Hollyoaks 3rd September 2024
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00:00If we want to see the girls again, you have got to confess to killing your mother by 7pm.
00:09I told you to leave it!
00:11I think Dave had something to do with the twins being taken.
00:14The SPL's authorised me to inform you that all charges against you have been dropped.
00:22Hello.
00:23A full signed confession.
00:26It was me.
00:28I killed Norma.
00:58I killed Norma.
01:12Have a good day.
01:16What?
01:19It's the last time. My husband is not a kidnapper.
01:23Hey, how's that?
01:25Welcome letter from the dance school, eh?
01:27They're deferring me.
01:29I can't go until January.
01:37Where are you going?
01:39Dad's lying to keep me out of jail.
01:41I need to unstop him.
01:45Please, just listen to me, Cindy.
01:47I know this is the last thing you even want to think about.
01:50What? That my husband is a secret psychopath who likes to kidnap babies?
01:53All right, well, if you know him so well, then you tell me why he's got a burner phone.
01:56I don't know. Maybe he uses it for business.
01:58What business does he have with Mercedes?
02:00Because it was her name that came up right at the time that her babies went missing
02:04and right before he pushed me over.
02:06Well, maybe something pushed him over the edge, Tom. I don't know.
02:08Yeah, me calling the breakdown people and almost giving him his registration number.
02:12Exactly the last thing you would want if you'd just kidnapped someone's kids.
02:16I am sorry, but I do not believe this, Tom.
02:18The man that I married is good and decent.
02:21He helped me when I was at my lowest with bipolar.
02:23He cried in my arms when Lizzie died.
02:25I know him too well.
02:27Do you, then?
02:28Oh, my God.
02:29Because I saw a side to him that scared me.
02:31I'm worried that you might be in danger, Cindy.
02:33We have to get to the bottom of this.
02:38Come on. I know exactly who can help us.
02:42Right, I just got off the phone to them.
02:44Something to do with accommodation.
02:46They're all doing work they thought would be finished, but it isn't.
02:49So I'm stuck here till after Christmas because some builders can't do the job.
02:55Frankie, look, I know how frustrating it is
02:59and how hard you've worked and how much you're looking forward to it.
03:03And on the plus side, you get to spend a little bit more time with your old man.
03:08Can't I love that?
03:11It's just JJ.
03:13Hey, he is gone, all right?
03:18This is your safe space.
03:20But school isn't.
03:22We're in the same classes. This was supposed to be my escape.
03:27Well, I know it won't be easy.
03:30Think about how strong you've been already, OK?
03:32It's just a little bit longer, that's all.
03:34Why should I?
03:37Why have I got to be the strong one,
03:39putting up with seeing his face after what he's done?
03:44I can't do it.
03:48Sorry. Just need a bit of air.
03:58Has to do something with the kids going missing.
04:02Has to do something with the kids going missing.
04:04There's no reason my dad would lie like this.
04:06How do you know he's lying?
04:08I mean, look what he did to our state. He threw him off a building.
04:11You know, he has spent his whole life just hurting people, destroying lives.
04:15I mean, what if he did kill Norma?
04:17Well, no, because, look, Mercedes would never make me give a false alibi.
04:20No, she knew he was guilty.
04:21I mean, what about us? Me?
04:23Daniel, we should be your number one priority.
04:26You are.
04:27How? How can we be with him still in your life?
04:31Listen, you are just getting over this overdose
04:33and I'm scared he's going to push you back into using.
04:36Come on, that's never going to happen.
04:38Come on, I can't just believe my dad killed his own mum.
04:41Not unless I hear it from his own lips.
04:47Frankie. Frankie, wait.
04:50Look, I know you're upset.
04:52No, you don't.
04:54This was my only hope.
04:56Even when things were the worst, even when I was lying on my bed.
04:59Staring at the bedroom door, praying that the hand door would turn.
05:03There was something inside me saying,
05:06just hold on.
05:08And then when the time is right, I can get on that train
05:12and I can go and live my life without being scared and ashamed.
05:15You can still do that.
05:17It's just a minor setback, a couple of months of school and then...
05:20Of what? Facing him every day?
05:23Everybody worshipping him for being so perfect when he's ruined my life
05:26and I can't do it.
05:28So what are you going to do then?
05:31Well, just throw your education away.
05:33Waste all that potential, what, because of him?
05:37Look, the last couple of weeks,
05:39I've seen the light come back in those eyes and I'm not losing it again.
05:43All right?
05:45I know it's hard.
05:47But...
05:49things are different now.
05:51You're coming back into a safe, loving home.
05:53He isn't there anymore, I am.
05:55And I'm going to do whatever it takes to get you through this
05:58until it's time to go. OK?
06:03It's just, I was so close to getting away from him.
06:07I finally felt like I could smile again.
06:10It's a smile.
06:12Look, the more you shine, the more you prove to him that he's not beating you.
06:15January will come along in no time and...
06:18I swear, he will never, ever hurt you again.
06:22OK?
06:25You know, selfishly, I'm kind of glad you're not going.
06:29I'm not ready to let you go yet.
06:32Is that bad?
06:34No.
06:36It's OK.
06:39Because...
06:41having my dad look after me like you do...
06:46that was my dream.
06:48And it's come true.
06:55Let's take it one dream at a time, all right?
06:59Come on.
07:25I wasn't sure you were going to come after what I'd done.
07:28I had to.
07:31Because I know it's a lie.
07:35Just tell me why you're doing this, Dad, hmm?
07:38Is it something to do with the twins being kidnapped or what?
07:40No.
07:42That's sorted now.
07:44Things will be simpler if you just accept it.
07:48I killed Norma.
07:55Hey.
07:56Hi. I'm just texting Vicky, letting her know that it's not all her fault.
08:00Yeah, I'm so happy to hear they're back safe and sound.
08:03I can't imagine what you were going through yesterday.
08:05And to lose Warren on top of that...
08:07She'll get him back one day.
08:09Yeah, and the girls won't even know him.
08:11Do you even know who the kidnapper is?
08:13The girls are back where they belong.
08:15That is all that matters.
08:17Aww.
08:18T's sent a picture of him fast asleep.
08:21All right, well, what about when they called with a demanza?
08:23Surely you must have heard their voice.
08:25It was all through text message.
08:26When I tried to call them back, they didn't answer.
08:28So you did call the kidnapper?
08:30Oh, Cindy, what? I just said that.
08:32OK, can we drop it?
08:33Yeah, I just want to get on with my life.
08:36You know it was Dave she rang.
08:38I'm telling you, that is why you got so jumpy and took it out on me.
08:41We still don't have any proof that Dave had anything to do with it.
08:44Yeah, we do.
08:46Go.
08:47What?
08:48Yeah, we do.
08:49Go.
08:50What?
09:01Hey.
09:02I'm starving.
09:03Come and get some lunch with me.
09:05Oh, babe, sorry, I can't.
09:06I've got a stay in set up here, so...
09:08Well, you're the boss.
09:09Just make Dilly do it.
09:11Plus, then I can fill you in on what my dad told me about the twins going missing.
09:14Some random that had beef with Warren, apparently.
09:18I mean, there could literally be anyone around here.
09:21Look, I would love to come for lunch,
09:23but I can't just ditch work whenever I want to.
09:25And believe me, I want to.
09:29Oh.
09:30Hang on.
09:33It's the supplier.
09:35Look, I tell you what, meet me after my shift, OK?
09:38And I'll make it up to you then.
09:39Promise.
09:40OK.
09:43Yep.
09:44Yeah.
09:45Yeah.
09:46Yeah.
09:47That's it, mate.
09:48Yep, just leave it.
09:49Gee, you two are so loved up.
09:51Shut up!
09:52Keep your voice down or he'll kick you out for being underage.
09:54Perfect.
09:55What are you up to, anyway?
09:56I just thought you might fancy a picnic with me.
09:58You want to talk?
09:59Come on, I start school again tomorrow,
10:01and Frankie was supposed to start dance school, but...
10:03I know.
10:04She texted me.
10:05It's, like, well tight on her.
10:07But no, Charles, I can't, cos me and Ethan are going out later,
10:10so I need to find something a bit to wear.
10:12You can tell me the gory details later.
10:14You know, I could just drag you down so you can sneak out.
10:17Sneak out?
10:19Who'd I sneak out?
10:20I'm 18.
10:21I can see lads.
10:23Oh, lads like Ethan?
10:24Yeah.
10:25Are you...? What are you trying to kid?
10:27No.
10:28We both know what your dad is like.
10:30The second he sees you with Ethan, he is going to flip his lid.
10:34Shut up. Right, come on, leave.
10:36We need to go, cos he's going to see you.
10:38And I'm going to get in trouble.
10:40I know that this is hard for you to hear,
10:42but that's why I didn't want you lying for me.
10:45I'm not buying it.
10:46Then you're a mug.
10:48I killed Norma and that is that, end of.
10:53It's not, though, is it?
10:56If you have done it, you're not going to see the babies grow up,
10:59you're not going to see Sophie and Sebastian.
11:01One day, me and Leela, we're going to want to try again.
11:04You'll be a grandad.
11:07But the only time you'll ever get to see them
11:09is from photos or through bars.
11:12You'll just be a stranger.
11:15Then again, maybe that's what you want.
11:17Don't you dare.
11:18I swore to Mercedes that I would do everything that I possibly can
11:21to keep her and those babies safe.
11:23It's what I do, Joel.
11:24I protect my family at all costs.
11:27And look at me, after anything that happened yesterday.
11:30Then tell me who did it.
11:32Is it the same guy you're covering for now?
11:34Let me speak to him.
11:35No, that's exactly why I'm doing this.
11:38If that means me rotting away in this place to keep you safe,
11:41then so be it.
11:43Time, please.
11:48Just tell me who it is, right?
11:50Let me help you. Let me speak to them.
11:52If you want to help me, then you keep yourself safe and those babies.
11:56How?
11:57You keep them close.
11:59That is killing me,
12:00not being able to be the man that they need me to be,
12:02but you can be.
12:04I can't.
12:05OK, Leela and Daniel are my priority.
12:07Their whole future depends on it.
12:09Joel, blood is blood.
12:11You keep my babies safe.
12:22This is insane.
12:23You need to give that phone back to Mercedes now.
12:25Why?
12:26Because you're scared it's going to prove I'm right.
12:28Cindy, you need to know what you're dealing with.
12:30Why? So I can be alone and humiliated again?
12:33Do you know what is funny, Tom?
12:35The amount of surnames that I've had.
12:37Hutchinson, Longford, Savage.
12:40But you know what?
12:42I will always be Cindy Cunningham, Hollyoaks' biggest loser.
12:46That is rubbish.
12:47Everybody round here knows that you're anything but that.
12:51If anybody takes that crown, it's me.
12:53The only thing that I excel in is losing people.
12:56My mum, my dad, Max, Steph.
12:58I can't even keep a girl.
13:00Look at Perrie and Yaz.
13:01This isn't a competition, Tom.
13:03And if it was, I would win every time.
13:06Just look down there.
13:08Every corner, every building reminds me of somebody that I've lost.
13:12The market.
13:14It makes me think of Luke and all the big ideas we had for it.
13:18Do you remember when that was, the Emporium?
13:20Every time I walk outside that door,
13:23I see Dirk walking out with that big, stupid smile across his face
13:28that used to make me feel so safe and loved
13:31and like the world revolved around me.
13:35Until it didn't.
13:38And every time I think,
13:40finally I can breathe, finally I have nailed life,
13:45something comes along to kick me in the face
13:47and every inch of this village reminds me of that.
13:50Yeah, well, you're not the only woman.
13:53Sometimes I walk through that archway,
13:55I look around and I think, is this me now?
13:58Stuck here forever.
14:00Boring, sensible, read-the-small-print Tom
14:02whilst everyone moves away, lives their best life.
14:05Of course it isn't.
14:07You're young.
14:09But me, I keep on making the same mistake over again.
14:12And look at all the red flags for Dave.
14:14The coke, sex workers, Liz's baby dying because of him.
14:18What?
14:19He told me not to say anything and I didn't
14:21because I thought that he was decent and good, honest man.
14:26You're finally someone that I could grow old with.
14:28And I want that for you too, Cindy.
14:30But if he's capable of so many lies,
14:32you've got to see that I could be right about this.
14:35I don't think I'm strong enough.
14:37Are you messing?
14:38Look at everything that you've overcome, eh?
14:41Failed marriages, deaths.
14:43You've fallen down so many black holes with your bipolar
14:46and gotten right back up.
14:47That makes you a warrior.
14:49So what's it going to be? Because you deserve better than this.
14:53You want me to give this phone back to Mercedes, eh?
14:55Keep leaving a lie?
14:56Or do you want to find out, once and for all,
14:59who it is you're living with?
15:03You should have seen them.
15:04Dara had a hold of Frankie like some type of bodyguard.
15:07She's got him wrapped round her little finger.
15:09Yeah, well, she hasn't brainwashed me.
15:11I hate us being divided like this.
15:13Look, she just needs to get some help.
15:15Yeah, but until then I've got to skulk about
15:17like I've got something to hide.
15:19It's not going to be forever, is it?
15:20Cos she goes to dance school this week.
15:22Yeah, she's running away cos she's got a guilty conscience
15:24for lying about me.
15:26I'm not guilty. I'm not running anywhere.
15:29Right, I don't want any drama, OK?
15:31You've got a big day starting school tomorrow,
15:33and you, you need to focus on your move.
15:36I'm not going.
15:37What do you mean you're not going?
15:39There's been a delay at the dance school.
15:41She's going but not till January.
15:43So you're going to be at school tomorrow too?
15:46Yeah.
15:47Yeah.
15:48And I am going to hate every minute of it.
15:51But if I've got to do this,
15:53I'm not hiding.
15:55I'm going to meet your face up to what you've done.
16:08Right then, when we have to.
16:10I was thinking maybe the dog,
16:11chill on the patio for a little bit.
16:13Nah, I feel like you deserve something a little bit more bougie than that.
16:16I thought we could head into town, grab some food, get some drinks.
16:18Mm-hm, that's more like it.
16:20OK.
16:21Oh!
16:22OK, what was that?
16:24Nothing.
16:25Nothing, it's just we're, we're in public.
16:27So?
16:28I didn't think this was some kind of secret.
16:30Yeah, no, it's not, it's just...
16:32Oh.
16:33Let me guess.
16:34My dad.
16:35Yeah.
16:37Nathan, I'm 18.
16:38I can see what you're like.
16:40But I'm not going to see someone who's too scared to kiss me in the street.
16:43You said I was scared.
16:45OK.
16:46Well, go on then, kiss me.
16:48I know I'll just have to get over it.
16:49Mm-hm.
16:50Mm-hm.
16:51Well, I know.
16:53You two have got some explaining to do.
16:56Mm.
16:57Mm.
17:05So?
17:07What did he say?
17:10That he did it, that he killed her.
17:12What?
17:13He lies lying.
17:15I'm sure of it.
17:16I think he's scared of someone.
17:17I mean, he's basically begged me to step in and look after Mercedes and the twins for him.
17:21Joel, the twins aren't your responsibility.
17:24Look, I'm sorry, but I am getting sick and tired of you putting everyone first, but also your family.
17:29I know.
17:30Listen, I've had the worst few months of my life.
17:33Right, the baby relapsed, overdosed, but I know that you've been the only spark of light, innit?
17:39Exactly.
17:42And I feel the same.
17:45But at least I am trying to get back to myself.
17:49You know, you should try too.
17:52If you keep holding on to Warren and his darkness, then...
17:56I'm not.
17:58Right, I love my dad, but I'm choosing you, I'm choosing us.
18:01From now on, my dad's on his own.
18:03It's me, you, the family, that's all that matters, I promise.
18:12Listen, Daniel's in the bath, I'd better go and check on him.
18:15I know this is gonna be hard, but it's the only way we can be.
18:20Yeah.
18:46How did you get in here?
18:47Sharon!
18:49Please be quiet.
18:50I need to know, was it a threat?
18:52What you said about making me face up to things.
18:54What are you gonna tell people about us at school?
18:56No, I don't want anybody to know, it just meant you're gonna have to look at me every day.
19:00And there is no odds.
19:01It's you.
19:02You're disgusting!
19:04Get off her!
19:05No, Alice, it was just...
19:06Get out of my way!
19:08Are you okay?
19:09Yeah.
19:12I hate you for doing it this time.
19:14I hate you for doing it this time.
19:15I've done it!
19:17It's okay.
19:19What you even doing here?
19:21Hey?
19:22This isn't your home anymore!
19:24Yeah, because of her lies.
19:25Her lies!
19:28You still don't think you've done anything wrong, do you?
19:30Hey?
19:32You just can't take accountability!
19:34Go on, tell the truth!
19:38Right.
19:40Give me your keys.
19:41Give me your keys, now!
19:46You don't look at her.
19:48You don't talk to her.
19:49I don't want you within ten feet of her, do you understand me?
19:52How's that even gonna work?
19:54She's staying now.
19:55We're going to the same school.
19:58No, you're not.
20:00You're gonna go home now.
20:02And you're gonna tell Suzanne you don't go to Hollyoaks High anymore.
20:05Do you get that?
20:06Do you get that?
20:09Right, get on my sight.
20:12Hey.
20:13Come here.
20:15It's okay.
20:16It's okay.
20:18It's okay.
20:22Oh, wow.
20:23Never let me promise to fix anything again for the cuddly Miss Lawler.
20:28I go there for a creaky back door, she gets me on the roof fixing tiles.
20:32Did you take Mercedes twins?
20:34What?
20:36Where were they yesterday?
20:38When they were snatched?
20:40Cindy, do we need to look at your medication?
20:43Don't you dare gaslight me!
20:46You have been lying to me.
20:47I know that you attacked Tom when you were doing something you shouldn't.
20:50And that makes me a kidnapper.
20:52Cindy, this is him getting in your head when you're already vulnerable.
20:56No, it is me!
20:57So please, just be honest with me, okay, for once?
21:01Tell me, have you got a burner phone?
21:05Um, Cindy, can you hear yourself?
21:08Okay, I drive a white van.
21:11I do jobs for little old ladies.
21:13The most exciting my life gets is a chippy tea in front of the chase with you.
21:17What are you talking about?
21:18All you do is lie!
21:21The escorts, Liz's baby!
21:24Oh, wow, you're throwing that at me.
21:26You're the one person I thought you could trust and you're using that?
21:29Yes, yes, I am.
21:31So please, please, just do me the honour of being honest with me for once, okay?
21:38Are you the man that I fell in love with?
21:40I am.
21:41Okay, I've done bad stuff, you know that.
21:44Cindy, you make me want to be a better person.
21:47All I want to do is make you proud of me.
21:50I swear.
21:52You believe me, right?
21:54PHONE RINGS
22:00Well, Dave?
22:02Aren't you going to answer it?
22:06Oh, it's true.
22:08You took my serious babies.
22:10I'm so sorry, Cindy.
22:12You're sorry.
22:15You're as sorry as I am.
22:18I never meant for any of this to happen, but...
22:21Well, I guess you brought it on yourselves.
22:52Get used to this.
22:54What?
22:56A quiet night in.
22:58Not worrying about your phone going off while your dad's driving.
23:01Yeah, well, it's a life from now on, babe.
23:04Wouldn't you fancy getting an early night?
23:06Oh, yes, please.
23:08Oh, yes, please.