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EastEnders 24th February 2026
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00:27So what, you're not even going to answer my calls now?
00:30I said everything I need to say last night.
00:33So what, Johnny, are you done with me?
00:34I can't forgive you for this, Cal.
00:36You broke into Tim's house.
00:38I did it for Lexi, and now he's blackmailing me.
00:41I'm so sick. I'm so sick of you hiding behind Lexi.
00:45You know, it's actually your fault he's even here in the first place, didn't you?
00:50You're never going to put me first, are you?
01:02I was just coming to see you.
01:05Have a chat.
01:06About yesterday.
01:07Yeah, I'm busy.
01:08What about later then?
01:09Ben!
01:14I'm so sorry, Cal.
01:16Do you want me to try and talk to Johnny?
01:18I think it's a bit too late for that.
01:19What are we going to do about this him bloke?
01:21Oh, Ian!
01:22No!
01:22I knew this was a stupid idea.
01:24Now we've got some crypto nutcase trying to get us banged up.
01:27I mean, how's it going to look?
01:28I am in the middle of an election camp.
01:30Will you give it a rest?
01:31I am not letting him blackmail me.
01:35Can I have a tea to take away, please, Cal?
01:37Linda, you couldn't have a word with Johnny, could you?
01:41It's not really anything for my business.
01:43No, it's my mistake.
01:44No, Callum, it's not.
01:46You were the one who wanted to leave Ben in the past,
01:48and I should have listened to you, not talked you into it.
01:50Or guilt-tripping him.
01:52Oh.
01:54Anyway, I've got to cover up.
01:55I need to sort things out with Johnny.
01:59No.
02:01He said this would help.
02:02I ate the whole thing,
02:04and I've still got the Grim Reaper coming for me.
02:06Hair of the dog.
02:07I might be sick.
02:08You already were sick.
02:09In the bath.
02:10Mm-hmm.
02:11Oh, yeah.
02:12What even happened to you both last night?
02:14Well, yeah, I'll tell you what happened, okay?
02:17Wine that expensive should not be that lethal.
02:19So it has nothing to do with the Sambuca shots you two were doing at 4am?
02:23What?
02:24Yeah, they sent me photos.
02:26Oh, we did accidentally get involved in a stag do, yeah.
02:31But it was big time.
02:33What a beautiful blue little man.
02:36Oh.
02:36Wait, wait, no.
02:37He was a smurf.
02:38It's not because he was little.
02:39He had blue.
02:40We should get back to work, yeah.
02:42Wait, but you said we could sleep at all?
02:43No, we're going.
02:44We're not.
02:45We're going.
02:45Oh.
02:47Cabbage delivery.
02:51Love you.
02:54Right, before you ever go, I did tell them to go easy on the wine.
02:57I'm hardly gonna have a pop at you, am I?
02:59After what they put you through yesterday.
03:03Yeah, except, um, I kind of lied.
03:08What do you mean?
03:10That I wasn't going to announce it in front of everyone.
03:15You're pregnant.
03:17It's all right.
03:19What's he doing, man?
03:21Get a move on!
03:25Look, Patrick.
03:26There he is.
03:27Mr. Green hat.
03:29Yeah, out in front.
03:30Here we go.
03:31It's grey.
03:33My guy is in degree.
03:36So, which guy's my guy?
03:39Chantilly Scream.
03:41Purple.
03:42He's purple.
03:43He's...
03:44at the back.
03:46But it was me later, man.
03:48I just wanted to get out of the house.
03:49Oh.
03:52Oh, hey.
03:53Mr.
03:53Mr. Green.
03:56We're just about to do him some eggs.
03:57Over easy.
03:58Just how you like him.
03:58Yeah, pops?
04:01I'm going to have a light on.
04:04Are you hungry?
04:09Patrick!
04:13I didn't think you'd come.
04:18I'm sick of going round in circles.
04:20I need to know what we're doing.
04:22Johnny, you're the only one I want.
04:24I swear.
04:24Ben's always going to be there.
04:25Hanging over us.
04:26Only if you let him.
04:27You broke the law for him last night.
04:29Without a second thought.
04:30After you'd promised me you weren't going to go anywhere near it.
04:33Do you think I thought, oh yeah, smash and grab the bill, sign me up?
04:36I don't know.
04:37Okay?
04:38But just what you do and what you say, they are two different things at the moment, Cal.
04:44I already feel bad letting Lexi down by breaking Ben's heart.
04:48And now Cathy's going on and on with me about Ben doing another ten years.
04:52It's going to destroy her.
04:52Yes, Lexi, I know.
04:54I know.
04:55Cal, I have no problem with her coming first.
04:57At all.
04:59How is it going to help her if you get banged up?
05:05Just, just tell me.
05:07Tell me how I can prove it to you.
05:19If I'm really the one you want, why can't you sign these?
05:24Am I stupid to think my dad might have been the tiniest but happy for me?
05:28So you're actually thinking about keeping it?
05:30I used to live in Paris.
05:31Like, I used to have crazy parties with really thick arms.
05:35When you weren't smuggling drugs you mean.
05:36When all of us have dreams of being tied down and boring like you.
05:40You just slow down a minute, I want to talk to you.
05:44Does Vinny know?
05:45Aren't you supposed to be at work?
05:47No.
05:48Text my daddy's covering for me.
05:49So don't avoid the question.
05:52No.
05:53I haven't told Vinny.
05:55This is massive and we're not even official.
05:58Who are you kidding?
06:00I know you really like him.
06:02So?
06:03I'm not ready to swap nights out for dirty nappies.
06:07Well, yeah, it's early days but Vinny would support you.
06:10I know you're skimp but you'd manage.
06:15Penny, just stop, will ya?
06:22I'm not mum material.
06:24You're a nightmare but who says you couldn't be a mum?
06:29My dad.
06:32He's hardly gonna be getting out the confetti, is he? Or his daughter. He'd be the same with Amy.
06:37Well, she's just a kid.
06:39It's not the same.
06:42Maybe he's got a point.
06:44When have you ever seen a mum like me?
06:50In a wheelchair.
06:54Disabled people have children all the time.
06:57Do they?
06:58You're only saying that because you've watched all that cringe inspirational stuff online.
07:03Only when I'm hormonal.
07:05I've never actually seen a mum in a wheelchair on the street.
07:13Since when has that mattered to you?
07:18Because...
07:19When you...
07:20When you...
07:22Don't see...
07:24People like that.
07:25It feels like they don't exist.
07:29It feels like...
07:31It's impossible.
07:32You know, like...
07:33Like that can't ever be me, that can't be my life.
07:38Penny, I had no idea you felt like that.
07:40I know I'm not exactly a mother care advert, even without the chair, but...
07:44I just thought you didn't want kids.
07:46No, obviously I'm gonna say that.
07:47I'm not maternal, I don't want kids.
07:51I don't think I actually ever meant it.
07:55It's hard having kids...
07:57For anyone.
08:00Believe me.
08:02You could do it.
08:07I want to do this.
08:09I've wanted to the moment they arrived.
08:12I need to know how you feel.
08:14It was a big deal for me.
08:16Coming out, getting married.
08:18So much of my life feels tied up in Ben.
08:22But it's over now.
08:24Has been for a long time.
08:27Don't forget it.
08:29I don't want to put pressure on you.
08:31It brought back a lot of those feelings from...
08:33when he went.
08:35The shock, the pain...
08:37I had to get over it again.
08:42But it's different now.
08:46I've got you.
08:59It's almost a relief.
09:04I really do love you, you know.
09:07That grand gesture's gonna be pretty hard to beat.
09:12I can think of one or two ways we can make a start.
09:14Oh yeah, really?
09:15Yeah.
09:27This suit thing is gonna be a real problem.
09:31Oh yeah? How's that?
09:33Because every time you wear it, you're gonna be very, very late.
09:36I might not be able to control myself.
09:39That doesn't sound like a problem to me.
09:43When you said join us for breakfast, this wasn't what I had in mind.
09:48I don't think I've ever seen you with CV.
09:50Just because it's something he's not used to, it don't mean he's not capable.
09:53Right?
09:55I'm proud of you, babe, for going for it.
09:57And you're all prepared then?
09:59Well, the interview's with Lauren. She's hardly Karen Brady, is she?
10:03Yeah, and you're gonna smash it?
10:06Right, I gotta go.
10:08So that's a calling.
10:09Why don't you buy us a bottle of something later?
10:11Because we're probably gonna be celebrating, aren't we?
10:13Yeah.
10:26Isn't it mad to think, like...
10:29I don't know.
10:31All those years ago, I had this...
10:36...thing for you.
10:39Now we're actually together.
10:40Here he goes again.
10:42I get you naked and you start going all nostalgic on me.
10:44You look at it, okay?
10:46He was so much nicer to me than the rest of these mates.
10:49He actually bothered to play pool with me.
10:51He was always such a sore loser.
10:53I did it on purpose.
10:55Why?
10:56So you'd offered to teach me.
10:57Obviously.
10:57See?
11:03I'm not giving in to Tim.
11:05I know what we stand to lose, but...
11:07...with blokes like him, it'll never be the end of it.
11:10He'll have me trapped doing things for him for years.
11:22Look, I brought him into our lives.
11:24So let me fix it.
11:27Whatever it takes.
11:30Take a seat.
11:34The bus aren't in.
11:35Er, no.
11:36Lauren's busy, she said.
11:38I'll just meet her step in.
11:41Right.
11:43It's all right.
11:45Don't worry.
11:45I know it's a place like the back of me hand.
12:03So, motors.
12:05Bit different than running a restaurant.
12:10Personally, I would say not so different.
12:12Good customer service.
12:14Upselling.
12:15Accounts.
12:17Right, so you reckon if you can sell a burger, you can sell a banger.
12:20Yeah?
12:23Yeah.
12:24Yeah.
12:31Mate, I ain't gonna waste your time.
12:34This place is important to Lauren and to me.
12:39It's just your reputation, Ravi, all right?
12:40It's not exactly a secret.
12:43That's not me anymore.
12:44Yeah, well, I just don't think this is the place for that sort of business, so...
12:48Thanks, anyway.
12:54I think you're making a mistake.
12:59Well, I don't.
13:07What, you think I wanna flog clap-dack motors from this poxy dealership, anyway?
13:12What's the matter with you? Just get out.
13:13Go on, get out.
13:14I thought you'd make a bigger idiot of yourself.
13:18Get off.
13:20You shut the door on the way out.
13:25Cheers, mate.
13:27Go on, Eddie.
13:29I'm meaning to ask, mate.
13:30Do you need a chef over the B&B?
13:31Just, I need some extra dough coming in.
13:33Er, sorry, mate.
13:35Worth a shot.
13:37You feeling all right?
13:38Yeah, yeah.
13:40Erm...
13:40Yeah, can I have another one of those when you get a sec?
13:43Yeah, of course.
13:43Cheers.
13:52Yeah, Tim, hi.
13:53Look, before you say anything...
13:56I think it's time we had a proper chat back yesterday, don't you?
14:01Maybe we should invite him over.
14:03He did come good in court.
14:04I guess.
14:05I don't know, man.
14:06His sister and now what?
14:08His niece.
14:09Well, you can't blame him for all that.
14:10The people in your family do bad things.
14:11You feel guilty.
14:13I should know.
14:16See you if you want.
14:24Are you going to eat these?
14:26No, no, you can have them.
14:28You all right, mate?
14:32I should go home.
14:33I hear Patrick as well off this morning.
14:35Not just this morning, man.
14:36It's every single day.
14:39I miss having a laugh with him, you know.
14:40I watch him trying to cheat at Polka.
14:43All he wants to do is just talk to Anthony again.
14:45It's grief, though.
14:47Takes over.
14:49I wish I could do something, man.
14:50Of course you do.
14:52What's up, Tom?
14:55It might be stupid.
14:57No, no, go on.
15:04AI.
15:05It's an app.
15:06You'd have to upload videos of Anthony.
15:08You know, so I could learn and copy his voice.
15:10But...
15:11And then Patrick could talk to this thing.
15:13You could talk to Anthony.
15:15Yeah.
15:16And Anthony can talk back.
15:30All right, that better be the pizza.
15:32If we've got all the extra olives, I'm going to kill them.
15:35Yeah, well, you've already threatened them.
15:37Twice.
15:47Why don't I put them in some water, eh?
15:51Thanks.
15:55Would have preferred the cash.
15:57I'll remember that the next time.
16:00So are we going to talk about it yesterday?
16:03Look, I was relieved.
16:05The test was negative for your sake.
16:06Without checking how I felt about it.
16:08It was a gut reaction.
16:11I'd worry about any of my kids having a baby, wouldn't I?
16:13So it had nothing to do with me being in a wheelchair then?
16:22What are you doing here?
16:24I'm just paying your son a little visit.
16:25At his request.
16:27You need to leave them both alone now.
16:29I saw Callum.
16:30He says he did it for his daughter and I believe him.
16:33But then what for you?
16:34Callum's proving where his loyalty really lies.
16:37Whatever you think you're doing, trying to get between them, it hasn't worked.
16:41Right, Callum signed his divorce papers.
16:43Johnny told me.
16:44They're stronger than ever now.
16:45Good for them.
16:47You really are pathetic.
16:49At least I don't have my mummy running round after me.
16:51No.
16:52You're just a sad little man pining over something you'll never have.
16:56You think I'm jealous?
16:59You can flash your cash about all you want, but you can't buy what they have.
17:03Love.
17:04Trust.
17:05Commitment.
17:06And nothing you do is ever going to take that away from them.
17:10You know, that's the thing about money.
17:12It's never going to love you back.
17:18Look, I should have been there more for you growing up.
17:22But I don't have a time machine.
17:23You disappeared on me.
17:25You checked out.
17:26What, do you think I'm proud of that?
17:28I needed my dad.
17:31Every time I looked at you, it brought everything back.
17:35One minute I was doing ballet competitions and the next it was hospital appointment after hospital appointment.
17:42Me and mum scared of what the doctors were going to say next.
17:45It wasn't just me who needed you, dad. Mum needed you.
17:50What happened to you?
17:52They took everything away from you.
17:56You paid for my mistake or I just couldn't bear to look at your suffering like that.
18:00Yeah, we've been over this. I live with it.
18:02Yeah, well how are we going to get past this if you keep resenting me?
18:04You couldn't have called. Asked how I was doing.
18:06I didn't want to ask questions.
18:09I was too scared, that's all.
18:12And you think I wasn't?
18:14I was a child.
18:24You're always so confident. Independent.
18:27I have to be.
18:29I mean, you don't need me half the time, do you?
18:31Oh, you just don't see it.
18:32Why don't you tell me then?
18:34We are all here for you.
18:37No matter what you want to do.
18:42So, what, that's it, is it?
18:45You've made a decision about the baby?
18:47No.
18:49I don't know.
18:52I've only just found out.
18:56Why don't you think it's a good idea in your position?
19:07Oh, stay to use.
19:11Halloween's in October, lads, yeah?
19:13So I mocked the afflicted, Zachary.
19:15It's been hours.
19:16Why does it still feel like I've been scraped off the floor?
19:18What were you drinking, lads?
19:20Wine.
19:21Then Sambuca shots.
19:23Oh, yeah, that'll do it.
19:25I'll get you a couple of beers, yeah?
19:26You know who I blame?
19:28The French.
19:29That wine was unholy.
19:31I blame Penny.
19:32She was the one that brought it to the lunch.
19:33Yeah.
19:34Hey.
19:35Your nearly baby mother's got a lot of times before.
19:38Don't just a bullet of that one.
19:40No, no, no, no, no.
19:41My what?
19:42What?
19:43Nothing.
19:44I said nothing, Vinnie.
19:45Penny thought she was pregnant.
19:48Just a little bit.
19:51No.
19:51I've got Vinnie, no.
19:55Oh, dear.
19:58It's not my fault.
19:59Everyone should know by now that I can't be trusted.
20:01Stop telling me things.
20:04Hey, what's so wrong with wanting all the facts first?
20:07All right?
20:07You've got to know what you're getting into.
20:09You know?
20:09Speak to professionals,
20:10because this ain't going to be easy.
20:12Being a mother never is.
20:13Yeah, but it ain't the same, is it?
20:17She can't chase a kid if it runs in the road, can she?
20:20And what about, you know, before that, feeds?
20:23I mean, how are you going to push yourself around
20:24and carry a baby at the same time?
20:26Do you seriously think I've not thought about this?
20:28What do you think's been going through my head
20:30the second I found out I've been up all night reading
20:32about other women in my situation?
20:34Hang on, I thought you hadn't made a decision.
20:36I haven't!
20:37But it's pretty obvious what you want.
20:40She'll figure it out.
20:42She's got us around her to help her.
20:43Come on, Lauren.
20:45You know what it's like.
20:46We've all got our own lives, haven't we?
20:48You're up all night, ain't you?
20:49With a baby, in and out of bed, doing feeds.
20:51I mean, it's constant.
20:52I'll just have to do things different.
20:54Like I already do every single day of my life.
20:57Hang on, you're acting like she's a single mum.
20:59Oh, yeah.
21:01Yeah, brilliant, yeah.
21:02Because we all know how trustworthy the panacears are.
21:05Oh, so if I was knocked up by someone else,
21:06you would have been happy for me then?
21:08That is not what I meant.
21:13Sorry, I can come back later.
21:16I just wanted to see if you were okay.
21:20I was in there, Vic.
21:21I asked her to let slip about the pregnancy scare.
21:24Oh, he's a dead man.
21:25I'll kill him.
21:26The whole thing must have been a shock.
21:29But, Penny, if you wanted to talk...
21:32She's all right, she's with her family.
21:33Actually, I'd really like you to stay.
21:35Yeah.
21:37The test wasn't negative.
21:41I'm pregnant.
21:44Yes, yes, okay.
21:46But is there anyone else I can talk to?
21:48Someone with a brain cell?
21:51Right.
21:52Right, but you're saying there ain't nothing available in the restaurant.
21:55Hello?
22:04Still no luck with the job search, then?
22:07I'm not giving up.
22:09You know, this morning was just a blip.
22:12Look, I know this ain't gonna be what you want to do,
22:15but I saw a place on the high street looking for drivers.
22:20What, taxis?
22:22No, delivery. Pizza.
22:24What, you want me out there on some scooter?
22:27Priya, I want my kids to look up to me, but...
22:30Do you think they care what you do?
22:33Come on.
22:34What, one rejection from a washed-up used car salesman,
22:37and that's it?
22:38Really?
22:40I bet you never thought you'd see the day.
22:42Me, the breadwinner.
22:43And you, the stay-at-home dad.
22:45Look, we'll start again tomorrow, okay?
22:47New day and all that.
22:50Yeah.
22:51Yeah, you're right.
22:53What are you dressed up for?
22:55Well, I ain't letting that loser ruin our day.
22:57Told Vinny we'd meet him.
22:58But if he keeps banging on about Miss Sex on Wheels, then...
23:01I'm gonna follow up on a few of these jobs first.
23:05Okay.
23:06Well, don't be too long.
23:09You're gonna be alright.
23:11Even if I have to start selling pictures of my feet.
23:37I didn't want you finding out like this.
23:39I can't have been easy for you either.
23:43I was nervous about telling you.
23:46You?
23:48Nervous?
23:50I didn't want to ruin this.
23:54We should talk properly, though.
23:57Have you decided what you want to do yet?
24:05Uh, what do you think?
24:07I think it's more important what you think.
24:16Oh, I don't know. My head's wrecked.
24:22Uh...
24:22Penny's been through a lot of days, so, uh...
24:26You know, maybe you should sleep, wouldn't it?
24:29Yeah, that's right. Um...
24:32Yeah, it's been a lot to get my head around.
24:34Yeah.
24:35Of course, we can...
24:36We can talk more tomorrow.
24:38Okay.
24:39Alright.
24:53You okay?
24:56I don't know.
24:58I'm sorry if I got rid of him if you wanted to talk to him.
25:00No. I, um...
25:02I don't think I've got it in me.
25:05Look at the way I acted today.
25:11I still see you as my little girl.
25:16I know that's no excuse.
25:19Cos you're amazing.
25:22I just want you to be happy, that's all.
25:28So...
25:29You want to have this baby.
25:32I'm behind you every step of the way.
25:45You sounded serious on the phone, so I thought you needed loosening up a bit.
25:49No, I'm not here for that.
25:54Callum's a nervous wreck because of you.
25:55Yeah, well, you know what he has to do?
25:57Get the dirt problems out.
26:00What?
26:00Is this...
26:01This whole thing...
26:02It's a power trip, is it?
26:03To break us up?
26:05You know, I would never have gone into business with you if I knew you were so spineless.
26:09Why'd you go after him?
26:10He's not one to you.
26:12He broke into my house.
26:13Cos you set a trap!
26:18Okay, look.
26:20Tim, I'll do anything.
26:21If you drop this.
26:23Please.
26:26Please.
26:27Please.
26:27Don't go to the police.
26:31Come on.
26:32We were made to you, me.
26:33Were we?
26:34You just felt sorry for me.
26:37Well, that's not how I remember it.
26:39Mm.
26:40You had Gianluca.
26:42You hardly needed me.
26:45Yeah, but...
26:47But now, look.
26:48Okay, he's ancient history, and I wouldn't have my business without you.
26:53And yet you're willing to risk my investment for your latest fling.
26:56No, no, no.
26:58No, he's more than that.
27:01Yeah?
27:02Yeah.
27:04But it's a shame Callum didn't feel the same about you last night.
27:15Tim, Tim.
27:17I'll give you a bigger share in the business.
27:19Okay?
27:20I'll work day and night if I have to.
27:23Please.
27:25Please.
27:26Leave Callum out of this.
27:30Okay.
27:34I'll leave him out of this.
27:38If you prove to me how sorry you are...
27:41What do you mean?
27:44Come back to mine, and I'll delete the video.
27:48What?
27:50You get to keep your reinvestment, and Callum gets to keep his job, his freedom.
27:54No way.
27:55He never has to know.
27:57Tim.
27:58You're mad.
28:00This is mad.
28:02You never needed me until you knew I had money.
28:05Now I'm letting you know what I need.
28:09Spend the time with me, and Callum's nightmare disappears.
28:13Or, don't.
28:15And I take the CCTV straight to the police.
28:18Your choice.
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28:44No one so dark.
28:46No one so dark.
28:59So dark.
29:00No one so dark.
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