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EastEnders 2nd September 2025
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00:00Music
00:25Don't worry, I ain't saying.
00:52I said you were going to nick Alfie's cash card.
00:54You liar!
00:55It takes one to know one.
00:57Did I do all right, Mark?
01:00Alfie, you've been all right.
01:03You've been all right.
01:04She's in trouble.
01:05We need to help her.
01:06I'm not in trouble.
01:07I don't need your help.
01:09I'm getting a taxi.
01:10I'll go a minute.
01:11Listen, Alfie, I haven't seen you for years.
01:13Just go inside here.
01:15Look, you're soaked.
01:17She's skinned.
01:18I had to pay for the cab.
01:21How would you risk it?
01:22Give us a minute.
01:23Give us a minute.
01:24Come on.
01:25Come on.
01:26Come on.
01:27Tommy.
01:28I love you.
01:29Don't do it.
01:31Tommy!
01:34I love you.
01:35I love you, too.
01:37Come on, come on.
01:40Listen, don't help me.
01:42I'll give you all the gifts you need.
01:44You can get gasped to wherever you want to go, all right?
01:47I promise you.
01:49Please, you just come in and cry on, yeah?
01:53Please?
01:55You've got little brothers in there that want to meet you.
01:58Yeah, they want to meet their big sister, okay?
02:01They'd love to meet their big sister.
02:05Yeah?
02:07Please.
02:17Yeah.
02:18I can't do this.
02:32I can't do this.
02:46I've just got up the stairs.
02:48I've just got up the stairs.
02:49The cash is in your safe, all right?
02:50How long have you had him?
02:57You should have called 999, you stupid boy.
02:59I was trying to do the right thing before some kid found and shot someone.
03:02How am I the stupid one?
03:03Because it's five years for a firearms possession.
03:06Five?
03:07Yeah.
03:07And now you've implicated me.
03:11I'm sorry, but I can't go back to Young Offenders.
03:13I hated it in there.
03:14Look, I know you think I'm a wrong one, but I'm not, I promise.
03:19Look, I try and do the right thing, but I get overexcited, and then I get overwhelmed, and then...
03:22And then you're holding a gun under the stairs.
03:27You know what?
03:27I was so proud of you earlier.
03:28What you did to Yolandi and Patrick their wedding, it was beautiful.
03:32Were you?
03:33Yeah.
03:34And how can a creative, capable young man do this?
03:40I just don't understand.
03:44Lived it wise.
03:50Okay.
03:52I've got to keep this safe tonight.
03:53I'll try and find a way to explain a gun at the station tomorrow.
04:05Fair time for Jack.
04:14Where is it, then?
04:15The safe?
04:16Dry off a bit first, Jean.
04:17What, do you want to die of hypofermia?
04:28I'll make us a cuppa.
04:30Yeah, when we're supper a bit.
04:31I wanted to get one of those boiling tap things, but Alfie said they're a waste of money.
04:58Says the man who ain't made a cuppa since his nan had died, eh?
05:02Landed on your feet, then.
05:06I'm a career woman now.
05:07Proper grafter.
05:08You?
05:09You ain't lasted five minutes in a job before you got done for thieving or sleeping with the boss.
05:15Yeah, I was a nightmare, wasn't I, eh?
05:17Used to drive mum and dad wild.
05:20But, um, I've grown up.
05:22I'm married.
05:23I've got three boys.
05:25Responsibilities.
05:26Better late than never.
05:27But, I'm a good mum now.
05:30If you stick around long enough, you'll find out.
05:33That's why Tommy ran away.
05:38He's a teenage boy.
05:40It's hard for him.
05:41The world's gone mad and they're just trying to make sense of it all.
05:43Nah, there's nothing worse than having you as a mum.
05:45The game playing, the drinking, the tantrums, the name calling.
05:49I'm sorry.
05:52I'm sorry for all the things I said.
05:56Zoe, it was 20-odd years ago.
05:58Can't we just move on from it?
06:00I came up here for the cash.
06:04Not a deep and meaningful.
06:07Boys, don't go.
06:08No, no, don't go.
06:09Okay, I'm sorry about you.
06:11Are you our sister?
06:13I'm Ernie.
06:13He's but...
06:14Yeah, I'm Zoe.
06:16We've always wanted to meet you.
06:17Please call me a face, please.
06:21Okay, right.
06:23Okay, who fancies an egg sandwich?
06:26You must be starving, Tommy, yeah?
06:27Yeah, go on then.
06:28Me?
06:29Yeah?
06:30All right.
06:30Can I have sausage and tomato cake, please?
06:33Yeah, all right, all right, all right.
06:35What about you, Zoe?
06:36Can I tempt you with a Magic Moon egg sandwich?
06:38Can I use the loo?
06:43Yeah, it's just there, darling.
06:48Sausages.
06:49I like to chop.
06:51Chop.
07:00Boys, were you going to go before you give your opening a cuddle?
07:14Walter, I've missed you.
07:23I bet it's the king who decides them rules.
07:26So he can get away with doing that whole
07:28Her eyes have whanning of Walford Town
07:31With his sword.
07:39You, Zoe?
07:40How come the king don't get done for possession
07:42when I get five years,
07:43even though the gun ain't even mine?
07:44Well, I'm just curious.
07:46Watch out.
07:48Do you want to go back to young offenders?
07:51Do you?
07:55You know, when I'm...
07:56Shut up.
07:58Oh, sorry, gee, I see it's two mines and a lager.
08:12Did you?
08:13Oh, I'm sorry about that.
08:14Well, I'm sure you'll cope.
08:15As you can see, we're very busy.
08:17Who needs to learn to put a pint sooner or later?
08:20I'll try to clean the toilets.
08:22Hey, Al.
08:25I know, it's not what you asked for.
08:27No, it's fine.
08:28Look, I really don't want to do it.
08:29I'm not family.
08:30What?
08:31Patrick asked you to be the best member
08:32because he piques a lot of you.
08:34Yeah?
08:34Just, um, see what you mean.
08:36I'm not calling Patrick a street-wise Hercules.
08:42Harry, I love you.
08:44But you were stressed as Mr. Stuffles the Bear
08:47when we first met,
08:48so what seems to be the problem, eh?
08:49Look, I think Jack's got one of them
08:51best man joke books in the loo.
08:53I'll get it for you.
08:54Of course he has.
08:55I might break the ice.
08:57Yeah, thanks, Dean.
08:58Don't wait, it's not.
09:01It's not.
09:01No, forget it.
09:03It's good.
09:25It's good to see you, Nan.
09:26If you tell anyone I cried,
09:29I'll slap you, silly.
09:31You ain't as old as you, Lou.
09:32Sally!
09:34I'm really sorry, Nan,
09:35but I've got a plane to catch.
09:36You can't go.
09:37I'll never see you again.
09:38You will.
09:40You don't know about my heart.
09:42Your heart?
09:43What's wrong?
09:44Well, the doctor said
09:45I never read one in the first place.
09:47Oh, my gosh.
09:48You don't change.
09:49Let's put a smile on your face.
09:51Shh.
09:53Zoe.
09:54I thought you'd gone.
09:55I'm going now.
09:57Stay for a chippy dinner.
10:00Please, like the old days.
10:03For your name.
10:07You're all right.
10:08I believe I've got to thank you for making our wedding so special.
10:37I wanted to prove how sorry I am.
10:41Yeah, yeah.
10:42I accept your apology.
10:45You made one very stupid mistake, son.
10:49And with that, I want all of us to draw a line under this.
10:55Understood?
10:57Understood.
10:59Understood.
11:05I'm trying my hardest to make amends.
11:18I can't believe you heathens, right?
11:31Won't eat chips off a plate.
11:32It's disgusting.
11:33Oh, how could a lady die?
11:35How's your caveat?
11:36I like the walk for the chips in me lap.
11:38Reminds me of when I was a kid.
11:42So, what was mum like when you was growing up?
11:44Ooh.
11:45Hmm.
11:47She was bossy, annoying.
11:49Always neck in my fruit corner.
11:50That was Ling.
11:55She's still with bossy and annoying.
11:56Do you know my...
11:57Brush your teeth.
11:58Go to bed.
11:59Oi.
12:00Is that supposed to be me?
12:02No.
12:03Don't mess with the messer.
12:04Yeah, that's right.
12:05Zoe, the kids love you to stick around Wolford for a bit.
12:09Alfie, don't pressure me.
12:11Yeah, you guys.
12:11Come on.
12:12I think it's...
12:12Mm-hmm.
12:15You could always bank in with me.
12:17Mo, we're trying to get her to stay, all right?
12:19So, wind your neck in.
12:20Oi.
12:21That's why she dug me out.
12:23You're back on telly.
12:24Oh, think about it.
12:27Kat, Alfie, you've got a visitor.
12:30Oh, sorry to interrupt.
12:34Lizzie, sorry, I totally forgot.
12:35Twice in one day.
12:37It won't get complex, seeing as you're having a nice family evening.
12:41What's going on?
12:42Zoe, this is Leslie.
12:43She's from The Social.
12:44It's just a routine check-up.
12:46Um, Leslie, this is Zoe, my daughter.
12:52Oh, nice to meet you at last.
12:54And I'm the name.
12:55Nice to meet you.
12:56You're glad to be home, Tommy?
12:58Heard about the ferry nightmare.
13:01Yeah, Tommy, I was telling Leslie about the nightmare you had getting back from France after your camping trip.
13:07Yeah, of course.
13:08Yeah.
13:09Well, tell you what, Leslie, why don't we go in the kitchen,
13:11and we'll have some privacy there, yeah?
13:13You don't need me, dear.
13:15Yes, Kat, we do.
13:20What's it like?
13:22Seeing your mum do it all again, second time round.
13:24I'm in awe.
13:33Even better than the first time.
13:39The money you stick around.
13:41I knew you couldn't change.
13:43Sorry, sorry, can I tell everyone's attention?
13:55Hey!
13:55Hey!
14:00All right, does this work?
14:02Okay, it works.
14:03So we're going to do the speeches now.
14:04Hope everyone's having a good night.
14:05To kick off the speeches, it is going to be the best man in my life.
14:08I'm sorry.
14:30I can't.
14:31I'm sorry.
14:33Howie!
14:34Howie!
14:35Howie!
14:38Howie!
14:39Howie!
14:41How...
14:42How are we?
14:44How are we, guys?
14:46How are we?
14:48Oh, um...
14:50Please excuse my Howie.
14:52Um, Patrick made him the best man,
14:54and he just feels he doesn't have anything worth saying.
14:57Oh, that's nonsense.
14:58Exactly, that's what I said, but...
15:01Now he's got in it.
15:01So, um...
15:04I will say a speech instead.
15:07Yay!
15:08Yeah!
15:08Yeah, thanks.
15:09Woo-hoo!
15:10All right.
15:11Okay, so, um...
15:13I think I should start with saying, um...
15:17When I arrived on Pop's doorstep around 15, 16 years ago...
15:2216.
15:23Oh, 16.
15:24Well, he would know, he would know.
15:26I was a loud, attention-seeking nightmare.
15:30Really?
15:31Aw...
15:31Nothing's changed, eh?
15:32Nothing's changed.
15:35Like you would know.
15:36That's it for the day.
15:39Yeah.
15:41You have always treated me like a daughter,
15:44and you have given me and my family a home.
15:48And when I see yourself and Yolandi live your lives with courage, pride and generosity,
15:57it...
15:58It makes me want that, too.
16:04Patrick...
16:05You are more than a father to me.
16:11You are a king amongst men.
16:14Hmm.
16:15And Yolandi...
16:16You are a queen.
16:20Yeah, I'm I.
16:21So, please raise your glasses...
16:25For Patrick and Yolandi.
16:28Well, where have you been?
16:40I've just missed Kim's speech.
16:41I've just caught Ravi in my house.
16:44How did he get in?
16:45I don't know.
16:46He...
16:46He must have broken the back door or something, I don't know.
16:50What wrong was he?
16:51He came from upstairs.
16:52I think he might have been in our room.
16:54Jack, what are you doing?
16:55Jack!
16:56Don't shoot!
16:56Jack!
16:57Don't do nothing's...
16:58Jack!
17:07Sorry.
17:10John?
17:12Where's the safe?
17:14Give me the money and let me go.
17:15You can have the money when you've calmed down.
17:17I'm not going to let you leave in this state.
17:18Oh, enough of the perfect mum act.
17:20I've changed.
17:21I'm a good mum now.
17:22I am.
17:24Leslie is on our side.
17:26She said we're on the right track.
17:29Alfie's taking the boys over to Stacey's to give her some space.
17:32Zoe, please, just tell me what's happened.
17:34Nah.
17:35You don't get away with it that easily.
17:37Tell me why social services are checking up on you and your kids.
17:44Tommy was hitting me, yeah?
17:47He's head was raging full of hormones and he lashed out a few times.
17:52It got nasty and I shoved him back.
17:55I shouldn't have done it, but I did.
17:56And then the social got involved.
18:01The perfect mum hit her own kid.
18:07Nice.
18:11Zoe.
18:11We lost Tommy for a while, yeah?
18:19He went into foster care.
18:22Me and Alfie, we fought to bring him back home.
18:24It was horrible, but it brought us all closer together.
18:28And they all lived happily ever after.
18:31Listen to yourself.
18:32Justifying it.
18:34That's not what I'm saying.
18:35It's what you always do.
18:36Blaming other people to justify your behaviour.
18:39It's never your fault, shooing me all over again.
18:43No.
18:44No, that was different.
18:46That was worse.
18:48You came at me over and over.
18:51Drunk and cruel.
18:53The things you called me.
18:55I know, I'm sorry.
18:57I'll take that to my grave, but I was suffering as well.
19:00There you go again.
19:01Never your fault.
19:02I wish I had called social services.
19:07I might have stood a chance then.
19:12Sorry, I don't understand why we're still talking about this.
19:14I thought...
19:15I thought this was sorted out back in the day.
19:17This is like ancient history, you know?
19:19Are you that stupid and insensitive?
19:22You think a few tears over a bottle of vodka
19:24is going to fix a childhood as toxic as mine?
19:26But it wasn't, though, was it?
19:30Eh?
19:32I admit that when it all came out, yeah, about me and you,
19:35it wasn't my finest hour.
19:38But you're forgetting about the first 17 years.
19:43Singing Spice Girls into hairbrushes.
19:46Eating fish and chips out of our laps.
19:49Me nicking your yogurts.
19:51You said that was Lynn.
19:52We weren't perfect.
19:58But I was proud to be a Slater.
20:01Yeah?
20:02And everyone wanted to come to our parties, didn't they?
20:06They were warm, noisy.
20:09Full of love.
20:12We kept you safe.
20:15I kept you safe.
20:18Every second of those 17 years,
20:20pretending to be your sister.
20:22I had my Hawkeye on you,
20:26protecting you,
20:28and I never drew breath.
20:32Zoe,
20:33I'm sorry
20:35about the way I reacted when it all came out.
20:40And I would say that every day for the rest of my life.
20:44But please,
20:47try to remember the good times, yeah?
20:48Yeah?
20:48We can make new memories.
20:54With your family, the boys.
20:55The boys, I love you.
20:56And I knew they'd love you.
20:59Yeah?
21:00You can all gang up on me and Alfie, yeah?
21:03Are you mad?
21:04I'm not staying.
21:06I'm not staying.
21:11Zoe,
21:11I'm not letting you leave until you tell me why you hate me so much.
21:16Because every time I look at you, I'm reminded of who I am.
21:19What do you mean?
21:20An incestuous rape baby.
21:22No, you're not.
21:23You are beautiful.
21:26You're clever and kind.
21:27Don't touch me.
21:29I don't want you to touch me ever again.
21:32We're both soiled goods,
21:33and I cannot stay here a second longer.
21:35No, that's not right.
21:36I'll let Zoe, listen.
21:37You need to talk to someone.
21:38You need to speak to a doctor.
21:39No.
21:39Just take responsibility.
21:43My life is a wreck and it is all your fault.
21:45If you'd have said something to someone,
21:47if you'd have tried to stop it,
21:48if you'd have done something.
21:51That make you feel better, does it?
21:52Eh?
21:53You want me to say sorry for being raped by my uncle when I was 13?
21:59I know it weren't your fault.
22:03So many years wishing it had played out differently.
22:06But while you've been drowning in your own self-pity,
22:12the rest of the world has moved on from victim-blaming.
22:15I'm a survivor.
22:17I survived being raped by my uncle,
22:19and I've stopped punishing myself.
22:22If I can stop the blaming and self-harm, so can you.
22:25It's not the same.
22:27You can take that hate and put it onto the monster Harry
22:29who did things to you.
22:31So can you.
22:32I can't.
22:34I'm the baby that came from violence
22:36and hatred.
22:38I'm the monster.
22:44I wish you'd have got rid of me.
22:47Then you would have had no life at all.
22:51Listen, Zoe,
22:51let me get you some help, yeah?
22:53Therapy, whatever it takes.
22:55No, not half of it.
23:00Things I've done.
23:01I knew there was something else.
23:02Talk to me.
23:05I can't.
23:06You told me about Dan and I'm still here, eh?
23:10Can't be worse than that.
23:11I can't.
23:11No, it's...
23:27No.
23:28I'm going now.
23:31It's best for everyone.
23:34Just delete me from your mind.
23:36Forget I ever existed.
23:38No, no, no.
23:38I can't do that.
23:39This ain't my home.
23:40Those boys,
23:41they hate my family.
23:43And you're right.
23:44You have changed.
23:46You're a great mum now.
23:48But you and...
23:49And as I embark on the next chapter
24:04with my beautiful wife
24:07and my family beside me,
24:09I am grateful
24:11to all of you
24:13for the love
24:15you've shown me.
24:19So?
24:20To a family.
24:22To a family.
24:27Yeah.
24:28On my way.
24:30Oi.
24:44You give me that gun.
24:46You go, Serge, Warren.
24:49Oh, Jesus!
25:02Oh, Jesus!
25:16Oh, Jesus!
25:18Sorry!
25:20I told you to let me go.
25:35Listen, whatever's happened to you,
25:37I can make it better.
25:38I promise.
25:39Oh, Jesus!
25:40Oh, Jesus!
25:42Oh, Jesus!
25:43Oh, please, Zoe.
25:44Just let me be the mum you deserve.
25:46No, I ain't having the boys dragged into my mess.
25:50If I stay, I'll destroy your family.
25:54You destroy a family?
25:57You'll complete it.
26:03No!
26:16So who's been shot? We'll find out tomorrow at 7.30 on both BBC One and iPlayer.
26:22Who's playing who? Power, secrets and toxic friendships collide in our new thriller.
26:26Press Red for The Guest with Eve Miles.
26:28Well, it's movie week on the Great British Sewing Bee in an hour after a new visit to the repair shop.
26:34And that's next.
26:46We'll see you next time.
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