Hollyoaks 17th July 2024
Hollyoaks 17th July 2024
Transcript
00:00Blue is clearly a cold-blooded killer.
00:02I mean, he doesn't need a reason to do what he does.
00:04He gets satisfaction out of the act itself.
00:07You're pretty when you sleep.
00:12Oh, yes. Oh, please.
00:13Can you help me?
00:14I think my granddaughter's in danger.
00:16I knew I couldn't trust you.
01:00Something's got a hold on me lately
01:03JJ, question.
01:05Why would you throw your football boots in a pond?
01:10Feels like the walls are all closing in
01:12And the devil's knocking at my door
01:16Don't you know
01:18I'm blue when you're low
01:25When you're not next to me
01:28I'm falling apart
01:33Hello, I need to talk to someone.
01:36It's about my mother, Martha Blake.
01:41I have managed to rebook your appointment with the GP.
01:44We can all go today.
01:52So a 200 quid pair of football boots
01:54and you just throw them in a pond?
01:56I didn't.
01:56Why would I do that?
01:58What's she doing, JJ?
02:01I know you're not going to tell me why
02:04but you already know.
02:06So Charlie's going to take Oscar and Letsy to school today
02:09and you're going nowhere.
02:12Because you're coming with me, all right?
02:20He's taken me to the police.
02:23If I find out you've been blabbing
02:26you know what will happen?
02:29Don't you?
02:32Darren?
02:36Yeah?
02:38Maybe I could just come with you.
02:40No, this is something your brother and I need to do.
02:44And today we're going to find out the truth.
02:47Right, come on.
02:55Maybe this is it.
02:56You'll be free.
02:58Ah, here he is.
03:05The international man of mystery.
03:06You were home late last night.
03:08Yeah, not early this morning.
03:09What have you been up to?
03:11Oh, no, no, not in there.
03:12I hired this to clear a load of rubbish from the allotment
03:15and take it to the tip and that's already full.
03:18It's not empty back.
03:19Oh, well, dirty work, aren't they?
03:22Listen, I need to get going.
03:24I shouldn't be parked here.
03:25Oh, well, what are you doing for the rest of the day?
03:27We cleared our diary
03:28so that we could get to know our uncle a bit better.
03:30Oh, oh, well, that's lovely,
03:32but today's really not good.
03:34I'm sorry, I had big plans in the allotment.
03:36I've only got the car for a few hours.
03:39But I'll see you later for supper.
03:45Well, he's definitely a Blake.
03:48What's he up to?
03:56Sorry to have kept you waiting.
03:57That's okay.
03:58You know what a good job you all do.
04:03So, Rose, how are you today?
04:06It's Ro.
04:08Oh, sorry.
04:10There is a note here from reception.
04:12Apologies, that is my mistake.
04:15Ro, can you tell me a little bit about why you're here?
04:21Basically, the reason that I changed my name
04:25is because I'm really a boy.
04:29You're questioning your gender?
04:32I'm not questioning, I know.
04:36How old are you?
04:37I'm 12.
04:41Exploring your identity is a very normal part of growing up.
04:44The way you feel about your gender
04:46will more than likely change over time.
04:49We've been feeling like this for months now.
04:52It's longer than that.
04:54It's as far as I can remember.
04:56I know this is the first time nobody's come to see you,
04:58but, well, it's taken us some time to process things as a family.
05:03I'm sure.
05:06Excuse me.
05:07That shouldn't bother us again.
05:11So, what are the next steps?
05:13I mean, Ro's been unhappy for a long time
05:15and we're just feeling a little bit clueless as to how to help him.
05:18Yeah, and we're worried, actually,
05:20about, you know, what some of the options might be.
05:23But we both want whatever's best for Ro, right?
05:26If we were to make a diagnosis of gender dysphoria,
05:29then I can refer Ro to gender services,
05:31where they'll do the appropriate mental health screenings and counselling.
05:35Right, but we're not sure that we definitely want to go down
05:37the whole puberty blockers route.
05:40That's no longer an option.
05:42But when Ro is around 16,
05:44and depending on certain criteria,
05:46we may be able to prescribe gender-affirming hormone treatment.
05:50I have to wait that long?
05:52No, but my body's changing now.
05:57We've been advised that there isn't enough credible evidence
06:01to suggest that stopping puberty leads to any improvement
06:04in mental health later on in life.
06:06Plus, the long-term effects of children
06:09taking that type of medication is still very much unknown.
06:13Well, hang on a second.
06:14I've read every report under the sun, including the CAS report.
06:17I don't know which way's up now.
06:19We need help.
06:20We have a child in pain here. What can we do now?
06:22I can make another referral to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
06:26Please.
06:34There are a multitude of reasons why a child seeks to change their gender.
06:39It isn't one-size-fits-all,
06:40so Ro's care plan will be individual to him.
06:44Well, that sounds good.
06:47And, you know, we don't want to rush into it.
06:49We don't want to rush into anything that could be potentially harmful.
06:52Look, I have to do something.
06:54I know you do.
06:56Listen, he's changed his clothes, his name, his pronouns, like the law.
07:02Nothing to us. He's a boy already.
07:06Mum, it's not enough.
07:08As a family, have you discussed the potential risks
07:11and benefits of socially transitioning,
07:13and would you like some support with that?
07:15Of course we've discussed it. We're fully supportive.
07:17There's no way Ro could have carried on the way he was. No way.
07:20I'm sorry to not have the answers you were looking for.
07:22I'll make the referrals today,
07:24but I'm afraid the waiting list to access Child Mental Health Services
07:27is currently a few weeks.
07:30And for gender services, it's even longer.
07:33We're currently looking at two years.
07:35Two years before we can see someone?
07:38Look, I can't... I can't stay like this.
07:41Hey, we don't want to take any risks.
07:45And if they're saying that they don't know enough about this medication,
07:47then what else can they do?
07:49I don't know. I'm not a doctor, but I thought they'd be able to do something.
07:53I'm sorry. I know you were hoping for more from today.
07:57Come on, let's go. Come on.
08:00Come on.
08:07You should take these.
08:09They've got some good advice on socially transitioning and counselling options.
08:15But whatever, I can't wait years.
08:24You know, weirdly, I've always dreamed of owning another home.
08:27Obviously, we are gardeners, but this will literally be
08:29the first thing I've ever planted in my whole life.
08:35Hey.
08:36Hey.
08:37Not that it's not lovely to see you, but what on earth are you doing here?
08:40Oh, we thought we'd come help you.
08:42Yeah, we bought you a dahlia.
08:45Well, that's wonderful. Thank you.
08:48Well, listen, if you really want to help,
08:49maybe you girls could go down to the garden centre and pick up some fertiliser.
08:52I can go.
08:53Yeah, it might be better if you both go.
08:55It's rather heavy and I do need quite a lot.
08:58It's fine. I bought the car, so I'll just get a couple of tubs.
09:01Sure, thanks.
09:04I tell you what, how about you pop out and get us all some lunch?
09:08Oh, no, don't be silly. We bought a picnic.
09:10So just sit down, relax, and I will be at your beck and call.
09:14I'm going to pop the kettle on.
09:25Not so police officer doing it.
09:28Mr Jeremy Blake?
09:30Uh, yes, that's me.
09:32I need to ask you a few questions about your mother.
09:34Uh, two orange juice, please. Thank you.
09:42Look, I'm sorry. I just find things hard.
09:50Got anything else you want to tell me?
09:52Now's the time. It's just you and me.
09:56Just whatever happens next.
10:01I'm glad I got to know you.
10:04My dad.
10:06Why do you look so scared?
10:10Why are we here? I thought you were going to take me to the NIP.
10:14What, you thought I was going to take you to the police for fly-tipping your own boots?
10:18Be stupid. Come here. Hey, you. Hey.
10:21I'll tell you the real reason I brought you here.
10:24It's to introduce you to someone.
10:26Okay. I'm going to go with my right shoulder.
10:30Who's that?
10:33He's a coach for United.
10:34Yeah, he is.
10:35Now, listen. I know the last couple of months have been tough.
10:38You know, with Frankie being wailed, Nancy moving out, and now Oscar struggling.
10:44So I thought it'd be good for you to have something positive in your life.
10:48Now, I saw that look on your face when you were ditching them boots.
10:52And I know it's because you thought your football career was over.
10:55Well, it's not.
10:57Over here. Come on.
11:01Say hello.
11:02Hi, coach.
11:03Come on, be handy.
11:05Good to see you, JJ.
11:07You know, you're very lucky to have this guy in your corner.
11:09Come on, I said nothing.
11:10You've been on our radar at the club for a while, but we thought you were still injured.
11:13If I hadn't been for your dad calling us up last night,
11:15telling us how much work you've been doing behind the scenes,
11:17we might have forgotten all about you.
11:19Yeah, I just heard they had an injury at the weekend,
11:21and I just wondered if there was a JJ-shaped gap they needed filling.
11:26We want you on the squad for the summer tour.
11:28What?
11:29Obviously, you've still got to prove you're fit enough for a game.
11:31I am. Totally.
11:34I can't believe this.
11:36I won't let you down.
11:38Either of you.
11:43Freddie?
11:44Freddie, where are you?
11:45Where's Freddie?
11:46Where's Freddie?
11:48I was in the canteen.
11:49Nobody's called me.
11:50He's gone for tests.
11:52Grace, I'm sorry.
11:54Someone should have told you in reception,
11:55but he's gone for an MRI.
11:56He'll be back soon, okay?
11:58My foot!
12:02Okay, this must be a shock.
12:04Grace, why don't you go home?
12:06I know you've been sleeping at the hospital.
12:08You must be dying for a hot shower and some proper food.
12:10I don't really have anywhere to go.
12:12You can stay with me.
12:15Well, you'd have to share a bathroom with Nancy, Ethan and Tom.
12:18Oh, and Dave lives there too.
12:20Why have you got so many people staying with you?
12:22What have you done with them all?
12:23Don't ask.
12:24Well, they'll soon get out of the way when you remind them that it's your flat.
12:27Um, Grace, do you want any of this before I bin it?
12:33No, I'm good.
12:40Blue's been here.
12:42Who's Blue?
12:47Well, to be fair, that was the best brewery I've had in ages.
12:49Don't tell Tony that.
12:51It'd be bad if you needed to write a review.
12:54United?
12:55I don't know.
12:56Hey, how good's that?
12:58I know I've been the kid who needs his dad to solve all his problems, but...
13:02Yeah, because you've not had a dad, have you?
13:05But I'm here now, okay?
13:08Well, that stuff earlier about wanting me to tell the truth...
13:12Yeah, I just...
13:14I want you to be vulnerable.
13:16You know, to tell me what football really meant to you.
13:18You know, bottling it all up is no good for you.
13:20It just comes out in weird ways, like I witnessed yesterday.
13:23Luckily for you, I got overexcited when I saw Coach Andy.
13:26So you didn't have to bare your soul, did you?
13:28Frankie's not gonna be happy.
13:30What do you mean? She'll be pleased for you.
13:32She's got a dance school. Whenever that happens, you know you've got this. It's great.
13:35Yeah, I guess.
13:36We're just used to spending all our time together.
13:39Hey, you should have a kick about more often.
13:42Yeah, we can.
13:43And don't forget, I've got a dodgy heart.
13:44You aren't that old.
13:45I know, I'm not old.
13:46I've just lived, all right.
13:48Oh, here she is.
13:50What's going on?
13:51It's Oscar. He's dropped a bit of a bombshell.
13:54It's Oscar. He's dropped a bit of a bombshell.
14:07Thank you.
14:08But please don't tell me Oscar wants his eyebrow pinned.
14:11No, he's not you from the 90s.
14:13So no, this is actually something concerning.
14:16He, um, he wants to move in with me to Cindy's.
14:19You know, he's become so withdrawn.
14:22There's definitely something going on in that boy's head that he's not telling us.
14:27And it's scaring me.
14:29What if Oscar ended up in a really bad place?
14:32He won't. Not if he's with you.
14:34You always manage to make him talk in a way that I never can.
14:38Come here, you. Come here.
14:39I miss you.
14:41Oh, I miss you too.
14:43Oh, when is our life going to get boring?
14:45I'm desperate for it to get boring.
14:47Well, I promise when you get back in my bed, I will bore you to sleep every night.
14:51Cool.
14:53Thanks for lunch and everything.
14:56Oh, and Jojo, well done for making the squad.
14:58We're really proud of you.
14:59It's just nice that something good is happening for someone in this family.
15:03Cheers.
15:08I appreciate you following up on things, officer,
15:10but as you can see, this niece is perfectly fine.
15:13Well, like I said, the other one's at the garden centre.
15:15Well, I don't know why Martha's calling you guys pretending to be a concerned grandmother.
15:19I mean, she's the one you should be questioning.
15:21Well, she's in good hands now, and rest assured,
15:24I will make sure that she won't be bothering you again.
15:26Thank you for filling me in on your mother.
15:28I hope she's okay.
15:29Yes.
15:31Oh.
15:32Gosh, I'm sorry.
15:34It's mad, the junk I seem to accumulate.
15:36Doesn't look like your size.
15:38No, not really my style either.
15:40I'll be off then.
15:41Thank you.
15:46Was that true, how your mother emotionally abused you?
15:50Well, your generation have the language to talk about things like that, but,
15:55well, back then I just thought it was normal that she wouldn't let me
15:59have any friends or relationships.
16:01But, Jeremy, that doesn't excuse the fact that she drugged you yesterday,
16:05she attacked you in hospital.
16:07I mean, she's dangerous.
16:11She was, but she's not now.
16:13Her attack yesterday was the final straw.
16:15I won't let her do to you what she's been doing to me all these years.
16:19So, that's why you took her to a care home?
16:23Exactly.
16:25I had to.
16:26Well, you did the right thing.
16:29Thanks.
16:30Listen, Dilly, can we keep this between us?
16:33I'm not ready to share this with anyone else.
16:36It's too painful.
16:39Yeah.
16:40Yeah, of course.
16:43Cup?
16:44Why not?
16:49Hey.
17:01Hey.
17:02Jack's waiting outside, so I've just helped him pack his bag.
17:05He's gonna go stay with Nancy for a couple of days.
17:07Hey, guys.
17:09Um, I'll go and get your clothes, mate.
17:20What happened?
17:22Does Darren know anything?
17:25What is there to know?
17:26Apart from the fact I'm on the team for a professional summer footy tour.
17:29Dad sorted it out for me.
17:32It's dad now, is it?
17:36Right, this tour, will you be away the whole summer?
17:40I don't know.
17:41I just know it's gonna be sick.
17:44And you've got your dance in school.
17:45Who knows what will happen?
17:47We'll hardly see each other.
17:52Will you miss me?
17:52Yeah, of course I will.
17:56Don't worry.
17:57I'll stick to our deal.
18:00As long as you keep that mouth of yours shut.
18:04Anyway, as soon as Nancy goes down, we'll can move on with our lives.
18:09Yeah.
18:11Come on, we're gonna have to write in.
18:13Come on, we're gonna have to write in.
18:17I'm sorry.
18:32Oh, out to be young again, eh?
18:34Oh, Scott and Sinead, what, is he living the dream?
18:37Aw.
18:38Dog won't be the same without a need to tinkle.
18:40Well, you could always pop a little frock on and give us your best bet, middler.
18:45Probably shouldn't tell you that, should I?
18:47Scott left a couple of his secret numbers, maybe you should try it.
18:51You doing all right over there?
18:53Living the dream.
18:57Look, your mum and I were gonna book you some counselling sessions.
19:00We're gonna pay for them so you won't have to wait, okay?
19:03And I thought this weekend we could do something together, something fun.
19:06How about we go fishing?
19:08Just because I'm a boy doesn't mean I automatically like fishing.
19:12Fair enough.
19:14Dad, can we just go to the cinema or something?
19:16Yeah, of course we can.
19:21You know, I thought this morning I was gonna send Amanda but he seems to be doing okay.
19:25Well, kids are more resilient these days.
19:27Hey, he's probably coping better than us.
19:31Oh, Sinead, do you want a glass?
19:32No, no, no, I'm okay.
19:34Right, the mince is all done, pasta's ready, buns are in the oven.
19:37It's time to set the table and get Amanda out and I will set the table.
19:51It's for you.
19:55Thank you.
19:57What's your favourite flower?
20:00Oh, well, that's easy, the begonia.
20:04It was a favourite flower of someone I loved very much.
20:07You know, just as the people we love will die one day, so too do flowers.
20:11And that's why I like to plant new ones, so I can remember them after they're gone.
20:15Is that a begonia?
20:18Oh, no, that flower's called blue butterflies.
20:21I've planted a lot of those recently.
20:23One sneeze and they make me pick her up from school.
20:26Yeah, I know, she seems fine.
20:29Maybe I should take her.
20:32So, did I miss anything while I was gone?
20:34No, no, just a bit of weekling.
20:39What about that one?
20:41Ah, that's a rose, it's called Martha.
20:45I'm going to plant it with these ones, you see?
20:50And then they grow, they're going to be the perfect combination.
20:55All right, you, I think we should get you home.
20:57Let's see.
20:59Yes, you're very warm.
21:01Couldn't do, Lee Taker?
21:02Couldn't do, Lee Taker?
21:03I'd love to spend more time with you.
21:05Oh, yeah, I would like to, but mummy duty's call.
21:08Okay, well, let's make a date soon.
21:10I'd like you to get to know the Allotment better, and me.
21:13Sounds perfect.
21:14Right, say bye-bye.
21:15Bye.
21:16Bye.
21:32Are you all right?
21:38I just responded.
21:40Yeah, well, you were pretty stressed this morning, so I'm not surprised.
21:49Oh, JJ, what's wrong?
21:53No, it's okay.
22:02It's okay.
22:32I
23:00am going to find him.
23:03I'm going to find Blue.
23:05And then you are going to wake up, and you, me, and the kids
23:08are going to have that life that we've always dreamed of.
23:13I love you.