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Eastenders 8th October 2025

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00:00Hey, Kojo. My man. What do you say? Listen, I heard you ain't feeling too well, yeah?
00:20What? I got you a little something to cheer you up. Two tickets to the car show. What are you saying? Trying to go on another trip?
00:31A car show? That sounds awesome.
00:35Come on.
00:39Maybe we need to take Kojo on a spa weekend or something.
00:43Yeah, but on what planet would he actually enjoy that, though?
00:46To relax and recover a bit.
00:49Who's that? Kojo? How's he doing?
00:53We took him out for food last night, but he didn't really so much.
00:59So he was exhausted.
01:02Is that what it's like when you go out of work? Ignite his hat?
01:06I don't know, really.
01:09Well, Kojo's your mate, right? I mean, a little bit worried.
01:13He collapsed at work, malnourished, dehydrated.
01:17Look, it's not normal.
01:21I, uh, don't understand what's going on.
01:27Hey, you. It's just me.
01:30I, uh, hadn't heard from you and I don't know.
01:34Did I freak you out last night?
01:38Anyway, just give me a call.
01:42Adoption?
01:43Whoa!
01:44What, are you and Eve back together, then?
01:46And are you actually out of your mind?
01:48It's actually none of your business.
01:49You've already had four kids.
01:50One's locked up, one's barely speaking to you, and the other one's Vinny.
01:51Oi!
01:52This is...
01:53This is actually mental.
01:54Adoption.
01:55How many more lives do you want to ruin?
01:56It was just something Eve mentioned.
01:57I'm not being funny.
01:58If you start going for adoption, I'm actually calling the social.
01:59You are literally the worst parent ever.
02:01You are literally the worst parent ever.
02:02Okay?
02:03Your warped mind.
02:04It's already been a long time.
02:05And are you and you're a big fan of your mind?
02:06It's actually none of your business.
02:07It's actually none of your business.
02:08You've already had four kids.
02:09One's locked up, one's barely speaking to you, and the other one's Vinny.
02:10Oi!
02:11This is...
02:12This is actually mental.
02:13Adoption.
02:14How many more lives do you want to ruin?
02:15It was just something Eve mentioned.
02:16I'm not being funny.
02:17If you start going for adoption, I'm actually calling the social.
02:19You are literally the worst parent ever.
02:22Okay?
02:23Your warped mind has already messed up way too many kids.
02:24Well, what about you, Mum?
02:26I'm here making the packed lunches while you're, what?
02:29Drinking coffee?
02:30I'm teaching you to be independent, actually.
02:33And you should be helping.
02:34Girl's job, innit?
02:36I am having none of that in this house.
02:38Fags, get out. You're already going to be late.
02:41Come on, man.
02:43Give the boys a call.
02:44Come on, Mum.
02:45You know, Mum, she's got a point.
02:48Adopting a kid is the worst thing that you could do.
02:56No, he's a grown-up.
02:57And he's allowed to decide what he does and the hands around her.
03:00Yeah, he's just having fun.
03:02That's what you all think, is it?
03:04I mean, we've all had a mad one that's left us a bit wrecked.
03:07Yeah, totally.
03:09I'm not saying he got drunk or anything.
03:12Look, I know you all think I treat him like a child, but...
03:15What's someone like Oki doing, hanging out with a bloke of his 40s?
03:19I've got older mates.
03:22Carriage, that's different.
03:25See, look, this is patronising.
03:27He's mates with Harry.
03:28We don't have a problem there.
03:30Well, Kojo, he's a cool guy.
03:32It's really not that weird.
03:34So you're OK with Oki, then?
03:36Yeah.
03:38You're not, are you?
03:39I can see it.
03:40Oh, I am.
03:41Something going on, wasn't it?
03:43You'd have to talk to Kojo about that, not me.
03:45What are you not telling me?
03:48Harry, mate.
03:49Can I have a word?
03:51Yeah.
03:52Sorry.
03:52Harry's right.
03:58You need to talk to Kojo.
04:01Just don't lecture him.
04:05Shame.
04:06You know, kissing, kissing in the middle of the square.
04:08What, what if Lexi had seen, eh?
04:09What, she's away on a school trip.
04:11And anyway, she's going to have to get used to it, isn't she?
04:13He is her dad.
04:14Is he?
04:15Oh, Phil, he has been by that girl's side, bringing her up.
04:19He loves Lexi.
04:20Nigel was a fantastic dad to Claire.
04:23By a ledger doesn't mean anything.
04:24Yeah, well, I don't want to talk about it.
04:26Right, well, come on.
04:27We'd better get going.
04:28He sure bends up for this visit.
04:29I mean, he might want a bit of space, might he?
04:31Phil, his marriage has broken down.
04:33Go on.
04:34Listen, I'm, er...
04:35I'm going to be going straight to the airport from the prison.
04:39I'll check him and Nigel soon as I get to Louise's,
04:41but I'll only be gone a few weeks.
04:42We're fine.
04:43Listen, if Nigel gets distressed...
04:45We'll be fine.
04:46Just go.
04:49Phil, you've been, er, amazing to Nigel.
04:54Then you'll be the same with Ben.
05:04I'm not new at school.
05:06Sick, aren't I?
05:07Since when?
05:09Oi, I'm talking to you.
05:11Since when were you sick?
05:12I said it was fine.
05:13So just chill.
05:15Okay?
05:18You don't look sick.
05:20His mum's getting married today.
05:22Mike is feeling down about it.
05:24He couldn't face school, so I thought...
05:26No.
05:27One day off's not going to hurt.
05:28He's sat there looking at me for answers, and I'm just as worried as he is.
05:42And then the lies.
05:43I just can't deal with all the lies.
05:44You've just got to give it some time.
05:46I haven't got time.
05:47They're probably lining him up for another job,
05:49and I'm stood here doing nish when I know that one call to the police could just stop it all.
05:53But they'll know it was you, Harry.
05:55After everything, they will.
05:56And you know full well what they'll do to you if you grass on them.
05:59Yes, I know.
06:00But I haven't got any other options.
06:01I don't see you coming up with a better idea.
06:03I am.
06:05And I have.
06:07Look, I've stuck a camera in your flat.
06:11You've done what?
06:12We get evidence of what's going on there, and we use that as leverage against them.
06:15No.
06:16No, because Kojo will be on that footage.
06:18You'll get arrested as well.
06:19I don't want him in trouble, Dad.
06:21We ain't going to take it to the police, son.
06:23We'll threaten them with it.
06:24What?
06:26They're using Kojo because he's under the radar.
06:29As soon as they know we have got his back,
06:31and we have got proof of what they're doing to him,
06:34they'll back right away.
06:35That threat will be enough.
06:37And they'll move on to someone else.
06:39That's the way it works.
06:40They won't want to take any risks.
06:41What if they take revenge?
06:43They've got a big operation going on, a ton of money coming in.
06:46They won't do anything that draws attention to that.
06:50Look, you're a good kid, Harry.
06:51Look, you're a good person, and I'm proud of you for wanting to help Kojo.
06:56So trust me.
06:58This will work.
06:59And you, you've just got to hold your nerve.
07:12Jean let you stay off school so you could look after Charlie.
07:17Do you want to put your phone down?
07:19Maybe go and check?
07:20If Freddie's up there.
07:21It's fine.
07:23When she's six, she just wants her mum, right?
07:25Why are you going on at me?
07:26Because I'm trying to work, and she won't try not.
07:29Well, I'm going, aren't I?
07:30Then will you just get that as well?
07:32What, mind you everything around me now?
07:34Trust me, Lilz, you are so far from doing everything.
07:37Might want to come back later.
07:38She's having a crash out.
07:40Lily!
07:42She's been sick.
07:44Sorry.
07:45It's chaos.
07:46You haven't responded to any of my messages.
07:50Yeah, sorry.
07:51Um.
07:55I just think if we're going to talk about adoption, then we should do it face to face.
08:02Oh, you want to talk?
08:03You all right, love?
08:16How are you doing?
08:17Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:18Don't make me fuss.
08:19No, not fuss.
08:21Just, you know.
08:22Checking I ain't going to top myself.
08:24I mean, you shouldn't even joke about things like that.
08:27And, yeah, of course, we are worried about you.
08:29When are you going to bring Lexi to come and see me?
08:31Well, er, when you're settled in your new prison, we'll do it.
08:35I need to talk to her about the breakup.
08:37Well, we agreed Callum was going to do that.
08:39Why, I'm here now, aren't I?
08:40She's my daughter.
08:41I want to talk to her.
08:42Oh, look, Ben, it's going to be hard enough as it is, but, I mean,
08:45selling her in a place like this is not the best environment, is it?
08:48I think your mum's right, you know, she can go wade in it.
08:50Well, you do talk, do you?
08:51I just sat there with her face on.
08:53Oh, come on, don't be like that.
08:54I'm not being like anything.
08:55We both know what you're doing.
08:57You know, putting on the front, refusing to talk.
08:59Do me a favour.
09:00No, no.
09:00Bolling it up.
09:02Don't help.
09:03You'd know, would you?
09:04Yeah, yeah, I would know.
09:05You know, I did what you're doing for far too long, you know,
09:08telling everyone everything was fine when it weren't.
09:10And it was a mistake.
09:12A mistake that nearly cost me my life.
09:15What is he on about?
09:21What is this?
09:26Thank you very much.
09:28Er, Koja, please.
09:29I, er, owe you an apology.
09:34Take a seat.
09:35Yeah.
09:36Come on.
09:36I have been worried about you.
09:48And I know you feel maybe I've been treating you like a child.
09:52You have.
09:53Yeah, well, I don't mean when I trust you.
09:57I don't think you're capable of living that alone.
09:59What is it, then?
10:03Yeah, that's a good question, mate.
10:04Um, what is it?
10:09Well, I know I can be overprotective.
10:13But I'm just terrified of something awful might happen to you.
10:16Like what?
10:17Well, I don't know.
10:20I am OK.
10:23Yeah, I know.
10:24I know.
10:24I suppose it goes way back to our dad.
10:30You know.
10:31And what happened to him that night.
10:34I didn't know who he was.
10:36I did see a man getting attacked.
10:42I did step in.
10:44Didn't trust me go.
10:48And I, er...
10:50I feel really guilty about that.
10:56So...
10:56I know I can be, you know, heavy-handed.
11:03Like that with the girls as well.
11:10Does any of this make sense?
11:13It does.
11:16Well, you're my brother.
11:19I love you.
11:21I love you too.
11:22You know, you connected me with a family I didn't even know I had.
11:31So I just want to know that you're OK.
11:37I am OK.
11:40And I'm going away with my friend, Oki.
11:45Where are you going?
11:46To Cardiff.
11:48He brought me tickets to the car show.
11:52When did this happen?
11:53Earlier today.
11:57I don't think it's a good idea.
11:59Why not?
12:00You can come if you like.
12:04I can ask Oki to get you a ticket.
12:07He's really nice.
12:14No, no, no, mate.
12:16I'm doing it again, aren't I?
12:19You go and have yourself a good time.
12:21I will.
12:23See you, Cormie.
12:26See you, mate.
12:34It's a stop with the questions, all right?
12:36I didn't come here to talk about me.
12:38He needs to know.
12:40I just had a bit of a difficult time, that's all.
12:41What do you mean?
12:42Like you had a breakdown or something?
12:44I got lost in this sort of fog and what I tried to end my life.
13:00Wait, you mean you really tried to...
13:06Oh, Dad.
13:11Dad.
13:12I'm all right, I'm all right now.
13:13All right?
13:14Are you sure?
13:15Yeah, yeah, it's not like it was a quick fix.
13:17You know, I've got help.
13:19Well, I don't know, do I?
13:20No one's told me nothing.
13:21Yeah, well, we didn't want to worry you.
13:23We was talking on the phone all the time.
13:24Why didn't you tell me anything?
13:26It was difficult, all right?
13:27It was difficult.
13:28And when he came out of the mental health facility, you know, you did talk.
13:33Yeah.
13:34And just hearing your voice, you know, that really helped him.
13:36Wait.
13:38Hang on.
13:38So you really, you really tried to...
13:43And then, a mental health facility?
13:51Right.
13:54Right.
13:55Look, it's not like I've suddenly got all the answers because I ain't.
13:57It's not like I talk about all this stuff, so I don't.
14:01But I do know that, you know, that you should try and let your family support you.
14:07You know, to love you.
14:08That's important.
14:10And sometimes, you know, sometimes you've...
14:13You've got to try it and be honest with yourself, yeah?
14:18It's all this stuff, you know, with Callum.
14:20How are you really doing?
14:29Even Lexi, that was, uh...
14:32That was sort of the only thing keeping me going.
14:38And now it's gone.
14:40Well, prison can be the making of some people.
14:50You know, it doesn't stop you being a good parent.
14:52So you can adopt with a criminal record?
14:55Well, it depends on the crime.
14:56Yeah, I mean, it's the first thing I checked.
14:59Everything's taken into consideration.
15:01Like, a full 360 of your life, you know.
15:03And they'll need to interview your kids.
15:07They interview people you've been in long-term relationships with.
15:10Friends, family, employers.
15:12You know, it's like...
15:13It's like a full, deep dive on who you are.
15:16You know, what you want and what you can offer.
15:18You really want to adopt.
15:23I mean, I can't lie.
15:26The, uh, back-band accounts are doing my head in.
15:27It was just a bit of a welcome distraction, that's all.
15:33It's not going to be easy.
15:37It's going to take time.
15:39And it may all come to nothing.
15:40But it is possible.
15:46And all of this, um...
15:57Is it a deal-breaker?
16:06There are so many things that have happened in our relationship
16:08that should have been deal-breakers.
16:10There are so many reasons that both of us should have went for the hills.
16:16You know, but...
16:17We're here.
16:19Right? We're still fighting.
16:20Yeah, we are.
16:25Because for better or for worse, you are the love of my life.
16:31So...
16:33Deal-breaker, I don't know.
16:35But it is something that I would like to explore.
16:44Okay.
16:50We'll explore it.
16:51Really?
16:52Yeah.
16:52I know Mitchells don't crash.
16:59But when they come to me asking for a bet on my cellmate and talking about relocating,
17:04a reduction on my sentence, whether that was a...
17:06a week, a month, a year, anything, I'll take it.
17:11Because through all the darkness, the lows, and I mean proper lows, I could see a way back home.
17:18Oh, darling.
17:19It was in touching distance, wasn't it?
17:20Me, Callum, and Lexi in the living room doing some stupid dance routine.
17:24You can still have that.
17:25Can I?
17:26Can I?
17:28How?
17:28How?
17:28Look, she's got her dad, didn't she?
17:30She's got her life, and I'd just come in, and I'd just mess that up.
17:31I'll break her down.
17:33Yeah.
17:33I don't know, too.
17:34What about what the hell did you say about the foot of the foot?
17:35Because through all the darkness, the lows...
17:37I mean proper lows, I could see a way back home.
17:39Don't I well.
17:41I was in touching distance, wasn't it?
17:42Me, Callum, and Lexi in the living room doing some stupid dance routine.
17:46You can't still have that.
17:47Can I?
17:48How?
17:50Look, she's got her dad, hasn't she?
17:51She's got her life, and I'd just come in and I'd mess that up.
17:52life and I'd just come in and I'd mess that up. I'd break her. Like I broke Callum.
17:56So you're a good dad? Am I? I don't know. Not without Callum, you know. I need him.
18:05If he knew what you've been through. No. No. This ain't his fault. I tested him in ways
18:15that he didn't deserve, you know. He deserves better. He does. He does. He really does.
18:21And that hurts. That really hurts. Because I know how good it was. And how great it could
18:32have been. And I know that I'll never get that again. You will. You will, darling. It's
18:41just gonna take time. It ain't gonna be Callum. It won't. No, it won't. And I can hope. I can
18:50pray. But deep down, I know that I have to, uh, I have to let him go. And I hate how that
19:00makes me feel. I hate it. So you just, you just concentrate on Lexi, yeah, because you've
19:07got a little girl there that needs her dad. And I'll bring her up every week to visit her,
19:12if I can, you know. And you just concentrate on getting your head down, you know. Staying
19:18out of trouble and coming home as soon as you can. And you'll be doing that dance routine
19:27home sooner than you think. You will. Yeah. You never know. Dad might even join in.
19:34Come on. I thought we were going for two days. Yeah. The show's two days. But, you know,
19:46focused it a little bit longer. Go on a proper road trip. I need to tell Kwame. He worries
19:52this about me. Yeah, no, yeah. Yeah, of course. Um, look, we can call him on our way up. Now,
20:01get packed up. If we're going for longer, I'm going to need more things. My cars. I need
20:09my cars. I want this one and this one. Okie, what's this? And here we are, a double change
20:24coming up. Yeah, Depe, you play like a girl. Have a lot, you little skit. What the hell
20:33do you think you're doing? I am not having talk like that in my living room. What is
20:36your problem? Look, if you are upset and you need a day off, that's one thing, but I do
20:40not expect to come home, find the place trashed, you yelling disgusting things at the TV.
20:45What's the matter to you? Aye. I'm not doing nothing wrong. The place is a mess. So do your
20:49job and clean it up. I'm sorry. What, you think cleaning up your mess is her job? Mate,
20:55you are way out of line. I don't need this. And where do you think you're going?
20:59Get away from her. I don't like people spying on me. Who's been spying on you? You're watching
21:14me, like I'm a little baby. I don't understand. I told you not to treat me like a child. I
21:20thought we had to talk. You don't listen to me quote me. Aye aye aye aye. Do not touch me.
21:26Leave me. Okay. Okay, I'm sorry. I want you to leave me alone for a while. I want to be
21:31my friends. Aye, Kojo, wait. Leave him. He needs some space.
21:44Coach? Coach, you okay, mate? No, I'm not. Where are they taking you? Away from the cameras. I'm sorry, Harry. No, no, no, no,
21:52Coach. Don't go with them. See, have you got some sort of problem? I didn't think so. I'll see you when you're back.
22:07You should have made him clean that up. Look, on any other day I would. Look,
22:22quite of his mum. Here you are. I just feel like every day it is getting worse. Tone, aggression.
22:37You know what he's like when he's angry. He just doesn't listen to anyone.
22:41He listens to those people on his phone and that's the problem. I will talk to him.
22:47Boss. I will. It can't go on.
22:53What have you done with him? Where are you taking him?
23:14Sit down, Harry. What?
23:18Please. Sit down.
23:45Someone's been keeping an eye on us.
23:48No. I don't know nothing about that.
23:53Little George, maybe.
23:56Protective older brother, but I don't think he's got it in him.
24:02Then I thought, maybe it could be your mum.
24:07But Nicola would never be this stupid.
24:11Then I thought a little bit more.
24:13There was a geezer who knocked my door yesterday.
24:19Sticking his nose in.
24:21Going on and on about backing her from Kojo.
24:24And I think this has got your dad's name written all over it.
24:34No.
24:35No.
24:36No.
24:37No.
24:38That's not his style.
24:39You know, Harry, when people start to hesitate, that's when I know they're lying to me.
24:44It wasn't him, I promise.
24:45It wasn't him, Ravi.
24:47It's not how he works.
24:49Question.
24:50Have you made him aware of who he's dealing with?
24:52Or am I going to have to show him what I'm capable of to make him understand?
24:56It was me, on my own.
25:24Of course.
25:44Well, we all make mistakes.
25:49But this, Harry, is one big mistake.
26:14Don't let no woman make you feel ashamed for being a man.
26:17It's the only way you can succeed in life.
26:20Being a man, you're a real man.
26:23Oi, incel.
26:24Where's your mates?
26:26There's nothing.
26:27There's nothing you can do with that.
26:28There's nothing you can do with it.
26:29There's nothing you can do with that.
26:30It's good.
26:31I think the one is a perfect game.
26:34You want to try new luck.
26:39You
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