Emmerdale 17th September 2024
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00:30What are you thinking about?
00:41More than I can put into words.
00:44Just how fast things change, mostly.
00:47Oh.
00:49Did you call Chas?
00:50And check that she's bringing the boys straight here after the school?
00:53As long as you're up to it.
00:55It's one of the only things that's going to make any of this feel normal.
01:00Right.
01:02Are you suggesting that I'm not up to seeing them?
01:05Because I'm not made of glass, Cain.
01:07I know.
01:09But you're also not fine, so you're just going to have to put up with me
01:12working out what's best for you.
01:14What's best is me seeing my boys.
01:17Working out how I'm going to tell them.
01:20We tell them together because we're in this together.
01:23Yeah.
01:25Except you get to swear of the symptoms and the seizures, right?
01:32Sorry. Not helpful.
01:39It's OK.
01:42You don't have to apologise. Not to me.
01:49Right, you colour in the cattle for Mummy.
01:51Good girl.
01:55Whoa. Seriously?
01:57Don't judge. I have got a stinking hangover.
02:00Well, I'm hardly feeling sparkly myself.
02:03Jobs and kids do not mix.
02:07Have you thought any more about what we were talking about yesterday?
02:11Yeah.
02:13I've decided I need to move on with my life
02:17and put my past behind me somehow.
02:21Speaking of which...
02:23Ladies. Ruby.
02:25Oh.
02:27I take it you've come for your posh food order.
02:29Well, I haven't had a chance to pack it up yet.
02:31Oh, you can save yourself the effort. I don't need it any more.
02:34What? Why don't you?
02:36Not that it's your concern, but Chas was coming over for dinner
02:39and now she can't make it.
02:41But you've ordered it. You can't just unorder it.
02:43I didn't realise you were such a stickler for rules, Tracy.
02:45Not when it comes to marriage vows.
02:47I, er... I should get going.
02:53Oh. You OK?
02:55Oh, yeah.
02:57It's just ace juggling a bored three-year-old in this place.
03:00Mm. Well, perhaps if you hadn't cheated on Nate.
03:05And maybe if you hadn't forced Caleb to sabotage my nursery,
03:09I wouldn't be in this mess.
03:11Come on, ladies, quick. Please chill.
03:13I thought that near-death experience might have chilled you out a bit.
03:16Seems not. Is it not better if we're just best mates, eh?
03:19Is it? Ask me when I'm less tired.
03:22I can look after Frankie for you.
03:24Give you some time to yourself, yeah?
03:26We can bear with a few of these guys, can't we?
03:28Oh, thanks, Mandy. That's amazing.
03:31Gosh, this is awkward.
03:33Only I was about to ask if you and Paddy fancied coming over
03:36for an early dinner?
03:38Well, yeah.
03:40Why not? It saves me wasting all that fancy food
03:43that Tracy seems so concerned I pay for,
03:45and it'd be a nice chance to get to know my extended family.
03:48Oh. All right. Sounds ace.
03:51Thank you. What?
03:53Oh, yeah. Cheers, mans.
03:55Oh, right. I can have Frankie another time for you, you know?
03:58Because it'd be rude to throw back rubies in there in her face, you know?
04:01After a few beverages, meaning you could best mates, eh?
04:04Oh, lucky me. Oh! Right.
04:11Thanks for taking the kids this morning.
04:13Kyle does know that I'm picking him up, yeah?
04:15It's just that, well, I've counselled on Caleb and Ruby,
04:18so I can take them. Yeah.
04:20Hey. Vanessa, can I have a word?
04:24Yeah, it's quick.
04:25I only called in to drop Marlon's charger off for Rona.
04:28It's about Tom being suspended from the surgery.
04:30Ah, that kind of thing's really between us and him.
04:33Are you two still in touch, then? No.
04:35No, I just think that the way he's being treated
04:37is dead wrong. Right.
04:40Listen, why don't you come up to the Hyde with me later,
04:44grab a bit of lunch and we could have a catch-up?
04:46Why?
04:48Because I think you've been going through a bit of a rough time lately
04:51and could do with a friend. Yeah, all right.
04:54Well, anything that means that I'm paying less is a bonus, right?
04:58Fab. Well, I'm on my break around four.
05:01Great.
05:03If you're hoping you can talk some sense into her...
05:06I'm just hoping to keep her talking full stop, Chas.
05:10Find out what's really going on.
05:18Whoa! What's with all the noise, woman?
05:21We're having a dinner party. Tonight.
05:23I thought Chas cancelled.
05:25She did. We've got Mandy instead.
05:29Are you being serious?
05:31Well, I might have asked her to make a point to Tracey.
05:34Still, give me a chance to wear the new dress and shoes you bought me.
05:38Didn't I add?
05:40Yeah, well, I hadn't had a chance to tell you yet.
05:42You left your card on the side yesterday when you deserted me for Cain
05:45and I needed a little pick-me-up.
05:47You know, after almost dying.
05:49Well, you can have six new dresses for me, I've told you.
05:52Oh, that's great.
05:54Well, I'd rather you help me get things ready for them coming tonight.
05:57Oh, no, sorry. Sorry I can't.
05:59Why not?
06:01Cos I've managed to get that cash injection I was after.
06:03I need to sort out the finer details.
06:05Well, can't you do it later?
06:06Seriously, I'm bending over backwards here
06:08to embrace your eccentric, extended family.
06:10Yes, and I love you for it.
06:12As soon as I'm done, I'm all yours. I promise.
06:14Mm-hm.
06:19Well, come on.
06:22What can I get you?
06:24Just a coffee, please.
06:26Have you told Nicola about Tom?
06:28Don't like to worry her when she's with Angel.
06:30And, you know, the gossips will soon move on.
06:33Well, I've just asked Vanessa before if he'd still be suspended if he came home.
06:36And?
06:38He's going crazy if we're not doing it.
06:40Too much time to think about stuff.
06:44You've spoken to him, then?
06:46No.
06:48No, I'm just saying...
06:50It must be hard for him, I imagine.
06:52Go and grab a table.
06:54Right-o.
07:06I thought you'd gone dark.
07:08You what?
07:10You know, off-grid, unreachable. It's a military thing.
07:12I've sent you loads of texts.
07:14I knew what you meant.
07:16I'm not going to lose.
07:18Not now.
07:22They've gone in hard on Kim.
07:24Nicked one of her horses, just to hammer home the fact that they're serious about getting the money.
07:28How did she take it?
07:30Oh, she was thrilled, Jimmy.
07:32She said that they seemed like professionals.
07:34Well, that's not good.
07:36Thanks for that.
07:38Talking about no good, what's happening with your Tom? I've been hearing all sorts.
07:41Oh, it's all lies for my money.
07:43You said before that you weren't so sure about him.
07:45You know, what Belle was saying about him.
07:47That's before I saw how cut up he was about it all.
07:51He was in pieces. You can't fake that.
07:54What, have you set up?
07:56I do.
07:58So, what happens now?
08:00I've no idea.
08:02I've got their tent cable. The number that I used yesterday just goes dead,
08:05so I've no way of contacting them.
08:07What happens if they come back in the meantime?
08:09They'd do even worse than just nick a horse.
08:13Can you not reconsider coming clean?
08:15At least that way, Kim would be on her guard.
08:17No, no, not now.
08:19Not when I'm this close to making it all go away.
08:23I never sit in the front.
08:25Hey.
08:27Come on, smiley faces, smiley faces.
08:29Hello!
08:31Here we go.
08:33Hey.
08:35Hey.
08:37Oh, that's nice.
08:39I've missed you both so much.
08:42Come on, come and sit with me.
08:45Oh, you're getting big, Isaac.
08:48Why couldn't we come to the hospital?
08:50Oh, well, cos I knew I wasn't going to be in there for long, didn't I?
08:53Yeah.
08:55So you're OK, Mum?
08:57Yes and no. It's complicated.
09:00How is it?
09:02Right, I'm going to give you some space, leave you to it.
09:04Oh, no, it's fine, Chas, stay.
09:06Well, go on.
09:08Well, the doctor found something in my head.
09:11A tumour.
09:13You mean cancer?
09:14Well, hopefully not, no.
09:16Not that they can be totally sure, so...
09:18I mean, it's still not good, admittedly.
09:20But you're not going to die, like Granny Faith?
09:23No, hopefully not.
09:25So you might?
09:27Look, that's not what your mum meant, Moira.
09:30What?
09:32There's no guarantees with much in life, boys, take it from me.
09:35But I don't want you to die.
09:37Come here, don't cry, Isaac, come on, I'll be all right.
09:40Shh.
09:44It'll be fine.
09:46Hey.
09:47Oh, excuse me, then. Do you know what room Helen Fox is in?
09:50Yeah, it's fine.
09:52Ta.
10:06Why are you on your own?
10:10You said you'd bring Ruby.
10:12I never said that.
10:13Well, I only want to see her.
10:14Well, lucky for you that she's at home, then.
10:17She's got no idea that her poisonous mum's trying to get her claws into her.
10:36Because of where the tumour is,
10:39Mum might act a bit differently sometimes,
10:42say things that seem a bit funny.
10:44Like jokes?
10:46Well, it might make you laugh when I get things wrong.
10:48I also might have something that you call a seizure.
10:51Yeah, but we don't need to talk about that now, do we?
10:54Which means that you can't be left alone with me.
10:57You'll always have to have a grown-up there
10:59to make sure that you two are looked after.
11:01Is Dad right?
11:03Is Dad right? After the operation, you'll get better?
11:06I said so, didn't I?
11:08Listen, why don't you two go outside and have a kick about? Go on.
11:11OK.
11:13See you in a bit.
11:17That went well.
11:19What?
11:23I am sure it's of little consequence to you
11:27to know I'm dying.
11:30Yeah, you said on the phone.
11:33I mean...
11:35I doubt you'd have dared get in touch anyway, otherwise.
11:38You knew the reception you'd get.
11:40But let me tell you,
11:43this doesn't change anything.
11:45I'm still not telling Ruby.
11:47I love her too much.
11:49Do you think it's your place to decide?
11:52Well, seeing as it was me that blocked your number on her phone,
11:55I'd say, yeah, I do.
11:57Anyway, it's not about Ruby, is it?
12:00This is just some lame attempt to clear your conscience
12:02for disowning her before you pop off.
12:06No, my daughter...
12:08My daughter has a right to know that I am dying.
12:11There are things that need to be said.
12:13I've already told you.
12:15It's not happening.
12:19You always wear full of it.
12:26At least I'm worthy of her.
12:29Whereas you...
12:31You see, all that money you've got,
12:33it might have bought you a big house and friends at a golf club,
12:35but it never did buy you class, did it?
12:37Oh, no.
12:39Please don't claim you know me because you really don't.
12:42I know that you tried to pay me to ditch her.
12:45And I know that when she got pregnant,
12:47you tried to force her to abort our child.
12:50And I know that you turfed her out with nothing when she wouldn't.
12:54I've had to live with that all my life.
12:56I know you'll have to die with it.
12:59Tell me...
13:01Have you seen anything of Stephanie?
13:03Don't you dare even say my kids' names.
13:07Do you hear me?
13:10Come on, spit it out.
13:12You could have been a bit less blunt, maybe.
13:15I mean, the poor boys look shell-shocked.
13:17Well, I didn't realise that I was coming across like that.
13:20I mean, I wasn't trying to hurt them, to.
13:22No, I know, I know.
13:26Bye-bye self-awareness and...
13:28Oh, along with reading the room.
13:30Well, I think Cain managed to pull it back well enough.
13:32You know, you've reassured them both.
13:34Yeah.
13:36How did you deal with it, Chas?
13:38Realising that...
13:41..everything that you take for granted could disappear?
13:47A minute at a time, at first.
13:51I think it's about finding your own way through it
13:54as sanely as you can.
13:56But this is brain surgery.
13:58Someone tinkering around in my head.
14:03And it can't go smoothly every time, can it?
14:08What if I'm one of the unlucky ones?
14:15Is that better? Yeah.
14:18Yeah.
14:24Why did you come here?
14:26Cos you've clearly got no intention of helping me.
14:32I suppose I wanted to hear you admit what you did to her.
14:36Admit your callousness.
14:38Forcing her to make an impossible choice.
14:41I mean...
14:43I wouldn't have believed you, but it'd have been something at least.
14:48But anything I have to say...
14:51..is to my daughter.
14:53Not you.
14:57Right, tell me...
15:01..what was it about the idea of me and Ruby
15:04that you found so repellent?
15:06That made you drive her and her unborn child away?
15:09Eh?
15:11Well, come on, it's truth time, innit? If not now, when?
15:15How is she?
15:18Oh, tell me that at least, please.
15:23She's good.
15:25She's happy.
15:27Like her for being cut free of toxic baggage.
15:29Well, I am...
15:31I'm pleased she's happy.
15:34It's more than I managed with her father.
15:41We're divorced.
15:43Well, I would say I'm sorry, but, you know...
15:48..almost restores me faith in karma, that.
15:50You know, you shouldn't presume to know everything.
15:54There is two sides to every story.
16:01Right, that's me headed on me break.
16:03These two are sorted, but they're probably going to want a coffee soon.
16:07Oh, sorry for keeping you waiting.
16:09No, it's fine.
16:11So...
16:13..how are you?
16:14Yeah, I'm all right, ta.
16:16DOORBELL RINGS
16:17Oh, sorry.
16:19Is that him, jacket?
16:20No, no, it's probably just one of my mates from the church group.
16:23I'll message him back in a bit.
16:25So not Tom, then?
16:26Listen, can we order some food? I'm starving.
16:30You do trust me as a mate, don't you?
16:34Cos as a mate, I'm worried about you.
16:39I realise what Belle said about Tom must have been hard to hear.
16:43Well, he's been really nice for me.
16:46And thoughtful and funny too.
16:50Doesn't mean Belle's experience was the same.
16:53You can never really know what's going on in other people's relationships.
16:56Amy...
16:58..she's making stuff up to just hurt him.
17:01She's jealous cos he's moved on from her.
17:03She's chucking her toys out the pram, basically.
17:06Those your words or Tom's?
17:10You sound just like Chas.
17:12Maybe that's because we both care about you.
17:17Look, you barely know Tom.
17:19Just don't isolate yourself from people
17:22for someone who might not even be right for you.
17:26Please.
17:32MUSIC PLAYS
17:41KNOCKING
17:42Coming!
17:43Coming!
17:44Coming!
17:49Maddy!
17:50Hiya!
17:52Oh, thanks for all this.
17:54Oh.
17:55How do, love?
17:56You're not Paddy?
17:58Nope, much gets past you.
18:00So, there's a funny story. And yet I'm not laughing.
18:03Right, anyway, Paddy, he's overwhelmed with paperwork at the surgery
18:07cos they're a vet down.
18:09So, Bear, you know, thought he would come in his place.
18:12Well, I heard you had a lot of posh grub needed eating
18:15so I thought I'd step up to plate.
18:17So I've got me stretchy waistband trousers on
18:19so don't worry about leftovers.
18:21I have no words.
18:22Can I have a glass of what you're having?
18:24Yes, right.
18:25Is Caleb not here?
18:27He'll be here soon, I'm sure, if he knows what's good for him.
18:30I might just give him a call, see what's keeping him.
18:33Do you mind if I hang up the chains?
18:36Knock yourself out.
18:40SCREAMING
18:47Where are you?
18:48Sorry, Ruge, I messed up, I lost track of time.
18:51I won't be long, though, I swear.
18:53You better not be.
18:54Can you bring a bottle of tequila on your way home?
18:57You do know you had concussion a few days ago?
18:59Yeah, and I would gladly have it again,
19:01to swerve an evening with Mandy and her father-in-law.
19:04Please, bring the tequila.
19:15Look, as fun as this is, I've got somewhere better to be.
19:20But I've got a deal for you.
19:21Oh, I don't do deals.
19:22Cash.
19:23To see Ruby.
19:25If I can persuade her to come.
19:27Oh, finally!
19:29He shows his colours.
19:31Let's say 100K, then.
19:33Yeah, I know.
19:35The price has gone up a bit since Anthony tried to pay me off,
19:38but that's inflation for you, innit?
19:46When the money lands in my account, I'll speak to Ruby.
19:51All I want is a yes or a no.
19:53Oh, I'll give you the money.
19:57I just want to see my daughter.
20:05Look, if there's anything that's worrying you,
20:07or things seem a bit weird, you just come and find me,
20:10and we can fix things, all right?
20:12Come on, you two, give me a hug.
20:14Whoa!
20:16Can I have one of those?
20:18Go on, then.
20:19Go on, then.
20:21All right, you two, go on.
20:22Go and do your own work.
20:27I was going to go and find you, see if you needed anything.
20:31How about a promise
20:33that neither of us mention the word tumour for a day or two?
20:36I just...
20:38I feel like burying my head in the sand, to be honest.
20:43OK, deal.
20:44Yeah.
20:45Love you.
20:47SHE LAUGHS
20:51Hey, what's funny?
20:52Absolutely nothing.
20:53Right, Ruby?
20:54I don't know what she said.
20:57Sorry, folks.
20:58Finally!
20:59Right, one bottle of tequila.
21:01Of course, about your days.
21:02Ah!
21:04What do we think, Mandy?
21:05Should I be worried about what or who has kept him late?
21:08Charming, that, innit?
21:09You try to do something nice, you get interrogated for your trouble.
21:12Shut up, I'm just teasing.
21:14How's it been?
21:16Awful, at first,
21:17till I discovered Andy is priceless.
21:19I'm having a brilliant time.
21:21Really? Yeah.
21:23My beat's rattling around here on my own.
21:25Not being great without company since the fire.
21:28It's a good job you've always got me in your corner, then.
21:31Thanks.
21:32I'll catch you, by the way.
21:34Oh, it's just an investor pushing their luck.
21:36Needed a bit of careful handling.
21:37Think I made the right call, though?
21:39I wouldn't expect anything less from Milligan.
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