11/12/2017 EastEnders

Peckham. We can do Peckham.

I don't do south of the drink.

-I used to live south...

-Teen, I don't do south.

-Get that on.

-Where are you off to?

-Is it too much?

-You look gorgeous.

-Suit. We've got an interview.

-Since when?

Since ten minutes ago. Big brewery, pub in Stratford.

-North of the river.

-How did you do that?

Any luck, we'll be in by the New Year.

You two don't need luck!

-Suit, Mick. Now.

-All right.

Are you not working again?

I'm still not feeling well.

Mum, I swear to you, I never knew it was him who bought the caff.

Look, you should try and go in. Even if it's just for a bit.

I mean, we still need to tell the staff we're closing.

Yeah, it's a...stomach bug.

I was never good with numbers.

Looking at something?

Must be an easier way.

Give my regards to your brother.

Sod it.

Oi!

Learn to read, will you?

-It says 27!

-DOOR SLAMS

-Why are you shouting?

-I ain't shouting.

-You were shouting at the...

-Oh, just sort him out, will you?

-Don't take it out on him.

-He's saying I'm shouting.

-I'll give you shouting if you want shouting!

-Oi!

-They're sticking rubbish through your door.

-It's only a paper!

When they're finished in that bathroom, I want you in there.

-Yeah? I'm having a coffee first.

-You've been boozing all weekend.

-So what?

-What, you want Tanya to see you like this, do you?

Yeah, I called her last night. It's Oscar's birthday.

He's arriving at four.

Charming, yeah?

-I can do charming, baby.

-And professional.

TYRES SCREECH

Mick!

-Liberty!

-What...?

-Leave it.

-Oi!

Not your day.

Mug, move your motor.

This is you being charming, is it?

-Mind the unit.

-Well, you've given me the heavy end, ain't you, Ian?

-I've not given you the heavy end.

-It's stuck!

Go on, keep going. Mum, do us a favour.

Get that chair on the fireside, will you?

It's all right, just wait for it.

There you go.

Back a bit. Over, little bit over. That's it, mind your toes.

There you go. Ah, look at that. Perfect.

This wasn't my idea, by the way.

We are going to decorate the Christmas tree.

-I told you I'm not feeling...

-Together.

All right? Now, you get that off and I'll go get the bits.

I did tell him you weren't feeling well.

No, it's OK.

It's just, Martin's got all these trees and you know what he's like.

Here we go.

Come on, just half an hour, yeah?

If not for me, then for Louie, yeah? All right.

How hard is it to do a paper round?

Lucy.

I...might take Louie for a walk.

Oh, no, don't! He'll miss out on decorating the tree.

No, no, it's fine. I'll take these back an' all.

Don't be long. Once we've made a start on the tree,

Mum's cooking lunch.

Ian!

It's all right, I'm chopping.

Cheers, mate.

Professional. OK?

Michael and Linda Carter.

Micky.

I hope you found parking.

Take a seat.

Not you as well.

Well, if there were some nice magazines...

-Yeah, I'm sorry.

-You all right, Lauren?

I promised Louie the park.

Have you got a minute?

Ian and Kathy are doing lunch.

Lovely.

Yeah, cos Ian's more important than I am, ain't he?

He is twice the man you are.

Great. Well, I'll pop over later, get a bit of advice.

You got any birthday cakes?

Shop-bought. Classy.

Or maybe just some flour, eggs?

Yeah, second shelf along.

Oscar's coming round to see father of the year.

Oh, that's nice. Been a while since he's visited.

Yeah, Dad had forgotten he had existed

until he realised he had no-one else.

Baked cakes before, ain't you?

You think that I'm helping you?

Anything else?

Abs, I'm sorry.

-No, you can sort it yourself.

-Please. It's his birthday.

Yeah, and I see Oscar all the time.

-Just that, Max?

-Yeah. It's all right, keep the change.

Spending your blood money, are you?

He's got Oscar coming to visit.

Oh. Is he now?

We're very modern in our outlook, ain't we?

We've got all the new tills.

Love the new tills.

Helps with efficient...

-..you know, stock.

-Tracking the stock.

And craft beers. We introduced craft beers.

Yeah, yeah, we did. Made from Thames water and all that.

You know, not made from it because then... You know...

-Not literally made from it. Would it?

-No.

-No.

We're actually looking for someone more traditional.

-It's a family pub and we want...

-Family. We're all about family.

-We love our family.

-Love our family. East End family.

You know, hate them new tills and this fancy management company,

-you know.

-Mick...

-Give me a proper East End button that I can press.

You know, and a pint with a right naughty head on it.

And a pie. A proper pie.

MICK CLEARS THROAT

I'm...

I'm the first one down in the morning.

I'm the last one up at night.

I know all my punters' names, I know their tipples because a pub,

a good pub, it's not just about booze and second-hand settees.

It's about chat. It's about banter.

It's about warmth.

Let's go, L. What's the point in all this?

-Mick!

-No, I've had enough.

Congratulations.

Pub's yours.

If you want it.

THEY LAUGH

Smells good.

I was going to... Well, I thought we could do some dumplings?

You're watching your weight, ain't you?

I couldn't get any shallots, but those are...

Your dad used to love baby onions.

Used to get 'em for Gran to pickle, didn't he?

Look, I know it's only a stock cube but...

No, no. Cube's fine.

Yeah. Do you fancy some rosemary?

I mean, what do you think, a little bit of rosemary?

SHE CRIES OUT

-It's all right. It's OK. Don't worry.

-Just leave it!

-All right. Sit yourself down, I'll clear it up.

-No, I'll clear it up.

-I'll do it, Mum. Look, it's not...

-No, just leave it, I said!

It just said Stratford.

I didn't think it meant "Stratford" Stratford.

It's miles away.

Bit of countryside.

Be nice for Ollie.

Bit of Shakespeare.

Flat sounds nice.

Two bedrooms.

Least it ain't south of the drink.

A new start?

Yeah.

A new start.

ENGINE STARTS

-Bit of icing.

-Don't be stupid.

-Scrape the top bit off...

-Would you shut up about icing?

Well, there's some ice cream in the freezer.

All right? All kids like ice cream.

Do you know what it took to persuade Tanya last-minute?

Well, I didn't ask you to, did I?

-You know, one day, you're going to wake up...

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-..and you'll have no-one.

-All right, I don't need no-one.

Maybe you want to be a little bit

more grateful for the few people you DO have.

Listen, thanks for sorting out Oscar.

Max, you're my brother.

Go on. You've got work, ain't you?

"In a fairy-tale church, in an intimate little ceremony."

So you still looking for someone to be a diversion man?

Not that intimate, with all those cameras about.

Cos we're a man short and we ain't got long.

I'm working on it.

-"Intimate".

-HE LAUGHS

DOOR OPENS

You got a visitor.

We're reading the papers.

Where did that lot come from?

I was just leaving.

Sharon, tell 'em I'm out, will you?

We could put it on a table.

Then it would be a tiny tree on a table.

Since when did you get the financial papers?

Since it come through the door.

I just thought, if we only had a couple of weeks...

Maybe you could stick Ollie on the top of it.

-You'd like that, wouldn't you?

-Don't listen to her.

-I should get to the caff.

-Ain't you going to decorate it?

You can decorate it.

Nah, can't. I can't bend down that low, got a bad back.

Grandma.

I should've got a bigger one.

Then it would've taken weeks to decorate!

Mum!

Hey. How did it go?

L.

-We need to do something!

-It ain't that simple.

-Well, can't you send some of the boys round?

-And do what?

Well, I don't know. Phil, she won't even leave the house.

-When she's ready...

-I just want to...

..make sure he never comes near her again.

-I tried that.

-I know.

And I don't want to make things worse.

I thought she put all this behind her years ago.

You've just gotta...

When Mum was sick...

..I just wanted to make everything better.

All she wanted was for someone to listen to her.

It's not that far away.

They can't come with us.

-They can come and stay.

-Where?

Ollie can bunk in with us and...

What if... What if Nancy comes back?

Nancy and Tam will want their own gaff. Lee's cracking on.

If he needs us, we'll make room for him.

-What, in our tiny flat?

-We don't know it's that tiny.

Coming here, all the family...

It is what it is.

I don't know how you can just accept it.

Cos we got no choice.

We need to let that brewery know by four.

This is my fault, isn't it?

No. No.

You did what you had to do, L.

It's a new start.

Just the three of us?

CREAKING

We said seven quid an hour!

-We said seven, the whole job.

-It took me half the day!

And I've just spent half the morning re-delivering the papers

that Ben found in a bin outside the Community Centre.

You ain't allowed to do this.

I'm sorry, I have been rushed off my feet ever since Derek's gone.

I mean, you're lucky you're even getting a penny.

Wonder what your boss would think.

Employing an underage kid, none of the right checks, no training.

-I was doing you a favour!

-Making her skip school...

Well, that was your choice!

Giving her half her body weight to carry.

Three hours' work.

And for keeping my mouth shut?

Same time tomorrow?

Your face!

Just five minutes, Abi.

Please?

Mum?

You're not still...

Mum.

Mum! Mum! Stop, stop, stop. Come on, come on.

Up you get. Come here.

Abs, it's just about what I said to you the other day.

You've got four and a half minutes left.

You kids, you mean the world to me, Abs.

I love you.

Even though I'm a cheap little scrubber?

-Yeah, well, I didn't mean all that.

-Up the duff with a Beale brat?

I'm sorry, all right? I am, I'm sorry.

Four minutes.

It was just hard to take, that's all,

when I found out about you, Steven, the baby.

I do love you, Abi, I do.

I've always loved you.

Ever since I knew your mum was pregnant, I've loved you.

Look, I know you've always stood up for me

and I know there's times when I've thrown that back in your face.

Loads of times.

But I'm here now...

..and I want to help you, I want to get some money for you, cos...

..cos you're going to be a brilliant mum.

Whereas me, look at me.

I can't even bake a cake without burning it.

You actually tried?

Yeah.

It's got to be worth a couple of points, ain't it?

Abi, please.

I need your help.

-I'll be fine.

-We'll all be fine.

-I've got mates with sofas.

-I don't want you on a sofa.

-Just till I get a room.

We'll help you with a deposit, won't we, Mick?

We ain't got no money.

We'll find you some, sausage.

And when I get a work placement somewhere...

I'll ring you, OK? Every day.

Look at me, we ain't even going yet.

It ain't like it's as far as Italy.

-And I'll come and see Ollie.

-He's going to miss his big brother.

-Yeah, and I'm going to miss him too.

-Come here.

OK?

Does that hurt?

You used to watch me rub hand cream in.

Used to sit on the bed after I'd been on the stall all day.

You think the pain's gone but...

..you go a day, a week...

..maybe a month even...

..not feeling like that person.

I can't imagine.

Moving to South Africa, I thought, new city, new country,

it'd all be behind me.

And then, going on the run,

maybe part of it,

maybe a little part of me being away for so long was...

..that I didn't have to be Kathy Beale any more.

That I didn't have to be the woman who was...

One night of your life.

Coming back, I thought I'd be OK.

But seeing him again, and hearing him,

and he has no idea what he's done.

He's never even admitted it. Not properly.

Because sometimes, Ian, I think, if I could just hear that...

SHE SOBS

-RECORDING:

-You can't trust him. You need to stay away.

You don't what he's capable of.

He's dangerous.

He is the reason Steven is dead. He left me...

DOOR OPENS

Oh, come on then.

We wasn't doing nothing.

Just get your shoes on.

Hide the phone.

-You've got a new pub.

-I know, I know.

Johnny's going to stay at his mate's.

Tina's going to kip on Sonia's floor for a bit.

And what will you do?

Same as always. I'll survive.

Mick, don't pretend you've never wished to see the back of me.

-You found us this gaff.

-Yeah, and I signed it away.

We've had some times.

-Some of them good ones.

-Loads of good ones.

-But having this chance...

-It's been the best.

-It ain't.

But it's been good.

It's been really good.

But now it's time for you, Linda and Ollie to move forward...

..and have more good times.

Maybe even better ones.

Without you?

I'm not dying, Mick.

This is your only option.

Your wife and your little boy...

..they're your priority now.

This all your wages?

No, that - that is my wages. Four of us, we're eating my initiative.

-She don't mean...

-It is chicken.

-I see it on telly.

If you want money in life, you have to use what you've got and sell it.

And what I've got is ideas.

-Ideas? You?

-It's called your initiative.

And getting some woman to pay you for messing up her papers.

That's just a start, ain't it?

You want to watch and learn, Keanu. I'm upping my game.

Can we put the candles on?

We can put the candles on when he gets here.

Ten candles.

Ten candles. How did that happen?

Looks beautiful.

Yeah, well, you've got until June to practise for my birthday.

Thanks for today.

Both of you.

-Get us a bucket, Abs.

-KNOCK AT DOOR

-I'll get it.

-It's all right. I'll go.

Wasting your time.

Letting all the heat out.

-Cora.

-Tanya knows.

Yeah, I bet you couldn't wait, could you?

Had a very interesting phone call with Denise this morning.

I mean, you've done some pretty low things, but this...

Nan.

Your mother sends her love.

Thought you weren't talking to her?

I can always make an exception.

He's got a cake through there. Presents.

I'm sure you've saved the receipt.

Cora, what have you done?

-Stay out of it, Jack.

-He's my son.

You never wrote to him once when you was inside.

There weren't a day I didn't think about him.

Didn't see him for months after you got out. He deserves better.

-Yeah, cos I was waiting.

-For what?

To destroy the whole neighbourhood he lived in?

What, so you've never made a mistake, Cora?

-You've never done anything wrong?

-You are never...

..NEVER going to see that boy again.

Who do you think you are?

I'm going to make sure of it.

CLOCK TICKS

Maybe you...

Maybe you should try talking to someone?

One more.

You know, like...

..like a professional.

Let's put Auntie Lucy's angel up, shall we?

Up there? That would be nice.

Yeah.

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ANSWERPHONE BEEPS

This is Ian Beale.

I want a meeting with you.

Face-to-face.