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