Emmerdale 23rd July 2024
Emmerdale 23rd July 2024
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00:30Hi, it's Belle. Can't come to the farm right now. Leave a message.
00:34Hey. Something up?
00:37I was just trying to get a hold of our Belle.
00:39Vanessa saw her and Tom going off in his car the other day.
00:43Well, they probably decided to go away last minute.
00:46People do that. Not farmers, admittedly.
00:49It's a good thing, surely.
00:52I mean, you agreed when I said that they probably needed some time out.
00:55Only Paddy saw an email meant for Tom.
00:59From some vets in Wales, offering him a second interview.
01:03They're not moving.
01:05Well, just ask Belle about it.
01:07Well, that's why I'm trying to get a hold of her.
01:10Tried ringing Tom, but he's out of signal.
01:13Well, they're probably not even awake yet, if they are away.
01:16It's not the first day of school holidays for them, is it?
01:19Jammy devils.
01:20Don't you think it's a bit weird, them just getting off without saying anything?
01:24Oh, yeah, I suppose she could have given you a heads-up
01:26that she was going away, but she is a big girl.
01:29Anyway, she'll be fine, I'm sure. Don't worry.
01:32Muah. See you.
01:38Chas, hi. Hi, come in.
01:41Oh.
01:42Didn't expect such a cheery welcome.
01:44Probably just glad I'm not Ella, right?
01:49Listen, Chas, I...
01:52I owe you an apology for you finding out like that.
01:56Oh, no need.
01:57I mean, granted, it was a bit of a shock,
01:59but probably a bigger one for you, I'm guessing.
02:02HE SCOFFS
02:03Tea? Mm.
02:10How are you feeling?
02:13Er, yeah, like I'm slowly drowning.
02:18That, and just wondering, why me?
02:22I'd say that was pretty understandable.
02:24I mean, how am I supposed to get my head around any of this?
02:28It's not just the emotional minefield of being a dad again,
02:32after Leanna, but it's doing it all with her.
02:35And I've told her we're over for good.
02:37I mean, there's no chance of us ever getting back together.
02:40I can barely bring myself to look at her, truth be told.
02:44Apart from you are going to have to deal with this at some point.
02:47You know, have that conversation.
02:48Well, I will not be the one instigating it.
02:51I mean, Ella's the one that lied.
02:54Keeps throwing curveballs at me.
02:56And that's stopped me from, you know...
03:00..getting on with my life.
03:03Only it's not just about you two now, is it?
03:09Yeah.
03:12Belle, it's me. Again.
03:15Look, I'm sorry for the chuckload of messages,
03:17but you need to call me when you get this, OK?
03:20Just want to know you're all right.
03:22Hey! There you are.
03:24I'm going to bring you up a bacon butty and a cup of tea,
03:26see how you're doing.
03:27I keep reliving Liam's horror when I told him.
03:30There's no way he's ever going to change his mind.
03:32Well, not till the shock's worn off, maybe.
03:35You never know, he might come and ask the idea.
03:37That's never going to happen, Mandy.
03:38You don't know that.
03:40Yes, I do.
03:41Anyway, right, Rona's messaged me about this girly brunch thingy.
03:45I'm just what you need, ain't you fancy it?
03:47Girls as in who, exactly?
03:48Susie, Vanessa, Leila, Rona, me, and, er...
03:52Rosie?
03:53Nope.
03:54You can't keep hiding upstairs on your own feeling lousy.
03:57Yeah, I can.
03:59Besides, it's not as if I haven't got enough to be thinking about.
04:02I need to work out how to get me act together with a baby on the way.
04:05Especially seeing as I'm going to be doing it on my own.
04:07Right.
04:09So you keep it, then?
04:10Liam might be appalled by the idea,
04:12but it doesn't mean that I can't want this, does it?
04:15Course it doesn't.
04:17Only, the more I think about it,
04:20the more I think I can do this.
04:22Good things don't happen to me, Mandy, like, ever.
04:25Well, I'm really pleased for you.
04:28Thanks. Who knows?
04:29This could be my fresh start, eh?
04:31A chance to finally get something right.
04:33SHE LAUGHS
04:37Raising a child when life's normal is hard enough, right?
04:40But... But this, I mean...
04:43Barely going to stand a chance.
04:45Well, that depends where you stand on redemption.
04:49I... I haven't even touched on the fact that I hardly know her.
04:53Not really. Or what people are going to think
04:55if I could somehow see a way to stand by her.
04:58Or... Or my reputation as a doctor.
05:02You know, losing Lianna was the worst thing that ever happened to me.
05:09The idea of being that vulnerable again,
05:11but only this time in the worst possible circumstances, I mean...
05:16It terrifies me.
05:18Yeah, but... You could.
05:20If you needed to.
05:23Me having Eve after losing Grace is proof of that.
05:26You and Paddy chose to have Eve.
05:29And me and Ella...
05:31Let's face it, it couldn't be more one-sided.
05:34She had no right to do this.
05:36You know, she...
05:38She said she was on the pill.
05:40Well...
05:42How do I know she didn't plan this?
05:45Do it on purpose.
05:46Well, you can't. Not completely.
05:51Listen, Liam, only you are where you are, OK?
05:56And unfortunately for you, you're a decent bloke who gives folk a chance.
06:00And I know that because I've met plenty of men
06:03who don't even come close to you.
06:06I'm also aware that this situation with Ella, it probably...
06:12..rules me out of other relationships.
06:15Probably.
06:22I don't suppose you've got any...
06:24..brilliant wisdom as to what to do now,
06:26only I literally haven't the foggiest.
06:31Well, I guess some things you just have to work out on your Todd, eh?
06:36I'm so sorry, Liam. Oh.
06:41Thanks.
06:45Erm...
06:46Myra boss is not afraid to muck in.
06:49What?
06:50Well, management. Cleaning tables.
06:52Doing the everyday stuff.
06:53Only cos Amy's late.
06:55I've got much more important stuff that I should be doing.
06:57Oh, right. I was going to ask you to have a wee with Charity.
07:00She's usually just sat there texting whilst I'm huffing and puffing,
07:03lugging beer crates around.
07:05How is that my problem?
07:06Oh. All right, I'll take it back then.
07:11Hi.
07:12Hi.
07:13Laurel.
07:14I just wondered if, erm, I could have a... a word.
07:18Somewhere quiet.
07:20As long as it doesn't take too long.
07:29They're not in.
07:31They've gone away for a couple of days.
07:34Having said that, if you're casing the joint,
07:36they've just gone for a dog walk.
07:38It's my fault for calling unannounced.
07:39I'll give Bella Ring a range another time.
07:41You can try and get hold of her, but I've been trying since yesterday.
07:44I see.
07:46Sorry, who are you, by the way?
07:47Just a friend.
07:49Oh, right.
07:50Which friend? What's your name?
07:51Rachel.
07:53Ah. She hadn't mentioned you.
07:55I'm Charity. Sorry, I'm her cousin.
07:58I've actually been a bit worried about her, if I'm honest.
08:02Actually, I've fibbed before.
08:04I'm Bella's care coordinator from the community mental health team.
08:08Why? What's happened?
08:09Look, you need to tell me. I'm family.
08:11Bella missed her routine appointment recently.
08:14I haven't heard from her, so I just wanted to check she was OK.
08:17You mean you also think something weird's going on?
08:20With Tom, I mean.
08:22Don't worry.
08:24Don't worry. I'm sure you can't breach patient confidentiality.
08:30But judging by your expression, you don't need to.
08:33I don't know what sort of holiday it is, though.
08:35I'm just worried. I mean...
08:36Oh, what are you grinning at?
08:38Just like that you live here now.
08:40Still no other person to use the bathroom, though, right?
08:42I've been waiting for a wee for flipping ages.
08:44Ignore her. She's cheesed off her life, not you.
08:47The only reason I took so long
08:48is cos I was busy wiping everything down from her mega shower.
08:51She's a well-messy old sister, isn't she?
08:53For someone who used to clean for a living, yeah, unusually so.
08:57I can't hear you.
08:59I'm just worried about you.
09:00Unusually so.
09:01I can't hear you, you know.
09:03Not saying anything I wouldn't say to your face.
09:05Hey, everyone OK?
09:07Yeah, just living the house share dream we trace out with Sue's.
09:10Yeah, and loving every second.
09:13You do know these walls are paper thin, right?
09:16I thought we were meeting at the pub.
09:17Yeah, we were, but I need to see Mandy about something.
09:19I'm not sure if she's going to make it to the lunch.
09:21Oh, that's a shame.
09:23Why?
09:24She just feels bad leaving Ella.
09:26Oh, do not tell me Ella's come in.
09:28Er, no, but we have given her a job,
09:30so we need to give her a fair chance, like I told you.
09:32Maybe I've decided I can't.
09:34Right, come on, pub, now, before we all uninvite you.
09:36Oh, charming.
09:48What, have you finished your deliveries by now?
09:50I have.
09:52I've just got to the shop.
09:53Then need to get the boys from Marty's,
09:55Ron Kell, to the trampoline park.
09:58That's before I take Isaac to the opticians,
10:00pick Frankie up for Nate,
10:02and still run a farm on the side.
10:04Thanks for your concern, though.
10:05Charity!
10:07Oh, best leave you to your hectic day, then.
10:10Right, sorry.
10:12Was that Belle's mental health worker?
10:15Yes, Rachel.
10:16Apparently Belle missed her last appointment,
10:19and she didn't text or phone to say why.
10:21That doesn't sound like her.
10:23That's exactly what I thought,
10:24which confirms what I said yesterday.
10:26There's something dodgy here, Cain.
10:28Right, we don't know that for sure.
10:30Well, why haven't we heard from her?
10:32She hasn't checked her messages for zonks.
10:33Who ignores the phone these days?
10:35Apart from you, cos you're miserable and you don't like anyone.
10:37But she does.
10:39So what are we going to do about it?
10:40I don't know!
10:43Right, OK, well, we'll get hold of this vets in Wales
10:47that Tom's got the interview for,
10:49phone them and we'll see what's going on.
10:52Or we stop fannying around and find out for ourselves.
10:55What are you doing?
10:56I'm breaking in.
10:57And I'm having a poke around.
10:59I'm not waiting any longer.
11:00I've got a really crappy feeling about this, Cain.
11:02Are you daft or what?
11:03You're not stopping me.
11:05I wasn't good at... Whoa, whoa, whoa!
11:08I don't know why there's that camera there.
11:12Fine, fair point, we'll go round the back.
11:14But do you know what? That's another thing.
11:16What is it with these flaming cameras anyway?
11:18It's not like we're living in inner-city Dodgeville.
11:20It's weird, Cain, isn't it? Weird.
11:23Just like him.
11:25So, come on, then, Houdini.
11:26Or are we just going to stand there?
11:44Erm...
11:46Right, so, I just...
11:49thought it was best to talk to you face-to-face
11:52about me returning to work.
11:55Oh! Right, well, what's to talk about?
11:57I mean, you tell me when you're coming back
11:59and I'll add you to the rota.
12:02Right. Erm...
12:03Well, maybe we could do alternate shifts
12:06so we're not working together,
12:07where the rota allows, obviously.
12:09That's a bit OTT, isn't it?
12:11I mean, we just need to be grown-ups.
12:13Well, I just thought it'd be more professional
12:15and I thought the staff would really appreciate
12:17not being caught wrapping our domestications show.
12:22Laurel, look, you left me, OK?
12:25I mean, you... you chose this, and...
12:29Now you want me to jump through hoops
12:31and bend over backwards to organise some impossible rota
12:34just so that you don't feel uncomfortable.
12:37I just thought it was for the best.
12:39But, anyway, I'll leave it with you, all right?
12:41Right.
12:43Oh, I thought that I would take Archie out this afternoon.
12:47Oh, right, OK.
12:49I'm going to finish work early
12:50so we can go to the cinema, maybe.
12:52Yeah, um, Gabby's taking him out with Dottie and Thomas.
12:55I'm not sure what time they're going to be back.
12:57Right, well, I'm sure you could ring her
13:00and find out what the plans are.
13:02He is my son.
13:03Yeah. Yeah, I can do that.
13:06I'll let you know what she says.
13:07OK.
13:10Bye, Jay.
13:13Right, I make it just turned midday,
13:16so we in agreement?
13:17Yep, to the minute. Let's crack on.
13:20Do you know, I read something the other day
13:23about how many people are injured by champagne cocks.
13:25Yeah?
13:26Shame we didn't invite Ella after all, then.
13:28Tracy!
13:29Right, that's the last time I'm slating her.
13:32Oi! You're so without me.
13:34Oh, you made it, Mandy.
13:36Get out the glass from the barroom, Ines.
13:37Go on, chuff. Oh, watch out, you.
13:40So, Rona, are you going to show us your new tattoo or...?
13:44I forgot about that.
13:45Sorry, but I'm going to need a little bit more fizz
13:47for that to happen.
13:48And if she chickens out, I'll draw it for you,
13:50cos I got a good butch at the time,
13:51before she hugged this random bouncer
13:53and tripped over an empty crystal like it.
13:55That's such a liar!
13:58Ladies, are we all having the bottomless brunch?
14:00Yeah, reckon so. Well, everyone but Laila.
14:03It mocktails for me, ta.
14:04I'll just chuck in a few quid for this.
14:05I might get a buttery front menu later.
14:07Really? I thought you said you didn't have any more clients
14:09butting in for the rest of the day.
14:10No, I've tightened these new promos,
14:12so someone might call last minute.
14:13Don't want to get too bottled.
14:21Get a load of this.
14:22What?
14:23Door and window sensors everywhere.
14:25Who does that?
14:26Well, Tom, I'm guessing.
14:28It's not through the flipping keel, is it?
14:30I mean, we are in their house.
14:31Yeah, but, I mean, why? What does he need them for?
14:34Well, I don't know, but it doesn't make me feel very good.
14:36I mean, do you think he'll run there now?
14:38Doesn't look like it. It lights her off.
14:39Well, then, that's a bit weird, don't you think?
14:41That's when people need surveillance stuff,
14:42when people run away.
14:43Well, usually, yeah.
14:44Come on, have you had any luck?
14:46Well, I don't really know what I'm looking for today.
14:47Well, anything that mentions Wales, for starters.
14:49OK, well, I kind of figured that out, thank you, Sherlock.
14:52Crack codes and all, do you?
14:53Right, quit griping and just keep looking.
14:55Well, maybe stop shouting
14:56and letting the whole village know we're in here.
14:58Fine.
15:10What's that?
15:11It's a little notebook listing everything
15:13that they spend, by the looks of it.
15:15It's all written down.
15:16And it's not just bills and stuff.
15:19Look at this.
15:22Take-out coffees, bunch of flowers, birthday cards.
15:25Well, that's a bit much.
15:26It's not like Tom doesn't earn a decent crust.
15:28No, I know.
15:30This isn't Belle's writing, you know.
15:34Do you reckon he's quizzing her on every penny she spends?
15:37It's not like she's a shopaholic and needs reigning in, is it?
15:39Why do I get the feeling he's running the whole show here?
15:46Oh, yeah, sorry, I forgot to say
15:48that it'll be Frankie's granny Moira picking her up today.
15:51Yeah, no, she knows her password.
15:53OK, thank you.
15:55Great, bye. Bye.
15:57Off to try and creep round Liam, are you?
15:59Only you do realise it won't take a doctor long to figure out
16:01what's going on, will you?
16:03No, it's not that.
16:04It's just that I don't know what's going on.
16:05I don't know what's going on.
16:07I don't know.
16:08Only you do realise it won't take a doctor long to figure out
16:10you're not really pregnant.
16:12What a massively bright idea on reflection that was, eh?
16:15Trace, ordering another round, seeing what you wanted to drink.
16:20Everything all right here?
16:21Not really.
16:22Tracy thinks I'm lying about being pregnant,
16:24but I couldn't do that.
16:26We all know what you could do.
16:27Shut up a minute, Trace. Have you spoken to Liam?
16:30Not since yesterday, when he told me where to go.
16:32I was just on my way round there now when Tracy started on me.
16:35Well, can you blame me for sticking up for the poor bloke?
16:37I mean, after the run of bad luck he's had,
16:39the last thing he needs is her, right?
16:42She's got a point.
16:44He's a good man and he's been through a lot.
16:46People around here are going to look out for him.
16:49Most of all me.
16:50Yeah, which is why I need to speak to him and explain.
16:53Make him see that I haven't done this on purpose.
16:55I'm not trying to trap him.
16:57Stop him from thinking the worst of me, basically.
16:59Bit late for that.
17:01Look, whatever's going on, just be honest with him, OK?
17:06It's the lease he deserves.
17:18Oh, my God.
17:19What is it?
17:21You want to see what Tom forks out for a haircut?
17:24Someone's taken the mickey there.
17:29Hang on, there's an address.
17:31For a cottage in Pembroke.
17:34Isn't that where that fence was?
17:36What do we do?
17:38What do you mean, what do we do?
17:39We take a trip there now is what we do.
17:41Hope we're barking at the wrong tree
17:42and we find Belle sat in the sunshine on a lollipop enjoying her jollies.
17:45And if she is, how do we explain why we're there?
17:49I don't know, but I'd rather be wrong and look like a pair of idiots
17:51than be right and do nothing.
17:55Is that a phone?
18:02It's Belle's.
18:04Rachel called her.
18:07Why leave your phone if you're going away?
18:09I don't know. Maybe cos she couldn't find it.
18:12Maybe cos Tom hid it in there on purpose.
18:15You still don't think we should take that trip?
18:21Liam, please!
18:23I know you're in there, I heard you move.
18:30Liam, I'm begging you.
18:32I didn't do this deliberately.
18:34I'm not trying to trick you or hurt you.
18:39It was a massive shock to me as well.
18:43Just...
18:44We need to be able to talk about this like grown-ups, don't we?
18:48Please.
18:55Oh, you know we should do this every week.
18:58Eh? Why don't we?
19:00Oh, because some of us aren't self-employed
19:03and can naff off work, we're a fancy-a-fancy brunch every Tuesday.
19:07Wow, you're a bucket of cold water.
19:10Right, who wants the bell now you're all done?
19:12Let me see. No-one.
19:14That part's not compulsory, is it?
19:17Oh, give us a ear.
19:18I'm guessing everyone's happy to split it six ways.
19:22I'll just stick us three on my card, we'll sort it out later, yeah?
19:24Hang on, I've only had a cheese butty and a glass of fizz.
19:26I mean, I don't think it's fair if we all pay it the same.
19:28It's just easier that way, isn't it?
19:30Mask is me headache, I tend to just round things up.
19:32Well, you do, do you? Remind me not to let you do my waging.
19:34Don't see what the big deal is, Mandy.
19:36I'm happy to split it, I don't even have a drink.
19:38Whatever.
19:41OK, who's going first?
19:43You know what, I'm just gonna pay for what I've had. Is that OK?
19:46Er, yeah, course, whatever, Mandy.
19:47Erm, stick a hundred on there, will you, love? Thanks.
19:50Lovely.
19:53BEEP
19:56Lovely, that's all gone through.
19:58Cheers. Er, Rhona?
19:59Yeah, thanks.
20:02Didn't know if you'd offer to pay for your new bestie.
20:05What?
20:06Mandy?
20:09Vanessa Woodfield? Are you jealous?
20:12No.
20:13Although you have been doing loads with her.
20:15Plus, you never got a tattoo when you were out with me.
20:16Probably because you look out for me
20:18and stop me from doing ridiculous things.
20:20Hey, you'll always be my number one, OK?
20:24You know way too much not to be.
20:26And because I love you.
20:28Mm, it doesn't hurt to hear it sometimes.
20:31Right, I need another week.
20:33Told you, you shouldn't have broke the seal.
20:35Ella, come with you.
20:36Actually, yeah, I need to do this.
20:38Leyla?
20:39Yeah, give me a minute, I'm just looking for a business card.
20:41Do you do that, then?
20:42What, a girly lunch? I'll take a vow, it's allowed.
20:43Don't you worry about that, you just press your buttons.
20:46Listen, sorry, all that stuff before about the bill,
20:48I mean, is everything OK?
20:50Money-wise, I mean.
20:51Yeah, it's fine.
20:53It was not for subsidising their boozy lunch, you know?
20:55I don't want to get fleeced.
21:17What the hell?
21:26This is Belle's jumper.
21:29What is that?
21:31Is that blood?
21:34Where is she?
21:36Whatever he's done, he's a dead man.
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