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00:00just enough to maintain suspense compass episode overview unlike the slower reflective tone of the
00:05previous installment this episode strikes a stronger balance between character introspection
00:11active confrontation plot progression central themes the consequences of avoidance emotional
00:16honesty versus self-protection power dynamics in relationships the inevitability of truth the
00:20episode feels like a turning point not because everything explodes but because everything starts
00:25to shift performing arts
01:04hello hi thank you so much
01:09oh don't tell me it's just you and me here this evening
01:12money still has a few bits to play with her should be sure
01:21so you managed to twist your brother's arm then oh you know my brother was ready to help a mate
01:27out
01:27except when it interrupts his very busy schedule of glaring at the four walls around him
01:32listen it's not just you he's also avoiding nigel so i don't know well i'll give him a call okay
01:39hey oh george hi this looks gorgeous thank you oh and thank you by the way mom told me about
01:46you stepping in to host her political rally next week at the end of the day we're still family
01:50um go to the cemetery cojo's on the non-alcohol's good
01:54i'll show you that
01:55i'll have that one
02:00right ladies and gentlemen
02:03right um thank you all for coming um
02:07well as a lot of you may know it's been a long journey to night fusion and um
02:14um i've learned a lot about the Ghanaian culture and at its core there is a deep love for good
02:20music
02:21good food family so that's what this is all about all of that and more it's a blend a bit
02:32like me
02:35and of course this um this wonderful city we all live in so uh toast to the future
02:45cheers
02:49put the music back on please
02:50gina
02:54are you talking to mom
02:58she's been on a brave face earlier but i can tell something out right
03:09you're not gonna sue are you
03:12you couldn't wait to call the police when it was louis let's see how you like it when the boots
03:16on the
03:16other foot that was different right that was an accident and a lapse of judgment
03:22oh you want me to admit i've made mistakes all right fine i have but
03:26look i'm not the only one okay i mean you're the one who started all this when you nicked my
03:29table at the pub quiz
03:30yeah and you cheated on the tie break plus you tried to shut my business down and you sabotaged
03:36my billboard and you nearly gave my mom a whiplash i've been in business for over 40 years
03:43and no one has ever tried to trash my reputation like you have well you've given out as much as
03:48i
03:48have all i'm trying to do is start again it's not been easy since my divorce
03:54and now when i'm trying to stand as counselor and give something back to the community that i love
03:59you're trying to take that away from me as well but i decided to run before you did
04:02just stop this is exhausting
04:11yeah you're right
04:14move on i'm ready to accept your apology when you're ready to make it
04:28i said it was just a twinge why don't you call me i've been trying to it's taken me half
04:33an
04:33hour to get across the room
04:36i'm looking at you in labor yeah
04:38now i've heard this for both the boys towards the end it's false labor
04:42false labor yes that is a thing yeah yeah i know it's a thing but don't you think this is
04:47a bit full-on for not to result in a baby she's only 31 weeks george she ain't ready it's
04:53too soon
04:53to be the real thing okay look at me you are right when this happened before chances are it is
05:02a false
05:02thing okay everything with this baby is going to be perfect okay you've just got to hold your nerve
05:13it's just um you and me the baby so you start your massive
05:39you're doing the right thing you know pops the sun sand and some hell of a cocktails yes please
05:47thank you very much yolandi and denise convince me it's for the best you see well i wish i could
05:53go
05:53with you i'd love to see the place next time oh i um i spoke to the police and i'm
06:00gonna stop off at
06:01the station on my way to the airport um to record a statement well i hope that you say enough
06:07to stop
06:08that jasmine wheezing her way out of it kim it's a complicated situation you're making her out to be
06:13some sort of monster okay come on leave back there let's go
06:22so what was the drama nothing um he's out to barney to the park and cut his hand on a
06:28broken
06:28shed is it right if barney stays for pizza later yeah of course he's in monomeria um
06:33where was the shed what there's well there'll be a lot that's next to martin's why
06:41where are you going i want to go and fix it don't i yeah i must have all trades to
06:45the rescue just
06:46you're quite out for nothing someone's got to do it you know what i'll come with you i could do
06:54with
06:54fresh air i thought we were going to talk to her together and you've dumped it right in it
07:09honey she's dumped me for the night
07:13look if if you hate me so much why do you want to move in my house hey coming around
07:19with you
07:19your bed the bed is a gift i'll use it for a few weeks and then once i've moved on
07:26it's yours to
07:26keep yeah because i know that honey would never charge a friend rent and as i've told you before
07:32i'm no freeloader so this is my way of paying her back
07:37suddenly not in the mood for a party anymore especially not tonight my cheating scumbag of an
07:45ex done me three years ago today i'll see you back at home
08:02yeah well are you sure we can literally be there in a half hour
08:07okay all right what yeah whatever just call us okay
08:11you're on the way to the hospital your dad said to stay here and hold the fall how many weeks
08:16is
08:16she 31. can't your babies are born early i should have made her go this afternoon the baby might not
08:25even be born today these things can take a while all right yeah hey josh look i'm sorry about before
08:34it's
08:35just patrick he's been through such a lot yeah yeah the last thing i would want is to make things
08:42any worse yeah and i'm i'm sure you must have a million questions and it must seem like patrick's
08:48the only person that can answer most of them but he's an old man who's lost two sons
08:57and losing ball that almost killed him losing anthony he told me it sounds horrible yeah five minutes
09:08ago he was loading anthony's voice onto an app so he could talk to him again look
09:17patrick is the strongest man i have ever met in my life but we're all fragile too sometimes you know
09:29so don't take this personally darling but get your answer somewhere else okay
09:53peace offering lace with arsenic is it
10:01i'm i'm really sorry about your nose i mean i i never meant to hurt you
10:08and what we uh talked about all the ridiculous things you've done
10:13uh what you've done must be an eye hope not hearing it laid out like that
10:21well as the kids would say i haven't uh i haven't been my best self like me
10:28me neither
10:31i haven't been my best self for quite a while when i think of where i was this time last
10:37year
10:39no um it can't be easy can it i mean going from running the queen victim
10:46changing people's sheets
10:49i'd better be here and speak for running a thriving business
10:53i've had more regrets than most i should think so i mean you took cindy back how many times i'm
10:58trying to be nice here at least for you and george i mean you have managed to stay friends i
11:04mean
11:04it's got to count for something don't know for what i thought we had the most perfect life all planned
11:12out and it was gone within the blink of an eye and i've spent nearly 40 years chasing a woman
11:18who
11:20who only wants to humiliate me but the council thing must give you a bit of an ego boost yeah
11:28am i that transparent just a bit but i'm not much better am i
11:38do you know what goes well with chips booze
11:49i don't need to be on the labor ward yet i haven't had a contraction in half an hour
11:54things can slow down once you get to hospital they'll soon kick in again yeah or not i know
11:58this is happening a bit sooner than you were expecting but sometimes baby has other ideas george
12:04will you tell her just let her do her job nikola the consultant will be along as soon as they
12:10can
12:10in the meantime i'm just outside the door all right thank you for keeping her calm i know 31
12:18weeks is early but it's nothing that we haven't seen before keep going on the gasoline all right
12:32okay go on then my help no i hate that stuff it's not proper painkillers it just makes me feel
12:38sick
12:39it's okay to accept help you know it doesn't make you look weak i know that
12:47i'm so stupid don't say that no um i spend the whole time worrying about getting piles and moaning
12:55about my fat ankles and my swollen boobs and now i'm gonna have a premature baby and she's gonna
13:01be tiny she ain't ready george and she's gonna be born in exactly the right place
13:08how about sophia what's her name sweet you know it's popular oh that's just another way of saying
13:19common common all right come on this is yours then you must have some name rattling around for a
13:27little girl because that's all i've got except for maybe aurora oh aurora knight it's got ring to it
13:38no it doesn't no it doesn't and she ain't gonna be a knight i have my dead body well no
13:43daughter of mine's
13:44gonna be a mitchell
13:50what about ivy i had this um i had this doll when i was little and i had to order
13:59and i took her to bed
14:01every night until i was 10. oh god oh she's really coming isn't she john
14:12i am going to be right here with you i promise okay
14:35you know what i don't need a big fat flashy wedding
14:41kissy am i no i'm serious it's not like we've got a million people to invite anyway
14:47i doubt my mum will bother herself to come and
14:51there's less foulness about than there used to be
14:54have you even been in there since martin died
14:59i think stacy's lot have got the key
15:02it's a shame though i bet there's loads of grandad's old stuff in there
15:06i'm gonna have a chat with cat see if the landed back oh yeah yeah of course i mean that's
15:13a
15:13that's a fowler family heirloom we ain't got jewels but we have got an overgrown allotment and a manky
15:19old shed hey uh listen as far as the wedding goes i'd marry you absolutely anywhere flashy hotel
15:29old or dirty old bus station at the park it worked for patrick in your landy family friendly
15:38then you're like if we don't spend a fortune on the venue then then we'll have enough to put on
15:42a
15:42proper spread i could put up some lights you know make the place look smashing yeah it's just be me
15:50the woman i love and the great outdoors yeah and a wedding guest or two
15:59you know
16:02they're not here now are they
16:11just me
16:14the woman i love
16:17and the great outdoors
16:20look
16:22is that out here
16:29what is happening
16:30the consultant just said
16:32the baby's heart rate is dropping you need to do an emergency cesarean
16:35yeah yeah do it
16:48you don't worry about me you stay with our baby yeah
16:51i will it's gonna be all right
16:58yo
17:00sorry there's been a family emergency we're gonna have to cut tonight short what's going on
17:03um mum's in hospital the baby's coming your dad just phoned mum's had a
17:08a placenta abruption
17:11it's still all right are they gonna do c-section i think so um he didn't sound good on the
17:16phone
17:17what should we do um can you just get rid of everyone all right guys sorry bye is over we
17:22need to go we need to go until we'll clear up and we'll lock up yeah okay yeah
17:27um barney's who's out don't worry look we'll let him know what's happening okay just just give
17:40everyone
17:46don't worry mate we've all been there oh i am dying oh let me go and get those pieces off
17:52the high
17:52street i can't stand you a minute longer okay
17:57you're a lucky man i've heard by the time there's wedding bells
18:00alfrescoes off the table well if i'd known i had an audience maybe i'd have given it a cent full
18:06maybe some of that cheers um actually um a mate of mine's in the drinks trade
18:11it'll throw you a few crates if you're interested uh sounds good but um i think i know where to
18:15store it patrick's going to trinidad soon and you'll only won't leave the soup kitchen so you can bet
18:20she's going to be guarding the key to his shed while he's gone we're going to need a new premises
18:32oh billy i can't believe you blurted it out like that what i wouldn't have actually would i if
18:37you'd have showed up like you said you would i know i know but
18:40be she's she's a gentle sour would upset me if i had her feelings
18:48i'm nicholas all right i wonder if we should phone the hospital
18:54hola housemates will told me about georgie's launch being cut short so i've treated us all
19:01fish and chips oh i didn't have to do that nonsense it's the least i can do for my favorite
19:08short
19:08time now what's well in that case i'll get the plates you get the ketchup
19:16i don't know if you're going to be in the cup of tea
19:23i don't know if you're in the cup of tea
19:44I mean, there was so much blood, and she was so scared.
19:48Mr Knight?
19:50How are they?
19:51You've got a little girl.
19:54Two pounds, nine ounces.
19:56It's very tiny.
19:57It's not far of average for a 31-weeker.
19:59She's been taken to the NICU.
20:01I promise they're going to take really good care of her.
20:03Who knows Nicola?
20:04The good news is the bleeding stopped once the placenta was delivered.
20:08We're going to need to keep her in for a few days, but she's doing well.
20:11Unfortunately, she's running a temperature,
20:12so we are going to have to keep her isolated.
20:14while she becomes.
20:15Poor mum.
20:16I can't see her.
20:17You'll have to keep your distance from Nicola
20:19if you want to see the baby afterwards, but, um, yes.
20:22Graeme.
20:24We'll go.
20:25Yeah, come on, go.
20:27Yeah, do you follow me?
20:27Yeah.
20:28Bye.
20:35Thanks, by the way.
20:36Hey.
20:37Hi.
20:38You forgot how to reply to your text?
20:42Um, I want to be mates,
20:43not jumpy bones.
20:44Get with yourself.
20:46Yeah, no, no, yeah, yeah.
20:48All right, no.
20:49I just thought it'd be easier.
20:52Not talking.
20:53I'll get stuff wrong.
20:55Sort of thing.
21:01I'll show you.
21:03Sure.
21:09Banana?
21:10Mm-hmm.
21:12Can I ask you something?
21:14Sure.
21:15Okay.
21:23Um,
21:25do you think she's guilty?
21:27Oh,
21:28Josh.
21:30You ever had a small talk?
21:31You can't just smack me over there
21:33with something like that.
21:37Please,
21:38you know Jasmine better than anyone.
21:40No one knows Jasmine, Josh.
21:42Jasmine doesn't even know Jasmine.
21:47She's amazing.
21:50Scary when she's angry,
21:52but amazing.
21:55She's got a bit of heart.
22:02She don't belong in prison.
22:06Is that the same as being innocent?
22:13You all right?
22:16Your lover boy invited me around
22:18for this, uh,
22:18family feast.
22:22Are you not going to ask me which one?
22:24Listen,
22:26when we spoke earlier,
22:29you were right.
22:31There is still something
22:33between me and Zach.
22:35What?
22:36Chemistry?
22:37Yeah.
22:38And that's it.
22:41Me and Ross have got chemistry too,
22:42plus a million other things.
22:46I know that you think
22:48I'm just sticking with Ross
22:48because I'm scared,
22:49but that ain't it.
22:50We have been through hell.
22:53I could have walked out
22:54a million times,
22:55but
22:58we fit.
22:59Me and him.
23:02We belong.
23:04And I'm not going to
23:05throw that away
23:06or anything.
23:09How is she?
23:10She's good.
23:12I didn't even get to see her.
23:15They took her away
23:16before I came to.
23:19Well,
23:19she needed a little bit of help,
23:20so
23:21they've got her in an incubator.
23:25She said,
23:26I can't see her
23:26until my fever comes down.
23:30I didn't even get to her
23:32skin on skin.
23:33She needs to feel my heartbeat
23:34so she doesn't get stressed out.
23:37Well,
23:37she will.
23:38She's just temporary.
23:39Until you'll feel a bit better.
23:41I can't.
23:43My mother, George,
23:45she needs me.
23:46Not in a week,
23:47but now.
23:48I can't.
23:49I'm going to see her in a minute
23:50and I'll take a million photographs
23:53and tell her how much
23:55you love her,
23:55I promise.
23:56No.
23:58That's not good enough.
24:02It's not even close.
24:06What if I never get to hold her,
24:09George?
24:10What if she never gets
24:12to cuddle from her mummy?
24:17Get you.
24:19Doing the cleaning up.
24:21Staying late.
24:23I don't know.
24:24Are you sure all my staff
24:24was hard working?
24:26Naming no names, Kim.
24:30I hope you don't think
24:32that I was getting at you before
24:33because I know it's a lot
24:34to get your head around,
24:35you know.
24:36But with the trial coming up...
24:38Well, everyone's just got
24:39their own opinion about Jasmine.
24:42I'm a twin
24:42and I don't have a clue
24:45for what to think, so...
24:48I think I just need the chance
24:49to make up my own mind
24:49about her.
24:52So maybe it's...
24:53Maybe it's time
24:54I go and see her.
24:57Oh, look at you,
24:58a man of many talents.
24:59You show that to the electorate.
25:01I must have done a chance.
25:02Well, as long as they
25:03don't see my pet, you say.
25:06We've both got one of them,
25:07haven't we?
25:07Not two pets in a pod.
25:12George's baby's been born.
25:17What are you two up to?
25:19Oh, just the usual
25:21bickering, moaning.
25:22Yeah, I don't know for you.
25:23Go on, sling your arm.
25:23Yeah, my pleasure.
25:27Yeah.
25:33Were you just on a date
25:34with Ian Beale?
25:36To be ridiculous,
25:37we're sworn enemies.
25:39Hmm.
25:40Hmm.
25:43Okay, right.
25:47Um...
25:47Say, I am Billy Mitchell
25:50and I'm a prized sausage.
25:58I am Billy Mitchell
26:00and I am a prized sausage.
26:12We're back.
26:14How's the baby?
26:16Um...
26:18The baby's, uh...
26:19The baby's in the incubator.
26:22It's wise and everything.
26:24Mum's ill so she can't even see her.
26:28I'm just so scared.
26:30I'm...
26:32To think that, you know,
26:36that my little sister
26:37might not bake it.
26:45Everyone thinks that Mum's
26:47heartless nails
26:49because she's so much more than that.
26:51Do you know what I mean?
26:52Yeah.
26:53I do.
26:57Oh, man.
26:59But it's probably a bit
27:00just wondering what's happening.
27:03I better go.
27:15Oh, I've never seen him
27:16like that before.
27:18Who am I to say
27:19who'd make the better dad?
27:19Who gets to be a parent?
27:22I need to be fair
27:23to Vinnie and to Harry.
27:27I need to know the truth.
27:29As soon as possible.
27:33Tell him, little one.
27:36I'm your dad.
27:37Your mum's
27:38desperate to see you.
27:43You've got sisters
27:44and brothers
27:45and his uncles,
27:46cousins.
27:47You know,
27:49you've got a whole army
27:49behind you.
27:51And we're all on your side.
27:53Hmm?
27:57You know,
27:58I woke up this morning
28:00thinking that this could be
28:01the start of something amazing.
28:05I was right.
28:09I was so right.
28:14Look at you.
28:18And we love you.
28:23And we love you, Ivy.
28:30The April 2nd, 2026 episode of EastEnders
28:34builds directly on the emotional groundwork
28:36laid in previous episodes,
28:37delivering a chapter that feels heavier,
28:39more confrontational,
28:41and narratively decisive.
28:43Where the April 1st episode simmered,
28:45this one begins to boil,
28:47with tensions surfacing,
28:48truths edging closer to exposure,
28:50and relationships shifting in ways
28:52that feel both inevitable
28:53and deeply affecting.
28:54This is an episode that thrives
28:56on emotional escalation,
28:57rewarding patient viewers
28:58with meaningful progression
28:59while still holding back
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