EastEnders 20th May 2025
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00:00I don't know how you've managed two weeks of this.
00:22I've done one night and I feel like the walking dead.
00:28It's a hungry little thing, isn't it?
00:30Must be that addictive personality that you've got from me.
00:34What's that supposed to mean?
00:38Yeah, you've been off with me since last night.
00:41What am I supposed to have done wrong?
00:45Maybe you don't have private conversations next to baby monitors.
00:49Can you get ready, please, guys?
00:54And brush your teeth?
00:55I'm going.
00:56They should be back right now.
00:58Right, they're back.
00:59Hey!
01:00Oh, 12 hours in A&E.
01:02Seven cups of coffee and she had no stitches.
01:04Right, so she's okay, yeah?
01:05The doctor said it always looks worse than what it is.
01:06Oh, good.
01:07Lilz, go and get ready for school, yeah?
01:08Well, I can't.
01:09She needs me.
01:10You've already bunked off one day this week.
01:11Look, well take care of her.
01:12Just go and get her sorted for nursery, yeah?
01:13Little darling.
01:15Come here.
01:16Come here.
01:17Come here.
01:18Come here.
01:19Here you go.
01:20Cheers.
01:21Lily was so scared.
01:22Poor kid.
01:23Yeah.
01:24Any sign of Stace?
01:25No.
01:26We tried knocking a few times, but she wouldn't come out.
01:29Well, Freddie can look after the van this morning, because we need a family meeting.
01:48I'm not apologising, Lauren.
01:52I've supported you every step of the way for your blackmailing, for your drugs.
01:57Now, see, I thought you'd been supporting me, but actually there's been this voice inside
02:02your head this whole time saying, once a junkie, always a junkie.
02:07Well, that's not fair, is it?
02:08What was it that you said to Linda?
02:11If she relapses?
02:12You honestly don't think that I've got it in me to stay clean, do you?
02:15Oh, I hope you can, Lauren.
02:17But it's hard.
02:18You've relapsed before.
02:19Yeah.
02:20A relapse can be part of recovery.
02:21I'm not arguing with you.
02:22Okay?
02:23I love you, Lauren.
02:25Everything about you.
02:26Always have.
02:27But you've got to own this.
02:28You've got to accept that this might impact our boys.
02:31It...
02:32It probably wants feeding again.
02:37No, it's...
02:38It's nothing.
02:39It's changed.
02:40God.
02:41Well, let me go get Lily sorted because the health visit is coming at 9.15 and I want
02:46to get back from school running time, yeah?
02:48Yeah, I haven't forgotten because I actually want to talk to her about Jimmy.
02:52Because if you won't listen to me, maybe she will.
02:55Listen about what?
02:56You still think there's something wrong with him, don't you?
03:01Nothing quite like a mother's instinct.
03:03Hey.
03:04Listen, be there.
03:05Don't be there.
03:06It's up to you.
03:07Let's go.
03:08Change that nappy, darling.
03:09Please tell me you have slept on it and realised that kidnapping of 15-year-olds
03:10have had the worst idea you've ever wanted.
03:11Nappy, what are you talking about?
03:12I told you.
03:13He wants out of that place.
03:14Probably because he thinks he don't fit in.
03:15Him and every other teenager on the planet.
03:16This is different, innit?
03:17From what you and Sharon have said, Nicola is dangerous.
03:21If you do this, her and Teddy could unleash hell.
03:23Barney might want to change his life.
03:26As far as I can see, I can see.
03:29I can see.
03:30I can see.
03:31I can see.
03:32I can see.
03:33I can see.
03:34I can see.
03:35I can see.
03:36I can see.
03:37I can see.
03:38I can see.
03:39I can see.
03:40I can see.
03:41I can see.
03:42I can see.
03:43As far as he knows, you're just some random bloke who lives across the square.
03:46I'm not telling the truth, will I?
03:48Wouldn't you have rather known who your old man was from the start?
03:51Yeah.
03:52I think sometimes the truth can mess with you as much as the lies.
03:57You can't blow his world apart and expect him to trust you.
04:02I'd smooth it over, wouldn't I?
04:03Oh, right.
04:04Yeah.
04:05Because you thought it all through and you got a plan.
04:06Not yet.
04:07No.
04:08I can tell.
04:09Poor kid.
04:11You all right?
04:12Hello.
04:13How are you?
04:14Yeah, good.
04:15Shouldn't Lily and Freddie be here?
04:16Well, Lily's at school and Freddie's still in short trousers.
04:17It's grown-ups only.
04:18Cheers.
04:19Yeah, I know.
04:20I get it.
04:21But it just feels a bit odd, you know, having outsiders here and not them.
04:22Listen, no offence.
04:23I am a bit offended, actually.
04:24I've been married into this family for three years.
04:25I'm an honorary Slater.
04:26Eve, sorry, my bad.
04:27Didn't mean anything by that.
04:28At the end of the day, the kids need all the help they can get, yeah?
04:29Exactly.
04:30So, with Jean not around, we all need to look after this place until Stacey gets back on
04:33her feet.
04:34Yeah, and we can all look after a few kids in our sleep.
04:35We'll just drop a rota.
04:36Yeah, but for how long?
04:37This has been going on for weeks.
04:38What if this has nothing to do with Martin anymore?
04:39What if there's something more serious going on?
04:40You think she needs professional help?
04:41I don't know, it took Charlie getting hurt before Lily reached out.
04:52Listen, we can't go stomping in with our sized tens.
04:57We can't lose her trust for good.
04:59This isn't about what Lily wants.
05:04головers would do.
05:05size tens we end up losing her trust for good this isn't about what lily wants it's about what
05:10her and the other kids need stacy as well cat i get it but he's already seen gene being dragged
05:15out by men in white coats imagine what i do so if she sees it happening to stacy yeah jane wasn't
05:20dragged anywhere all right last time jane volunteered to go to hospital which stacy won't
05:25do because she won't leave the kids she might not have a choice well people don't get sectioned for
05:29staying in their bedroom and especially not with their grieving wife cats right i mean stacy is in
05:37pain it's just we don't know if she's in crisis we don't know anything for sure yet do we we need
05:42to get her to talk to us so we can find out how really bad this is how she won't even open her
05:47bedroom door she's got no food or water up there all right she's bound to come down eventually we
05:52can get this sorted without getting the hospital involved i don't know but i know that she'd want
05:56us to try in an ideal world he'd be back at his birth weight by now and we're not quite there
06:10your notes say you've had a few issues with breastfeeding yeah well we're still trying and
06:15i'm expressing great well done i know the first couple of weeks can be intense but you guys seem
06:21to have a handle on things yeah well we we don't actually i mean i'm not like one of them mums that
06:28don't even know how to put the nappy on and that because i have had a baby before and i was a teen when
06:34my little brother was born but but this the way that jimmy is is it's not how babies are supposed to be
06:41mine's got this feeling or this this instinct that something's wrong with him wrong in what way
06:49can you give me some examples yeah well it's just it's everything i mean he's not latching on properly
06:58and he doesn't sleep and i know you're going to say that this is what all babies are like
07:04that is what i was going to say but i told you i know babies you've never met jimmy before though
07:10it can take a while to get to know baby even for mums that's what i'm trying to say i do know him
07:15i know everything there is to know about him because he's my son and then something just isn't
07:20right sorry am i speaking a different language or something here can you can you hear me lauren
07:26i've already checked jimmy over and he's absolutely fine
07:32how are you feeling generally are you still in any pain from the birth
07:37mood okay
07:52thank you
07:52i'm very sorry about that she's not herself she's exhausted i'll call back next week to check
08:03in but keep an eye on things like postnatal depression can creep up you think she might
08:08be depressed i'm just saying be alert call me if you need anything
08:24is it too much to ask for a little bit of support
08:28oh and i really think you need if you tell me to get some sleep one more time i will not be
08:35responsible for what i do
08:52stace
08:55i know you don't want to talk but i'm really worried about you
08:58me the kids
09:01i know what it's like to lose someone
09:02you just want to dig a hole and just jump in it
09:06can't you just talk to me for one second stace
09:14i thought it'd be easier just you and me but if you won't listen this is the only way
09:22thanks
09:25oh sorry
09:28coffee's on me today
09:29oh no it's all right i've got bill this tea on the way i don't know
09:34a special fryer
09:36okay so i used to look so miserable
09:40let me guess
09:44clear
09:46i didn't ring her i didn't think it'd be fair we haven't spoken in ages
09:50probably we won't ever speak to her again now
09:53there we go thank you
09:57any luck with the job hunting oh
10:00old-fashioned cabbies like me were a dying breaker
10:03hey at least cat finally texts me back she's going to step in with lily and the kids
10:07which is a relief because i hardly stepped to wink last night worrying about what with
10:12stacy being so upset and gene being gone
10:15come here you oh oh what was that for i thought we were just going to keep a low profile
10:19oh i couldn't help myself you harvey monroe are a lovely man i still like made peace with
10:25myself of how we got here but i'm so glad we did because you and me harvey we deserve to be happy
10:30yes we do
10:34uh peter oh all right uh peter no don't
10:40all right cheers uh your dad told me he saw you last night and what he said about being there for
10:46you that goes double for me too okay i mean if you and lauren want to break at all even for a cup
10:51of coffee together i don't think i'll be on the cards at the minute grand what's happened oh peter
10:59come on i've got a break to you anyway come on come and sit down come on cover for me will you come
11:10we're all here because we love you and we know you and we can see you're not well charlie got hurt
11:16yesterday she must have been screaming did you hear her yeah i heard something but he didn't do
11:21anything well kids cry there's always screaming in this house that it stacy stacy please please
11:34mate sit down we can't leave you like this please sit down
11:42lily panicked right she picked up charlie and then she came down here and found
11:47me and freddie you was upstairs and she needed help but she came and found someone else she's
11:54fine by the way charlie i was about to ask no you weren't and if that doesn't say that you're not
11:59yourself i don't know what does the person that i love most in the world has just died yeah am i
12:06not going to push you into doing anything that you're not ready for i'll look after the kids i'll
12:12sweep the floors i'll do the dishes every day for the next year if i have to i'll even help eve run
12:19your smelly van eh i just need to know that you're not going to get worse and worse please stace we're
12:25desperate all of us i mean it's all very well being this way when gene was here to hold the fort
12:32but she's gone yeah i know i told her to go she missed out on a holiday she had her heart broken
12:37and now she's alone just like only look you're not sleeping you're not washing i can smell you from
12:43here the house is a dump and the kids don't know whether they're coming or going i don't care cat
12:51i don't care don't you understand i don't care about you me them none of it all i want is is just
12:59peace and quiet to to think are you taking your meds well are you that's none of you bishops
13:10martin weren't the only love of your life you know you've got your kids too lily's been acting
13:16out for weeks she's smoking weed did you know that because you're gonna be nicking money out of my
13:21petty cash to cover it you being like this is hurting them you are hurting your kids
13:29well should one of us go after her well we've said all we need to say
13:38listen mum now's not a good time no no nothing's wrong it's just just baby stuff
13:47no he's fine
13:48hold on uh mum i'll i'll call you back
14:09look i know what me and harvey did was wrong and i don't blame you for feeling let down i still
14:33shouldn't have spoke to you like that though i'm sorry and i'm sorry for what mum did do you know
14:38bent is on the other side of the world but i used to feel so close to him at the albert
14:42cindy don't care does she just about money and revenge to her you think you can get it back i have
14:47been through that contract with a fine tooth cone peter it's watertight the best thing i can do is just
14:53accept it now but at least i've got your dad and harvey who's your mum got home so did you want to
15:02tell me what's been going on i'm not saying i'll have all the answers but i have been through one
15:07or two things over the years you know marriages kids there's not a lot i haven't seen
15:11i don't keep saying there's something wrong with jimmy that she has this feeling but the
15:18health visitors checked him out and he's fine well hormones could be funny things the first few
15:24weeks you know she's been feeling down do you think well the health visitor mentioned post natal
15:30depression god you know honestly i don't i just don't know anymore yeah well baby blues they used to
15:37call it and after i had been you know i didn't know which way was up and the last person i wanted
15:42to talk to about it was phil all i did was push him away but no you and lauren are different you're
15:49the best of friends find a way to remind her of that and i'm sure everything would be okay
15:57oh peter did you get the baby clothes i left yesterday for little jimmy can we do this another
16:01time please i'm really not in a mood has something happened is the baby okay yeah he's fine
16:08look lauren's just struggling a little bit we're struggling now mother-in-law issues probably
16:13are you still punishing me i'm the star woman gets forgiven and your own mother's left down the cold
16:18all right i'm gonna head home thank you thank you looks like it'll take more than a couple of baby
16:25grows to make up for what you've done i'm on my way to the albert planning on giving it a bit of a
16:31revamp you know new lease of life well good luck with that the roof leaks the staff are a pain and
16:36the labs get blocked up every 10 seconds but apart from that it's yours because you know what honestly
16:41i'm glad to be shot of it see ya
16:51oh you made it oh you all right i'm just gonna knit to the gents all right two sets yeah
16:55have you seen this benji's been charged with shireen's murder which means we can start to put this
17:04whole thing behind us if my man hired that psycho shireen would still be it look i know you're angry
17:11i'll get it
17:18you didn't mention that he was coming are you ever gonna drop this
17:23joe why don't i just leave you two to it jane are you and lexy free this weekend
17:28the surprise for nigel smurf team uh yeah he never mentioned anything that would be the surprise part
17:34can you check um billy and honey and the others please and let me know some numbers yeah of course
17:39what's the matter mate freeze a crowd no just trying to stay out of family dramas
17:51i know you've seen it from sharon's side but you know what my lot are like yeah no offense mate but
17:55i try and steer clear of your lot yeah so do i only trouble is i can't still i don't blame
18:00harry for moving out because mum and dad's got this point moved out how'd that happen a couple of
18:04weeks ago apparently been living with billy and honey anyway none of my business i just forget
18:09us anyway yeah calls me
18:23all right i'm sorry about the fall
18:27i don't i don't want us to keep fighting i think i found something oh yeah what
18:33in jimmy's eyes just looks a little bit weird right all right i think i think you've got press
18:43pause and all of this until you start feeling a bit better feeling better what what are you talking
18:47about i'm fine i'm not so sure you are lauren i'm starting to get a bit worried about you
18:52your body's been through so much with the hormones and and no sleep and it can lead to
18:57no i'm not depressed who have you been talking to no one well my gran for a bit she said she felt low
19:07after having been and that she had no one to talk to but i said that that ain't the case for you
19:11you've got me we have to we have to have each other's back i have just told you that i think
19:17that i'll suddenly see a doctor and all you could do is accuse me you're losing it no i'm not you're not
19:21losing it no i know i'm not right do you know what forget it i'll deal with it on my own
19:41ian this isn't about us it's about peter and our grandchildren however much you hate me we're
19:48always gonna have them in common peter doesn't want anything to do with you and neither do i
19:54peter is a mess ian i saw him earlier practically crying on cavy's shoulder
19:59i don't know all the details but i know the reason one word lauren
20:12go on she's never been good enough for him and now it looks like she's gone off the rails it's not
20:18just gonna be peter who's gonna suffer he'll be our gorgeous grandchildren lauren brannan is a
20:24sinking ship peter'll stick it out for longer than he should but sooner or later that family is heading
20:29for disaster and when that happens lauren is going to be desperate i know she will do everything she can
20:36to turn peter against us we need to stick together so when things go belly up over there it will be lauren
20:45that's left out in the cold not us
20:51right i better go and take over from freddie so um will you just keep us posted on how she is
20:55that's enough to tell would you yeah we can do another shift with the kids anytime all right yeah
21:01yeah just do it with me
21:06so why do i go from here i know at least we've got her to talk to us i'm still none the wiser am i
21:12end of the day okay you can't fix someone if they don't want to be fixed
21:14i've got a few things to do on our way to collect louis jimmy thank you for calling
21:28panaceau house surgery for same day appointments before between the hours eight and eight thirty
21:33yeah forget it oh nigel nigel oh no no i've been thinking about you
21:52just because you don't want to reach out to clear doesn't mean that there aren't people who care
21:55about you around here you know that's nice so i have invited a few of those people around to my
22:01place at the weekend so we can all have a meal together and celebrate your birthday i didn't
22:05ask you to do that yolanda why don't you mind your own business for a change
22:18vicky let me get you a drink please chase listen i didn't like the way that we left things this
22:25morning i know you're worried about me can have a gin and tonic please
22:28you know if something happens to you and i knew about this sharon will find a way to blame me yes
22:35and i heard you are you're right you're all right i can't just go and tell barney the whole thing
22:44why would you listen to me something that big's got to come from somebody he loves you somebody trusts
22:51do you know that harry's moved a billion honey yeah i did hear something i don't know what you think
22:56that's got to do with anything well he moved out of his parents the same time that body was found
23:01that sounds like a coincidence or he's realized what type of people his parents are and he wants
23:05nothing more to do with them there you go someone like that he might want to give his little brother
23:10a chance at a better life that is a bit of a leap i could be pretty charming i'll butter him up
23:14he'll help me get barney back on side he might do or he might go running to teddy and nicola first
23:23chance he gets and tell him exactly what you're planning and if that happens all bets are off
23:28careful sorry i'm not mush you all right
23:42i'm not really getting much done i can't concentrate on everything that's going on
23:59sit down
24:09listen from now on right you haven't got to take on so much all right because me
24:13alfie eve and suki we're here and there will always be someone to look after the little ones all right
24:20make sure they're fed and watered
24:24she's gone back up to her room again isn't she
24:28i just think she needs more time i need her
24:33why don't she get that we need her we all need her i lost him too i know you did darling listen
24:40i know this is hard but things will get better i promise you
24:44can't she stay like this i could lose darling no no no that is not happening all right that is just
24:55not happening it's all fair i know it's not darling we're all here we've all got each other it's gonna be
25:05okay i promise you look she said she's not depressed but grand the way she's behaving yeah but what sort
25:13of thing are we talking about exactly i don't know it's everything she's she's erratic she's
25:19she's secretive argumentative it's like
25:24it's like when she was using well we know it's not that she wouldn't do that not with a baby
25:31i know no you're right of course
25:43i i need some help it's my baby i i think you might be blind