Coronation Street 21st August 2024

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00:00["Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Minor"]
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 you 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 in her blood,
00:56in the baby's blood, whatever. I'll be proved right.
01:00She'd had a drink when she admitted it, but 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 her.
01:27Please, just tell me I did the right thing.
01:32Despite her age, despite the vulnerable position you'd put her in,
01:36despite the fact she'd been 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. Maybe I've...
02:00Maybe I've misremembered.
02:02You seem fairly certain, according to DC Green's report.
02:09Oh, don't forget bread.
02:11Ah, right, OK, yeah. Bread, shampoo, apples, Sam's Biscuits.
02:15Write it down.
02:16No, I want to do it. It's good for my brain.
02:18Spaghetti.
02:19Spaghetti. OK.
02:21Right, look, I think we should get a cab to the hospital.
02:24It's Nightmare to 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.
02:35Hey, 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... Let's just get through this afternoon, shall 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 percenters, believe it or not.
03:11They found Misa Prostle in Lauren's.
03:19So she did do it?
03:22Hmm.
03:24Not according to her bank account.
03:26Unless, of course, she misremembered and she paid cash.
03:33Maybe she used a friend's debit card.
03:36Seems unlikely she'd have thought it through to that extent.
03:40Covering her tracks?
03:41That doesn't seem far-fetched at all.
03:43No worries you covering your tracks.
03:46That'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.
03:54Maintenance 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 that 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, but the fact remains,
04:36you linked him to Lauren's DNA,
04:40whether you chose to pursue it or not.
04:43So, I'm still not entirely sure what I'm doing here.
04:51Well?
04:53They found that stuff in the placenta.
04:56They can't think you did it.
04:57What, can't they? What, three doctors?
05:01They won't believe him.
05:03The S. Wayne doesn't believe him.
05:07They're watching me now.
05:13What have they asked you?
05:17Have you ever taken mysoprostol?
05:20Do you take recreational drugs?
05:23What other drugs have you taken in the past?
05:25You want birth control?
05:26Who's... Are you in a relationship with the baby's father?
05:29OK, well, it'll all be about safeguarding him, Lauren.
05:32No, he told them I did it.
05:35And if they can't prove it was him, then it'll...
05:38They'll just assume it was me.
05:39If it was him, then they'll...
05:41They'll just assume he's telling the truth.
05:43I mean, mothers have been charged in the past.
05:47Not when the baby survived.
05:51They think I'm a danger to him.
05:54Have you spoken to the safeguarding team?
05:58Yeah.
05:59You told them everything?
06:00Yeah, I told them everything.
06:03That I slept with him for money.
06:06That he beat me up, that I was taking handouts off him.
06:10Well, according to this, mysoprostol's legal.
06:14It's used to treat stomach ulcers.
06:18It's used to induce labour legally.
06:20So, I see.
06:23They've got clipboards, you know,
06:24and they're just making notes and whispering it.
06:28It won't be for long.
06:30Soon you'll both be out of here.
06:32They'll see what a good mum you are,
06:34and you will be able to hold him and feed him.
06:38No, they think... They think I got hold of that stuff.
06:42That I tried to kill...
06:43That I tried to kill my own son.
06:47No, listen.
06:50Joel tried to kill your son.
06:53The same way he nearly killed you.
06:55And I'm going to make sure the whole world knows it.
06:59Who's the latest, Mr Derry?
07:01Is there a long line of teenage girls that...?
07:04If so, we're going to have to find out.
07:07So, where are they?
07:10These 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.
07:25I've had many, many clients.
07:28The young and the downtrodden amongst them.
07:31They, thanks to your lot,
07:33are often the ones who need us the most.
07:37And 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.
07:57Ah, see, now you're just improvising.
08:01If you're going to charge me set bail, if not...
08:04you can escort me to the door.
08:07SHE SIGHS
08:10250 quid?
08:13Huh?
08:14200... 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?
08:24Brubes 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 from an ATM.
08:34Oh, yeah, erm...
08:36Well, I had to get engine oiled, didn't I, from the car parts centre.
08:39The company card was playing up, so I just got the cash out.
08:41Kev's gonna transfer it.
08:42When?
08:44I'll remind him.
08:45How's your other family? Any funny phone calls?
08:48Hope.
08:49I lost 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?
09:12Ruby, wake up!
09:17Buffering. Broadband's a joke.
09:20They were gonna bring in the mega-fast stuff round here,
09:23but they scrapped it.
09:26You don't mind me bringing him, do you? We can't stop long.
09:30I can't believe it was Joe.
09:33I'll take that with a pinch of salt, mate.
09:35One week it was someone else, next week, who knows?
09:38You 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 us 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.
10:05Look, I'm sure she won't ask, but if she does,
10:07just tell her that you owe me and you're gonna 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...
10:15Try it on.
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 gonna help me?
10:23I am 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 gonna ring the school and 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 gonna land me in it?
10:55You've already said she won't ask.
10:58At risk of being indelicate,
11:00there was no hoarding that you were aware of.
11:03Well, the flat seemed fairly orderly.
11:06Oh, that's good news.
11:09Good old Cathy, yes, yes.
11:12Still miss her now and then.
11:14Mum did accuse Nathan.
11:18Yeah, only because Joel made me.
11:20Right, and what did the police say, then, when you changed your mind?
11:24I didn't change my mind. I just decided to sell the trees.
11:26No, they're gonna see through that, Lauren.
11:29Not with evidence, they won't.
11:30Well, what about the DNA in Nathan's van?
11:33I never even met the guy, or been in his van.
11:36Right.
11:37So, they've got the first bloke, he said did it,
11:40and they've got the second,
11:42who's now claiming that you tried to kill your own baby.
11:45You're just as bad as your cousin.
11:46Everyone's just rubbish detectives.
11:48I'm just saying, Lauren, it's not gonna look good, is it?
11:51You living in his flat willingly.
11:54Right, and what other options do you have?
11:56What other options have I got, Max?
11:58What top and tailing were you?
11:59Bet you lot would have loved that, wouldn't they?
12:01Me in a box room with a newborn baby.
12:03Good afternoon.
12:07It was Joel.
12:10Right.
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.
12:20And 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.
12:55You did it, baby!
13:00But you have told the police, right?
13:02Yeah, last night.
13:03Right, and you've blocked off with their old numbers?
13:05No more calls.
13:06Look, it'll be over soon, and we'll keep you safe until the trial finishes.
13:14I'll miss him, you know.
13:16He'll miss you.
13:18Seems to like it around here, doesn't he,
13:19with his sisters being so local and...
13:21Hi, Ron.
13:22I know, I know.
13:23Hey, I taught him Wethy County's song, you know.
13:24Well, just the chorus, anyway.
13:26These Boys in Green?
13:27Yeah, yeah, that's the one.
13:29He picked it up pretty quick, you know.
13:32But you can't wait to get back, can you?
13:36Yes and no.
13:38Look, maybe I could take him to a game one time.
13:40I mean, if he was more local, then I could get a season ticket, you know.
13:43I took the girls once, but they're not that bothered, actually.
13:46I took them to see the Wethy Countesses, but they're...
13:49Anyways, Weatherfield County Women's Football Team,
13:51or Wethy Women, whatever you want to say.
13:53A season ticket, that just means that you can go to every single game.
13:54How do I know what a season ticket is?
13:56My uncle and two cousins have them in Bucharest.
13:59Oh, right. What's that one?
14:00Dinamo.
14:01Ah.
14:02Well, I don't want to spoil that to him.
14:05Well, they play in red, not green.
14:08Well, everybody plays in red, don't they?
14:10And red here.
14:11Yeah? And what's this one?
14:13And that's yellow.
14:16There you are, Kev.
14:17Thanks.
14:18You know what, I reckon that's why she blackmailed me.
14:20I didn't join the Dots, either.
14:22I was too busy trying to get her through The Merchant of Venice.
14:25It's a play.
14:27I know what The Merchant of Venice is.
14:28GCSE text.
14:29Came as no surprise to me, all this.
14:31Brought his car in once.
14:33Don't know which was earlier.
14:35In with the engine.
14:36Look, Joel, we pulled the wool over Dee Dee's eyes.
14:38They were getting married.
14:39Oh, it's women for you, isn't it?
14:41What?
14:42It is. They get dazzled, see, what they want to see.
14:45You've been listening to The Enlightenment Hour
14:48with Kevin Webster.
14:50Still, it's a bit of a curveball for the police mind, isn't it?
14:52Says there's one bloke, and then another.
14:55Well, that's your new friend, Kit.
14:57Did he eat that through enough for you, Kev?
14:58Well done, mate.
15:01Bit of rest and relaxation.
15:02Hot pot, back pages.
15:04Heaven.
15:05Oh, right, I suppose I'd better descend to Earth.
15:08You giving up on her?
15:10Not answering her phone, half an hour late.
15:12I don't know. Stood up by his own missus.
15:15Who was it this week?
15:16Bethany Platt.
15:17Told you, law unto themselves.
15:20See you later, my dear.
15:22Bye-bye.
15:23Brian.
15:24Brian.
15:25What can I do for you?
15:27You heard it here first. It was Joel Dearing.
15:29Old news.
15:30Released without charge.
15:33Unbelievable.
15:34Tried being Roy.
15:35Canada. Lost his appeal.
15:37Four-game suspension.
15:40Where do you see yourself in ten years' time?
15:42Oh, that's a good one.
15:44Erm, ten years.
15:47I don't know. It's difficult to say.
15:50Let's try something else.
15:51Can you tell me about an incident in the workplace
15:53where you've had to think on your feet?
15:56On my feet?
15:57Er...
15:59Let's see.
16:01How far away is the Earth from the Moon?
16:04Eh? They're never going to ask me that.
16:06What, are you looking up?
16:08This is just a list of random questions now.
16:10Well, I'm not going for a job with NASA.
16:12They might want to test your general knowledge.
16:14Look, they're never going to ask me how far away the Moon is, are they?
16:17Well, have a guess, though.
16:18Oh, I don't know.
16:2050 miles?
16:2250 miles?
16:23Approximately 240,000 miles.
16:27Bang on.
16:29What about Mars?
16:30Er, 140 million miles.
16:34Er, who's getting interviewed here, me or him?
16:38How fast can an elephant run?
16:40Oh, wish me luck.
16:42You won't need it.
16:43I'm nervous.
16:44Nerves are good.
16:4525 miles an hour.
16:47What?
16:47That's how fast an elephant can go. Rapid.
16:50Oh, I need to get the tram.
16:52You'll smash it.
16:54Oh, can't stop.
16:55Oh, right.
16:57Interview.
16:58She's bricking it.
17:00Why did she leave?
17:02Had a fill, I think.
17:03Oh, we've all had our fill, Kirk.
17:05She never left under a cloud.
17:06No, I never said she did.
17:07She left under a clear blue sky.
17:09Yeah, yeah.
17:10Still, we'd love to now.
17:16Hi. It's good news.
17:18Let me say that straight away.
17:19Oh, er, well, that's fantastic.
17:22Everything came back clear.
17:23No need for chemotherapy.
17:25Oh.
17:26Is this a dream?
17:29We'll do bloods, follow-up scans.
17:30You'll be in and out of the garage for a while.
17:33Understood.
17:34And how often will that be?
17:36Usually every few months for the first two years.
17:38Less frequently after that, if everything looks good.
17:43I feel like dancing.
17:45What are the chances of it coming back?
17:48It's always difficult to say.
17:50But I think we can be optimistic.
17:59Well, if the aunt charged him, he can do what he likes.
18:01He won't come near you. He'd be mad to.
18:03Yeah, well, that's gonna stop him.
18:05You know, I told him everything and still it's no good.
18:08He'll come after me and he'll finish me off.
18:09He won't do that.
18:11You told me this wouldn't happen.
18:13You promised me, and so did that copper.
18:15And I stand by what I said.
18:17OK, we will get him.
18:19Will they let Nathan go?
18:20No, they'll let everyone go but me.
18:23You know, he knocks me up, he batters me,
18:26he tries to kill my baby, but then again he's a solicitor,
18:28so he gets away with it.
18:30You know, I was better off on the run.
18:32That's not true, Lauren.
18:33Will they let Nathan go?
18:35The stuff they found on those memory sticks, I don't think so.
18:37Yeah, but the evidence, her DNA.
18:40Look, let's just let the police work it out, OK?
18:43Yeah, good luck with that.
18:44Well, you're the one that told them it was him.
18:46PHONE VIBRATES
18:48Why should anyone trust me?
18:49Let's just keep the faith, OK?
18:54Nah.
18:55I'm going back to the hospital.
19:00Look, I'm... I'm sorry for being mad at you.
19:03I'm sorry this has happened.
19:10DOOR SLAMS
19:13He helped me look for her.
19:15All he wanted was to get there first.
19:16Please, just let us do our job.
19:18Feel free. Don't let me stop you.
19:20To be clear, we locked up Nathan Curtis,
19:23the man you thought was guilty.
19:25Maybe they're in it together.
19:27Just go home.
19:28What did Ellie say?
19:29Because these blokes stick together, it's organised.
19:32Until more evidence comes to light, this is where we find ourselves.
19:36I'm sorry if you feel disappointed, but we're not all here to please you.
19:38We are trying to get a conviction based on fact.
19:41You're letting Joel get away with it.
19:43Miss Platt... So, if I bump into him in the street, what am I supposed to do?
19:46What are any of us supposed to do?
19:48We advise you to report any suspicious behaviour.
19:51And what would be the point?
19:52Could his behaviour get any more suspicious than it already is?
19:55Lauren has literally told you that it was him.
19:58That is all the proof that you need.
19:59If only.
20:01Oh, one more thing.
20:04That time that my mum's flat got broken into when nothing was taken,
20:08I don't know anything about that.
20:10That was the day that Joel agreed to help me.
20:13He found out about the bank statements that Lauren was using my credit card.
20:16Do you remember?
20:18I came to see you that day.
20:20You brushed me off then, just like you're brushing me off now.
20:23But what if that was him?
20:25What if he's actually madder than any of us realise?
20:29It's Wayne's world. They've been calling that for donkeys, apparently.
20:33Someone wrote totally excellent on the whiteboard once and she blew a stack.
20:37She's good police, though.
20:38Ah, maybe.
20:39No? Well, if Joel attacked Lauren, why is he still on the streets?
20:43Have you heard anything?
20:45Your mum's interview. She's been gone hours.
20:47Yeah, well, maybe she met an old school friend and they ran off together.
20:50Harsh.
20:51Sorry.
20:52You could have said good luck to her, be the bigger man.
20:55I still don't know why you fell out, acting tough in front of him.
20:59He loves his mum, you know.
21:00Who doesn't love their mum?
21:02I like it when we all get on.
21:07HE SIGHS
21:09Hiya. What are you doing back?
21:12Er, Toilet, what about you?
21:14Oh, just nipped back to sort this lot out.
21:17Oh, right. Erm, where are the girls?
21:19Oh, Evelyn's took Ruby into town. Hope's on the rack.
21:22How was she? A-L-I-N-A.
21:26Erm, yeah. Erm, no more phone calls to that squad and she's told the police.
21:30Hmm. And what about Kevin? Has he paid our money back yet?
21:37Look, Fiz, I lied to you, OK?
21:39It wasn't engine oil that I bought.
21:43I paid Adam to find out what my options are.
21:57Thank you for giving me the time of day. I know I don't deserve it.
22:02This... this whole thing with Lauren is over now.
22:06The slate's been wiped clean.
22:11Take me back.
22:26That fling with Lauren was the worst mistake of my life,
22:28but I have learnt my lesson, I swear.
22:30Yeah, right.
22:33You're the only person I ever wanted to be with.
22:36But it was driving me crazy, the fact that, you know, we could be close, but we couldn't...
22:40Not what? Jump into bed whenever you liked?
22:44So it's my fault, was it?
22:46No. No, that's not what I meant. That was a stupid thing to say.
22:50Hmm, but very revealing.
22:52So what, you had a need,
22:54that you were happy to exploit a young girl to satisfy,
22:57betraying me in the process?
22:58You make it sound...
22:59Exactly like it was!
23:03You're pathetic.
23:07Maybe.
23:10I was weak, and I couldn't be more ashamed.
23:13I hate myself for letting you down.
23:17So what, Lauren's telling a pack of lies, is she?
23:19Yes!
23:22I did a terrible thing, but God knows I'm paying the price for it now.
23:28You know me.
23:31You must do, after all we meant to each other.
23:34You have to know that girl is lying.
23:40I don't know what to believe anymore.
23:45Give me your phone.
23:47My phone?
23:48Yeah, and your work phone.
23:50If Lauren's lying, there'll be nothing on them to corroborate her story.
23:57Take them.
23:58For as long as you like, there's nothing on there for you to find.
24:03We'll see, won't we?
24:04Where are you going?
24:08This'll take time, so you can either wait here,
24:11or you can come back later, it's up to you.
24:15I'll wait.
24:23You do know she's gonna flip when she finds out.
24:26Well, hopefully she won't.
24:28How are you gonna get custody of Dorian without her finding out?
24:32Well, that's the thing, it doesn't actually have to go to court.
24:35She's his mother, Ty.
24:36Do you think she's just gonna leave him here with you? You've lost your mind.
24:40Look, I don't want her to leave him here.
24:42I'm... I want her to stay, too.
24:46For Dorian's sake.
24:48Right, and why would she do that?
24:50Well, it's Dorian's life that matters.
24:52And he'll have a better one around here with us around him.
24:55Alina's been happy here once, she can be again.
25:01Nice one.
25:07Cheers for this, mate.
25:09You got any plans for this evening?
25:11Oh, thought I'd stroll along the beach, casino,
25:14drink to Scarlett Johansson,
25:17come back to Earth for the footy.
25:19Or maybe a pint at a hot pot.
25:21Early night in a rented room over a boozer, who knows?
25:25Right.
25:26What about you? Usual table at Savoy?
25:29Nah, you can get fed up of a place.
25:33Look, I don't want to pry.
25:35I told you, you won't get very far with that attitude in a CID.
25:39I've been thinking, yeah?
25:41If you can forgive Bernie after everything,
25:44then maybe I could go easy on me man.
25:47I told you, it's just baby steps for me and her.
25:50Although I still can't forgive the fact that she missed mine.
25:54We'll see how it goes.
25:55But you're still giving her a chance.
25:57Maybe I should do the same.
26:00Listen, I wouldn't presume to advise...
26:03No, no, please, presume away.
26:06Well, if you want my opinion, she was bang out of order.
26:10You know, if you got caught holding money for them knock-offs,
26:13your career would have been up the spout before it started.
26:15She was panicking.
26:17She had her back against the wall and she chose herself.
26:20Tells you a lot.
26:24It's gonna be humiliating for her.
26:26No, it won't be, because...
26:28people that matter will understand the situation, won't they?
26:32I've got a son and I want to be part of his life.
26:36I probably won't even have to see Alina that much...
26:38Oh, dear.
26:39What about if we have Word Day, like couples do?
26:42Just gonna be their prime position to pick up the pieces.
26:45No.
26:46She will.
26:49Ty, I know how this starts.
26:53You pop round to pick Dorian up,
26:55you stay for ten minutes just to be polite,
26:57then you stay for 20 minutes, have a brew,
27:00then you stay for an hour and a lot more besides.
27:04No, look, you're getting carried away.
27:06None of this is gonna happen and I don't want it to happen.
27:09I won't let it happen.
27:12Well, even if I believe that, what about Hope, eh?
27:14What's she gonna make of all this?
27:15Because she's already struggling, isn't she?
27:17And that's when she thinks of going home.
27:20Right, I'm not pretending this is all gonna be easy.
27:23And I'm sorry if it came across that way.
27:26But he's my son.
27:29I can't abandon him the way I was.
27:33I have to make this work and I can't do that without you.
27:40Oi!
27:42Boyfriend was looking for you.
27:43Right.
27:45Barnley's worst nightmare, that.
27:47Do you know where Punter's been stood up?
27:49Yeah, well, I didn't mean to,
27:51but I went down to the police station and it got a bit messy.
27:54Ah, yeah, Joel Fool is all.
27:57You never really visualise creeps like that
27:59in a sharp suit or a high-powered job, do you?
28:01Not you as well.
28:02Just because Joel was involved doesn't mean that Nathan isn't.
28:07Well, did the police say that?
28:08What do they know?
28:10I tried to tell them that these perverts hunt in packs
28:12and I should know that better than anyone.
28:13Well, why would Lauren lie?
28:15Because Nathan is a manipulative scumbag.
28:18He probably did a number on her, just like he did to me.
28:20Well, you're probably right about him being, you know, manipulative.
28:25But from what I can see, I think Lauren's probably telling the truth.
28:28Why would she lie before? And why would Ellie lie?
28:32They both said that it was Nathan,
28:34and that only makes sense if Nathan and Joel were in it together.
28:43What's this?
28:45Your stuff.
28:46You can't have found anything on my phones.
28:49How naive do you think I am?
28:50You know, I was sat in there scrolling, and it occurred to me,
28:53you wouldn't be so stupid as to leave anything incriminating on here.
28:56What? So I'm some master criminal now?
28:59What world do you think I live in?
29:00Every day, we both work with clients who use burner phones as a matter of routine.
29:05Who do you think I am? Saul Goodman?
29:07There's no trace of anything suggesting a relationship with Lauren on these.
29:11No sweet nothings, no arranging a meet-up,
29:14no desperate pleas or apologies by text.
29:17Well, I'm not just gonna leave them there for you to stumble across, am I?
29:20Oh, so you did cover your tracks, I rest my case.
29:23I can't win here.
29:24No, you can't, and neither can I.
29:29Like yesterday, you... you're my everything, Joel.
29:33My be-all and end-all, and...
29:37You turned it all to dust because it was all a lie, wasn't it?
29:41It'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.
29:49Why 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.
30:02Oh, I think you are.
30:05But please do not take that as a compliment.
30:14You know, I can't believe you would be so thick
30:17as to let that scheming little cow deceive you.
30:20Yeah, well, that used to be your job, but not any more, eh?
30:23Now get out.
30:34Oh, you all right, Roy?
30:36Didn't expect to see you here.
30:38That's what I said.
30:39Well, I thought I'd drop in and see how she's doing.
30:43I just didn't think you cared.
30:46I mean, you've got every reason not to.
30:48I don't have the tenacity for grudges.
30:52Uh, so, how are you? Are you feeling better?
30:56Yeah. I mean, I'll be happier when I'm away from here.
30:59Right, so you are still planning on leaving, then?
31:02I just need to get away from Joel.
31:05Well, if Joel is as relentless and cunning as you say he is,
31:11he might be more difficult to escape than you think.
31:14Exactly.
31:15Yeah, losing yourself in a community where you're not known
31:19might be of help to Joel.
31:22Remaining amongst friends who care about your welfare
31:25might be the smarter option.
31:26Yeah, especially with a baby to support.
31:28There are a number of organisations,
31:30as well as people, that could help you.
31:34People who, well, could understand the ordeal that you went through
31:38and offer specialised support.
31:40I mean, you're better off here.
31:43You're not going on the run.
31:44It didn't do you any good last time, did it?
31:47Worked for a while.
31:50Not for everyone.
31:53I'm sorry, Roy.
31:55You know for what I put you through.
31:57Well, it wasn't so much you as the police and the press.
32:03The hue and cry of social media.
32:06Though I would be lying if I didn't say
32:08I wish you'd come forward sooner.
32:11Aside from losing Hayley, it was the worst experience of my life.
32:17I'd have come back sooner to tell the police,
32:19but I was just scared to death of him.
32:20I mean, I still am.
32:22Yeah, I understand.
32:29You were quiet on the way home.
32:31Ditto.
32:32Yeah.
32:34As in just trying to absorb it all.
32:37Double ditto.
32:39Although...
32:40What?
32:41Well, now it's starting to sink in,
32:43I feel like there's too much space to think.
32:45I don't follow.
32:47Well, wherever I went, it was always in here, you know?
32:51The cancers.
32:5224-7, it was my go-to.
32:53Any time, any place.
32:56And now you don't know what to do with your thoughts?
32:59Well, when I was diagnosed, I just put everything on hold.
33:02I mean, you don't think about the future,
33:04cos, I don't know, it would have felt like flicking the Vs of fate,
33:08asking for it.
33:09Yeah.
33:10I suppose now you can give fate the finger.
33:12No, nobody can afford to do that.
33:15I was like Schrödinger's cat, dead and alive all at once.
33:18I can't pretend to know what that means or what it feels like.
33:23Come on.
33:26You're off the tightrope now, you've got the all clear.
33:29Yeah.
33:31Trouble is, I'm not quite sure what to do with it.
33:33Yeah.
33:34How about we start with a glass of something cold and sparkling?
33:39Yeah. Yeah, sounds good to me.
33:49You again.
33:51I'll have to make you a bed up here.
33:53Yeah. Yeah, well, that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid.
33:57Erm, so I've decided to come clean.
34:01A confession? That'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?
34:11I thought you lawyers were immune.
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.
34:22And why would that happen?
34:23Well, she did something very silly
34:26after I told her about the one-night stand
34:29and 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.
34:42Well, it's obvious that she and Lauren both felt rejected by me
34:46and then they cooked up these ridiculous allegations between them.
34:50Sounds more like conjecture to me.
34:53I thought we'd best get it on tape.
34:55Do you want to come through?
35:00MUSIC PLAYS
35:11Lauren!
35:14You scared us.
35:16Sorry.
35:17I thought you were him.
35:20You know, it's took us all day to pluck up the courage to come out here
35:23just for some fresh air.
35:25Yeah, I bet.
35:26Surprised you even took the risk.
35:29Yeah, well, sometimes you just have to get away from that hospital smell, you know?
35:35I didn't expect to see you.
35:37Yeah, well, I didn't expect to hear that Nathan was in the clear.
35:43Come, I'm sorry if I missed you about...
35:46I'm just a bit confused, to be honest.
35:47Are you saying that he wasn't involved?
35:49I hadn't even heard of this Nathan until he was arrested.
35:52So why did you tell the police that it was him?
35:53Because Joel made me.
35:55He wanted to keep everybody looking.
35:57That's why you convinced me to lie about Nathan, even though we'd never met.
36:01Are you sure? Because that...
36:05Hiya.
36:07What are you doing here?
36:09Well, Ryan said that you might drop by,
36:11and I was a little bit worried after the lunchtime no-show.
36:14Yeah, well, I got waylaid, and we're actually in the middle of something, so...
36:18No, it's all right. You're not interrupting anything.
36:20Not the vibe I'm getting.
36:22I'm simply trying to find out the truth.
36:24And I've told you the truth.
36:27Look, I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner.
36:30And I know how upsetting it must have been for you,
36:32having everything dragged up again.
36:33This isn't about the past. This is about the here and now,
36:35and the damage that Nathan can still do if you let him.
36:38Look, if she says that Nathan's innocent...
36:39Then she's wrong, or she's lying, one of the two.
36:41Bethany... I'm not lying.
36:44It was Joel. It was all Joel.
36:46It can't have been. There is so much evidence.
36:49Nathan literally followed you on OVIDs,
36:50and Ellie said that he groomed her. How do you explain all that?
36:52I don't know. I think you do.
36:54I think you know a lot more than you're letting on.
36:56There's no point to this. We need to go.
36:57No!
36:57Yes!
36:58Look, I get that you're upset,
37:00but Lauren's been through enough already, OK?
37:02This isn't over.
37:03I know that Nathan's up to his neck in all of this.
37:09Sorry.
37:11I'll try and smooth things over so you don't have to worry about anything.
37:14OK?
37:16OK.
37:17Daniel...
37:20Look, I know how bad things got.
37:23You know, with me going missing and that.
37:24And I just wanted to say I'm sorry.
37:26I know.
37:29And I do get why you did what you did.
37:32How scared you must have been.
37:35OK. No hard feelings.
37:38Promise.
37:40Oh, right. I suppose I'd better go and...
37:42Yeah.
37:43See you.
37:44See you.
37:48What about the other jobs?
37:49Not unless it's as a car crash dummy, the interview I've just had.
37:53Anybody can have an off day.
37:55Well, some of us have off lives.
37:57I'm constantly making the wrong choices.
38:01When I have a sliding doors moment, I just get my head stuck.
38:04You're not beat till the day you give up.
38:06Yeah, well, in that case, I'm beat.
38:08What I'm saying is, you've just got to keep going.
38:10And one day, if you're lucky, you'll...
38:12Die.
38:14Can we get you a drink?
38:15I'm already dead to some people.
38:18That's what this is all about.
38:20It's not to do with the job.
38:21No, it's all part of the same stinking hole.
38:25I've failed at everything, even being a mum.
38:27You two just need your heads banging together.
38:30Why don't you go over there, buy him a drink, and sort things out?
38:34Have you ever thought about becoming a counsellor?
38:36No. Do you think I should?
38:38Absolutely not. I'm going home.
38:45Oh, you went to the bistro.
38:48Well, you really have pushed the boat out.
38:49Yeah. Nothing but the third best champagne we do on a day like this.
38:54Well, I'll have to develop a life-threatening illness more often, then.
38:57I don't say that. I don't think I could go through this again.
38:59Mm.
39:00No, I wouldn't be too keen myself, however good the champagne.
39:08What for?
39:09Well, this. Everything.
39:12I wouldn't be here without you.
39:14Yeah, well, I wouldn't be anywhere else.
39:17I don't know what we're going to do when Leanne gets back.
39:21Well, for now, let's just enjoy the bistro's third best champagne,
39:25the food, and just being together.
39:28You know, I've had to try and live in the moment for months now, so...
39:32One more night won't hurt.
39:34Yeah?
39:40Well, he looks stronger every time I see him.
39:43He's a tough nut, like his mum.
39:47I don't know about that.
39:50You know, earlier today, I pretty much decided that I was going to run away
39:54once Frankie were good to go.
39:55What, because of Jo?
39:58Yeah.
40:01Look, I'm sorry about this morning. I shouldn't have had a go at you.
40:05You're in shock. We all are.
40:07I believe in time we won't fix anything.
40:10I know.
40:13But I managed to talk some sense into me.
40:16Well, I'm glad, cos it looks like we're going to need to stick together.
40:21Really?
40:22Yeah. The S. Wayne called me earlier.
40:24Jo's been down the cop shop again.
40:26He sat her down and told her we put our heads together
40:30and made the whole thing up to get back at him.
40:33Yeah, but she doesn't believe him, surely?
40:35She's sceptical, but the whole woman-scorned cliché plays well with juries.
40:42At the very least, it muddies the waters.
40:44Yeah, well, it's not true.
40:45Yeah, we know that.
40:47I just hope when the time comes, we can convince the cops of it.
40:52Yeah, Jo certainly knows how to play dirty.
40:58Luckily for us, so do I.
41:01So, is she all right?
41:03Rittle left her at the flat, thinks she wanted some time on her own.
41:07One can understand a confusion, man.
41:10Sorry?
41:11Oh, I couldn't help overhearing you chat.
41:14I'm sure your Bethany must be wondering what Lauren's DNA was doing
41:18in this chap Nathan's van, if Jo's the guilty party.
41:20I mean, I certainly am.
41:22Well, maybe you've just got too much time on your hands.
41:24And I'd appreciate it if you stuck your beak in your half-a-bitter
41:26and not my daughter's business.
41:28It's a bit of a mystery, that's all. I was only taking a polite interest.
41:31Well, you'd be taking an impolite kick in your dry-roasted
41:33if you don't wind your neck in.
41:36That's him told.
41:38Mind you, he is right about one thing.
41:40What?
41:42It is a mystery.
41:46One that we could do with Solve-It if we want Bethany to have any sort of peace.
41:50Do you think that Kit could be involved, like we thought?
41:52Do you know what I think? I think there's been too much amateur detective work as it is.
41:55I mean, Bethany's pulled out a load of threads
41:57and all she's managed to unravel is herself.
41:59I can't argue with that.
42:00Here, boys. Come on, now. After the day you've had.
42:03I'll get these. Keep the change.
42:05Oh, thanks, Gav. Nice of you.
42:06That's heart, although you might want to save that sympathy for Fiz.
42:10She's been through a lot lately, hasn't she?
42:11I mean, she's stood by us till now.
42:14Till now?
42:15Yeah, yeah, she's finding it difficult with the thought of Alina living local, you know?
42:19Well, it is a hell of a lot to ask of her.
42:22I know, aren't I? What choice have I got?
42:24Here's my son.
42:26I mean, it half killed me when I lost Jack.
42:31I'm sorry.
42:32No, I don't want to pick the bones out of that.
42:34That was an impossible situation, but, you know, this isn't.
42:37It's difficult, I get that, but we can make it work.
42:40I mean, we have to. We can't lose another son.
42:50It's a blue one.
42:54It's got some silly water.
42:57Yeah, it's definitely her. She's sitting in the bar with her kid.
43:01Thank you so much. Thank you.
43:04Look, I don't understand. How did you manage to get hold of his phone?
43:07Oh, he handed them over gladly,
43:09cos he thought he was pulling the wool over my eyes.
43:12Go on.
43:13Well, I said I wanted to check them to check out your story.
43:15If I hadn't already worked out, he'd have used a burner phone for all of that.
43:18But he was so pleased with himself, he actually waited in the living room
43:22whilst I sat on my bed and loaded the Trekker app to his phones.
43:26It'd go ape if he knew.
43:27Mm, wouldn't it just?
43:30But now the app is on your phone, so you don't have to be scared.
43:34He never goes anywhere without his phone, not even the shower.
43:37Hmm. So, yeah, you'll know where he is at all times.
43:41Really?
43:42Yeah, it'll be right there on the screen, OK?
43:44So if he tries popping in, you make sure security are waiting to greet him.
43:48Better yet, the police.
43:54I can't tell you how much peace of mind this is gonna give us.
43:57Yeah, well, I said I'd bring down Joel.
44:01And unlike him, I keep my promises.
44:08Zoe Lister-Jones stars as a restless married woman
44:11thrust into a parallel universe
44:13after a one-night stand in the brilliant new comedy Slip.
44:16That's available now on ITVX.
44:19But it's gritty crime drama next tonight here on ITV1
44:22with Irvine Welsh's Crime.
44:37IRVINE WELSH'S CRIME