EastEnders 21st August 2024
EastEnders 21st August 2024
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00:00Can I get you anything to drink before you start?
00:22I had a drink. At my engagement party. The party that you ruined when you dragged me
00:28off in front of my family and friends. I said we have reason to believe. Well, you're wrong.
00:33You've made a massive mistake. No one hurt Debbie. Take a seat, Mr. Caldwell.
00:51I mean, if he was desperate to marry Sonia, who's to say he didn't just clear the path?
00:56What do you mean, with a brush? No, clear the path.
01:02Any luck, Mike? No, Jack is not answering.
01:05What happened then? Oh, it's mental. It took them both away in handcuffs.
01:09Oh, that makes it, eh? Don't think that they've done it, have they?
01:13They wouldn't put them under caution unless they did.
01:15I don't believe Sonia would do anything like that. She wouldn't.
01:19Oi, oi. Do you know why the old Bill carted off Rhys and his missus?
01:25Yeah, they think he might have trapped his wife.
01:28You said we was moving to a safer area. What do you mean, moving?
01:32It was supposed to be a surprise, Bill. We just bought number one.
01:36Oh, number one Chelsea's house? Number one Grey Atkins' house.
01:40Yeah, that was the name on the contract. Why? Is there something I should know about this fella?
01:46Hello. I have run you a lovely little bath.
01:50Are you going to take her in and get her ready? Yeah, she could.
01:54I am so relieved that she's OK. Yeah, we all are.
01:57Yeah, especially him. See you later.
02:00Thanks, Jack. Mum, go easy on him. He feels terrible about it.
02:06Mum, go easy on him. He feels terrible about it.
02:26This can't go on, Harvey. Working like this.
02:30No.
02:34What if she died?
02:37I know, Jane.
02:39What if you'd fallen asleep at the wheel and crashed into a wall or hit a pedestrian?
02:44Please, Jane.
02:47You're responsible for everyone we set foot inside.
02:49Jane, I know.
02:53Sorry.
02:56That's all I've been saying for the past three hours.
03:00Well, you've got to cut your hours down.
03:05Why not?
03:08Why?
03:10Because of the money.
03:12You must have quite a bit squirrelled away, the hours you've been working.
03:15I don't.
03:18So where's it gone, then?
03:21Please don't tell me you're gambling.
03:24No.
03:27Sending money to Dana or something?
03:31Yeah. You got me.
03:34Oh.
03:36I thought that might be the case.
03:38So I phoned her.
03:41And she hasn't heard from you for over a fortnight.
03:44You went behind my back to find my daughter?
03:46My daughter? Our daughter? Why don't you get it?
03:50We're a family.
03:52I was worried about you, so I texted her.
03:56I had no right.
03:58You had every right.
04:00The hours that you were working are affecting everybody.
04:02And you don't have the decency to explain yourself.
04:04You just lie.
04:06Please, Jane.
04:08And I will not be lied to.
04:10It was Maya.
04:12I'm giving the money to Maya.
04:15Please, Jane, try and understand.
04:18I feel like I've got a responsibility to help them.
04:20Why? It's not your responsibility.
04:22Because I lied for him.
04:26And you lied to me. Again.
04:28Because I knew you'd get upset.
04:30Look, when Aaron attacked her...
04:32Oh, look, this has got nothing to do with Aaron!
04:36This is about our family in the here and now.
04:40And you need to put us first.
04:43So you need to phone this Maya,
04:45Maya, or however you pronounce her name,
04:47and tell her that it's over.
04:49That's it. No more.
04:56Carol.
04:58Can I even keep her in if she's pregnant?
05:00It depends how good her brief is.
05:02Right, and do we know who's representing her?
05:04Well, they've got a bank of duty solicitors.
05:06They any good?
05:08Some are, some ain't.
05:10Hopefully, she'll get a good one.
05:12Hopefully. Mate, that's not good enough, is it?
05:14I'll see you in a bit.
05:16So you're telling me you murdered them all in that house?
05:18Two of them, yeah.
05:20One being his wife.
05:22The mother of his kids.
05:24That's terrible business.
05:26Ain't it, H? Terrible.
05:28Yeah, terrible.
05:30You just bought an house off a murderer.
05:32And that's all you've got to say?
05:34Well, what do you want me to say?
05:36It's not like he murdered anyone I know,
05:38and, well, to be fair, I've got a cracking deal on the house.
05:40Sorry?
05:42You bought number one?
05:44Yeah, the murder house.
05:46I'll give you a private ghost tour later, if you want.
05:48Do you think what happened in that house is some sort of joke?
05:50People died.
05:53I nearly died.
05:55Sick.
06:05Here you go.
06:07Mr. Corwin.
06:19I can't.
06:22It's in the heat.
06:24From my armpits, mostly.
06:26That's why it's an axillary hyperhidrosis.
06:28I often wear tank tops, not jumpers.
06:30I'm full of ventilation.
06:32But I didn't kill her.
06:34I know why you might think I did,
06:36because I'm the husband,
06:38and it's always the husband.
06:40Mr. Corwin.
06:42Then you've got Debbie's parents shouting the odds,
06:44and now I'm getting married again,
06:46and you've put two and two together,
06:48and you've come up with five.
06:51I need to understand this.
06:53Debbie was very sick.
06:55More sick than you probably understand.
06:57She'd been close to dying
06:59multiple times over the past five years.
07:01Blood clots in the legs.
07:03Urinary tract infection.
07:05Pneumonia.
07:07Your wife was smothered to death, Mr. Corwin.
07:09No.
07:11No, that's impossible.
07:13The post-mortem uncovered definitive evidence
07:15of asphyxia.
07:17The pathologist found faint bruising
07:19around her mouth and her chin
07:21and inside her mouth.
07:23Particular hemorrhages were visible
07:25round the eyes and in the eyelids.
07:27Fluid overload of the tissues,
07:29blue discolouration...
07:31Please, that's enough.
07:33I don't need all the details.
07:35Your wife was smothered to death with a pillow.
07:37Fibres from that pillow were found
07:39in her nasal cavities and in her throat.
07:41You'll recall that both of you voluntarily
07:43provided us with a DNA sample.
07:45Forensics found DNA
07:48from you and Ms Fowler
07:50on the pillow that was used to murder your wife.
07:52I just can't believe
07:54that someone would do that to her.
07:56Hurt her like that.
07:58It's unbelievable.
08:00Do you have any explanation
08:02as to how your DNA might have been found
08:04on her pillow?
08:06You don't have to answer.
08:08No, I want to.
08:10We touched her bedding all the time
08:12to move her arms and her legs
08:14to stop her from getting bed sores.
08:17I don't want to make someone uncomfortable.
08:19I touched her pillow lots of times.
08:21Loads of people must have touched her pillow.
08:23Have you spoken to the nursing staff?
08:25We're exploring every angle.
08:27But we do know that you visited
08:29Mrs Colwell shortly before she was found dead.
08:31I've never said otherwise.
08:35The nurse on duty said you entered her room
08:37without signing in,
08:39breaching the care home regulations.
08:41Because there was no one on reception.
08:43Were you in the habit of visiting Mrs Colwell on your own?
08:46Once or twice.
08:48To take the pressure off of Rhys.
08:50And I liked visiting her.
08:52And why did you visit her on this occasion?
08:56I don't know.
08:59I suppose I felt guilty.
09:01I'd not seen her in a while.
09:03She'd been poorly.
09:05I thought it'd be nice to spend some time with her.
09:09What?
09:11It's just that you talk about her
09:13as if she's your friend.
09:15But what you were doing with her husband
09:17wasn't exactly friendly.
09:19You never felt like she was in the way.
09:21No, I did not.
09:23Okay.
09:27It's just that we have a witness statement.
09:29You were heard saying, and I quote,
09:33things would be much easier
09:35if she was dead.
09:38What do you want?
09:40No, I'm sorry to bother you, Phil.
09:42It's just I didn't really know where else to go.
09:44Yeah, well, make it quick,
09:46because I'm expecting a call from the States.
09:48Okay.
09:50Yeah, it's...
09:52I need some legal advice.
09:54Yeah, why? Some other dodgy banana?
09:56It's Sonia. She's in trouble.
09:58Yeah? Good.
10:00Her and Rhys have been arrested.
10:02For murder.
10:05Why are you here?
10:07Same reason, Phil.
10:09We used to watch public executions.
10:11Do we really have to do this?
10:13Yes, mate, we do.
10:15Because there are some things you like you can't control.
10:17Like taking on some mugs there
10:19and seeing them get fog-marched off to prison.
10:21Some things you can, like this.
10:23Look, boys,
10:25we burnt our bridges at the old place.
10:27And only a fool makes the same mistake twice.
10:30Hey.
10:32I wanted to apologise
10:34for what this plonker said back at the pub.
10:36Truth be told,
10:38the boy's so dense,
10:40that light means we're hanging.
10:42And he can't talk for himself?
10:44No, no, he can.
10:46It's just usually best he don't.
10:48Stand here.
10:50Apologise.
10:52I'm sorry.
10:54I'm sorry.
10:56I'm sorry.
10:58Apologise.
11:00Look, I'm sorry, yeah?
11:02Let me make it up to you.
11:04You fancy a drink tomorrow night?
11:06Oi, what?
11:08What are you doing? Show some respect.
11:10I'm sorry.
11:12I'm sorry.
11:14It's fine.
11:16I think we're done here.
11:18We were just talking about the house,
11:20that was all,
11:22and he had no idea it was us.
11:24And Billy never told you the story?
11:26I never told him I was interested in buying the house,
11:28and, well, the whole thing kind of happened quite fast.
11:30And if you'd known, you'd have still bought it, yeah?
11:32Yeah.
11:34Yeah, I would have.
11:36The deal was too good to turn down.
11:38Well, I'm glad you managed to snag yourself a bargain.
11:40Look, it ain't just about the money.
11:42Sometimes you just need a fresh start
11:44to move forward with your life.
11:46Sounds like your daughter
11:48went through hell in that house.
11:50Maybe she needs a fresh start too.
11:52For what it's worth,
11:54I'm sorry my boy upset her.
11:56I really am.
12:04So if the old bill have arrested them,
12:06they must have evidence.
12:08You seriously think she could have done this? Sonia?
12:10Come on, you've known her since she was a little girl.
12:12Well, I know that fella of hers is a lying, thieving scumbag,
12:14so murder's just another couple of steps up the ladder, isn't it?
12:16I'm not talking about Rhys.
12:18I don't care about Rhys, I care about Sonia.
12:20Do you think she could have done this?
12:22Do you think she could have done this?
12:24No.
12:26Then help her, please.
12:28She needs a solicitor, a good solicitor,
12:30not just the next cab off the rank.
12:32You know Rhys tried to nicknock me, don't you?
12:34I don't care about that.
12:36Phil, come on, she's one of our own,
12:38so she needs help.
12:40And...
12:42she saved Ben's life, remember?
12:46When Ben was shot by a hunter, she stepped up.
12:48And you've got the chance
12:50to repay her here and now.
12:54There's only a chance I can see Sonia.
12:56Not at the moment.
12:58I just want to check she's OK.
13:00She's pregnant. Can you make sure whoever's with her knows that?
13:02I do.
13:04And I'll take good care of her, I promise.
13:06IVF, wasn't it?
13:08How many cycles?
13:10This was our third.
13:12Expensive business.
13:14How did you fund it?
13:16I think Debbie's parents probably told you that.
13:18From you?
13:20For the tape?
13:24I took the money from Debbie's account.
13:28Did you ever discuss Mrs Colwell's life insurance
13:30with Mr Colwell?
13:32Yes.
13:34When did you first discuss it?
13:36After she died.
13:38Not before?
13:40No, of course not before. It was none of my business.
13:42I would have thought it was very much your business,
13:44given that neither of you have any savings.
13:48Mr Colwell's income has fallen off a cliff
13:50and you're living paycheck to paycheck
13:52with a new baby on the way.
13:54I'm not going to pretend we haven't had
13:56financial issues.
13:58But it has never even entered my head
14:00to solve them by doing what you're saying.
14:02Committing murder.
14:04I mean, even hearing you say it's ridiculous.
14:06I did not kill that woman!
14:10That's quite the temper you've got there.
14:14A word?
14:16Take a moment.
14:18Talk to your client.
14:20We'll pick up again once she's calm.
14:24Hey.
14:26You okay?
14:28I'm fine.
14:30Good, because
14:32I was worried. Your text was a bit cryptic.
14:34Sorry about that.
14:36How's Abdul?
14:38Yeah, he's...
14:40He's doing really well. He...
14:42He asked me if I wanted to go
14:44for a walk yesterday.
14:46I couldn't believe it, so I went
14:48for a walk.
14:50It was a nice day, and I...
14:52I feel like he's coming back, you know?
14:58You all right?
15:00I'm just a bit tired.
15:04That's the problem, really.
15:06That's why I needed to see you.
15:08Um...
15:10I picked up Charlie
15:12from nursery today.
15:14Um...
15:16Drive her home,
15:18after.
15:20It was hot.
15:22I was tired.
15:24Um, so...
15:26I closed my eyes, you know,
15:28just for a moment.
15:30And Charlie...
15:32She wouldn't have been.
15:34Well, she wouldn't have been.
15:36She wouldn't have seen me and woken me up.
15:38Because...
15:40Of course she couldn't have.
15:44And, uh...
15:46She would have died by now.
15:48Probably a little bit.
15:54Sorry.
15:58I always did think that Reese was a bit unsavoury.
16:00And Sonia is a nurse.
16:02She's got access to all those drugs.
16:04No, Sonia. No, no, I don't buy that.
16:06Buy what?
16:08Sonia and Reese
16:10have just been arrested for murder.
16:12Are you serious?
16:14I've got to tell you, I didn't peg them
16:16for no bloody incline.
16:18Yeah, where's your Bonnie tonight, then?
16:20Don't know. I haven't been seeing her anymore.
16:22From now on, you're no good boy.
16:24Oh, that's a first.
16:26Dad, this place looks puckered.
16:28Are you sure we can't get the keys tonight?
16:30All in good time, boy.
16:32Yeah, give us that. I want to make sure Bonnie got her stuff.
16:34Makes you the big room looking out the front.
16:36Well, I think your brother
16:38might have something to say about that.
16:40What does he need a big room for?
16:42It's not like he's going to be entertaining the local talent anytime soon.
16:44I think you learned nothing from what happened today.
16:48We aren't going to crash this gaff like some balls in a china shop, mate.
16:50This is our home.
16:52A safe home for all of us.
16:54So what we're going to do
16:56is proceed with moderation and respect.
16:58Got me? Good.
17:00That don't mean we can't enjoy
17:02ourselves along the way.
17:04Throw a party. Introduce ourselves.
17:06Have some fun.
17:08Look at the people around here, boy.
17:10They could half do with it.
17:14Why did you ask me
17:16to meet you here tonight?
17:18No.
17:20Yeah, you do.
17:24Someone's pretty shaken up.
17:26Angry, in me.
17:28Especially Jean, when she found out
17:30where I was retired.
17:32I lied.
17:36When I told you
17:38she knew I was giving you money.
17:40I'm sorry.
17:42I don't blame her for being angry.
17:46I expect she
17:48wants you to stop.
17:50Doesn't she?
17:54Then you need to stop.
17:56I can still give you some.
17:58If I cut back on my hours, it wouldn't be as much.
18:00You need to stop.
18:02Harvey.
18:06I came looking
18:08for you because I was angry.
18:10I don't feel
18:12angry anymore.
18:14And that's down to you.
18:16The kindness that you showed
18:18me and Abdul. That's worth more than
18:20any money.
18:22No, but...
18:24we're in a better
18:26place.
18:28And we will
18:30manage without your money.
18:32I need to do this.
18:34You are not responsible for what your son did to Abdul.
18:36If I didn't
18:38see that before,
18:40I do now.
18:44Thank you. Thank you for all your help.
18:46I'll never
18:48forget it.
18:50Well, maybe I could
18:52swing by and see how you're getting on in a couple of weeks.
18:54I don't think that's a good
18:56idea.
18:58I think we just
19:00need to move on.
19:04Be kind
19:06to yourself, Harvey. Yeah?
19:20I
19:22thought you might be getting hungry.
19:24Cheese and ham, okay?
19:26And I just checked up on
19:28Miss Fowler for you. She's doing okay.
19:30Really? Yeah.
19:32She seemed quite relaxed,
19:34which is good. Because I know
19:36you were worried about the baby.
19:44Did she ask about me?
19:46No.
19:48But I'm sure she's as worried about you as you
19:50are about her, even if she isn't
19:52saying so. But I suppose
19:54she can't blame her. She's got to
19:56look out for herself, first and foremost.
19:58Baby on the way.
20:00But let's get back to you,
20:02shall we? It'd be great
20:04if you could take me through your movements on the night
20:06of July the 24th. Would that
20:08be all right?
20:10Are you
20:12okay, Miss Caldwell?
20:14Your movements
20:16the night Debbie died?
20:18No, I went to
20:20Peggy's. It's a bar.
20:22Turpin Road. Yeah, I know it.
20:24And was it just you, or did Miss Fowler
20:26go with you? It was just me.
20:28I had a business
20:30meeting with Phil Mitchell
20:32and Sharon Watts.
20:34And then I stayed on for
20:36a drink after they left.
20:38The new manager,
20:40Penny, she can vouch I was there
20:42till at least, I don't know,
20:44ten.
20:46We'll look into it.
20:52But then you'd be able to see
20:54where I was anyway, wouldn't you?
20:56From my phone.
21:02What was the reason behind your planned trip to Yorkshire?
21:04We were going to see
21:06my niece, Whitney.
21:08So that was your idea?
21:10Rhys actually wanted to get away.
21:12The rail ticket support using your credit card.
21:14So what?
21:16You know I didn't go because I wouldn't be sat here, would I?
21:18Are you actually going to earn your crust
21:20and do something? Do I have to keep answering all these
21:22questions? From York, it's just a
21:24quick cab ride to Hull.
21:26A ferry to Rotterdam.
21:28Much more low-key than an
21:30airport if you were looking to leave the country without
21:32anyone knowing. I didn't kill her.
21:34I was at home, like I said.
21:36Did you talk to the estate agent yet?
21:38Yes, we did.
21:40You also spoke to some of your family and friends,
21:42but they couldn't provide an alibi to cover
21:44the whole time of death window.
21:46The estate agent
21:48also said that you agreed to put your house
21:50off a sale, but you took it off
21:52after Mrs Colwell's death.
21:56This joke
21:58is only jumping through hoops to see my client.
22:00You, don't say another
22:02word. You, do one.
22:04You're sacked. I'm representing her
22:06now, and I need time alone with my
22:08client so as I can work out exactly how many
22:10shades of stupid you lot are.
22:16Here you are.
22:18Sean.
22:20I talked to him, al fresco,
22:22boiling hot in our... inside.
22:34Jean.
22:38I know I'm upped up, but
22:40I need you to try
22:42and see it from my perspective.
22:44Because I felt really
22:46strongly that helping Milo was the right thing to do.
22:48I know you did.
22:50But discussing it with me,
22:52your partner, would have been the right thing to do.
22:54You're right.
22:56Then it won't happen again.
22:58I've seen her tonight, and she
23:00knows she won't be getting any more money from me.
23:02I can go back
23:04to working normal hours,
23:06spend more time with you.
23:16I don't think there is a me in you anymore, Harvey.
23:22I did what you said.
23:24I met her, and I stopped it.
23:28You lied to me.
23:30And I can't be with someone who lies.
23:32You're breaking up with me.
23:36I don't know.
23:42Alfie said that you can keep on his couch
23:44until Kat comes back off holiday.
23:50We'll talk about this tomorrow, yeah?
24:02Night, Harvey.
24:12Why did Phil send you?
24:14No idea.
24:16I'll just go where Ritchie tells me.
24:18And are you helping Rhys as well?
24:20No.
24:22And I wouldn't agree to that anyway.
24:24Not when there's a chance of conflicting interests.
24:26Why would there be a conflict?
24:28Well,
24:30if he actually did kill his wife for starters,
24:32do you think it's possible?
24:34No.
24:36Why did you hesitate?
24:38I didn't.
24:40Look,
24:42you need to be really
24:44honest with me.
24:46Because if he did hurt her,
24:48there's a chance he could throw you under the bus
24:50to save his own backside.
24:52Rhys wouldn't do that.
24:54In my experience,
24:56you never really know what a person is capable of
24:58when you're facing down 20 to life.
25:00Could he have murdered his wife?
25:06No.
25:08He loved her.
25:10He's innocent.
25:12We both are.
25:14Well,
25:16let's hope you're right.
25:18No.
25:20No, not much longer.
25:22I don't know.
25:28We haven't managed to pin down
25:30Miss Branning.
25:32But your phone record suggests you were
25:34in the bar late into the night, as you said.
25:36So, in the light of this,
25:38the CPS don't believe there's sufficient evidence
25:40for a charge at this point,
25:42so we're releasing you on bail.
25:44That's good.
25:46Someone will drive you home.
25:48I'd rather wait for Sonia.
25:50Or is she already gone?
25:52It's unlikely Miss Fowler will be released this evening.
25:54But she's pregnant.
25:56She's pregnant?
25:58Yeah, call me while you have to let her go.
26:00That won't be possible.
26:02I'll talk to the custody sergeant about that lift.
26:04It was Sonia who killed my mum.
26:06I know she did.
26:14Mr Colwell,
26:16is there anything else you need to tell me?
26:18Something you haven't disclosed
26:20before now?
26:22I've told you everything.
26:36This ain't right.
26:38He's been gone too long.
26:40Don't worry.
26:42He's probably just finishing the last slice of pizza.
26:46Right.
26:48I've spoken to my client,
26:50and you've got nothing.
26:52It's a farce.
26:54You need to charge or release.
26:56I'm released too.
26:58Mr Colwell's already been discharged.
27:00Oh, thank God.
27:02So am I free to go now?
27:04With what physical evidence
27:06linking you to the crime?
27:08You had a clear and pressing motive,
27:10and you don't have an alibi.
27:12I've spoken to the CPS, and they agree with me.
27:14We're going to charge you
27:16with the murder of Deborah Colwell.
27:20Oh, my God.