0:00:26 > 0:00:28TAP RUNNING
0:00:41 > 0:00:43DISTANT ALARM
0:01:03 > 0:01:06SHE SIGHS
0:01:26 > 0:01:29I'm so worried for that poor little boy.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32It's all such a mess.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34I've got to do something
0:01:34 > 0:01:36to put it right.
0:01:36 > 0:01:43I'm sorry to be ringing you so late at night, but will you help me?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- RECORDED MESSAGE: - 'Thank you for calling.'
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Morning. Here she is, look, the best mother in the world. Look at her.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Beautiful little thing, ain't you?
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Eh? What would I do without you? How are you doing today, all right?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Yeah, thanks.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Good. Good. Beautiful day today, ain't it?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Well, rain is forecast.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16I'm not talking about the weather, am I? Soppy.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18I'm going to get them readies back to you, soon as.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20I don't want you worrying about that.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23I think her highness wants to go out for a little run.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25You want to go for a run? A waddle? Yeah?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27I think she needs an eyelash.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29I'll take you out once I got me clobber on and I've phoned L.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Actually, Mick, I spoke to Linda last night.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34She's going to be up the hospital all day with Elaine.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37How comes you spoke to her last night? All I get is the odd text.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39You were out with Lady Di.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Anyway, she sends her love and she said she'll ring you when she can.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44You know I'd be in Watford, don't you, if we weren't so short staffed?
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- I can manage a shift, Dad. - No, no. I want you studying. OK?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50I can't believe Tracy goes away at a time like this.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- Time off well earned.- True. True. Come on then, girl. Come on.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Let's have it.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01You ain't told him about the freehold.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04I haven't found the right time.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- There's no time like the present. - Will you get off my back?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- Are you going to tell him now? - All right!
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Come on then. Let's get you down to the exam.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- You're not still cramming? - Well, I've been up all night.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30And I can't remember a single thing.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32You'd be better off getting some shut eye.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34- That's easy for you to say, isn't it?- What?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Me with a toddler and a husband who snores?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- Look, you'll be all right. - You don't know that!
0:03:39 > 0:03:42After all the work you've put in? Come on, man.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44You've always got your nose in a book.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47That don't mean that anything's actually going in, though, does it?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Sorry?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52The thing is, Kim, you telling me that I'm going to be fine,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55it doesn't actually mean that I'm going to be fine.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Nothing is going in. OK? Not a thing!
0:03:59 > 0:04:03All this time that I've spent and it's all going to be wasted.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08- Look, all of this is last minute nerves.- No, it's not! Do you know?
0:04:08 > 0:04:11There's no point actually even turning up now, is there?
0:04:17 > 0:04:18OK.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19OK.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26OK.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29You remember when I was going for my driving theory?
0:04:29 > 0:04:33And I said to you I wasn't going to go because I was going to fail?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35It is not the same thing.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39And if it wasn't for you, who pushed me, I wouldn't have gone.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I wouldn't have done it.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44You made me believe that I just might be able to make it,
0:04:44 > 0:04:47I might be able to pass.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50And you were right. I did it and I passed.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54You will, too, D. You've worked too hard for this.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- MOBILE RINGS - Sorry.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Vincent.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Hi, babe. I'm with D.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06What?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Family crisis, sorry.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Her blue rabbit is in the washing machine!
0:05:15 > 0:05:16What?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Oh, OK. OK, OK, OK.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Look, I'll see if D can make her own way to the exam then.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Right.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- No worries.- You know?
0:05:29 > 0:05:33I wouldn't ask, but Pearl is just working herself up into a state.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37It's not a problem. There's plenty of time. Off you go.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39OK. But listen, make sure you come round later.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- Let me know how you get on, right? - Yeah.- Good luck!
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Brain box!
0:05:59 > 0:06:01There we go.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- Bacon sandwich. Extra ketchup. Not.- One for you.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Oh, cheers, love.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Hey, do you know what? One rasher wouldn't hurt, would it?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- We can't give in on our first day, Ian.- All right.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- Steven and Lauren not eating? - Lauren left five minutes ago and
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Steven's upstairs getting ready for his big day out with Louie.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21It's nice they can have some boys' time.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Important?
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Just a diabetes presentation. Do you want tea or coffee?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35It says here you've got to go online and book.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- It's just a tick box exercise. Do you want tea or coffee?- Tea.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44I mean, if Charlie hadn't just turned up out of the blue,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47this fight with Jack would never have happened.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51I mean, if I could just get them to talk to each other, you know,
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- with me there as well.- As referee? - With a nice cup of tea.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Dot, there's a chance that could make things worse.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Worse? How can it make things worse?!
0:07:02 > 0:07:06No, I'm going to try to get Charlie on his mobile.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11And I'm going to say - why don't you and Jack sit down and talk to
0:07:11 > 0:07:15each other and sort it out peacefully?
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Cos Charlie, he is a good boy. Deep down.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22And then you could talk to Jack.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Please, Max! I implore you! He'll listen to you.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33Look, let's just wait and see what Charlie's got to say first, yeah?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Thank you, Max.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Thank you.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- There's a queue of people outside your old house.- Yeah, I heard.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47They council are doing viewings. It's weird, isn't it,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50to think someone's going to be moving in to Uncle Charlie's?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- Yeah.- What are you doing here? - I was just...
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- I was worried about this morning. - What about the stall?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58It's all right. I've just left Luke to keep an eye on it.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- Oh.- You feeling all right, yeah? - Yes.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02- WHISPERS:- Just a bit of morning sickness.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Shouldn't you be on the stall? - He's just come to wish you luck.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09- Yeah. Good luck today, Bex. - I'm so not ready for this exam.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11You'll be fine.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- All right?- Good luck.- Go smash it.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18- What did Kush say?- Kush...
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Yeah, when you spoke to him about having Arthur every week.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24You forgot.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Look, I'll go and do it now.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- OK.- Right. See you later, yeah? - Love you.- Me too.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36I thought you was taking Lady Di out.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40- I've got to slip down the cash and carry. Wahey.- Oi!
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Love you!
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Love you.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46- I'm so sorry. I didn't see you. - Just get lost.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Oi! Watch it!
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Don't let him get to you. You've got to concentrate on your exam.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57You remembered I've got an exam?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Yeah, yeah. Course.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02I hope it goes well.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Thank you.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Why are you here? - Just keeping out of my mum's way.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18She's bursting blood vessels all over the place about moving house.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Well, at least you ain't got two exams today.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23I've got English this morning and then Geography this afternoon.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25That's long.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- You didn't tell him, did you?- I was going to tell him, but he...
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- You bottled it.- No, I didn't. - What are you going to do when Fi
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- turns up?- She's not due till later in the week.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37The longer you leave it, the worse it's going to get.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- I am going to tell him.- He's going to go ballistic.- I do know that.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- Do I look like an idiot? - You're acting like one.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53- He hit me.- Yes, but that's no excuse, is it?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- What if he hits Matthew? - Jack wouldn't do that.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58He loves him.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- Well, I can't take the risk. I've got to take him away.- No, no.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05No, don't do that cos I couldn't bear it.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08I mean, I didn't even know that you existed until you were grown up.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I have to think of what's right for Matthew.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Yes, but this is his world. It's all he knows.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20It wouldn't be kind to take him away.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23And you are a kind man. You are a very kind man.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I just... I don't want him to suffer.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34You want what's best for Matthew. So that's what I'm saying.
0:10:34 > 0:10:40Why don't you sit down with Jack and me and we'll discuss together
0:10:40 > 0:10:42what is best for Matthew?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46He's my son. Grandma, he's my flesh and blood.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Yes. And he's mine.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Please.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Talk to Jack.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58For me.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01For Matthew.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06OK. I'll think about it.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Thank you. Thank you.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Thank you, Charlie.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22He says he'll think about it.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25OK.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28So, now,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31will you talk to Jack?
0:11:33 > 0:11:34Yeah, sure.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Go on, mate.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06If I'd hit Charlie Cotton as hard as he said I'd hit him,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08I'd have injuries myself, wouldn't I?
0:12:08 > 0:12:11He's trying it on. Shouldn't you be at work?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14I got a couple of meetings in the area.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Well, save you going back to the office,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- if you want to use mine, you're welcome.- Cheers.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21I'll be a couple of hours. I've got a meeting with Jimmie Broome.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- So what shall I tell Dot?- Well, you can tell her what you like.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Just make it crystal clear, I ain't going in a room with that man.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- Jack, she's going to be disappointed.- It's not my problem.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Matthew's my priority, not Dot.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38SHE SIGHS
0:12:38 > 0:12:42It's only an exam, love. The sky ain't about to fall in.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Are you doing this, too?
0:12:46 > 0:12:50English Literature, English Language, History, and French.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Oh, and Maths.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- That's quite a lot, isn't it? - You've got to use it or lose it.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- Oh, I'm Freda, by the way.- Denise.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04- So, why so many? - Do you know, recently,
0:13:04 > 0:13:08I've just been asking myself the same question.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- But you're not nervous. - No, not a bit. See?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Oh, OK.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16So I'm wetting myself.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21But even if I fail the lot, I will still have had a go.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Oh, aye-aye. Looks like we're about to have lift off.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Please take your seats.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Fingers crossed, girl.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Fingers crossed.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Ooh.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Look at you.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Oh!
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Oh, I didn't see you there.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Feel like I've run a marathon.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Choccie biccie to celebrate?
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- Ian!- It was a joke. - Maybe a peppermint tea.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Mm, refreshing(!)
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Ooh!
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Oh, and by the way, I went online and made an appointment for
0:14:07 > 0:14:09that diabetes clinic.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Had a cancellation for Thursday and for what it's worth,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I don't think it's just a box tick thing.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Well, we know what they're going to say, don't we? Brown rice, good.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Biccies, bad!
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- Puddings, the work of the devil! - SHE CHUCKLES
0:14:24 > 0:14:29So, how did you get on with your lawyer? Jack?
0:14:29 > 0:14:33- You weren't there long. - Matthew needs his water.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- No, what did Jimmie have to say? - He said...- Yeah?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40With the complexities of the case and me being on bail and all,
0:14:40 > 0:14:45I ought to try and agree a mutually convenient arrangement with
0:14:45 > 0:14:47the biological father.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50In other words, that meeting with Dot - you'd better tell her it's on.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Pens down, please.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14SHE SIGHS
0:15:17 > 0:15:19SHE MOUTHS
0:15:24 > 0:15:26I'll sit them in the front room.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Or maybe they'll be more comfortable in here. What do you think, Max?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32I don't know. I don't think it really matters.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34No, pot of tea, some cake,
0:15:34 > 0:15:38and the three of us to sit down together and talk.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42I'm sure that once they're in the same room, with me, you know,
0:15:42 > 0:15:46they'll be able to sort it out.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Listen, I could always join you.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- Oh, that's very kind of you. - It'd be a pleasure to help.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59- Yes, but I think just the three of us.- Dot, it's not a problem.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01You're a good boy, Max.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Your father would be ever so proud of the way you're behaving
0:16:04 > 0:16:09over this. But I think just them and me.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18- That Shakespeare section. - It was challenging.- Try crippling.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- It was tricky, but... - No, no. It's fine.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24I haven't got any spare change on me.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28It's only 50 pence, love. And it's no fun drinking on my own. Go on.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32Cheers.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39But? You said the Shakespeare section was tricky, but...?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Oh, yeah.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Well, don't get me wrong, I want to pass,
0:16:43 > 0:16:47and I'd like to pass well, but what's been really good about
0:16:47 > 0:16:51going back to school is feeling
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- my brain stretch.- Yeah! Yeah.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- And I've enjoyed myself.- Me, too.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01So, even if I've failed the lot, and I might just do that,
0:17:01 > 0:17:05it will still have been worth it. And you know what?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08It beats cleaning other people's kitchens and khazis.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12So you're...? You're a cleaning lady?
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Well, I prefer the technical term - skivvy.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Do you know?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24If you'd told me before I started this lark that I'd be having
0:17:24 > 0:17:28a good time, staying indoors on my own,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- reading a book!- Do you know?
0:17:31 > 0:17:36When I'm reading,
0:17:36 > 0:17:41it's like me and the author, it's like we're having a conversation.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46And maybe they're saying that I've noticed this or I've felt
0:17:46 > 0:17:48like that and it's like they've turned to
0:17:48 > 0:17:54- me and they're saying - do you know what I mean?- Yeah.
0:17:54 > 0:18:00When I started, I really didn't expect to find other people,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02different times, different places,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05different sex, some of them,
0:18:05 > 0:18:09different colours, different everything, and it's like they've
0:18:09 > 0:18:12noticed the same stuff I've noticed,
0:18:12 > 0:18:14felt the same way that I feel.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Exactly!
0:18:16 > 0:18:19But we still want to get A*s, right?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Come on!
0:18:25 > 0:18:29I keep wandering round the flat, making plans, imagining what
0:18:29 > 0:18:32it's going to look like when all our boxes are unpacked and we've
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- got our pictures on the walls.- Aw! It sounds like you're having fun.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Yeah, and do you know what? People have been so generous.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41We've had dining chairs, a tall shelving unit thingy, all sorts.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44And Janet loves her bigger bedroom. She wants everything purple.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- Why purple?- Why not?
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- Oh, fair point. What does Will make of that?- Um, yeah.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53He's happy with the purple. Anyway, so we were thinking about
0:18:53 > 0:18:56having a housewarming, so do you fancy coming?
0:18:56 > 0:18:57Oh, yeah. We'd love to.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00We're just working out all the plans. So I'll let you know, yeah?
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Sounds lovely.- Oh, duty calls. See you later.- See you.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- Are you all set for your job tomorrow?- I think so.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Be good to be out in the world again.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13- I'm really looking forward to it. - Aw! See you later.- See you.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Well, what did he say?- Who?
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- Have you even spoken to him? - Oh, Kush.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27- You forgot again! - Why don't you go and talk to him?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29No, it'll mean more coming from you. Go on.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Go on!
0:19:32 > 0:19:37Any one other thing that you see, on the house. Get something for you.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- What about returns?- Yeah, I'm here.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43- Exciting times.- I know, definitely. I've got such plans.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- Don't want any clutter. - Oh. What, with two kids?
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Yeah.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- Might be a challenge.- You OK?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Michelle, you're a mum, aren't you?- Yeah.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56It's just that Will and the new place.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59I don't think he's very happy.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02I think it's the, um...customers downstairs.
0:20:02 > 0:20:08I've said to him, you know, the dead can't hurt you. But he's worried.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10And I'm worried about him.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Well, my kids, I usually found the time to worry about them was
0:20:14 > 0:20:17when they started bottling stuff up. So if he's talking to you...
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Yeah, I know, but what do I say?
0:20:19 > 0:20:22I'm not sure you need to say anything.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27- Best thing is to listen. - Yeah, thanks.- That's all right.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34- You mean every week? - Yeah, if you'd like that.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37You're asking me if I'd like that! If!
0:20:37 > 0:20:40OK, you come round for a couple of hours after work, just before
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- his bedtime.- That's going to be... That's going to be great. Cheers.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Cheers, man! Cheers, Stacey! Cheers. Come here.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Thank you.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Good, isn't it? Having the ship back on course!
0:20:56 > 0:20:58And you at the helm!
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Do you know what? We could do with another hand on deck.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04- Go upstairs and get me mother please, babe.- Aye-aye, captain.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Hey, um, it's getting quite busy downstairs now,
0:21:22 > 0:21:24so I could do with a hand.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27That ain't going to make nothing better, is it?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Did I ask for your opinion?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42You need to tell Mick the truth.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Why don't you and Tina change the record?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50The truth is...
0:21:54 > 0:21:56..I don't know how to tell him.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Denise. Martin and Stacey, they asked if I wanted, like,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- a regular slot with Arthur, every week.- Oh, that is great.- Yeah.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15- Oh, how did your exam go? - Er, best not ask.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- Oh, not good? - Well, I gave it my best shot.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21You know. But I kind of, well, messed up.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- You don't know that for sure, though.- Not for sure, maybe, but...
0:22:24 > 0:22:28You need to have a bit more faith in yourself, Denise.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- You think?- I've got faith in you.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Really?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Yes. Definitely.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Do you want to get that up there and have a little look at it?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46There you go.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Once he's over the shock, he'll understand why you did it.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57No.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- He'll never understand. - Someone had to do something, Shirl.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05The Vic, it was crumbling into the ground.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07But me and Linda, we sold the freehold.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09I still can't believe Linda did that.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- She loves this place as much as he does.- Yeah.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Why can't she tell him?
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Cos I said I would.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20She's got enough on her plate with Elaine.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Yeah.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27OK, so maybe you shouldn't have done that without telling him.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30But it's a bit of paper.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31He still owns the place.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32No.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Actually, he's got a lease.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37- Which lasts what? 100 years? - 100 years, 1,000 years.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41It doesn't matter. We sold the one thing that matters to him.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Well, he's going to find out whether you tell him or not.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47But I think it's best that it comes from you.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48You know, over the years,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Mick, I used to see him looking at me.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00And before he looked away, he used to have this look in his eye.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Disgust.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06And every time I saw that look,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09I felt a little piece of me inside shrivel up and die.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16In these past few months,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Aunt Babe, the roof,
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Linda, Sylvie, Lady Di,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27it's been terrible, the whole thing's been falling apart,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30but me and Mick, we were solid.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34I even went to prison for him and I didn't mind about that
0:24:34 > 0:24:37because I wanted to be a good mum.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Mick's mum.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45And I know that if I tell him what me and Linda did,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48I'm going to see that look in his eye again.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53You can do it, Shirl.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56I really don't think I can.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Look, I know it's not easy...
0:24:58 > 0:25:01It's more complicated than you can imagine.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03He will thank you.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07No, he won't.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08You helped him.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12I forged his signature!
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Do you still think he'll thank me?
0:25:19 > 0:25:21What are you going to do, Shirl?
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Are you going to carry on lying to him until he finds out himself?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Tell him the truth.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57- Vincent has taken Pearl to the park. - That's nice.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59She's been such a little madam all morning.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Oh! So, how was your exam?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Yeah.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Yeah? What's that mean?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10It means...
0:26:10 > 0:26:15Sorry, it means I was a bit...wobbly at first and then,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18the more I think about it, perhaps,
0:26:18 > 0:26:20yeah, yeah, not too bad.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Well, what did I tell you?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26I don't know, Kim. What did you tell me?
0:26:26 > 0:26:31I told you I'm brilliant, you're brilliant. That's the facts.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- So, when's the next one? - Later this week.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Well, you've got some time to get some sleep then.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41So, I was in the market just now and I saw Kush.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Oh, you're bound to, innit? I mean, he does work there.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47We had a nice little chat actually. Yeah.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50And he asked me how it went. The exam.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55It was really nice. Just talking to him.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58As friends. You know, cos maybe...
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Maybe we can be that, just friends.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05And when you say friends... What? Just friends?
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Course. Friends.
0:27:08 > 0:27:09And nothing else?
0:27:09 > 0:27:11What are you talking about?
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Friends like...Martin or Jane?
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- Good.- Good.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- Cos you know he was in the Albert the other night.- Oh, yeah?
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- Do you know he's dating again? - Kush?- Mm-hm.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Yeah, yeah. Course I knew that.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Oh, OK. That's good.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- Yeah, and I'm really pleased for him.- Really?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Course I am, yeah.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Yeah, I want him to be happy, don't I?
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Mick, can I have a word?
0:28:02 > 0:28:05So, Mum.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07This is Fi.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09But I believe you've already met.