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EastEnders - Season 42 - Episode 20
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00:15Hi, Mrs. Bates. This is Chris Vickery from Brayton Rice Care Home. I hope you've got my message.
00:22We can only keep your husband's place for 24 hours, so if you could get back to me to confirm
00:28by the...
00:31So you've got a place in the care home, then? When's he leaving?
00:36I don't know. What about you?
00:39Sounds like you want rid of me, Phil.
00:40I just thought he might be tired of slumming it on my sofa.
00:44Maybe I could have Nigel's room if he's on his way out.
00:47Do they know about the place yet?
00:50Ain't you got somewhere else you should be?
00:51I thought we'd head down to this Val renewal, actually, you know, seeing as Nigel's almost family.
00:57Plus, I heard the owner used to be in the drugs game.
01:01I wouldn't know.
01:02Thought me and you could take her aside after the ceremony, have a little chat with her.
01:09If I don't find out who's talking, Phil, they're going to hurt Vicky. You do get that, don't you?
01:13I said I'll ask around. I've asked around.
01:17And when they get back to me, I'll let you know.
01:29Is she all right?
01:31She just had a few drinks last night, found her on the sofa.
01:34Attention, please.
01:36The one.
01:37The only, Mrs. Julie Bates.
01:41Sorry, I think I'm going to be sick.
01:45That wasn't the response I was hoping for.
01:47You look amazing.
01:50Doesn't she, Nigel?
01:52Cute.
01:53Oh, well, I was worried I might look like a bag of spuds, but Elaine's managed to work on magic.
01:59Oh, shall I take a photo, Nigel?
02:00Oh, come here.
02:02Yeah, you get up there.
02:03Right.
02:03That's it.
02:04Okay, big smiles for the happy couple on their special day.
02:08We get married, aren't we?
02:09We are.
02:11Kim said that she'd officiate for us.
02:13Nicola said that we could use Harry's barn.
02:16Yeah, I thought we might pop over there to check everything's the way you want it, yeah?
02:20Yeah.
02:21I better get ready.
02:22Oh, you've got hours yet, sweetheart.
02:24It's fine.
02:25It's fine.
02:25I'll keep an eye on you.
02:26Okay, thank you.
02:31Gorgeous.
02:33I'm getting married.
02:34Oh, I know you are, Nigel.
02:37I'm just about to go home, get changed, and I'll see you there, all right?
02:41Yeah, see you there.
02:42Good morning, sparrows.
02:45I feel like death.
02:47Oh, I don't feel too bad, actually.
02:50I mean, I don't remember much at all about last night, but everyone's still speaking to
02:54me, so couldn't have been that bad, could we?
02:57See you later.
02:58See you later.
03:26Giovanni?
03:28You all right?
03:28You all right?
03:29Yeah.
03:32Um, I've been meaning to talk to you, you know, about last week, the trial.
03:36That's fine.
03:37No, no, no, no, it ain't.
03:39Yeah, I should have been there, and I should have apologised before, and I kept meaning to,
03:45but, um, I don't know, there's a lot of noise in my head right now, yeah?
03:51So, um, and I'm, I'm, I'm trying.
03:54I just want you to know that I'm trying, okay?
03:56I knew something was up with you.
03:58Look, Dad, when I was going through some stuff, like, it really helped to speak about it, so
04:05I just want to let you know that I'm here if you ever need to speak.
04:36Yeah?
04:38If you hadn't got attacked that night, you would've, you would've torn this place apart.
04:41Come on, come on.
04:43Come on.
04:44I'm in my house, I'm in my house!
04:47I'm in my house!
04:47Who do you know?
04:53Who do you know?
05:00Who do you know?
05:05Who do you know?
05:07Mm-hmm.
05:08Don't, please, Patrick.
05:10My son's dead, and I have to write his eulogy.
05:13I need to know the truth about who he was and what he did.
05:17Look, I know what you think of him.
05:20But I can't square that man with the son I raised.
05:24So I need to talk to Zoe, OK?
05:27What if it traumatizes her in the process?
05:29Listen, I ain't looking to traumatize anybody.
05:31I just need the truth.
05:34It gives me no pleasure saying this,
05:36but your son was every bit as bad as people are saying.
05:39That's the truth.
05:40And the other truth is, my son didn't kill anybody.
05:43Your daughter did.
05:46Just promise me you won't tell her about Jasmine
05:48because there's nothing she can do about it,
05:49and it will break her heart.
05:51Yeah.
05:52You want what's best for your daughter, I understand that.
05:56But her broken heart is no concern of mine.
06:07No kiss goodbye, then?
06:09Oh, sorry.
06:10Look, I know you're upset about Nugget, yeah?
06:12But don't cut me out, babe.
06:14We're in this together.
06:15Yeah, yeah, I know.
06:15I just thought the time we'd be OK,
06:18but now I'm not sure.
06:19Yeah.
06:20We just need to get him out this headspace.
06:23Baby?
06:24We should buy him a car.
06:26I mean, he'd love that.
06:27Massive distraction,
06:28and you could teach him how to drive.
06:31Father-son bonding time, get things back on track.
06:33Yeah.
06:33Yeah, I'll ask Grant to him today.
06:35Oh, yeah?
06:36Can I have a diamond necklace whilst you're at it?
06:39We're going to get through this, OK?
06:41You'll see.
06:42Yeah.
06:43It's just that I can see it in his eyes.
06:45He's in a really bad place.
06:47Yeah, and that's down to me.
06:49They're saying it down to you, OK?
06:50What happened to Nugget?
06:52That's Harry and Nicola's fault.
06:53They did this, and they're responsible.
06:58Yeah.
07:00I'll see you later.
07:01Yeah.
07:02Yeah.
07:11Nigel?
07:13What are you doing?
07:14I'm getting married.
07:15I need to get ready with my best man.
07:19Nigel?
07:20What are you doing sneaking up?
07:23Listen, mate, why don't you head inside, yeah?
07:25Just head first, head inside.
07:29He thinks she's getting married.
07:31Does she seriously think he's up to this?
07:33Look, Phil, the call from the care home could come any day now.
07:37Julie just wants to give him one last happy day on the square with all his friends before
07:41he leaves.
07:41You can tell her.
07:45Tell her that you'll be there.
07:51I've just been at his missing...
07:53Not missing anything.
07:54We're finished now.
07:55All done.
07:56You know what it is?
07:56A bit of blue to bring out the dress and her eyes, you know...
07:59Well, here, look, please.
08:00Look at yourself.
08:00No, no, no, I've looked at myself.
08:02Mum.
08:03Darling.
08:03Why aren't you at school?
08:04I've got a free.
08:05You all right?
08:06Have you and Zach had a falling out?
08:08No.
08:08Can we talk?
08:09Nick!
08:10Look, darling, it's going to have to wait, all right?
08:12No, please, Mum.
08:13I've got an event starting in half an hour, all right?
08:15Just grab yourself a Coke, yeah?
08:17No problem.
08:18She wants a bigger stage.
08:20Not for me, not for me.
08:21I just want to make sure that everybody can see this beautiful expression of love, Mum.
08:25Yeah?
08:26Then book the O2, because this is all I could get last minute.
08:29It's smashing, Nick.
08:29Look, honestly, I can't thank you enough, really.
08:35Hiya, Linda.
08:43Oi!
08:45Nuggets!
08:47That stop take should have taken ten minutes.
08:49Get your head in the game, yeah?
08:55He's counting cans of beans, not pitching for the World Series.
08:59Anyway, I thought he was supposed to be doing management stuff.
09:02Why, you can't drive the bus if you don't know what's under the bonnet.
09:06Actually, you can.
09:08Anyway, look, I just...
09:09I wanted to say sorry for taking the mickey yesterday.
09:13But you do just make it so hard.
09:19Oh, hi, Vinnie.
09:20Could I have some paracetamol, please?
09:21I've got a banging head.
09:23I'm in a bit of a rush, too, so could you just stick it on my staff tab, please?
09:26Oh, I'm sorry, but I can't.
09:28Oh, have I gone over my credit?
09:30They've got something.
09:31Look, honey, I think maybe you should talk to Mum.
09:39You, er...
09:40You sure you want to go through with this, yeah?
09:43Through with what?
09:44The vow renewal.
09:48The wedding.
09:50Yeah.
09:51Yeah.
09:52I'm getting married.
09:57Where are you going?
09:58Oh, it's just...
10:01I'm just going to get some water.
10:15Where is he?
10:16He's through there.
10:18All dressed up like a performing monkey.
10:22He said, I don't want to argue with you, all right, but...
10:25You know, seeing him like that, you don't even understand what he's doing.
10:29You sure that this is the right thing for him?
10:33A little corsage, darling.
10:35Here you go.
10:37Oh, buttonhole.
10:38Go on, why not?
10:40Corsage, darling.
10:41Oh, Suki!
10:44Finney said you wanted to talk to me.
10:46Yeah, I'm late for a meeting.
10:47To be honest, he was acting a little bit weird, so...
10:51You are unbelievable, honey.
10:53I can't believe you've got the gall to stand here right now and look me in the eye.
10:57And if I was you, I'd be hiding under a rock right now.
11:00I've done something to upset you.
11:02How could it not upset me?
11:05Wasn't that the whole point of the email?
11:07Email?
11:08Oh, you didn't think there'd be consequences?
11:13Suki.
11:14Listen, I'm...
11:16No, honey.
11:17You're suspended until I think about what those consequences are.
11:28What's that all about?
11:29Finney, oh, I'm gonna have to go home.
11:30I don't feel very well.
11:32Do you want me to come with you?
11:33No.
11:34I thought you were all up for the vow renewal when we talked about it at Christmas.
11:39No one could have predicted that he'd go downhill as quickly as he has.
11:42I'm just not sure he's up to it now, that's all.
11:45Oh, yeah, and I bet you've been really busy telling him that, haven't you?
11:47I haven't said a word, all right?
11:48I played along with it.
11:49But why do you think he's here?
11:50He feels unsettled, you know?
11:52He's...
11:53He needs to be back home here, where he...
11:54where he feels safe.
11:55This isn't his home, Phil.
11:58It was until you made it impossible for us to...
12:00to stay here.
12:02Undermining me at every turn.
12:03Stop making this about you, will you?
12:05Says the man who was gonna cart him off to Portugal.
12:08Away from his wife, his friends and everything he knows.
12:10Well, I was wrong, OK?
12:12And I see that now, you know?
12:13I wasn't putting Nigel first, but...
12:15I'm just saying, don't make the same mistake as me.
12:19What if he's stood there with all them people
12:22looking at him and he can't deal with it?
12:24Well, I'm gonna look after him, aren't I?
12:25And he gets upset and starts panicking.
12:28He won't!
12:29Listen, what if he...
12:31What if he wets himself?
12:32Oh.
12:33Now, what if he wets himself
12:34like he did before the film screening?
12:36Because you know that's a possibility, right?
12:40Listen, the man
12:41that turned up at my doorstep a little over a year ago,
12:45he wouldn't want this.
12:48He was prepared to kill himself
12:51to keep his dignity.
12:53Now, we...
12:54We need to protect that man.
12:59I just...
13:01wanted to give him a happy day
13:04before everything changes.
13:08But they already have, haven't they?
13:11We need to honour
13:13what was important to him, you know?
13:16His dignity.
13:36Thank you for agreeing to see me.
13:42You probably think I killed your son.
13:45I didn't.
13:47Do you believe me?
13:50I don't know what to believe.
13:52That is the reason why I'm here.
13:55You know, when I lost my son, Paul,
13:59man, it broke my heart.
14:01But at least I could understand, you know,
14:03the way he was,
14:04the company he kept.
14:08But with Anthony,
14:10I find it difficult to understand.
14:15And to reconcile that loving boy I knew
14:19to demand everybody telling me that he was.
14:26So,
14:27it's the reason why I'm here to
14:30ask you to help me to understand.
14:34Do you really want to know the truth?
14:38Because I don't think it's going to make you feel any better.
14:43I just want to know, my son.
14:52What are you looking at?
14:54That's Julie.
14:58We're getting married.
15:02And how do you, er,
15:03how do you feel about that?
15:05Well, I feel, um,
15:08lucky.
15:09I mean, look at her.
15:11Well, you know, there'll be a lot of people now,
15:13but
15:14I'm just a bit worried
15:15that it might be, you know,
15:16a bit too much for you.
15:17We both are, me and Julie.
15:20She doesn't want to.
15:21No, no, she wants to, mate.
15:22It's just,
15:24well, we're not sure
15:25what's best for you.
15:26And that's all we want, you know.
15:28What's best for you?
15:29This is what's best for me.
15:32I want to marry her, Phil.
15:34I want to marry her
15:35more than anything in the world.
15:44Getting together with him that night
15:46was a mistake.
15:49So why did you?
15:51Why build up his hope?
15:53I weren't in a good place.
15:54I weren't thinking straight.
15:56I thought I was being stalked,
15:58that I was going to die.
16:00But he didn't help.
16:03He exploited the situation
16:04so that he could get back in my life,
16:06even though it was falling apart.
16:09Is it possible that you
16:10could have misinterpreted
16:12his behaviour?
16:14Was that before
16:15or after he attacked me?
16:18The last thing I remember
16:20was him attacking me, Patrick.
16:22The look on his face.
16:25He wanted to kill me.
16:27And then
16:29everything went blank.
16:32But I didn't kill him, Patrick.
16:35I can't deny that Anthony hurt me.
16:39But I did things
16:40that I ain't proud of.
16:43And maybe if I'd have
16:44brought him in
16:45instead of pushing him away,
16:48maybe things would have been different
16:49and that would have brought out
16:51the good in him
16:52because there was good in him, Patrick.
17:00Thank you for seeing me
17:01and thank you
17:03for telling me the truth
17:05and for being as kind
17:07as you
17:08could be
17:09under the circumstances.
17:13I'm not going to take up
17:15any more of your time.
17:16Time ain't something
17:17I'm sure of in this place.
17:20How's Jasmine?
17:23Oh, as far as I know, she's well.
17:26I'm sure
17:26Cat will be able to tell you
17:28more than I can.
17:29Thanks.
17:34Miss, wait.
17:35It's going to start in a minute.
17:36I've been waiting for ages.
17:37Please, Mum,
17:38I need to talk to you.
17:40OK.
17:45I overheard Ravi and Priya
17:47talking earlier.
17:48They were blaming you and Harry
17:50for what happened to Nugget.
17:52And I know you couldn't
17:53do something like that.
17:56But...
17:58But what?
17:59What, you think
18:00your brother could?
18:01Is that it?
18:02Good what?
18:04Barney's got it in his head
18:05that we had something
18:06to do with what happened
18:07to Nugget.
18:07I heard Ravi and Priya
18:08say you were responsible,
18:09that's all.
18:10Yeah?
18:11You shouldn't believe
18:12everything you hear, darling.
18:13So you didn't do it?
18:15No.
18:16Of course not.
18:17Or get someone else
18:18to do it.
18:19Barney?
18:20How could you think
18:21such a thing?
18:22Do you think I did that?
18:24What, because of that beef
18:25I had between me and Ravi?
18:26Your brother had nothing
18:27to do with it
18:27and neither did I.
18:30Just tell him.
18:32Why not, Barney?
18:35Look me in the eyes
18:36and swear.
18:36Barney?
18:37He just told you.
18:40Swear to me?
18:41You had nothing
18:41to do with it?
18:44I swear.
18:47Right.
18:48Can we put this
18:49stupid idea to bed
18:50now, please?
18:53Oh, come on,
18:54it's starting.
19:01Hi.
19:07Hello, everyone.
19:08Can I just,
19:09can I just have
19:10a quick word?
19:11Um, thank you all
19:12so much for being here.
19:13I really appreciate it.
19:15So, we're not
19:16going to wait for Nigel?
19:18Er,
19:20he's not coming.
19:24So, er, look,
19:25you all know, er,
19:27what Nigel's going through
19:28and, er,
19:29I thought that
19:30this was
19:31something that
19:32I could give him.
19:33You know,
19:33a special day,
19:34you know,
19:34something
19:35for him to draw on
19:37when things
19:38get harder.
19:40Um, but, er,
19:43thinking it through,
19:44I don't know
19:45that it's what
19:46he really wants.
19:48Yes, I do.
19:57Well done, Nigel.
19:58All right, Nigel.
20:01So, um,
20:03are we going to get
20:04married or what?
20:16I don't remember
20:17saying this.
20:18Well, you were
20:19angry and,
20:20and frustrated
20:21and I said,
20:22write it down,
20:23get it all out.
20:23She suspended me.
20:25Well, you know,
20:26it might all work out
20:27for the best
20:28in the end.
20:29She'll reflect
20:30on the things
20:30that you've said
20:31and things
20:32will get better.
20:33She's not the
20:33reflective type,
20:35Bea.
20:35She's a proud,
20:36vindictive type
20:37and me dragging up
20:38all of this stuff
20:40about her having
20:40a crush on me,
20:41I mean,
20:41she's never going
20:42to forgive me.
20:44Look,
20:44I'm so,
20:46so sorry
20:46but what's done
20:47is done
20:48and, you know,
20:48maybe you'll get
20:49a new,
20:50better job.
20:50Did you want
20:51this to happen?
20:53No,
20:53of course not.
20:55Only you said
20:55it was your idea.
20:57I just wanted
20:58to help you
20:59and I think
20:59that Sookie
21:00should be held
21:01to account.
21:02But if you wanted
21:03to help me,
21:04you should have
21:04stopped me
21:04from sending
21:05this email.
21:06Obviously,
21:06you weren't as drunk
21:07as I was.
21:08It's just you're
21:09a bit of a lightweight,
21:10that's...
21:12Are you blaming
21:12me for this?
21:14Bea,
21:15I have two kids,
21:17okay,
21:17and we're struggling
21:18to make ends meet.
21:19You might think
21:20I had a rubbish
21:20job and it's
21:21easy to find
21:22another one
21:22but it wasn't
21:23and I can't.
21:24This is a real
21:25big problem
21:26for me
21:27and my family.
21:34Do you remember
21:35the first time
21:35we saw each other?
21:37It was at school
21:40and Claire
21:41was having
21:42a few problems
21:45and so I called
21:46you in for a chat.
21:49Didn't know
21:49what to expect
21:51but it wasn't
21:52this, um...
21:55this shaggy-haired
21:56koala bear
21:58that came through
22:00that door
22:01and then
22:02when you'd gone
22:05I thought about you.
22:11and I thought
22:13there's something
22:14about your face,
22:15your beautiful face.
22:19And
22:21I could tell
22:22that
22:23you
22:24were funny
22:25and
22:26that you
22:27were kind
22:30and I
22:31thought
22:34I'd like to see
22:35that face
22:35again.
22:38So I did.
22:40Yeah.
22:42Um,
22:43you came in
22:44at the video store.
22:45Yes.
22:46That's right, sweetheart.
22:47I did.
22:49Yeah.
22:50I suddenly developed
22:52a love
22:53for French
22:54cinema
22:58and I developed
22:59a love for you
23:02and I've loved you
23:03ever since
23:05after all these years.
23:09So
23:10I,
23:12Julie Bates
23:15would very much
23:16like to take you
23:20Nigel Bates
23:22to be my husband.
23:27Again.
23:30I don't know
23:31what to say.
23:32Oh,
23:32it's okay, sweetheart.
23:33You don't have to say anything.
23:34It's okay.
23:39Why is everyone
23:40looking at me?
23:42I don't mind.
23:43It's okay.
23:44Please,
23:44can we go home?
23:45Yes,
23:45of course we'll come.
23:45Can you talk?
23:46Hey,
23:47hey,
23:47hey.
23:47Hey,
23:48you all right,
23:49mate?
23:50You want me to do this?
23:52I'll help me out,
23:53all right?
23:54I can help you.
23:54Just,
23:54just say
23:55what I say.
23:56I,
23:57Nigel Bates.
24:01I,
24:01Nigel Bates.
24:03Take you,
24:04Julie,
24:05to be my wife.
24:08Take you,
24:09Julie,
24:09to be my wife.
24:11Again.
24:13Again.
24:14Again.
24:17Okay,
24:17you can kiss
24:18to bite me.
24:19No.
24:27Are we married?
24:29Yes,
24:29I can.
24:30Come on,
24:31go home now,
24:31then.
24:32Yeah.
24:33Yeah.
24:43I'll take him to Linda's.
24:45Okay.
24:45You probably want to,
24:46you know,
24:47talk to everyone.
24:48No,
24:48please.
24:49He said he wants to go home,
24:50so,
24:51um,
24:54take him home.
25:09What's wrong with you?
25:11You look like you've seen a ghost.
25:12Are your parents in?
25:14No,
25:14why?
25:15I need to ask you something.
25:17When Nugget was attacked,
25:18did he remember anything about it at all?
25:20You know he didn't.
25:21Not even if it was just a man
25:22or if there was a woman there,
25:23anything at all.
25:24Why are you asking this,
25:25Barney?
25:25What's happened?
25:27You might want to answer,
25:28bruv.
25:33Where's my stone?
25:34Stone?
25:35like a pumice stone?
25:37My stone?
25:38From the beach?
25:39Listen,
25:40er,
25:40there you go.
25:42Bubbles.
25:43Bubbles got to be better
25:44than some stone,
25:44innit?
25:46Bill?
25:47Listen,
25:47stay where you are,
25:48alright?
25:48Don't move.
25:49I'll be right back.
25:50What's,
25:51um,
25:52am I staying here tonight?
25:54Yeah,
25:55you are,
25:55mate.
25:56Staying here,
25:56back home,
25:57where you belong.
25:59Bill!
25:59Alright,
26:00alright.
26:00Be back in a minute.
26:01Alright.
26:09Do you want these upstairs?
26:10Er,
26:11no,
26:11just,
26:11just leave them there,
26:12yeah?
26:12Alright,
26:12I'll go grab the rest.
26:13Alright,
26:14cheers.
26:15Oh,
26:16do you want?
26:16Hiya,
26:17Mark,
26:17you alright?
26:18I thought you was,
26:18er,
26:19staying at the party?
26:20He likes his things around him,
26:21it makes him feel settled.
26:23Listen,
26:23what,
26:24er,
26:25what I said earlier,
26:26you know,
26:27I was,
26:27er,
26:28I was wrong.
26:28No,
26:29no,
26:29no,
26:29you weren't.
26:30You were just
26:31doing what you thought was best for him,
26:32you know,
26:33like,
26:33so am I.
26:34There's no right or wrong,
26:35we're just trying to
26:37work it out together,
26:38yeah.
26:39There's, er,
26:39there's something else I need to talk to you about,
26:41as well,
26:41the, er,
26:43the care home.
26:44No,
26:45don't want to talk about that till tomorrow,
26:47I don't want it to ruin today.
26:48It was a good day,
26:49in the end,
26:50and I think Nigel really enjoyed it.
26:51Yeah,
26:51yeah,
26:52he did,
26:52he's wiped out now,
26:53though.
26:53Right,
26:53so I'll just plug up and help him get his visit.
26:54No,
26:55no,
26:55that's all right,
26:55it's all right,
26:56I'll do it,
26:57I'll do it,
26:57yeah,
26:57you just go back to the party,
26:58enjoy it,
26:59yeah.
26:59Are you sure?
27:00Yeah,
27:00yeah,
27:01it's fine.
27:08He had this lovely,
27:10round,
27:10smooth stone,
27:11and he used to keep it on the side of the bath of the old house,
27:13his dad found it for him.
27:15Hmm.
27:16I don't know that it survived the move,
27:18though,
27:18I'm perfectly honest.
27:19After you.
27:21See ya.
27:25She actually seems happy to be back.
27:27Yeah,
27:27it's,
27:28it's not about her or me for that matter,
27:30it's about Nigel,
27:30you know,
27:31because he's back home here,
27:33where he feels safe.
27:34So I guess it's a good job you didn't drag him off to Portugal,
27:36then,
27:36isn't it?
27:37Someone done you a favour,
27:38now.
27:39It was you.
27:41Well,
27:42you told her.
27:45Ah.
27:46Yeah.
27:49Yeah.
27:58Yeah.
28:03Yeah.
28:04Yeah.
28:09Yeah.
28:09Yeah.
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