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EastEnders 23rd October 2025
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00:00I thought I'd best call her, given the circumstances.
00:30You lied to me.
00:35Can we go on and discuss this?
00:37You said it was you driving the car.
00:41But that's not true. It was me, wasn't it?
00:44Please, Nigel.
00:45I found the comfy shoes.
00:47You must think I'm totally stupid.
00:50You didn't even take the trouble to dump them in somebody else's bin.
00:54They were covered in blood. I must have been there.
00:57You don't know his blood.
00:58Julie, just tell me the truth.
01:05I just wanted to pretend you.
01:08You had no right to.
01:10I'm supposed to just stand by and watch you throw your life away.
01:13For what? The girls are fine and you could still end up going to prison.
01:16I don't care. I have to pay.
01:18We don't know how long you've got left, Nigel.
01:21Do you want to really spend the rest of that time locked up?
01:25You wouldn't cope.
01:27And you think I can cope with this, the lies, the guilt.
01:32I have to do what's right.
01:35I'm ready.
01:37Nigel, just wait.
01:39Look, considering your diagnosis, you're going to need an appropriate adult.
01:44That's someone who can explain things to you if you get a bit lost.
01:47I don't need them.
01:48No, the custody sergeant won't let you have an interview without one.
01:51Look, we've got a whole bank of appropriate adults we can call upon.
01:54But some people use people they know.
01:59No.
02:03Excuse me.
02:04Oh, God.
02:05Excuse me.
02:06We're late.
02:18That's all right.
02:19I'll just dock it out your wages, plus the money you stock.
02:21Enough, all right?
02:22I've had enough of the stealing and lying about meeting private investigators and then acting all weird when you get there.
02:28Go on, then.
02:29Chuck me out.
02:30You know you want to.
02:31Hold on a second.
02:32Just calm down.
02:33No.
02:34No one is chucking anybody out, okay?
02:35Now, we're supposed to be family.
02:36Dysfunctional, granted, but nonetheless, we're still family.
02:39Mom!
02:40Mom!
02:41Mom!
02:42Mom!
02:43There's a ghost in the barrel store.
02:45Whoa, whoa, whoa, boys, calm down.
02:46There's no such thing as ghosts, all right?
02:48I heard.
02:49There used to be a body buried there.
02:50What?
02:51What are you talking about?
02:52That's nonsense.
02:53I don't know what you wrote there.
02:54We heard something.
02:55Why don't you believe us?
02:56Because they're old and dead inside.
02:58I believe you.
02:59Show me.
03:09Good.
03:10You've got your jacket on.
03:11Right, we are going out.
03:12Are you drunk?
03:13I may be.
03:14Just a little bit tipsy.
03:15It was to him, okay?
03:16He insisted on buying loads of champagne.
03:18Loads.
03:19And he has just dropped five grand in my account for expenses.
03:21So we are going out.
03:22Well, no, no, no.
03:23We're not.
03:24Billy and Honey are coming out for dinner.
03:25And Lex says you'd eat with us.
03:26What, it was?
03:27Well, yeah.
03:28It's a good thing, isn't it?
03:29Yeah.
03:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:31Well, of course it is.
03:32It's great.
03:33What?
03:34What?
03:35Well, yeah, it's a good thing, isn't it?
03:36Yeah?
03:37Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:38It's great.
03:39Why?
03:40Okay.
03:41Well, I'm going to pop it in a minute, Marge.
03:42Why don't you go and talk to her?
03:43What am I?
03:44Yeah.
03:46Come here.
04:00How's, erm...
04:01How's things?
04:02I've already got ten charles in my basket.
04:04How many more do you think I should get?
04:06Uh...
04:07I don't know.
04:08I think ten sounds good.
04:09Who is that?
04:10Nobody.
04:11Hold on.
04:12Let me go somewhere more private.
04:14Nobody.
04:15Nobody.
04:16Hold on.
04:17Let me go somewhere more private.
04:18Would you like some water, Mr Bates?
04:19Oh.
04:20Oh.
04:21No.
04:22No.
04:23No.
04:25Uh...
04:26Call me Nigel.
04:27Um...
04:28Sorry, what did you just ask me?
04:29I mean, you know, before the...
04:30Well, I just wanted you to tell us what happened.
04:31What happened?
04:32What happened?
04:33What happened?
04:34What happened?
04:35In your own words.
04:36You know, you just told us that you'd sold the car to a local dealership early the same day.
04:38Yeah.
04:39That's right.
04:40Yeah.
04:41That's right.
04:42So you'd really push the keys?
04:43Um...
04:44Um...
04:45I suppose so.
04:46So how did you access the vehicle?
04:47Oh.
04:48No.
04:49No.
04:51Uh...
04:52Call me Nigel.
04:53Um...
04:54Sorry.
04:55What did you just ask me?
04:56I mean, you know, before the...
04:58Well, I just wanted you to tell us what happened in your own words.
05:01You know, you just told us that you'd sold the car to a local dealership early the same day.
05:05Yeah.
05:06That's right.
05:07So you'd really push the keys?
05:09Um...
05:10I suppose so.
05:11So how did you access the vehicle?
05:13I don't know.
05:16Uh...
05:17It...
05:18It was unlocked.
05:19Okay.
05:20Well, let's take it it's read that you gained access somehow.
05:23How did you start the vehicle?
05:27Nigel.
05:28Do you remember what I advised you?
05:30No.
05:31Then maybe you might want to talk to your appropriate adult.
05:35I don't know him.
05:37Look, I just came here to tell you what happened.
05:41To confess.
05:42Yeah.
05:43But we need to establish the validity of any admission.
05:45And...
05:46You don't remember the details.
05:48That doesn't mean I don't know what happened.
05:51I took the car and I ran into those girls.
05:55There's no other explanation.
05:56I mean, I had blood in my fingernails and on my comfy shoes and I have flashes like memories but hazy and jumbled and I can't hang on to them.
06:12Can you describe these flashes as you call them?
06:15Um...
06:18It's like a really strong feeling that I was there and I hit those girls.
06:24And people keep lying to me about what I did.
06:28Who do you think's lying to you?
06:29My wife.
06:31She...
06:32Well, she was lying.
06:33But, um, now she says it was me.
06:37Now, look, I know you don't believe what I'm telling you about this because of my mind, my dementia.
06:50So, talk to my wife, Julie.
06:52Uh, and she'll corroborate with you that what I did.
06:58Yeah?
07:01Okay.
07:02Sorry, the twins are winding you up. They're probably secretly filming this.
07:11No, I heard something.
07:12Sorry, darling.
07:13There's much of love to spend all night watching you fall for one of our twins' demonic pranks.
07:17I've got thirsty punters to serve.
07:18All right.
07:19Don't think you're skiving off work, neighbor.
07:21Shut up.
07:27Now, that's a rat.
07:29If it is, it's doing a great impression of a cat.
07:31Oh, just a minute I want to see now.
07:33Listen, I might require your services, all right?
07:35How's that?
07:36Okay, all depends on who you're going to believe.
07:37But in our sewer pipe, we've either got a flesh-eating rodent or off his nut angry ghost, right?
07:42So, you might have to set up a, you know, like a crime scene.
07:46Oh, Jack, seriously.
07:47I never know what's going on in this place from one minute to the next.
07:49Yeah, well, I ain't just here, pal.
07:50Yeah.
07:51Hey.
07:52Can I get a beer when you're ready?
07:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:54May have to.
07:55Um, how'd it go?
07:56Yeah, they're doing okay, friends.
07:57Uh, you haven't seen Julie or Nigel yet?
08:00I'll just pop back for a quick shower and if someone's emptied the bin out on the floor.
08:05It's a right mess.
08:06No, they're not answering their phones.
08:08Uh, Julie wasn't here earlier, uh, with Gene, but I haven't seen him since.
08:12Let me get them beers, all right?
08:14Yeah, I'm just worried he's had a bit of an episode.
08:16They wouldn't have left the place in that state unless something had happened.
08:20You know, actually, I better go look for him.
08:23Listen, you've got enough on your plate without worrying about that.
08:26I know her now.
08:27Have a seat.
08:28Not a trimester, man.
08:29No, no.
08:30Just trying to gather as much information as possible.
08:31That's all.
08:32Right, um, just talk us through what you and your husband did that day.
08:37Oh, uh, well, I've got to warn you it's not very exciting.
08:38You should try doing this job.
08:39Uh, so, I...
08:40I'm sure you know that we'd sold our car.
08:42Um, we've got to warn you it's not very exciting.
08:43You should try doing this job.
08:44Uh, so, I'm sure you know that we'd sold our car.
08:51Um, yeah, Nigel was really upset about that because he loved that car.
08:57Uh, so, I went over to the CAF and, um, I bought him some brownies just to, just to cheer him up.
09:04You know, and then by the time I got home he'd forgotten all about the car.
09:10Which, um, well, that's, that's how it goes with him sometimes.
09:27Yeah.
09:28Not a very eventful day, really.
09:31So neither of you went out?
09:32No.
09:33Well, not unless he sneaked out.
09:35While I was upstairs.
09:36But I don't think that's likely.
09:37He's not, er, really the sneaking out type.
09:38I mean, you've met him.
09:39I...
09:40I do know what Nigel has told you that he's done.
09:42Um, and unless it isn't obvious, he's forgetful and he gets confused.
09:45Um, I don't know what Nigel has told you that he's done.
09:49Um, and unless it isn't obvious, he's forgetful and he gets confused.
10:04And sometimes he just fills in the gaps with stories and with things he's heard.
10:11Now, he does know that the girls were knocked down because, um, Gina's dad, George, lives
10:17with us and he told us what had happened.
10:20Um, but he got really upset because it's his car.
10:25And I'm all confused and just filled in the gaps.
10:32I tried to stop him from coming and I couldn't.
10:38And I'm sorry that we've wasted your time.
10:43But, um, Nigel didn't hit those girls.
10:48He couldn't have done because he was with me.
10:51Okay.
10:52Um, that's great.
10:53Thank you for your time, Gina.
10:55There.
10:56Okay, I believe you.
10:57But how do you know that ain't the twins mucking about?
10:58What, you think they've climbed down a sewer pipe and they're pretending to be a cat?
11:01We'll put it past them.
11:02Or they could have put down one of them, I don't know, one of them Bluetooth speaker things,
11:03couldn't they?
11:04What, and flushed it down the loo?
11:05Zoe, how is that less unlikely than flushing a live cat down the loo?
11:06No one's flushed a cat down the loo, yeah?
11:07It's probably found its way in the sewer pipe from a drain outside.
11:08Well, fine, they can find its way out, can't it?
11:09No, it's cruel.
11:10We have to get it out.
11:11What are you looking at me for?
11:12Oh, alright.
11:13I'll get the tool box.
11:14Julie.
11:15a cat down the loo yeah it's probably found its way in the sewer part from a drain outside
11:20it's fine it can find its way out can't it no it's cruel we have to get it out
11:25what are you looking at me for oh all right i'll get a toolbox
11:39julie
11:45they've uh released me under caution so i can go oh let's go then i told them as much as i could but
11:51i don't think they believe me i think probably because i um i couldn't remember the exact detail
11:59i said they should talk to you so you need to step up for me now go in tell them what happened
12:05nigel you need to do this for me i already have i've spoken to them you lied
12:13did what i had to do you lied you lied again
12:22ah here he is you all right good to see you all
12:25and you lovely to be here is it billy yeah yeah i know it's good look i'm so um sorry for keeping
12:34you waiting all right no no callum said you had a had a work thing so possible work thing johnny's
12:39trying to start his own business yeah yeah but no one's here about that um lexi i saw something
12:47when i was out and yeah i thought you might like it all right where is it open it and find out
12:52oh my god it's amazing and you've brought all the charms i put in my basket yeah it's just my way of
13:03saying thanks you know for giving me a chance thank you i've got to go ring an issue you won't believe
13:08this yeah do it i was just um trying to break the ice you know and i saw her looking at it on her ipad so
13:18the reason she was looking at it was because i told her to look at you i get a few charms you know
13:24janet had an idea you see we're all gonna club together and and buy her that bracelet for christmas
13:38is it true what are you doing even going near a car you could have killed gina you smashed up a
13:49flipping knee i'm sorry hey jasmine well i'm sorry i'm so sorry
14:03it's a mess
14:08did you even realize you didn't
14:12no i don't think so i would have stopped i would have helped
14:20i can't remember
14:23so you told the police that i did it but they don't believe me because
14:29i can't remember exactly what happened
14:32stupid stupid stupid stupid
14:40you made a mistake
14:44what's done is done we just have to learn to live with it
14:49what if i can't
14:50what did you say to him nothing just told me
15:16what if we did it
15:20Nigel!
15:22Go away!
15:24Nigel!
15:26Open the door!
15:28Go away!
15:30Phil?
15:32Phil?
15:34Nigel!
15:36Phil?
15:38Where are you?
15:42Phil?
15:44Do you think we maybe should call Phil?
15:48Nobody calls Phil.
15:50Just have to give him a minute to calm down, that's all, okay?
15:56But he is really good at dealing with it.
15:58Yeah, and he's not the only one.
16:00Not just my husband, nobody understands him better than I do.
16:06Right, here we go, Lex. Big smile!
16:08Whey!
16:10Can we do some more outside?
16:12We can do them, wherever you want.
16:18Why is he trying to buy her off?
16:24Phil, look, I know he's trying a bit too hard, okay?
16:28But that's only because me and Lexi weren't really getting on,
16:30and he's getting better now.
16:32Yeah, well done.
16:34Yeah, well done.
16:36That's the way he's going about it.
16:38Lola wanted her to learn to wait.
16:42So she would appreciate things when she got them.
16:45Well, if he keeps buying her stuff just to try and get in her good books,
16:48what's she going to learn from that, eh?
16:50Billy is right.
16:52I mean, the Beatles said it best.
16:54Can't buy me love.
16:56Ain't Michael.
16:58You need to talk to him.
17:02All right, do it now.
17:04Oh, we've got an open suit situation, seriously.
17:12We are one yank of a bog chain away from disaster.
17:16A bog chain?
17:17Who's got a bog chain?
17:19You look, you're really close reaching.
17:20You'll probably be able to get it.
17:21Come on, let me get your hand in there.
17:23My arm ain't got to fit, I'm too muscular.
17:25Fuck you!
17:27Oh, come on, I'll just do it then.
17:29Well done, Zoe.
17:30Just make sure no one flushes.
17:32Oh, yeah, okay, all right.
17:34Get up!
17:35You got no one use the lab, all right?
17:37It's all right.
17:38It's just now that the boys up there, they never flush,
17:40and it is a number two.
17:41Oh, come on.
17:43Oh.
17:44Here, kitty kitty.
17:47Follow me.
17:49Who's dropped their cats and stinks in here?
17:52What's she doing?
17:53There's a cat up there.
17:55I thought you was looking after the boys.
17:57I am.
17:58Who's in the kitchen and who is in the lab?
18:01What?
18:02You...
18:03You are kidding.
18:06Come on!
18:08I'm sorry.
18:09I'm sorry if I lie in to you, I'm sorry if I lie in to the police.
18:21But you know I had to do it.
18:22To protect me.
18:23Yeah.
18:24That's right.
18:25To protect me.
18:26Yeah.
18:27That's right.
18:28Just like...
18:29Just like...
18:30You lie to protect me.
18:31Remember?
18:32You lie to protect me.
18:33Remember?
18:34You lie to protect me.
18:35Remember?
18:36Was it a lie?
18:37Was it a lie?
18:38You're not telling me you're real?
18:39You're telling me real?
18:40To protect me?
18:43Yeah.
18:44That's right.
18:52Just like...
18:55you lied to protect me.
18:58Remember?
19:02Or was it a lie?
19:05Not telling me real?
19:09Really not.
19:13I felt like a lie.
19:16I felt like a betrayal.
19:22You hurt me, Nigel.
19:25You hurt me so much.
19:30So...
19:32can you blame me for...
19:35trying to...
19:37keep you here with me?
19:39After spending...
19:41all those months apart.
19:44The time...
19:45we have got left together, Nigel,
19:47is just...
19:49so...
19:50precious.
19:51I could have killed those girls.
20:08And I have to pay for it.
20:09You already are paying for it.
20:11No, no.
20:12No.
20:13What you're saying is,
20:14because of my illness,
20:15I'm...
20:16I'm some kind of different creature,
20:18judged by...
20:19different standards.
20:20Not a man anymore.
20:21But I am a man.
20:23Still.
20:26And I want to be treated like a man.
20:28To make my own decisions...
20:31right to the end.
20:32And...
20:37my decision...
20:40was to own...
20:42what I did.
20:45And to face justice for it.
20:48Just like any other man.
20:52And you took that away from me.
20:54I just...
20:55I just don't want to lose you.
20:56But it's your decision to make.
20:58It's mine.
20:59Why is it that you want to be punished
21:00when you're already being punished?
21:01I'm doing it again.
21:02You're saying that...
21:03that...
21:04the rules are different for me,
21:05because...
21:06because I...
21:07I forget things.
21:08And I get confused.
21:09And I'm...
21:10I'm angry.
21:11But I'm still me.
21:13I'm still...
21:14Nigel.
21:15And...
21:17I want to carry on being me.
21:19As long as I can.
21:22That...
21:23That's the whole reason why...
21:25I...
21:26I...
21:27I wanted to own up to the crash.
21:29Being me.
21:31Nigel.
21:32I'm not my disease.
21:42Please tell me you understand that.
21:44I do.
21:48I do.
21:51I'm sorry.
21:54I'm sorry.
21:55I'm sorry.
21:56I'm sorry.
21:57I'm sorry.
21:58Come on.
21:59Come on.
22:00I'm sorry.
22:01Come on.
22:05All right?
22:06Cowell, come join us.
22:07We're gonna watch Mean Girls.
22:08Anyone thinks she was raised by a couple of gays?
22:10Lex, I'm gonna have to take you to the musical when it goes on tour.
22:14I'd rather go and see Alessie Rose next month.
22:16Shut up. You like Alessie Rose?
22:18I love Alessie Rose.
22:19Me too. Right, we're going to that.
22:22Callum said it was too expensive.
22:24No, no, no, it's fine. It's fine. I'll pay.
22:26We are going.
22:27Johnny. No, no, no, no, no.
22:28Seriously? Can I take a friend?
22:31You can take two. And Callum.
22:32Oh, my gosh. Thank you, Johnny.
22:35That's all right. Now, that's dealt with crisp.
22:39Here we go.
22:43Oh, did you take that in the shower with you?
22:48No, I gave her a little bath in the washing-up bowl.
22:50Oh, that's hygiene it.
22:51I'll buy you a new one, all right?
22:55You've always been a cat person, haven't you?
22:58Do you remember that little ginger moggy you used to have?
23:01Baby.
23:01Yeah, of course.
23:04Don't worry. I ain't going to get attached to this one.
23:07I know I've got to let her go.
23:09What makes you think that?
23:10I've checked the message boards and no-one's reported a cat missing.
23:14So, she needs somewhere to live.
23:16Might as well live here with you.
23:18No.
23:19Why not?
23:22Oh, right.
23:24You heard what I said to Alfie earlier.
23:26I ain't taking responsibility for a living creature if I ain't got nowhere to live.
23:30Why are you turning this into something that it ain't?
23:32I was frustrated.
23:33You said you wanted to kick me out.
23:35Because you arranged a meeting behind my back.
23:37Paid for with the money you stole.
23:39And to top that, you acted all weird when you got there.
23:43Zoe, you're my daughter and I love you.
23:45But no more lying and not being honest and sneaking around.
23:49If you can do that, you've got a place to live here as long as you like, all right?
23:54You got that?
23:54Yeah.
23:55Right.
23:57So, seeing as we're having this loving and being honest with each other,
24:00you can tell me why he's being all shifty around Miss Marple back there.
24:10I suppose I better go in then.
24:12Have you got them?
24:12John, chapter... something or other.
24:33The truth will set you free.
24:39That's what Mrs. C would have said.
24:42And what if the truth gets you locked up for six months?
24:50I just want you to be sure.
24:55I am sure.
24:59And I can deal with it.
25:03We can deal with it.
25:07Together.
25:12Well, what would you have said if I told you I was having a meeting with the P.I.?
25:32What I said before?
25:33Wait for Sharon.
25:34Sharon, Sharon.
25:35Flipping Sharon.
25:36Do you have any idea what it's like for me waiting like this?
25:39Well, you've waited the best part of two decades.
25:42I'm sure two weeks won't make any difference, will it?
25:43You don't understand, do you?
25:44I left this country because I wanted to forget about everything.
25:51I'd drunk too much.
25:52Did drugs for years to block it all out.
25:56But now I'm back.
25:58I'm here.
25:58And all I can think about is I want my son.
26:04And we'll find him.
26:06But you've got to remember this is Dennis' kid as well, yeah?
26:08And that means the world to Sharon.
26:10And we made her a promise.
26:11I don't care.
26:12You don't want to get on Sharon's bad side.
26:14Believe me, I know.
26:15This has got nothing to do with her.
26:17What do you mean by that?
26:18I meant what I said before.
26:21I want you here.
26:22I want you here in my life.
26:23But I can't tolerate this lying.
26:26There's been enough lies between us, you and me.
26:29You need to make me a promise, Zoe.
26:31I mean it.
26:32Promise me.
26:33I promise.
26:34Right.
26:40What I said earlier about not knowing who the father of my son is.
26:48He ain't really Dennis Regman.
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