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Coronation Street Season 67 Episode 93
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00:00I think he's going to clock on when she's not here.
00:02I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
00:04I'll just say that you and her fell out.
00:06You'll have no problem believing that.
00:07Fair enough.
00:08I don't ever recall falling in with her, to be honest.
00:10Oh!
00:11Love, watch your knick-knacks, will you?
00:13Why?
00:14You've always hated them.
00:15Well, granted, nobody could love that porcelain Dalmatian.
00:19Looks like it's cocking its leg up, but hate's a strong word.
00:21Yeah, well, it perfectly sums up how I feel right now.
00:24You don't mean that.
00:25Don't I?
00:26I'll text her and let her know the stuff's here.
00:28If it's still here tomorrow,
00:29I'll douse it in petrol, set it alight.
00:31I don't want anything to do with her.
00:34If that's how you really feel,
00:35you might as well do the same to me while you're at it.
00:39There's only one killer in this family.
00:41I never set out to hurt anyone in my life.
00:44Yeah, you never set out to sleep with a squaddie either, but you did it.
00:47You've been letting people down all your life.
00:49Me, most of all.
00:51How dare you speak to me like that?
00:52I am still your mother.
00:54That's just a technicality, Maggie.
00:56And believe me, if I could change that, I would.
01:01You all right, love?
01:03I just can't believe he would speak to me like...
01:07Come next door.
01:09Make you a brew.
01:11Looks like you could use one.
01:18You all right there, Roy?
01:21Still browsing?
01:23Well, no offence, but I think people spend less time buying houses.
01:28Can I help?
01:29A local free-range farmer ordinarily supplies a cafe with eggs,
01:34but for personal consumption, hardly seems worth the trip.
01:38How fresh are yours?
01:40Eggs is eggs.
01:42And they are as good as the dent on the box.
01:45Oh, hey, Roy.
01:46We're just going to come and see you.
01:48How can I help you?
01:49It's about Sam.
01:51How is he?
01:52Well, I want to say fine, but...
01:53Still struggling there?
01:55Yeah.
01:56We've just found out that Megan's pleading not guilty,
01:58so there's going to be a trial.
01:59And he'll be called to give evidence?
02:01Yeah, we wanted to get him through it unscathed.
02:04Well, I don't know.
02:05Just...
02:05He likes spending time with you.
02:07So would you just pop in on him?
02:09Of course, well, he's excellent company
02:12and a worthy adversary on the chessboard.
02:15Well, as the cafe is not open for another couple of days,
02:18yes, I'll pop by and have a game with him.
02:21Oh, that'd be fab.
02:22He normally comes to the bistro straight after school, so...
02:24Right, well, I'll see him there.
02:26Thanks, Roy.
02:28Well, your daddy shouldn't buy your sweets, not before nursery.
02:31The teachers will have nervous breakdowns.
02:33You've given your old granny aggro.
02:35What's this to do with you?
02:37Oh, well, I know there could be a handful in a little.
02:39Especially at your age.
02:41I think I can handle it.
02:43Yeah, looks like it.
02:44What's the problem?
02:45He's not getting Darren any sweets.
02:47That's because I've seen what happens after he's eaten them.
02:50Oh, high for unsugar, is he?
02:52Bouncing off the walls.
02:53Anyway, it's none of your business.
02:56Right, come on.
02:57I've got places to be.
03:00It was a tussle in the heat of the moment,
03:03and Alan fell.
03:06So you were, Rowan.
03:08Yeah, we were.
03:09And I admit, I kept that from Ben at the time.
03:12Why, have you never thought of just telling him?
03:15I know what grief does to people.
03:16You look for someone to blame, just like Finlay has.
03:20Ben needed me.
03:22He didn't need a reason to push me away.
03:24He was devastated by the loss of his father.
03:28Close with him.
03:28Yeah.
03:30That's why the business with your dad hit him hard.
03:34Yeah, well, him and me both.
03:36Always very difficult to find out something uncomfortable about your parents.
03:40No one felt more guilty about us than Jim.
03:44Ben, he adored you and your brother.
03:47There was never any doubt about that.
03:49You were his life.
03:52Just like Ben and the boys are mine.
03:57Oh, Monky's going to be all right this, you know.
04:00I'll speak to Ben.
04:01We'll sort it.
04:07Windass is no stranger to violence.
04:09And he had no time for Fiona in the end.
04:11And he's also the ex-partner of your current missus.
04:13Right, well, that's got nothing to do with it.
04:15The more I think about it, the more I think he's a number one suspect.
04:19Well, good luck proving it.
04:21Well, I'm hoping to see CTV from the builders I will do for his alibi.
04:25Bad news on that school, I'm afraid.
04:26Digital forensics came back.
04:28They couldn't retrieve the footage.
04:29Why not?
04:30I don't know.
04:31Do I look like a computer geek?
04:33Suffice to say, the people that do couldn't recover it, so...
04:35Right, well, I suppose it was a long shot.
04:38But with no murder weapon, we're back to square one, aren't we?
04:41Yeah.
04:42Well, it's that way.
04:44So you'd better stick your thinking, Cap'n, ain't you?
04:46Yeah.
04:46And the kettle while you're at it.
04:55Could get used to afternoons, in here.
04:57Feels very decadent.
05:00Well, it's your day off.
05:01Often, if I can't take a coffee break now and again, what's the point of being my own boss?
05:05You're a remarkably chipper, under the circumstances.
05:08Circumstances?
05:09Yeah, I kept taking all your scaffolding and the other girl from the yard.
05:13Well, there's nothing for him to find.
05:13He's clutching at straws.
05:16Either that or there's some tiles come off the police station room.
05:19I can't believe you're being so blasé about this.
05:22It could be a murder charge.
05:23Not for me, it won't.
05:24I didn't do it.
05:25Yeah, I trashed the van, but that's it.
05:29Well, even so,
05:31as soon as they find who did kill him,
05:32I'll be able to arrest Eze.
05:35And Theo, for that matter.
05:37Don't shed any tears for him.
05:40Whoever offed that creep did the world a favour.
05:53Are you looking for something?
05:55No.
05:56Found something.
05:57You'll never believe what someone put in my bag.
06:00Er, I'm afraid you'll have to enlighten me.
06:03It's a tracking device.
06:05Someone's planted a tracker in my school bag.
06:08But how would they procure it?
06:10I doubt that any of your classmates are spymasters.
06:14You can buy them anywhere.
06:16Really?
06:17How extraordinary.
06:19But why would anyone want to track your movements?
06:23Got their son, Al.
06:25Why don't we discuss the possibilities over a game of chess?
06:31I don't know, Roy.
06:33Well, if we're to solve this mystery,
06:35what better undertaking to inspire logical reasoning?
06:40OK.
06:43Let's go through to the office, so I can't concentrate here.
06:51Listen, love, I sympathise, I really do,
06:54but the street is not the place to be pecking out your dirty washing.
06:58Sorry if I embarrassed you.
06:59It's not even about embarrassment.
07:01Look, we live enough of our lives on show in this pub,
07:04and if you don't want Will to find out...
07:06Like I said, I'll just say that you had an argument with her.
07:09Oh, great, so then it's my fault.
07:11All right, well, I'll say we both had an argument with her then.
07:13The main thing is, that's all Will needs to know.
07:17Yo, bro.
07:19Should I get one in?
07:19No, I'm all right, thanks, Matt.
07:21Just need a word with me, brother.
07:22What do you want?
07:23Your mum's still next door.
07:24That's not my problem anymore.
07:26She's really caught up about everything.
07:28Did you not hear what I just said?
07:29Yeah, but I've also heard her side of things,
07:31and I think you should hear her out.
07:32I think we should probably just let the dust settle a bit first.
07:35No, no, my experience, you know,
07:37you let things go, they only get worse,
07:39especially where family is concerned.
07:40This is none of your business, Steve,
07:41and she had no rage spilling her guts to you anyway.
07:44Yeah, well, I'm sorry, but, you know,
07:45I am kind of involved,
07:46cos, like it or not, we are family.
07:48Well, I don't like it.
07:49I don't like it one bit.
07:50Everything I thought I knew's been turned upside down,
07:52and you, you think that's a reason to celebrate, do you?
07:55Well, is it nice?
07:56Now, every day you get a new brother.
07:57You're no brother of mine.
07:58You're nothing to me.
07:59Now, get out now.
08:01Look, I'm only trying to sort things.
08:02Steve, get out of my pub before you regret it, mate.
08:05Ben?
08:05The studio.
08:06I don't think I'll lose you.
08:07Don't, mate.
08:08Get out!
08:09Now, do one!
08:11Excuse me, I think I just wanted to look home.
08:13Hot pots off, Dev.
08:14Out, the lot of yous, do one.
08:16Out!
08:17Now!
08:33I shall have to insist that you remain stationary during our game.
08:39Sorry.
08:41I don't know if you're aware of the Korchnoi-Karpov controversy in 1978?
08:48No.
08:49Yeah.
08:50Yeah.
08:51During, uh, game 14 of the World Championship match, Korchnoi complained that Karpov was
08:58excessively and deliberately swinging in his chair as opposed to put him off.
09:05Thus, uh, Karpov was forbidden from spinning in his chair.
09:09Really?
09:10Yeah.
09:12And it's not the first, uh, chair-based chess controversy.
09:16In, uh, the 1972 World Championship, Bobby Fisher was so dissatisfied with the chairs provided
09:24that he eventually had one flown over specially to Iceland from New York.
09:30Ah.
09:32Apologies.
09:34I have to take this.
09:37Hello?
09:39Well, the instructions are on the counter.
09:43Downstairs.
09:44Well, I assure you, they were there.
09:47Off the top of my...
09:49Look, look, I shall pop back.
09:52Oh, yes.
09:54Bye-bye-bye.
09:56I'm sorry, uh, I, uh, that's a builder at my flat.
09:59I have to go back and confirm something with him.
10:03Okay.
10:04Yeah.
10:05But, I shall return presently.
10:11But, uh, in the meantime, uh, you, um, spin to your heart's content.
10:30We'll be home in a minute.
10:32He'll know there's something up if the doors are locked.
10:35Yeah.
10:36He'll find out the truth soon enough, anyway.
10:39It was stupid of me to think I could keep it from him.
10:41You were just trying to protect him.
10:43Who can blame you after what's gone on lately?
10:45I just...
10:47I just feel like I'm feeling at everything, babe.
10:51Father, son, Steve McDonald's brother.
10:55And sure, where's the time for me and you and all this, huh?
10:57I feel like I'm feeling as a partner as well.
10:59Right, enough now.
11:01Self-pity doesn't suit you.
11:02You're not feeling at anything.
11:04You're doing your best, love.
11:06Which is all anybody can do.
11:08And I'll tell you something else.
11:10It's good enough for me.
11:12Yeah?
11:13More than good enough.
11:16Come here.
11:23Are you going to make a move?
11:26Sorry, I was just thinking about the stuff.
11:30You do seem somewhat unsettled.
11:34Yeah.
11:36A lot of weird stuff's been going on.
11:39What kind of weird stuff?
11:44Doesn't matter.
11:46Everything's just a big stress at the moment.
11:50You remind me of me.
11:52At your age.
11:54I was in a constant state of anxiety.
11:58As I told you,
11:59I never really lived up to my parents' expectations.
12:05What's a shame?
12:07Because I viewed the world somewhat differently.
12:11As you do.
12:14Yeah.
12:17I suppose it is only natural
12:22that you might fear
12:24that your own father
12:26could harbour that same
12:29disappointment.
12:32Or you might feel a certain
12:35insecurity.
12:37Given the way that you arrived in his life.
12:40Do you think he might not have wanted me?
12:42I never said that.
12:44And I'm sure he will do his duty by you.
12:48Whatever problems
12:49you may have.
12:52Or difficulties
12:53you might present.
12:55I don't want to be your duty.
12:57Do you think he'd soon I wasn't here?
13:00Not now.
13:01He has responsibility for you.
13:03That doesn't mean he would have wanted me.
13:05I think
13:07we should begin.
13:13Well, there's no getting away from you
13:14at the minute, is there?
13:16Remind me to check under the bedroom
13:17when you get undressed tonight.
13:19Well, I say I've got better things
13:20to waste my time on than you,
13:22but I'm not sure
13:23what's that supposed to mean.
13:24Well, you tell me.
13:26Have you, um,
13:27you finished my gear yet, by the way?
13:28I'll have to start charging you.
13:30Fingers crossed.
13:31I might be able to say the same to you.
13:33Kit, have you actually got any proof
13:35that he's done something wrong?
13:36Otherwise, this is just harassment.
13:38Well, Theo was murdered.
13:39And despite what you might read
13:40in the papers, Maria,
13:41not everybody's capable of doing that.
13:44So when I find someone who I think is,
13:46someone who's got a motive,
13:47someone local,
13:48I need the good reason
13:49to stop looking at them.
13:51Well, I've also got an alibi.
13:54If you say so.
13:55Honestly, I think you've been
13:56watching too much CSI.
13:58Come on.
14:03I've never considered
14:04Dad might not want me in his life.
14:07Oh, sorry.
14:09I tend to follow logic
14:11wherever it may lead.
14:15I apologise for any insensitivity.
14:18No.
14:19No, you just tell them the truth.
14:22Because you're my friend.
14:23I am, indeed.
14:25And will only ever want
14:28the best outcome for you.
14:30And that certainly doesn't include
14:32Nick abandoning you.
14:34So we must work hard
14:36to prevent that.
14:38Yes.
14:40Yeah.
14:41We must.
14:47You all right, Sam?
14:49Yeah.
14:51Yeah.
14:51I really appreciate you taking the time
14:53to talk to me like this.
14:54Your advice really means a lot.
14:57I'd make a far better counsellor
14:59if builders weren't calling me away.
15:02But from now on,
15:04you have my full
15:05and undivided attention.
15:08Shall we, sir?
15:16You all right?
15:19Absolutely fine.
15:21I've not had a fall
15:22or broken a hip
15:23or been telephone-scanned.
15:26I've not even had lunch
15:27at a garden centre.
15:28So for an olden...
15:30I'm doing over so well.
15:31I was only trying to help
15:33before, you know.
15:34Yeah.
15:34Because I'm totally incapable.
15:36Oh, they seem to be doing fine to me.
15:39Yeah.
15:40Pleased for you.
15:44Steve?
15:46What?
15:47He's throwing you out.
15:48He didn't put his hands on you, did he?
15:52Bersie, Jordan,
15:53don't go running off.
15:54It's all right.
15:55I'll get them.
15:56Multitasking, eh?
15:57Gets harder as you get older, doesn't it?
15:59Come on, you two.
16:01Sorry, Steve.
16:02What did you say?
16:03Come back.
16:04Swings are this way.
16:05They're bored of the swings.
16:07Right.
16:08Well, I'll tell you what's not boring.
16:10Look what I've got.
16:13Yeah, share these.
16:14But eat them quick, yeah?
16:16Don't tell the wicked witch.
16:17She'll only take a month.
16:19What if you gave them one ball?
16:21Oh.
16:24Uh, look, Roy,
16:25we appreciate you taking the time.
16:27Well, I would say it was my pleasure,
16:29but I can't help sharing your concerns.
16:32In what way?
16:34Well, uh,
16:36Sam was extremely agitated before he left.
16:39See, he certainly wasn't on his game.
16:42And he seemed to believe that
16:45someone at school
16:46has put some kind of tracking device in his bag.
16:50Tracking device?
16:51Yeah, well, so he believes.
16:53I hadn't realised these things are freely available.
16:56Well, as if he's not quite enough to contend with.
16:58Right, we're going to have to go down to the school.
17:00No, no, no.
17:00Talk to him.
17:02I put the tracker in his bag.
17:03What?
17:03I wanted to make sure he was safe.
17:05He said he wasn't going to get a new phone,
17:06so I thought we'd better track him.
17:07I don't know,
17:08if he got lost or got into trouble.
17:09Well, I wish he'd have talked to me first,
17:12because I would have told you
17:13that I couldn't think of anything more likely
17:14to make him paranoid.
17:15Well, it certainly seems to have had that effect.
17:20I'm sorry.
17:21I'm sorry, okay?
17:23I just was doing what I thought was best.
17:25Yeah, well, you need to let him know
17:26that it was you
17:26before it does any more damage, okay?
17:31I don't understand why everyone's got it in for me.
17:34It's our fate, Sam.
17:37While our intellect might win us a degree of admiration,
17:42more often than not,
17:43it will prompt suspicion,
17:47even hatred.
17:49But why?
17:51Because people feel threatened,
17:54and will use brute force
17:56to deal with that threat if necessary.
17:58And that's what they want to do to me?
18:01As with myself,
18:03your enemies will do all they can
18:07to thwart your ambitions.
18:11And there's no way you can stop them?
18:14I never said that.
18:16I'm still here.
18:19I'm still here,
18:20because I learnt the value
18:23of identifying my foes,
18:28taking pre-emptive steps.
18:32I never knew you had this side to you.
18:35But that's because I must keep it hidden.
18:40I reveal it to you,
18:43because you face
18:44the very same prejudices
18:47and attacks
18:48that I have endured.
18:50I want to help you, Sam.
18:54Face down the bullies
18:56and the oppressors
18:58who wish you harm.
19:00But how?
19:02By trusting
19:04no one.
19:08You're vulnerable, Sam.
19:13And by no means safe.
19:18You must be guided
19:20by me.
19:22As someone who has walked
19:24that treacherous path
19:26before you,
19:28you may have to fly
19:30in the face
19:30of your gentle nature,
19:33as I did mine.
19:37The question is,
19:39are you prepared for that?
19:44So follow my instructions
19:47to the letter.
19:51Yes.
19:54Yes, I am.
19:59I don't have any choice.
20:10Hey,
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