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#EastEnders EastEnders 17th September 2025
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00:00Are you alright?
00:21I must have conked out in front of the TV or something.
00:25Oh, well, hopefully when we get this sorted you'll have a bit of kip, eh?
00:30I've been thinking, maybe this ain't such a good idea.
00:33Oh, so we have to find out if this Greg's alive.
00:36We'll just go round there and we'll keep our distance and see if he shows up.
00:39Why would I risk going there? What if someone sees me?
00:42It's like you said, it ain't just about you.
00:44You are all over the papers. He knows where you live, where we live.
00:48Well, nothing's gonna happen to you or the kids.
00:50Well, that ain't what you said yesterday.
00:52We have to do this, though.
00:55I don't know.
00:57What if he is dead?
00:59Well, then at least we know he ain't gonna burst through the door any minute.
01:04I ain't letting you back out of this.
01:09You alright?
01:13You're still thinking about what Stacey said yesterday.
01:16Look, I know it was awful, darling, but it was an accident.
01:20You've got to go to work.
01:22Mmm.
01:23Alright, see you later.
01:28Joel left for school five minutes ago.
01:30So?
01:32So, you need to have a sit down with him as soon as he gets home.
01:37This one ain't just me and him bashing heads.
01:39He stole my credit card, Ross.
01:43He's used it to buy tickets for some event by that podcaster he likes.
01:46Just one thing after another with this kid at the minute.
01:48You look like you could sleep for a week.
01:53Yeah, and the rest.
01:55I didn't get a chance to get any kid before last night's shift, and now it's what?
01:59What?
02:00Four hours until I've got to be back at this in the yard.
02:05No, I shouldn't ask, but...
02:09Is there any chance that you could deal with this?
02:11Just until I get a few days home with me bloated, I can, you know, I can think of it straight up.
02:17Of course.
02:18Leave it to me.
02:27So Nan's going with Alfie to some poker night thing that Fat Elvis has sorted out,
02:30and I thought you might want to keep me company in the Vic?
02:32I don't know. Maybe.
02:35Just have a good chat, yeah?
02:37Can we borrow one of your cabs?
02:39What, you two?
02:41Why?
02:42Well, we're just going to go up the charity shops, get Charlie some new bits,
02:45cos she's grown out of everything, and if I buy it in her, I'll be bankrupt.
02:49All right.
02:50Since when have you volunteered to go raking through second-hand clothes?
02:53Oh, come on, Kat.
02:54It ain't like she can get on the tube. Look at her.
02:56No, you're right.
02:57We would invite you, but you've got the pub to run.
03:00OK.
03:01Well, pop into the cab office on the way.
03:03I'll let them know you're coming, yeah?
03:10Thanks.
03:14Right, come on.
03:15We're going before we get cold feet again.
03:27What's wrong?
03:29I'm fine.
03:30Oh, don't get me. I'm fine.
03:31I know you.
03:37I don't know what to do, Mum.
03:40Oh, sweet.
03:42Look, I've got to go to work.
03:44You're going to come with me, yeah?
03:45Come on.
03:46Come on.
03:53All right?
03:57I've got a little bit of bad news for you.
03:59I saw Howie delivering to us this morning, and Louie's VR headset still hasn't arrived.
04:03No.
04:04I know.
04:05It's his birthday today.
04:06No.
04:07What?
04:08We've got loads of people coming round later.
04:09We can't have him just opening nothing.
04:10He's old enough to understand that these things happen, though, isn't he?
04:13He's still a kid, Peter.
04:14One of us is going to have to go to the shops.
04:17I've already taken the morning off, and I told Oscar that I'll be back there this afternoon.
04:21Come on.
04:22I'm here on my own, isn't I?
04:24Jay, his granddad's got sick, so he's out to go and see him.
04:28All right.
04:29Well, if we can't, we can't.
04:31Lauren, we'll make a big fuss with Louie.
04:32We'll set up balloons and nibbles and birthday cake, you know?
04:37Come on.
04:38We've both got a lot on our plate.
04:40All right.
04:41All we can do is our best.
04:46See you in a bit.
04:53No, but he's Ross's son, not yours.
04:56He can't just expect you to step in and be a parent whenever it suits.
04:59Except Joel's under my roof.
05:01I help feed him, clothe him.
05:03Look, Ross ain't perfect, but he is dead on his feet trying to get the money to pay Sharon back.
05:08How can I not step in?
05:12Oh, it's Walford Eye.
05:14This ain't gonna be good.
05:15Mm.
05:19Hi.
05:20How was the food?
05:21Nice and thanks.
05:22I need to enjoy being a lady of leisure while I can.
05:25Back in the classroom on Monday.
05:26Ooh.
05:28Is she all right?
05:30The joys of having a teenage boy in the house.
05:32Oh, okay. We'll tell her to hang on in there.
05:34They become human again when they turn 28.
05:40Joel ain't turned up for afternoon registration.
05:43And guess what?
05:44There's a podcast recording in Birmingham this afternoon.
05:46I bet that's the one he's got the tickets for.
05:49If we leave now, we could cut him off at the venue, have him back by dinner time.
05:53No, hang on. We?
05:55What do I know about problem teenage boys?
05:58I've got a bit of Peter's later. It's Louis' birthday.
06:00Oh, I'll have you back before he's blown out his candles, please, Aunty Cav.
06:04I am well out of my depth for you.
06:09Marie.
06:10Yeah?
06:11Cover for us, will ya?
06:12Yes.
06:14There's a train in an hour.
06:16There isn't small enough time to get there.
06:18This district line came to...
06:21Mate.
06:23What's going on?
06:24We're about to see Drake, live in the flesh. Why ain't you buzzing about this?
06:26I am.
06:28Are you?
06:29Yeah, it's just...
06:31I know what her mum's like. She'll keep her out of when she finds out I'm not at school.
06:33Okay, well, it's one afternoon. She needs to chill out.
06:36Oh, yeah, I'll call her, shall I? That'll work.
06:40It's about us. Knowing our value.
06:43Okay? Getting what we're owed. And I thought you understood that.
06:46I do.
06:48I'd do anything to see Drake. It's just...
06:51Oh, it's not just my mum.
06:53I ain't got the money for a dream fit.
06:56Mate.
06:58Don't worry about that.
06:59I've got Vicky's car, don't I?
07:01I'm scared.
07:03And what time do you call, Ish? You said, I'll pass.
07:05I know, I know.
07:06Oh, we've been quiet all morning and then three punters turn up at the same time just as I'm trying to leave, so...
07:10Listen, everything is in there. You've got the nappies, there's a spare change of clothes as well.
07:15And if anything just doesn't happen, I don't know.
07:17I don't know. I don't know.
07:19I don't know. I don't know.
07:20I don't know.
07:21I don't know.
07:22I don't know.
07:23I don't know.
07:24I don't know.
07:25I don't know.
07:26There's a spare change of clothes as well.
07:27And if anything just doesn't seem right, you can give me a call, yeah?
07:31There isn't anything you can tell me about looking after babies, all right?
07:33I've had four.
07:34I don't know.
07:35Ain't worth knowing.
07:37Thanks for doing this, Dad.
07:38All hands on deck, now Lauren's back at work.
07:40Well, back in my day, someone was at home with them until they went off to school, but, um...
07:45Well, now women can be astronauts.
07:47Strap a baby to themselves in zero gravity.
07:50Yeah, well, I just settled for being able to get Lou's birthday present here on time.
07:54Is he still banging on about that VR headset?
07:56I mean, he's been saying about it for months.
07:58Do you know what?
07:59This reminds me of my ninth birthday.
08:02Okay?
08:03I really wanted this new whisk and...
08:06Dad got me a set of screwdrives.
08:07Rub it in, why don't you?
08:09I'm trying my best here.
08:12What'd I say?
08:14What didn't you say, Dad?
08:16No, don't worry.
08:17It's not you.
08:21Come on, Jimmy.
08:22Granddad time.
08:25Oh.
08:26Hey, baby.
08:27What are you doing here?
08:28Um...
08:29You okay?
08:30Yeah, no, it's just, um...
08:31It's just something to do with his cousin.
08:32We're trying to get hold of my sister.
08:35It's family stuff.
08:36Boring.
08:38There's a dozen boxes and mixers need sorting out the back.
08:42Okay.
08:44See ya.
08:45You look beautiful, Gina.
08:46There you go.
08:47There you go.
08:48I need to keep it clear, Ed.
08:54You are in too deep with Ravi and his lot.
08:56Let me help your baby.
08:57No, Mum, you'll just make it worse.
08:59Harry!
09:00I said no, Mum.
09:01You wanna help me?
09:02Tell me how to find Kojo.
09:04Look, I know you're worried about your mate, but he's a grown man.
09:07I got him into this.
09:09Ravi and Oki, they latched onto Kojo because of me.
09:11Yeah, and you wouldn't even be on their radar if he hadn't flushed that gear.
09:15Been missing all night, Mum.
09:17He's just dropped him in the middle of nowhere.
09:19He don't know how to find his way back.
09:20He can't cope with this sort of stuff.
09:22Last night, his phone was going to voicemail.
09:24Now, nothing.
09:25He could be with anyone, anywhere.
09:27If anything has happened to him, I swear.
09:29Look.
09:31Don't think of the worst-case scenario, sweetheart, okay?
09:34You know, it'll be impossible to find him.
09:37Luton is a big place.
09:38It'd be like a needle in a haystack.
09:46It's a landline.
09:47Answer it.
09:49Hello?
09:50Kojo!
09:52Where are you, mate?
09:56I can't believe I'm sat here waiting to see if I've off someone.
10:01Well, you don't have to tell me anything, but...
10:04We might be sitting here a while when the radio don't work, so...
10:09Never know, it might help.
10:11Talking to someone who understands.
10:15He took my money.
10:17And then he tried to take something else he wanted.
10:22Well, if you have killed him, it don't sound like the world is missing much.
10:26I ain't sure if I'm sorry for what I've done, or if I'm just scared of getting caught.
10:30Yeah, I know that thing.
10:34Anyway, we don't even know if you've done anything yet.
10:37And if you have, it's not like anyone knows you were there that night.
10:40It was just you and him.
10:43It was just you and him that night.
10:46There was this bloke.
10:48Of course there was.
10:50He legged it at the first sign of trouble.
10:53I thought we had something between us, but...
10:56If you ask me, he ain't over his eggs.
10:58Right, this just gets better and better.
11:04Everything all right?
11:06Oh, yes. It's just sure.
11:09Here, who's that?
11:11Who's that stumpy bloke? Looks like he's Ruby's granny.
11:12That's him.
11:24Hey.
11:27How's Zoe doing?
11:29Your lot keep saying it's a random shooting, but Zoe don't buy it.
11:34I know she don't.
11:36My little girl is disappearing, yeah?
11:39And I ain't got a clue what to do about it, Jack.
11:43It's a problem for women, and they can't even depend on them.
11:52And they're a much lower-value species.
11:55You, my brother, have to assert your dominance
11:58and teach them to be afraid of us.
12:01Any low-value female who sleeps around
12:05doesn't deserve a real man.
12:06man. Where are the real men he pays? Drake Sagan? What sort of name is that? That's like
12:12something out of Mills and Boone. Oh, never mind his name. It's what comes out of his
12:15mouth that bothers me. Women have made men into weak, submissive pushovers. Women need
12:23to stop acting like men and start acting like mothers and wives. We all need to go to work
12:29and grafts. They need to do their job too. What a load of old rubbish. Let's just find
12:38Joel and get the hell out of here. We've seen him now. Can we just go? We can't just leave
12:44and hope for the best. I mean, what if he knows you're still alive and comes back for another
12:47go? I just can't do this. It's too much. Look, can we just figure it out back at the house?
12:52Come on, just drive. No, I can't. I can't, sorry. I can't just have some bloke knocking
12:57at my door whenever he fancies it. Sorry, Zoe, but I can't do that to my kids.
13:00Stacey! Oi! Hang on. What do you want? Zoe Slater. She told me what she did to you
13:10and I know what you did to her and all. But just stay away from her, all right? I know
13:14she's made mistakes, but we're just normal people. We don't want no trouble. Who are you?
13:21We can sort this out. We've got money. We'll make it worth your while. She's tried that
13:26before and I almost got killed for my trouble. Tried what? You don't know what she wanted
13:31with me, do you? How much do you even know about her? That's her, isn't it? What about
13:40my money? You can't promise something, then walk away. Oi! I'm talking to you! What happened?
13:46What did he say? Oi! Come here! You! Give me my money! Oi! Oi! Oi! Oi! Oi! Well, I spoke to security. I've told them Joel's under 16, so he's going to send someone in to have a look. What's he doing with this lot anyway?
14:05I ain't got a brain cell between them. There's nothing for you here. You're past it, love.
14:11Listen, darling, even in my prime I'd have given you a swerve. Yeah, I bet you've been around the block a few times. See, any man that knows his worth ain't interested in damaged goods.
14:21Oh, look, there he is. And he's got tommy ropes in and all. Right, and once we've got the permy by the scruff of the neck, I'll ring Kat, fill her in.
14:28Banking off school? Are you serious? How did you know he's here?
14:35Cos your genius mate used my credit card to buy the tickets. Mate, maybe you should just go home.
14:40Yeah. Yeah, at least one of you's got the common sense you were born with.
14:43I don't belong here. What is the point of you? A woman without a child? Like, it's like... Oi! Don't talk to her like that!
14:49Is that what this bunch of idiots have taught you, eh? Time to go home, love, before you get too upset.
14:56Oh, yeah, that's right. We're the problem here. You should be ashamed of yourself.
15:01Small little men. We're small little women. We'd better go.
15:09There you go.
15:11Oh, look at those two. Like peas in a pot.
15:15It's a pity Gran couldn't make it, innit?
15:17Yeah, Vicky's dragged her into something, but she said she'd try and get here later if she could, alright?
15:22I'm just glad to be out of that skanky B&B.
15:25The walls are so thin, all I can hear is the bloke next door, clearing his throat every three seconds.
15:31Thought I was done with middle-aged men and their bad habits.
15:34What bad habits?
15:36Right, okay, so we've got pizzas, crisps, we've got loads of sodding around.
15:39Oh, look at that.
15:41Look, I am really sorry, mate, about your present.
15:44I did try and get to the shops today, but I was just really snowed under at work.
15:49And then Jimmy, he's temperature spiked.
15:52Is he alright?
15:53Yeah, he's fine. He's just coming down with a bit of a cold.
15:56I'm just going to be here in a couple of days.
15:58As soon as it gets here, you can open it, yeah?
16:00Right, I'll talk to him. I'll tell him to cut us some slack, yeah?
16:12No! Don't you dare, he's a ten-year-old boy.
16:15We're the ones that have let him down. He's got every right to be upset.
16:18Oh, this house is a dump.
16:21And all we do is just, we just rush about everywhere.
16:24Pass poor Jimmy around like he's some sort of parcel that nobody wants.
16:27We can't even manage to give Louis a decent party.
16:31I mean, I have just gone back to work this week and I am drowning, Peter.
16:35Yeah, well, maybe that's part of the problem. Maybe he went back too soon when he's too small, no?
16:40We won't be able to cope without my wages coming in.
16:43And anyway, me being at work, it's the only time that I can think of anything else other than the kids or you.
16:50Yeah, yeah, you're right. You're right, I'm sorry. I'll figure something out.
16:59I'll go and check on Jimmy.
17:03I know it's really tough for you at the moment.
17:06I just feel like I'm juggling all the time. I ain't got enough hands.
17:13Look. He found a pay phone and he's okay. That's the main thing, sweetheart.
17:32Harry, I will go to bed with anyone for you. Anywhere.
17:39Ravi, don't scare me.
17:43You need to get back to the bar before the rush starts.
17:46Mate, I'm so sorry.
18:06I'm so sorry.
18:09You're not my friend. How could you hurt me?
18:14Coach.
18:15I should never have made you go there. I think we just made it worse.
18:31Well, at least I know I'm not a murderer. And that's something.
18:34Maybe we should go to the police. I mean, I think that's too much for us to handle on our own.
18:39Hang on.
18:40I'll go to Jack. He'll know what to do.
18:42Stace.
18:44You just need to back up a bit.
18:46You don't understand everything. There are certain things you don't know.
18:48Yeah, you're right, I don't.
18:50You ain't exactly helping. I mean, why were you even at his flat?
18:53Who is this mystery man that you forgot to mention?
18:57Huh?
18:59Zoe, you've done nothing but lie since the minute you got here.
19:01Why don't you try telling the truth for once?
19:03Trust and honesty, we're never a big thing in our house.
19:05Oh, cry me here, River. So your sister's your mum?
19:08So what? The whole family worshipped you?
19:11I lied to Kat for months for you, and still, you just treat me like a mug.
19:15Well, I'm sorry if I ain't someone who wants to wear their dirty laundry all the time.
19:17It just ain't me.
19:19That's just it, though, isn't it?
19:21Who even are you?
19:23What are you still hiding?
19:26If you try and go to the police about Greg,
19:28I'll deny everything.
19:32Do you really want to risk looking that unhinged of your history?
19:38Thought was much.
19:39Dad's gone upstairs with Louis to play on the games console, Mum.
19:52Well, you know, I mean, we needn't come over if it's too much.
19:56No, sorry, it's not you, Mum. It's...
20:00Lauren being back at work is Jimmy's appointment. It's just everything.
20:03It's everything. It's fine.
20:04Yeah, I know how hectic it is with young kids.
20:09I even said to Lauren a minute ago,
20:11why don't you take time off work or stop work,
20:13and she nearly took me head off.
20:15I should hope so.
20:16It's not just about earning your own money.
20:18It's about...
20:20It's about feeling like a proper human being.
20:21It's just so much harder for the mum, I think.
20:25Look, I'm doing everything I can to take pressure off.
20:28We need more childcare.
20:30Jimmy, he needs specialist support, Mum.
20:33It's...
20:34It's hard.
20:35I know.
20:36And he's so little.
20:38In an ideal world, he'd always be of people that loved him.
20:40Yeah.
20:44What...
20:46What if I could help you out a bit more?
20:48What, you'd be up for that?
20:50Yeah, of course I would.
20:51I love spending time with the boys.
20:54Of course, if I...
20:56If I spent five days a week with him,
20:58early mornings, late nights,
21:01it would make sense if I moved in.
21:02I mean, it's not like you haven't got the room, is it?
21:05What do you mean?
21:06Were you and Lauren under the same roof?
21:07Oh, come on, we're adults.
21:08We can manage that.
21:11Are you sure?
21:12Yes.
21:14I missed out on so much you growing up, you know,
21:16and Louis.
21:18It'd mean the world to me to spend time with little Jimmy.
21:20You are great with the boys, Mum.
21:23And let's face it,
21:24you can't carry on like this.
21:27You get free childcare,
21:29and I get to move out of that B&B.
21:32It's a no-brainer.
21:33Where's Kojo?
21:47He won't come out.
21:49He's in bits after what you did to him.
21:51Oh, chill out, man.
21:53Didn't even do anything.
21:55Hey!
21:56There you are.
21:57Where you been, my man?
21:58I waited.
21:59You left me.
22:00What?
22:01I got lost.
22:02Not from looting.
22:03I went to the train station, you left.
22:05He got a phone.
22:06And he got maps.
22:10Look, man, I didn't choose any of this.
22:13It's just people.
22:15It got in my head.
22:19Look, I know what it's like to have other people pull the strings.
22:22Yeah?
22:23It's me and you that end up getting shafted.
22:26Every single time.
22:34There.
22:36I got you this.
22:38What?
22:41I got this for you.
22:43You should try it.
22:44Yeah, Tommy's in trouble again.
23:00Vicky and Kathy had to drag him and Joel away from some.
23:03Podcast recording in Birmingham.
23:06You know, I've sent him to bed and said that you'll deal with him when you get back.
23:09Yeah, I know.
23:11With him and Zoe, they're gonna worry me to death.
23:14Listen, I've gotta go, right?
23:15I love ya.
23:18Right.
23:20Time, everyone, please!
23:22Thanks for that.
23:24No offence to Phil and Nigel, but I just thought to get out of the eggs.
23:27I was married to Phil once.
23:29His cloth's got better conversation than him.
23:32The way that boy spoke to you back there,
23:35this needs nipping in the bud.
23:36And fast.
23:38The thing is pretty clear that Joel ain't about to listen to anything I've got to say.
23:42Well, then you need to get some help from somewhere.
23:45Before those boys get any more of that muck in their heads.
23:50Er, er, excuse me.
23:52Manners!
23:53Sorry.
23:55Julie, right?
23:57Yes!
23:59You're a teacher, aren't ya?
24:01Yes, how can you tell?
24:02Sorry, I'm...
24:04I think I need some help.
24:20What about light?
24:22Yeah, I needed a drink.
24:26I needed to, erm...
24:28You know, think.
24:32I spoke to Kat earlier about Zoe.
24:35You know, she said she wasn't sleeping.
24:38And what this had done to her head.
24:39I've been trying to convince myself that what I did doesn't matter, do you?
24:45But it does.
24:49That family.
24:51They're living with it every day, aren't they?
24:52Mum?
24:56Hope and Arthur are asleep. I'm just popping to Kat's.
24:58Okay.
24:59Take as long as you want.
25:01What are you doing?
25:03Stacey?
25:05If I can't convince you to go to the police, maybe Kat can.
25:08Stace!
25:10Stacey!
25:12Stacey!
25:14Assert your dominance.
25:16That's what alphas do.
25:17That's what women want.
25:19If your woman is afraid of you, she'll respect you.
25:22Fact.
25:24Ain't no woman wants to breed with a simp.
25:26No one.
25:28Alpha all the way.
25:30Is this really how you see women?
25:33It's not bad.
25:35Mum, it's just evolution.
25:37Evolution?
25:39That's funny.
25:41Considering you've got the brain power of an amoeba.
25:44I'm gonna go and lock up.
25:45I'm gonna go and lock up.
25:48Wherever that is down there, we're shut!
25:52No one knows better than I do
25:55what you're going through, Jack, but...
26:00Zoe's fine.
26:03She's fine, Jack.
26:07And if you can just...
26:10hold your nerve...
26:15we will be too.
26:20But lies have consequences, don't they?
26:31Kat! Will you stop this?
26:33When are you gonna learn to mind your own business?
26:34You're not gonna to mind your own business.
26:37Bye.
26:39Bye.
26:41Hello.
26:43Bye.
26:44Bye.
26:46Bye.
26:48Bye.
26:50Bye.
26:53Bye.
26:54Bye.
26:57Bye.
26:58Bye.
27:00Bye, bye, bye, bye.
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