04/09/2017 EastEnders

-Hi, Jane.

-Hello.

Do you know what my Janet said to me?

She went, "Mummy, this is what heaven must look like."

Yes, it's a proper little paradise.

I just had word from the Town Hall.

The Mayor'll be here just before one.

Still not sure about her doing the judging.

Not with everything that's happening right now - bad press...

all the cuts...

Jane?

Um...

I'm sure it'll be fine.

Don't think she's going to do much trade today, is she?

Look, it is just business, me and Carmel.

Yeah, I know.

You said it was all right if I saw her last night.

It was.

Well, then, why did you come back totally smashed?

I'll see you later.

Today needs to go well.

Meaning?

Well, there's going to be press about, you know.

It's important you make a good impression with this speech.

Well, is there any reason why I shouldn't?

Just, you ain't seemed on top of things last couple of days, that's all.

Surprised you even noticed.

PHONE RINGS

What happened with Jane?

Why haven't you been answering my calls?

She says I have to tell everyone.

Dad...Lauren...

about everything.

And if I don't, then she will.

All right?

Now, I've gotta go and pick up Lily, take her to Ricky and Janet's party.

So, do you mind collecting the party bags for me?

Cos I've also gotta help Carmel

do all the final checks for the window displays,

-as well as trying to keep these two away from all the home-made cakes.

-Yeah, well.

Billy, don't get involved, yeah?

It's between Phil and Jay.

It's not really got anything to do with you, not really.

-Dee, you all right?

-All right.

So, you think there's going to be cameras?

Publicise the cause, innit?

There's not going to be anything. I've just heard.

-That march has been called off.

-What?

Well.

Why schlep all the way down to the council offices

to shout at a few councillors,

when you've got the actual head honcho heading over here?

What, you think there's going to be trouble?

What, you worried about your nails?

You always get a few hotheads, don't you?

What, like you, you mean?

The last time that the Mayor was here -

"Nah, I don't think that's right. Dah, dah, dah, dah."

Yes, well, best to just ignore 'em.

Square's looking amazing. Punters everywhere.

Could be a really good day for this place.

Yeah, yeah.

I'm just taking Ollie to the party.

Yeah, all right, babe.

Someone forget the dress code?

Got 'em.

Jolly good.

Mind you, they're getting difficult to find these days.

I don't think people eat them any more.

Get off.

Go on, then, off you go to the pub and I'll have 'em ready

for you when you get back.

And then we can have a look round the Square,

see the stalls and that.

I've seen some of the people from the old block out there...

DOOR SHUTS

Anyway.

Hmm.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Yeah, I got your messages.

Yeah, well, I left enough.

Right, so Jane knows you're faking about the tumour, does she?

What we going to do?

Why you asking me?

-Come on, Max, I really need your help here.

-No, no, no. You need a miracle, Steven.

You know, that's the only thing that's going to get you

-out of this mess.

-It's not just my mess, though, is it, Max?

Now you're involved in this, every bit as much as I am.

What, is that what you told Jane as well?

I ain't told Lauren either. Yet.

-You ain't going to say anything.

-What?

Cos I'll tell you why.

Cos I'll kill you.

Do you understand me?

-Do you?

-Yeah, yeah.

Good boy.

Oi, oi, oi - watch where you're going, will you?

Don't exactly look like your gardening types, do they?

I mean, don't get me wrong, I understand why they're upset, but...

Bunch of chancers.

-Sorry, mate.

-All right.

Why didn't you tell me?

How Steven's just told me

the truth about this tumour he's meant to have - says he told you.

Lauren's my daughter, Jane, so why didn't you say anything?

So why did no-one tell me about it?

About what?

I'd have got some flowers and tarted myself up too if I'd known.

Well, you're the landlady. You should know what's going on in your own pub.

Well, not if no-one says anything.

You mean you haven't actually seen what's going on in the Square today?

Must be the only one.

Oi!

Oi!

If you've got something to say to me...

Yep, listen, I'm sorry, OK? Just ignore me.

Well, it's a bit difficult when you walk around as if you own the place.

And I'm sorry for last night too.

-Last night?

-Me hogging Mick and pouring my heart out to him.

It's all right, don't have to pretend you don't know.

I'm sure he's told you all about it.

I know what you're like - you're joined at the hip.

So like I said, I'm sorry.

All right?

Phil - Billy's here to see you.

-So how's it looking out there?

-Yeah, yeah, it's all right.

Men. Probably hasn't even noticed.

Right, let's go and look for ourselves, shall we?

Jay's told you, then.

Well, whatever you've gotta say, say it.

Just get it off your chest.

I'm sorry, Jane.

No, I shouldn't have confronted you like that.

It's OK. It came as a big shock to me too.

Yeah, I couldn't believe it. I was just talking to him,

and he just came out with it.

Look, I hadn't said anything because I told him that he had to do it.

I just thought, if he was to rescue anything out of this...

Sorry, what do you mean - rescue?

Telling the truth was his only chance.

What, with Lauren?

Well, I don't see it either.

-Look, if I've handled this wrong, I am sorry...

-Nah, nah, nah.

Nah, it's just from my point of view, you know,

ever since I got out of prison,

I've just wanted to be there for the girls - I don't want 'em hurt

any more than they have been.

It's not just Lauren, is it? It's Abi.

It's her sister it's happening to. I mean, how's she going to take it?

And Ian - you know, how's he going to react to this?

You should, um...

..you should tell Lauren yourself

-if you think it's the right thing to do.

-Nah, nah.

No, I think you're right.

I think let Steven try and explain, if he can.

Jay!

You seen Billy?

Supposed to be at Ricky and Janet's birthday party,

-and I can't find him anywhere.

-No, why? Something wrong?

Fine, look - if you do see him, just keep him away from Phil, yeah?

For both their sakes?

All this had nothing to do with Jay, did it? Not really.

Nah. This was all about you...

wanting to make yourself feel better.

Well, he's a mess, Phil, he's a total mess right now.

And it ain't just him you screwed up, it's me an' all.

See, me and Jay, well - he was like a son to me.

But then you come along and you took him away,

and I couldn't work out why.

And then I got to thinking - I was thinking about little Jamie -

cos you took him too, didn't you? But I'll hold me hands up,

you was right about that one, cos I was in a bad place back then.

So then I started to think to myself, well, what is it?

Maybe, maybe he doesn't trust me.

Maybe he doesn't think that I've got it in me to be a good enough dad.

But you got that one wrong an' all, didn't you?

It weren't any of that, was it, Phil?

No.

This was all about Phil Mitchell trying to put things right

without telling anyone anything was wrong in the first place.

You've taken everything away from that boy, Phil.

And what have you left him with, eh?

Not you, not now.

Nor me neither - too late for all that now.

I was just trying to...

What? Say sorry? What do you want, someone to come up, eh?

Say, "Ah, it's all right, Phil"?

Nah. You've had my answer.

-Why didn't you tell me?

-Tell you what?

About you and Fi?

There was nothing to say. She made a pass on me,

I blanked it, it's end of story.

Actually, I was... I was talking about your little heart-to-heart.

I didn't realise she'd come on to you as well.

It was nothing. She was upset.

I asked you what was wrong with her

when you were changing a barrel and you said "nothing".

-Well, I didn't exactly say that...

-No, you made a joke about it,

but it adds up to the same thing.

So what was it? None of my business?

-L...

-Just about says it all, don't it?

What does that mean?

The old Mick would've told me straightaway.

Oh, Linda.

I was just thinking, me and Stace could cover if you want to go

and listen to all the speeches and that.

Linda?

Me and your dad have just been talking.

Now it's our turn.

Hey. Who fancies taking a look round?

-Much better off in here.

-Well, I'm going to.

-Same again?

-No, thanks, mate. I gotta get back.

Joyce is cooking.

Our anniversary. 59 years.

59. Hey, that's nice.

We're having the same thing we had for our wedding breakfast.

It's sort of tradition.

Spam fritters.

Well, in 1958, it's all we could afford.

But I didn't care - marrying the love of my life,

I'd have eaten sawdust if they'd served it up.

And on our first anniversary, Joyce made it for me again.

Thought it'd be a nice surprise.

I should've told her there and then that it's not exactly my favourite.

I didn't have the heart.

So she's making the same meal, every anniversary, ever since?

How can I tell her? After all this time?

Oh, man, that is beautiful.

59 years of eating food I can't stand?

Here. Them lot in the gardens are staring daggers at the Mayor.

Well, as long as that's all they're doing.

If they start throwing any, duck.

Being serious, Mick, it looks like it could go off any minute.

-Good.

-Good?

Well, trouble on the street means more people in the pub.

Bring it on.

Sorry.

There's no need.

Yes. There is. This is nothing to do with you.

You don't need to worry, you know.

You and Mick, you're... you and Mick.

I won't be any sort of problem for you.

You were, though, weren't you?

But it's not just you.

It's me and him.

We're a mess.

And I don't know how we ended up here.

Well, whatever's happening right now, it's just a blip, you know.

It's cos you've been away so long,

you've both just gotta get used to each other again, I suppose.

I know I didn't help.

I know that. I was stupid.

I got in too deep...

..started imagining things, that's all it was.

I was just... I was just imagining.

Lee leaving me like that, and Mick, he was so nice to me.

You know what you and Mick have got,

that's all I've ever wanted,

and I thought maybe I could have that if I took some sort of short cut.

Take your place, maybe -

but I couldn't.

I couldn't because...

..there's only ever going to be

room in his heart for one person, that's you.

I've seen the way he looks at you,

every time you walk in that bar.

If you go out there now on the Square,

he will not look at one person the way he looks at you.

He's yours, Linda.

Heart and soul.

You better get going, hadn't you?

What's that?

Just steadying my nerves.

It's not doing much for mine.

This is really important.

Just get off my back, all right?

I haven't said anything about you and Steven to your dad.

Not yet, anyway.

Lauren is your sister.

Her and Steven are getting married.

How could you even think about doing this to her?

Lauren doesn't deserve him.

So you're jealous, Abi? Well, that is truly pathetic.

If Lauren did deserve him - if she really loved him,

then she wouldn't have got rid of his baby, would she?

Yeah, I was there. All the way through it.

I had to listen to her making all these excuses

about it just wasn't the right time -

that she loved Steven really,

that there was no-one else,

definitely not that dishy boss of hers -

and like a fool, I believed her.

Steven needs to be with someone who cares about him.

Someone that wants the same things as he does.

That can give him a family of his own.

You're not serious, are you?

So. Now you know everything.

Well, it's wonderful to be back in Albert Square

as one of judges for this fantastic event.

And it's great to see so many people out and about supporting

their neighbourhood - the place looks utterly fantastic.

I'd also like to thank our sponsors, Grafton Hill,

because without corporate support,

this kind of thing just isn't possible.

And I think Fi Browning, from Grafton Hill,

would like to come up and say a few words.

APPLAUSE

Thank you.

I'm sure it's obvious to our judges

just what a wonderful effort everybody's made

over the past few months.

I mean - take a look around.

Kew Gardens has got nothing on Albert Square...

Never mind poxy flowers - what about our houses?

SHOUTING

This is a very special place to live.

I knew that the moment that I first stepped foot in the...in the Square...

-Where's all the social housing you people promised us, eh?

-Where's our Walford?

SHOUTING

And if you need any proof as to how special it is,

then just look around.

Everything's boarded up!

If somebody would like to talk to me, I am more than happy

to have a conversation, but this is not the time or the place...

-Yeah, whatever.

-What a load of rubbish!

You think that's clever, do you?

Fi, Fi, just ignore them.

-Yeah, Carmel's right...

-It's just pathetic.

ANGRY SHOUTING

Just leave me alone.

That went well!

Why do you care?

You've told me what do you think about the Square enough times.

-Fi...

-You hate it and you hate everybody who lives here.

Maybe next time you should make a speech, tell them all the truth.

Oh, I forgot - you can't show your hand, can you?

We think it'd be best to get the Mayor out of here.

Well, has she seen all the stalls?

Why should that lot ruin it for everyone else?

It's not just them, there's trouble all over the area right now.

We don't want to give anyone the chance to start any more.

What happened to your face?

SIREN WAILS

Good.

No, I need to come and collect him now.

We've really gotta be somewhere.

Sorry, Jack.

Hello, Steven.

Calling "M"?

What?

I saw it on that phone. M.

So, who's that? Is that Max?

This was all his idea.

It was Max's idea for you to fake a brain tumour?

No, no.

He was the one that told Lauren I only had three months left to live.

Well, that doesn't make sense. Why would he do that?

Lauren's his daughter.

Where's the Mayor going?

The police don't think it's safe for her to stay.

Just when it was getting interesting too.

GLASS BREAKS AND CROWD CHEERS

SHE HUMS HAPPILY

I'd better go.

I'm just...

I dunno.

I'll take you home.

Got your message.

What's happening?

Well, I've just seen Steven.

Actually, me and him have had a very interesting little chat.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

I mean, maybe, just maybe...

..he has an excuse for the stupid things he did.

I mean, he's weak - he's terrified of losing Lauren.

What I don't understand is you.

A father's supposed to look out for his daughter, isn't he?

Love her, protect her?

But you would've known her marriage was a lie from the start.

And what was all that about with Fi on the Square just now?

"You hate this place and everyone who lives here"?

I was going to ask you what the hell you're up to,

but I don't need to, do I?

All this was revenge.

On anyone that's done you wrong -

us, Jack, your own daughter?

No, it's like a cake - about that big.

Yeah. Victoria sponge, like with all cream in it...

What, home-made?

Well, I ain't placing any bets on us

winning Walford in Bloom any more. No thanks to that lot.

Well, they're only saying what everyone's thinking.

Wish they could've said it somewhere else.

I mean, look at all the effort everyone's gone to.

-So what are they doing now?

-Going home. Hopefully.

Well, a lot of them haven't got any homes to go to, have they?

Stace is right - that's what all this is about.

LOUD EXPLOSION

SCREAMS