Emmerdale 16th October 2024
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00:00You can't just leave that there!
00:10What's going on?
00:12Did it even ring the bell?
00:13Who?
00:14Who?
00:15There you go.
00:16Another junk you've ordered.
00:17Well, it's not for me.
00:18It's got your name on it.
00:19Odd.
00:21What's in the box?
00:24My mother.
00:25What? So Debbie's not gonna go?
00:32No, I know it's her choice, but...
00:36Sorry, what? Say that again.
00:40Kate, I can't hear you.
00:43choice, but... Sorry, what? Say that again? Cain, I can't hear you. Cain?
00:52He's gone. Debbie not coming back for the funeral?
00:59She's told Cain that she can't face it. She got so close to Zak while he was living there,
01:05she wants to remember him in her own way.
01:07Fair enough. Fair choice, right? Yep. It's hit her hard. Only now Cain's got
01:15to sort everything out, like he's not got enough on his plate.
01:18He's going to be even more upset when he finds out you put off your operation.
01:25Well the hospital are very understanding and they'll do their best to find me a new date.
01:28We're lucky to get that one size of the waiting list. Mum, what if nothing comes up for ages?
01:40What's done is done. Cain is my priority right now and he's just lost his dad. We've all
01:48just lost the heart of this family. So once we've dealt with that, then we can deal with
01:56Cain. OK. I always thought ashes came in an urn.
02:04Well they do, if you want to invest in a decorative addition to your family mantelpiece. But I
02:08didn't. Could scatter her somewhere.
02:11What the allotment? Think she'd make a good fertiliser?
02:13Well you could do what they did with my mum. Stick her in a firework and shoot her off
02:17into space. If I thought there was any remnant of that
02:20woman up there spying on my every move, I'd never sleep again. Let's face it, if I didn't
02:26care about her when she was alive, why would I care what happens to her now?
02:30No reason I can think of. Right, well in that case, I will do to you
02:37what you did to me all those years ago. The proper place for you is here.
02:44I've been out with the horses since first light. Couldn't sleep. Now, Zac might have
02:53been an old rogue, but he was our old rogue. I'm going to miss him.
02:58Brought them all with him, right? He knew more than anyone. Life goes on. And
03:05I've got a meeting in half an hour. Before you head off...
03:08Yesterday, I was so shaken up about Zac. Things got a little heightened and I was wrong to
03:19lean on you. Well I'm glad you did. I got these this morning.
03:26The dingles. Wreath might have been more appropriate.
03:29For you. Today, you can't have forgotten, surely?
03:34The day Harriet died. Otherwise known as our anniversary.
03:40Well that day I married you, that's the happiest I've ever been.
03:44Then you went and threw it all away? Well for what it's worth, my feelings towards
03:49you, they haven't changed.
03:53Wow. Thank you. Do you want another coffee?
04:01Er, no. I should get off. I need to catch up with Dawn.
04:04What, you two were actually speaking? Yesterday. Yeah, well I spoke to her and
04:09she spoke back, so it's a start, right? Happy anniversary.
04:24Hey, I was just, erm... I'm needed, we reckon, for the wake.
04:31No rush. And we haven't even got a date for the funeral yet, have we?
04:37Got to bring him back from Scotland first. I thought doing my sausage rolls, he loved them.
04:43Scott Cheggs, he loved them and all. And we're never going to see him again and I can't bear it.
04:51Come here. I'm so sorry for your loss.
04:58Not half as much as we are. Thank you.
05:04He was like a dad to me. My dad, his brother, honestly.
05:10He was a waste of space. Vicious and cruel and, well, drank himself to death in the end.
05:17Sounds hideous. I'll have a glass of white wine, please. Large.
05:23Yeah, Uncle Zach filled that dad-shaped gap.
05:29I always knew, no matter what, you know, he would always be there if something bad happened.
05:38That's what families do, right?
05:41Unless you happen to be my mother.
05:44Sorry. I need to apologise.
05:49Sounds like she and your late father would have got on very well.
05:53Gosh, she was a hard woman. Malicious, vindictive.
05:59Do you know, she hated me so much, she couldn't even bring herself to tell me she was dying until it was too late.
06:06Yeah, but you got the call from the hospital, didn't you? That proves that she was thinking about you, right?
06:12She'd been on that ward for days, Chas. She didn't bother telling me.
06:15She only got the nurse to make that call when she knew it was too late,
06:18because she knew I'd want answers and she was determined to die without telling me them.
06:23Well, you know, sometimes when people have things on their mind before they pass,
06:27they talk to the nurses or someone else on the ward.
06:31You never knew my mother. She'll have died the same way she lived, cursing me.
06:36Maybe, maybe not. And if it puts your mind at rest, or helps give you closure, it might be worth a call.
06:47Went to the bus stop first thing this morning, left some flowers, saw you had two.
06:53Two years since you went.
06:54Still miss her?
06:56Me and all. I wonder what she'd make a mess I've got myself into.
07:02Did you manage to speak to Kim?
07:04I couldn't. Not last night. She'd only just heard about Zak. She got a bit emotional.
07:09Didn't know they were close.
07:11Well, they weren't, but in a way they were.
07:14They're neighbours, allies, enemies, all of those things. I'm more of it, yes.
07:20And now he's gone. Everything looks the same. Something's missing.
07:27Look, I'll ask tonight.
07:29Thanks. I'm not saying we're desperate, but I've only got that leftover casserole that Marlon brought round for the kids' tea, and I just...
07:36I'll sort, I promise. But look, in the meantime, take this. Treat the kids to tea or whatever you need the money for.
07:45I'll see you later.
07:49Hey.
07:55Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, we're now accepting charity off your dad.
08:00I can't work, Billy.
08:02And your wages barely cover the cost of washing your gym kit, so if you've got any better ideas, let me know.
08:15Oh, hi. Excuse me. Sorry.
08:18You might not remember me. My mother passed away on this ward not long ago.
08:23Ruby, isn't it? How are you doing?
08:26Yeah, good. I was a bit emotional the last time we met.
08:31Grief hits people in different ways. How can I help?
08:36Well, the thing is, I was so distressed that I never thought to ask.
08:44I know you were with her at the time, and I was just wondering if there was anything she said about me.
08:53She talked about you. A lot.
08:56Oh.
08:57She hung on for as long as she could. Kept saying your husband promised you'd come see her.
09:02My husband?
09:03Silver hair. Killian?
09:06Caleb.
09:07That's right. Your mum called you from the ward when she was admitted, but she told me she ended up speaking to him.
09:15He never said.
09:16He came to see you the next day. Stayed a while. Maybe he'll be able to help you.
09:23Yeah, maybe he will.
09:25I've got to get on.
09:34Oh, we made it. We made it.
09:45You're back soon? I've been trying to call you all day.
09:49We didn't say much like talking, did we, Sam?
09:51We just listened to music. Dad's favourites, all the way down.
09:55Why are you even back here? I thought you were staying with Dad and then travelling with the hearse.
09:59Well, that was the plan, but they couldn't ship until next week.
10:02So, we did it ourselves.
10:06What?
10:12What, you've just thrown Dad in the back of our manky van?
10:15We didn't have any choice. He left instructions.
10:18In his wallet?
10:19Yeah, if he passed, he wanted to be buried as soon as. Within 48 hours.
10:23So that's what we're going to do.
10:33Mmm, the good stuff. What's brought this on?
10:37Well, as you so kindly bought me these, I thought I'd reciprocate.
10:42Cheers.
10:44Cheers.
10:46You know, not so long back, we'd have taken this upstairs.
10:50Indeed.
10:56So, how was dawn?
11:00Not so good. Billy's business, it doesn't even come close to bringing in enough money.
11:05Vanity project, Dad.
11:08If you've got a family, with Evan being so unwell, you need a proper job.
11:13Yeah, they've got stacks of bills. They still need to buy a car, feed the kids.
11:18They're struggling that badly?
11:20Yeah. I've shoved them a few quid, but they need more.
11:23Now you've cleared out the joint account.
11:26You want me to give them money?
11:29No, I promised dawn that I'd sort it out alone.
11:32So that's what this charm offensive's been about?
11:36No.
11:37So what, then? A scheme dreamt up by you and your solicitor to extort more money out of me?
11:42No, I told you. Dawn's struggling.
11:44Yeah, and I've told dawn I'm here for her, whatever she needs.
11:49So why did she ignore that and go straight to her feckless, useless father?
11:53Well, maybe she's got her pride.
11:55Well, something you're obviously not burdened with.
11:58I mean, using your grandchildren to extort cash.
12:01No, I swear, I'm not making this up. I meant every word.
12:04And so do I.
12:06So just to clear up any confusion, the Bank of Kim is closed to you permanently.
12:15This should keep us going for a week or two.
12:17Yeah, and then we're right back to where we started.
12:20Yeah, well, you know I'm working on that.
12:22So am I.
12:24You know that cash that Dad gave us? That was kind of the first instalment.
12:28I've asked him to tap up Kim for a loan.
12:31It's if we don't owe enough.
12:33I know you're doing your best, but we need some cash from somewhere.
12:37Yeah, well, I got a new client booked in this afternoon.
12:40Big player. Loaded.
12:42What, that gobby woman with the flash car?
12:45Yeah, her.
12:47She got her first session booked in.
12:49You know, if it goes well, she's got a lot of contacts. Could be a big earner for us.
12:55Well, you're going to have to impress her. We needed to sign up today.
12:58Is that you wishing me good luck?
13:01Yeah. Loads of it.
13:04You've got this.
13:06You never let us down.
13:11I fished your mum out.
13:15So is he.
13:16Even I couldn't leave her swimming in bin juice.
13:20That's me thinking you hated her as much as I did.
13:24Well, you know I did.
13:33She made me choose.
13:36And I chose you.
13:38Gave up everything.
13:40And it was us against the universe.
13:44And we swore to each other we'd have nothing more to do with my family.
13:48Yeah, and we haven't.
13:50Look, I get it.
13:54Now that she's gone, it's got you thinking, hasn't it?
13:59Yeah, it certainly has, yeah.
14:01About how, if I'd have known she was still alive and in the hospital,
14:07I could have visited her before it was too late and asked her some questions.
14:12No, trust me, if you'd gone,
14:14you'd have found her to be the same snotty, judgmental coward she always was.
14:19You seem pretty sure about that.
14:21I just know what she was like, that's all.
14:25Maybe it's for the best that you didn't see her.
14:35I saw Chas earlier.
14:38They are all terribly upset about Zak's death.
14:44And at least Cain got to spend time with him before he passed.
14:51Yeah, but Zak and Cain, that was nothing like you and your mum.
14:55You hadn't spoken to your mum for years.
14:58It's like you hadn't spoken to Faith before she died.
15:02You didn't even know she was alive.
15:04But Cain did, and he kept her all to himself.
15:08But nobody kept you from your mum.
15:10It's just one of them things.
15:13Because to deny someone that,
15:17to not let them know that a parent is close to death,
15:22that's got to be one of the cruelest, most vindictive things someone can do
15:25to someone they love, hasn't it?
15:29Maybe.
15:30Maybe.
15:33I mean, you'd have to really hate a person to do that to them.
15:37Wouldn't you?
15:39Babe?
15:44Right, we're all here.
15:47Charity's going to be late.
15:49Moses hasn't taken things too well.
15:52Blizzard said they'd pass the news on to our Thompson.
15:55I wanted him to hear it from me.
15:57He'd be a bit...
16:00Hi.
16:01Hi.
16:02Sorry, I...
16:03I just drove mum down, but I can wait in the car if you like.
16:06Don't be daft.
16:07I'll get you both a drink.
16:08I wasn't expecting you back so soon.
16:10I tried to call...
16:12Yeah, go on.
16:17Erm...
16:21No, we're all together.
16:25We'll raise our first glass.
16:27The first of many.
16:30To Dad.
16:32To Zach. Uncle Zach.
16:34These are for you.
16:35Sorry? What?
16:38Your father told me you asked him for a loan.
16:41Yeah.
16:42Yeah, that's right.
16:44When I specifically told you to come to me.
16:47Well, just so you know,
16:50I'll be transferring a substantial amount into your account this afternoon.
16:55You do know it's going to be a while before we can even start to pay you back?
16:59You don't have to.
17:01You need to concentrate all your energy on Evan.
17:04Anything that takes your focus away from him is a waste of time.
17:10Thank you so much.
17:15I know that you spoke to my mother on my phone
17:21and I know that you went to see her on her deathbed.
17:25Who even told you this?
17:26The nurse at the hospital.
17:27So before you start trying to deny it, she remembers your name.
17:33OK.
17:35OK.
17:38So I picked up a call on your phone and I spoke to Ellen.
17:42She said she wasn't so good but I didn't know if she was telling the truth
17:45so before I was going to let her anywhere near you,
17:47I wanted to check things out first.
17:50I wanted to get some answers from my mother
17:55before she died.
17:56You got all the answers that you needed years ago.
17:59How do you know what I needed?
18:01She owed me and she knew she did.
18:03That's why she got the hospital to call me on the day she died
18:06because she didn't want to die with me on her conscience.
18:08Look, if I'd had any idea, you felt like this.
18:11But you didn't.
18:12So you did what you always do.
18:13You presumed you know me better than I know myself
18:16and you made the decision for me.
18:17My one final chance to get some kind of closure, some kind of peace
18:22and you cheated me out of it.
18:24You actually mansplained my own mother's death to me.
18:27Because I didn't want to see you upset.
18:29Well, that's worked out really well, hasn't it?
18:31Okay, right, so I made a bad call.
18:33I am really sorry.
18:34Sorry that you lied or sorry that you've been found out.
18:37No, I didn't lie.
18:38I just didn't tell you the truth and it was for all the right reasons.
18:41I love you.
18:42You know that I do.
18:43I was trying to do the right thing.
18:45Well, you can do it now.
18:46Get out.
18:47Okay, look, I get it.
18:48You're upset.
18:49No, you have lied to me for the last time, Caleb.
18:51I am done with you for good this time.
18:53Just go!
19:02He left us instructions in his wallet and a letter for you.
19:06I'll read it later.
19:07Did he not leave one for me?
19:11No, because I...
19:14I didn't think he knew he was going to cark it when he did, you know.
19:24In the event of my passing,
19:27I, Zach Dingle...
19:35He says he wants to be buried here, at home.
19:39Strictly within 48 hours of his passing.
19:42As in outside.
19:43Of course he does.
19:45Where I was happiest.
19:48And, um, this is in capitals.
19:52Not next to Shadrach.
19:55With a rowan tree planted at my head.
19:58So I'm not bothered by the witches.
20:00That'll be a crack at Nelly.
20:02And this, this is, um, double underlined.
20:07No vicar.
20:08No God.
20:09No tears.
20:14And then, um...
20:22Drum me through the village, one last time.
20:26Before you take me home.
20:31Then there's to be, um, music, whiskey and dancing till dawn.
20:37The party to end all parties.
20:40Right, we can manage that.
20:42I don't want to leave him on his own, so I'll stop up with him tonight.
20:45We all will.
20:46I want us all ready by midday tomorrow.
20:48Then we can bury Dad the way he wanted.
20:52The way he lived.
20:58Dingles.
21:02We are going to raise merry hell.