Emmerdale 24th September 2024
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00:00Thank you so much for having me.
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00:30I didn't expect to see you here today.
00:34Well, I had to get out of the house, didn't I.
00:36I'll tell you what my friend, she, has gone to Raleigh.
00:40Well, it's good to see you anyway.
00:43There's another thing.
00:44There's something I've got to tell you.
00:48Morning fellas, beautiful day, innit.
00:49It was until you showed up.
00:51It's like Ian told him.
00:54Told me what?
00:56One of you had better start talking and fast!
00:58Say hello to your new business partner.
01:12You OK?
01:14Er, sorry. I didn't hear you come downstairs.
01:17Why don't you go and grab a shower?
01:19And I'll make some breakfast for both of us.
01:21You're not going to leave the house, are you?
01:23No, course not. You're safe here. I promise.
01:29DOOR KNOCKS
01:38If there was any other way to do it, I would have done, but there isn't.
01:41Look, me back's against wall.
01:43Oh, sling her up. Sees you don't work here any more.
01:46Well, actually, he does. I've agreed to keep him on as a driver.
01:49You stitched me up like a kipper.
01:51Oh, come on, Jimmy. I had no choice.
01:53Yes, you had. You could have talked to me about it,
01:55and you said you had three months to pay.
01:57Things have changed. She's divorcing me now.
01:59I need all the cash I can get my hands on
02:01to pay for this hot-shot solicitor I've took on.
02:04Look, I know you're angry, Jimmy, and you've got every right,
02:07but in my defence... You have no defence.
02:10Look, why don't you just punch me and I've done with it?
02:13Nah. You're not worth it.
02:18Dad?
02:20What was all that about?
02:22Do you know what? I actually don't want to know.
02:28SIGHS
02:34Hi.
02:36Look, I'm sorry for having a go at you yesterday.
02:41I was out of order.
02:43No, you weren't, and I'm the one that should be saying sorry.
02:46I don't know what I was thinking.
02:48I still shouldn't have mouthed off at you.
02:50And I shouldn't have been in your caravan poking around.
02:53Let's just forget it, eh?
02:55So I've blown it. Blown what?
02:57Getting to know you.
03:00What is it you want to know?
03:03We could start with Aidan.
03:16Oh, please.
03:18Just hear me out. I'm not interested, Dad.
03:21I've had to sell my shares in the haulage.
03:23Yeah, I gathered as much.
03:24Because of Kim.
03:25Why are you telling me this?
03:27Because she's been blackmailing me, that's why.
03:29She found out that I slept with your mum
03:31and then she made me believe that somebody had kidnapped her
03:34and now she's trying to strip me of everything.
03:36I don't want to know, Dad.
03:37Please don't. You're all I've got.
03:39You and the kids.
03:41You mean everything to me.
03:43I suppose that's why you forgot my birthday.
03:45I know. I'm really sorry.
03:47But I need you back in my life.
03:49And I need you out of mine, so please leave.
03:54DOOR SLAMS
03:56He was my best mate.
03:58So when you say he was...
04:01He died.
04:03We were serving in Afghanistan.
04:06So what happened?
04:08We were about four weeks in.
04:11The final withdrawal was only a few months off,
04:14so we weren't quite D-Mob happy, but we were getting there.
04:18Then out of nowhere, it happened.
04:20What did?
04:23This young Afghan lad had joined our squad.
04:28He was one of us. We liked him.
04:32Anyway, this one night we'd been talking about football and Aziz,
04:36that that was his name.
04:38Said he'd never played before.
04:40So we took him outside for a kickabout.
04:44Aidan showed him a few moves and...
04:47It was funny because he couldn't quite get the hang of it.
04:52Then we headed back to base camp.
04:59Boom.
05:01Sorry?
05:05Bomb went off.
05:07Oh, my God.
05:08Aziz died instantly.
05:11No pain, but Aidan...
05:16I tried my best to save him.
05:20Told him I could.
05:22But I was lying. I had to.
05:25I could see the fear in his eyes.
05:29I held his hand as he slowly slipped away.
05:34Hugged his body after.
05:38I hugged him and hugged him.
05:43Had to be dragged off.
05:45Hey.
05:46You don't have to tell me anymore if you don't want.
05:49No, I want to.
05:51I've bottled this up long enough.
05:56All that medical training, eh?
05:58Saved lives.
06:00But when it comes down to it, you realise you're not God.
06:04That's when I decided to quit the army.
06:08Live in my van, tell no one I was a medic.
06:11But why?
06:13Because I didn't deserve to.
06:16Aidan thought I could save him and I let him down.
06:19And I can never forgive myself for that.
06:22Not ever.
06:2512 o'clock and you're slobbing about in your dressing gown.
06:28That's not you.
06:30I think you'll find it's very me this morning.
06:33Oh. Are you upset that I'm still here?
06:35No, I couldn't give a monkey's actually.
06:37Well, maybe you should go and check on your horses.
06:40Just to make sure that they're still there.
06:42I can assure you they're safe and sound.
06:47Along with another prize stud I've just broken in.
06:51Suffice to say, I had the ride of my life.
06:55Twice.
06:59Well, that was lovely.
07:01You always feel better when you've eaten something.
07:03Yeah, I'm going to go unpack.
07:05Before you do, can we have a chat about what happened yesterday?
07:10I'd rather not, Lydia. It's not me for sex, if I'm honest.
07:13I know it is, lovey, and that's why you need to talk about it.
07:16Come on, sit down.
07:22I saw you checking for cameras.
07:24Oh, I do. What if he's put them up here as well?
07:27How would he do that? Well, the door's always open, isn't it?
07:30And he did it to me at Dale Head.
07:32Tracking my phone, spying on me through the puppy cam.
07:35But this is another level. I just feel so violated.
07:38Well, rest assured, I have been through this house with a fine tooth comb
07:42and there is nothing here, I swear to you.
07:45But, mark my words, he's made a big mistake putting that camera up.
07:48How do you mean? Well, like I keep telling you, it's evidence, isn't it?
07:52No, I don't care. I don't want anyone to see it.
07:54Look, I know it's scary, but the police are used to dealing with things like this.
07:58I'm not going to the police.
08:00You can't just ignore it. Yes, I can.
08:02And he's probably hidden the footage anyway.
08:04Well, so what? You know, they'll have ways, the police, to recover it.
08:08They employ experts. He'll weedle his way out of it, he always does.
08:11I'm not going.
08:13OK. OK, nobody's going to force you to do anything you don't want to.
08:18Why don't you go and unpack?
08:20And then we can watch a film.
08:22I haven't done that for ages.
08:33Is this you getting your own back?
08:35Oh, please. See if I'm that petty.
08:38Anyway, you were the one who cheated.
08:40Yeah, once. Didn't go back in for an action replay, did I?
08:43Yeah, well, you never were a twice-a-night man.
08:46I want him gone.
08:47And I want him to stay.
08:49So put up or shut up.
08:51Either that or remove yourself.
08:53It'll make things a lot simpler. I won't be forced out my own home.
08:56Your home? Don't make me laugh.
08:59I seem to remember you moving in here with not much more than a carrier bag,
09:04which is exactly what you'll be moving out with.
09:07You really are a spiteful old cow, aren't you?
09:09How come I didn't see you before?
09:11Probably too blinded by my bank balance.
09:13Which is half mine now, remember?
09:15Over my dead body.
09:16Which can be arranged.
09:18Let's try and keep this civil.
09:19Butt out, will you?
09:20Not if you keep abusing her, I won't.
09:22Remember, she's a lady.
09:24A lady? She's no lady.
09:27She's an old trollop that's well past her sell-by date.
09:31Oh!
09:52Laurel's late.
09:53Only by five minutes, ma'am. She'll be here.
09:56Anyway, while we're waiting, any ideas?
09:59I've got one.
10:00OK, how about an eating contest?
10:05You know, like we have at Christmas?
10:07Only this time, rather than mince pies, we have pot pies.
10:10Ooh, or better still, doughnuts. I love doughnuts.
10:13I think you'll find the point of a harvest festival is to give food to the poor,
10:17not eat as much as you can stuff down your neck and then probably throw it all up.
10:21Oh, sorry I'm late. I've just had a day from hell, don't ask.
10:25Nobody was about to.
10:27Well, at least you're here.
10:29Oh, before I forget, your idea about making lunch with the allotment produce is going ahead.
10:34Oh!
10:36So, any other ideas for the festival?
10:39Me again.
10:40Oh, God.
10:41How about a disco in the village hall?
10:43That's a great idea. That's going to bring the teenagers in.
10:45Wouldn't we need a music licence?
10:47Good point.
10:48I can ask Nicola. You know, she used to be a councillor.
10:51And I can turn the bar.
10:55What bar? There can't be a bar. It'll have to be soft drinks.
10:58True. I'm not too sure about having alcohol.
11:00Well, we used to serve alcohol when Ashley was a vicar.
11:05Um, OK.
11:07Anyway, the question is, disco or no disco?
11:11No.
11:13I'll leave you two to fight that one out.
11:25Here, let me do that before you ruin my floor.
11:29You've got blood everywhere.
11:31Oh, and that's my fault, is it?
11:34Where is he, then, lover boy?
11:36Gone.
11:38He's got a fair punch on him.
11:40For a financial advisor, anyway.
11:42Yeah, well, pity he isn't as aggressive in the bedroom.
11:46Careful.
11:48And sit still.
11:51It worked, by the way.
11:53What did?
11:54Your little stunt.
11:56I am jealous. Very jealous.
11:59Please, remember who you're talking to.
12:02The last person who tried to sweet-talk me was when I was 14,
12:06and it didn't work then.
12:08Yeah, but I mean it.
12:10I just wish we could get past all this.
12:13Then make life easy for yourself and move out.
12:16Not a chance in hell.
12:18Don't forget, I've got someone in my corner who's willing to fight for me.
12:21So you may have more to worry about than a bloody nose.
12:24Yeah, and I've got Dawn and the kids.
12:26My family, which is a lot more than what you've got.
12:29Your persona non grata at the moment.
12:31At the moment.
12:32But we'll get through this and we'll become one big happy family again.
12:35Unlike you, who'll end up all alone.
12:47Oh, well, that was lovely.
12:50That was lovely.
12:52Do you want to have a cup of tea?
12:56What was it like when you went to the police?
12:59When...
13:01Craig did what he did?
13:07Well, erm...
13:09Well, the first time I went, I ran away, didn't I?
13:13So I know how you feel. It's daunting.
13:16Yeah, my heart's thumping just thinking about it.
13:20Look, before I say this,
13:23I want to emphasise that whether or not you go to the police,
13:26that's your choice.
13:28I'm not trying to sway you either way.
13:30But...
13:32I wish I'd done it sooner.
13:34Why?
13:37Because once I'd got it off my chest,
13:39instead of keeping it all in...
13:43..it felt cathartic.
13:45Like I'd... I don't know.
13:47Like something ugly had gone.
13:50They dropped the charges, though, didn't they?
13:52That's what's putting me off.
13:54Because, Belle, I didn't have any proof, but you have.
13:57Do I?
13:58He's too clever to get caught.
14:00And I don't want to relive it all.
14:02And then if it goes to court, I've got to talk about the abortion,
14:05about how stupid I've been. It's too much.
14:07It is when you put it like that.
14:09And what if no-one believes me?
14:11Like who?
14:12Oh, the police or the jury.
14:14People are going to believe you, Belle, I promise you.
14:17He reels people in.
14:19You thought he was lovely, the whole family did.
14:21How are a bunch of strangers going to see through that?
14:24Because, like I keep telling you, you've got evidence, Belle.
14:56Can I come in?
14:57I was about to go to hospital.
14:59It won't take long.
15:05I've had Dad here this morning.
15:07I hear you've been blackmailing him.
15:11I wanted to see how far he'd go to cover his lies.
15:16OK, well, you can keep me and Billy out of it.
15:19I'm not taking sides, Kim.
15:21I'm not here to ask you to.
15:24Then why are you here?
15:26To apologise for my part in driving Rose away.
15:30And keeping up the lie that she'd simply disappeared.
15:35It was cruel.
15:37And it was wrong.
15:41Well, thanks for being honest with me.
15:43It's the least you deserve.
15:47Look, I'm sorry, too.
15:51I knew he slept with her. I didn't say anything.
15:57Think there's any way back for us?
15:59How do you mean?
16:01I care about you, Dawn.
16:03And I love the kids.
16:05I think of you as family.
16:07It would be so nice to be friends again.
16:10What do you think?
16:12So, we managed to get through a lot today.
16:15Not really. Most of my ideas have been boycotted.
16:18No need to be churlish.
16:20Actually, you did get your balloon darts through.
16:22Not yet, she hasn't. We still have to run it past health and safety.
16:26Cheers.
16:27OK, so...
16:29I spoke to Chas, and she didn't say yes.
16:32But, then again, she didn't say no either.
16:34So, what did she say?
16:37That's what she didn't say that matters.
16:39I don't think she's keen on having us stay.
16:42No room at the inn sort of thing.
16:44Right. So, what now?
16:47We stay at Tall Trees. But...
16:49not for somewhere else.
16:51Claudette, I really don't think people want to listen
16:53to the Robertsfield over-80s choir singing Bridge Over Troubled Water
16:57with bass harmonicas.
17:00At least it'd be interesting.
17:02Oh, right, right. I've had enough.
17:06Oh, dear.
17:08Do you think she's all right?
17:10I'll go and check.
17:13Probably menopausal.
17:15She's been like a bear with a sore head since she arrived.
17:19How does he put up with her?
17:21Beats me.
17:22I mean, she's so opinionated about everything.
17:24I know. Tell me about it.
17:26I mean, leave me with her alone for five minutes,
17:28I would happily strangle her.
17:30Sorry.
17:31Oh, don't be. I had to live with her, remember?
17:34How did you do it? I mean, living with her and Charles,
17:36it must be like living with the Chucklebrothers,
17:38but without the Chuckles.
17:39To me.
17:40To you.
17:42Oh.
17:43Just to say, Mum would like a lemonade.
17:47I should have put some arsenic in it.
17:55I know we've a long way to go.
17:57Like I said, it's all just a bit raw.
17:59And with Evan being ill...
18:01I know, and he's the main reason I'm here.
18:04All I want is to help in any way I can.
18:07Time, money.
18:10There's no need to thank me.
18:12Time, money.
18:15There's no need to thank me.
18:17Because I'll do anything.
18:19And that's a promise.
18:22I'm sorry you've got involved in all this.
18:25Well, let's look to the future, eh?
18:27Now, do you want me to drive you to the hospital?
18:30No, it's fine, I'll get the bus.
18:32Are you sure?
18:33Come on, you know where I am if you need anything.
18:36Just phone, OK?
18:42I knew I'd find you here.
18:44Actually, didn't you hop round this morning, dripping poison?
18:48Just told her the truth, that's all.
18:50Well, that obviously didn't land very well.
18:52Cos she hates you.
18:53Oh, and she loves you, does she?
18:55Well, I've offered to buy the kids a pony, so what do you think?
18:58I think you're so obvious it's pathetic.
19:01And you're on your way out, Grandad.
19:04So be a good boy and accept it.
19:06She's my daughter.
19:08My flesh and blood.
19:10Never forget that.
19:11And remind me again what you can give her.
19:14Well, apart from grief.
19:16Oh, yes, disappointment, maybe.
19:19Oh, no.
19:21It won't be long before they're all back up at Home Farm.
19:24We'll just be one big, happy family.
19:27Sorry, Will, but I think this fight's over before it's even really begun.
19:42It's beautiful, isn't it?
19:47Yeah.
19:49I always feel so grounded when I'm out here.
19:52You will get through this, you know.
19:55And never forget, the people that really matter, your family,
19:58believe you.
20:00I know.
20:02There's nothing to be afraid of.
20:04I just don't know if I've got the energy to report him.
20:07It'd put you back in control of your life instead of him.
20:11Anyway, I've said my piece.
20:14Whatever you decide, it's up to you now.
20:17But I'll support you.
20:20We all will.
20:32Somebody's been in the wash.
20:35Somebody's been in the wash.
20:37Bill, I'm not here to talk about that.
20:39I'm here to talk about Kim.
20:41The cow's trying to ruin me.
20:43Right, that's where I come in, is it?
20:45Well, you hate her as much as I do, don't you?
20:47I doubt that.
20:49Look, I'll make it worth your while.
20:51I thought you was on your uppers.
20:52I'm not talking about financially.
20:54So what are you talking about?
20:56Whatever you want.
20:57I'm the man that can.
20:59OK, well, having thought about it for all of two seconds, the answer's no.
21:02Come on, I'm desperate.
21:04I know you are. I can smell it on you.
21:05And that's why the answer's no.
21:07Listen, I will do anything, legal or illegal.
21:14OK.
21:16Well, what if I asked you to do something that was, well, let's say, less than savoury?
21:21There aren't many unsavoury things that I haven't done.
21:24I've been inside, haven't I?
21:25Yeah, I know, and I thought you'd put all that behind you.
21:27So did I.
21:28Until today.
21:30Let's just say that she pressed a button.
21:33Are you sure about this?
21:34As sure as I've ever been about oat.
21:37I want to bring her to her knees, make her life a misery,
21:41and make her regret the moment she ever set eyes on me.
22:03It's M&S Dresden Nation next.