Yeah, mate, it's Ben Mitchell. Can you tell him I called?
DOOR CLOSES
Someone's up early. What, you wet the bed?
No, I was getting you breakfast.
Most important meal of the day.
So, who was that?
Oh, it was just, er, one of the delivery boys
talking about the collection later. POST FALLS
It's all right, I'll get it. You sit down. I think I'm capable
of collecting me own post.Dad, you got to rest! Doctor's orders.
SMOKE ALARM BEEPS Baby.Oh...
What's that?
Gynaecology website. Surely I should've heard by now.
What have I told you about stressing yourself out?
Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be...
It's not funny.
Right, today's already off to a bad start.
GLASS SMASHES
See?! Right, that's it, I'm calling the school, telling her not to come.
Bad luck always comes in threes. What you on about?
Ollie's teacher's coming round from his school.
You know, cos Linda thinks it's a good idea, you know, if we...
What? Tell her about his diagnosis that we ain't got yet?
If she's going to be teaching him, then she has a right to know.
Know what? That he's just like any other kid?
SMOKE ALARM CONTINUES
What time's she coming?In about an hour. So if you could just...
Oh, you want me out the way. Yes. No chance!
SMOKE ALARM BEEPS
The deal's off.
I want to know everything.
Walford's biggest property tycoon
and you still drink in this greasy spoon?
Am I all right with this, or am I going to need something stronger?
I told you what happened.
Nah.
Not all of it.
Now you told me not to trust Ben.
I want to know why.
You said we had a deal, you said that you would leave me
and mine alone. Yeah, well, I've changed me mind.
You stole from me,
you cave my head in -
and now you're throwing accusations about my own flesh and blood.
Ben was there, all right?
He saw me do it.
And then what?
We was about to ring an ambulance
and he told us not to.
He said to me and Martin just to leave him to it.
So whatever he's saying about Keanu, it isn't true.
Now, whatever psycho-dramas you're playing over there, please,
leave me and my family out of it.
Phil?
DOOR CLOSES, KAT SIGHS
Your alibi checked out.
That, and the lad's witness never came forward.
HE EXHALES
So they're not going any further with this?
You're a free man, Jack.
SIGHING: Oh, mate.
Ah... I could kiss ya.
Please don't.Oh, no.
I can't tell you how much relief that gives me.
Man of many troubles, eh? JACK SIGHS
I meant what I said, you know.
About re-joining the police.
And I meant what I said when I said no.
Seriously, you'd be an asset to them.
Pay ain't too shabby either.
No. With my record? HE SCOFFS
They wouldn't touch me with yours, mate.
What, with our staffing problems? I'm not so sure.
Something to think about, anyway.
WHITNEY LAUGHS
"Soft textured with a mineral core and notes of pear
"and passion fruit."
That's not bad. That actually tastes like pear drops.
DOOR BUZZER
Mmm. Yeah, it does.
And this one, "A crisp, fresh body,
"with notes of grapefruit and pineapple."
Oh, that is rank. Definitely not that one.
Definitely the first one.
Urgh! That's a tenner more a bottle.
Actually, this one's now growing on me.
Yeah, it is! Let's go with this one.
THEY LAUGH
Morning.
Oh, Stuart, the more you hang out with Bex,
the more you start to look like her.
THEY LAUGH
That's funny! Are you half-cut before breakfast? Where's my invite?
Tasters for the wedding. Look, Stu, I thought we spoke about all this.
Yeah, I know, I thought I could take it round to Mick.
You know, sort of hand over the baton.
I dunno. Mick's probably got his own ideas, and we're asking
enough of him already, what with him doing the reception at the Vic.
Yeah, you're right, it's a silly idea. Where's your recycling?
No, don't. It's a shame to throw it away.
Nah, Callum's right, Mick'll have his own way of doing things.
I'll see you later.
I can forgive him, but do you really expect Mick to?
Just cos he ain't your best man don't mean
he can't still be your big brother.
CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS IN BACKGROUND
You probably hear this all the time, but, um, he really is a bright kid,
ain't he, Mick?Yeah, no, he's bright as a button, he is.
Yeah, he's really into his reading, and, um,
oh, he loves making up little games with his toys.
What about his artistic flair?
Um...Ollie, can I take a look at some of your drawings?
Well, I wouldn't say that drawing's his strongest attribute.
Leave off, he's as quiet as a mouse when he's got a pen and paper.
Like his old man, he is.
Minimalist, but...Well, he's four.
He's not going to be knocking out Picassos.No, I know...
He's got plenty of time to pick up new skills.
Exactly. THEY CHUCKLE
You have a lovely home.Oh!
I can tell he's very well looked after here.
Or wrapped in cotton wool.
Anyway, er... Thank you for popping round.
We appreciate it.
I look forward to seeing more of you in September, Ollie.
THEY CHUCKLE
Was there anything else?
Er, there was one thing, actually.
Yeah, um, do you know anywhere we can get a discount
on this fancy uniform?
MICK CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY Don't listen to her, ignore her.
She's always on a wind-up. I'll see you out, OK?OK.
Well played, Mother. Blinder.
So it's all right for Linda to act like she's on valium, is that right?
It's called putting on a show. You don't need to put on a show!
Turn it in now, will ya? Just turn it in.
Ollie, do you want to go over the park with Nanny?No.
I'm washing me hair.She's a bit busy. Shall we ring Nanny Elaine?
Ollie, come on, darling. We'll go to the park.
You know what? All this negativity, it's not good round him.
Come on, sweetie pie.
She don't mean to upset ya.
Yeah, well she might want to work on that.
Did you ring the hospital?
No, you're right. There's no point me worrying.
I'll get them when I get them.
Thank goodness there's one sane person in this family.
I don't know what I'd do without you.
SHE CHUCKLES
You been on the rob again or something?Came through
the letterbox this morning.
It's Louise's.
HE SIGHS Just one thing after another with you lately, innit?
What the hell do I do, Jay? Well, you find her.
Preferably before the police do.
Stu, it's me.
I'm meeting Mick over the Vic at one. You should come too.
More the merrier an' all that.
Sorry, am I interrupting?
No mate, not at all.
I'm just going to go make a quick call.
We'll sort it.
Best get on. Busy day, I'm up to my eyeballs already.
HE LAUGHS
Wedding planning?
It's your funeral.
Are you all right?
That came through my dad's door this morning.
It's Louise's. Came from Peckham, apparently.
She's with Keanu, though, right? He's not going to let nothing bad
happen to her.He's the one that tried to kill my dad, Callum.
Keep up, yeah?
Why don't you go there, ask about?
I can come with you. I thought you had a wedding to plan.
All the sign-offs go to Whit. I just say yes to everything.
I remember.
Come on, then.
Peckham it is.
Oh, and Sean, how's he doing?
Getting there.
Yeah? Oh, um... Stace, she ain't replied to my RSVP.
You did give her the invitation, didn't you?Yes...
Oh, yes! She's going to do everything she can to be there.
Give us a couple of bottles of vodka, will you?
Phil, do you think that's a good idea?
Did I ask for your opinion, eh?
Money's there.
I'm taking them either way.
Do you think we should call someone?
This is not a case of murder, anger, or jealousy.
No, this is a case where the crime has no other words
but pure and contemptuous gluttony.
MacKenzie Atkins, and MacKenzie alone,
stole the last slice of chocolate cake.
I never!Order, order!
What is all this?
I'm teaching them the ways of the High Court.
The Higher Rights of Audience course.
Just paid for my place.
Give it a month and I'll officially be a solicitor advocate.
That is amazing! Well done.
One question though.
Where did he get the chocolate cake from in the first place?
PHONE RINGS
Saved by the bell.
Sorry, client.
It was worth a shot. It was pointless.
They're long gone.It'll be OK.
Things always turn out all right in the end.
You keep telling yourself that.
Thanks for helping me, Callum.
Means a lot.
PHONE BUZZES
Why's Whit texting you?
Dad?! Sharon?
She ain't here.
Why have I got Whitney text...
I...
..needed something to... take the edge off.
Dad, the sun is barely past the yard's arm.
Can you just... Could you put that down, please?
See, I've...
I've got so many...so many voices,
going round in my head.
And that's what this is good for.
Shutting them up.
Dad, come on. This...
This is stupid.
Someone...
Someone is lying to me.
I know you're stressing out about who did it. I get it.
But you got to leave all this to the police.
That lot? They couldn't find their own backsides with both hands.
Still...
..I've got an advantage over them.
Oh, yeah, what's that?
I know something they don't know.
Yeah? What?
I know who did it.
I went to see Kat yesterday.
I was getting these flashbacks.
And they led you to Kat? PHIL CHUCKLES FLATLY
Yeah, very good, very good.
Here's a...
Here's a funny bit.
She confessed.
She confessed, she straight up told me it was her that did it.
Which only leaves me one question.
Why you're so convinced it was Keanu that did it.
You said you saw him
coming out the Arches?Yeah.
So Kat's making it up, is she?
I don't know, maybe...maybe she was... Come on, Ben!
Think of another lie. Quickly! Come on! Don't, just don't...!
Don't, don't do that.
What, you care about my health all of a sudden?Course I do, Dad.
Course I do.
This is stupid.Is it?
Is it? Cos Kat told me something else as well.
She said YOU...saw her do it.
Come on, you, full disclosure.
They had a home visit from Ollie's new school.
And Linda wanted to tell them about the autism.
Which is ridiculous, because he hasn't even flipping been diagnosed yet.
It ain't a bad idea, forward planning.
There's nothing wrong with him! There wouldn't be anything wrong with him,
even if he did have autism. But if he is on the spectrum,
at least they ain't burying their heads in the sand.
He doesn't need special treatment, he needs a normal upbringing.
And what exactly is normal, Shirl?
I mean, you of all people should know that
some kids need more support than others.
Sorry, Shirl. I didn't mean to...
Just leave me, Teen.
Please, just go.
I don't know about you,
but I've got all day.
Or at least...
..at least till this runs out.
Oh...
OK.
All right.
She was right.
I was there.
You was lying there, you was bleeding out and...
I wanted to kill 'em, Dad,
for leaving you like that.
But I thought you was dead and I just, I wanted them gone.
Is that why you told them not to call an ambulance, eh?
Leaving me to bleed...
..just so's you could stitch Keanu up?
Fine. All right.
He had nothing to do with it. I lied.
And why would you do that?
Answer me!Because you put him...
ANSWER ME! Cos you put him in your will!
You put him in your will.
Yeah, yeah, Sharon told me.
Saving that one for when you pop your clogs, were you?
Little joke from beyond the grave?
So that's it, is it? That's what this is all about?
You're jealous? He ain't even family!
He's going to be, isn't he?
But I already am!
This idiot's been on the scene for what, five minutes?
So you think you can stitch up and frame an innocent man?
Are you hearing yourself? Are you? BEN LAUGHS
Moaning on about some poxy will,
like I haven't already given you the Arches.
Promoting Shirley, making me maternity cover for Sharon.
I mean, come on, Dad, let's face it.
I have always been bottom of your pecking order.
And the will, I mean, that's just the icing on the cake, innit, eh?
OK.
So you saw,
you saw Kat whack me over the head, yeah?
She's smashing me over the head and then you tell her
and Fowler to do a runner.
Then what?
Then I called the ambulance.
The police said that Keanu's overalls had my blood on them.
Kat wearing them, was she, eh?
Is that what you was doing, while I was bleeding to death, eh?
Running round, running round playing Cluedo?
No, it weren't like that... So what was it like, eh?
And what was you really rowing about, at the hospital,
with Jay, eh? What was you rowing about?
And I want the truth, Ben.
Was you coming to finish me off?
Now, the truth, or I drink.
And we both know how that ends, don't we?
I was going to take it all from you.
Fleece your house.
That was the grand plan.
Why?Why?!
HE LAUGHS
Really? What, you've really got to ask that?
You've got to ask why?!
The way you treated me when I first come out,
I mean, it weren't exactly stellar parenting, was it?
Or leaving me naked on a motorway?
Or do you know what, let's go way back in the pathetic failures
of Phil Mitchell, failing to tell me that my mum was still alive!
Is that it?
You feeling better now, eh? Feeling better?
You know, Sharon is just about to have your baby brother or sister.
You going to be jealous, jealous of them as well, are you?
What about me? What about me, Dad?
When will I EVER be enough for you?
Hey, we've been through all this.
We've been through it loads of times,
like when I gave you that trophy, eh?
What, you think that was all lying about that, just making it up?
Ben...
..I don't...I don't give a toss if you're gay.
I haven't cared about what you've done in the past.
All I've cared about is you.
But your pathetic and stupid, stupid insecurities
have put your own sister in danger.
Again!
HE SIGHS SHAKILY
I know I've been an idiot.
Please, don't do this.
Please, all right? I changed my mind, Dad, all right?
I've seen all them tubes sticking out of you.
All I want to do is I want to put all of this right now.
I do.
It's water.
Wa-ter.
I had to get you to talk somehow.
Didn't I, eh?
I put most of it together myself.
Was easy once Kat told me the truth, putting the pieces together.
But I just wanted to hear it from
your very own, filthy, filthy mouth.
Now, get out of my house.
I never want to see your lying face around here again.
Do you hear me?
We're done.
Permission to come aboard, sir?
What you talking about?
Linda. Are the defences down?
She'll be back in about an hour.
All right, I'll have an OJ then. No, I'm only joking.
I'll have a lager.
So how's it all going?
You all fit and healthy?
We said that never happened. What do you want?
Did Callum not say? I know, he's running a bit late.Oh.
He asked you to come here, did he?
Yeah, to help with the stag do planning.
Mick, if it's a problem, I can go.
Don't look like I've got much of a choice, does it?
In that case, Lieutenant Highway, reporting for duty.
Hey, peace offering?
Ollie, go and play.
Irish?
I'm sorry what I said about Jimbo.
That was uncalled for.
You know when Jimbo was diagnosed, that was it.
Everything changed.
I just don't want people thinking that he's different.
CHILDREN: Ohhh! Darling, are you all right?
Show me where it hurts. Poor thing.
Tell him you're sorry!Er...
Excuse me, he's ours.
Well, he just hit my son in the face.
No. Ollie wouldn't do that.
He needs to apologise. Look, he just gets frustrated
when he's stressed out. He didn't do it on purpose.
If he's got a problem being around normal kids then I suggest
you get him additional supervision. What are you trying to say?
He's got special needs, it is what it is.
Just please keep him away from my son.
I don't want him thinking that this is normal behaviour.
Shirley, no.
Oops! Too late.
I'm all right, babe.
Sorry about the mess.
Summer holidays.
I remember them well.
So, can you do anything?
I'm afraid not.
How is transporting him halfway across the country supposed to help?
If he's causing trouble, he's not going to stop
just because he's in Manchester, is he?
What?
Hunter isn't being moved because he's starting fights.
They're moving him for his own protection.
I'm so sorry it's not better news.
It's fine, it's fine, really. You tried.
Careful, if the wind changes your face will stay like that.
Yeah? I could say the same to you.
You get your GCSE results soon, don't you?
Don't remind me.
Come on then, what's with this Cheshire cat look?
Just got a bit of good news, that's all.
Spill!Never you mind.
As it happens, old mate of mine from the force says
I can have my job back if I want it.Yeah? Go for it!
What? Go back to a job I left donkey's years ago?
Who does that?I don't know why you left in the first place.
I bet you were a great copper.
You reckon so?I know so.
Everything you did for me... Be nice if all police were like that.
And plus you get paid to do what you love. It's a win-win.
Good girl, you are.
Sorry I'm late. Just had a bit of a rush on in work.
How'd you have a rush on? You work in an undertakers.
What, was there a plane crash? So, stag do.
What's that?Stu's ideas folder.
Got some good suggestions in there, Mick.
No, no, it's nothing, just some stuff I threw together.
Look, here's the old speech.
If you need some inspiration, Mick, you feel free to give that a scan.
Cheers.
She's going to call the police.
Oi, Mick, you better hear this.
Yeah, I better go and deal with this.
You could get nicked for this.
Good.
Stuck-up cow.She's just punched a woman in the face.
Mother, what have I told you about smacking people?
Don't you have a go at me. She was digging your son out.
He hit her kid. Oh, wonder where he gets that from?
Yeah, cos he deserved it.
All right, fine, I'm wrong.
Is that what you want to hear?
KNOCKING
What is it with you Mitchell men barging in my home?
I don't appreciate you messing in our business.
Is that clear?Crystal.
Now get out.
You was always a weird little kid.
I used to think it was Billy that was the runt of the litter,
but now I know... Covering for Stacey like that,
she must mean a lot to you.
Yeah, course she does. She's family.
It's a shame... shame she can't come home, innit?
I've still got that wrench.
You know, the one with my dad's blood on it?
I was just, I was thinking, I wonder whose fingerprints are all over it?
Give Stacey my regards.
If she knows what's good for her, she'll...she'll stay away.