Hollyoaks 18th September 2024
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00:00Stay away from my daughter!
00:01If he goes, then so do I!
00:03Why is Mercedes wearing a wig?
00:04It's not cancer.
00:06Well, I need to see it!
00:07No!
00:07No, no, no. I have to see it.
00:08You have to let me out.
00:09Leah thinks it might be best another couple raise the baby.
00:13You can't let him leave me.
00:16Oh, no!
00:30Cleo!
00:58Cleo!
00:59Don't lock the door, Cleo!
01:09Cleo!
01:11Please, don't leave me, Cleo!
01:29Cleo!
01:59Hey, Nancy!
02:10Hey!
02:11Well, I just had my first meeting with the governess,
02:13and I can confirm it was every bit as boring as I thought it was going to be.
02:16Well, I can cheer you up,
02:18because your husband just got to level three of his French app.
02:21Mon orange peut marcher.
02:24Your orange can walk?
02:27No.
02:27I'm glad you've had a productive day, dear.
02:30Tea?
02:31Yeah, I tried to ring Leah on the way home.
02:33Obviously, no answer.
02:35Nancy, she's just had a baby.
02:37No, I know.
02:38But what are we supposed to say to Charlie?
02:40You know, you might be a dad, but we're not sure yet,
02:43so if you could just bear with us.
02:44Charlie, perfectly happy in his trade school bubble.
02:49And he appreciates that Leah's got a lot on her mind.
02:51Her dad's just come out of a coma.
02:53That's true. I hope Steve's okay.
02:55Hey!
02:57Aren't you meant to be doing a shift at Price Slice?
02:59Yeah, I am.
03:01This is an illusion.
03:02Are you hung over again?
03:04No.
03:05I have a completely unrelated headache.
03:12Nancy, just take it easy on her, yeah?
03:14Do you think I enjoy always having to be the naggy one?
03:19She's on her third strike with Pearl.
03:20I don't want her to lose the job.
03:25Aaron, Nancy's right.
03:30I was never lenient with you
03:32when I caught you drinking as a teenager.
03:33Dad, don't forget what's hanging over all of us.
03:36In a few days, we face JJ in court.
03:38Now, you know what happened to Frankie in London?
03:41I don't want it happening again.
03:48But Dad, I just really need to talk to you about a few things.
03:53I got into uni.
03:54I'm gonna do a degree in legal science, just like James.
03:58It's a full scholarship and everything.
04:00It's just...
04:02Hey, Dad, it's in San Diego.
04:04Merrick, just stop, stop.
04:09Can you give us a sec, please?
04:14I don't know that the baby has been born.
04:15I'm, um...
04:17I'm gonna be leaving in a few days.
04:19Yeah.
04:19I need you to really think about this.
04:23Look, I have thought about this.
04:26I thought about this every day and night for months,
04:29and it's just wondering if I'm doing the right thing or not.
04:34You know, it killed me not being able to talk to you.
04:38I didn't know if you were gonna wake up.
04:41I had to make other plans.
04:42I...
04:43I had to make other plans.
04:44I...
04:49All I know is this baby serves parents who can raise him.
04:58And either that's gonna be this new family or that's gonna be you.
05:08Me?
05:09Yeah.
05:12Look, I've, um...
05:13I've really gotta go, but just think about it, yeah?
05:19Hey!
05:20I'm just picking up a prescription for Jack, but...
05:23How are you?
05:25I feel like I'm living in a horror film.
05:28Yeah, you poor thing.
05:30And I'm so sorry about James.
05:34But hey, you're a grandfather now.
05:37That's a bit of lightness in all this darkness.
05:40And, you know, Charlie and Leah, they got pretty close,
05:42and I keep doing the maths, and...
05:45You know, I think you've got enough going on.
05:48It's great news that Lucas is gonna get out of Young Offenders soon, yeah?
05:55It's what?
06:00Please tell me her message was a joke.
06:02Oh, no.
06:03My daughter here reckons she's moving in with your abusive, low-life brother.
06:06Oh, my dailies, will you please just get off my back?
06:08I'm trying to get advice from my work friends.
06:10About Abe?
06:12What has he done now?
06:12Don't even tell me he's been laying a finger on ya.
06:14No, he hasn't!
06:18Fine.
06:19I saw one of Cleo's tops in his flat.
06:22So?
06:23So, Abe was already being weird and cagey about me being at his,
06:27and if her stuff is still everywhere, then it's obvious.
06:30He's not over her.
06:32See?
06:35There you have it.
06:36I mean, as if you needed any more proof that seeing him was a bad idea.
06:40Marie?
06:41Hmm?
06:42What do you think?
06:47I think you mean much more to Abe than just some rebound.
06:51What?
06:52Mum.
06:52Trust me, he's...
06:54He's head over heels for you.
06:56Go talk to him, go on.
06:59I will.
07:02Pez, wait.
07:03Seriously.
07:05Right, since when did you know they were seeing each other?
07:08Since I set him up.
07:14Mmm, something smells good.
07:17Yeah, it's Frankie's favourite.
07:18I thought I'd treat her.
07:20Oh!
07:21Yeah, I don't know what's wrong with me right now.
07:23I'm like a nervous wreck.
07:28Darling, I know you're worried, son.
07:30I'm not just worried, Dad.
07:32I'm in bits.
07:33I mean, if I feel like this, what about Frankie?
07:36What Frankie's gone through in London has taught us that
07:39it's no good running away from how you feel.
07:42She was in that big city all on her own and she just totally fell apart.
07:46She's trying to numb the pain of losing her mum,
07:48missing her friends and what her brother put her through.
07:52Do you think that's why she's drinking again?
07:54I mean, she says she's having fun, but...
07:56I guess she's trying to block out what's coming up with JJ.
07:59And we're not doing her any favours by letting her.
08:02Right, I've got to go. I'm meeting a friend.
08:04Who?
08:05Oh, no one you know.
08:07But just think about what I've said, OK?
08:10Yeah, thanks, Nancy.
08:12Hi.
08:13Hiya, Frankie.
08:14Oh, have you made chilli?
08:16Oh, that is just what I need.
08:18Come here, you.
08:20Listen, what Nancy said earlier, she was right, you know?
08:26What?
08:28We can't have you out boozing, OK?
08:31Might not, will you?
08:32I thought you were supposed to be the fun one.
08:44Hello?
08:46Hello, police?
08:48Look, whatever she's told you, she's lying, all right?
08:53Cleo?
08:56I'm sorry.
08:58Sorry, I don't know what to do.
09:01I tried to leave and I can't.
09:02I can't.
09:02I can't do it.
09:04Please, will you help me?
09:05I'm sorry.
09:23What are you doing?
09:25Do you need help?
09:26I can get someone.
09:30I mean, you'd get me out here for Lucas?
09:38Steve, you've only just woken up.
09:42You're nowhere near strong enough to leave.
09:45Lucas hasn't been alone, OK?
09:49Dylan's been by his side and so has Leela and so is Leah and me.
09:54How?
09:55All I know is he found out what J.J. Osborne had been doing to poor Frankie and he attacked him.
10:07Leah wants me to raise her little baby.
10:17I can't, can I?
10:19I can't, can I?
10:22If I could just have one minute with Dave Williams.
10:29He's long gone.
10:30The people who helped him.
10:35Rex is evil.
10:38Would someone evil come and visit you almost every day for months,
10:42keeping you company, playing you music?
10:46Rex was here.
10:49Listen, I know Abe's your son, but if you think I'm going to forgive you for setting him up with my daughter...
10:57It's not like everyone you love's perfect, is it?
10:59I heard about Perrie being a bully when she was younger.
11:02Yeah, oh, and about your brother being a literal far-right racist.
11:05Right, well, Pez was a little kid.
11:07And as far as Steve, do you really think I would have let him back into my life if he hadn't...
11:11What, made amends?
11:12Jumped through hoops to fix his behaviour and become a better person?
11:15Well, Abe has.
11:17Mum, Abe was abusive before he met Cleo, yeah?
11:20How do you know he's changed?
11:22Because he used to phone me after every single therapy session
11:24and tell me all the awful things he'd learned about himself, all the regrets he's got.
11:29So?
11:30I am a survivor too, do you remember?
11:33I'm not just looking the other way, but Abe is nothing like Mick, especially not now.
11:39Whatever.
11:42I'm so disappointed in you.
11:44You know exactly what it is like to be the worst version of yourself and still come back from it.
11:50When he fell back into heroin, we were all there to support him.
11:55Do you know what? Perrie and Abe were perfect for each other.
12:00And you two are just going to have to deal with it.
12:06I just keep thinking of Cleo.
12:08When she shoulders the bruises.
12:10When she shoulders the bruises.
12:13The fear in her eyes, I just...
12:16I can't let that be my little girl.
12:27Ah, a fellow bookworm, I see.
12:31I'm making my way through this doorstop.
12:34It's about oncology.
12:37What about you?
12:38Uh, fairytales.
12:41It's for Lexi.
12:42Sounds much more entertaining than this.
12:46She is very lucky to have you.
12:48Miss Bah, I don't suppose you've spoken to Steve about me, have you?
12:54He's just sent me a text.
12:56I may have told him about how you've turned your life around this last year.
13:03Well, it's all thanks to you.
13:07Not present charges.
13:08Please, no thanks necessary.
13:13Well, I'd best go read another chapter of this page, Turner.
13:19I'll see you soon.
13:23Hey, why have you got a face like a dropped pie?
13:27Steve's awake.
13:29And he wants to meet up.
13:31Well, that's great.
13:32I mean, you spent I don't know how long talking to someone in a coma.
13:34At least you can have a two-way conversation.
13:36Yeah, well, I don't know what he wants.
13:38What about if he blames me for his husband dying?
13:40Rex, those bombs were not your fault.
13:43You told the police you tried to help, right?
13:44You're a good guy.
13:46Am I?
13:48Well, look, since you and I had the shock of our lives,
13:50I've actually realised that you've got a heart of gold.
13:53And if Steve's got half a brain cell, he'll realise that too.
13:56Yeah, what was it you said when I found out?
13:58Oh, yeah, you said...
14:00You were a deceitful little rat boy.
14:01Which, to be fair, I thought all my family were dead.
14:04How was I supposed to know that the legendary Fraser Black
14:07had some secret love child hiding in plain sight?
14:10Look, text Steve.
14:12Find out what he wants.
14:13Trust me, big sisters know best.
14:19You okay?
14:24Listen, there's something I need to talk to you about.
14:27What?
14:29When I was here earlier, I saw Cleo stop over there.
14:35Oh, um...
14:39Listen, okay?
14:42You were not a rebound.
14:44You were not a fling.
14:45You were not a distraction.
14:47I really, really like you, Perrie.
14:51I really appreciate you understanding
14:53that I'm not ready for us to move in together.
14:57But it's not because I'm still hung up over Cleo.
15:01I'm just...
15:02I'm just finding it hard to get my head around
15:05the whole idea of me being able to be happy.
15:09Hey.
15:11You know, me and her, just...
15:15I always assumed that we were on the same page
15:17and then she'd do something out of nowhere
15:19that would make me question it
15:20or make me wonder if I was a terrible person or not.
15:27But you're not.
15:29You know, whatever mistakes you've made,
15:32you've got a good heart.
15:34Yeah. Yeah, I know that.
15:38You're bleeding.
15:39Oh, yeah, I fell over when I was running earlier.
15:42It's just a graze.
15:42Show me.
15:43No, it's fine, honestly.
15:44It must have bled through the bandage or something.
15:45Abe, shut off.
15:46Nurse's orders now.
15:47Come on.
15:50Does it hurt?
15:51No, no, it's fine.
15:57So...
16:08You understand why we've got to keep this between us two, don't you?
16:12Yeah, I guess.
16:14I have missed you, though.
16:16The foster home's so chaotic.
16:18I haven't even been able to kick a ball about.
16:20You look tired.
16:22Get some rest before the hearing, okay?
16:25How is Frankie?
16:27So why are we going out for dinner tonight?
16:28Darren, we're in the chilli.
16:30What? No, I didn't.
16:31I made some controversial amendments to the recipe, actually.
16:36Hi, guys.
16:39Dad, please tell me this isn't you who snuck off to meet.
16:41Darren, I'll explain later.
16:44But I had to speak to JJ before the hearing.
16:46Come on, let's get Frankie inside.
16:54Are you not even going to look at me?
16:57Yeah.
16:59I'm looking at you.
17:00And do you know what I see?
17:02I see a pathetic little boy who will be locked up
17:05and then the rest of us can get on with our lives.
17:08Soon it'll be like you never even existed.
17:23Where did you go?
17:25Did you need stitches at the hospital?
17:27Oh, do you care about me being injured now, do you?
17:30Of course I do.
17:31I am so sorry.
17:32What are you sorry for?
17:34What, are you sorry for the injury
17:36or are you sorry for breaking my trust?
17:38I just needed to see Mercedes.
17:40I just needed to see my family while she's sick.
17:43Okay, and that's why you lashed out at the one person
17:44that's been by your side this whole entire time?
17:46No, that's why I came back and bandaged you up.
17:49No, no, no, you came back because you felt guilty.
17:51No, I realise that.
17:52I'm not ready.
17:54Yeah, I can't cope without you.
17:56If I'd have gone out there in the real world on my own,
17:59I'd have been so overwhelmed.
18:00I mean, what use would I have been to Mercedes then?
18:04Please.
18:04No, don't touch me, Cleo.
18:06Please.
18:06I said don't touch me!
18:13Cleo?
18:25Hey.
18:28What are you doing out here on your own?
18:32Thinking about James.
18:40I feel so alone.
18:46Hey, you are not alone, okay?
18:50Do you want to know what I think?
18:55I think James is up there with Tegan, Dad, and little Noah.
19:08And I think that they're all really rooting for you.
19:14Did you know there's a reason I don't have James?
19:20Why I wasn't there for Leo or Luke?
19:25Hey, what do you mean?
19:32Rex.
19:36He's out there living his life,
19:42making himself feel better by visiting me.
19:49He's destroyed me, Leela.
19:51So I want to make him suffer.