EastEnders 25nd August 2024

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00:00FANFARE
00:03I've told you everything.
00:33I 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 Willy.
00:53Look, they'll find traces of something in her blood, in 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, or words to that effect.
01:18She bought the stuff online.
01:20But after all that, it didn't work.
01:23Thank God.
01:24I felt guilty reporting her. Please just tell me I did the right thing.
01:31Despite her age, despite the vulnerable position you'd put her in, despite the fact she'd been missing all that time.
01:40Ethics versus law. Is that the best use of our time?
01:46We'll find out exactly who acquired it. When. How. With what bank account.
01:53Maybe she used cash.
01:55Online?
01:57I think she said she got it online. Maybe I've misremembered.
02:02You seem fairly certain according to D.C. Green's report.
02:09Oh, don't forget bread.
02:11Ah, right, OK, yeah. Bread, shampoo, apples, Sam's biscuits.
02:16Write it down.
02:17No, no, no, I want to do it. This is good for my brain.
02:19Spaghetti.
02:20Spaghetti. OK.
02:22Right, look, I think we should get a cab to the hospital. It's Nine Metres Park and they've shut the top level.
02:27OK, I'm just glad you're coming with me.
02:33I never want to leave your side.
02:36OK, but listen, we can't be sharing a bed together again.
02:39Yeah, but all we did was cuddle this time.
02:43Oh, but Leanne, all we did was cuddle this time.
02:45OK, yeah, yeah, yeah, point taken. 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.
03:03I'm guessing they've already tested it.
03:07Hospitals keep hold of some centres, believe it or not.
03:10They found me suprostyl in Lauren's.
03:13So she did do it?
03:18Not according to her bank account.
03:21Unless, of course, she misremembered and she paid cash.
03:28Maybe she used a friend's debit card.
03:31Seems unlikely she'd have thought it through to that extent.
03:34Covering her tracks?
03:36Yeah.
03:37Seems unlikely she'd have thought it through to that extent.
03:40Covering her tracks?
03:42That doesn't seem far-fetched at all.
03:44Nowhere is you covering your tracks.
03:46That's not so hard to believe, is it?
03:49You know how these things work. Took the necessary precautions.
03:53I let you check my bank statements.
03:55Maintenance search history.
03:57You'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 tried to illegally abort it.
04:07Well, I've had some time to come to terms with it.
04:10Yeah, 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?
04:28Lauren told you who attacked her.
04:31She gave you his name and he's in prison.
04:33Yeah, you were forced to drop it.
04:35You said, but the fact remains...
04:37You linked him to Lauren's DNA.
04:41Whether you chose to pursue it or not.
04:45So I'm still not entirely sure what I'm doing here.
04:53Well?
04:55They found that stuff in the placenta.
04:58They can't think you did it.
05:00What, can't they? What, three doctors?
05:03They won't believe him.
05:04Yes, Wayne doesn't believe him.
05:08They're watching me now.
05:15What have they asked you?
05:19Have you ever taken mysoprostol?
05:22Do you take recreational drugs?
05:25What other drugs have you taken in the past?
05:27You want birth control?
05:29Are you in a relationship with the baby's father?
05:31It will all be about safeguarding him, Lauren.
05:34No, he told them I did it.
05:37And if they can't prove it was him,
05:40they'll just assume he's telling the truth.
05:42I mean, mothers have been charged in the past.
05:46What, when the baby survived?
05:50They think I'm a danger to him.
05:53Have you spoken to the safeguarding team?
05:56Yeah.
05:58Have you told them everything?
05:59Yeah, 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.
06:14It's used to treat stomach ulcers.
06:18It's used to induce labour legally.
06:21So I see.
06:23They've got clipboards, you know,
06:25and they're just making notes and listening.
06:26It won't be for long.
06:28Soon you'll both be out of here.
06:31They'll see what a good mum you are
06:33and you will be able to hold him and feed him.
06:37No, they think, they think I got hold of that stuff.
06:41That I tried to kill,
06:43that I tried to kill my own son.
06:46No, listen.
06:48Joel tried to kill your son.
06:52He tried to kill his own son.
06:53He tried to kill your son.
06:56The same way he nearly killed you.
06:58And I'm going to make sure the whole world knows it.
07:01Who's the latest, Mr Derry?
07:04Is there a long line of teenage girls that...
07:06If so, where are they?
07:10These...
07:12young, disadvantaged girls.
07:14Why wouldn't they speak up?
07:17We're working on it.
07:21You know,
07:23I don't work as a duty solicitor.
07:25I've had many,
07:27many clients.
07:29The young and the downtrodden amongst them.
07:31They,
07:33thanks to you all,
07:35are often the ones who need us the most.
07:37Yeah.
07:39And many of them come to rely on you.
07:41Some of them feel like they owe you.
07:43Oh, no, correction, actually.
07:47You feel like they owe you.
07:51I mean, they're not so keen, but they oblige.
07:54For cash.
07:57See, now,
07:59now you're just improvising.
08:01If you're going to charge me set bail,
08:03if not,
08:05you can escort me to the door.
08:11250 quid?
08:13Yeah.
08:15200 from our joint account?
08:18There you go.
08:20You can tell your sister they're fixed.
08:22I beg your pardon?
08:24Brube's fixed them!
08:26Right, I didn't mean like that. I could do that.
08:28Have you got any ideas?
08:30What about?
08:32This, Ty, 250 quid.
08:34From an ATM.
08:36Oh, yeah, erm,
08:38well, I had to get engine oiled, didn't I,
08:40from the car parts centre.
08:42Company card was playing up, so I just got the cash out.
08:44Kev's going to transfer it.
08:46When?
08:48I'll remind him.
08:49I'll have some later, thank you.
08:51Or what, at the hotel we're paying for?
08:53Right, it's not my other family.
08:55You 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?
09:03You're smart enough to understand.
09:05I sure were.
09:07Right, just watch it, will you?
09:11Ruby, wake up!
09:17Buffering.
09:19Broadband's a joke.
09:21They were going to bring in the mega-fast stuff round here,
09:24but they scrapped it.
09:26They don't mind me bringing him, do you?
09:28We can't stop long.
09:30I can't believe it was Joe.
09:33I'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.
09:41You don't think that he was telling the truth about Lauren?
09:44Everything pointed to Nathan.
09:46Everything pointed to Roy.
09:47Right, my brother doesn't need to hear his bicker, does he?
09:50Is Dee Dee OK?
09:56How much?
09:58250. I said it was for engine oil, but obviously it wasn't.
10:01It was for Adam's fee.
10:03Looking 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 going to pay me back.
10:10And what happens when I don't?
10:12What? Well, just transfer me the money, isn't it?
10:14You know, I'll get the cash and...
10:15I don't.
10:17She'll go spare.
10:19You'll just end up in a bigger mess.
10:21I'm trying to save you the headache.
10:23So you're not going to help me?
10:25I am helping.
10:27Right, here you go.
10:29What about the time you forgot about Rosie's parents evening, eh?
10:31And Sally got suspicious?
10:33I don't remember that.
10:35Well, I do, because I bailed you right out, mate.
10:37I told her some story that the geography teacher said
10:39that Rosie talks a lot in geography.
10:41I saved your bacon.
10:43Absolute no recollection.
10:45Toasted eventually.
10:47Don't I know it.
10:49How many years you been waiting to cash in on that one?
10:51Yeah, I've been biding my time.
10:53I'm done with lying time.
10:55What, so if Fiz asks, you're just going to land me in it?
10:57You've already said she won't ask.
11:00At the risk of being indelicate,
11:02there was no hoarding that you were aware of.
11:05Well, the flat seemed fairly orderly.
11:08Oh, that's good news.
11:11Good old Cathy.
11:13Yes, yes.
11:15Well, who did accuse Nathan?
11:19Yeah, only because Joel made me.
11:21Right.
11:23And what did the police say, then, when you changed your mind?
11:25I didn't change my mind.
11:27I just decided to tell the truth.
11:29No, they're going to see through that, Lauren.
11:31Not with evidence, they won't.
11:33Well, what about the DNA in Nathan's van?
11:35I've never even met the guy, or been in his van.
11:37Right.
11:39So, 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 were just as bad as your cousin.
11:48Everyone's just rubbish detectives.
11:50I'm just saying, Lauren, it's not going to look good, is it?
11:53Yeah.
11:55You living in his flat willingly.
11:57Right, and what other options have I got, Max?
11:59What, top and tailing with you?
12:01I bet you lot would love that, wouldn't they?
12:03Me in a box room with a newborn baby.
12:05Good afternoon.
12:07It was Joel.
12:09Brian.
12:11Joel.
12:13Brian.
12:15Yeah, well, Dee Dee's Joel.
12:17Yeah, he was threatening Lauren, she was scared.
12:19Right, Max, I'll tell him.
12:21And they've arrested him now.
12:23What, did the police not have the decency to let you know?
12:25I don't believe they have.
12:27On one occasion, with regard to Mr Curtis.
12:29Well, 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.
13:03Right, and you've blocked all withheld numbers?
13:05No more calls.
13:07Look, it'll be over soon and we'll keep you safe until the trial finishes.
13:13I'll miss him, you know.
13:15He'll miss you.
13:17He seems to like it around here, doesn't he?
13:19With his sisters being so local.
13:21Tyrone.
13:23I know, I know.
13:25Hey, I taught him where they count his song, you know.
13:27Well, just the chorus, anyway.
13:29These boys in green?
13:31Yeah, yeah, that's the one.
13:33He picked it up pretty quick, you know.
13:35Bet you can't wait to get back, can you?
13:37Yes and no.
13:39Maybe I could take him to a game one time.
13:41I mean, if he was more local,
13:43I took the girls once, but they're not that bothered, actually.
13:45I took them to see the Wethy Countesses,
13:47but they're, anyway,
13:49it's Weatherfield County Women's Football Team
13:51or Wethy Women, whatever you want to say.
13:53A season ticket, that just means you can go to every single game.
13:55Oh, I know what a season ticket is.
13:57My uncle and two cousins have them in Bucharest.
13:59Oh, right, oh, Stour?
14:01Dynamo.
14:03Ah, well, I don't want to spoil that team.
14:05Well, they play in red, not green.
14:07Well, everybody plays in red, don't they?
14:09Look, down here, and right here.
14:11Yeah, and what's this one?
14:13Lello.
14:15There you are, Kev.
14:17Thanks.
14:19You know what, I reckon that's why she blackmailed me.
14:21I didn't join the Dots, either.
14:23Too busy trying to get her through the Merchant of Venice.
14:25It's a play.
14:27I know what the Merchant of Venice is.
14:29GCSE text.
14:31Came as no surprise to me, all this.
14:33Brought his car in once.
14:35Don't know which was earlier.
14:37In with the engine.
14:39Look, Joe, we pulled the wool over Dee Dee's eyes,
14:41they were getting married.
14:43Well, see what they want to see.
14:45You've been listening to The Enlightenment Hour
14:47with Kevin Webster.
14:49Still, it's a bit of a curveball for the police mind, isn't it?
14:52Says there's one bloke, and then another.
14:54Well, that's your new friend, Kit.
14:56Did he eat that food enough for you, Kev?
14:58Mm, bound gone, mate.
15:00Bit of rest and relaxation.
15:02Hot pot, back pages, heaven.
15:04Oh, right, I suppose I'd better descend to earth.
15:07You giving up on her?
15:09Not answering her phone, half an hour late.
15:11I don't know.
15:13Stood up by his own missus.
15:15Who was it this week?
15:17Bethany Platt.
15:19Told you, more unto themselves.
15:21See you later, my dear.
15:23Brian.
15:25Brian.
15:27What can we do for you?
15:29You heard it here first, it was Joel Dearing.
15:31Old news.
15:33Released without charge.
15:35Unbelievable.
15:37Try being Roy.
15:39Canada, Loftus Appeal, four-game suspension.
15:41Where do you see yourself in ten years' time?
15:43Erm, ten years.
15:46I don't know, it's difficult to say.
15:48Let's try something else.
15:50Can you tell me about an incident in the workplace
15:52where you've had to think on your feet?
15:54On my feet?
15:56Er, let's see.
15:59How far away is the earth from the moon?
16:02Eh?
16:04They'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.
16:11They might want to test your general knowledge.
16:13Look, they're never going to ask me
16:15how far away the moon is, are they?
16:17Have a guess, though.
16:19Oh, I don't know.
16:2150 miles?
16:2350 miles?
16:25Approximately 240,000 miles.
16:27Bang on.
16:29What about Mars?
16:31Er, 140 million miles.
16:34Er, who's getting interviewed here?
16:36Me or him?
16:38How fast can an elephant run?
16:39Oh.
16:41Wish me luck.
16:43You won't need it.
16:45I'm nervous.
16:47Nerves are good.
16:4925 miles an hour.
16:51What?
16:53That's how fast an elephant can go. Rapid.
16:55Oh, I need to get the tram.
16:57You'll smash it.
16:59Oh, can't stop.
17:01Oh, right.
17:03Interview.
17:05She's bricking it.
17:07Why did she leave?
17:09Yeah.
17:11Still, we'd love to now.
17:15Hi.
17:17It's good news.
17:19Let me say that straight away.
17:21Well, that's fantastic.
17:23Everything came back clear.
17:25No need for chemotherapy.
17:27Is this a dream?
17:29We'll do bloods,
17:31follow-up scans.
17:33You'll be in and out of the garage for a while.
17:35Understood.
17:37And how often will that be?
17:39Probably after that, if everything looks good.
17:42I feel like dancing.
17:44What are the chances of it coming back?
17:47It's always difficult to say.
17:49But I think we can be optimistic.
17:58Well, 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, that's gonna stop him.
18:05You know, I told him everything and still it's no good.
18:07He'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?
18:21No, 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.
18:34Will they let Nathan go?
18:36The stuff they found on those memory sticks, I don't think so.
18:37Yeah, but the evidence, her DNA.
18:39Look, let's just let the police work it out, OK?
18:42Yeah, good luck with that.
18:44Well, you're the one that told them it was him.
18:46Why should anyone trust me?
18:48Let's just keep the faith, OK?
18:54I'm going back to the hospital.
18:59Look, I'm sorry for being mad at you.
19:02I'm sorry this has happened.
19:08He helped me look for her.
19:10All he wanted was to get there first.
19:12Please, just let us do our job.
19:14Feel free, don't let me stop you.
19:16To be clear, we locked up Nathan Curtis,
19:19the man you thought was guilty.
19:21Maybe they're in it together.
19:23Just go home.
19:25What did Ellie say?
19:27Because these blokes stick together, it's organised.
19:29Until more evidence comes to light,
19:31this is where we find ourselves.
19:33I'm sorry if you feel disappointed
19:34but we're not all here to please you.
19:36We are trying to get a conviction based on fact.
19:38You're letting Joel get away with it.
19:40Miss Platt, I...
19:42So if I bump into him in the street,
19:44what am I supposed to do?
19:46What are any of us supposed to do?
19:48We advise you to report any suspicious behaviour.
19:50And what would be the point?
19:52Could his behaviour get any more suspicious
19:54than it already is?
19:56Lauren has literally told you that it was him.
19:58That is all the proof that you need.
20:00If only.
20:02Oh, one more thing.
20:04My mum's flat got broken into
20:06when 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
20:15that Lauren was using my credit card.
20:17Do you remember?
20:19I came to see you that day.
20:21You brushed me off then,
20:23just like you're brushing me off now.
20:25But what if that was him?
20:27What if he's actually madder than any of us realise?
20:29It's Wayne's world.
20:31They've been calling that for donkeys, apparently.
20:32Someone wrote,
20:34totally excellent on the whiteboard once
20:36and she blew a stack.
20:38She's good police, though.
20:40Maybe.
20:42No?
20:44Well, if Joel attacked Lauren,
20:46why is he still on the streets?
20:48Have you heard anything?
20:50Your mum's interview?
20:52She's been gone hours.
20:54Yeah, well, maybe she met an old school friend
20:56and they ran off together.
20:58Harsh.
21:00Sorry.
21:02When will we all get on?
21:09Hiya.
21:11What are you doing back?
21:13Toilet, what about you?
21:15Oh, I just nipped back to sort this lot out.
21:17Oh, right.
21:19Where are the girls?
21:21Oh, Evelyn's took Ruby into town.
21:23Hope's on the rack.
21:25How was she?
21:27A-L-I-N-A.
21:29Yeah, no more phone calls to that squad
21:30and what about Kevin?
21:32Has he paid our money back yet?
21:36Look, Fiz,
21:38I lied to you.
21:40It 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
22:01but this whole thing with Lauren
22:04is over now.
22:06The slate's been wiped clean.
22:10Take me back.
22:25That fling with Lauren was the worst mistake of my life
22:28but I have learnt my lesson, I swear.
22:30What do you mean?
22:33You're the only person I ever wanted to be with
22:35but it was driving me crazy the fact that, you know,
22:38we 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.
22:48That was a stupid thing to say.
22:50But very revealing.
22:52So what, you had a need
22:54but you were happy to exploit a young girl
22:56to satisfy betraying me in the process?
22:58You make it sound...
23:00It was.
23:04You're pathetic.
23:08Baby.
23:10I was weak
23:12and I couldn't be more ashamed.
23:14I hate myself for letting you down.
23:18So what, Lauren's telling a pack of lies, is she?
23:20Yes.
23:22I did a terrible thing
23:24but 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.
23:33You have to know that girl is lying.
23:39I don't know what to believe anymore.
23:44Give me your phone.
23:46My phone?
23:48Yeah, and your work phone.
23:50If Lauren's lying,
23:52there'll be nothing on them to corroborate her story.
23:56Take them.
23:58For as long as you like.
24:00I need to find.
24:02We'll see, won't we?
24:04Where are you going?
24:08This will take time.
24:10So you can either wait here
24:12or you can come back later, it's up to you.
24:15I'll wait.
24:22You do know she's gonna flip when she finds out.
24:26Well, hopefully she won't.
24:27How are you gonna get custody of Dorian
24:29without her finding out?
24:31Well, that's the thing,
24:33it doesn't actually have to go to court.
24:35She's his mother, Ty.
24:37Do you think she's just gonna leave him here with you?
24:39You've lost your mind.
24:41Look, I don't want her to leave him here.
24:43I 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
24:54with us around him.
24:55Elena's been happy here once, she can be again.
25:00Nice one.
25:06Cheers for this, mate.
25:08You got any plans for this evening?
25:11Oh, thought I'd stroll along the beach,
25:13casino, drink some Scarlet Johansson,
25:16come 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?
25:27Usual table at Savoy?
25:29Nah, you can get fed up of a place.
25:31Look, I don't want to pry.
25:34Told you, you won't get very far with that attitude in a CID.
25:38I've been thinking, yeah?
25:40If you can forgive Bernie after everything,
25:43then maybe I could go easy on me now.
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.
25:51We'll see how it goes.
25:53But you're still giving her a chance.
25:55Maybe 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,
26:06she was bang out of order.
26:08You know, if you got caught holding money for their knock-offs,
26:11your career would have been up the spout before it started.
26:14She was panicking.
26:16She had her back against the wall, then she chose herself.
26:18It tells you a lot.
26:19It tells you a lot.
26:23It's going to be humiliating for them.
26:26No, it won't be, because...
26:28people that matter will understand the situation, won't they?
26:31I've got a son, and I want to be part of his life.
26:35I probably won't even have to see Alina that much.
26:38What about if we have word day, like couples do?
26:41Just going to be their prime position to pick up the pieces.
26:45No.
26:47She will.
26:49Right.
26:51I 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.
27:02And a lot more besides.
27:04No, look, you're getting carried away.
27:06None of this is going to happen.
27:08I don't want it to happen. I won't let it happen.
27:11Well, even if I believe that, what about Hope?
27:14What's she going to make of all this?
27:16Because she's already struggling, isn't she?
27:17She thinks they're going home.
27:19Right, I'm not pretending this is all going to be easy.
27:22And I'm sorry if it came across that way.
27:26But 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.
27:40Wait!
27:42Boyfriend was looking for you.
27:44Right.
27:45Well, that was his 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.
27:54Yeah, Joel fooled us all.
27:57You never really visualise creeps like that in a sharp suit or a high-powered job, do you?
28:01Not you as well.
28:03Just because Joel was involved doesn't mean that Nathan isn't.
28:06Well, 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.
28:13But why would Lauren lie?
28:15Because Nathan is a manipulative scumbag.
28:17He probably did a number on her, just like he did to me.
28:20Well, you're probably right about him being, you know, manipulative.
28:24But from what I can see, I think Lauren's probably telling the truth.
28:28Why would she lie before?
28:30And 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.
28:37What's this?
28:39Your stuff.
28:41You can't have found anything on my phones.
28:44How naive do you think I am?
28:46You know, I was sat in there scrolling, and it occurred to me,
28:49you wouldn't be so stupid as to leave anything incriminating on here.
28:52What? So I'm some master criminal now?
28:54What world do you think I live in?
28:56Every day, we both work with clients who use burner phones as a matter of routine.
29:01Who do you think I am? Sorry.
29:02There's no trace of anything suggesting a relationship with Lauren on these.
29:06No sweet nothings, no arranging a meet-up,
29:09no desperate pleas or apologies by text.
29:12Well, I'm not just going to leave them there for you to stumble across, am I?
29:15Oh, so you did cover your tracks, I rest my case.
29:18I can't win it.
29:20No, you can't, and neither can I.
29:24Yesterday, you're my everything, Joel.
29:28You're my everything.
29:29Yesterday, you'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.
29:49Why would I do that if I had something serious to hide?
29:52Because you knew Lauren's placenta would get retested,
29:55and you'd have to explain away the misoprostol.
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.
30:13You know, I can't believe you would be so thick
30:17as to let that scheming little cow deceive you.
30:19Yeah, well, that used to be your job, but not anymore, eh?
30:22Now get out.
30:27Oh, you're all right, Roy.
30:29Didn't expect to see you here.
30:31That's what I said.
30:33Well, I thought I'd drop in and see how she's doing.
30:37I don't think you cared.
30:39I mean, you've got every reason not to.
30:41I don't have the tenacity for grudges.
30:45So, how are you? Are you feeling better?
30:49Yeah.
30:51I'm fine.
30:52How are you? Are you feeling better?
30:55Yeah.
30:57I mean, I'll be happier when I'm away from here.
30:59Right, so you are still planning on leaving, then?
31:01I just need to get away from Joel.
31:04Well, if Joel is as relentless and cunning as you say he is,
31:10he might be more difficult to escape than you think.
31:13Exactly.
31:15Yeah, losing yourself in a community where you're not known
31:18might be of help to Joel.
31:19Remaining 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.
31:32People who, well, could understand the ordeal that you went through
31:36and offer specialised support.
31:39I mean, you're better off here.
31:41You're not going on the run.
31:43It didn't do you any good last time, did it?
31:45Worked for a while.
31:47Not for everyone.
31:50I'm sorry, Roy.
31:52You know for what I put you through.
31:54Well, it wasn't so much you as the police and the press.
32:00The hue and cry of social media.
32:03Though I would be lying if I didn't say I wish you'd come forward sooner.
32:08Aside from losing Hayley, it was the worst experience of my life.
32:12I'd have come back sooner to tell the police,
32:15but I was just scared to death of him.
32:17I mean, I still am.
32:19Yeah, I understand.
32:26You were quiet on the way home.
32:28Ditto.
32:30Yeah.
32:32As if I'm just trying to absorb it all.
32:34Double ditto.
32:36Although...
32:38What?
32:39Well, now it's starting to sink in.
32:41I feel like there's too much space to think.
32:43I don't follow.
32:45Well, wherever I went, it was always in here, you know?
32:49The cancers.
32:5124-7 it was my go-to.
32:53Anytime, anyplace.
32:55And now you don't know what to do with your thoughts.
32:57Well, when I was diagnosed, I just put everything on hold.
33:00I mean, you don't think about the future,
33:03because, I don't know, it would have felt like flicking the V's of fate,
33:07asking for it.
33:09I suppose now you can give fate the finger?
33:12No, nobody can afford to do that.
33:14I was like Schrödinger's cat,
33:16dead and alive all at once.
33:18I can't pretend to know what that means or what it feels like.
33:22Come on.
33:25You're off the tightrope now.
33:27You've got the all clear.
33:29Yeah.
33:31Trouble is, I'm not quite sure what to do with it.
33:33Yeah.
33:35How about we start with a glass of something cold and sparkling?
33:37Yeah.
33:39Yeah, sounds good to me.
33:48You again.
33:50I'll have to make you a bed up here.
33:52Yeah.
33:54Yeah, 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.
34:05I 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,
34:15I 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 where 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.
34:30You never mentioned this conversation before.
34:33I was trying to protect her.
34:35What?
34:37She needs protecting from herself?
34:39I still don't follow.
34:41Well, it's obvious that
34:43she and Lauren both felt rejected by me.
34:45And then they cooked up
34:47these ridiculous allegations between them.
34:49Sounds more like conjecture to me.
34:52But we'd best get it on tape.
34:54You want to come through?
35:05Yeah.
35:10Lauren!
35:13You scared us.
35:15Sorry.
35:17I thought you were him.
35:19You know, it's took us all day
35:21to pluck up the courage to come out here
35:23just for some fresh air.
35:25Yeah, I bet.
35:27Surprised you even took the risk.
35:29Yeah, well,
35:31sometimes you just have to get away
35:33from that hospital smell, you know.
35:35I didn't expect to see you.
35:37Yeah, well, I didn't expect to hear
35:39that Nathan was in the clear.
35:42Come.
35:44I'm sorry if I missed you about.
35:46I'm just a bit confused, to be honest.
35:48Are you saying that he wasn't involved?
35:50I hadn't even heard of this Nathan
35:52until he was arrested.
35:54So why did you tell the police that it was him?
35:56Because Joel made me.
35:58He wanted to keep everybody looking.
36:00That's why he convinced me to lie about Nathan
36:02even though we'd never met.
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
36:12after the lunchtime no-show.
36:14Yeah, well, I got waylaid
36:16and we're actually in the middle of something, so.
36:18No, it's all right.
36:20You're not interrupting anything.
36:22Not the vibe I'm getting.
36:24I'm simply trying to find out the truth.
36:26And I told you the truth.
36:28Look, I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner
36:30and I know how upsetting it must have been
36:31for you having everything dragged up again.
36:33This isn't about the past.
36:35This is about the here and now
36:37and the damage that Nathan can still do if you let him.
36:39She says that Nathan's innocent.
36:41Then she's wrong or she's lying, one of the two.
36:43Bethany.
36:45I'm not lying.
36:47It was Joel. It was all Joel.
36:49It can't have been.
36:51There is so much evidence.
36:53Nathan literally followed you on OVIDs
36:55and Ellie said that you groomed her.
36:57How do you explain all that?
36:59I don't know.
37:01OK?
37:03This isn't over.
37:05I know that Nathan's up to his neck in all of this.
37:09Sorry.
37:11I'll try and smooth things over
37:13so you don't have to worry about anything.
37:15OK?
37:17OK.
37:19Daniel.
37:21Look, I know how bad things got.
37:23You know, with me going missing and that
37:25and I just wanted to say I'm sorry.
37:27I know.
37:29And I do get why you did what you did.
37:31I'm scared you must have been.
37:34OK.
37:36No hard feelings.
37:38Promise.
37:40I suppose I'd better go.
37:42See you.
37:44See you.
37:47What about the other jobs?
37:49Not unless it's as a car crash dummy,
37:51the 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.
37:59When I have a sliding doors moment,
38:01I just get my head stuck.
38:03You're not beat till the day you give up.
38:05Yeah, well, in that case, I'm beat.
38:07What I'm saying is,
38:09you've just got to keep going.
38:11And one day, if you're lucky, you'll get...
38:13Die.
38:15I'm already dead to some people.
38:17That's what this is all about.
38:19It's not to do with the job.
38:21No, it's all part of the same stinking hole.
38:23I've failed at everything,
38:25even being a mum.
38:26You two just need your heads banging together.
38:28Why don't you go over there,
38:30buy him a drink and sort things out?
38:32Have you ever thought about becoming a counsellor?
38:35No. Do you think I should?
38:37Absolutely not. I'm going home.
38:44Oh, you went to the bistro.
38:46Well, you really have pushed the boat out.
38:48Yeah.
38:50Nothing but the third best champagne
38:52would do on a day like this.
38:54Well, I'll have to develop a life-threatening illness
38:56I don't say that.
38:58I don't think I could go through this again.
39:00No, I wouldn't be too keen myself,
39:02however good the champagne.
39:07What for?
39:09This. Everything.
39:11I wouldn't be here without you.
39:13Yeah.
39:15I wouldn't be anywhere else.
39:17I don't know what we're going to do
39:19when Leanne gets back.
39:21Well, for now, let's just enjoy
39:23the 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
39:29for months now, so
39:31one more night won't hurt.
39:33Yeah.
39:38Well, 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
39:52once Frankie were good to go.
39:54What, because of Jo?
39:56Yeah.
39:59Look, I'm sorry about this morning.
40:02I shouldn't have had a go at you.
40:04You're in shock. We all were.
40:06I believe in town won't fix anything.
40:08I know.
40:11Ryan managed to talk some sense into me.
40:15Well, I'm glad, because it looks like
40:17we're going to need to stick together.
40:19Really?
40:20Yeah.
40:22DS Wayne called me earlier.
40:24Jo's been down the cop shop again.
40:26He sat her down and told her
40:28we put our heads together and
40:30made the whole thing up to get back at him.
40:32Yeah, but she doesn't believe him, surely?
40:34She's sceptical, but
40:36the whole woman scorned cliche
40:39plays well with juries.
40:41At the very least, it muddies the waters.
40:43Yeah, well, it's not true.
40:45Yeah, we know that.
40:47I just hope when the time comes
40:48we 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.
41:04Left her at the flat, thinks she wanted some time on her own.
41:06One can understand the confusion, man.
41:09Sorry?
41:11I couldn't help overhearing your chat.
41:13I'm sure your Bethany must be wondering what
41:15Lauren's DNA was doing in this chap Nathan's van,
41:18if 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.
41:30I was only taking a polite interest.
41:32Well, you'd be taking an impolite, kicking your dry roasted
41:34if you don't wind your neck in.
41:36It seems old.
41:38I knew he was right about one thing.
41:40What?
41:42It is a mystery.
41:43Hmm.
41:45One that we could deal with solving
41:47if we want Bethany to have any sort of peace.
41:49Do you think that Kit could be involved, like we thought?
41:51Do you know what I think?
41:53I 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.
42:01Here you go, boys.
42:03Mona, after the day you've had, I'll get these.
42:05Keep the change.
42:07Oh, thanks, Gav.
42:09That's heart, although you might want to save that sympathy for Fiz.
42:11She's been through a lot lately, hasn't she?
42:13Till now?
42:15Yeah, yeah, she's finding it difficult
42:17with the thought of Alina living loco, you know.
42:19Well, it is a hell of a lot to ask of her.
42:21I know that.
42:23What choice have I got?
42:25Here's my son.
42:27I mean, it half killed me when I lost Jack.
42:30I'm sorry.
42:32No, I don't want to pick the bones out of that.
42:34That was an impossible situation,
42:36but, you know, this isn't.
42:38It's difficult, I get that, but we can make it work.
42:40I mean, we have to.
42:41We can't lose another son.
42:49The blue one.
42:53It's got some silly water.
42:57Yeah, it's definitely her.
42:59She's sitting in the bar with her kid.
43:01Thank you so much. Thank you.
43:04Look, I don't understand.
43:06How did you manage to get hold of his phone?
43:08Oh, he handed them over gladly
43:09and I thought he was pulling the wool over my eyes.
43:11Go on.
43:13Well, I said I wanted to check them
43:15to check out your story.
43:17Like I haven't already worked out
43:19he'd have used a burner phone for all of that.
43:21But he was so pleased with himself,
43:23he actually waited in the living room
43:25whilst I sat on my bed
43:27and loaded the Trekker app to his phones.
43:29They'd go ape if he knew.
43:31Wouldn't he just?
43:33But now the app is on your phone
43:35so you don't have to be scared.
43:37He never goes anywhere without his phone,
43:39so you know where he is at all times.
43:41Really?
43:43Yeah, it'd be right there on the screen.
43:45So if he tries popping in,
43:47you make sure security are waiting to greet him.
43:49Better yet, the police.
43:54I can't tell you how much peace of mind
43:56this is going to give us.
43:58Yeah, well, I said I'd bring down Joel
44:01and unlike him, I keep my promises.
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