31/07/2017 EastEnders

That's lovely.

It's from my boyfriend.

One of the good ones.

How do you feel?

Any pain?

No, just tired. Can't sleep.

Well, why don't we get you into your own clothes? Might help you relax.

-I'll be right outside.

-OK, Mum.

Can you call Bex, see if she can come today?

Bex? Yeah, she's a good girl.

Is everything all right?

-Yeah, she's just getting dressed.

-Well, that's good news, then.

-She's asked to see Bex.

-I'll give her a call.

Thanks for letting me stay here over the weekend.

Yeah, well, me and Sharon are here now and her mate on the way,

that's all the space taken round the bed, so you can be off, can't you?

Oi!

Mum said we've got to tidy up for the social worker.

Let him get ready for work in peace. Keegan, you out of that bed?!

How is he sleeping through that racket?

If he don't help his brothers tidy their room, I'm going

-to swing for him.

-I'll give him a shake.

Here, when did you learn to use that?

Maybe the social should come round here more often!

Mum, you said you wouldn't smoke while I'm pregnant, remember?

Look, just chuck that lot in a cupboard.

-We need to get to the health centre.

-Why?

-It's mother and baby clinic.

They're giving out free second-hand baby clothes in the reception area.

-I don't want second-hand clothes.

-Oh, don't be daft.

-Chantelle got some lovely bits there.

-But, Mum...

Look, I ain't having no toffee-nosed social worker telling me

I ain't ready for my grandkid.

Come on, you.

Shift yourself!

Tired?

Yeah, I didn't sleep very well. What's that?

Look, I know you said it was too expensive,

but...how beautiful would you look in that on our wedding day?

What?

How can you think about that stuff?

I'm exhausted. I can't sleep, Steven.

-All I do is think about your cancer.

-Lauren, hey...

I'm going to be your wife, yeah?

I'm going to have to make decisions about your care when you can't.

Let's just focus on now, yeah? Being together.

I don't know anything.

When it was my mum, we had a care plan, we had leaflets.

Yeah, well, everything's online.

What if something happens to you? I don't know what to do.

It will be fine.

-OK?

-No, it's not.

It's not going to be fine.

I'm calling the hospital.

They're not going to speak to you. Patient confidentiality.

OK, fine. Fine, we'll have to go down there.

-I need some air.

-What?!

-I have a headache, Lauren.

I won't be long.

Steven, wait!

DOOR SHUTS

Abi.

-That's lovely. Thank you.

-See you.

Abi!

PNEUMATIC DRILL I've got a whole spreadsheet still to do.

I work from home because I thought it would be quieter. Poor Craig.

He hasn't come out from under the bed since they started drilling.

Robbie! Do you know anything about all this?

-Yeah, something to do with the gas main.

-They never told us they were doing that, did they?

Delivery van couldn't even get through this morning.

That's all we need, isn't it? Them lot driving our punters away! What's all that lot about?

Apparently, the council are planning to pave over the common.

-They're taking a petition up to the council offices.

-Just gets worse and worse round here, doesn't it?

Better get back to my Craig. He'll be having kittens.

TEXT ALERT

Oh, Bex. Um, Mr Pryce, he wants me to give this to you.

It's a card from all the teachers for Louise.

I'm on my way to the hospital now.

Everyone thinks he's a hero since the fire. Mum thinks he's amazing.

-Oh, she does, does she?

-Eugh, Dad! You're so embarrassing!

Mum, that's the pram I was telling you about.

A bag of sand for that thing?!

You'll be fine with Chantelle's old buggy.

You understand any of that?

I thought he was meant to be teaching us.

Yeah, mate. Lovely. Very, very thorough.

So, um, yeah. Stacey, she'll see you out.

-You get any of that?

-It's easy.

-What is?

-New till. Fi says it'll bring the Vic into the 21st century.

Can someone help me shift a barrel?

Lay-in today, mother?

Mm.

Lady of leisure, me.

-I thought I'd let you lot serve me for a change.

-Hark at the VIP, look.

Right, I'm going to go and scrub them khazis.

Yes! Ha!

You've no idea how bad the food is.

I can bring you a chicken burger tomorrow, if you like.

Oh, and a chocolate milkshake.

I think you're so amazing. You are so brave.

-Well, she's a Mitchell, isn't she?

-Mm.

Comes from a line of tough old birds!

Watching. Always watching.

Just keep watching.

Making sure.

Making sure.

I thought he said the instructions were by the bar.

Yeah, well, they're not upstairs, either.

-I thought you said this was easy!

-Yeah, um, I'm sorry, but the till's locked.

-We're going to have to start you a tab.

-Well, no problem.

Oh, very 21st century!

Maybe this ain't one of Fi's brightest ideas, eh?

-Cheers.

-Yeah, cheers.

-So, no Joyce today?

-No, she's got one of her heads.

-Oh?

Well, it's the roadworks, isn't it?

She wanted me out from under her feet.

Listening to her, I've been under her feet for 59 years!

-59 years?

-Yeah, come September.

-Ho-ho! Boy, that is an achievement!

-You should celebrate!

-In the army, you get a medal for long service.

Well, I was never good at it.

-No?

-Marriage.

But seeing my ex-wife, Yolande.

If you had asked me

if there is one marriage that would have lasted the distance...

59 years!

Looks good from where I'm sitting.

-Yeah, maybe a small celebration.

-Mm.

-I can invite some of the old lot from the Towers.

-Now you're talking!

Yeah, man! Maybe we could hold it here. Let me ask Mick, man.

Yeah, all right, Al. You want your readies or not?

Maybe later, eh?

Yeah.

Can't wait to wash it.

I'll bring some dry shampoo later. Tide you over.

I won't stay. I just brought some drinks for the girls.

I won't stay. Get in the way.

-Mum, Dad's gone to get some food. There's space.

-I won't stay.

-Get in the way.

-How could you? You're her mum.

So what was wrong with the old one, then?

-Has anyone got the right money?

-Whoa, Dad! You can't smash up Fi's till.

-Rather you than me, brother.

-Yeah, go on, Mick.

-I'm not going to smash it, no.

I'm just going to open the drawer. That's all I'm going to do.

Here, careful! You'll have that flying through the air next!

Keegan's taken Bronson and your brothers for a kickabout.

These don't look like the pictures in the magazines.

A soak in the sink, a good scrub. You know, good as new.

Your brother's used the last of the leccy.

Here, go stick a fiver on that, would you, love?

I'm gasping.

Each fob is programmed to a staff member.

It's only so you know who sold what.

Look at her. Lady Muck, holding court already!

I had a couple of shifts in this pub when I stayed with Bianca

and they had exactly the same tills, so...

-Thanks.

-Aw, you look amazing.

-Doesn't she look gorgeous?

-She does, yeah. She looks beautiful.

-You're back then?

-Like a bad penny!

This little one's glad Auntie Whitney's back?

-Can I?

-Yeah.

Oh, I couldn't believe it when Ryan told me.

-So, you had your scan? How was it?

-Yeah, yeah. It was perfect.

Lily's so excited, bless her.

She's with Arthur at my mum's in Brighton.

My mum keeps ringing me every night, saying has the baby come yet?

Stace, I feel really, really bad for asking you this,

but would it be all right to stay with you for a bit?

-Yeah, course. The more, the merrier.

-Why don't you move back in here?

-No. No, I'm not going to ask you to do that.

-Don't be silly.

-This is your home.

-There we go.

It's better than having Lily in your face every five minutes.

-Come on.

-Your room's upstairs.

We've missed having you about, haven't we, Dad?

Yeah. Yeah, your old room's still here, if you want it, you know?

Great, OK. But just until I get on my feet, all right?

I'll bring your case up.

Thank you.

Be nice.

-Whit, the thing is...

-Before you say...

-Go on, you first.

-Can I have some help out here, please?

-We're a bit short-staffed, so if you want your old job back...

-Er, yeah.

That'd be great.

Go and get yourself sorted then, lively, and get back down here, eh?

All right.

-We'll talk later, yeah?

-Yeah.

Yeah.

-How you doing? All right?

-Good, thanks.

-Yeah, you?

-Er, yeah, I'm good.

Look at us.

Teenagers.

-Had a good time Friday.

-Yeah, me, too.

It's funny.

I feel like everyone can tell, just by looking at us.

Like they can see what we're up to.

Yeah, it's better this way, isn't it? You know, keep things private.

We ain't got to deal with anyone's opinion.

Our little secret.

Yeah. Our little secret.

-All right?

-I need to get on.

Oh, don't go yet.

I need to go home, where the heart is.

I'd give anything to go home.

It won't be long.

We'll get you home. When we do, you can have whatever you want.

-You just say the word.

-Oh, well, I'll have your chair, then. The comfy one.

-Is that right?

-Yeah! In front of the telly all day with my duvet.

-(Where I keep her safe. Where the heart is.)

-And I can watch films and eat chocolate.

-(With the good ones.)

-(That's what Peggy said.)

-And have Dennis waiting on me hand and foot.

-(That's what she said. Safe.)

-Oh, he'll love that, won't he?

Put him in a butler's outfit, if that gets you home any quicker.

I got to go.

Things to do.

Will you come back tonight?

Always. Always come back.

I'm sorry, babe. I just needed to clear my head.

Abi...

Are you not working?

No, it's my day off.

So I thought I'd come round and have a nice chat with my sister.

Yeah, Abi was just telling me that some girl at the vet's,

-her bloke's been lying to her.

-Yeah, total scumbag.

-Er, I'm starving, so I'm going to make some lunch.

-OK.

Minute.

I called the hospital.

The nurse specialist said she's got a clinic today.

We can go down and we can see her.

What about Louie?

-Dad and Jane are at work. Stacey's at the Vic.

-I'll ask Abi.

'It's her day off.'

And you're meant to be working from home, don't forget.

'Look, it's going to be fine.'

Abs, um, Steven's just offered to take me

to Oxford Street to look at some wedding bits.

Would you mind looking after Louie for me?

Of course not.

Anything for you guys.

Thank you.

I'll go and get his stuff together.

Hey, I wouldn't have known it was you, you know?

-Man, you look sensational!

-Oh, thanks, Patrick.

Yes, it's nice to have a bit more glamour behind the bar.

Am I not glamorous enough for you, or what?

What, like a thorn between two roses.

-Oi!

-You've upset him now.

-There you go.

-Thanks.

That till is going to make your life so much easier.

Same again, please, Mick.

-Looking good, Whit.

-Thank you.

What have I done now?

That's all right. It just means you might be out of mixers. I'll check.

Oh, look!

-If it isn't Miss Walford!

-Shirl.

-Look, you might be able to pull the wool over their eyes,

-but you ain't doing it to me.

-I don't want to fight with you.

-What did you come back here for, then?

I told you, I've got friends here, family.

We ain't your family.

-Things are different now.

-You stay away from my son.

-I care about him.

-You care about him?!

Yeah, right. You come waltzing in here with a few new clothes and a bad dye job

and you want me to believe that you're not the same skanky

cow that tried to break up my son's marriage?

You've always had his best interests at heart, ain't you, Shirl? Like the till? Didn't lock itself.

Someone did it. What happened a few months back shouldn't have happened.

I know you don't trust me, I don't blame you.

I'm trying to put everything right. I'm not here to cause trouble. I don't want no-one getting hurt.

But I'm back.

Mick wants me here.

There's nothing you can do about it.

CRASH

Peggy.

Peggy.

Yeah, I know, I know.

I know what you said. I know, I know.

I know and I will, I will. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, sorry.

SMASH

Argh!

-Hey, sorry, but have you got the time?

-It's 1:25.

They are really behind.

I think maybe we should just come back another day.

I know you're scared. But I'm here.

I'm not going anywhere.

-DOOR CLOSES

-Lisa!

Oh! It's OK.

-SHE WHIMPERS

-It's all right.

You got that card?

There you go.

Won't need a stitch.

Tee, this is Lisa. Louise's mum.

-She used to live round here.

-Oh, how's Louise doing?

Well, send her our love, yeah?

It's not right.

What happened to Louise? No, it's not right at all.

There's evil, Sonia.

You need to stop thinking about those girls

and let the authorities deal with it, OK?

You're such a kind soul.

Such a good girl.

Thank you for calling me.

Well, you're her mum, aren't you? And girls need their mums.

Peggy was right.

Peggy?

She told me.

Well, I'm sure Peggy would have had a lot to say about all this.

She gave Louise to me to keep her safe.

This would never have happened if I hadn't have let her go.

Is that what you're upsetting yourself about?

You mustn't blame yourself.

When Bex was being bullied, when I was away, I had no idea.

You know, I felt responsible. You couldn't have known.

I should have kept her safe.

I need to keep her safe!

You're exhausted. You need to rest.

You need all your strength for looking after Louise

when she gets home.

Get yourself home.

Yeah.

Yeah. You're right.

You're absolutely right!

Thanks, Sonia.

Yeah...

I'm waiting!

I don't know what's gotten into you.

Stealing?! Now, we might be a lot of things, but we ain't thieves!

Keanu stole this and you didn't have a go at him.

Keanu didn't steal anything!

Now, as soon as he gets some proper wages, we'll get a sofa

and that's going straight back to where we found it.

30 quid for this?! They're not in it five minutes!

More money than sense!

-That's what good mums have.

-What?

The clothes, those expensive prams.

-That's what you're supposed to have, ain't it?

-Oh, since when?

The social are going to say I'm a bad mum

if I don't have a nice house and all this stuff.

The social are going to see that your baby has a family

that loves it. That's all they care about.

-What if they take it away?

-Oh, is that what this is about?

No-one's going to take your baby.

All a baby needs is its mum. Yeah?

And you're going to be a brilliant one.

It's all right. Come here.

Would it be all right if I took Lou out to get some air?

Some nice clean air?

-Just into the hospital gardens.

-All right.

She needs to be back by four, as her antibiotics are due.

And be careful not to disturb the dressings. She's still healing.

OK.

-You all set?

-Yep.

Everybody off? All going away?

Just running Bex home.

-Going to sort the car out.

-All right, darling.

-Sharon, got a sec?

Yeah, sure.

Um, I just spoke to the nurse and she said, as long as we're

really careful, we can wash Lou's hair tonight.

Oh, that's great.

I'll get Phil to pop in the house, once he's dropped Bex off.

Maybe, yeah. Er, no, do you think...? Will he know what to get?

Maybe you should go. You know, her own...

Her own shampoo and conditioner. You know what it's like.

I mean, with that lovely blonde hair, it's so pure and clean.

It makes all the difference.

You're probably right.

Knowing Phil, he'll come back with washing-up liquid!

I'll come with you, Bex.

Won't be long. All right, darling? See you in a bit.

-Oh, thanks.

-Bye.

-See you later.

-Bye.

I've got a surprise.

What?

I've just talked to the doctor.

They've released you.

I'm taking you back to Walford.

-This is taking forever.

-We could just come back another day.

No, I'll just go and ask them how long they're going to be.

Babe, they're busy, OK?

Shouldn't you be getting back to Louie anyway?

He'll be fine with Abi.

We're in this together, remember?

I'm starving. I didn't have any time for lunch.

I'll go and get you something, if you want.

Is that all right?

-Oh, just like a sandwich, or something, babe.

-Yeah, of course.

-Thanks.

Look, if I've gone by the time you get back,

-then just wait out here for me, yeah?

-Yeah. It's fine.

I'll just ask the receptionist where you are and I'll come and find you.

I'm sorry.

So?

'We're at the hospital.

'She thinks we're waiting to see a specialist. She won't leave.'

Oh, dear(!) What are you going to do?

'I don't know. Help me.'

Say it.

'Say what?'

Say that you need me.

No.

-Good luck.

-'No, wait, wait.'

'Well?'

Abi...

'I need you.'

KNOCK AT DOOR

Come in.

Now a good time?

Yeah, sure.

Making me nervous.

Sorry. It's good to have you back.

This place ain't been the same without you.

Thanks. I've missed it. I've missed you. I've missed all of you.

-Whit, like, you know what happened...

-Oh, no, Mick.

-I was a melt.

-And I should never have treated you like that.

-You were struggling.

We both were.

I just... I never thought I'd...

-I never thought I'd have felt...

-It's in the past. It's in the past.

We've put it behind us. We've moved on.

We have to.

Yeah. We do.

So I hope you'll be happy for me.

Um, something happened when I went away.

And I didn't want to make it public until I told you.

I'm getting married.

-She seems a lot brighter today, doesn't she?

-Mm.

Part of that might be down to Lisa, you know.

What do you mean?

Well, she enjoys having her mum around.

It's natural.

Come on. Give us a hand.

Where to, love?

Liverpool Street.

She's going to be safe now.