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