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Emmerdale
  • 5/21/2025
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00:00Where's my gown? I have not seen my first dress. Oh, Amy. Thank you. This is great. Thank you so much
00:09Okay, I guess this is it people
00:11Guess what? All of our hard work is about to pay off, right? Right and
00:18What'd you say that's right Sebastian wants to say to all of you folks
00:24It's showtime
00:26I
00:28Know that you tried to kill Ava. I know everything
00:33Whatever you think, you know, you're wrong. I can explain Ava provoked me and I wasn't thinking clearly and I tried to stop her you stop
00:43It doesn't matter why you did it you did it and now it can't be undone
00:49So we just have to cover it up
00:58I
01:06Need to go change for our performance knock him dead
01:18Ladies and gentlemen, please help me give a warm welcome to our host this evening Lucy
01:29Hello
01:32Everybody thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm so excited. I get to be the host of tonight's celebration of
01:41community and
01:44Contribution, I'm Lucy Coe. I
01:49Am so delighted to welcome all of you to the
01:532025 nurses ball and I promise you this will be a night
01:56You will never forget
02:27You
02:32Okay, hi everybody sorry about that everything is fine, it's fine
02:37Yes
02:37Yes
02:38We can take it down to Defcon 5 or is it Defcon 1 or whatever it is when there's no problem anymore
02:43It's gone
02:44So what happened was apparently a stagehand got a little too close to Sebastian and llamas are very very
02:52Territorial and now the stage hand. Well, let's just say he will not do that again. Okay, so yay
02:59All right moving on. I
03:02Just want to share with you that I started the nurses ball
03:0731 years ago and it was thank you
03:13Thank you
03:15It was to raise awareness and to raise funds in the fight against HIV and AIDS and it was just as teeny little idea
03:23I had and I thought it would be a one-time event, but it grew into this
03:28Storied Port Charles Institution. I'm very very proud
03:32Proud of that and this is what we do
03:34You know
03:35We all get together as a community and we do it for the greater good and I know some of you are probably thinking
03:41Yeah
03:42We don't have to do so much with AIDS and HIV
03:45but we really do need to continue to fight the good fight and so that's what we're doing right now and
03:51Thank you all for being here. And thank you to an amazing benefactor who underwrote the entire ball
03:58So that means every penny every dollar like from the silent auctions the ticket sales all your donations
04:04It all goes exactly right to the cause so that's tremendous and thank all of you
04:12Okay, so what's also very special about these festivities you're gonna get to see all our fine talent
04:20That is homegrown
04:21They're gonna show off their stuff. The beloved people from Port Charles are gonna be on this stage
04:26So, what do you say should we get the evening started? What do you say? Yes
04:33Okay, so
04:35if
04:37You save a life. You're a hero
04:40if you save a
04:42Thousand you're a nurse
04:45So I'm so excited to start this evening off by bringing back to our wonderful nurses ball stage
04:52the amazing talented extraordinary hard-working
04:57gorgeous medical staff at General Hospital
05:01Because you know once again, they prove
05:04That angels not always are wearing wings. Sometimes
05:08They're in scrubs
05:12I
05:42We took a holiday
06:05We're gonna have a celebration
06:12Oh
06:42Come on
07:12Oh
07:42We need
08:12Oh
08:42I
08:56Did cover it up
08:57So, how do you know about this because lucky is the only person that knows and he promised me
09:02He wouldn't say anything. Did he tell you I talked to lucky
09:07But it was after I knew the truth
09:09Okay
09:12Well did lucky tell you that I never meant to hurt Rick or Elizabeth I didn't even know they were in the car
09:17I swear I meant to cut Ava's brake lines. What the hell difference does it make whose brake lines you were gonna cut?
09:25You tampered with a car with the intention of hurting somebody and you did you hurt two people. It's a good thing
09:31It wasn't worse. I know it's a good thing. It isn't worse. I feel terrible about this. Okay, I haven't been able to sleep
09:37It's all I think about and I I would give anything to go back and change what I did
09:42I would certainly hope so. I tried to stop it
09:45I did I called Ava to warn her but she didn't pick up and I was just too terrified to leave a mess
09:50Well, it was a good thing that you didn't because it would have been another piece of evidence against you
09:56What do you mean another piece of evidence again, they don't have any yes, they do
10:01They have evidence. They know what you did and they can prove it
10:07You
10:09Who's they who has proof Ava and Rick or the police Ava and Rick
10:16She came to my office with a video taken from the security camera in her garage of you
10:22Holding the wire cutters and heading toward Rick's car can't be happening and it gets worse
10:29They have the car
10:31No, they can't have the car the car was destroyed the cars gone lucky checked
10:36I am sure Ava paid off the impound lot person to say that
10:42They hid the car and Rick and Ava are the only people that know where it is
10:46And if the police find that car
10:47They will see that the brake lines were cut and you will be charged with attempted murder
10:53Wait, they have evidence and they both hate me, but they haven't gone to the police yet. Why would they do that?
10:59Why would they go to you first?
11:01Because they're blackmailing me
11:05I'm so happy that you don't have to go back to the hospital tonight. Well, I did have help
11:10Stella Oh figured
11:12Continue well, there's no way those doctors are gonna keep me in the hospital room tonight
11:16Now you can hang out with us for a bit after our performance and you don't have to go rush off to see him
11:21no, and
11:23You get to watch us in person sing. I can't wait to see you two are bringing to that stage
11:28We will see you
11:31You should probably warm up soon. I know yeah a little dry
11:42I'll be right back
11:48Hey, I'm sorry, I'm late all the roads around here are closed because of the red carpet and nurses false and traffic was awful
11:54Just glad you made it back and you only missed the opening number so far. So what's going on with granny?
11:59She didn't really drunk drew. Did she I don't know Mac took over before you get any new details
12:04Yeah, I know how much my grandmother hates drew, but I can't imagine she would ever do anything that
12:10Low drew angers reached kind of epic proportions. You can blame her guys trash with abs
12:17Look, all we can do is let this thing play out
12:20Besides your grandma can hold her own against anyone at the station for the next few hours
12:24She's probably actually got everyone in hiding
12:27And Tracy would want you to have fun tonight
12:29No, she would and I have to be here for Geo's performance and let's face it granny probably is her legal team on it
12:36So I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. I
12:39Didn't think you could sink any lower, but somehow you did
12:43Were you and your high horse upset about now you being here hanging all over drew takes a lot of nerve
12:51Well, I am here and I am NOT leaving
12:54So is that it or is there something else you want to say to me? Yeah, you will never
13:00Take Michael's children away from him
13:05Hey congressman, hey, I told you already it's just drew remember that. Hi Trina. Hello
13:12How you feeling? I'm feeling pretty good actually
13:15But I just came over to say thank you again for everything that you don't you do not need to thank me
13:20You're really don't and by the way, I'm
13:22I'm sorry that I wasn't able to be there more after the surgery
13:26I've read about what was going on and I hope everything's okay
13:29It will be and I've seen some of Josh's footage. I mean that documentary
13:34It's gonna be great. It really is for both of us. Well, I can't wait to see it
13:44You enjoying yourself
13:48It's quite something
13:51There's time at the Nurses Ball it is
13:54Hopefully the first of many
13:57But perhaps it's the only one you and I will be together on
14:01What do you mean?
14:02You might find it difficult to do business in Fort Charles of motorcy passes
14:08Perhaps you'll relocate to a more
14:11Welcoming climate
14:13Port Charles is my home
14:18Nobody's running me out of here
14:21I
14:22Portia I
14:24Need you to do something for me. I
14:27Need you to leave me alone. I just want you to go to the ladies room and check on Willow
14:32I'm not answering to you tonight. I am enjoying a night out with my husband
14:40What happens with my children is none of your business
14:43I am their mother Wiley and Amelia belong with me and what about their father Michael?
14:49You know the one you're still married to or have you conveniently forgotten about him, you know out of sight out of mind
14:55Oh, I haven't forgotten. In fact, I flew all the way to Germany to talk to Michael about all of this
15:00He refused to see me good. You shut me out completely
15:03I wanted to work things out with Michael
15:05But he didn't and it made me realize I can't just sit around waiting for him to come home
15:10And I've decided that right now nothing is more important to me than moving on with my life and being with Drew and I'm not
15:16Gonna let you or anyone else harass us
15:19Is that you?
15:21Wow, there's your hero now
15:23Do you think he's late to come to your rescue because he and his white horse were off scoring blow? Oh, just look
15:29That's enough coming out. Oh
15:31You're in the ladies room true. Are you looking for another girlfriend or maybe another hooker?
15:38I'm sure Willow will help you check the stalls. Have a nice night
15:42The
15:48Nurses ball is such a magical night
15:51It makes you feel like anything is possible and how lucky am I?
15:56To be here with my handsome husband my adore
16:01What's wrong
16:03You're not enjoying yourself tonight. It's kind of hard to enjoy myself when I know you're not being honest with me
16:10About what about drew blackmailing you
16:15Our next performer has dedicated his life and his passion to music
16:21He was a virtuoso at nine years old. He is seated first chair in the PCU orchestra
16:28He combines the classical sophistication with fresh street energy
16:34And I'm excited because it's this very first time on the nurses ball stage, please please warm welcome for ready
16:41Geo
16:42palmieri
17:03Oh
17:33Oh
18:03Oh
18:33Oh
19:03Oh
19:33Oh
20:03Oh
20:33Oh
20:35Oh
20:37Oh
21:00Every note was perfection. I think it was the best performance. I've ever seen you giving, you know, that's saying something. Thank you
21:07Thank you. Oh, you know, I told everybody from the neighborhood to watch you on TV. My phone is blowing up, honey
21:15You made us all so proud
21:17Yeah, I had fun for that performance when I miss Benson nurse the most
21:22Oh, I think it's because I feel so close to my mom when I'm on stage
21:25It felt like she was up there with me. It was she would love the nurses ball. Oh, yeah, she would have
21:32lost
21:34Can I talk to you?
21:37So great, but we have to clear out this entire area for the magicians water tank act, okay, and Lois, I really need your help
21:44I mean like right now like I need your help now chop chop chop chop. Yeah. Sorry Lulu. I you know, she's chop-chopping already
21:54Yeah, I
21:58Knew Gio was talented but man, he brought it tonight. I didn't know he was that good
22:02I saw him rehearse that a million times and even I was blown away by that performance
22:07So did Gio's amazing performance change your mind about him at all?
22:11Or do you still think he's spoiled and irresponsible because in my humble opinion it takes a disciplined
22:18Responsible hard-working guy to play like that. I thought Gio's performance was
22:24great
22:26You're stealing from the casted I in a state from ace to pay off Rick and Ava yes, I
22:33Can't believe you're doing this ace is suffering now because of me ace will be fine
22:38There's enough money in that account won't be able to spend it for five lifetimes
22:42The real issue is I am now involved in an embezzlement scheme with the two of them
22:48That's why I saw you guys here. You were talking about this, right?
22:52That's why I need to play by their rules because if I don't I go to prison for embezzlement
22:58And you go to prison for attempted murder mom. You're gonna get caught
23:01I'm not so sure
23:03The two of them think they have all of this planned out beautifully
23:07They set out this shell company so that all of our names will be hidden
23:12But the bottom line is if I go down
23:15So do they and that money it will stop flowing and all three of us will be in jail
23:21Okay, but Rick and Ava they're they're dangerous and they hate both of us. You can't trust them
23:27There really isn't another way
23:29No, there is no we can tell my dad
23:36Did you talk to Lowe's no, I haven't been able to get her alone, but you should have seen her face when Gio performed
23:43I'm right. I just need to confirm my suspicions
23:47The Dante just watched his son perform and he has absolutely no idea
23:52So, how are you enjoying your first nurses ball?
23:56Absolutely delightful
23:58delightful
24:02Miss
24:04Ashford
24:05you look beautiful tonight and
24:09Congratulations to you. It's shaping up to be a very successful event
24:14Nice to see your blood money finally do some good for a change
24:20Enjoy your night
24:29Hmm
24:38You're right Curtis
24:41Drew's blackmailing me over what?
24:45Portia what's going on?
24:47Brad Cooper figured out that I altered Heather Webber's cobalt levels, which you already know
24:51But then he started using it as leverage over me at first. He was just asking for a day off, you know small things
24:59And I didn't want to tell you because it was a hospital matter and and I thought that I could handle it myself
25:05You were already dealing with so much at Aurora. I didn't want to add to your stress
25:12Right
25:14Honey, I was managing it. I really was you were until drew got involved
25:19Yes
25:21exactly
25:22That's when it escalated and it became
25:26Something much bigger how big I need to hear everything Portia now
25:38You cannot go to your father
25:41Yes, he's gonna know
25:44Listen, no talk to you. Listen to me
25:46You don't tell him because if you do he will take extreme measures against them and you don't think they've planned for that
25:53If anything bad happens to them all that evidence will go right to the PCPD and you will go to jail
25:59I'm not gonna just let them blackmail you, you know
26:03You're gonna do what I tell you to do because this isn't just about you. I'm doing what I'm doing for your sister, too
26:11I think we can figure this out
26:14And you know what? I think that we can deal with drew too. I'll be the judge of that. I
26:19Don't even know what our exposure is here
26:23And you know what I really don't get
26:26That's how you could put us in this position to start with
26:29You don't seem to understand honey. I didn't mean for any of this thing
26:33We've been through we got past all the secrets and all the lies only for you to do it all over again
26:38I didn't tell you because I was afraid of exactly what's happening right now
26:44It was a hospital issue it snowballed and once drew found out
26:49It was definitely too late to tell you I knew that you would be furious
26:54Well, that's the one thing you did get, right?
26:56You know when I found out Trina was my daughter you promised me that there would be no more secrets between us
27:03You promised me that you would always be honest with me and after all that
27:09Here we are. I
27:12meant every single word of that and
27:15I would never keep something from you that affected you as much as that did
27:20This was a hospital issue and I was trying don't get it. This does affect me. It affects all of us
27:28This could end your career. You could end up in prison Portia our whole family
27:35Trina's life
27:37This could destroy
27:40Everything
27:43Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, we hope you're all enjoying yourselves tonight
27:48The Metro court is honored to be a part of this special evening and proud to be the hosting venue for such an amazing cause
27:55You know, you're probably wondering why we're standing here instead of your normal MC. It is because the
28:00Incomparable Lucy Coe is about to delight us in the next performance. So without further ado
28:05Let's give it up for Lucy Coe and into vain Felicia Scorpio. Hold on. Hold on. Okay
28:11Well another expect the unexpected nurses ball snafu welcome to the stage a surprise special guest
28:41You
28:52You keep saying you got something for me
28:58Something
29:05You've been a mess in where you should have been a mess
29:09And now someone else is getting all your best
29:17These boots are made for walking and that's just what they'll do
29:24One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over
29:38You
30:02Is right, but you ain't
30:08These boots are made for walking and that's just what they'll do
30:15One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
30:33You keep playing where you shouldn't be playing
30:39And you keep thinking that you'll never get
30:46But I just found me a brand new box of matches
30:52And what he knows you ain't had time to learn
30:58These boots are made for walking
31:02And that's just what they'll do
31:18Are you ready boots?
31:31I
31:39Saw Molly stand up for you
31:41she stood up for me because of the commitment papers, which
31:46You had those drawn up because you knew what I did. Didn't you? It was a strategy to mitigate
31:52Any culpability you had for what you did? Okay
31:54Why don't you just tell me that?
31:56Because I was afraid you would tell your sister or she would somehow find out and then all of a sudden she would just
32:03Have a mother and a sister and a father who are all criminals and who are all in jail and she would be all alone
32:10Well, he would have had no one
32:12She would also as an officer of the court have to turn you in
32:16Or look the other way which would make her an accessory after the fact
32:20Don't even think about that
32:23Christina you haven't thought a lot
32:30But I think about I
32:32Think about this all the time and I think about my girls all the time
32:38Which is why I have to protect you and prevent you from going to prison
32:43Which is why I have to do what Ava and Rick are asking me to do
32:49No more than I but you still need to let me handle this
32:56I don't know if I can I judged you so harshly for those commitment papers and you were just doing that to protect me
33:04As if
33:05The guilt I felt already over what I did to Elizabeth and Rick wasn't bad enough now
33:11I have to live with this guilt too. And I just I don't know if I can live like that. I
33:16Am your mother
33:18And it is my job to protect you
33:21This is my choice
33:25I love you
33:28I love you, too
33:31But you need to let me handle Rick and Ava you need to let me do it my way do you understand
33:39I'm so sorry mom
33:42You're incredible, you know that you're an incredible mother and an incredible woman and I'm so lucky
33:49You
33:54So what is drew making you do for him he wanted me to
33:59Get Aurora media
34:01To run positive stories about him. So not only have you been lying to me you've been manipulating me
34:08You use my love for you in our marriage to make me play nice with the man who's been treating me like garbage and now
34:13He's treating you the same way. I know that it was wrong at the at that point
34:18I'm trying to protect our marriage protect our marriage
34:21No, you didn't protect our marriage
34:24What you did was keep your mouth shut for months while first Brad then drew blackmailed you
34:31You lied to me because true ordered you to
34:35You left me and our entire family vulnerable
34:40So no, you didn't protect our marriage
34:43You ruined it
34:46Curtis please you don't what kind of marriage can run on lies and manipulation Curtis
34:53Honey, please. Don't walk away from me
34:57You can't throw away our marriage
35:07I listen, I know that you are a last-minute replacement for Tracy and yet Tracy was good with you. You were spectacular
35:14I have to say it was an honor to be asked but it initially almost passed because as I told these three luminaries at
35:20The stage I didn't know the music or the moves and I couldn't possibly well, I'm gonna take no for an answer
35:25And I reminded you you can't just leave Felicia up on the stage by herself
35:31Such a terrifyingly charming invitation. Yeah. Well, we did make you an offer. You couldn't refuse
35:37indeed
35:39Well, congratulations to us all and now I think I need a stiff drink
35:43Oh
35:46Thank you your brilliant idea, I really want to thank you because you saved the nurses to know
35:53Now we have to get changed back to our seats because you don't want to miss another second of the show, okay
35:59I
36:11Need to talk to you
36:13What is it with you? Can it wait? We're in the middle of a show. No, I need to talk to you now
36:19What?
36:21There's the guy everyone's talking about you were amazing. Really? Yes, absolutely
36:26I got chills. I tears in my eyes. Do you know you are a star? Thank you. Okay, that means a lot
36:40Hey, wait, what is this all about Lulu I
36:49Saw you watching Gio perform
36:52How emotional you were how proud you were of him?
36:57Yeah, of course I was he was amazing. What did you not see him? Yeah
37:03He's truly great
37:06His mother really passed down her music gene didn't she yeah she did but
37:13Gio did all the work. I mean, you know Sonny helped him with his education and his training and okay
37:20You know what?
37:20I'm gonna go
37:22Watch the rest of the ball and I'm sure Dante is waiting for you. Dante is a patient guy
37:29He doesn't mind waiting. I mean, it's probably what makes him a good detective
37:35You don't have to sell me on Dante I'm already a fan
37:39He's more than that though
37:42He's family
37:45So is Gio and Brooklyn obviously
37:50Yeah
37:53Lulu
37:54What do you want? I want the truth. I
37:58Know Camilla cut her tour short
38:01But not because she was pregnant. I know she didn't give birth to a son in LA
38:08But I know Brooklyn did give birth to a son
38:12With Dante
38:16And that's honest Gio
38:21You
38:31On the next general hospital you can let go of that ridiculous idea once and for all come on Dante give it up already
38:38Whatever happens next is on you. They're the reason this is happening to me
38:43The only question now is who's gonna tell him the truth?