0:00:25 > 0:00:27No, Charlie Cotton don't need dealing with.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30- Why?- Well, because I've changed my mind, mate.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33I'm going to do this legit.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Right, good luck with that.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Cheers.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Oh, Patrick, how lovely to see you back safe.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43And for you, Trinidadian black cake.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Oh!
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Cos they do say that you can get thrombosis,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50sitting in an aeroplane.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54And if you don't get stuck in your elastic stockings,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57then the sun is very good on your limbs.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Gives you a nice tan.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Message me if Travis kisses you.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09It's a first date, he isn't going to kiss me.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Oh, my days, you think he's going to kiss me?
0:01:12 > 0:01:14CHILDREN GIGGLE
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Shoes! Shoes!
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Will you put your shoes on?!
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Yes.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Like I asked 25 minutes ago.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24Abi's coming from the vet's, all right?
0:01:24 > 0:01:27She's going to take you swimming. Lauren's going to bring Louie.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I'm breaking my back here, trying to do nice things for you,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32and all I'm asking is that you put your shoes on!
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Go on. Go and put your shoes on!
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Give it to me.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38- Put your shoes on! - I don't want to go swimming.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Ricky.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45You're always shouting.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53KNOCK ON DOOR
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I can go on my own if you're still not feeling well.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Jack can't be late, though, Lauren.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Lauren?
0:02:03 > 0:02:04Yes, all right!
0:02:05 > 0:02:07I'm fine.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Well, she kept that well hid.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Poor Denise.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16How dreadful for her.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20I mean, Kim weren't the only one what didn't realise.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Mind you, this time of year, with the brightness of the light,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26you know, it puts a strain on anyone's eyesight.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I mean, it's a good job
0:02:28 > 0:02:33that I am au fait with the feel of the material.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35You'll catch a chill wearing that.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Oh, Patrick, it ain't mine!
0:02:37 > 0:02:39It's Abi's.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Nasty case of a broken Biro.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Did you hear? The old launderette has been vandalised,
0:02:44 > 0:02:49according to Michelle, and the fish and chip shop is boarded up.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Me flying off and leaving Denise,
0:02:52 > 0:02:54how on earth did I expect her to manage, huh?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Well, Patrick, Denise is an adult...
0:02:59 > 0:03:01..and if you had been here,
0:03:01 > 0:03:05it don't mean that you would have known what to do for the best.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26We haven't got any biscuits.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30What are you talking about? I bought two packets of chocolate digestives.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Yeah, well, no-one told me they was special, out of bounds
0:03:35 > 0:03:37holy digestives, did they?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41It's sweet. Just don't offer the bird a biscuit.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Mother, your little Fi-Fi, she's a business consultant.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46The only thing she's going to be interested in
0:03:46 > 0:03:48is the first draft of this business plan.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Oh, all right. I'll go and get some digestives.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Chocolate ones?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Yeah!
0:03:56 > 0:03:59You do know none of this makes sense, don't you?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Is this what a guilty conscience looks like?
0:04:07 > 0:04:08I don't know.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Are you looking in the mirror?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13I am fine now, you know.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15Will be.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18What?
0:04:18 > 0:04:21I had an inspiration, and I've cleared out my spare room.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24OK.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Well done.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28No, but listen...
0:04:28 > 0:04:31just promise me that you won't say no,
0:04:31 > 0:04:35at least until you've given it a good old think.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- OK, OK.- OK, OK.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39So...
0:04:39 > 0:04:41me, Vincent and Pearl...
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- ..we want you to move in with us. - What for?
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Well, just until your benefits are sorted or a university place
0:04:49 > 0:04:54or wherever you want this GCSE English to take you, you know.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Look, don't be so sensitive, Denise. I mean it -
0:04:58 > 0:05:02and I want to give you a job and I want to pay you for it.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06So me and Vincent, we want you to be Pearl's nanny.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Just think about it.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19PHONE VIBRATES
0:05:27 > 0:05:29It's all right, babe. Whack it in there, yeah?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31How did you get on?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Yeah. Rap on the knuckles. Charges have been dropped
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- and no further action taken. - Meaning you won't get a custodial?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40No. They finally checked the CCTV footage,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42and saw it was him that started it, not me.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Oh, slippery.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46So you think Charlie Cotton wanted the tear-up, yeah,
0:05:46 > 0:05:47to help with his case?
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Listen.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I know it ain't easy to focus, you know,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56when the only thing on your mind is the person you're missing.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00You don't just wake up one day not sad any more, do you?
0:06:00 > 0:06:01You should come over.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05I've got a seriously sexy bottle of malt that needs drinking.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07You need to give yourself a break.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09I know what it was like, you know, when I was looking after Ollie
0:06:09 > 0:06:12on my own, never mind three grieving kids.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14All right, you know where I am, boy.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Mum, can I have my ice cream now?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Yeah, course. Go on, take your pick.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Billy is sometimes so useless, Jane.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30I said to him, "Help Will feel like he belongs, yeah?"
0:06:31 > 0:06:34So today, he's had our son doing everything
0:06:34 > 0:06:37apart from the flower arranging.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Honestly, we can't get Will sleeping in his own bed.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43We're going to have to move...
0:06:43 > 0:06:44and I love my poor carpet.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Well, Ian's gone completely illogical.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Reckons it's his low calorie intake.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55All last night, he's banging on about the advantages of this offer
0:06:55 > 0:06:58on the chippie, and then this morning he doesn't accept it.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Mind you, it doesn't help living with constant temptation.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05I get grumpy on my salad days.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I really think I'm going to have to bin my birthday chocolates.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Or you could sit in the bathroom and eat the lot?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Not that I've ever done that.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Oh, let's have a bang on one of these.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Get off!
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Going to get the doilies out an' all, are we?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Don't have that sour face on when Fi comes, you'll set us back.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32We're mates in here.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Yeah, "mates." Well, I'm a world expert in that, ain't I?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37No.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38You fake it.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40You ain't friends with half of them who come in here.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42You just keep them spending.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Yeah, that's the job though, ain't it, son?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- Oh, the bit you do.- You what?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Why was it always Linda that took care of the council?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Well, the geezer was an idiot, weren't he?
0:07:54 > 0:07:55And the brewery rep?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Yeah, another idiot. You thought that, as well.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Dad, when Mum went, why do you think Whitney stepped in so quick?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03What?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Cos you got worse. The crisp fella, the soft drink guy.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08You know the window cleaner's scared of you?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Who, Jono? No!
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Ain't my fault we're surrounded by untold idiots, is it?
0:08:14 > 0:08:16I can't have them mockneys round me.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- Or posh boys.- Or wide boys.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Or posh girls.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23And I suppose this is your way of using a bit of charm, is it?
0:08:23 > 0:08:24I can do charm.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Right, I'll bet you 20 quid
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I'll have that Fi eating out of the palm of my hand
0:08:30 > 0:08:32before the end of the day.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35The only thing she'll be eating, Mother, is chocolate digestives.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36All right.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38I'll have an apple with you.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42You pig!
0:08:43 > 0:08:45The kids were just overexcited.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46No, Lauren.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49That is no excuse for Ricky pulling my bikini top down
0:08:49 > 0:08:51and Amy grinding her sandwich into Matthew's hair.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54It's not Uncle Jack's fault that you can't keep control.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56It's not Uncle Jack that I'm blaming.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Look, I'll have a word with them.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Look, all I'm saying is, that is not kids "just being kids".
0:09:02 > 0:09:04That is children without any proper boundaries.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05No offence.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Oh, exaggerate much?- Yes!
0:09:07 > 0:09:08And if that doesn't get sorted out now,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11they're going to be the ones that fail in school,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13and smoke and take drugs and graffiti everywhere!
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Look, if Ricky and Amy were dogs, you would be splitting them up
0:09:19 > 0:09:21and implementing a series of rewards and treats
0:09:21 > 0:09:22to let them know who's boss.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Oh, give it a rest!
0:09:24 > 0:09:25They're eight and six.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28What are you going to do, send them to Battersea Dogs Home?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31They just need love and time, not telling off.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35This is going to take them years.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39They're bound to be damaged. They're traumatised young children.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41They're traumatised? Lauren, they're not the one who had their boobs
0:09:41 > 0:09:43floating away from them in the baby pool,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46while their sister stood on the side and laughed!
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Look, I'm sorry about that.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Ignore her.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Oh, by the way, you might want to change Matthew's nappy,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57cos I had to put one of Louie's on after swimming.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59It might be a bit small.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00Thanks.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Nappies.- Right, come on, Louie. We're going.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16You see, Matthew is such a cheerful little fellow.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Ain't a tantrum in him.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Even if Ricky gets heavy-handed, he just smiles, turns away...
0:10:24 > 0:10:26but I can't help feeling sorry for him.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Well, I ain't saying that Jack ain't doing his best,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36cos he is and he loves them children.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38He loves them all very, very much -
0:10:38 > 0:10:41but two of them is motherless
0:10:41 > 0:10:43and they're living in a house full of grief.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47And Jack, well, he ain't thinking straight.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51The other day, he got it into his head to pack the children up
0:10:51 > 0:10:53and run away with them.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Well, that ain't going to solve nothing -
0:10:56 > 0:10:57and when all is said and done...
0:10:58 > 0:11:01..Charlie is his father.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04So...?
0:11:04 > 0:11:10Well, I thought that Charlie would come back to Walford
0:11:10 > 0:11:11and live here with me.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17But it seems he wants to take him back to Ireland with him.
0:11:19 > 0:11:25Well, maybe it would be the best for Matthew,
0:11:25 > 0:11:26you know, to have a fresh start.
0:11:29 > 0:11:36See, in his short life, there's always been someone more needy.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- Stop!- Stop it, Ricky!
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- Eat your food.- He took it, though!
0:11:40 > 0:11:44So maybe it would be better for him to go to Ireland...
0:11:45 > 0:11:48..and get the attention that he deserves.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Breaks your heart, doesn't it, Dot?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Yes, well, it ain't about me.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55It's about what's best for Matthew.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- No, I didn't!- Yes, you did.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- No, I didn't.- Yes, you did.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Stop! Ricky!
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- Do you want to stay? - Oh, no, thank you.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Right, bye, then.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Lauren, I'm sorry.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14This is not how we are leaving this.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16You're snappy, you're miserable,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19and you hardly said two words to me while we were at the sports centre.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20I know that you're upset.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25What?!
0:12:25 > 0:12:28I'm not blind, Lauren! It's obvious.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30What is?
0:12:30 > 0:12:31You.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34You're jealous.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37What?!
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Of me and Josh.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Oh, come on, don't pretend you didn't notice. Last night?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44I mean, we just get each other,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46and you saw him offer to walk me home...
0:12:46 > 0:12:49and you're not exactly subtle.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Letting me walk around with ink on my face, like a right cow.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- You've got a little crush.- No.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Oh, don't worry.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59I don't think Steven noticed.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01You do probably need to know, though,
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Josh added me to his friends list.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Already.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Sorry, I just think he really likes me.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Yeah, well, he adds anyone who asks, so...
0:13:10 > 0:13:13..and half of his real friends, you know,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16they're high up in banking, in the city, whatever, so...
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Some lady in accounts, she said that his last three girlfriends
0:13:21 > 0:13:22had been actual models.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25So?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Nothing.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Nothing. I just...
0:13:29 > 0:13:30Well, you know...
0:13:30 > 0:13:31No, I don't know.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Well, it's just...
0:13:36 > 0:13:41I'm sure him adding you, it probably just doesn't really mean that much.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43- Lauren, you're in a long-term relationship.- Mm-hm.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45You're a mother now.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48And I know you did it really young, but...
0:13:49 > 0:13:51All I'm trying to say is...
0:13:51 > 0:13:53you're happy, aren't you?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Just don't let your jealousy get between us.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Bye.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29This is all right, I'll have one of them, Mother.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Let's have one of the old biscuits. Lovely.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40She only does sugar-free, gluten-free and unprocessed food.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43I nearly went out and got it a plate of grass.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44OK.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48So you're trying to say no without using the actual word no?
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Yes.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52No, though. You clearly haven't thought hard enough.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Have another ten minutes.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Kim...
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Listen, I love my daughter.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I love, love, love, love, love, love my daughter
0:15:04 > 0:15:06with every single bone in my body!
0:15:07 > 0:15:11But Pearl is actually exhausting.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Playing shops with her for ten minutes,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15I get bored and I pretend to be doing housework.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17I love your daughter, an' all...
0:15:19 > 0:15:24..but, you know, I still spend three quarters of every day...
0:15:26 > 0:15:28..trying not to think about babies...
0:15:28 > 0:15:32and I am still crossing the road, so I can avoid being near...
0:15:34 > 0:15:35..little babies.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39You understand me?
0:15:42 > 0:15:43Kind of.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46Yeah.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Thank you.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55But you still can't be fussy, Dee. You know...
0:15:56 > 0:15:58What you going to do?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01You and Patrick just live off his pension?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04This is a temporary position.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05You need to work, Dee.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Not just for the money, but it's who you are.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14OK, all right, so you don't have to move in,
0:16:14 > 0:16:16or wear the uniform.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Uniform?!- Joking.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Let's just say 8:30, Monday morning.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Just try it, yeah?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Just one day at a time.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28OK?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33OK.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34OK, then.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Smart girl.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Oh, I nearly forgot.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Patrick told me about this.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Whatever.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47This comes out of your first wages, all right?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49See you later.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I made Charlie see sense, stay home.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I know it's him you're expecting, but he agrees,
0:17:11 > 0:17:15those kids shouldn't have to witness any more upset, should they?
0:17:20 > 0:17:21All Charlie seems to be is upset.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Well, not suicidal, like when we first met.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Oh, my mouth. I'm sorry.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I wasn't meaning that any of that was Ronnie's fault.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37Of what?
0:17:39 > 0:17:44Look, a couple split, you can never really know the details.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51Just, from what I gather, it was Charlie who brought Matthew up
0:17:51 > 0:17:53for the first few months.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Sounds like Ronnie was quite a woman.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02- Yeah.- Let's just say,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05it's a good thing I'm not the jealous kind of wife.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Losing her, and Matthew, it really broke Charlie's heart.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Anyway...
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Anyway, obviously, now that the police charge
0:18:19 > 0:18:22isn't hanging over you, there's no leverage either side.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26We all get to do things right, through the courts.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32It's my feeling that cutting a deal could feel like blackmail.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36This is a child we're talking about.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Not the price of a second-hand car.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Matthew will have to find out who he is
0:18:44 > 0:18:47and where he comes from, whatever happens legally.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50You're a big part of that story.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Sorry. I'm going on.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Your friend's coming, you've got to work.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01Nerves.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05I don't want to make any of this worse.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10You called us.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13I'm guessing you're wanting to talk about the solicitor's letter?
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Tell me about your life in Ireland.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22OK.
0:19:24 > 0:19:31Well, I work part-time, with "the naughty children".
0:19:32 > 0:19:36So my niece calls them. Kids who've had a hard start.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Charlie's still at the hotel, so there's flexibility.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Either one of us could always be around for Matthew.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Not that...
0:19:50 > 0:19:53What I mean is, we wouldn't have a problem with childcare.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58My dad passed away a couple of years ago and he left us some money,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00so we don't have a mortgage.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05We've got a paddock out back.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Matthew could learn to ride our old nag, if he wanted.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Amy and Ricky, too, when they visit.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18How I was brought up, cousins are as good as brother and sister, Jack.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Family's family.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Connections don't just disappear.
0:20:25 > 0:20:31My own brother and his kids are down the lane and my ma's in the village.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32The other old nag.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Ricky said, can he have a biscuit?
0:20:40 > 0:20:42No, I never! Matthew wants a biscuit.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Hello.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50Do you know, I've got - if you're allowed - I've got some sweets
0:20:50 > 0:20:51for you all in my bag.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55- Go on.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Hello.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Don't you look like your daddy?
0:21:05 > 0:21:06I'd like you to leave now.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Come here, mate.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17D'you know, this business plan is brilliant for a first draft.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19We've just got to make those couple of tweaks,
0:21:19 > 0:21:21but I'm really impressed.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24I suppose my only question
0:21:24 > 0:21:26is why the rota has got quite so many holes.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Yeah. That'll be Whitney, partly.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33The casual with the family problems?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Yeah, but, you know, she'll be back here, guaranteed.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39You know, she'll be sorting herself out, soon as...
0:21:39 > 0:21:40You're so old school.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43D'you know what? I really love your loyalty, Mick,
0:21:43 > 0:21:44but they call it casual for a reason.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Yeah. You know, Tracey ain't with us at the moment -
0:21:47 > 0:21:49but if I need Sharon, I'll just give her a bell.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54Listen, I've got a really lovely agency that a lot of my clients use.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Why don't I give them a call?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57We can carry on with our upgrade
0:21:57 > 0:22:00and I'll find you a replacement Whitney in no time.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- You've lost the bet.- You think?
0:22:05 > 0:22:07You set him up.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Best 20 quid I ever spent.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Right.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Oh, lovely.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13I'll see you later.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Yeah, I'll see you later. Mind how you go.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21What?
0:22:21 > 0:22:26OK, OK. Right, that's it. No more water pistols in the house.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31Thank you. Matthew, Matthew's winning here. Because Matthew...
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Matthew is the only one being quiet.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Good boy.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Yeah, it's been one of them days.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Just thought, you know, if the offer of that single malt was still up?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Yeah. You're doing me a favour, mate.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08I've been bunnying all afternoon about this business plan
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Johnny done. He might as well have done it in Arabic.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13I just don't know where to turn.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I'm sorry. I just don't know what to do, Mick.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Just let it out.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24You know, missing Ronnie, it physically hurts.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Yeah.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29And the irony is, it's her that I want to talk to about it.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Every day, it's like something to get through.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34You feel useless without her.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40I keep saying to myself, you know, "Come on, for God's sake, man up."
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- No. I think you're doing a blinding job.- I'm not.
0:23:45 > 0:23:46I ain't coping.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51I'm that close, I scare myself.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56If it weren't for them kids needing me...
0:23:56 > 0:23:58I wouldn't wash, I wouldn't eat.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00I wouldn't want to wake up.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Yeah, well...
0:24:01 > 0:24:04You know, you are and you do.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06You're just... You're just doing the best you can.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07It ain't good enough.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10I'm not doing any of it well enough.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14I'm lucky if I get a couple of hours work in a day.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15I mean, that can't last.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17How am I going to live?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19There's only one of me.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21I can't stretch myself that thin.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23And them kids...
0:24:25 > 0:24:26They deserve so much better.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31I just keep thinking...
0:24:34 > 0:24:36"..Ronnie, what would she want?"
0:24:41 > 0:24:42She'd want more.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46She'd want what's best for her kid, wouldn't she?
0:24:48 > 0:24:50You're going to give yourself a nervous breakdown,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- then you're going to be no good to no-one here.- It's two parents.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Fresh air, fields.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58And nappies that actually fit him.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01He's such a good kid.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Charlie...
0:25:10 > 0:25:11..and his missus, I met her, Liz...
0:25:13 > 0:25:15..she's nice.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17I mean, they're not monsters.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19They've got a horse.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22What's that got to do with it?
0:25:25 > 0:25:27I just can't fight it any more, Mick.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30I mean, this court case?
0:25:30 > 0:25:31What am I doing?
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Who do I think I am?
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Matthew, it's his biological father.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39I mean, all that love?
0:25:39 > 0:25:40I just don't know what to do.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Just...
0:25:42 > 0:25:44stop trying.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50I think you do know what to do, because you just told me.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Oh, look at him!
0:27:03 > 0:27:04- Hello?- Liz?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Yeah, it's Jack Branning.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Hello, Jack.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Listen, I want to come and visit your house.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16I want to see it.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20And I want it written down,
0:27:20 > 0:27:22I want all the rules agreed.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Right.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36And you need to spend a lot more time with Matthew,
0:27:36 > 0:27:37because, as far as he's concerned,
0:27:37 > 0:27:40you're a stranger...
0:27:40 > 0:27:42and Matthew's just a little baby.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43OK, Jack.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52So, you can tell Charlie...
0:27:53 > 0:27:55You tell him, I won't be fighting you.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00You can have residence...
0:28:03 > 0:28:05..and you can take Matthew to Ireland.