EastEnders 30th July 2024-n
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00:00I call the care home every day and nobody ever said anything. It was no change, that's
00:21all I ever got. No change. And then... somebody must have seen this coming. You visited her.
00:34You must have seen she was getting worse. I don't know any more than you do. Debbie
00:40did have pneumonia a while back. Maybe that had something to do with it. Yeah. I mean,
00:46the human body is a mystery sometimes. These things can take us all by surprise. I'm so
00:53sorry for your loss. Rhys said that Debbie was a wonderful woman. Yes. Thank you. And
01:01who are you? This is Sonia. My landlady.
01:32What the hell do you think you're doing?
01:34What someone should have done a long time ago.
01:36Me and her aren't exactly friends, but even I haven't thrown her out of the house, Vinnie.
01:38I'm sorry, but she's made her bed, Mum.
01:40All this because I mouthed off a bit in the restaurant?
01:42No one trashes my father's reputation and gets away with it, not while I'm around.
01:45Wow, his reputation. I've heard it all now.
01:47I did not sleep with that wrinkly old man. Do you know why he's doing this? He's doing
01:52this because his pride got hurt, because I wouldn't go anywhere near him.
01:55Priya, you are not welcome in this house no more.
01:58What, and that's just that? Are you just going to sit there? Last time I checked this
02:03was your house.
02:04Sorry, Priya, I've tried.
02:05I've got nowhere else to go. You'd really just see me out on the street then, yeah?
02:12Well, look at the bright side. At least you've still got a job.
02:15For now.
02:20You are disgusting.
02:29That was a bit dramatic, given that Ravi and your dad aren't even here to see it.
02:33Word will get around. If Priya believes it, so will they.
02:37And she's just what? Collateral damage?
02:39Well, after this, Dad will give me anything that I want. Trust me.
02:44Yeah, I just spoke to the driver. He says it's going to be about five minutes.
02:47All right, darling?
02:50OK, so how about this? I've just spoken to Harvey and he's going to man the phones for
02:55a week and I've messaged Little Mo and Lynne to expect you down at the caravan.
02:58Not this again.
02:59Carol, I worry about Tommy as much as you do, but you deserve a break.
03:02I promise you, he'll do the world a good.
03:04All right, so while I'm off drinking bubbly and painting my nails, you're going to be here
03:08in charge of Tommy and the twins and trying to hold down a job.
03:13You know, for years I've let Tommy down, time and time again.
03:18And of course then, you know, there was the cancer.
03:23Maybe this is his way of trying to get my attention.
03:26Oh, get real, Alfie. He's not bothered about us. All he cares about is Phil.
03:30He wants to be a little mini Mitchell throwing his weight around.
03:33We need to stick together if we're going to get him through this.
03:36Just tell Harvey I'm not going anywhere.
03:40Hello, Cats Cabs.
03:44Yes, darling, what time do you want it for?
03:47Biscuits.
03:49You?
03:51Oh, thanks. Thanks for having us over.
03:55It's been a long drive and hospital canteens aren't up to much.
04:01Which way did you come? I mean, of course, the M1 seems the obvious route,
04:05but the M4 is nothing to be sniffed at.
04:07Yes, we came via Rugby on the way down.
04:11The oldest section, built in 1959. What a treat.
04:15I'd have taken photos if I wasn't driving.
04:18Take a day off, will you?
04:23OK, I'm going to fill the pot.
04:45Talk to me, Sonia.
04:47Oh, come on, the solitary was not like you.
04:51First the stolen money and now this.
04:53How can you not have told them about me?
04:56Look, it was hard enough telling you about dead me.
04:59Look, I suppose I just avoided it.
05:03Look, we know we've done nothing wrong,
05:05but to them it'd be like admitting I cheated on their daughter.
05:09I'm a coward.
05:11And when she asked you out, right?
05:13What was I supposed to say? Oh, I don't know.
05:16How about, this is Sonia.
05:17She's a kind and respectable woman that I'm in love with.
05:20In fact, she's been nothing but kind and respectable
05:23about, quite frankly, this very odd situation with Debbie.
05:26Oh, and by the way, she's pregnant with my baby.
05:29That would have taken ages.
05:32Surely you understand why I didn't want to get into all this.
05:35They've just lost their daughter.
05:37Let's be honest, they lost her a long time ago.
05:42He was always very kind to me.
05:44I mean, once he got over the fact that his only daughter
05:47was marrying a man more comfortable around numbers than people,
05:50he was always very decent to me.
05:52Well, he seems like a nice man.
05:55Her, on the other hand.
05:58Look, I'm sorry about what I said.
06:01I just want you rid of them.
06:02I just want all this to be over with,
06:04so we can get on with the rest of our lives,
06:07with the baby.
06:10No more lies.
06:12Promise me.
06:13I promise.
06:29Zak?
06:30Yeah.
06:31Please tell me you're working tonight.
06:33I don't think I can face Penny on my own.
06:35Well, I've just been at Martin's.
06:36Do a quick shower and then I'll be in after that.
06:38Are you all right?
06:39Yeah.
06:40Wait, come on.
06:42She's probably not that bad.
06:43You used to like her, remember?
06:45What, before she set me up and stole my job, you mean?
06:49I'll see you later.
06:50See you later.
06:53Why didn't you tell us you'd met someone?
06:55I know we haven't spoken much,
06:57but you shouldn't have lied to our faces.
07:00He's ashamed.
07:03I'm not ashamed of Sonia.
07:06Look, I never went out planning to meet someone new.
07:09It just happened.
07:12When it did, I realised how much I'd been missing out on.
07:16Because it wasn't just Debbie's life that was stolen.
07:19It was mine too.
07:22For years, both of us were just existing.
07:27And then I met Sonia.
07:30But everything changed.
07:33I wish I could have given Debbie her life back.
07:36But there was nothing I could do.
07:39I had to save myself.
07:41And I wanted to tell you.
07:45I just didn't know how.
07:47But for that, I'm sorry.
07:51I'm happy for you, Rhys.
07:54You never loved her.
07:56Not really.
07:57Bren, come on.
07:59Rhys visited Debbie every week.
08:01Like clockwork.
08:03As did I. I sat and held her hand.
08:06I didn't see you there.
08:08I hope you never have to see a child of yours like that.
08:12I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
08:16I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that.
08:20I know we should have visited more, but it...
08:24It wasn't our Debbie, not the way she was.
08:26Do you remember? So...
08:29full of life.
08:31Always smiling.
08:35When that call came...
08:38to say that she'd gone...
08:41a little bit of me was...
08:43relieved.
08:45Is that awful?
08:47I wanted to come.
08:49See her, but you never wanted to.
08:52Well, I needn't have stopped you.
08:54I offered to drive you, put you on the train.
08:56No.
08:57No, you stood in my way, kept me from her.
09:00Both of you.
09:02You didn't come because it was easier not seeing her.
09:06We could pretend, then, pretend she was off somewhere,
09:08having her own life, and one day she'd come in,
09:11say hello, and...
09:25She does this. It lets things build up.
09:28We'll have her sit down somewhere and she'll be right again, don't worry.
09:35Oh, there was something I wanted to run past you.
09:38It's to do with Debbie's care fees.
09:40The home seemed to think it was several months in arrears.
09:43I told them it must be a mistake.
09:45Actually, there was a bit of a mix-up.
09:48The bank stopped the direct debit.
09:50I didn't notice at first.
09:52All sorted now, though.
09:54Yeah. I knew you'd have it all well in hand.
09:59Um, good luck, you two.
10:01Thank you.
10:03Thanks.
10:05For being so good to my girl.
10:25Now, I know you wish your mum was back with Phil.
10:29Tom, will you please just put your phone down, yeah?
10:33Thank you.
10:35So why is that, then, yeah?
10:37Why? Could you look up to him at all?
10:39Because he's a real man.
10:43How about this?
10:45Come here. Come here.
10:49If you ever hit your mother again,
10:53then the rematch will be with me.
10:56All right?
10:59No son of mine lays a hand on a woman not ever trying to stand me.
11:06Now, men like that,
11:08your auntie Mo was married to a man like that once,
11:10and that's not us, Tom.
11:12Hey, OK. I get it.
11:16You're a young man now.
11:18Now, I get it, your mum shouldn't have reacted the way she did,
11:21but, Tommy, you are not a little boy.
11:23You know right from wrong, and I get it.
11:25You and your mum,
11:27you and your mum batting heads all the time,
11:29maybe a bit of time away.
11:31You're sending me away?
11:33No. No, not you, her.
11:35OK? Well, your auntie Lyn, she's going to the caravan.
11:38I'm trying to get mum to join her, but she won't go
11:40till she knows that you're going to toe the line here with me.
11:43You understand?
11:45Yeah, so you'd be in charge, not mum.
11:48Yeah. Mm-hm.
11:50So what do you reckon? What do you think?
11:52We can convince her.
11:55OK. Excuse me.
11:57All right. OK.
12:04I'll wait till Zac gets here to unpack the rest of this delivery.
12:07Cos I'm knackered.
12:09I'd actually really rather you did it now.
12:12OK. So help.
12:14I'd love to, except, er...
12:17Well, one, disabled,
12:19and two, delegation.
12:21Delegation.
12:23Yeah, it's literally the first rule of management.
12:25Why are you being like this?
12:27You nick my job, and then you treat me like dirt.
12:30I'm treating you like an employee.
12:32I'm sorry, but that is the way it is now.
12:34And if you don't like it...
12:40Oh, and the cleaner's running sick,
12:42so you're going to have to do the latest before we open.
12:45I'd wear gloves if I were you.
12:47It's like a war zone in there.
12:52You seen what they've done to me?
12:54Vinnie's chucked me out of the house.
12:56Well, he was the only human one out of them lot.
12:58Turns out he's just as bad as the rest of them.
13:01Well, then why don't you just get a hotel or whatever then?
13:04Oh, yeah. Yeah, OK. I'll just do that.
13:07How am I going to pay for it?
13:10You need to talk to your dad.
13:12Get him to talk to Vinnie.
13:14Yeah, right.
13:16I'm serious.
13:18Unless you want to see me sleeping on a park bench,
13:20then you have to help me.
13:21You know you did this to yourself, right?
13:23I told you to make nice with Grandad,
13:25not jump into bed with him.
13:27How many times do I have to tell you?
13:30Look, don't turn your back on me.
13:33You and Davinda are actually all I care about.
13:36Yeah?
13:37Then stop dragging your stuff around like a homeless person
13:40before someone I know sees you.
13:42I ain't doing this for fun, Avani!
13:45I don't suppose I could keep it yours for a bit?
13:48I'm having a bit of trouble.
13:49Yeah, I can see that,
13:50but I just don't see how that's my problem, babe.
13:53Jen's already killed my son,
13:55introducing him to that poison, so you owe me.
13:58What about this is funny?
14:16What are you doing?
14:17No, no!
14:18Yes, oh, come on, none of that!
14:20Right, I bumped into Jack, OK?
14:22I know you're upset because you didn't get to go and see Ben.
14:24Jack's got a cop out here, you know? I've got a big mouth.
14:26You have me worried before.
14:28It's not like you to just go round in a mood.
14:31Oh, well, it's simple, isn't it?
14:33If I'm happy, it's cos of Ben, and if I'm miserable...
14:37There's so many times I've just wanted to walk away,
14:39but I can't.
14:42There's so many times I've just wanted to walk away, but I...
14:47Well, then let's take them out of the face.
14:50OK, you can be my wingman, help me find a bad boy of mine.
14:53I'm just not in the mood, Jack.
14:55Well, what do you think the shot's for?
14:57If you want company,
14:58then Martin's having a big birthday drink in the square.
15:01Well, that just sounds like the straightest part of this interview,
15:04doesn't it?
15:05Go on. You know you want to.
15:07I'm just not in the mood, John. Sorry.
15:19I've just seen Priya.
15:21Ravani tells me you've thrown her out of the house.
15:24Yeah, I'm just sick of her dad.
15:27If Robbie and the kids don't want her here,
15:29why should the rest of us suffer?
15:31She's not family, not really,
15:34and the way she treated you earlier,
15:36I know where my loyalties lie.
15:42Get me a drink.
15:44But with work and charming clients, I'm exhausted.
15:50And I just heard from Mr Morris.
15:53We won the contract.
15:55He wants to put us on retainer.
15:58So if you hadn't persuaded him to stay,
16:01So if you hadn't persuaded him to stay,
16:04Priya would have sunk the whole thing.
16:07So maybe you're right.
16:09And maybe it is time I let you have more responsibility.
16:18I'm just not really in the mood for being social.
16:21I'm not expecting you to do the hokey-cokey,
16:24but you've had a really tough morning.
16:26I just think you need to be away from mortuaries and sympathy cards
16:29for five minutes.
16:35Happy birthday.
16:36Happy birthday.
16:37Thanks for coming.
16:38I thought I was dying a bit of a death, to be honest with you.
16:41Um, Simon,
16:43sorry for sticking my nose in the other day.
16:45It's just the thought of you leaving the square, you know?
16:47Yeah.
16:48Well, you and Lauren try anything like that again,
16:50and I'll emigrate to the Bahamas to spite you.
16:53Nice to be wanted, though.
16:55Yeah.
16:56And Rhys, sorry for, you know, getting all aggy with you.
16:59I mean, obviously I know you can wipe your own bum.
17:02Not that I've seen it.
17:03No, I'm just assuming.
17:05Stop digging, Martin.
17:06Thank you.
17:07Anyway, I think I owe you an apology,
17:10cos all those years of marriage and I didn't know how old you were.
17:12Oh, no, yeah, there is a reason for all this.
17:14Yeah, a bit of a weird reason, but there is a reason.
17:16Right, then, everyone.
17:17OK, it's time for the party games.
17:20There's drinks I can manage for games.
17:22Yeah, I'd give your head down if I was you.
17:23Sorry for your loss.
17:24Martin.
17:25Martin, come on.
17:26I think his loss is not going to get you out of that one.
17:31All right, then.
17:32First one to the end of the square wins nothing.
17:43Hey, Rhys.
17:44I heard about your wife.
17:46If there's anything I can do, just shout.
17:52My condolences, mate.
17:54Thank you.
17:55Thank you very much.
17:57See?
17:58Hang on in there, darling.
18:00The worst is always over.
18:06Do you have any Darjeeling?
18:10Um...
18:11I'd have to go and look out back.
18:13Er, or Assam, will you?
18:15How did I end up with a man who won't drink Bilders?
18:18Oh, don't say that.
18:21It's because you'll find me charming and boring all rolled into one.
18:26Is Phil having trouble with some shifty little four-eyes?
18:29Oh, you must mean Rhys.
18:30He's our accountant.
18:32I saw him on the square before him.
18:34Well, Phil looked ready to give him a voice.
18:36No, he's got a beanie-bullet about this investment that Rhys set up for us.
18:41I think it's legit.
18:42Phil doesn't agree.
18:43But these things take time to pay off, don't they?
18:46And Phil's about as patient as my four-year-old.
18:50We must have a reason not to trust the fella.
18:54Well, it came out that he's been rinsing his wife for cash to pay for IVF with his girlfriend.
18:59But those details don't matter.
19:01But now, Phil reckons everything the man does is dodgy.
19:05Well, an accountant with money troubles don't sound too good, does he?
19:08We should give him a break.
19:09The man's just lost his wife.
19:12So, we've got rubeus, ginger tea, peppermint, raspberry leaf, green tea, matcha tea, whatever that is,
19:19and something in a red box.
19:25Coffee?
19:26I was very aware that I was, like, just a tiny little cog in that whole Olympic machine.
19:36Yeah. You felt like you won a gold medal.
19:39Yes, I did, Maggie.
19:40You have said Bill, like, several times.
19:46There must be someone here who haven't helped.
19:49Don't find them. I'm begging you.
19:55You! You've been stealing from Debbie!
19:59That's why the care home fees were in arrears.
20:02Because you've been skimming off the top to have a baby with her.
20:07Listen, OK? I know how it sounds, but Rhys was Debbie's husband.
20:12Legally, he had control of her money.
20:14But it wasn't just her money. We put hundreds into that account every month.
20:19Oh, I was right about you, wasn't I?
20:23Liar! Thief!
20:32We need to go after them.
20:34I'll make up with Hugh, and you can smooth things over with Brenda.
20:38She hates me. Just let them leave.
20:40So much for no more lies.
20:41Every time I think I've heard the worst, another little gem crops up.
20:44I can explain.
20:45Yeah, and you will, all right?
20:46But you cannot let them leave like that, all right?
20:48You need to make it right with Brenda.
20:49You know, hell, I don't know what to say.
20:51Well, if I were you, I'd start with the truth.
20:54And once you've told her that, and they've both gone home,
20:56me and you are going to have a very long chat.
21:03Have I wandered into a parallel universe or something?
21:06No, no, no. He's just made himself a snack,
21:08and I've told him he's got to learn to clear up after himself.
21:10Isn't that right?
21:11Yeah, easy as that, wasn't it?
21:12A cup of tea? Fun?
21:15Yeah, go on.
21:17You're not going to poison it, are you?
21:20Any guess?
21:21You bribed him.
21:22No, I just said we were going to spend some quality time together.
21:27Come here.
21:34Kat, maybe he was right thinking that Phil's the bee's niece
21:37because he's had no-one in his life to give him any alternatives.
21:40It's not your fault.
21:42It is.
21:43Not that you didn't play a part in it.
21:46Kat, come on, you know I think you're the best mum in the world, all right?
21:51Why do I feel like there's a butt in there somewhere?
21:53I never thought it was a good idea you'd marry her, Phil.
21:56And the kids are moving in with him.
21:59I just wanted a better life for us all, that's all.
22:01I get it. I get it.
22:03But the amount...
22:05The amount of stuff he's seen, the violence...
22:08Yeah, I...
22:10And you add to the mix, you know, me not being around time and time again,
22:14it's an unsurprise he hasn't kicked off sooner.
22:18Kat, you know, we have been racking our brains about how to figure this out
22:22and what he needs. He's told us what he needs.
22:24And it's a dad.
22:26A big, strong, no-nonsense style.
22:30It's the matter with, you know...
22:33Maybe someone who can, you know, keep him in line
22:36and teach him a few things.
22:38I know you love him, but no nonsense.
22:41He's not your style.
22:43OK, well, maybe it's time I changed my style.
22:46Go to the caravan with your sisters, yeah?
22:49I think you'd do you the world a good,
22:51you and Tommy just having a bit of time apart, all right?
22:54Maybe I might be able to get through to him.
22:57OK, come on.
22:59The amount of times you've shut me down because I didn't step up,
23:02please let me just do this, yeah?
23:06You all right? OK.
23:07But I'm taking the twins with me.
23:09If you want this to work, you need to focus on him.
23:12Don't you underestimate him, all right?
23:16Boys, pack your bags.
23:18We're going to see your aunts.
23:21Come on.
23:41You might have missed bin day.
23:43Oh, what's that supposed to be, flirting?
23:46Vinnie chucked me out of the house,
23:48some big show of loyalty to his dad.
23:50That's a bit harsh, isn't it?
23:51Never trust a man herself.
23:53So, what's the plan?
23:54What, are you going to stay with some friends?
23:57All my friends are in South London.
23:59My job, my kids, they're here.
24:01Plus, if I go, Nish wins.
24:03And I ain't letting Nish win, not for anything.
24:05Yeah, I wish I could help, Priya,
24:07it's just that our place has only got two bedrooms
24:09and, well, the sofa stinks of beer and curry,
24:11so you'd have to be proper desperate to want that.
24:14Oh, you're calling me desperate?
24:16What?
24:17Well, because it's one thing Nish, Sam and me,
24:19but when my so-called mates turn on me...
24:21No, no, no, I didn't mean like that.
24:23Of course I didn't.
24:24Look, the sofa's yours.
24:25Yeah, I'll square it with Zak and...
24:28Look, I'll even give it a once-over with this, yeah?
24:31Freshen it up.
24:33And a takeaway wouldn't go amiss.
24:35On you, obviously.
24:36Obviously.
24:38Great.
24:42I'll see you at home.
24:49I used to think she only married you to spite me.
24:53Oh, she did a lot of things to spite me.
24:56I'm sorry, but it was nothing to do with you.
24:58We were in love.
25:00And I know she's your daughter,
25:02but you didn't know everything about Debbie.
25:05Look, I've made mistakes,
25:07but I've sacrificed thousands for Debbie's care.
25:10I lost my home.
25:11But I'll pay you and Hugh back every penny.
25:14Oh, no, this isn't about the cash.
25:18No, no, it's about you.
25:20And this act you're putting on.
25:23Act?
25:25You stole that money because you were dishonest.
25:29There's something broken in you.
25:32Yeah, I sensed it the first time Debbie brought you home
25:35and I could never shake it.
25:38You're not good, Rhys,
25:40and you're definitely not the bumbling sweetheart
25:42that you're making out to be.
25:45Oh, you might have fooled all them out there
25:47with all that Sonia one.
25:51But I know what you really are.
26:01I should be over there with Brenda,
26:03not stood out here.
26:06You can go over there if you like,
26:08but I think it's Rhys that Brenda needs to hear from.
26:11He'll pay you back all that money.
26:13I'll make sure of it.
26:17Did it work, the IVF?
26:22It's been a long road,
26:24but, um, yeah, it did.
26:31I always thought I'd be a grandad by now.
26:35I always thought I'd be a grandad by now.
26:47You never liked me.
26:49I mean, why are you treating me like this?
26:51What did I ever do to you?
26:53You know, people used to joke about Debbie marrying her dad,
26:58but do you know my Hugh?
27:00Oh, he's got light in him,
27:03because all I ever saw in you was weird little corners
27:08filled with cobwebs.
27:10Debbie got wise to you in the end, yeah?
27:13She used to phone me up and tell me about your...
27:17..your annoying little ways.
27:20You're just saying that to hurt me.
27:22Oh, she could hardly stand to be near you.
27:25It was only a matter of time before she packed up and left.
27:30Tragic that...
27:32..she never got the chance.
27:36I am going to tell the police about you stealing our money,
27:41and when they start digging into you,
27:44who knows what they're going to turn up.
27:48Hmm?
27:59.