Emmerdale - Aftermath of Ella's Attack On Wendy (23rd August 2024)
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00:00I just want to get it over with.
00:27Sorry to have left you here so long.
00:29I'll be conducting the interview as soon as your solicitor gets here.
00:32I didn't ask for a solicitor.
00:33I've been told somebody's organised one for you.
00:36Who?
00:37No idea.
00:38But they're on the way.
00:40And you'll need a bit of time with them before we start.
00:43What's the point?
00:44Best to have one.
00:46Accept all the help you can get.
00:47You must know who I am.
00:48What I've done.
00:49We'll try not to keep you waiting too much longer.
00:53Enjoy your breakfast.
00:54Yeah, but if I hadn't have sent Amelia that selfie, right, she wouldn't have posted it,
01:07Gary wouldn't have turned up and none of this would have happened.
01:10I just feel so stupid.
01:13Yeah.
01:14But you can't blame yourself.
01:17He just wanted to make a birthday special.
01:19And now I've ended up making it one of the worst.
01:21I think that ship's sailed a long time ago.
01:24You know, I was at the police station this morning, first thing, I couldn't sleep.
01:30They wouldn't let me see her.
01:31They wouldn't tell me anything.
01:32I just don't understand where any of this has come from, you know?
01:35I know she was upset because, you know, but to lose it like that with Wendy, I mean, where
01:40was her head at?
01:42She did say yesterday before the police arrived that she wants to go back home.
01:48I think she wants to get herself arrested.
01:51But that makes no sense.
01:52I know, Mandy, but she's had a life none of us can understand.
01:55Spent most of it in prison, so ironically, it's the place she feels safest.
01:59But she never meant to hurt Wendy.
02:02If we could just persuade her to drop the complaint.
02:06Good luck with that.
02:08Shall I?
02:09Yeah.
02:12Right, well, I bet I can guess why you're both here.
02:18Well, we just wanted to check up on you after yesterday.
02:20You had quite a shock.
02:22Yeah, you're telling me.
02:24You know, it was totally out of character for Ella.
02:28Here we go.
02:29Well, it was.
02:30Was it, though?
02:31I mean, we don't really know her.
02:34And what we do know, it's not great.
02:37Well, that was in the past.
02:39It's who she is.
02:40Who she was, Wendy.
02:42Look, why are you both on her side when you should be supporting me?
02:46No, we are.
02:47Look, we understand how difficult it must have been,
02:51but you were never really in any danger.
02:54Um, Liam.
02:55Are you serious?
02:57Look at the state of her!
02:59I was on my own with her.
03:01I had no idea what she was going to do next.
03:03And, yes, I was.
03:04I was scared.
03:05I mean, she just wasn't herself.
03:08Exactly.
03:09She did what she did because Gary turned up like that.
03:12She did it so that you'd call the police.
03:15She wanted to punish herself.
03:17She wanted to end up back in prison.
03:19Well, maybe that's where she should be.
03:21No.
03:22Look, I tried.
03:23I tried to talk to her.
03:24I tried to be her friend.
03:26But she...
03:27She went crazy.
03:28It was like a switch flipped, and she...
03:31She lost it.
03:32I mean, we can't just gloss over that.
03:35She deserves another chance.
03:37Liam, she's had plenty of chances,
03:39and she threw them all back in our faces.
03:41You're just letting your feelings get in the way of the facts.
03:45What she did was wrong.
03:48And let's face it, it's not a first offence,
03:50so I think justice should take its course.
03:53Please, Wendy.
03:55If she ends up back inside,
03:58she will go back to square one.
04:02I never wanted a birthday party.
04:05I don't want to be reminded of what day it is.
04:08But my friends taught me round.
04:10I should have known better.
04:12I can't do the stuff people take for granted.
04:16Gary had every right to be angry.
04:18I don't blame him.
04:20But it was still hard, you know?
04:22Seeing him, dealing with him.
04:25I had to get out of there.
04:27Where did he go?
04:28You don't need to answer that.
04:30Into the street.
04:32If Gary followed me, he wouldn't leave me alone.
04:35That's when Wendy found me and tried to help.
04:38She took me to the surgery.
04:40Then what happened?
04:41You don't need to answer that.
04:43She could see I was in a stir.
04:45She was trying to be nice.
04:47And it wound me up.
04:48Why would that wind you up?
04:49You don't need to answer that either.
04:52Because of where my head was at.
04:54My client was in crisis, as stated by her GP.
04:57I was angry and I hit her.
04:59I don't think you should say any more.
05:01Why? I'm telling the truth.
05:04My client and I need to talk in private.
05:06No, we don't. I don't need you.
05:08I was retained as your solicitor by Dr Kavanagh.
05:11Liam?
05:13Why would he do that?
05:14He's concerned for your welfare.
05:17He was here this morning when he called my office.
05:20Well, you can thank him, but he's wasting his money.
05:23They're going to bang me up.
05:28I've got your texts. What's up?
05:30I just spoke to the solicitor.
05:32Ella sent her packing.
05:33Why would she do that?
05:35She's obviously not thinking straight.
05:37Sadly, I think she is.
05:38She knows what she wants and it's to be back inside.
05:40We need to find a way of getting through to her.
05:42But how? I can't...
05:48Hello, Ella.
05:50We were just talking about you.
05:52I didn't think they'd let you out.
05:54Did they charge you?
05:56No.
05:58I'd confessed.
06:00I was back in the cell, but then they told me
06:02that the witness had dropped the complaint and that I could go.
06:04What? I spoke to Wendy.
06:06She was prepared to consider it.
06:08She must have changed her mind.
06:10You didn't need to get involved.
06:12I did it for you.
06:16We're so worried.
06:18I'm so happy to see you,
06:20but I must say I'm quite surprised.
06:22I wasn't sure if you'd want to come back.
06:24I'm surprised myself.
06:26I'd got it into my head
06:28that I'd be better off back inside,
06:30but when they said I could go, I was relieved.
06:32I couldn't believe it.
06:34I didn't know where else to go.
06:36This is your home.
06:38Is it? Yeah.
06:40Look, I'd understand
06:42if you and Wendy and Manpreet don't want me around
06:44after yesterday.
06:46Is it OK if I stay at the salon
06:48for a couple of days so I can move on?
06:50Find somewhere new? I want you here.
06:52We all do.
06:54We can't let you leave.
06:56Why don't you just stay at mine?
06:58You've already done enough. You should not be on your own.
07:00I'm used to it.
07:02A pokey little bed above a salon
07:04is not a home.
07:06You need somewhere stable to get your life
07:08back on track, and that's what I'm offering.
07:10As a friend, of course. Are you sure?
07:12If I were you, I'd bite his hand off.
07:16Go on, what do you say?
07:20Right, well,
07:22make yourself at home. You know where everything goes.
07:24And just put anything
07:26wherever you want. You can
07:28leave your bra on the door handle if you like.
07:30OK.
07:32I'm only saying that because Mandy's always
07:34leaving her bras
07:36lying around. I should really just stop talking about bras,
07:38shouldn't I? Yeah.
07:40You're being weird. Yeah, I am. Sorry.
07:42Are you having second thoughts?
07:44No, absolutely not.
07:46No, I want you here.
07:48Is this OK? I haven't put too much pressure on you?
07:50No.
07:52I still can't believe you asked me to move back in.
07:54After everything I did,
07:56to give me a second chance.
07:58You're a special man, Liam Kavanagh.
08:00Well, we're friends.
08:02It's what friends do, eh? We help each other.
08:06And I'm grateful, but
08:08I don't think everybody would be so keen to have me back.
08:10Especially Wendy.
08:14I'm sure she'll understand.
08:16She's always been so kind to me. She didn't deserve that.
08:20I know it's no excuse, but
08:22yesterday, my birthday,
08:24I was already feeling the pressure, and then Gary turned up
08:26and he just got too much.
08:28Yeah.
08:30Yeah, you won't do anything like that again, will you?
08:32No. I've got far too much to lose now.
08:34Good.
08:38Look, why don't I just get us a take-out,
08:40a bottle of wine, and we'd celebrate your fresh start?
08:42That'd be lovely.
08:44Great. Well, you get settled.
08:46Won't be long.
08:58Hi. Two lasagnas to take-away, please,
09:00and a side salad.
09:02We don't do take-aways.
09:04Oh, no, I texted Marlon, said he'd be fine.
09:06Oh, did you now? Go on, then.
09:08Thanks. And two sticky toffee puddings,
09:10my favourite. Although it's all a bit stodgy, isn't it?
09:12Don't tell Marlon that.
09:14Oh, no, I mean it's delicious. I just mean, you know,
09:16it's a bit too much for us.
09:18Well, moving's overrated.
09:20Who's the other one for, then? Is it Bear?
09:22Cos I know he likes to slob out after a big meal.
09:24Actually, it's, um...
09:26It's... It's Pharrella.
09:28Yeah, she's, um, moved back in with me.
09:30Oh.
09:32You don't waste any time, do you?
09:34I heard she'd been arrested.
09:36And released. Yeah, thankfully.
09:38Well, I'm very pleased for the pair of you.
09:40And we're just friends, nothing more.
09:42No, you don't need to explain.
09:44She's got you wrapped right around her finger.
09:46It's not like that.
09:48Right, I'm going to go and sort your order with Marlon. I won't be a sec.
09:50No, don't rush.
09:56I was, um...
09:58hoping to bump into you. Can I buy you a drink?
10:00I'm waiting for Bob, and he...
10:02he won't be long.
10:04I just wanted to
10:06thank you for withdrawing
10:08your complaint against Ella.
10:10Well, you and Manpreet put me under
10:12a lot of pressure, so...
10:14We... We didn't mean to.
10:16Yes, you did, and it would have made us all
10:18working together very awkward if I'd have stuck to my guns.
10:20Well, I wouldn't have
10:22held it against you. I would have understood your reasons.
10:24Oh, it didn't feel like that. Anyway, look, it's done.
10:26Let's just hope
10:28I don't live to regret it, eh?
10:30You won't. Ella is a good person.
10:32I'm not sure
10:34I trust your judgment on that, Liam,
10:36because I saw another side
10:38of her yesterday, and it scared me.
10:40I mean, no matter what her reasons
10:42were, she's... she's
10:44clearly unstable.
10:46Is that your medical opinion?
10:48Oh, and is that you trying to undermine me?
10:50No! Look...
10:52Ella knows what she did was wrong.
10:54She was acting irrationally
10:56because of Gary. She was upset.
10:58Oh, yeah, Gary upset her, but then, of course,
11:00he's still grieving from the last
11:02time she acted irrationally.
11:04Oh, no, that is not fair. Isn't it?
11:06Why is it that you can see it from her point of view
11:08and not from his? I can!
11:10Look, Ella has served her time.
11:12She can't keep paying for the past.
11:14What happened yesterday
11:16was in the present. She'd lost it
11:18and she attacked me.
11:20So what happens next time something goes wrong
11:22for her, hmm?