21st August 2024
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00:00["WEDDING MARCH"]
00:03["WEDDING MARCH"]
00:29I've told you everything.
00:32I wish I'd done it sooner, but I'm doing it now.
00:38Let's talk again about each and every occasion
00:41you had sex with her.
00:43Really?
00:45Really.
00:48She was a willing participant, more than willing.
00:53Look, they'll find traces of something
00:56in her blood, in the baby's blood, whatever.
00:58I'll be proved right.
01:00She'd had a drink when she admitted it,
01:01but why would she lie?
01:06Tell me again what she said.
01:10She said she'd looked up drugs that kill babies in the womb,
01:14or words to that effect.
01:18She bought the stuff online.
01:20But after all that, it didn't work.
01:23Thank God.
01:25I felt guilty reporting it.
01:27Please, just tell me I did the right thing.
01:32Despite her age, despite the vulnerable position
01:35you'd put her in, despite the fact she'd
01:37been missing all that time.
01:41Ethics versus law.
01:44Is that the best use of our time?
01:46We'll find out exactly who acquired it.
01:49When, how, with what bank account.
01:53Maybe she used cash.
01:55Online?
01:56I think she said she got it online.
01:59Maybe I've misremembered.
02:03You seem fairly certain, according to DC Green's report.
02:10Oh, don't forget bread.
02:11Ah, right, OK, yeah.
02:12Bread, shampoo, apples, Sam's biscuits.
02:15Write it down.
02:16No, no, no, I want to do it.
02:17This is good for my brain.
02:18Spaghetti?
02:20Spaghetti.
02:21OK, right, look, I think we should
02:23get a cab to the hospital.
02:24It's nine minutes' park, and they've shut the top level.
02:26OK, I'm just glad you're coming with me.
02:33I never want to leave your side.
02:36Hey, but listen, we can't be sharing a bed together again.
02:39Yeah, but all we did was cuddle this time.
02:42Oh, but Leanne, all we did was cuddle this time.
02:45OK, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, point taken.
02:47Let's just, uh, let's just get through this afternoon,
02:50shall we?
02:51OK, so bread, shampoo, apples, Sam's biscuits, spaghetti.
02:56Yeah, he's a clever boy.
03:04I'm guessing they've already tested it.
03:07Hospitals keep hold of some centres, believe it or not.
03:11They found Misa Prostle in Lawrence.
03:19So she did do it?
03:21Hmm.
03:23Not according to her bank account.
03:26Unless, of course, she misremembered and she paid cash.
03:33Maybe she used a friend's debit card.
03:35Seems unlikely she'd have thought it through to that extent.
03:39Covering her tracks?
03:41That doesn't seem far-fetched at all.
03:43No worries you covering your tracks.
03:45That's not so hard to believe, is it?
03:48You know how these things work.
03:50Took the necessary precautions.
03:52I let you check my bank statements.
03:54My internet search history.
03:56You're trying to spin a lack of evidence as guilt.
03:59You don't seem overly upset.
04:01You know, for someone who thinks the mother of his child
04:03tried to illegally abort it.
04:06Well, I've had some time to come to terms with it.
04:09Yeah, poor Dee Dee, by the way.
04:13I knew she'd find out eventually.
04:16I should have told her.
04:18About the baby.
04:22But I left it too late.
04:24Do you know that's the first thing you've said
04:25that I actually believe?
04:27Lauren told you who attacked her.
04:30She gave you his name and he's in prison.
04:32Yeah, you were forced to drop it, you said,
04:34but the fact remains,
04:36you linked him to Lauren's DNA.
04:40Whether you chose to pursue it or not.
04:44So I'm still not entirely sure what I'm doing here.
04:48Hmm.
04:53Well?
04:54They found that stuff in the placenta.
04:58They can't think you did it.
04:59What, can't they?
05:00What, three doctors?
05:03They won't believe him.
05:05The S-Wayne doesn't believe him.
05:09They're watching me now.
05:16What have they asked you?
05:19Have you ever taken mysoprostol?
05:23Do you take recreational drugs?
05:25What other drugs have you taken in the past?
05:27Are you on birth control?
05:28Are you in a relationship with the baby's father?
05:31It will all be about safeguarding Lauren.
05:34No, he told them I did it.
05:38And if they can't prove it was him,
05:40they'll just assume he's telling the truth.
05:43I mean, mothers have been charged in the past.
05:46But when the baby survived...
05:50..they think I'm a danger to him.
05:53Have you spoken to the safeguarding team?
05:57Yeah. Have you told them everything?
05:58Yeah, I've told them everything.
06:02That I slept with him for money.
06:05That he beat me up, that I was taking handouts off him.
06:11Well, according to this, mysoprostol's legal.
06:15It's used to treat stomach ulcers.
06:19It's used to induce labour legally.
06:22So I see.
06:25They've got clipboards, you know,
06:26and they're just making notes and whispering it.
06:30It won't be for long.
06:32Soon you'll both be out of here.
06:34They'll see what a good mum you are,
06:36and you will be able to hold him and feed him.
06:40No, they think... They think I got hold of that stuff.
06:43That I tried to kill...
06:45That I tried to kill my own son.
06:48No, listen.
06:51Joel tried to kill your son.
06:55The same way he nearly killed you.
06:57And I'm going to make sure the whole world knows it.
07:00Who's the latest, Mr Derry?
07:03Is there a long line of teenage girls that...?
07:05If so, where are they?
07:09These...
07:11..young, disadvantaged girls.
07:14Why wouldn't they speak up?
07:17We're working on it.
07:21You know, I often work as a duty solicitor.
07:24I've had many, many clients.
07:28The young and the downtrodden amongst them.
07:30They, thanks to your lot,
07:33are often the ones who need us the most.
07:36Yeah, and many of them come to rely on you.
07:39Some of them feel like they owe you.
07:42Oh, no, correction, actually.
07:46You feel like they owe you.
07:50I mean, they're not so keen, but they oblige.
07:53For cash.
07:55HE CHUCKLES
07:56Ah, see, now... now you're just improvising.
08:01If you're going to charge me set bail, if not...
08:04..you can escort me to the door.
08:10250 quid?
08:12Huh?
08:13200... from our joint account.
08:17There you go. You can tell your sister they're fixed.
08:20You do it.
08:22I beg your pardon?
08:23Brubes fixed him!
08:25Right, I didn't mean like that. I could do that.
08:27Have you got any ideas?
08:29What about...?
08:30This, Ty, 250 quid.
08:32From an ATM.
08:34Oh, yeah, erm...
08:36Well, I had to get engine oil, didn't I,
08:37from the car parts centre.
08:39The company card was playing up, so I just got the cash out.
08:41Kev's going to transfer it.
08:43When?
08:44I'll remind him.
08:45How's your other family? Any funny phone calls?
08:48Hope.
08:49I'll ask them later, thank you.
08:51Or what, at the hotel that we're paying for?
08:54Right, it's not my other family.
08:56You know it's not. It's not like that.
08:57And no, I won't be going to the hotel.
08:59Or what, in case the bad men see you?
09:01Come on, love, this is delicate, you know that?
09:04You're smart enough to understand.
09:06I sure were.
09:07Right, just watch it, will you?
09:11Ruby, wake up!
09:17Buffering.
09:19Broadband's a joke.
09:20They were going to bring in the mega-fast stuff round here,
09:23but they scrapped it.
09:26You don't mind me bringing him, do you?
09:28We can't stop long.
09:30I can't believe it was Joe.
09:34I'll take that with a pinch of salt, mate.
09:36One week it was someone else, next week, who knows?
09:39You do believe her, though?
09:42You don't think he was telling the truth about Lauren?
09:44Everything pointed to Nathan.
09:45Everything pointed to Roy.
09:47Right. My brother doesn't need to hear his bicker, does he?
09:50Is Dee Dee OK?
09:57How much?
09:58250.
09:59I said it was for engine oil, but obviously it wasn't.
10:01It was for Adam's fee,
10:02looking into if I've got rights and all that kind of stuff.
10:06Look, I'm sure she won't ask, but if she does,
10:07just tell her that you owe me and you're going to pay me back.
10:10And what happens when I don't?
10:11What?
10:12Well, just transfer me the money or something, you know,
10:14I'll get the cash and...
10:15I don't.
10:16She'll go spare.
10:18You'll just end up in a bigger mess.
10:20I'm trying to save you the headache.
10:21So you're not going to help me?
10:22Aye, I'm helping.
10:26Right, here you go.
10:27What about the time you forgot about Rosie's parents evening, eh?
10:29And Sally got suspicious?
10:31I don't remember that.
10:32Well, I do, because I bailed you right out, mate.
10:35I told her some story that the geography teacher said
10:37that Rosie talks a lot in geography.
10:39I saved your bacon.
10:40Absolute no recollection.
10:42Well, she was going to ring the school
10:43and you'd have been toast.
10:44We all get toasted eventually.
10:46Don't I know it.
10:48How many years you been waiting to cash in on that one?
10:50Yeah, I've been biding my time.
10:52I'm done with lying time.
10:53What, so if Fiz asks, you're just going to land me in it?
10:55You've already said she won't ask.
10:59At risk of being indelicate,
11:01there was no hoarding that you were aware of?
11:04Well, the flat seemed fairly orderly.
11:07Oh, that's good news.
11:10Good old Cassie, yes, yes.
11:13Still miss her now and then.
11:16Mum did accuse Nathan.
11:19Yeah, only because Joel made me.
11:21Right, and what did the police say,
11:24then, when you changed your mind?
11:25I didn't change my mind.
11:26I just decided to tell the truth.
11:28No, they're going to see through that line.
11:30Not with evidence, they won't.
11:32Well, what about the DNA in Nathan's van?
11:34I've never even met the guy, or been in his van.
11:37Right, so they've got the first bloke, you said, did it?
11:42And they've got the second,
11:43who's now claiming that you tried to kill your own baby.
11:46You're just as bad as your cousin.
11:47Everyone's just rubbish detectives.
11:49I'm just saying, Lauren, it's not going to look good, is it?
11:53You living in his flat willingly.
11:55Right, and what other options have I got, Max?
11:57What, top and tail him again?
12:00Bet your lot would love that, wouldn't they?
12:01Me in a box room with a newborn baby.
12:04Good afternoon.
12:07It was Joel.
12:10Brian.
12:11Joel?
12:12You've heard, then?
12:14Yeah, well, Dee Dee's Joel.
12:16Yeah, he was threatening Lauren, she was scared.
12:18Right, Max, I'll tell him.
12:19And they've arrested him now.
12:21Well, did the police not have the decency to let you know?
12:23I don't believe they have.
12:25Well, on one occasion, with regard to Mr Curtis.
12:28Well, they can keep Nathan Curtis where he is.
12:32Are you joking?
12:41It was the police.
12:44They've let him go.
12:59But you have told the police, right?
13:01Yeah, last night.
13:02Right, and you've blocked all withheld numbers?
13:04No more calls.
13:05OK, it'll be over soon, and we'll keep you safe
13:07until the trial finishes.
13:13I'll miss him, you know?
13:15He'll miss you.
13:16He seems to like it around here, doesn't he?
13:18With his sisters being so local.
13:20Tyrone.
13:21I know, I know.
13:22Hey, they taught him where they count his song, you know?
13:24Well, just the chorus, anyway.
13:25These boys in green?
13:26Yeah, yeah, that's the one.
13:27He picked it up pretty quick, you know?
13:31Bet you can't wait to get back, can you?
13:34Yes and no.
13:36Maybe I could take him to a game one time.
13:39I mean, if he was more local,
13:40then I could get a season ticket, you know?
13:42I took the girls once, but they're not that bothered.
13:44Actually, I took them to see the Wethy Countesses,
13:46but they're...
13:47Anyways, Weatherfield County Women's Football Team
13:49or Wethy Women, whatever you want to say.
13:51A season ticket, that just means you can go to every single game.
13:53Oh, I know what a season ticket is.
13:55My uncle and two cousins have them in Bucharest.
13:57Oh, right. What's that one?
13:59Dynamo.
14:00Oh.
14:01Well, I don't want to spoil that to him.
14:03Well, they play in red, not green.
14:06Well, everybody plays in red, don't they?
14:10Yeah, and what's this one?
14:11And that's yellow.
14:14There you are, Kev.
14:15Thanks.
14:16You know what, I reckon that's why she blackmailed me.
14:19I didn't join the Dots, either.
14:20Too busy trying to get her through the Merchant of Venice.
14:24It's a play.
14:26I know what the Merchant of Venice is.
14:27GCSE text.
14:28Came as no surprise to me, all this.
14:30Brought his car in once.
14:32Don't know which was earlier.
14:33Him or the engine.
14:34Not Joe.
14:35We pulled the wool over Dee Dee's eyes.
14:37They were getting married.
14:38Oh, that's women for you, isn't it?
14:40What?
14:41It is. They get dazzled.
14:42See what they want to see.
14:44You've been listening to The Enlightenment Hour with Kevin Webster.
14:49Still, it's a bit of a curveball for the police mind, isn't it?
14:51She says there's one bloke, and then another.
14:53Well, that's your new friend, Kit.
14:55Did he eat that food enough for you, Kev?
14:57Well gone, mate.
14:59Bit of rest and relaxation.
15:01Hot pot, back pages.
15:02Heaven.
15:04Right, I suppose I'd better descend to earth.
15:07You giving up on her?
15:08Not answering her phone, half an hour late.
15:11I don't know.
15:12Stood up by his own missus.
15:13Who was it this week?
15:14Bethany Platt.
15:16Told you, law unto themselves.
15:19See you later, my dear.
15:22Brian.
15:23Brian.
15:24What can I do for you?
15:25You heard it here first. It was Joel Dearing.
15:27Old news.
15:29Released without charge.
15:31Unbelievable.
15:32Tried being Roy.
15:34Canada. Lost his appeal.
15:35Four game suspension.
15:38Where do you see yourself in ten years' time?
15:41Oh, that's a good one.
15:42Erm, ten years.
15:46I don't know, it's difficult to say.
15:48Let's try something else.
15:49Can you tell me about an incident in the workplace
15:51where you've had to think on your feet?
15:53On my feet?
15:55Er, let's see.
15:59How far away is the earth from the moon?
16:01Eh?
16:02They're never going to ask me that.
16:04What, are you looking up?
16:05This is just a list of random questions now.
16:07Well, I'm not going for a job with NASA.
16:09They might want to test your general knowledge.
16:11Look, they're never going to ask me how far away the moon is, are they?
16:14Well, have a guess, though.
16:16Oh, I don't know.
16:18I don't know.
16:1950 miles?
16:2050 miles?
16:22Approximately 240,000 miles.
16:26Bang on.
16:27What about Mars?
16:29Er, 140 million miles.
16:33Er, who's getting interviewed here, me or him?
16:36How fast can an elephant run?
16:38Oh, wish me luck.
16:41You won't need it.
16:42I'm nervous.
16:43Nerves are good.
16:4425 miles an hour.
16:45What?
16:46That's how fast an elephant can go.
16:48Rapid.
16:49Oh, I need to get the tram.
16:50You'll smash it.
16:53Oh, can't stop.
16:54Oh, right.
16:56Interview.
16:57She's bricking it.
16:59Why did she leave?
17:01Had a fill, I think.
17:02Oh, we've all had our fill, Kirk.
17:03She never left under a cloud.
17:05No, I never said she did.
17:06She left under a clear blue sky.
17:08Yeah, yeah.
17:09Still, we'd love to know.
17:15Hey, it's good news.
17:16Let me say that straight away.
17:18Oh, well, that's fantastic.
17:20Everything came back clear.
17:22No need for chemotherapy.
17:25Is this a dream?
17:27We'll do bloods, follow-up scans.
17:29You'll be in and out of the garage for a while.
17:32Understood.
17:33And how often will that be?
17:35Usually every few months for the first two years.
17:37Less frequently after that, if everything looks good.
17:42Feel like dancing.
17:44What are the chances of it coming back?
17:46It's always difficult to say.
17:49But I think we can be optimistic.
17:58Well, if the aunt charged me, he can do what he likes.
18:00He won't come near you.
18:01He'd be mad to.
18:02You think that's going to stop him?
18:03You know, I told him everything and still it's no good.
18:06He'll come after me and he'll finish me off.
18:08He won't do that.
18:10You told me this wouldn't happen.
18:12You promised me and so did that copper.
18:14And I stand by what I said.
18:16OK, we will get him.
18:18Will they let Nathan go?
18:19No, they'll let everyone go but me.
18:22You know, he knocks me up, he batters me,
18:24he tries to kill my baby but then again he's a solicitor
18:27so he gets away with it.
18:29You know, I was better off on the run.
18:31That's not true, Lauren.
18:32Will they let Nathan go?
18:34The stuff they found on those memory sticks, I don't think so.
18:36Yeah, but the evidence, her DNA.
18:38Look, let's just let the police work it out, OK?
18:41Yeah, good luck with that.
18:42Well, you're the one that told them it was him.
18:46Why should anyone trust me?
18:48Let's just keep the faith, OK?
18:53I'm going back to the hospital.
18:59Look, I'm sorry for being mad at you.
19:02I'm sorry this has happened.
19:12He helped me look for her.
19:14All he wanted was to get there first.
19:15Please, just let us do our job.
19:17Feel free, don't let me stop you.
19:20To be clear, we locked up Nathan Curtis,
19:22the man you thought was guilty.
19:24Maybe they're in it together.
19:26Just go home.
19:27What did Ellie say?
19:28Because these blokes stick together, it's organised.
19:31Until more evidence comes to light,
19:33this is where we find ourselves.
19:35I'm sorry if you feel disappointed
19:36but we're not all here to please you.
19:37We are trying to get a conviction based on fact.
19:40You're letting Joel get away with it.
19:41Miss Platt...
19:42So if I bump into him in the street,
19:44what am I supposed to do?
19:45What are any of us supposed to do?
19:47We advise you to report any suspicious behaviour.
19:49And what would be the point?
19:51Could his behaviour get any more suspicious than it already is?
19:54Lauren has literally told you that it was him.
19:56That is all the proof that you need.
19:58If only.
20:00Oh, one more thing.
20:02That time that my mum's flat got broken into
20:04when nothing was taken...
20:07I don't know anything about that.
20:09That was the day that Joel agreed to help me.
20:12He found out about the bank statements
20:13that Lauren was using my credit card.
20:15Do you remember?
20:16I came to see you that day.
20:18You brushed me off then, just like you're brushing me off now.
20:22But what if that was him?
20:24What if he's actually madder than any of us realise?
20:28It's Wayne's world.
20:29They've been calling that for donkeys, apparently.
20:31Someone wrote totally excellent on the whiteboard once
20:34and she blew her stack.
20:35She's good police, though.
20:37Ah, maybe.
20:38No?
20:39Well, if Joel attacked Lauren, why is he still on the streets?
20:42Have you heard anything?
20:43Your mum's interview.
20:44She's been gone hours.
20:45Yeah, well, maybe she met an old school friend
20:47and they ran off together.
20:49Harsh.
20:50Sorry.
20:51You could have said good luck to her.
20:52Be the bigger man.
20:54I still don't know why you fell out.
20:55Acting tough in front of him.
20:57He loves his mum, you know.
20:59Who doesn't love their mum?
21:01I like it when we all get on.
21:08Hiya.
21:09What are you doing back?
21:12Toilet. How about you?
21:13Oh, I just nipped back to sort this lot out.
21:16Oh, right.
21:17Where are the girls?
21:18Oh, Evelyn's took Ruby into town.
21:19Hope's on the rack.
21:21How was she?
21:23A-L-I-N-A.
21:25Yeah.
21:26No more phone calls, so that's good.
21:28And she's told the police.
21:30What about Kevin?
21:31Has he paid our money back yet?
21:36Look, Fiz,
21:37I lied to you.
21:38It wasn't engine oil that I bought.
21:42I paid Adam to find out what my options are.
21:56Thank you for giving me the time of day.
21:58I know I don't deserve it.
22:01This whole thing with Lauren
22:03is over now.
22:04The slate's been wiped clean.
22:09Take me back.
22:24That fling with Lauren was the worst mistake of my life,
22:26but I have learnt my lesson, I swear.
22:28Yeah, right.
22:31You're the only person I ever wanted to be with.
22:34But it was driving me crazy, the fact that,
22:36you know, we could be close, but we couldn't...
22:39Now what? Jump into bed whenever you liked?
22:43So it's my fault, was it?
22:44No.
22:45No, that's not what I meant.
22:46That was a stupid thing to say.
22:48Mm, but very revealing.
22:50It's what you had a need.
22:52That you were happy to exploit a young girl
22:55to satisfy betraying me in the process.
22:57You make it sound...
22:58Exactly like it was!
23:00You're pathetic.
23:04Baby...
23:07..I was weak.
23:08And I couldn't be more ashamed.
23:10I hate myself for letting you down.
23:14So what, Lauren's telling a pack of lies, is she?
23:16Yes!
23:18I did a terrible thing,
23:20but God knows I'm paying the price for it now.
23:24You know me.
23:25You know me.
23:27You must do, after all we meant to each other.
23:30You have to know that girl is lying.
23:36I don't know what to believe any more.
23:41Give me your phone.
23:43My phone?
23:44Yeah, and your work phone.
23:46If Lauren's lying,
23:48there'll be nothing on them to corroborate her story.
23:50Take them.
23:51For as long as you like.
23:53There's nothing on there for you to find.
23:56We'll see, won't we?
23:58Where are you going?
24:02This will take time,
24:03so you can either wait here,
24:04or you can come back later.
24:05It's up to you.
24:09I'll wait.
24:10You do know she's going to flip when she finds out.
24:14Well, hopefully she won't.
24:16How are you going to get custody of Darren without her finding out?
24:20Well, that's the thing,
24:21it doesn't actually have to go to court.
24:23She's his mother, Ty.
24:25Do you think she's just going to leave him here with you?
24:27You've lost your mind.
24:28Look, I don't want her to have to go to court.
24:31Well, then, maybe she will.
24:34Maybe she will.
24:36Maybe she will.
24:37Leave him here with you? You've lost your mind.
24:39Look, I don't want her to leave him here.
24:41I'm... I want her to stay, too.
24:45For Dorian's sake.
24:47Right, and why would she do that?
24:49Well, it's Dorian's life that matters.
24:51And he'll have a better one around here with us around him.
24:54Alina's been happy here once, she can be again.
25:00Nice one.
25:02HE SIGHS
25:05Cheers for this, mate.
25:07Have you got any plans for this evening?
25:10Oh, thought I'd stroll along the beach,
25:12casino, drink to Scarlett Johansson,
25:15come back to Earth for the footy.
25:18Or maybe a pint of hot pot.
25:20Early night in a rented room over a boozer, who knows?
25:23Right.
25:25What about you?
25:26Usual table at Savoy?
25:28Nah. You can get fed up of a place.
25:31Look, I don't want to pry.
25:34I told you, you won't get very far with that attitude in a CID.
25:38I've been thinking, yeah?
25:39If you can forgive Bernie after everything,
25:43then maybe I could go easy on my man.
25:46I told you, it's just baby steps for me and her.
25:49Although I still can't forgive the fact that she missed mine.
25:52We'll see how it goes.
25:54But you're still giving her a chance.
25:56Maybe I should do the same.
25:58Listen, I wouldn't presume to advise...
26:01No, no, please, presume away.
26:04Well, if you want my opinion, she was bang out of order.
26:08You know, if you got caught holding money for them knock-offs,
26:11your career would have been up the spout before it started.
26:13She was panicking.
26:15She had her back against the wall and she chose herself.
26:18It tells you a lot.
26:22It's going to be humiliating for them.
26:24No, it won't be, because...
26:25..people that matter will understand the situation, won't they?
26:29I've got a son, and I want to be part of his life.
26:32I probably won't even have to see Alina that much...
26:35Don't be here.
26:36What about if we have Word Day, like couples do?
26:39Just going to be their prime position to pick up the pieces?
26:42No! She will.
26:46Tight.
26:47I know how this starts.
26:50You pop round to pick Darren up,
26:52you stay for ten minutes just to be part of the deal.
26:54You stay for ten minutes just to be polite.
26:56Then you stay for 20 minutes, have a brew.
26:59Then you stay for an hour.
27:01And a lot more besides.
27:03No, look, you're getting carried away.
27:05None of this is going to happen.
27:07I don't want it to happen. I won't let it happen.
27:11Even if I believe that, what about Hope, eh?
27:13What's she going to make of all this?
27:15She's already struggling, isn't she?
27:16That's when she thinks of going home.
27:19Right, I'm not pretending this is all going to be easy.
27:22And I'm... I'm sorry if it came across that way.
27:25But he's my son.
27:28I can't abandon him the way I was.
27:32I have to make this work, and I can't do that without you.
27:39Oi!
27:41Boyfriend was looking for you.
27:42Right.
27:44Barnaby's worst nightmare, that.
27:46Do you know where the punter's been stood up?
27:48Yeah. Well, I didn't mean to,
27:50but I went down to the police station and it got a bit messy.
27:53Ah, yeah. Joel Foole, that's all.
27:56You never really visualise creeps like that
27:58in a sharpshooter or high-pound job, do you?
28:00Not you as well.
28:01Just because Joel was involved doesn't mean that Nathan isn't.
28:06Well, did the police say that?
28:07What do they know?
28:08I tried to tell them that these perverts hunt in packs,
28:11and I should know that better than anyone.
28:12Why would Lauren lie?
28:14Because Nathan is a manipulative scumbag.
28:17He probably did a number on her, just like he did to me.
28:19Well, you're probably right about him being, you know, manipulative.
28:24But from what I can see, I think Lauren's probably telling the truth.
28:27Why would she lie before?
28:29And why would Ellie lie?
28:31They both said that it was Nathan,
28:33and that only makes sense if Nathan and Joel were in it together.
28:42What's this?
28:43Your stuff.
28:45You can't have found anything on my phones.
28:48How naive do you think I am?
28:49You know, I was sat in there scrolling, and it occurred to me,
28:52you wouldn't be so stupid as to leave anything incriminating on here.
28:55What? So I'm some master criminal now?
28:57What world do you think I live in?
28:59Ah, every day we both work with clients
29:02who use burner phones as a matter of routine.
29:04Who do you think I am, Saul Goodman?
29:06There's no trace of anything suggesting a relationship with Lauren on these.
29:10No sweet nothings, no arranging a meet-up,
29:13no desperate pleas or apologies by text.
29:16Well, I'm not just going to leave them there for you to stumble across, am I?
29:19Oh, so you did cover your tracks, arrest my girl?
29:22I can't win here.
29:23No, you can't, and neither can I.
29:28Yesterday, you...
29:29You're my everything, Joel.
29:32My be-all and end-all.
29:36And you turned it all to dust because it was all a lie, wasn't it?
29:40It's all been a lie, and now I just want you gone.
29:44You're not thinking straight.
29:46I went back to the police station on my own accord.
29:48Why would I do that if I had something serious to hide?
29:51Because you knew Lauren's placenta would get retested
29:54and you'd have to explain away the mysoprostol.
29:56So you got into the police first and told them she'd taken it herself.
30:00I'm really not that smart.
30:03Oh, I think you are.
30:05But please do not take that as a compliment.
30:08SHE SCOFFS
30:13You know, I can't believe you would be so thick
30:16as to let that scheming little cow deceive you.
30:19Yeah, well, that used to be your job, but not any more, eh?
30:22Now, get out.
30:33Oh, you all right, Roy?
30:35Didn't expect to see you here.
30:37That's what I said.
30:38Well, I thought I'd drop in and see how she's doing.
30:42I didn't think you cared.
30:44I mean, you've got every reason not to.
30:47I don't have the tenacity for grudges.
30:50So, how are you? Are you feeling better?
30:55Yeah. I mean, I'll be happier when I'm away from here.
30:58Right, so you are still planning on leaving, then?
31:01I just need to get away from Joel.
31:03Well, if Joel is as relentless and cunning as you say he is,
31:09he might be more difficult to escape than you think.
31:12Exactly.
31:13Yeah, losing yourself in a community where you're not known
31:17might be of help to Joel.
31:20Remaining amongst friends who care about your welfare
31:23might be the smarter option.
31:25Yeah, especially with a baby to support.
31:27There are a number of organisations,
31:29as well as people, that could help you.
31:33People who, well, could understand the ordeal
31:35that you went through and offer specialised support.
31:39I mean, you're better off here.
31:42You're not going on the run.
31:43It didn't do you any good last time, did it?
31:46Worked for a while.
31:49Not for everyone.
31:52I'm sorry, Roy.
31:54You know for what I put you through.
31:56Well, it wasn't so much you as the police and the press.
32:02The hue and cry of social media.
32:05Though I would be lying if I didn't say
32:07I wish you'd come forward sooner.
32:10Aside from losing Hayley,
32:12it was the worst experience of my life.
32:16I'd have come back sooner to tell the police,
32:18but I was just scared to death of him.
32:19I mean, I still am.
32:21Yeah, I understand.
32:28You were quiet on the way home.
32:30Ditto.
32:31Yeah.
32:33I suppose I'm just trying to absorb it all.
32:36Double ditto.
32:38Although...
32:39What?
32:40Well, now it's starting to sink in,
32:42I feel like there's too much space to think.
32:44I don't follow.
32:46Well, wherever I went, it was always in here, you know?
32:50The cancers. 24-7, it was my go-to.
32:52Any time, any place.
32:55And now you don't know what to do with your thoughts?
32:58Well, when I was diagnosed, I just put everything on hold.
33:01I mean, you don't think about the future, cos...
33:04I don't know, it would have felt like flicking the Vs at fate,
33:07asking for it.
33:08Yeah.
33:09I suppose now you can give fate the finger.
33:11No, nobody can afford to do that.
33:14I was like Schrödinger's cat, dead and alive all at once.
33:17I can't pretend to know what that means or what it feels like.
33:22Come on.
33:24You're off the tightrope now, you've got the all-clear.
33:26Yeah.
33:28Trouble is, I'm not quite sure what to do with it.
33:31Yeah.
33:32How about we start with a glass of something cold and sparkling?
33:37Yeah. Yeah, sounds good to me.
33:47You again.
33:48I'll have to make you a bed up here.
33:50Yeah.
33:52Yeah. Yeah, well, that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid.
33:57So I've decided to come clean.
34:00A confession?
34:02That'll make life easier.
34:04Not really, I just, I didn't tell the whole truth earlier.
34:08And what's put on this sudden attack of conscience?
34:10I thought you lawyers were immune.
34:12Mm.
34:13Yeah, well, like I say, I prefer my own bed to that of a custody cell.
34:18And I want Dee Dee to come to her senses before she ends up in one.
34:21And why would that happen?
34:23Well, she did something very silly
34:26after I told her about the one-night stand
34:28and Lauren attempting to kill Frankie.
34:31You, er, you never mentioned this conversation before.
34:34I was trying to protect her.
34:36But she needs protecting from herself.
34:39I still don't follow.
34:41Well, it's obvious that she and Lauren both felt rejected by me
34:45and then they cooked up these ridiculous allegations between them.
34:49Sounds more like conjecture to me.
34:52I thought we'd best get it on tape.
34:54Do you want to come through?
35:10Lauren!
35:13You scared us.
35:15Sorry.
35:16I thought you were him.
35:19You know, it's took us all day to pluck up the courage
35:21to come out here just for some fresh air.
35:24Yeah, I bet.
35:25Surprised you even took the risk.
35:28Yeah, well, sometimes you just have to get away
35:31from that hospital smell, you know?
35:34I didn't expect to see you.
35:36Yeah, well, I didn't expect to hear that Nathan was in the clear.
35:42I'm... I'm sorry if I missed you about...
35:45I'm just a bit confused, to be honest.
35:46Are you saying that he wasn't involved?
35:48I hadn't even heard of this Nathan until he was arrested.
35:51So why did you tell the police that it was him?
35:53Because Joel made me.
35:54He wanted to keep everybody looking.
35:56That's why he convinced me to lie about Nathan,
35:58even though we'd never met.
36:00Are you sure? Because that...
36:04Hiya.
36:06What are you doing here?
36:08Well, Ryan said that you might drop by
36:10and I was a little bit worried after the lunchtime no-show.
36:13Yeah, well, I got waylaid
36:14and we're actually in the middle of something, so...
36:17No, it's all right. You're not interrupting anything.
36:20Not the vibe I'm getting.
36:21I'm simply trying to find out the truth.
36:23And I've told you the truth.
36:26Look, I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner.
36:29And I know how upsetting it must have been for you,
36:31having everything dragged up again.
36:32This isn't about the past, this is about the here and now
36:34and the damage that Nathan can still do if you let him.
36:37Look, if she says that Nathan's innocent...
36:38Then she's wrong. Or she's lying, one of the two.
36:40Bethany! I'm not lying.
36:43It was Joel. It was all Joel.
36:44It can't have been!
36:46There is so much evidence.
36:47Nathan literally followed you on Ovid's
36:49and Ellie said that you groomed her.
36:50How do you explain all that? I don't know.
36:52I think you do.
36:53I think you know a lot more than you're letting on.
36:55There's no point to this. We need to go.
36:56No! Yes!
36:57Look, I get that you're upset,
36:59but Lauren's been through enough already, OK?
37:01This isn't over.
37:02I know that Nathan's up to his neck in all of this.
37:08Sorry.
37:10I'll try and smooth things over so you don't have to worry about anything.
37:13OK? OK.
37:16Daniel.
37:19Look, I know how bad things got.
37:22You know, with me going missing and that.
37:23And I just wanted to say I'm sorry.
37:25I know.
37:28And I do get why you did what you did.
37:31I'm scared you must have been.
37:34OK.
37:35No hard feelings.
37:37Promise.
37:39Oh, right, I suppose I'd better go in. Yeah.
37:42See you. See you.
37:47What about the other jobs?
37:48Not unless it's as a car crash dummy, the interview I've just had.
37:52Anybody can have an off day.
37:53Well, some of us have off lives.
37:56I'm constantly making the wrong choices.
37:59When I have a sliding doors moment, I just get my head stuck.
38:03You're not beat till the day you give up.
38:04Yeah, well, in that case, I'm beat.
38:06What I'm saying is, you've just got to keep going.
38:09And one day, if you look, eh, you'll get...
38:11Die.
38:13Did we get you, Craig?
38:14I'm already dead to some people.
38:16That's what this is all about.
38:18It's not what to do with a job.
38:19No, it's all part of the same stinking hole.
38:23I've failed at everything, even being a mum.
38:26You two just need your heads banging together.
38:28Why don't you go over there, buy him a drink and sort things out?
38:32Have you ever thought about becoming a counsellor?
38:35No. Do you think I should?
38:36Absolutely not. I'm going home.
38:38Oh, you went to the bistro.
38:41Well, you really have pushed the boat out.
38:43Yeah. Nothing but the third best champagne we do on a day like this.
38:47Well, I'll have to develop a life-threatening illness more often, then.
38:50Oh, don't say that. I don't think I could go through this again.
38:53Mm. No, I wouldn't be too keen myself, however good the champagne.
39:01What for?
39:02I want this.
39:03Oh, I'm sorry.
39:04I'm sorry.
39:05I'm sorry.
39:06I'm sorry.
39:07I want this, everything.
39:10I wouldn't be here without you.
39:13Yeah, well, I wouldn't be anywhere else.
39:16I don't know what we're going to do when Diane gets back.
39:20Well, for now, let's just enjoy the bistro's third best champagne,
39:24the food and just being together.
39:27You know, I've had to try and live in the moment for months now, so...
39:31One more night won't hurt.
39:33Yeah?
39:38Hell, he looks stronger every time I see him.
39:42He's a tough nut, like his mum.
39:45I don't know about that.
39:48You know, earlier today, I pretty much decided
39:51that I was going to run away once Frankie were good to go.
39:54What, because of Jo?
39:56Yeah.
39:59Look, I'm sorry about this morning. I shouldn't have had a go at you.
40:03You're in shock, we all are.
40:06I believe in town won't fix anything.
40:08I know.
40:11Brian managed to talk some sense into me.
40:15Well, I'm glad, cos it looks like we're going to need to stick together.
40:19Really?
40:20Yeah. DS Wayne called me earlier.
40:23Jo's been down the cop shop again.
40:25He sat her down and told her we put our heads together
40:28and made the whole thing up to get back at him.
40:31Yeah, but she doesn't believe him, surely?
40:34She's sceptical.
40:35But the whole woman-scorned cliché plays well with juries.
40:41At the very least, it muddies the waters.
40:43Yeah, well, it's not true.
40:44Yeah, we know that.
40:47I just hope when the time comes, we can convince the courts of it.
40:51Yeah, Jo certainly knows how to play dirty.
40:57Luckily for us, so do I.
41:00So, is she all right?
41:02Brittle.
41:03Left her at the flat, thinks she wanted some time on her own.
41:06One can understand a confusion, mind.
41:09Sorry?
41:10Oh, I couldn't help overhearing you chat.
41:13I'm sure your Bethany must be wondering what Lauren's DNA was doing
41:17in this chap Nathan's van, if Jo's the guilty party.
41:19I mean, I certainly am.
41:21Well, maybe you've just got too much time on your hands.
41:23And I'd appreciate it if you stuck your beak in your half-a-bitter
41:25and not my daughter's business.
41:27It's a bit of a mystery, that's all.
41:28I was only taking a polite interest.
41:30Well, you'd be taking an impolite kick in your dry roasted
41:32if you don't wind your neck in.
41:35That's indolent.
41:37Mind you, he is right about one thing.
41:39What?
41:41It is a mystery.
41:43Mm.
41:45One that we could do with Solve-It
41:46if we want Bethany to have any sort of peace.
41:49Do you think that Kik could be involved, like we thought?
41:51Do you know what I think?
41:52I think there's been too much amateur detective work as it is.
41:54I mean, Bethany's pulled out a load of threads
41:56and all she's managed to unravel is herself.
41:58I can't argue with that.
41:59Here you go, boys.
42:00Oh, no, after the day you've had, I'll get these.
42:03Keep the change.
42:04Oh, thanks, Gav.
42:05That's heart.
42:06Although you might want to save that sympathy for Fiz.
42:09She's been through a lot lately, hasn't she?
42:11I mean, she's stood by us till now.
42:13Till now?
42:14Yeah, yeah, she's finding it difficult
42:16with the thought of Alina living local, you know.
42:18Well, that is a hell of a lot to ask of her.
42:21I know, I am.
42:22What choice have I got?
42:23Here's my son.
42:25I mean, it half killed me when I lost Jack.
42:30I'm sorry.
42:31No, I don't want to pick the bones out of that.
42:33That was an impossible situation, but, you know, this isn't.
42:36It's difficult, I get that, but we can make it work.
42:39I mean, we have to.
42:40We can't lose another son.
42:49The blue one.
42:53It's got some silly water.
42:56Yeah, it's definitely her.
42:58She's sitting in the bar with her kid.
43:00Thank you so much. Thank you.
43:03I don't understand.
43:05How did you manage to get hold of his phone?
43:06Oh, he handed them over gladly,
43:08cos he thought he was pulling the wool over my eyes.
43:11Go on.
43:12Well, I said I wanted to check them to check out your story.
43:14Like, I haven't already worked out
43:16he'd have used a burner phone for all of that.
43:18But he was so pleased with himself,
43:19he actually waited in the living room whilst I sat on my bed
43:22and loaded the Trekker app to his phones.
43:25They'd go ape you, you know.
43:27Wouldn't you just?
43:29But now the app is on your phone, so you don't have to be scared.
43:33He never goes anywhere without his phone, not even the shower.
43:36So, yeah, you'll know where he is at all times.
43:40Really? Yeah, it'll be right there on the screen.
43:42OK, so if he tries popping in,
43:44you make sure security are waiting to greet him.
43:47Better yet, the police.
43:53I can't tell you how much peace of mind this is going to give us.
43:56Yeah, well, I said I'd bring down Joel.
44:00And unlike him, I keep my promises.