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EastEnders 5th March 2026
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00:17You can barely walk. So if I say he isn't here, then that is because he is not here. Yes?
00:24Yeah.
00:24Now, I suggest you put out an alert and inform your charge nurse.
00:27OK? I mean, don't disrespect. I know you're really busy and all that, but how could you lose my husband?
00:32For God's sake!
00:37Right. I suppose he could have tried to find the toilet again.
00:43He can't get as far as the canteen and I've tried the day room.
00:47I mean, if he's collapsed somewhere, I swear...
00:51Nurse! It's my husband, Nigel. Can you tell me what's going on?
00:55Yeah. Look, just come with me into his room.
01:01I'm... I'm so sorry. I...
01:03What's happened?
01:04Well, I thought you'd been informed.
01:06I'm in turn!
01:07Up away!
01:09Your sacks have dipped to 82% of the toilet.
01:11I'm standing on the morning side.
01:13Oh, my God!
01:14Do you want me to see us?
01:17Do you want me to...
01:18Do you want me to...
01:18Do you want me to...
01:19Hoi, it's Claire. I can't get any...
01:20Voicemail. Let's go straight to voicemail.
01:23I knew we shouldn't have got back in touch with Claire. I mean, she's not grown up at all.
01:28How could she be behaving so selfishly, so stupidly, so dangerously?
01:34How could she just check him out of here, Phil?
01:36Because he's her dad.
01:37Yes, I know that.
01:38But she's got eyes, hasn't she?
01:41I mean, ever since Nigel came in here, he's just not been getting better.
01:44Look, we've got to find him, Phil.
01:45Why are you not panicking?
01:47All those months, eh?
01:48All that time, all that effort trying to make sure that he was safe
01:51and then she barges in and then she puts him at risk.
01:54I mean, why?
01:54Why?
01:55Why is she doing this, Phil?
01:58Why?
01:58What is she doing this for him?
01:59I mean, where has she taken him to?
02:02Today of all days, you know, I wouldn't put it past her
02:04if she'd shoved him in the back of a taxi
02:05and she's going to try and wheel him all the way back up to Scotland.
02:12Come on there, please.
02:13Fuck!
02:14You old fuck!
02:15I don't know who she is.
02:16Who is she?
02:17Let's do this for you, Nigel.
02:19How you said.
02:21You don't have to.
02:22You don't want to.
02:25Something hurts.
02:27You feeling bad?
02:29This isn't going to work.
02:31Maybe we should just take him back inside.
02:34I don't know how to do this.
02:37He doesn't recognise me and I don't recognise him.
02:42Are you going to come?
02:44Like you told us you wanted.
02:46Put a smile back on that face.
02:49One last time.
03:00I mean, all that time it's taken us to find him an appropriate care home place.
03:04And if he doesn't move in there today on time,
03:06you don't think they're going to give his room to someone else, do you?
03:08Because there's no way we can cope, Phil.
03:11Of course.
03:17Next thing says Nigel's safe.
03:20Right.
03:21Right.
03:21Well, you'd better tell them to bring him back here.
03:22Julie, Julie, could you just stop, please?
03:27So where are they?
03:30Ain't it obvious?
03:32Look, I'm just saying, you know, I'm technically sure Bon Voyage quite hits the mark.
03:36Well, is that her happy birthday?
03:38There ain't exactly a mark here for last pint in the Vic banners.
03:40What about some streamers?
03:42There might be some in the Christmas box.
03:45It's a cruel disease, isn't it?
03:47Hey, half an hour well spent with them, eh?
03:49So if there's one person who knows how to live in the moment,
03:51squeeze it out of the choice of Lexi Pearce.
03:54No, I'm not sure this is good for her, you know.
03:56Come little Lexi's posting messages on the neighbouring shack.
03:59I've always got something just out of the oven.
04:01Yeah, my dad will be over as soon as he's having eel issues.
04:04Can you believe me?
04:05I've got some nice butter icing on it.
04:06Can I breathe?
04:07Yeah, go and take it.
04:07It's lovely.
04:09Nice Lexi, though.
04:09What a good idea.
04:11Nigel's just part of here, isn't he?
04:13Albert's squares on his bones.
04:14Oh, you know.
04:15Cool.
04:15That's him.
04:16Is it?
04:18Hiya.
04:19Peace!
04:20Come on, Nigel!
04:21Come on, Nigel!
04:22Come on, Nigel!
04:23Come on, Nigel!
04:24Come on, Nigel!
04:24Come on, Nigel!
04:24Come on, Nigel!
04:25Come on, Nigel!
04:28Come on, Nigel!
04:33Come on, Nigel!
04:35Come on, Nigel!
04:40I heard you were back.
04:43Are you all right?
04:44You know, just getting my head around the fact that my dad can recognise a pub but not
04:49his own daughter.
04:50Oh, look.
04:51Don't listen to me.
04:53I'm hardly the priority.
04:54I'm just...
04:55Oh, no, shocked.
04:56Shocked.
05:00I tried to contact you, but you've got a new number.
05:03I'd have been here.
05:05I'd have come back.
05:07I just can't believe he doesn't know who I am.
05:09No.
05:11Well, you're not giving him a chance to do it out here, are you?
05:14No.
05:14Right, come on.
05:15Or we'll have you a drink.
05:17Oh.
05:18How's that house and husband of yours?
05:20You little girl!
05:21She's not little any more!
05:22No.
05:22Oh!
05:27Well, Nigel went behind.
05:29I don't think he was talking about Prosecco.
05:31Yeah.
05:31Well, certainly better not to.
05:35Congratulations.
05:36Everyone's got an opinion.
05:38I mean, it's not like Nigel knows what he says, is it?
05:42Well, that's the thought that counts.
05:46There you go.
05:47Of course, it should really be a pint of oranges and lemons.
05:51Remember?
05:51The cocktail we all had at your birthday party?
05:55The first night your mum and dad met.
05:57I introduced them.
06:02He bought me a pint more than once.
06:05In the down times.
06:06Good listener.
06:07What?
06:08Messing up your Santa Claus, Lance?
06:10Yeah.
06:12I mean, you got some hard work.
06:14Hey, Dot always said, the best port and lemon this side of Peckham.
06:19Oh, yeah.
06:19Yeah.
06:19Lord knows Jim tried to top him.
06:22Yeah, according to Dad, the only man who could set Grant Mitchell straight and walk away
06:26still wearing his own face.
06:28Mum always reckoned you preferred a nice cup of tea to a pint.
06:36Thanks, yeah.
06:43You gonna have a sip?
06:45All the stuff are getting you back in.
06:46Turn in one.
06:48That is inappropriate, Maureen.
06:53I'll give us a drink.
06:54Well, if you want to talk about drinking, has anyone heard the story about Nigel and Ricky Butcher's dad did?
07:00No.
07:00No.
07:03Well, they all woke up hanging in a field, apparently.
07:08Don't know how they got there, where they are.
07:11Someone mentions a ferry, probably Grant.
07:14Looks like France.
07:15Must be France, right?
07:16Anyway, this is urgent because this is the actual day of Ricky and Bianca's wedding.
07:20Oh.
07:22Nigel's the only one with a no level.
07:24So we volunteers start speaking French.
07:27Well, the poor farmer hasn't got a clue what he's saying because they're not in France at all.
07:32They're in Kent.
07:33No.
07:35No.
07:36No.
07:44No.
07:49No.
07:51No.
07:52No.
07:53No.
07:54if you've met i'd uh remember your face large one is it i doubt it no thanks cheers god loves
08:06a try right what the hell's on the plan oh back off can you so nigel's fine yeah be safe
08:22just
08:23just let him have this it's 20 minutes
08:48why are you following me in here like some middle-aged stalker
08:50come to tell me off you're not the step-mom anymore you're not my teacher and i'm not that
08:56screwed up teenager in your way julie all right i never thought that don't do it do not do that
09:05act like you're perfect because you're not because none of us are all this playing poor me it does my
09:11head in do not pretend that your life didn't get a whole lot easier once i left well we certainly
09:17had more money in the bank your dad missed you okay so yeah in uh in some ways it was
09:28yeah
09:30and you wonder why i never came home for christmas
09:33nigel just wanted to meet his granddaughter no julie not enough you won okay you won
09:44and i'm not interested in you or your opinions i'm just gutted he doesn't know who i am
09:53i am gutted you didn't call me when you first found out
09:58you knew he went missing i left you i don't know how many messages and now i've lost the chance
10:07to tell
10:07him i'm sorry but dad never called me either did he then i i never called him
10:19this was just one little nice thing i could try and do for him you know one wish
10:27you don't have the monopoly on loving him julie
10:30you never have
10:38yeah but nigel's smiling ain't it when did you last see that
10:44nigel ain't got his memory like the rest of us have
10:48so if if you ever go off like that without telling us again i'll
10:54i'll get calendar to take your laptop for you and get him to cancel your phone contracts and all
11:00but your mum
11:03your mum would be proud of you
11:05i know that
11:13so what was it again more hours in the back van
11:16a little more minimum wage and commission when you sell a car
11:20but you know technically lauren has head don't need you
11:26priya relax
11:28you know most normal people celebrate to get a new job
11:31most normal people ain't waiting for a drug scan to talk to their house
11:35yeah i told you i should mark down can you just
11:39will you just trust me
11:41yeah as soon as you give me one good reason to
11:46victoria sandwich nigel your firm favorite i'll be making you one of these every week when you
11:50get yourself settled
11:54oh hi miss favorite
11:57you want me to get you a slice that
12:00you judy judy it's okay okay i'll meet you judy it's all right it's all right
12:05hey of course with a bit of a name change hey it's not his all-time favorite though is it
12:13claire
12:14years back it was it was donuts from the bakery by the swimming pool
12:21wasn't it love yeah he used to take claire swimming every saturday
12:29that time you um you made him go with you up to the top diving board
12:35three flights up it was and then you got cold feet
12:40turned around and walked all the way back to the bottom i was only 13. and you
12:47you felt obliged you didn't want to hold the queue up and he hates heights
12:54never seen a belly flop like it and you always used to pick up those sugary donuts
13:02and bring them home with you yeah and every weekend the pair of you would have a competition
13:13in the kitchen kitchen to see who could hold off from licking their lips first i always won
13:23i always let you win and made her laugh
13:30dad
13:44i'm sorry i'll break things up that's yeah um someone has got a new home they need to move into
13:52hi
13:53i've finished the pint
13:55i'm first um lexie would you come back and pelt the pack after tea
14:02and um maybe you and claire can settle nigel in and i'll i'll bring his case along later
14:12right up at god of honor he's not going to walk yeah she's right we could still go see him
14:19exactly
14:21i've already made a group chat so everybody needs to tick off which day is best for them because we
14:26don't all want to turn up at the same time
14:34i love you
14:41I love her when you let her go.
14:46And you let her go.
14:50Thank you, guys.
15:02Thank you, guys.
15:05Woo-hoo!
15:06Woo-hoo!
15:10Bye.
15:11Hey, Marge.
15:16He's never caught back, is he?
15:17I think so.
15:46I'm not done.
15:50I'm not done.
16:17and we can move your photographs around how you want once you've had time to have a look
16:21your wife julie isn't it already bought on your slippers nice little crochet blanket
16:27and we'll have a look at where your new bedroom is and the new bathroom
16:36come on mary let's get you back get a nice cup of tea
16:41we'll have a look at your new bed and the loo we've had the hospital discharge summary through
16:49right well we just need to do our basic medical check and i expect a nurse want to have a
16:55bit
16:55more of a thorough look at you don't want that pneumonia back and this is you soon feel like
17:02home it's like a a thousand cuts gradual chipping away it's been a while now since you and phil have
17:14been taking such good care of him i think the night the hospital stay really took its toll on nigel
17:22i've been telling patrick what an excellent job you've both been doing
17:26i can't remember my name i don't even think he knows who i am most of the time
17:33it's just um it's just waiting for you know it's just it's just been such a big build-up i
17:39feel like
17:39i'm wearing heavy coats i know there's no practical alternative but i just feel like such a bad person
17:46i don't want him to go
17:48hush hush hush hush julie julie julie julie julie hush hush hush hush
17:55the care home we pray will be the best place for you
18:04you and phil have done all that you could you have nothing to be guilty for
18:11i'm not choosing this
18:14it's just
18:17little tiny flashes you know
18:22nigel's already gone us
18:28yeah
18:31take it off me
18:32you just need to give your arm a gentle hug
18:34no it's not
18:34you don't want a gentle hug
18:36it's just it's just for your blood pressure that's all
18:38i haven't got any blood pressure
18:41you're a flippity jibbit
18:43so's your mum oh poor thing you've got a sore nose
18:46you you're useless you're no good to me
18:50i bet you 10 000 quid you can't make me better in 10 minutes
18:56yeah go on his brother trying to kill me
18:59grant yeah
19:00it was at home
19:02i was in the bath and his brother's pushing me down
19:05trying to drown me
19:06i'm soaked
19:07look at me it's your brother grant
19:09look
19:11soaked
19:14all right
19:15all right it's all right
19:18why don't we take a minute
19:19yeah get you tidied up
19:24come on
19:25there be all
19:35well we've got to be realistic i mean it's bound to get worse
19:42everything
19:45nigel didn't want everything he left scotland to spare me from
19:50i suppose we've just got to
19:53find a way to get detached a bit
19:55well i mean that's what all the
19:57online forums say and i've been on enough of those
20:01it's not that easy to do though
20:06but you're not on your own
20:09half of the square has already signed up to visit him
20:11yeah
20:13i'm married to him though
20:15nigel will always
20:17he'll always have my heart
20:19the heart of an honorable woman
20:24you know
20:27we've had so many happy years
20:31and whatever time there is
20:35now that this is what it's come to
20:36then i will visit a man who looks like my husband
20:40i'll do my best to keep him cheerful
20:42and make sure he's safe
20:46find joy in little things like
20:50like a cup of tea and a plate of bourbon biscuits
20:54for the wonderful
20:57wonderful
20:58nigel
20:59and you
21:01and
21:03it's the least he deserves
21:05if i can make his life better
21:08then
21:11i need to be there for him
21:14don't i
21:20tell julia
21:22i've got to go and see the family
21:23just tell julia i'll visit
21:42mind you we'll settle down
21:45he's sleeping
21:46you want to go in
21:49yes this is
21:52this is wrong
21:53this is wrong
21:54how is this
21:59how is this
22:00making his life
22:02any better
22:03transfer trauma
22:04is not uncommon
22:05in
22:06residents
22:08that could have been any worse than him dying of pneumonia in hospital you know they could have just let
22:15him slip away
22:16you know with some sort of some sort of dignity but it's
22:24this place to smell
22:30i suppose this is how you do your job
22:33because you
22:36you didn't know him did you
22:37you didn't know nigel
22:38he's
22:41nigel's
22:43he's a
22:43you know he's
22:45he's a kind
22:46gentle bloke
22:47he's
22:48he likes
22:50he likes old films
22:53stuff like that
22:54and this
22:54this is not
22:57this is not how his life should end
23:00you know in this place
23:01he's waiting for the axe to fall
23:04we're
23:05we're kind of dogs
23:05don't we
23:06mr mitchell
23:07no he's in there
23:09he's in there terrified
23:12lost in
23:14dementia
23:15nigel's
23:17nigel's disappeared
23:18but
23:20his body's just
23:22his body's just keeping going innit
23:24it's obvious
23:25how hard you've been working
23:27this is a big adjustment
23:33this is torture
23:34you don't deserve
23:36this
23:37you know
23:37i owe nigel everything
23:39he's
23:42he's my best
23:43mate
23:46perhaps
23:48maybe
23:48it could be helpful
23:50for both you
23:50and nigel
23:51if
23:52you take a break
23:54short or as long as you need
23:56let him adjust to his new
23:58routine here with us
24:03sometimes
24:04having a bit of space
24:06can help new residents
24:07adjust more easily
24:10we'll keep you updated
24:11plan for you to come back
24:13if
24:13when
24:14you've
24:15you know had some time to rest
24:17get your strength back
24:20maybe
24:21you should let us
24:22take care of the both of you
24:23for a while
24:27do you know what
24:34i can't
24:35i can't
24:36i can't do it
24:38i can't do it
24:40care of burnout
24:42we see it all the time
24:45there's nothing to be ashamed of
24:46sorry
24:47i'm sorry
24:48i'm sorry
24:50i'm sorry
24:50excuse me
24:56no
24:57no
24:58no
24:58no
25:40I'm sorry, Nigel, I'm sorry for letting you down.
25:48I love you, Nigel, too.
25:51I love you.
25:55But I can't.
25:57I can't help.
25:58I can't...
26:00I can't watch.
26:01I can't...
26:02I can't...
26:04I can't do this.
26:06I'm sorry.
26:10I can't be here...
26:14for you anymore, Nigel.
26:17I can't.
26:18I can't do this.
27:01I can't do this.
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