Eastenders 08 29 2023 l Eastenders August 29 2023
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00:00 [music]
00:26 [crowd noise]
00:34 Rose.
00:35 Cindy.
00:37 I know him.
00:38 That's George.
00:41 Cindy, come with me now, please.
00:43 Look, this is madness.
00:45 What are you doing here?
00:46 [crowd noise]
00:50 I'm not here.
00:51 This way.
00:55 Cindy, please.
00:56 It's fine, Ian. I won't be long. I promise.
00:58 [car horn]
01:06 [music]
01:25 Is it really you?
01:27 My George?
01:29 What the hell are you doing here?
01:35 Me?
01:36 You can't just show up like this, after all these years.
01:40 I didn't.
01:41 How did you know we were here?
01:44 What are you talking about?
01:46 We live here. I run this place.
01:49 Vic? You can't.
01:51 Look, Rose. Cindy, or whatever the hell your name is.
01:55 I used to live here.
01:56 What?
01:57 A long time ago.
01:59 In Walford? When?
02:02 Many years ago. Before we met.
02:05 So you're not here to see me and the girls, then?
02:11 I didn't even know you were here. I had no idea.
02:14 Yeah, well, we always were a second thought, weren't we?
02:17 You do realise that today is Anna's birthday?
02:19 Anna's birthday? Yes, of course I do.
02:21 Are they here, George? Are June and Anna here?
02:26 No. No, no, no. They've stayed in Spain.
02:32 I just...
02:33 I just can't believe this is happening.
02:37 Yeah, me neither.
02:38 More to the point, I don't want to.
02:42 Look, so now we know it's one big freak coincidence.
02:49 How about you turn around, walk out with that fella out there,
02:54 sink a bottle, wake up in the morning, no recollection of what happened.
02:58 How about we agree to this?
03:00 How about we agree to that?
03:02 How are they?
03:04 How are the girls?
03:06 Fine.
03:12 Fine? That's all you're getting.
03:15 You lost the right to know how the girls are
03:20 when you walked out the door.
03:23 What sort of person does that, eh?
03:28 What part of your brain is missing?
03:30 I don't know, I don't know.
03:32 I don't even know why I'm still standing.
03:34 The pain I just feel every single day.
03:38 Oh, poor Rose. Always the tragic victim.
03:41 Always that far away, looking your eyes,
03:44 like you're in a silent movie in your head.
03:47 It wasn't like that. It was just exactly like that.
03:50 I wanted to share it with you, George. I wanted to be honest with you.
03:54 So why couldn't you?
03:58 Because I couldn't risk it.
04:00 It's just so complicated. It's just a mess.
04:04 I want to tell you, George. I want to explain it to you.
04:08 I don't want to know.
04:10 Please, George. Please try and understand.
04:12 Rose is dead to me.
04:14 And I really don't want to know, Cindy.
04:17 But I am Rose, and I'm Cindy too.
04:20 We're the same person. We're no different.
04:22 I swear.
04:24 I couldn't tell you because I couldn't risk you being killed.
04:28 I swear to you, George. It's the truth.
04:33 Please just let me explain it to you,
04:37 and then if you still want me to, I will walk out that door,
04:39 and you will never see me again.
04:41 I don't expect you to forgive me right away.
05:02 But I'm going to prove to you how sorry I am.
05:05 Your mum said your dad had a heart attack.
05:09 So she wasn't lying then?
05:11 No. No, that's true.
05:13 I just wish you'd called me.
05:16 Don't worry.
05:18 He's all right now.
05:20 And honestly, Gran, Mum...
05:22 Mum's been so good with him.
05:24 Really patient and caring and...
05:27 and loving and just...
05:29 Oh, enough about her.
05:30 Sorry.
05:37 I'm sorry about taking the money from the restaurant.
05:40 I was angry.
05:46 What happened with Ben?
05:49 The fact that you chose to stick up for him over me?
05:51 No, it wasn't like that.
05:53 You don't have to explain.
05:55 Ben told me the truth.
05:58 What? He told you?
06:01 We made up.
06:04 Sort of.
06:06 Sort of.
06:07 I just... I wish I'd known back then.
06:11 I couldn't break his trust, Peter.
06:14 No, I know.
06:15 And I don't blame you.
06:18 It's my fault.
06:21 I know that.
06:22 You hungry?
06:29 Cheese on toast?
06:33 Cheese on toast.
06:34 Here you go.
06:45 I hope you like it.
06:47 A cookery course?
06:54 Yeah.
06:55 You trying to say I can't cook?
06:57 Oh.
06:58 No, no, I just mean, like...
07:01 I suppose I...
07:02 Brilliant, I'm teasing.
07:04 Thank you.
07:05 That's okay.
07:06 And, of course, happy birthday from me, too.
07:14 Oh, my gosh! Look at it!
07:23 Yeah, I adopted him for you.
07:25 And look, his name's Fred, after yours truly.
07:28 He's so cute!
07:31 Thank you.
07:32 You're welcome.
07:33 I'm glad you like him.
07:35 Darling, you seen George?
07:40 No.
07:41 Right, well, I will just pop upstairs.
07:43 Uh, no, you don't.
07:45 Why?
07:47 Look.
07:48 Here you are, darlings.
07:51 So I couldn't tell anyone.
07:57 Not even you, and if I did, I'd risk putting all our lives in danger.
08:02 I had to forget who I'd been.
08:04 I had to start again.
08:07 Why were you in prison in the first place?
08:10 It's complicated.
08:13 You surprised me.
08:15 They thought I'd tried to have my ex-husband killed.
08:21 He's fine now, he's forgiven me.
08:24 It was a misunderstanding.
08:27 The bloke outside?
08:28 Yeah, that's him. That's Ian.
08:31 Ian Beale.
08:33 Bobby's dead.
08:34 Yeah, he's also the father of my son.
08:37 Peter.
08:40 Golden boy.
08:42 You know him?
08:44 Oh, yeah.
08:45 Look, the point is,
08:48 you abandoned one family to start another family with me.
08:52 It wasn't like that!
08:55 I never thought I'd meet someone like you,
08:57 and I certainly didn't intend to get pregnant, you know that.
09:01 So what? You never loved us, or you never loved them?
09:05 You're twisting my words, George.
09:07 Of course I love them, they're my world.
09:10 And I loved you too, but...
09:13 it was just so difficult because I was always holding back a bit.
09:18 A bit?
09:20 You pretended that Gina was your firstborn.
09:24 You convinced me that you'd never been a mother before.
09:26 No wonder I found you so mysterious.
09:30 You're the only woman who could keep me at arm's length.
09:33 You know that.
09:35 I thought you were the most intoxicating creature that ever walked.
09:41 Unlike me.
09:45 I told you everything.
09:49 Laid myself bare.
09:53 I told you things I'd never told another human soul.
09:56 I wanted to tell you, George.
09:59 So many times, it...
10:01 It was just so hard.
10:04 Hard?
10:06 The risk, I couldn't.
10:08 Now back up a minute.
10:12 This doesn't end up...
10:14 What do you mean?
10:16 Now, now, by this.
10:17 That Jackie Ford woman's just died.
10:23 So why did you walk out on us that night?
10:25 Nine years ago?
10:27 And if this false identity was so important that you couldn't breathe a word of it to anyone...
10:34 Why did you just kick it off like a flip-flop?
10:39 In Hotford or here or London or France or wherever it is.
10:42 Why would I make it up, George?
10:45 I don't know!
10:46 Because I don't know you.
10:47 You're not real.
10:49 Maybe you've got a condition.
10:50 Maybe you're a fantasist. Maybe...
10:52 You're a compulsive liar.
10:54 No, it's true, I swear!
10:56 Alright.
10:57 Then explain it to me.
10:59 Go on.
11:02 I'll drive.
11:16 I don't mind if you have one.
11:18 I swear.
11:19 Get in the car, girls.
11:20 Bye, Mum.
11:22 Have fun. Give my love to Gabriella.
11:24 Love you.
11:25 When I get back, we'll talk.
11:27 What about?
11:28 Are you just sitting at the bar flirting with your staff?
11:32 Not in front of the girls.
11:33 And don't drink any more.
11:35 Don't drink any more.
11:36 An avalanche that swept down Mount Everest has killed at least 12 metres of sky.
11:54 Thanks.
11:55 A deadliest disaster on the world's highest peak.
11:57 It happened above 6,000 metres in an area nicknamed Popcorn Field.
12:01 All that's involved has gone to the area to secure ropes...
12:04 Hello?
12:05 We're not doing check-in, are we?
12:07 ...summit. Let's get the very latest now from the BBC...
12:09 Hold on a minute, Mary. This TV's so loud. Turn it off.
12:12 ...live from Kathmandu...
12:14 What?
12:20 Did you say something about Lucy?
12:26 No.
12:30 No.
12:33 [knock on door]
12:34 Our pet bag.
12:47 God, I'm not having this. Not again.
12:49 I have to go.
12:50 You're drunk and you're being ridiculous.
12:53 I'm sorry.
12:54 Sit down and talk to me.
12:55 I have to go.
12:56 Has something happened?
12:57 Look, just calm down and talk to me.
13:00 [sighs]
13:01 Look, it's Easter.
13:05 The girls are coming back tomorrow and they're expecting you here
13:07 for that lunch you told them about.
13:09 Tell them I'll be back. I promise.
13:11 No! I'm not telling them that because you ain't going anywhere.
13:13 You're going to stay put and explain to me
13:16 what's going on in that crazy head of yours.
13:18 Rose.
13:21 Nothing's going on with me and the girls at the bar.
13:24 I wouldn't cheat on you. I never have.
13:28 Well, I haven't had the opportunity.
13:30 And God knows I've been tempted the way you carry on.
13:32 Pushing me away, drinking, moping around.
13:34 [car horn honks]
13:35 It's the taxi.
13:36 Cancel the bloody taxi. We need to talk, Rose.
13:39 I'll call you.
13:40 I'm sorry I said that about your drinking.
13:44 I know you're depressed.
13:47 I know things aren't going well, but...
13:49 I love you, Rose.
13:50 Despite everything.
13:52 I love you. The girls love you.
13:55 And we can get better. We can figure this out.
13:57 I love you too, George, but...
13:59 I'm not who you think I am.
14:03 You're not, is you?
14:06 You're not fair.
14:08 You've been dead. Is that it? You've been gambling.
14:11 Come on, dear. Come on.
14:14 Spit it out, please.
14:15 Just be straight with me for once in your life.
14:18 I'm sorry, George.
14:19 Tell the girls I'm a lover and I'll be back soon.
14:22 Rose!
14:25 I'm...
14:26 I'm not going to keep doing this.
14:29 I can't... I can't keep living like this.
14:32 If you go now...
14:36 I'm not ever going to take you back!
14:39 I'm not ever going to take you back!
14:41 [sighs]
14:43 [sighs]
14:44 [car engine starts]
14:47 [birds chirping]
14:49 [sirens]
15:03 [car door slams]
15:05 [girls screaming]
15:30 [car engine starts]
15:33 [car engine stops]
15:35 [car engine starts]
15:38 [car engine starts]
15:47 [car engine stops]
15:49 Get in.
16:12 Leave me alone.
16:13 If you want to keep the rest of your family alive, you'll get in.
16:17 Now!
16:18 You're not supposed to be within a 500 mile radius of Walford.
16:35 What were you thinking?
16:37 My daughter's dead.
16:40 [knocking]
16:44 [door opens]
16:45 Well, go on, sweetness.
16:48 Don't be shook.
16:49 Ain't no gangster.
16:50 I live with a pensioner, so I've got good boy credentials.
16:53 Uh, right, right, no, sorry.
16:55 Uh, no, I just, um, I just wanted to know the time.
16:58 You see, my phone's broke and I'm supposed to be meeting the crew for a game of pool,
17:01 like, in the near future.
17:02 But, you know, I don't know, 'cause, like I say, I ain't got no clock.
17:06 It's 8.35.
17:07 Ah, nice, all right, sick.
17:09 I'm going to be on time.
17:10 I've even got time for a kebab.
17:12 [laughs]
17:13 Um, right, so, well, thank you, ladies.
17:17 You know, as you were, whatever you were doing.
17:20 I ain't intruding.
17:22 I ain't inquiring, you know.
17:24 You two just, uh, carry on, yeah?
17:27 Yeah.
17:29 You don't think...
17:38 I think he's just some dumb kid.
17:40 But my point stands.
17:42 What the hell are you doing here?
17:44 What were you going to do?
17:45 March into the family home and join in with the funeral plans?
17:48 I need to see my son.
17:50 It's far too dangerous.
17:52 You're risking his life.
17:54 They're twins.
17:55 We're twins.
17:58 If I could track you to Walford,
18:00 don't you think the Fords could have as well?
18:03 They could be on their way, for all we know.
18:06 You think the Fords killed Lucy?
18:09 Well, she's dead because of me.
18:11 That would be pure conjecture.
18:13 We don't know anything yet.
18:15 But it's possible, though.
18:17 No.
18:19 I need to hold my boy Peter.
18:23 I need to hold him in my arms.
18:24 But the boy has his father.
18:27 He grieved you years ago.
18:29 Don't pretend your desire to go back there is anything other than selfish.
18:36 You have my sympathy, Rose.
18:40 But you're not thinking clearly.
18:43 You don't have children, do you?
18:46 Let me help you.
18:49 If I can't see Peter, I want to go back to my girls.
18:56 I've got to go back.
18:59 I promised them I would go back.
19:01 The truth is,
19:03 you coming to London,
19:05 breaking cover,
19:07 has compromised your situation in Marbella.
19:11 I won't stand in your way,
19:13 but if you go back, we cannot guarantee your safety,
19:16 or that of your loved ones.
19:19 Gina and Anna would be in danger.
19:21 And George.
19:23 It's a possibility.
19:25 It's up to you.
19:29 No.
19:31 And your daughter, Lucy?
19:59 Was she murdered by the Fort?
20:02 It was an accident.
20:07 Just a terrible, terrible accident.
20:10 But the feeling that something bad was going to happen just wouldn't go away.
20:17 And the thought of putting Gina and Anna at risk,
20:22 I just couldn't do it.
20:24 Not after losing Lucy like that.
20:28 They wouldn't have a mum, but I knew they'd be safe.
20:32 And they had a dad.
20:35 You always were a brilliant dad, George.
20:38 I, um...
20:42 I haven't been brilliant.
20:46 I've struggled to get out of bed for years.
20:51 Drinking, fighting.
20:53 Women.
20:57 Not proud to say.
20:59 But one thing that kept me going was the girls.
21:05 Looking after them.
21:07 Even if most days it was them really looking after me.
21:14 I thought you'd abandoned us.
21:21 Don't, George.
21:24 (SIGHS)
21:26 The only way I could keep going, survive,
21:38 was by hating you.
21:41 And hating you with such a passion.
21:46 It was like my fuel.
21:49 (SIREN WAILS)
21:51 I'm sorry, Rose.
21:57 Cindy.
22:00 No.
22:02 I am Rose to you.
22:04 My feelings for you were always real.
22:09 I just never expected to meet someone like you.
22:13 To have the chance of happiness.
22:17 I thought I could do it. I thought I could make it work.
22:20 But the past just kept on bubbling up. Guilt.
22:25 How could I love a Gina and Anna when I had four other children?
22:28 How could I be a good mother when I was so torn up inside?
22:32 I always loved you, George. And them.
22:38 I just hated myself.
22:42 (SIGHS)
22:44 I just can't get my head around her being alive.
22:53 I'm telling you, trouble always follows that woman around.
22:58 And the idea you'd all move back here for a quiet life, well, that's beyond me.
23:04 Did she say anything about her time in Spain?
23:09 Spain?
23:11 I thought she was in France.
23:13 Yeah, she was. We were.
23:17 It doesn't matter, Gran.
23:21 I bet you're tired.
23:24 I am.
23:25 Why don't you go take a nice relaxing soak and I'll bring up another glass of wine.
23:29 All right.
23:33 But it's going to take a lot more than that to get back in my good books.
23:37 But I do stand a chance.
23:41 I'll think about it.
23:43 Hey.
23:59 Thanks for early.
24:00 For what?
24:02 I know you don't like to talk about her, but it does help, you know, to let go.
24:09 I love you.
24:10 Love you too.
24:11 Here's your drink.
24:13 Hey, great party, sweetheart.
24:15 But I have to go. I'm sorry, but I'm going to see Kev.
24:19 I cannot neglect my husbandly duties there, can I?
24:22 (LAUGHS)
24:23 He's rocking it.
24:24 Where's Dad? I need to kill him for these photos.
24:28 No, they're cute.
24:29 Hey, hold on. Is that you or do you have a younger brother?
24:33 (LAUGHS)
24:34 Yeah, some super cool hat you've got there.
24:38 Oi, I bet you've had some questionable fashion choices.
24:41 A hat?
24:42 Hat.
24:44 Oi, come on, boys. You don't need to have an argument.
24:46 OK, no more looking at him now. I want to dance.
24:50 All right, just one. Come on.
25:00 (GRUNTS)
25:01 Ed.
25:21 Why the hell didn't you stop?
25:25 She's in there with him now.
25:28 George?
25:29 Yes, George. They're in the barrel store together.
25:32 Look, she was going to find out sooner or later.
25:35 Maybe it's for the best.
25:36 For the best?
25:37 Peter, I've lost her.
25:40 I've lost her.
25:42 Where are you going?
25:50 I want to go wish my sister happy birthday.
25:53 Cos from where I'm stood, my mum and dad are a complete letdown.
25:57 Letdown.
25:58 Well, he's not upstairs.
26:12 He'll probably just have a moment. He'll be back. Don't stress.
26:15 Well, that is it. I'm going to do the cake, whether he is here or not.
26:18 Otherwise everyone else will be completely blasted and that cake will be dead.
26:22 All right, then. I'll get the prosecutor.
26:24 You go.
26:26 OK.
26:27 Go. You want the lights off, music down.
26:31 You do believe me, don't you?
26:33 I believe you.
26:36 Linda.
26:41 Oh, George. You scared me.
26:43 An old friend turned up out of the blue.
26:45 She was just leaving.
26:47 How cosy.
26:48 Are you going to introduce us?
26:50 I'll be out in a minute.
26:51 I'm Cindy.
26:52 Oh. Cindy who?
26:54 All right, I'm coming now.
26:56 Oh, this is not what you think.
26:57 You know I was feeling sorry for you. I thought you were having a moment.
27:00 Mum has bent over backwards for you and your girls today.
27:02 She's about to do the cake.
27:03 The girls? The girls are here.
27:05 You...
27:07 You need to go.
27:09 Yeah, too right you need to go.
27:10 George, you need to tell me the truth. Are the girls here?
27:12 Fuck.
27:19 Happy birthday to you.
27:22 Happy birthday to you.
27:24 Happy birthday dear Anna.
27:28 Happy birthday to you.
27:31 Make a wish, darling.
27:35 [cheering]
27:38 Mum.
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