

Grant, that's Mark, Michelle's son!

Well, there's a name I never wanted to hear again.

What are you doing here?

I called him. While we were upstairs.

I didn't know what else to do.

So who've you upset this time?

Ben's been taken. What?

The blokes who killed Paul - they've got Ben and Jay.

But Jack's given us an address where their van's registered.

Don't mean they're there now, though. Yeah, well, it's a start, innit?

So what are you going to do? I'm gonna get my son back.

Sharon. Wasted enough time here already.

Phil, you're really not up to this.

Give Ritchie a call, see if she's found anything out.

Look at you - you can hardly stand up.

Please Phil, just give it a minute. We ain't got a minute. Don't you understand that?

Yes, of course I understand. Paul's killers have got Ben and Jay.

Every minute wasted here is another minute that they're in big trouble.

Sharon means there's no point putting yourself in trouble too.

There's no point hanging round here drinking cups of tea, neither.

No-one's talking about drinking cups of tea. Phil!

ALL EXCLAIM

Ron? Where's the balloons and everything? Yeah, and the grub?

We've had a problem. The van's been spotted on CCTV. Where?

Heading into an industrial estate. Five minutes ago.

Down on the Isle of Dogs. Listen, cheers, mate, I owe you one.

SEAGULLS CRY

MUSIC PLAYS Now what?

Still don't know why we had to take his mate.

You saw what he was like.

He wouldn't let him alone.

We didn't have no choice.

You reckon he's the new boyfriend?

Handy if he is.

Oh, what the hell, I say.

Are you serious? Well, they're both going to be dead soon, anyway.

Might as well let them have some fun while they can.

Mum and Patrick? After everything that they...

After what? Donna's right.

They're both old enough and stupid enough to make their own mistakes.

Dee? Yeah. Yeah, why not?

So are you gonna hand out this bubbly

or are you just gonna keep it to yourselves?

To happiness, wherever you find it.

And however it comes into our lives.

To happiness. Happiness.

Dee? Look, we ain't too sure about this neither you know, but...

No, no, it's not that.

What is it then? Nothing. I'm just... What?

I've just got a little bit of a gippy tummy.

Bit of fizz'll probably settle it.

Look, er, Dee, if you don't want to... Look, I told you, it's not about you...

What, then? I have never known you to refuse a glass of anything.

You know, I'm just gonna...

What's the matter with you, Dee?

Patrick's really upset.

Look, it was just a toast.

Just I'm not in the mood, that's all.

Why? Because I don't want a drink.

Is something wrong, Denise?

No.

Well...

Gippy tum.

Do you need a doctor or something?

Well, actually, I've just come back from seeing one of them.

And he told you not to drink?

What's the matter?

Don't tell me you're up the duff?

Dee?

You are, aren't you?

You're pregnant!

Denise? You what? She's pregnant.

'Please leave your message after the tone.

'When you've left your message, just hang up, or for more options,

'press one at any time.'

BEEP

This is Dorothy Branning, Mrs.

Only you knew me as Dot Cotton.

I'd like to...

..accept your kind invitation, thank you.

Goodbye.

Well?

Well, what?

Whose is it? And that's your business because?

Because I'm your sister. You mean, if it was me, you wouldn't wanna know?

You did want to know.

She chewed my ear off when I was pregnant with Pearl.

Is it anyone we know?

I'm in my second trimester. What?

It happened months back.

And it was... just a stupid one-night stand

with someone I hardly know.

You still haven't said who.

Oi!

This is between me and my sister.

Oh, Kim!

What did you mean? What?

When you said "is it anybody we know?"

What do you think I meant?

I was just asking, that's all.

Well, it didn't sound like you were "just asking" to me. What?

It sounded like you knew. Do you? I just asked who it was.

You all heard. How does that sound like I knew?

Hmm. I reckon you're hiding something.

And I reckon you're on something.

Patrick, look at him.

Does he look like someone who's hiding something to you?

You know something? Yeah, I'm out, yeah.

You see?!

You know what?

We can listen through the door.

Do what? They always do it in the films.

You just put a glass up against the door,

and then you can hear everything that's going on on the other side, clear as a bell.

Yes.

I told you. I don't need any help.

And I told you you've got it. You think I'm some sort of invalid, don't ya?

No, I don't, I don't think

you should be playing the Lone Ranger against four geezers - it doesn't make any sense.

It don't make any sense you getting involved in my problems.

Well, don't flatter yourself - I ain't doing it for you,

I'm doing it for my nephew. Since when did you care about Ben?

All right, I wanna teach a lesson to some lowlife's who terrified my daughter.

Oh, this just gets better every minute.

Now it's not just one nutter, it's two.

Do you want something? That van's been spotted on CCTV.

It was going here.

Industrial estate, down by the Isle of Dogs.

You didn't hear that from me.

Thanks. For what?

You got another one of those?

I suppose I should say sorry for all that, earlier.

Didn't think saying sorry was your style.

That mother of yours really did slip in the poison, didn't she?

Just told it how it is, according to her.

But it's water under the bridge, right, Grant? Yeah, yeah.

You're right.

I suppose I should send on my regards, but...

I've always hated liars.

That's OK. She's always hated you.

Dad!

PHIL GROANS Phil? I'm OK.

I'll be all right. Call an ambulance.

It's OK.

Dee, it's me.

I know. I can see you.

Worse luck.

Listen, anything you say to me, anything at all,

it won't go any further.

Are you serious? I tell you, I might as well tell the town crier.

I'm sorry, Kim - you know I didn't mean that, I'm just...

What? He doesn't count, OK?

The...father, he doesn't matter...

Yeah, but he must do... And he's never going to count.

Because he's never even gonna know.

And I'm gonna make one hundred per cent sure of that

by not telling you.

Me? Yes, especially you.

Phil, you really can't do this. Shut up.

Dad, listen to her. I'm OK.

I just need a minute, that's all. Sharon!

I'll sort this.

What? Leave it to me.

You said yourself, you can't go steaming in there on your own.

I ain't going to. We still know some faces round here.

I'll make some calls. He's my son.

Phil. Phil!

Bring him home.

Bring my boy back. Please.

The international community has accused us

of violating human rights.

In a world ruled by hate and fear...

The time for change...is now!

..there is one with the power to change everything.

Time for you to step up.

HE YELLS