Eastenders 09 11 2023 l Eastenders September 11 2023
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00:00 [Music]
00:27 I don't even know why we're looking at wedding venues.
00:30 Come on boys, get a move on.
00:32 It's not like we've set a date or anything, is it?
00:34 Well, the first hotel was just cancelled. You happy now?
00:37 Probably only about as wet.
00:38 Yeah, let's hope the second one hasn't all though.
00:40 I'll see you in the ring at four, yeah?
00:42 Yeah, alright, out of your buzzard.
00:44 You two going boxing?
00:45 Listen, that weren't a question, alright?
00:46 Here, have a car.
00:48 Come on!
00:49 Hey.
00:50 Since when were you two...
00:51 No, it's just a bit of shadow boxing.
00:54 Be good for him, give him a focus.
00:56 And that's what I started the gym for in the first place.
00:58 I'll, er, I'll chase the boys.
01:00 Come on, my lads!
01:01 Our own little Anthony Joshua, right?
01:04 Oh, wow, Tommy, the excitement.
01:06 Okay, would you be, please?
01:07 The front ring side is cringing off, but an old dad, he probably gets in.
01:11 Alfie, what's he know about boxing? He's scared of his own shadow.
01:15 If it's that cringy, then why are you, Phil, and your dad all going...
01:18 Look, I said I'll go, so I'm going.
01:21 (Door slams)
01:22 She only slept for two hours last night.
01:28 Er, one hour, 56.
01:30 Oh.
01:31 Why is that unlocked?
01:36 We told her to take the nappies out.
01:38 What, have you seen Phil again?
01:41 No, but that needs to be locked at all times.
01:49 Oh.
01:51 Shall I get you a cushion?
01:52 No, it's fine. I'll stand.
01:54 Oh, my belly is still so fat.
01:57 Yeah, but it takes time, darling.
01:59 You can't listen to what these influencers say.
02:01 And you're knackered.
02:02 Anyone got any sleep?
02:03 I've got but one.
02:05 I fed her out half free.
02:07 You should have woken me up.
02:09 No, I don't mind.
02:10 It's first grandchild, you'll get away with murder.
02:13 I can't believe women choose to do this again.
02:16 Yeah, and again, and again.
02:18 When we had babies, we'd have a zip spot now.
02:20 (laughs)
02:21 Yeah, you sure you're late for work?
02:23 No, no, I'll just have this copper, and then I'll head out.
02:26 You going to start getting ready, Mum?
02:29 No, Charlie's only a few days old.
02:31 Yeah, and I can cover the van.
02:33 The longer you keep taking over for me,
02:35 the harder it'll be for me on my own.
02:37 Yeah, well, in a few months, I'll start popping out to the shops
02:40 and leaving you two for a bit, but...
02:42 You pop to the shops and leave me with Arthur at home?
02:45 Look, I can look after Charlie on my own. She's my daughter.
02:48 You know, your mum said she'd be popping in and out all day.
02:51 I mean, maybe you could come and help me with the lunch rush?
02:55 Please let me try.
02:57 Oh, for two hours, all right?
03:02 And you keep that locked, and you text me every 15 minutes.
03:06 I...
03:09 Yeah.
03:10 (laughs)
03:12 (sighs)
03:13 Sleeping on the job?
03:21 Hey, all right.
03:23 First time they accused me of that.
03:25 Hey, remember Costa Blanca?
03:26 Yeah.
03:27 You, a sombrero, a bottle of tequila and not much else.
03:31 (phone rings)
03:32 Hello?
03:39 Do you want to share?
03:41 It's scammers.
03:43 You'll have to get into them for my phone.
03:45 I hope they take pity on my bank account.
03:47 Don't try with that.
03:48 OK.
03:52 Is this to do with Tommy? Yeah?
03:54 Shall we start with the boxing?
03:56 Oh, well, me and Phil, we thought that if Tommy was to do...
04:02 Look at you, me and Phil.
04:04 We're looking at wedding venues today. Maybe you should go.
04:07 Oh, filthy.
04:09 You know, like Brangelina, you've got to fill her out.
04:12 Yeah, right, so how's Tommy getting on?
04:14 Yeah, he's, um... He's really taken to it.
04:17 Um, you know, he wants to come all the time.
04:20 Oh, he just told me that he's cringe.
04:22 Right, I ought to get on with this.
04:25 Hold on. What's he done?
04:27 Tommy's lied to me, Phil's lied to me, so don't you even try.
04:31 OK, OK, OK.
04:33 He had a... He had a teenage moment.
04:36 Oh.
04:37 He was drinking.
04:39 Vodka.
04:40 Was he all right?
04:44 Yeah, he slept it off.
04:45 Why didn't Phil just say?
04:47 Alfie?
04:50 Tommy lashed out.
04:54 With who, you?
04:55 But, you know, he knows he's messed up.
04:57 No, do you... That's why we did the boxing.
04:59 Phil should have told me. You should have told me.
05:02 Come on, Alfie, open up.
05:04 - I need to put a bit on. - You've got five minutes.
05:06 Yeah, all right, Rox.
05:07 I care, listen, everything's going to be all right.
05:09 It's going to be fine, all right.
05:10 I promise you. Everything's going to be all right.
05:13 All right, Rocky.
05:15 I'm really going to be late for this climb.
05:18 Right, phone down, pack your bags, please.
05:20 - I forgot to rent this. - Yeah, and you're going in straight after.
05:23 - Nice try. - Where are my shoes?
05:25 Can you answer that, please?
05:27 What's up with him?
05:30 He's had a, er...
05:34 He's had a letter through about the counselling.
05:36 - Oh. - What, the group therapy thing?
05:38 No, no, no, the one-to-one about the bulimia.
05:41 But I think he's just a bit nervous about even ringing them.
05:44 Right, come on, you. Here's your bag.
05:47 And who are all those two?
05:50 Precious E is a human right.
05:52 And we're already late.
05:55 Ooh, Lexi's got a boyfriend.
05:57 Hey, not Alf.
05:58 Three dads and you think I'm on a boyfriend.
06:01 Charming.
06:03 Oh, it's so nice to be out of the house.
06:06 - Yep, sleepless nights. - Oh, don't nap this.
06:09 Oh, she loves it. Makes her feel ten years younger.
06:12 Cheers.
06:14 Sorry, love.
06:17 Got the posh Bickies.
06:19 - To impress her. - Nice, aren't they?
06:21 Babe, she's a social worker, not Mary Berry.
06:24 No. I know that.
06:28 The process ain't started yet and my head's all over the place.
06:31 Listen, any child will be lucky to land you two.
06:35 And Georgia adores you.
06:37 What, she thinks I'm very bright?
06:39 She's not going to think that.
06:40 There are so many kids out there that need fostering.
06:42 They won't want you to fail.
06:43 - Chelsea. - Thank you, thank you.
06:46 Look, we've got this.
06:48 And they can have the coolest auntie ever.
06:52 I know it's only wind, but...
06:55 - She does look like she's married. - Yeah.
06:58 Proud of Grandma and Grandad more, matey.
07:01 - I'm owning it. - Yeah.
07:03 I'm working on it.
07:05 So, Jean's taking care of her?
07:07 Yeah, she's around. She's just popped out.
07:10 - What, Lily's on her own? - Yeah.
07:12 She's sending me updates every 15 minutes.
07:14 - She's a kid. - Yeah, who needs to build her confidence.
07:17 Lily and Ricky need to have a bond with Charlie.
07:19 Yeah, well, I've only just got used to leaving Ricky on his own, so...
07:22 Maybe that's something that you ought to work on.
07:24 I don't need parental lessons from you.
07:27 - Oh, and I need them from you, do I? - OK.
07:30 How about Ricky goes round to Lily for lunch?
07:33 It's a bit of company and it might do him good.
07:36 What about Fionn? You still out there somewhere?
07:39 Maybe I should go in.
07:41 Here we go. Look.
07:43 She's been fed, watered, burped, currently sleeping.
07:46 - Wow. - So...
07:48 Jack, I am trying my best here.
07:50 It's hope it's good enough.
07:53 Do you know something? He really gets on my nerves.
07:56 Look, give Lily time and she will prove the doubters wrong.
08:00 I seriously hope so.
08:02 Where you been? I've dropped the boys.
08:10 We're gonna need an hour if we're heading south.
08:12 Do you even want to go?
08:14 - Me and Tommy was just mumbling about... - Alfie told me.
08:18 When it comes to my kids, you don't keep anything from me.
08:21 - I gave him my word. - A lot of pinky promise.
08:23 Do you really like it? I have someone who's mouthing off and you had cancer.
08:27 Alfie?
08:31 - Hello, boys. - It's nice of you, darling.
08:35 All right, you can do it.
08:37 Hello, Alf. All right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm good.
08:40 I've just left me wallet at home.
08:42 - I'll get your ticket. - No, no, don't be silly. I'll go.
08:44 - I wish I could go home. - Dentist.
08:47 - Oh, right. - Dad's being tortured too.
08:49 - I'm making him go first. - You drive a twisted bargain, don't you, young lady?
08:53 - Things we do for our kids, eh? - Yeah, yeah.
08:56 - Go on. - Here, Ben.
08:58 You're a good dad.
09:00 Right, come on, you. We're running late.
09:15 They wanted to do a CT scan and tests and biopsy and stuff.
09:20 Well, he didn't want to go. I literally had to drag him there.
09:23 He gets the results today.
09:25 How do you know?
09:27 I've known that man longer than I've known myself.
09:31 - And you didn't think to tell me any of this. - He didn't want you to know.
09:34 - That the father of my kids might have cancer. - Kat, it's his choice.
09:37 - His choice is to not deal with it. - Well, maybe if you'd have been here.
09:41 Don't you make this all about me. He won't long go. He had a brain tumour.
09:45 - Is this secondary? - He don't know anything yet.
09:48 - That's what today's supposed to be about. - And you thought he'd find out on his own?
09:51 - You wanted to go and see wedding venues. - I mean, you're the one that dragged him up there for the biopsy.
09:55 - Phil the hero. - What, you don't think I offered to go?
09:57 Cancel the second hotel.
10:00 (Door opens)
10:02 She's got your blue eyes.
10:14 Hmm.
10:16 My mum said that might change.
10:19 Well, you know, maybe she'll have different coloured eyes. Like four.
10:24 That'd be sick.
10:26 That'd be weird.
10:29 - Are you all right? - Yeah, it still hurts.
10:37 I mean, I can change her nappy.
10:42 That's all right. I've done that.
10:46 I was so scared to do it too tight, when I picked her up, it fell off.
10:50 She did a moony.
10:55 My nan said it was an easy first mum mistake.
10:59 Oh. It's Nugget. He's in the square.
11:05 - We should stay here. - Yeah.
11:12 Can't wait to shower off, though.
11:15 Your nan would say the fresh air do her wonders.
11:20 - But my mum would kill me. - My dad would double kill me.
11:25 Yeah, can they do afternoon?
11:35 Or morning? Yeah, morning's good.
11:40 Well, the counsellor can do it, I guess.
11:44 - Do you not ask for a phone? - Not when I'm on it, no.
11:48 - I really need a word. - Is it Lexi?
11:50 - No. Can we do that later? - No, but then...
11:53 Sorry, I'm busy.
11:55 Sorry, where were we?
11:57 You don't want to do this here, trust me.
12:00 Yes, that's fine. I can hold.
12:04 This had better be good.
12:08 Healthy?
12:16 - If you think for one sec... - Just hold on.
12:19 - It's just being a teenager. - Of not going, yeah?
12:23 So when was you going to tell me? When all your hair's fallen out?
12:28 - Shall we take a photo? - Get her in, though.
12:33 - Shall I hand my palm drop to my mum? - Of course.
12:35 - Can I hold her? - No, leave her. She's happy.
12:38 Is everybody getting in? Yeah, you're in then.
12:40 - Charlie in. - Hi.
12:42 Nice. Sweet.
12:44 I'm just using her for likes, man.
12:46 First post I did with her was buzzing.
12:48 Listen, I need this to go viral. Then brands will send you freebies for her.
12:52 People give their kids stuff to taste.
12:55 Like lemons, faps...
12:57 No, no. Such an idiot.
13:00 Or a genius.
13:03 Just get her to, like, lick it.
13:05 She'll then pull a funny face, and then we all go mad viral.
13:10 He's right.
13:12 Come on, Leo.
13:14 - Just one lick. - Yeah!
13:21 - Make sure it's a clean one. - Let me get the baby.
13:24 - Lick it, Charlie. - Lick it, Charlie.
13:28 - Lick it, lick it, lick it. - Go on, Charlie.
13:31 What you playing at?
13:33 Get that away from her.
13:35 We were just taking her on a walk.
13:39 Right, that's it.
13:41 Yeah.
13:43 What, and you thought shoving Chris down her throat was a good idea, did you?
13:47 She could have choked.
13:49 - Sorry. Let's go. - Yeah, go on, all of you. Back to school.
13:53 Sorry, Dad.
13:55 Not you.
13:57 Listen, she ain't a toy.
14:02 It wasn't her fault. Just please don't tell her.
14:06 Please.
14:08 Come on, darling.
14:11 I'll take the blame.
14:13 Dad.
14:15 Hello, Ben.
14:21 - We were waiting on the doorstep. - So you let her in, did you?
14:24 She refused to talk to me.
14:26 She wanted you or Jay. Said if I didn't get you, she'd wait until Lexie come home.
14:30 - I can explain. - Yeah?
14:35 Lola's dead. You know that, dear.
14:38 You have got no right sitting there.
14:42 I can't even look at you.
14:46 Look, Lexie's been texting me, and I'm worried about her.
14:53 Yeah? Well, despite you, Lexie is doing just fine.
14:58 You've got some nerve.
15:02 Sitting there, pretending that you care. You wait till Jay finds out.
15:06 Please, look. I can explain.
15:09 Just give me ten minutes.
15:11 - She's my... - She's your nothing.
15:14 Get out.
15:19 Get out! Now!
15:24 (Sighs)
15:26 If she can't have been messaging her, we'd know.
15:37 Would we?
15:39 I just thought, new school, new mates, you know.
15:42 How can we not know who it is she's been texting?
15:45 Do you think maybe this morning?
15:51 I've got to talk to her. I've got to put a stop to this, no matter what.
15:55 - I don't know if that's going to go down very well. - So what do you suggest, Callum?
15:59 Talk to Emma.
16:03 - Why didn't you tell me earlier? - I thought if I don't say anything...
16:09 Then it's not real. And what if it is?
16:12 Alfie, you've gone through this before. Me and the boys will be there.
16:17 - You've not said anything to my... - No!
16:20 I have to. We'll do it together.
16:22 Alfie, you've got your head stuck so far in the sand,
16:26 you've got someone building castles in your brain.
16:29 You know...
16:32 I've been thinking about Lola.
16:35 And what she went through.
16:39 I ain't that tough, Kat. I ain't.
16:46 And I can't bear to think about boys seeing me in pain.
16:50 Or their pity, or their fear.
16:53 You're Alfie Moon. And you will get through this.
16:57 All right?
16:59 You didn't have any choice.
17:02 - What time's your appointment? - What? I can do it another...
17:10 - What time's your appointment? - It's, er...
17:13 It's in an hour.
17:15 If it comes to it, I will give up work and you can move in with me, Phil and the boys.
17:19 What are you talking about? I'm still over 30, Kat.
17:23 I'm not sure it's, er... me's agenda.
17:25 Well, last I heard, you've got some big bromance going on,
17:28 so don't think it's me going to be wiping your backside.
17:31 Come on, then.
17:34 No, honestly, she just left us outside the pub.
17:39 My mum only realised cos she came to get the cigarettes out at the pram.
17:43 Oh, no.
17:45 Stacey?
17:47 - What? - Leo, what's happened?
17:51 Is Charlie all right?
17:53 No-one thinks I can be a mum and I just wanted people to see how really, really sorry.
17:57 And then Jack saw us.
17:59 - What have you done? - Me?
18:01 No, I went in the park and saw him feeding her crisps. Yeah? And filming it.
18:05 What? You didn't?
18:07 Yeah, but there's no harm done, right?
18:09 Look, please, will someone tell me that one of you in this family knows that salt can kill a baby?
18:14 Oh, Jack, not in that quantity.
18:17 - I didn't know. - Well, that's the problem there.
18:20 - You're out of order. - No, look, we have to face facts.
18:23 All right? They're kids.
18:25 All right? And they're making kid decisions.
18:28 I'm sorry.
18:31 - I've got this. - I'll get your bag.
18:35 - I'm late now. - School!
18:38 Sorry, Charlie.
18:40 Hi.
18:44 Well, I suppose it's better than going round looking at wedding venues.
19:04 (Phone rings)
19:06 Mr Morgan?
19:08 Oh, yeah. Please, come in.
19:10 Do you want me to come in with you?
19:13 - If you wanted a fast sleep. - You ain't no gatekeeper now.
19:16 OK. Hang on.
19:18 I've got my big boy pants on.
19:21 It might be nothing.
19:23 But once you get all the answers...
19:25 Mr Morgan?
19:30 (Chuckles)
19:32 Would you like to come through?
19:34 - You OK? - This ain't about me.
19:45 It's about all of us.
19:48 It wasn't, though, was it?
19:50 If he's died,
19:57 I'll kill him.
19:59 Hello?
20:05 All right?
20:08 I just didn't eat my flamin' biscuits.
20:11 - Not long. - And?
20:13 - It went really well. - (Screams)
20:17 Told you!
20:19 - So what, you can apply? - We've got to find our own place first.
20:23 You've got to do your own thing.
20:25 - I'm not going to do my place first, but yeah. - You've got to do that first?
20:28 Yeah. You can't foster a kid in a shared house.
20:31 They've got to make sure you've got all the space and that.
20:34 - Oh, wow. - Yeah.
20:36 I need your help to find somewhere.
20:38 Honestly, he's doing my head in.
20:40 - Zac just keeps banging on about, "Can I fit my telly in?" - Yeah.
20:43 Have a night, then.
20:45 - Want a cup of tea? - Yeah.
20:49 (Footsteps)
20:51 So, Tommy nicked a bottle of vodka and hit his dad.
21:00 - Anything else you've been lying about? - I ain't been lying.
21:05 Alfie didn't want you to know about any of it.
21:08 And Alfie's the one you're marrying, is it?
21:12 (Phone rings)
21:14 Say something.
21:20 I'm all clear.
21:22 - That's great, mate. - Nothing.
21:24 No, no, no, nothing at all.
21:26 You'd better not get mascara on my shirt.
21:34 (Laughs)
21:40 Next you'll be home in ten minutes, so I want you gone by then.
21:43 Look, I know you're hurting.
21:49 All of you.
21:51 This isn't about all of us hurting.
21:55 You couldn't even show your face at your own daughter's funeral.
21:59 - I did. - I didn't see her.
22:02 You can judge me all you want,
22:05 but I'm trying to do the right thing now.
22:09 (Sighs)
22:11 You know, right till her last breath,
22:14 Lola's biggest fear was leaving Lexi.
22:17 Because she knew what grief can do to someone.
22:21 She knew that it could make you feel empty.
22:26 You're not quite whole.
22:29 Not quite good enough.
22:31 Do you know how she knew how that felt?
22:37 Because that's how you made her feel.
22:40 Time and time and time again.
22:45 That girl had the kindest...
22:49 ..purest heart, and you...
22:53 ..you broke it.
22:56 Look, I know it's been hard, because Lexi's been...
23:02 I'll tell you hard, Emma.
23:05 Hard is watching Lexi go to sleep every night with Lola's hoodie on,
23:09 refusing to let us wash it.
23:11 She called Honey Mum yesterday and it broke her.
23:15 Balled her eyes out.
23:20 Ben, I'm... I'm so sorry.
23:23 So am I.
23:25 So am I.
23:32 If you're sorry...
23:35 ..you will leave.
23:37 You will block her number and you will not contact her again.
23:41 But there's things about Lexi that you don't know.
23:44 Don't tell me what I do or don't know about my daughter.
23:47 You've known her for what, five minutes?
23:50 Me, Callum, Jay.
23:54 We know what's best for her.
23:59 You can hate me all you want,
24:02 but I will not turn my back on my granddaughter.
24:06 The door's that way.
24:08 Your ten minutes are up.
24:10 I'm staying in London tonight.
24:14 Block her number, Emma.
24:16 I'll give you your space.
24:19 And...hopefully...
24:23 ..you'll see me tomorrow.
24:25 For Lexi's sake.
24:29 (SIGHS)
24:31 Where did that go?
24:40 Right, more shell. Same again?
24:42 Yes, please, Rugs. Bill?
24:44 Ah, you're on.
24:46 Nice.
24:47 Oh, someone's celebrating. Go on, tell her.
24:50 What, you keeping this to yourself and all?
24:55 No, Linda, I just had a little cancer scan.
24:59 You know, the old prostate.
25:01 - About you got the all clear? - Yeah.
25:03 Oh, Alfie, you should have told me.
25:06 Yeah, well, filthy like to keep a secret.
25:11 Oh, yeah, it's filthy. It's like a play on words, like "brangelina".
25:14 Alfie, I only wear much hotter.
25:16 - Give Rocky a hand. - Yeah, you see how I work.
25:19 - Cat came with me today. - You're lucky to still have her.
25:22 I might drive her crazy, but she still loves me.
25:25 - You got the first bit right. - Oh, OK.
25:27 Rocky, dead man walking over here. He's got a mouth as dry as a...
25:33 Oh, yeah, potty mouth!
25:35 - There you go. - Cheers.
25:37 Cheers.
25:38 Cheers, Rugs.
25:40 Oh, I am making her life hell, apparently.
25:44 Well, she is her mother's daughter.
25:47 Two hours. All she had to do was just stay here.
25:50 PHONE RINGS
25:52 Theo?
25:57 I don't know. You answer it.
25:59 Hello?
26:04 It's the social worker.
26:06 Hiya, Naz. Yeah, no, we're all right.
26:09 Tomorrow?
26:13 Um, yeah. Yeah, that's great.
26:16 OK.
26:18 Yeah, we'll see you tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon.
26:21 Bye, Naz.
26:23 - What? - Yeah.
26:25 - I thought the assessment was next week. - It'll be fine.
26:28 It's fine. I'll just get up early and I'll make this place clean.
26:31 No, that is the least of my problems.
26:33 I've got a stalker hiding God knows where.
26:35 Jack's on the ward path.
26:37 And I'm responsible for a girl with a newborn who's barely a teenager herself.
26:41 Look, Jack is going to calm down and so will Lily.
26:44 No, he's right. It wasn't Lily that failed earlier. It was me.
26:47 I can't even trust my own judgement any more.
26:50 I can't do this. Oh, mate.
26:55 What was all that about?
27:01 Did you think I was hoping for my leg over?
27:03 I was giving you some space.
27:05 You can't even tell me the truth about that, can you?
27:07 I ain't doing this now, all right?
27:09 So what was it? Was you hoping for the all-clear so you wouldn't have to tell me at all?
27:13 You was off for a little moment.
27:15 And what if it was bad news? Would you have bothered to tell me then?
27:18 It wasn't my place, all right?
27:20 We're supposed to be looking at wedding venues today.
27:22 We're supposed to be getting married.
27:24 You don't think I'd be worried, though? You don't think I wanted to tell you?
27:26 Worried about what? That I'd find out and then decide that I'm marrying the wrong bloke?
27:30 No.
27:31 He is the father of my kids and if anything happens to him, I will be there for him.
27:34 Always have been, always will be.
27:36 Just because you want nothing to do with the mothers of all your kids, I ain't like that.
27:40 Those boys need both of us.
27:42 And until today, I thought they needed you and all.
27:45 Until today?
27:47 Well, Tommy's obviously got stuff going on, but you thought you'd keep it from me.
27:50 I'm sorting it out, all right?
27:52 My kid's dad could have been dying and you thought you'd keep that from me and all.
27:55 You don't need to sort things out for me, Phil, all right?
27:58 I want someone I can trust, someone to be honest with me.
28:00 I'll ring the venues in the morning, all right?
28:02 No, don't bother.
28:03 I'll rearrange the viewings, yeah?
28:05 No. No, there's no point.
28:07 Because after all this, after today,
28:09 I'm not sure I want to marry you at all.
28:12 No!
28:15 [footsteps]
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