Hollyoaks 09 07 23 l Hollyoaks September 07 2023
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00:00 Here she is, the manageress to the stars.
00:02 So lovely to have you here.
00:03 Bring it in.
00:04 Mwah, mwah.
00:05 You've got a bright career ahead of you,
00:07 especially with me as your manager, Darlene.
00:10 Would you care to explain this?
00:13 Look, I like Cindy.
00:14 She makes me happy.
00:15 But surprise, surprise, Lizzie's overreacting again.
00:19 Really?
00:20 You're my big brother, the only one I've got.
00:23 You won't pick me up if you go.
00:25 I'm not going anywhere.
00:27 Please.
00:28 Please.
00:29 Please don't run away from this.
00:31 Do you really think that I need someone else in my life who
00:34 is going to ignore everything that I say?
00:36 Don't you think it's important that you
00:38 do the right thing here?
00:40 [THEME MUSIC]
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01:32 Go and tell your daughter that you want her in your life,
01:39 or I swear I'll start smashing things.
01:43 [MUSIC PLAYING]
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01:53 You sure you're ready to come out?
01:58 There's no rush, you know?
02:00 Yeah, no shoulder.
02:01 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:05 Look, I'm not having this.
02:06 Just tell me what your problem with me and Cindy is.
02:10 Lizzie!
02:10 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:14 You need to accept that Ella is your daughter.
02:17 You both live in the same village.
02:18 There's no getting away from that.
02:20 What does she need me for?
02:21 I don't know the first thing about teenage girls.
02:23 Well, you'll have to when Sophie grows up, won't you?
02:26 Think of it as practice.
02:28 Practice?
02:29 You want me to make mistakes on an already messed up kid?
02:32 Oh, Ella's lucky to be part of this family, isn't she?
02:34 Will you stop being so dramatic?
02:37 I were way worse as a teenager, and look at me.
02:40 Ella is a good girl.
02:45 Tell that to Jordan Price.
02:46 Oh, no, wait, you can't, because she killed him.
02:49 I heard it on good authority that that was in self-defense.
02:52 I am not being part of that kid's life,
02:55 and there's nothing you or you can say
02:57 to make me change my mind.
02:58 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:01 (SINGING) Don't give up.
03:04 You OK?
03:05 Can't walk, you know.
03:06 I wasn't in a car crash.
03:08 All right.
03:09 Are you cold?
03:10 It's quite cold, isn't it?
03:11 A little bit.
03:12 Tell you what, you two wait in reception.
03:14 I'll go and get your jacket.
03:15 I'm fine.
03:16 Charlie, Darren's only trying to help.
03:19 It only took me a minute.
03:20 I said I'm fine.
03:22 Charlie.
03:25 Let him go.
03:26 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:29 Do I really need a spreadsheet to save my career?
03:43 I mean, it's not that bad, surely.
03:46 You're right.
03:47 It's much worse.
03:48 You're only looking at September.
03:51 Wait, this only covers one month.
03:52 Have you ever driven past a car crash
03:55 and told yourself that it's probably not that bad,
03:58 and everyone made it out safe and sound?
04:01 Well, the truth is, when we don't
04:04 know the extent of the damage, we tell
04:06 ourselves what we want to hear.
04:08 OK.
04:09 But the paramedics, they see the real horror show,
04:13 and it's only them that can save the people in the crash.
04:17 I'm your paramedic, all right?
04:20 Only I can see how bad your situation really is.
04:25 But trust me, and let me cut you out of the car
04:29 before the whole thing just goes up in flames.
04:33 Hi.
04:34 OK.
04:35 Don't tell me.
04:36 Don't tell me.
04:36 Pepper.
04:37 Yeah.
04:38 Lovely crochet top.
04:39 Did you do that yourself?
04:40 Yeah, OK.
04:42 IPA.
04:43 Yeah.
04:44 Great.
04:44 You're stunning.
04:45 You like going out, but nothing too flashy?
04:48 Long Island iced tea.
04:49 Oh, yeah.
04:50 Yeah, oh, amazing.
04:51 Yeah, OK.
04:52 If you go up to the deck, I'll bring them out.
04:53 But what about my manor house party?
04:59 Can't find it anywhere on here, but surely
05:00 that counts for something.
05:02 What's her name by the bar?
05:04 I've been asked to find someone for this,
05:06 you know, beauty box promotion.
05:09 They need someone kooky.
05:10 She'd be perfect.
05:12 Oh, well, just forget about Lizzie.
05:14 I mean, she's a barmaid.
05:15 I'm an influencer.
05:16 I can do this promotion.
05:18 No.
05:20 You don't quite fit the description that they're after.
05:23 Sorry.
05:25 I-- I can be kooky.
05:27 Yeah, but Lizzie is kooky.
05:30 It's a big difference.
05:32 She just oozes this charisma, this je ne sais quoi.
05:36 You know, she's got it.
05:38 I mean, you do too.
05:39 It's just-- yeah, sorry.
05:41 Just give me a sec.
05:43 Maybe look over the spreadsheet.
05:47 Hi.
05:49 Dave the Love, TV agent.
05:51 Oh, wow.
05:53 I love you.
05:54 Oh, thank you.
05:57 So is he really a bad bit?
05:59 According to science.
06:01 That's good, isn't it?
06:03 I mean, it's not ideal, Warren Fox, but it's better than no one.
06:05 Plus, you can squeeze in the money and presents and stuff.
06:08 I'm not 10 years old, Mason.
06:10 Besides, he's already made it pretty clear
06:11 he wants nothing to do with me.
06:13 He might have just been freaking out.
06:14 You know, he needs time to process everything.
06:17 What are you fighting this corner for?
06:18 I'm not.
06:19 I'm just saying you should give him a chance.
06:20 That's all.
06:21 Stop being positive and rational and let me be miserable.
06:25 Sorry, no.
06:26 I'm cheering you up, whether you like it or not.
06:28 No, you-- you're really not.
06:29 Really?
06:30 Come on.
06:31 Cheer up.
06:32 Come on.
06:33 You just slowed down.
06:35 You don't have to come and work with old bargain bins
06:36 and stilettos.
06:37 Come on.
06:38 Get off.
06:39 [INAUDIBLE]
06:42 Oi, get off her, you little freak.
06:43 If he's talking again, I'll be eating through a straw.
06:49 Do you hear me?
06:50 No, Warren, he's just a kid.
06:53 One more word from you and it'll be your last.
06:55 We were just playing.
06:56 Yeah, well, they didn't look like that from where I was standing.
06:58 I don't care.
06:59 You had no right coming anywhere near me.
07:01 You know what?
07:02 I am glad you don't want to be my dad,
07:04 because being your daughter sounds like the single most
07:06 excruciating experience anyone could have.
07:08 I pity Joel, I pity Sophie, and I pity Sebastian.
07:12 You are a Neanderthal he wants locking up.
07:13 Now get out of my sight or I swear to God I will scream.
07:16 Johnny, why was this in the bin?
07:34 I don't need it.
07:35 I'm not going.
07:36 Well, you have to.
07:37 Those were the conditions for you to come home.
07:38 You agreed to see a psychiatrist.
07:40 I only said that so I could get out of the place.
07:43 Yeah, but the care team will check on you.
07:46 They'll keep on mithering you.
07:47 I said no.
07:48 I'm not having someone root around my head.
07:50 That's my business.
07:51 But the therapy is good for you.
07:52 Yeah, it did wonders for me.
07:53 I'm not you, Darren.
07:54 How many times?
07:58 All right, OK, Charlie, stop.
07:59 You're right, OK?
08:01 It's your life.
08:04 Just do me one favor.
08:06 Put this somewhere safe, in a drawer or something.
08:11 All right, no more.
08:13 That's it.
08:16 Just promise me you won't throw it away.
08:18 Look, Dad, I don't want to get involved.
08:25 Right, do me a favor.
08:26 Your sister shut me out.
08:27 I need your help getting through to her.
08:29 I just want to make things right.
08:30 This family's fractured enough as it is.
08:32 Well, can't you just make seen?
08:34 No one knows Lizzie better than you do.
08:37 You know, I can't have her being this upset with me.
08:39 I'm not about to shun Cindy.
08:41 I like her.
08:42 I'm serious about her.
08:43 She makes me happy, happier than I've
08:45 been in a really long time.
08:48 So come on, do this one favor for your old man.
08:52 What are you still doing here?
08:58 Just go home.
08:59 I told you to take the day off.
09:00 And I told you I'm going nowhere until you
09:03 admit you got told by a teenage girl.
09:07 Shut up.
09:08 The way your daughter ripped you a new one.
09:10 Stop calling her that.
09:12 Why are you acting like you don't care?
09:13 You practically took the kid out for tickling her.
09:16 Yeah.
09:17 Well, it didn't look like that.
09:19 So wind your neck and stay out of my business.
09:21 You love being a dad.
09:24 So why are you pushing Ella away?
09:26 Just go home, Miss Haines.
09:27 Not until you tell me truth, no?
09:30 Leave it, will you?
09:31 I just don't get it.
09:32 You love your kids more than anything in the world,
09:35 even more than you love yourself.
09:37 And that is saying something.
09:38 So what is it about Ella that I've
09:40 got you running so scared?
09:41 That's it.
09:42 Leave it.
09:43 There's a ghost who lives here.
09:57 And he looks a lot like me.
09:59 He hides in every shadow, whispering my name.
10:09 He's come to take me over, to slip beneath my skin.
10:20 Need a hand?
10:22 No, this is my mess.
10:24 Need a hand?
10:25 No, this is my mess.
10:27 Are you sure?
10:28 I said no.
10:29 There's a ghost who lives here.
10:31 There's a ghost who lives here.
10:32 And he looks a lot like me.
10:33 Charlie, stop.
10:34 And he looks a lot like me.
10:35 Charlie, stop. Stop.
10:36 It's OK.
10:38 It's OK.
10:39 He's come to take me over.
10:40 It's OK.
10:41 He's come to take me over.
10:43 How can I help?
10:44 What can I do?
10:45 Just get me out of my head.
10:47 I don't know what to say.
10:53 Anything.
10:54 A poem, a song, anything.
10:55 I don't care.
10:56 Just talk to me, please.
10:57 I'm changing my name.
11:03 What?
11:05 You can't do that, can you?
11:07 Just watch me.
11:09 Brooke just doesn't feel right anymore.
11:13 Non-binary fit me for a while, but I think I understand myself better now.
11:20 I'm confused.
11:22 OK, well, for Ripley, non-binary was exactly who they were.
11:28 But for me, I knew I wasn't a girl, but I was a big part of myself that I was suppressing.
11:38 And I can admit that now.
11:42 I'm a guy.
11:45 So what's your new name going to be then?
11:48 Phoenix.
11:51 Got a problem with that?
11:53 No.
11:54 No problem.
11:55 Just-- it's just a bit unusual, isn't it?
11:59 Oh.
12:01 What's wrong with unusual?
12:05 Right, nothing.
12:05 But, um, well, nice to meet you, Phoenix.
12:10 I told you this because-- because you're family.
12:19 Because I trust you more than anyone.
12:22 So maybe just-- just try trusting Darren.
12:28 If you never tell anyone how you're feeling, then you may never get the help you need.
12:32 And I don't want that for you.
12:35 I want you to be happy.
12:38 So please, just try for me.
12:42 Please.
12:48 Will you just leave me alone?
12:49 I've said I don't want to talk about it.
12:51 Sweetheart, come on, please.
12:52 We can sort this out.
12:53 Let me just give you a minute.
12:55 Sorry.
12:57 Liz, look, you can't blame Dad for simply just trying to move on.
13:00 I mean, look at him.
13:01 He's been a joke since Anna left.
13:02 Well, he's just been this sad, old, lonely man--
13:05 Oi.
13:06 --floating around, searching for some kind of purpose.
13:08 It has been painful to watch.
13:09 You know it has.
13:10 All right, easy.
13:12 We should just be happy for him.
13:13 No, Sam.
13:14 He needs to grow up.
13:16 Excuse me?
13:17 Look, I am very happy that you feel you can move on from Anna.
13:21 But Cindy, really--
13:23 Hey.
13:25 I say this with as much respect as I can,
13:27 because I know she's been through a lot.
13:28 But bringing Cindy into our family
13:30 when we have been living on a knife's edge for the last year--
13:33 Serena's gone.
13:34 Anna's gone.
13:35 Everything that happened with Mason.
13:37 This is all too much, Dad.
13:40 You didn't think for a second how it might affect us.
13:43 You just thought of yourself like you always do.
13:45 Lizzie, no.
13:47 This is why I only talked about it,
13:48 because you don't listen to reason.
13:50 You never do.
13:51 I am done, Dad.
13:54 Just do what you want.
13:55 Warren, will you just stop?
14:02 Please, talk to me.
14:04 Get him, will you?
14:05 Finally.
14:07 He speaks.
14:07 You want to know the truth?
14:14 I love my kids more than anything in the world.
14:18 Joe, my son became a priest.
14:27 Can you believe that?
14:29 Sophie, that kid is so kind.
14:33 She got this sixth sense.
14:37 She knows when I've had a bad day.
14:38 I don't even have to tell her.
14:39 And she comes and gives me a hug.
14:41 And Seb, every time that I look at him, it breaks my heart.
14:46 Because I know that's what Joe must have looked like as a kid.
14:51 A kid I never knew until he turned up on my doorstep
14:57 when he was a man.
14:59 And I hear all that I do, but what's
15:04 all that got to do with Ella?
15:07 Because the way that they are is nothing to do with me.
15:14 You say that Ella should be part of my life.
15:20 But if Ella gets attached to me, I will ruin that girl's life.
15:27 You say that I'm being cold.
15:29 You say that I'm being cruel.
15:32 But you're missing the point, Mercedes.
15:36 Pushing Ella away is my way of telling her, my daughter,
15:42 that I love her.
15:45 She's perfect.
15:47 And that is exactly how I want her to stay.
15:52 What does she have that I don't?
16:03 Ryan, we've been through this.
16:05 Is it because she's likable?
16:06 Because I'm likable too.
16:08 This promotion needs to be by an established influencer,
16:10 not a barmaid with some social media account.
16:12 No offense, Lizzie.
16:13 Some taken.
16:14 What is your problem, Ryan?
16:16 It's just a one-off.
16:16 What a threat to you.
16:18 Trust me.
16:19 I know, babe.
16:19 I just-- I don't want Faye risking her reputation on some--
16:24 Some what?
16:25 Listen, OK, this is the exact behavior
16:28 that we've been talking about.
16:30 What behavior?
16:32 Why don't you take a leaf out of Lizzie's book?
16:34 She's easygoing.
16:36 I am easygoing.
16:37 She's screeched.
16:39 Look, Faye, you're meant to be my agent, not hers.
16:41 Yeah, and as an agent, I have many clients, Darlene,
16:45 you just being one.
16:46 Now, for the last time, we've chosen Lizzie
16:49 because she fits the bill of what
16:50 the Beauty Box company wanted--
16:52 charismatic, good natured, charming.
16:55 And I'm not?
16:56 Of course you are.
16:58 Just doesn't always show on the camera.
17:00 So you just have to make that conscious effort
17:02 to show that side of you.
17:04 I've written it all down in section nine of the strategy
17:08 on the spreadsheet.
17:09 Oh, the spreadsheet makes me feel
17:11 like I'm some sort of robot who needs to be, I don't know--
17:14 Programmed to be nice?
17:16 Try not to take things so personally.
17:19 Oh, OK.
17:21 Yeah.
17:21 And in the meantime, stop responding
17:24 to all the comments on the fake teacher video scandal
17:27 because it's only making things worse.
17:30 Now, if you don't mind.
17:31 [MUSIC PLAYING]
17:33 (SINGING) It's going to be all right.
17:35 [MUSIC PLAYING]
17:37 (SINGING) Hey.
17:38 [MUSIC PLAYING]
17:41 [FOOTSTEPS]
17:43 [INAUDIBLE]
17:44 [DOOR OPENS]
17:46 [DOOR CLOSES]
17:47 How did Nancy take it?
17:49 Eh, not great.
17:51 Well, it must have been a wee bit of a shock.
17:55 She wants me to come to America,
17:57 change the scenery and all that.
18:01 Might not be a bad idea.
18:03 You know we can't afford that, Darren.
18:05 We just put it on the credit card.
18:07 No, it's fine.
18:10 I'd rather stay here with you anyway.
18:12 [MUSIC PLAYING]
18:14 [FOOTSTEPS]
18:16 Come here.
18:17 [MUSIC PLAYING]
18:21 I love you, Darren.
18:22 [MUSIC PLAYING]
18:26 I love you too, mate.
18:27 And I didn't want to die.
18:29 [MUSIC PLAYING]
18:32 At least, I don't think I did anyway.
18:35 It just-- it felt like I couldn't cope with one thing,
18:39 and then something else had happened,
18:41 and I couldn't cope with that, and then something else,
18:43 and something else, and something else.
18:44 Hey, hey, hey, hey.
18:46 It's OK.
18:47 I worked out where you were.
18:49 You're safe now.
18:51 It was just like it was all just--
18:53 it was all getting all stacked up.
18:57 And it was-- it was just--
19:00 I didn't have the tools to cope with anything at all.
19:04 And if I didn't have the tools, what hope did I have?
19:06 [MUSIC PLAYING]
19:09 I couldn't breathe, and I didn't know how else to make it stop.
19:13 Hey, listen to me.
19:17 You made me do.
19:19 Now, thank you for trusting me with that.
19:24 Look, I know it's not easy.
19:28 You've got to promise me something now.
19:30 You ever start thinking like that again,
19:32 you talk to me, OK?
19:36 Sadly, I'm an expert when it comes to this subject.
19:41 And I'll always listen.
19:43 I'll always understand.
19:45 When you listen to me, you have got the tools.
19:50 Maybe you just not found them yet.
19:51 Come here.
19:57 Thank you.
19:58 Get on my side.
20:04 Darren, sit down.
20:14 Oh, I just want to say, I, um--
20:19 I think you're handling this really well.
20:22 Charlie's not fixed yet, but because of you,
20:29 he's on the right path.
20:31 I'm so proud of you, son.
20:33 Thanks, Dad.
20:37 Goldie, if that is you, I want to be alone.
20:43 Tough.
20:44 Oh, that's bad even by your standards.
20:51 What is it, petrol?
20:52 If you're here just to call me cheap.
20:54 No, I'm here to apologize, actually.
20:58 You know, I've been treating you like crap recently,
21:01 and I'm sorry.
21:05 I'm always still hurting over Felix.
21:07 Nope, barely even thought about him.
21:10 Felix running out on you like that, it's not--
21:12 He'd rather get boxed in the head than wake up to this.
21:16 I hope he gets his jaw broke.
21:18 Because Felix Westwood is dead to me.
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22:20 Oh, Darren.
22:24 [MUSIC PLAYING]
22:27 [MUSIC PLAYING]
22:29 You know, Charlie feels this way because of me.
22:33 If I'd been better for him, if I'd have noticed he wasn't right,
22:39 then maybe--
22:41 maybe he wouldn't have tried to--
22:42 Hey, hey, hey.
22:44 It's all right.
22:46 We'll get through this.
22:49 We always do.
22:51 Come on.
22:52 [MUSIC PLAYING]
22:56 (gentle music)