Coronation Street 24th July 2023
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 Yeah, that's perfect.
00:25 All right, then. Thanks very much.
00:26 I'll see you then.
00:27 Bye.
00:28 Was that the clinic?
00:30 Yeah.
00:31 I've booked us an appointment for next Wednesday
00:32 at 12 if that's all right.
00:33 Ah, I'll be there.
00:34 Don't you worry.
00:36 He could offer me the next Wagathy Christie trial,
00:38 and it would have to wait.
00:39 Nothing's keeping me away from that scan.
00:41 Don't know why we have to have the blood test as well.
00:43 You know we can find out the gender at the 20-week scan.
00:45 I can't wait that long.
00:47 I want to start choosing names and picking
00:49 color schemes for the nursery.
00:50 OK, so this is about pink paint or blue paint,
00:53 because I believe they call that gender stereotyping.
00:56 I just want to know.
00:57 I've never been a dad before.
00:58 This is all pretty exciting for me.
01:00 I just hope I can keep it together when I see the baby.
01:03 You're not going to blub on me, are you?
01:04 I can't promise you that.
01:06 I want a picture for here.
01:08 You know that at 12 weeks, he just looks like an E.T.?
01:11 Yeah, but it'll be ours.
01:13 And we'll find out if it's a little boy or a little girl
01:15 E.T. Any preferences?
01:18 I'm happy with either as long as it's healthy.
01:21 I think just after the scare the other week,
01:23 and then Uncle Stephen getting hurt.
01:25 He's going to be OK, though, right?
01:27 Well, they said the operation's been a success,
01:29 but I think we'll just be happier
01:30 when he's sat up and talking.
01:32 Anyway, I'm going to have to shoot,
01:32 because Gran's on her own, so.
01:35 OK.
01:36 Give Stephen my best.
01:38 I'm just praying we get the chance.
01:39 [kiss]
01:41 Sal.
02:01 Sal.
02:02 What, Swags?
02:03 Eh?
02:06 Oh, I was dreaming.
02:08 I was with Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen and Claire Baldwin
02:11 in the Midland Hotel.
02:12 And anyway, what's happening?
02:13 What did they say?
02:14 Well, free to go for now.
02:15 For now?
02:16 Yeah, until they figure out what to do with Stephen.
02:18 Have you been here all night?
02:19 Well, I wasn't going to get any rest, was I?
02:21 Without my hot water bottle.
02:23 All right, calm down.
02:24 Let's get out of here.
02:25 What, are they charging you or what?
02:27 Not yet.
02:28 Let's talk about it when we get home.
02:29 We could murder a cup of tea.
02:30 That's the only thing he could murder.
02:32 Ridiculous, keeping him here all night.
02:34 Absolutely ridiculous.
02:35 Yeah, obviously.
02:36 Absolutely ridiculous.
02:38 You know what, I'll do breakfast.
02:41 There you go, one spinach, walnut, kiwi, and turmeric smoothie.
02:44 How's your smoked salmon and scrambled eggs?
02:46 Nice, yeah.
02:47 Excellent.
02:48 And that's brain food for the young executive,
02:49 because I want those synapses firing on all cylinders today.
02:53 What about my synapses?
02:55 And you wouldn't even make me a piece of toast?
02:57 What are you doing today?
02:58 Getting my brows done with Amy.
03:00 Exactly.
03:01 It's hardly Wall Street, is it, hun?
03:03 And neither chauffeuring Darren's a myth, is it, hun?
03:06 I doubt there's many tycoons called Darren.
03:08 Yeah, well, this one is, OK, and anyway,
03:09 there's nothing wrong with the name Darren.
03:11 Many influential Darrens out there.
03:12 There's, uh, there's, uh, Darren, uh, Day.
03:17 Who?
03:18 Never mind.
03:19 Listen, the point is, OK, your brother needs to be on it today,
03:22 because this is a fabulous opportunity for him.
03:25 And you?
03:26 Yeah, OK, I admit, I don't want to miss the boat on this fresh-cut deal,
03:29 but this could be the making of him.
03:32 I don't understand why you don't just talk to Darren yourself.
03:35 Why, because someone comes because of desperacy?
03:37 You just put it out there that my finances have improved.
03:39 What?
03:40 Why don't you just make a business plan,
03:42 take him out to lunch and pitch your idea?
03:44 You're greener than that smoothie, you.
03:46 It will be once he's nectared.
03:48 Look, you don't pitch to a man like Darren, OK?
03:50 I'm no cheap street hawker.
03:52 You don't start a business relationship asking for favours.
03:56 Look, guys, I've been embarrassed once already, OK?
03:58 This time he needs to come to me.
04:00 See what difference it makes.
04:02 Look, guys, please, I understand the psyche of a business mogul.
04:06 Oh, what, from running the corner shop?
04:08 Look, you don't present an idea, OK?
04:11 You plant it, you watch it take root,
04:13 and then maybe, just maybe, if you're really lucky,
04:15 he's going to act on it with no suspicion
04:17 that it came from anywhere else but his own head.
04:19 So he'll get all the credit?
04:21 Yeah, exactly. Exactly, son.
04:23 But at least I won't have to beg.
04:25 And we can start this thing on an equal footing, right?
04:28 And everyone is going to benefit from this Freshco deal.
04:31 I can't.
04:32 Yeah, Dad's going to take up some old Freshco shops
04:35 and be the next Elon Musk.
04:37 Richard Branson, please.
04:39 Not as rich, but better hair.
04:41 Hot.
04:42 Anyway, Amy, listen, OK?
04:46 This is all pretty hush-hush, OK? So...
04:48 My lips are sealed.
04:50 Yeah, I doubt the financial town should be interested, Dad.
04:53 Shh, just keep it on the deal.
04:55 The walls of ears.
04:57 Mm, just be ready to pounce.
04:59 Should the opportunity arise.
05:01 How am I supposed to pounce with a tray of tea and biscuits in my hand?
05:07 And how do I pitch an idea without pitching?
05:09 I don't know, but please find a way.
05:11 I'm sick of hearing about it.
05:12 Good luck. Cheers.
05:14 See you.
05:25 Cavalry's arrived.
05:27 I'd have blown my bugle, but I didn't want to wake folk.
05:31 It's going to take more than a bugle to rouse your brother.
05:34 No change, then?
05:36 No, no, no, not really.
05:38 As I said on the phone, the, er...
05:40 the surgeon said that the procedure had gone quite well.
05:44 Oh, well, that's good. I mean, he's fit,
05:46 so if they think it went well, I'm sure he's going to be OK.
05:49 He shouldn't be lying here in the first place.
05:51 Any news from the police?
05:54 Well, I saw Craig on the way over.
05:57 They've released him.
05:59 What?
06:00 Not enough evidence to hold him, apparently.
06:02 Oh, too much effort needed to look for it, probably.
06:06 I hate to admit it, but I do find it hard to believe
06:08 that Tim would do something like this.
06:10 He's never accepted Stephen going out with his mother.
06:13 I know, Gran, but even so, to put someone in hospital...
06:16 The CCTV showed him leaving the flat just before Stephen appeared,
06:22 so that is all the evidence I need to know, thank you.
06:25 Well, there's only two people who know the truth.
06:28 And there's no getting the full picture
06:30 until we've heard from the other one.
06:32 Well, I appreciate you popping round.
06:38 It was long overdue.
06:40 I was just...
06:41 I understand. After Sinead.
06:44 It's no excuse.
06:45 She'd have been the first one to give me an earful about it.
06:49 Well, at least I'll know someone on the other side.
06:52 I'll say hello from you.
06:54 Please do.
06:56 If there's anything you need...
07:03 I know.
07:04 See you later.
07:06 Bye.
07:07 - Hey, Al. - Hey.
07:18 - You should have stayed. - No.
07:19 I was thirsty for a chance to have a talk.
07:21 I wanted to give you some space.
07:23 It's the baddest. I'm not sure Daniel wanted it.
07:25 It's amazing how even the cleverest people don't know what to say.
07:28 I guess that's the one thing that stumps everyone.
07:31 Unless they're in your line.
07:33 Well, it's one of the perks of the job.
07:35 You off out?
07:36 Just a couple of parish visits.
07:39 What are your plans?
07:41 Plans?
07:42 Now, that's a mug's game.
07:44 Learned that the hard way.
07:46 I just wondered if you were up to anything today.
07:51 Am I going to the MND support group, you mean?
07:55 Sorry?
07:57 Am I that transparent?
07:59 Well, you've just come out with it.
08:01 Don't have time to beat around the bush.
08:03 Understood.
08:05 So?
08:07 Yeah, yeah.
08:12 I've thought about it. And you're right.
08:14 It's going to be hard, the first time.
08:17 You sure you don't want me to come?
08:19 No, no.
08:20 Thanks.
08:22 I don't want it looking like I need someone to hold my hand.
08:24 Hey, I don't think anybody's going to judge.
08:27 It's your call.
08:28 But, if you change your mind, just give us a ring.
08:32 I'll be fine.
08:35 Thanks.
08:36 I'll see you.
08:40 Well, then. Arrivederci, is it?
08:43 Yes. I'm so glad I've seen you before I go.
08:46 Suddenly, leaving doesn't seem so bad.
08:49 Now, are you sure you've got everything?
08:51 Yeah, you don't want to have to come back.
08:53 You don't need to worry.
08:55 I'm sure you're so looking forward to getting home.
08:58 The sun on the vines, the cypresses gently swaying in the summer breeze.
09:03 And builders banging in my bedroom all day.
09:06 Perhaps you could pop out and catch up with your neighbours.
09:09 They're about as welcoming there as they have been here.
09:12 Well, you know what they say. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
09:15 In your case, that's true.
09:17 Come on, then. Avanti, we wouldn't want you missing your flight.
09:20 Ciao.
09:21 Bye.
09:22 What's that?
09:26 He's hoping.
09:27 See you.
09:28 And so, another dismal chapter in the life of Brian Draugher.
09:33 Another dismal chapter in the life of Brian Draugher.
09:36 Oh, it wasn't all bad. You got in touch with your heritage.
09:40 I made a fool of myself.
09:42 Grasping for something different, something defining.
09:45 All my life, I've tried to outrun the truth.
09:48 The sad reality of being Brian Placken.
09:51 You mustn't go down this road again.
09:54 It's the only road I don't want to go down.
09:57 I've always striven to be better, stand out from the herd, but...
10:01 Oh, mediocrity runs through me like a sticker roll.
10:06 Oh, I don't think that. I don't think that at all.
10:10 I think you're kind and clever and decent.
10:15 Do you?
10:17 Yes.
10:18 I can't thank you enough for helping me.
10:23 You were amazing. It meant so much to me.
10:27 You mean so...
10:28 Well, think nothing of it. That's what friends are for.
10:32 I'm meeting Dougie Pardell, so I don't order the fish.
10:40 Why not?
10:41 He's mad about them. He spent a fortune on koi carp he did.
10:44 They're koi, all right. You never see the beggars.
10:46 Ten grand just to stare at an empty lily pad. It's crackers.
10:49 And again, most architects are.
10:51 He's an architect? Are you meeting him about the Fresh Coat sites?
10:55 Amongst other things, yeah.
10:57 Big project, that.
11:00 I've had bigger.
11:01 Lots to take home, though, especially if you're not experienced in the grocery trade.
11:05 Ah, there she is.
11:06 Hello, darling.
11:07 Better late than never.
11:10 How's Lindy?
11:12 Bored me to death with the safari snaps.
11:15 An elephant.
11:16 Oh?
11:17 A different elephant. And guess what? Another elephant.
11:20 If I was that bothered, I could go and see one in the Flesh and Chester Zoo.
11:23 Take it he's me ride.
11:26 Sorry?
11:27 I need you to take Courtney shopping.
11:28 What about the meeting?
11:29 What about it?
11:30 I thought I might be able to sit in.
11:32 You're far more valuable to me taking care of my wife.
11:35 I'll make sure you have a nice time.
11:37 Come on.
11:40 Au revoir.
11:41 Bye.
11:46 Don't worry. I'm not a backseat driver.
11:49 I think the view will be much better from the front.
11:58 So you really didn't tell them anything?
12:00 Well, my solicitor kept telling me to keep my trap shut, so I kept saying no comment.
12:04 Well, that looks suspicious.
12:06 Well, when they're going on a fishing expedition, it's best not to give them something to nibble at, you know what I mean?
12:10 Isn't it the fish that do the nibbling?
12:13 Is it?
12:14 Oh, yeah.
12:15 Well, we'd had a long night, we both had.
12:18 I can hear me bed calling.
12:20 Audrey?
12:21 Yes, hi.
12:22 Where is he? Is he through here?
12:23 Oh, so it's true then they've let you go.
12:25 Yeah, because he didn't do anything.
12:27 Oh, look, we don't want a row, Audrey.
12:29 Not on top of everything else.
12:31 Oh, well, tough.
12:32 Elaine, what are you doing here when your fiancé's lying in hospital and you're supping tea with the man who put him there?
12:38 You should be careful throwing accusations around.
12:41 I know what I know, and he should be inside, not walking the streets.
12:45 I'd be more worried about what you don't know if I were you, love.
12:47 Oh, what's that supposed to mean?
12:49 Well, if anybody should be in prison, it's your precious son.
12:51 He's not the same that you think he is, far from it.
12:55 [music]
12:58 [music]
13:26 Excuse me.
13:27 Oh, sorry.
13:28 Right, thanks.
13:29 Someone suggested getting a bicycle bell fitted.
13:32 Just don't fancy looking like the old fella at Breaking Bad.
13:36 Right.
13:37 My name's Shelley.
13:39 Um, hi.
13:41 There's really no need to curtsy.
13:43 No.
13:44 I'm sorry.
13:46 You look a bit lost.
13:47 Um, I don't know if I'm in the right place.
13:49 Well, it's MND or girls' gymnastics, so my money's on MND.
13:55 I'm gymnastics, obviously.
13:57 Come on, we're through here.
14:00 Wagons roll.
14:02 [phone rings]
14:04 Are you coming?
14:11 No, um, sorry.
14:13 I've made a mistake.
14:14 So this life policy was locked away,
14:22 and me mum had absolutely no knowledge of it.
14:24 You can't take out a life policy without them knowing.
14:27 You can if you forge the signature,
14:29 and you'd only just taken it out.
14:30 Oh, listen to yourself, will you?
14:31 You're talking absolute rubbish.
14:33 Why would my son Stephen do that?
14:35 Well, you tell me.
14:36 I've got one or two ideas of me own.
14:37 He's always been after me mum's money, hasn't he?
14:39 He knew that she had blood pressure problems
14:41 and was probably expecting a big payout day anytime soon.
14:43 We don't know that for certain.
14:45 It's there in black and white, Audrey.
14:47 A million pound joint life insurance policy
14:50 with my signature on it, even though I'd never seen it before.
14:53 A joint life policy?
14:56 Ah, that makes sense.
14:58 How so?
14:59 Well, this couple, they go in and get a huge life insurance policy,
15:02 and then sometime later, one of them is nearly killed.
15:06 You're not seriously suggesting that we, what, conspired...
15:11 To do him in and grab all his cash.
15:13 Audrey, I know you're upset with everything that's happened,
15:15 but don't you think you're getting a bit carried away?
15:18 I'll tell you what I think, Sally.
15:19 Madam only got together with Stephen
15:21 because she thought he was flush.
15:23 That's not true.
15:24 And when she found he wasn't,
15:26 she cooked up this little scheme with your husband.
15:29 Happens Stephen's not the only one who's banged his head,
15:31 if you believe all that nonsense.
15:32 Yes, well, we'll just see what the police say, shall we?
15:34 I'll leave it to them.
15:36 Here we are.
15:47 Told you I'd look after you.
15:49 Cheers.
15:50 Seems about right.
15:51 What does?
15:53 Your husband treats me like a kid,
15:55 so a milkshake seems appropriate.
15:57 Oh, cos you're a big boy, really.
15:59 Don't.
16:00 What's up?
16:02 I came to work for Darren to get proper experience.
16:05 Not to drive his missus around.
16:07 You don't enjoy my company?
16:09 I didn't say that.
16:10 But I want to make a contribution.
16:12 I've got some great ideas.
16:14 Such as?
16:15 You won't be interested.
16:17 Not with my MBA, no.
16:19 You've got an MBA?
16:21 Don't sound too surprised.
16:22 Started out as an intern, too.
16:24 Not that I see you following the same trajectory as me.
16:27 So how did you end up?
16:29 Becoming Darren's arm candy.
16:31 I wouldn't have said you were arm candy.
16:33 You're a right charmer, I must say.
16:35 No, no, no, I'm not saying you're not attractive.
16:38 I mean, obviously you are attractive,
16:40 but...
16:42 you know what I mean.
16:43 I'll let you off.
16:44 Provided you make like this as Dragons' Den
16:47 and tell me all about them ideas of yours.
16:50 So do you reckon it's done you any good, then?
16:57 No, I don't think so.
16:59 Yeah, I don't think there's much point in me going back.
17:02 Oh, don't give up on it just yet.
17:05 It's early days.
17:06 Oh, we'll see.
17:08 Anyway, I'm sick of talking about myself.
17:11 How are you?
17:12 Hmm, you know.
17:14 No, I don't. That's why I'm asking.
17:16 You might regret it.
17:18 I don't have time for regrets.
17:20 What's up?
17:22 Same old, same old.
17:24 Five kids, skin.
17:27 It's all relative, I suppose.
17:29 When you look at this relative, you mean?
17:32 It's just I feel guilty being on antidepressants when you're...
17:37 What I'm going through doesn't invalidate how you feel.
17:40 Listening to you moan might actually make me feel better.
17:45 How's that?
17:46 Well, suddenly the idea of eternal rest might not seem so bad.
17:50 Well, this is a nice surprise.
17:58 You haven't been here since you were on the payroll.
18:00 I never believed a mix in business would push, eh?
18:02 So you're on business?
18:03 Sort of.
18:04 So I sacked off the shopping trip and I went to the Country Club for a bite.
18:07 And I overheard something very interesting at the next table.
18:10 Go on.
18:11 You're not the only one looking at the fresh-goat sites.
18:14 Sounds like there's a consortium putting a bid together.
18:16 Did you catch any names?
18:18 No, but the gist was clear.
18:20 Look, they're getting together multiple investors with emphasis on retail experience.
18:24 That's one strategy, I suppose.
18:26 And a good one.
18:27 Right, they're spreading the risk.
18:28 They're targeting people who know the grocery sector.
18:30 Listen, my darling, you might know the price of a bottle of Dom Perignon,
18:34 but you don't know the price of a bottle of semi-skim milk any more than I do.
18:37 I can see you've found out, but I take your point.
18:40 I'm sure my dad would give you any help you needed.
18:43 He owned seven shops at one point.
18:44 What he doesn't know about the grocery business isn't worth knowing.
18:47 That's a very kind offer, son, but I could bring in consultants.
18:50 I don't suppose your dad would be in a position to invest.
18:53 I mean, consultants are all well and good, but they work a lot harder for you if they've got skin in the game.
18:57 We've already had this conversation.
18:59 Even if I had been interested, Dev's not got the readies.
19:01 Actually, he's managed to free up some funds.
19:03 All this fresh-goat business has made him think about expanding again,
19:07 rebuilding his old empire.
19:09 I think he'd prefer to go down that road, actually.
19:12 He's always liked to be in control of his own destiny.
19:14 Ordinarily, I'd say he thinks right.
19:17 I've always believed that a partnership's the worst ship to sail the seven seas,
19:20 but, I don't know, on this occasion, a bit of flexibility might be in all our best interests.
19:25 Set up a meeting with your dad. There's no harm exploring possibilities.
19:29 I don't know, Grant. It just seems a bit far-fetched to me.
19:37 Elaine's signature was on the document, and don't tell me Stephen forged that.
19:41 So, once they'd sorted that policy,
19:45 Tim attacking him was the next part of the plan.
19:49 Well, it's a bit hard to believe.
19:53 Stephen told me Elaine was very, very stressed.
19:56 And no wonder. She was building herself up to killing him.
20:00 (Belches)
20:01 Oh, my sweet, I'm here. I'm here.
20:03 I'm going to go and get a doctor.
20:05 Yes. Stephen, you're in hospital.
20:07 (Belches)
20:08 You collapsed.
20:09 (Belches)
20:10 Can you remember what happened, sweetheart?
20:13 (Belches)
20:15 So, they're happy to settle?
20:17 Yeah, if we can agree on a suitable figure.
20:20 OK. Let's get everyone together next week and see what we can thrash out.
20:23 I'll email some proposed times.
20:25 Great. I'll see you next week. Oh, congratulations, by the way.
20:29 Sorry?
20:30 I heard along the Great Bar, and you're a father-to-be?
20:33 Er, yeah. Yeah, I am. Thanks.
20:37 Well, good luck with it all. In my experience, you'll need it.
20:40 You think?
20:41 Oh, I know. You just signed up for a lifetime's indentured servitude.
20:46 Starts with sleepless nights, feeding them at three in the morning,
20:49 going right through to sleepless nights, and they're out clubbing,
20:52 you're picking them up...
20:53 (Door opens)
20:54 See you.
20:58 (Knock on door)
20:59 Hold on.
21:00 (Knock on door)
21:03 Just coming.
21:05 (Door opens)
21:06 (Sighs)
21:11 Colin Budd. I've got a quarter past three appointment.
21:18 If you just take a seat, I'll be out in a second. Thanks.
21:21 (Door slams)
21:24 (Heavy breathing)
21:27 (Breathing heavily)
21:34 (Breathing heavily)
21:35 Do you want anything nice for your tea?
21:41 Yeah, porridge. Might need to get used to it.
21:44 It was an accident.
21:46 Oh, I don't know. Stephen dies, or he'll have me done for murder.
21:49 Stephen isn't going to die.
21:51 And no-one's going to listen to her nonsense about the insurance.
21:54 It's as plausible as our version.
21:56 Well, there's no point speculating.
21:58 And try not to stress, cos it's not going to do you any good.
22:01 (Knock on door)
22:02 (Knock on door)
22:03 Oh, hello again, Craig.
22:10 Can we come in?
22:12 Yeah, of course.
22:13 All right, mate?
22:21 All OK?
22:23 We have just come from the hospital.
22:25 Stephen has woken up.
22:27 (Sighs)
22:28 Dropped the investigation?
22:47 Said he slept.
22:49 Slept?
22:51 Apparently so.
22:53 Oh, Bob Lowe.
22:54 Is he OK?
22:56 I reckon that he will make a decent recovery.
22:58 Head like rubber.
23:00 Well, that's a relief.
23:02 Can I make you both a brew?
23:03 Leave off all of the busy people.
23:05 I'm off the caffeine. Thanks.
23:07 If anything else does spring to mind, feel free to give me a call, yeah?
23:11 I'll just text you.
23:13 Right, well, we'll see ourselves out.
23:17 Thanks for the update.
23:23 Well, so you're not going to prison for assault?
23:27 Hmm. Should be dancing on the table.
23:29 Nothing to celebrate.
23:31 Slept, eh?
23:33 I'm going to go and see him.
23:35 Find out what he's playing at.
23:37 Well, I'll take you.
23:39 None of this adds up.
23:40 Mum, the bloke is rotten to the core.
23:43 Don't let him reel you back in.
23:45 (Knock on door)
23:47 Adam?
23:52 Is he still there?
23:53 Who?
23:54 You all right?
23:56 Colin Bodmer, 3.15.
23:58 3.15, that?
23:59 That was nearly an hour ago. There's nobody out there now.
24:02 What's happened?
24:06 Hi.
24:15 How was it?
24:21 Didn't go in.
24:22 Why not?
24:25 I'll fill you in later.
24:29 Darren!
24:39 Head office.
24:41 Thanks for coming.
24:43 Thank my wife.
24:44 Courtney? How is she?
24:46 Ask yourself.
24:47 Is she joining us?
24:48 She's just putting her face in in the car.
24:50 Excellent.
24:51 Must be on your mind 24/7.
24:53 How poor.
24:54 You can't settle to anything.
24:56 I'm just trying to be practical.
24:58 Mum's at sixes and sevens, but the kids, they don't know no different.
25:02 Still need the tea on the table, bedtime stories.
25:05 I never had you down as the bedtime story reader.
25:08 Cheek.
25:09 Well, there is more chairs in his department.
25:12 I think he enjoys it more than them.
25:14 This might sound like a weird question, but do you think...
25:19 What do you think he might recover?
25:21 All bets are off.
25:23 Maggie's not had it tough enough already.
25:26 Having you as a twin.
25:28 Right, Darren, what can I get you?
25:31 Anything zero percent, I'm driving.
25:33 Fine, let's see what they've got.
25:35 If all the alcohol in the world disappeared overnight, I'd be OK.
25:38 I'm a non-alcoholic. I go to Non-Alcoholics Anonymous.
25:41 Hello again.
25:45 (SIGHS)
25:46 We won't keep you, I promise.
25:52 You're probably making tea.
25:54 No, no, not yet.
25:56 It's just... my mum's got something she wants to say.
25:59 Oh.
26:01 I am so sorry, Sally.
26:03 Well, it's all water under the bridge now.
26:07 Irregardless.
26:09 Is it regardless or irregardless?
26:12 She shouldn't have said those things.
26:14 Who is supposed to be apologising? Me or you?
26:17 I think it's irregardless.
26:19 I just got carried away.
26:22 I can assure you nobody was planning anything on toward.
26:26 David was convinced that Stephen was assaulted.
26:30 And then, well, they found that footage.
26:33 Don't pass the buck.
26:35 It must have been awful for him, spending the night in her cell.
26:39 Don't rob it in, please.
26:41 Well, as long as Stephen's all right.
26:43 Oh, Sal.
26:45 I knew you'd understand.
26:47 Come here.
26:49 I hate this bad blood between us.
26:52 Yeah, yeah, me too.
26:54 Barrett, can I just say that the mere fact that you're even considering us is just...
27:01 Not that we're a deafening... Hardball.
27:03 I mean, you might not need us, we get that.
27:05 You're Premier League, we're National League North.
27:08 Don't knock it.
27:09 Non-league football gave us Jamie Vardy and Ian Wright.
27:12 But we know what it's like on the ground, behind the counter.
27:14 Well, obviously, because it's what we do.
27:16 In other words, you provide the expertise.
27:18 But nobody's saying that you're lacking in that department, Barrett.
27:20 People make mistakes for bigger units.
27:22 They waste too much space, over-order just to fill the shelves.
27:25 I can see that.
27:27 You bought a unit near the stadium in 2015.
27:30 He's done his homework.
27:31 Do you know where you messed up?
27:33 Excuse me. You know where my son says messed up...
27:35 No, I didn't say.
27:36 Yeah.
27:37 Parking.
27:38 What did I tell you? Three bays was never going to be enough.
27:41 And all the streets nearby are residents only.
27:43 Because of the football.
27:45 Correct.
27:46 I bet you do all right on match days.
27:47 Crisps fly off the shelves.
27:49 Sell plenty of cans too, especially on match day.
27:51 People like a drink on their way.
27:53 Drama, sorry.
27:54 The days in between.
27:55 Yeah, OK, I'll deal with you.
27:56 No, just...
27:58 The locals come in on foot, I'm sure.
28:00 But what about the people driving home from work?
28:02 The ones looking for a bottle of something chilled, just to take the edge off?
28:05 They've got nowhere to pull in.
28:07 So they go elsewhere.
28:08 Keep talking.
28:09 I'll tell you where the future of convenience stores is.
28:12 Parcels.
28:13 Drop-off collection.
28:15 You make it as simple as possible,
28:17 they'll do a load of shopping while they're in.
28:20 It's the future of our country.
28:22 Apple didn't fall far from the tree.
28:24 Apple fell miles away.
28:26 If he was as smart as you at this age, he'd be long retired by now.
28:30 He'd have two Ferraris in the drive.
28:32 Darren, Darren, Empire is in safe hands.
28:34 Ours too.
28:36 Well, if anyone knows of any lawful impediment.
28:39 So, Darren, if you're up for it, then we are.
28:44 Don't we, love?
28:46 Eileen said I'd find you here.
28:54 I've brought you a present from our travels, belatedly.
28:59 Thanks again for helping me.
29:02 It was fun.
29:03 You got me out of a hole, that's for sure.
29:05 Like I said, it's what friends do.
29:07 Friends, yes.
29:09 Cracking TV show.
29:11 I've never seen it.
29:12 They called it Friends, but four of them got together in the end.
29:16 Is that so? Raunchy.
29:18 You can give me how I met your mother any day.
29:20 It's a fridge magnet of Stonehenge.
29:23 But I thought you went to Seaside Towns in the north of England.
29:27 They sold all sorts in this one souvenir shop.
29:31 Tar undern tea towels, teddy bears in Busby's,
29:36 and a jigsaw at the Eden Project.
29:38 So it was either that or a Sex Pistols T-shirt.
29:41 You chose wisely.
29:43 I despise vulgarity and pop culture.
29:46 Maybe we could embark on a similar venture one day.
29:50 A tour de Britain, as it were.
29:52 They drop them from the sky, you know.
29:54 The stones that built it.
29:56 The wheel was yet to be invented, so it's the only explanation.
30:00 Or maybe they roll them on locks.
30:02 Or maybe a giant picked them up and placed them there.
30:06 You brought aliens into it.
30:08 Well, giants don't exist. Everybody knows that.
30:11 But an alien spacecraft?
30:12 The evidence is there.
30:14 Online.
30:16 And issued 27 of the inexplicable.
30:18 There's a whole six pages dedicated.
30:20 Oh, you must excuse me.
30:22 I have a staircase garland to finish, but I shall treasure this.
30:26 Thank you.
30:27 As I shall treasure your friendship.
30:30 DOOR OPENS
30:32 Do you know, I'd have bottled it, too.
30:37 Sensitive.
30:39 I got as far as the door.
30:43 Met a woman called Charlotte.
30:45 With MND?
30:46 I spoke to her like she was deaf, dumb and four years old.
30:50 I'm sure she's used to it.
30:52 I made a right showing myself.
30:54 I'm sure you did.
30:56 I was so embarrassed.
30:57 I just left, didn't even say goodbye.
30:59 Poor woman.
31:01 So that's must make me feel better.
31:05 No, it's just...
31:07 But... But, but, but...
31:08 I don't need to hear it.
31:10 OK.
31:12 You know, that'll be me soon.
31:18 People leaning down to speak to me.
31:21 How are you doing, Mr Foreman?
31:23 Would you like an ice biscuit?
31:26 Must be awful.
31:27 Come into a cinema near us.
31:29 Was she in a chair?
31:32 This Shelley?
31:33 No-one's told you the rules?
31:39 What it's like to speak to people,
31:42 or how it feels to be spoken to like that?
31:45 I mean, maybe that's what they talk about in these meetings.
31:48 Whoopie-doo.
31:50 Count me out.
31:51 There's no rush.
31:55 Isn't there?
31:56 Elaine.
32:09 How are you?
32:11 Why did you lie to the police?
32:13 Lie?
32:15 It was the truth.
32:16 Tim told me exactly what happened.
32:18 It was an accident.
32:20 Don't take me for a fool.
32:22 Why did you let Tim off the hook?
32:24 I lied for your sake.
32:41 I didn't want them to arrest him or put him in jail.
32:44 You want us to stay quiet, is that it?
32:46 I want us to stay together.
32:49 I don't understand.
32:50 You know full well what I'm talking about.
32:53 All I know is we can get past this.
32:55 You needed cash, so you hitched your wagon to my star.
32:58 I love you.
33:00 None of this has got anything to do with money.
33:03 If it had nothing to do with money,
33:05 why did you take out a life insurance policy in my name?
33:08 Our name?
33:10 You forged my signature.
33:12 No.
33:13 Because I'm worth more to you dead.
33:15 Let's just take a moment here.
33:18 Did you want me to try that?
33:20 Try what?
33:22 When?
33:23 The day you passed out?
33:25 Yeah.
33:27 Why did I pass out?
33:29 Because you've got high blood pressure.
33:32 This is Tim, isn't it?
33:34 Putting crazy ideas in your head, even now.
33:36 When I've just saved his bacon.
33:39 He's on his third half.
33:46 I'm going to have to carry him out.
33:48 Do you reckon he's lovesick?
33:50 Lovesick?
33:51 Lovesick about who?
33:53 Who was he talking to before?
33:55 Mary.
33:57 That's what you think's going on.
34:00 You live with her.
34:02 She's a very close book.
34:04 Really?
34:05 She's a very, very, very private woman.
34:07 Although she does talk in her sleep.
34:09 So if you really want to know what's going on...
34:11 You could crouch behind the bedroom door and have a listen.
34:14 I wouldn't do no such thing. I wouldn't dream of it.
34:16 Although, I won't put it past Todd.
34:18 Go on, then. What does she say?
34:20 Well, she's still very, very keen on all things Norris.
34:23 There's always Norris this, Norris that.
34:26 Ooh, not there, Norris.
34:28 What?
34:30 You.
34:31 Stop it.
34:32 No, I won't.
34:34 Do you remember what I told you way back when, after the accident?
34:38 Which one?
34:40 In the car.
34:41 You said London, I said home.
34:42 You said there, I said no, here.
34:44 Your future was here, in the business.
34:46 And was that right?
34:47 So you're the heir of the story?
34:49 I've had many, many meetings in my time.
34:52 Dad.
34:53 The way you conducted yourself today, son, I was so proud of you.
34:59 Well?
35:00 Ask the boy, Wanda.
35:02 In the bag?
35:03 Well?
35:04 Are you buying us a drink, then?
35:06 If we're celebrating.
35:07 You see, my son, this is the pitfalls of success.
35:09 Everybody wants to take advantage.
35:12 Oh, poor Dad.
35:13 Are you going to have to part with some pennies?
35:15 Yes, I will, Amy.
35:17 I know what she wants.
35:19 Sounds like somebody made an impression.
35:21 I know what he's like.
35:23 My dad's the exact same.
35:24 I'm a genius, cos I can spell my own name.
35:26 You're well bright.
35:27 Addy Allaham, cutting deals.
35:29 You'll be able to show off when you get a girlfriend,
35:31 they'll be queuing up.
35:34 In demand already.
35:36 Who is it?
35:39 I need to go to Darren's office.
35:41 What? Now?
35:43 Boy, they move fast.
35:44 Do you want me to come with?
35:45 No, I can handle it.
35:46 Yeah, Dad, boy, Wanda can handle it.
35:48 Yeah, well, listen, if he starts figures again,
35:50 don't be afraid to say you need to run it past me first.
35:53 See you.
35:54 See you, my boy?
35:55 My boy's going to his own private jet by the time he's 20.
35:58 The corner shop.
35:59 It's a convenience store.
36:01 They're not quite private.
36:02 With two Ferraris in the driveway.
36:06 Oh.
36:08 Don't tell me.
36:15 Four letters, beginning with M.
36:22 Did you lock up?
36:24 No, I left everything all open.
36:26 You know, being as it was my first day on the job.
36:30 Brian, why don't you tell her how you feel?
36:34 She has made her feelings clear.
36:38 I believe they call it the friend zone.
36:41 Probably all for the best.
36:43 The last few weeks have felt like a full frontal assault.
36:46 Well, Isabella's gone now.
36:49 Praise be for all that.
36:51 For my own mental health, I bow out.
36:55 For my own mental health, I'll have a vodka and tonic.
37:01 [chatter]
37:04 It was after you collapsed, not before.
37:11 And that's why I took out the policy.
37:13 You were signing things all over the place.
37:15 The paperwork for the flat.
37:17 Jeff Metcalfe.
37:18 Oh, why didn't I see it from the start?
37:21 I'm nothing like him.
37:22 Couldn't see the wood for the trees.
37:24 Look, I'll try harder.
37:27 I've been too wrapped up in work.
37:29 I'll take better care of you.
37:31 I'll be more attentive, I promise.
37:33 And as soon as we get married--
37:35 Oh, that's off the table.
37:37 Why?
37:38 Why do you think?
37:40 Is this because of Kung Fu Jerry?
37:42 Don't call him that.
37:43 I knew you liked him.
37:44 This has nothing to do with Jerry and everything to do with you.
37:48 Your first husband ensured you'd never trust again.
37:51 Don't.
37:52 I understand.
37:53 All those lies you told about your ex-wife from hell.
37:58 Was she in on it?
37:59 In on what?
38:01 I saw a picture of her.
38:02 Gabrielle.
38:03 She was the woman you were talking to on the video call.
38:05 Your business associate.
38:07 Oh, you mean Claire.
38:10 She did look like Gabrielle.
38:12 In fact, I was thinking that at the time.
38:15 You know, well, not so much in manner, but yeah, bone structure.
38:21 Listen, where did you see this picture of Gabrielle?
38:23 At your sister's.
38:25 Oh, well, no, I try to talk to her as little as I can.
38:30 I stayed with her for too long.
38:32 You'd say the same about Jeff, I'm sure.
38:34 Love does funny things to us.
38:37 You took advantage of me, of my savings, of my love.
38:43 You were lightheaded at the time.
38:46 You'd not long started with your meds, but you did sign that document.
38:53 I have no memory of it.
38:55 It was after you collapsed that I realized neither of us were in our first flush of youth.
39:03 And if I needed proof of that, then yesterday was a brutal reminder.
39:07 But you would have been well provided for if I hadn't made it.
39:12 And the thought of that still gives me comfort.
39:16 I can check the date.
39:18 You say you took out the life insurance after I collapsed.
39:22 Find out.
39:23 Reality check. I'm the one who nearly died.
39:26 Now remind me why that was.
39:29 Look, I told you I will retire.
39:31 Long walks, pub lunches, roaring fires.
39:37 I've done nothing but look out for you and Tim.
39:42 Because we're family.
39:46 I don't know what to believe.
39:50 But there's one thing I'm sure of.
39:55 Yes?
39:58 I don't trust you anymore.
40:00 Elaine!
40:01 Goodbye, Stephen.
40:04 Please!
40:06 You made it.
40:17 Where is he?
40:18 Who?
40:20 I thought Daryl wanted to speak to me.
40:22 I wanted to speak to you.
40:24 He's gone home.
40:26 I don't look so disappointed.
40:28 You'll get to see plenty of him now.
40:30 We'll just go on into business together.
40:34 I like him.
40:35 I mean, I admire him.
40:37 He admires you too.
40:39 He's a self-made man.
40:42 What?
40:43 He never went to uni, did he?
40:44 Last of the working class heroes.
40:46 He's probably with a list of menial jobs he's done if you show the slightest bit of interest.
40:50 Bricky, forklift operator, milkman.
40:54 Bill's character.
40:55 And other clichés.
40:58 Now, now what you see is what you get with Darren.
41:02 Grovels every time he strays.
41:04 Right.
41:06 Twice.
41:07 Really?
41:08 I gave him both times.
41:10 You must love him.
41:14 You're not going to make me give you a foot massage.
41:16 Sorry, what?
41:18 Pulp Fiction.
41:19 I've never seen it.
41:20 You're joking.
41:21 God's honest, I don't like violent films.
41:24 It's boss.
41:25 You should watch it.
41:30 Do you know, I think you knew I'd be here on my own.
41:34 Or you were hoping that I would be.
41:36 Only now you're not so sure.
41:41 Well that's okay.
41:44 Did you want to go through the figures?
41:48 Don't be so nervous.
41:50 I'm not.
41:53 You got a girlfriend?
41:55 I bet you do.
41:56 No.
41:57 Good.
42:00 That makes me feel less guilty.
42:03 What for?
42:05 You're so sweet and innocent.
42:11 I'm not innocent.
42:14 Well you're definitely sweet.
42:27 So, maybe I signed it, maybe I didn't.
42:31 All I know is, that wretched man is out of my life for good.
42:36 Well he had a lucky escape.
42:38 You had a lucky escape.
42:41 But what if he changes his statement now that you've shown him the door?
42:44 Tells him the truth.
42:45 It's too late.
42:47 Well it happens.
42:48 They'd never believe it.
42:49 They'd say it was sour grapes.
42:51 Craig thought something were off.
42:52 Oh Craig.
42:54 Oh you're back.
42:56 Yeah.
42:57 So it's official.
42:59 Mum's given Steve and his marching orders.
43:02 How was he?
43:04 Oh he's injurious.
43:05 I didn't think to ask.
43:07 Gail and Audrey came round.
43:09 Did they?
43:10 Yeah to say they were sorry.
43:11 Good.
43:12 Tim!
43:13 He deserved it.
43:14 I had to stand there lying to my oldest friends.
43:18 Alright I didn't mean for it to happen but it did and it sort of served a purpose, hadn't it?
43:22 Is that how you're going to justify it going forward?
43:24 That's how I'll justify it, yeah.
43:26 Twisted lunatic.
43:27 I wish he'd never woken up.
43:29 Oh do you?
43:30 And then where would we all be?
43:31 Sally's right, Tim.
43:33 Oh I just mean she's free and so am I.
43:36 Well let that be an end to it.
43:39 R.E.I.D.
43:43 Do you need the policy number again?
43:47 From today if possible.
43:52 Great.
43:53 Now that's definitely cancelled.
43:57 Thanks.
43:59 A reason?
44:01 Do I have to give one?
44:03 Yeah well my partner and I decided to separate.
44:09 I appreciate that.
44:11 Thanks.
44:13 Bye.
44:16 (SIGHS)
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