EastEnders 16th April 2025
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00:00Music
00:28Please, can we really try to keep the ball in the square, yeah?
00:33Come on.
00:34One touch football.
00:35All right, that's it.
00:36Right there.
00:36Come on.
00:37Up the ambers.
00:39Right there.
00:40That's it.
00:41Now, just keep it up.
00:42Come on, Nick.
00:44Quickly, quickly.
00:45Right there.
00:46Right there.
00:46Right, go on.
00:47Oh, careful!
00:49Sorry, son.
00:50Boys.
00:51Sorry.
00:51My bad.
00:52It's okay.
00:53No, I'm done, sir.
00:54Sorry about that.
00:55It's all right.
00:55Hey, how are you?
00:56All right, come on, let's go.
00:58Oh, very impressive, I must say.
01:01You know what they say?
01:02It's not the size of the boat.
01:03It's about the motion and the ocean.
01:05You only say that if you've got a small boat.
01:07So, who's wrapped up with a speedboat?
01:10Well, is he good looking?
01:13Yes.
01:15This is.
01:16Bye.
01:16This is Terry.
01:17And he's my dad.
01:18Hi.
01:19She's the one I was telling you about.
01:21Sorted out all the guided tours for the true crime fans.
01:24Oh, yeah.
01:24I'm sorry.
01:25It's all right.
01:26All right, Terry, I'm Alfie Moon, and I have no idea who this battleaxe is.
01:31But, um, anyway, I'm going to leave you to it.
01:34Right, Bert, Ernie, last one in the parks, the referee.
01:37I'll see you later.
01:37I'll see you later, Tom.
01:38See you.
01:39Ta-da.
01:41Is kids really called Bert and Ernie?
01:43Yeah.
01:45Can't choose your neighbours, I guess.
01:47They're all right, really.
01:49Even Mum has her moments.
01:50She delivered Bex many months ago.
01:54Didn't have her down as a midwife.
01:56You'd be right.
01:58It's a long story.
01:59Yeah.
02:00And I want to hear it.
02:02I want to hear all the stories.
02:04And then I want you to tell me what you think about my offer.
02:06I still haven't heard back from the police about that complaint I made.
02:19When you really think she'll be top of their priority list?
02:21Well, if I don't get an update from Jack soon,
02:24I'll be shoving a rocket where the sun don't shine.
02:26Manifesting works.
02:35Who knew?
02:42Avani.
02:46So Mo hears me screaming through the wall
02:48and she comes round to check that I'm not being murdered
02:51and there I am, Bex crowning away on the sofa.
02:54And you had no idea that you...
02:56Not a clue.
02:57No.
02:58I was only 15.
03:00Well, you did a good job and you stuck by her
03:04and you brought her up proper.
03:05It wasn't always that simple.
03:08She was adopted at first.
03:11I got her back when she was five and a half.
03:15Well, you got there in the end.
03:19Bit like me, I guess.
03:20Just took me a little bit longer.
03:21Well, I think it's a bit different.
03:25I was just a kid.
03:27Yeah, well, I weren't far off myself.
03:30I mean, hands up, I should never have left you the way I did,
03:32but...
03:34Would me and your mum have sorted it out if I'd stayed?
03:38Worked through me issues?
03:40Would I have stepped up as a dad?
03:41Do you, er...
03:47Do you regret putting Bex up for adoption?
03:50Missing all those milestones?
03:52You know, first words, first steps, first at school?
03:54Yeah, of course I do.
03:56But it wasn't like that.
03:58I did what I thought was best at the time.
04:00So, you can relate?
04:03No, I...
04:06I couldn't do it then.
04:08But I'm a different man now.
04:10I've travelled, I've earned good money.
04:13I proper turned me life around.
04:15I've lived, Sonia.
04:17Don't you think it's your turn to do the same?
04:22Just all a bit fast, innit?
04:25In fact, it's not just fast.
04:26It's ridiculous.
04:28I just need a bit more time.
04:31Yeah, of course.
04:34But my flight leaves tomorrow still.
04:37Yeah.
04:41He's just a boat, Freddie.
04:43Cat, it's a speedboat, yeah?
04:44Yeah, well, I'm not the biggest fan.
04:46Why, face sake, can't you got your own laptop?
04:49I don't want Sonia to catch me playing detective at home, do I?
04:51Right, well, I doubt he's the type to be posting on his Instagram
04:54about the crimes he's been committing to you.
04:56All right, Gen Z, why don't you come over and see what you can find?
04:59Go on.
05:02All right.
05:03Well, it's no surprise you can't find him.
05:04You spelt his surname wrong.
05:06Well, it looks all right to me.
05:07Oh.
05:07Right, you're looking out for Sonia.
05:09Oh, I sense a butt coming on.
05:12When Zoe told me that she wanted to move to Spain with Harry,
05:18of course, I said I wasn't having any of it,
05:19but the more I said no, the more she just dug her heels in.
05:22It's different.
05:23Zoe's your daughter, not your sister.
05:24Sort of was at the time, actually.
05:26Rose, my point, Sonia's too young.
05:27I remember my mum crying her eyes out,
05:29him shouting his mouth off, kicking off.
05:32Look, everyone thought I was wrong about Rhys.
05:34Don't want to make the same mistake again, do I?
05:35That's a good point, to be fair.
05:36Thank you, Freddie.
05:37I'm not saying you're wrong, Bea.
05:39Just be careful where you go about it, yeah?
05:41You go too hard, you'll just push her further away.
05:46So you're saying I just turned up out of blue?
05:48No, I'm not buying that.
05:51So you're saying my daughter's a liar?
05:53No, I'm saying your daughter brought dealers into my house, yeah?
05:56And that ain't a good look for a copper, is it?
05:58But traumatising a young girl is.
05:59All right, calm down.
06:00It's a bit too early to go all caveman, yeah?
06:04Is it yours?
06:05Be honest with me.
06:06It's not mine.
06:08I just told you that.
06:09But have you been smoking it?
06:10Avani, what do we say?
06:14About being open with us, telling us everything?
06:16Look, I ain't doing this.
06:18Avani!
06:23He ain't gonna do anything.
06:27Ravi, look, please.
06:31Look, teenage girls ain't easy, I get it.
06:35But this is the second time that Amy's been pulled into this stuff.
06:38She was in the wrong?
06:40That's fair.
06:41Be sadly a surprise, is it?
06:43After everything she's been through.
06:45Treat a child like a criminal and they're gonna act out.
06:49Look, the investigating officers, they played by the book.
06:53She wasn't smoking weed and hanging around with dealers before all of this, was she?
06:56No.
06:57So we need to get to the root cause of it.
07:00Well, she's your daughter.
07:01That's down to you, innit?
07:03Would you be happy if they did the same thing to Amy?
07:07I didn't think so.
07:08Can you at least just chase up my complaint?
07:14I see what I can do.
07:16No promises.
07:16Barley.
07:21I don't know, Cass.
07:22I've only known him after a day.
07:25And I mean, Barley.
07:26I didn't even know where it was till I looked on the map.
07:29Well, you know.
07:30Might fall in love with the place.
07:32I mean, I didn't exactly see myself swapping Walford for South Africa all those years ago.
07:37Did you regret that?
07:39No.
07:40No, not to begin with.
07:41Not until Gavin showed his true colours.
07:44But then again, it was different for me, wasn't it?
07:45I went with my brother.
07:47Not with a man I barely know.
07:49What if it's my chance to get to know him?
07:51My only chance?
07:52Yeah.
07:56Yeah, I get it.
07:57I do.
07:58But sometimes you just have to go with your gut instincts, don't you?
08:01Just tread carefully.
08:02All right, Sonia?
08:03And do what's right for you.
08:05Not him.
08:09I don't think that I can bear hearing her crying at night any more, Harvey.
08:16How's your hobby?
08:17Sorry.
08:18Sorry, I was miles away.
08:20Oh.
08:22Hello, you.
08:24I was actually looking for Stacey.
08:26Is she working?
08:29What, is everything OK?
08:31She won't come out of her room.
08:33She's not eating.
08:34She barely says anything to anyone.
08:35I'm so sorry.
08:36I didn't realise she was still struggling like that.
08:39Actually, Sonia, would you come talk to her?
08:43I mean, I'm at Melbick's End.
08:46And you two will have a special bond.
08:50So, you know, maybe...
08:52Maybe you get through to her.
08:55And you leave it away.
09:02Afternoon.
09:06So you're just going to ignore it, then?
09:09The massive elephant in the room.
09:12All I did was chase up a complaint from a neighbour.
09:14Oh, so you admit it, then?
09:15You're trying to throw us under the bus.
09:17We weren't by the book, Gov.
09:19Was it my proudest moment as an officer?
09:20No way.
09:21But by the letter of the law, we did nothing wrong.
09:23You did.
09:25All right, you were just doing your job.
09:27But would I want my Amy going through the same thing?
09:29Even if she did commit the crime?
09:33You're just kids, isn't they?
09:34Do you know what the problem with you is?
09:37You've been out of uniform too long.
09:43Here you go.
09:44Come on.
09:44What's this?
09:56Ruby had that made before she left.
09:59Guilty conscience.
10:02Yeah, well, it don't make up for what she did, does it?
10:07I haven't asked you how you're getting on yet.
10:11Your mum's worried about you.
10:12She's always worried about me.
10:15So there's Terry.
10:17You sure it's him this time?
10:18Yeah.
10:20Yeah, it's him.
10:22We had ID and a photo of me and him before.
10:26Before he left you as a baby.
10:30Do you think, er...
10:31Do you think you'd be doing all this
10:33if things hadn't happened the way they did?
10:36Flying halfway around the world with Rhys
10:38months after having a baby.
10:40Well, I seriously doubt it.
10:41I had a job getting into sorrow, let alone Asia.
10:44So what's changed?
10:48Just everything, innit?
10:51What he did.
10:53These true crime nutjobs turning up on my doorstep
10:56like I'm East London's answer to Lady Macbeth.
10:58Losing Martin.
11:01Now he's still.
11:06But it's not just the last few months, Stace.
11:08Billy.
11:12Billy.
11:13Grandad.
11:15Dot.
11:17Jamie.
11:20I think I'll be used to it by now.
11:23All that loss.
11:25But I don't know.
11:28She feels different this time.
11:29Too many ghosts.
11:32Too many ghosts.
11:35You need to have a word with yourself, son.
11:39Like it or not, this is my lot.
11:42Kids, grandkid, mum, the business.
11:45I've got ties, I've got ties I can't cut.
11:50But you can escape.
11:53You can leave the ghosts behind.
11:56What if it goes wrong?
11:58What if he's another Rhys or worse?
12:01Spin him off.
12:03You'll come home when you leave him
12:04on the other side of the world.
12:06In my experience,
12:08you regret the things in life you didn't do.
12:11You're a good mate, Stace.
12:13I wish we'd been nicer to each other over the years.
12:16What is it you called me once?
12:19More unstable than a three-legged chair.
12:25I take that back.
12:27You're the strongest person I know.
12:29You'll get through this.
12:34You both will.
12:41First off, I'm so sorry.
12:44All guns blazing, that's my go-to.
12:46Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:47We're all parents, all in it together.
12:49The complaint?
12:50Any update?
12:52Listen, you'll get a written response,
12:54but no further action will be taken.
12:57Are you kidding me?
12:58Brilliant, aren't you?
13:00They're good officers.
13:02Okay?
13:02Nothing on their records to show any different.
13:04So what are we supposed to tell her?
13:05Just deal with it, move on?
13:07If you want to feel like you're doing something,
13:10then the complaint needs to come from her.
13:12All right?
13:12In her words.
13:13So she's going to read it the whole thing, yeah?
13:15Like it wasn't humiliating enough the first time.
13:18Believe it.
13:19He doesn't have a clue.
13:20She's my little girl.
13:27I don't know what to do.
13:30Then it's got to be worth a go, yeah?
13:32Right?
13:33And she's not going to tell your mum.
13:37She still has just between us.
13:39I told her I needed new clothes for the baby
13:41and I didn't want to ask mum for the money.
13:43She's going to pay you back now.
13:44As if.
13:45I don't want your money.
13:47Look, Bailey and you are out of trouble.
13:48It's...
13:49It's what big sisters are for.
13:52Right, I'd better go.
13:54I said I'd give mum a break
13:55from the screaming ball of flesh.
13:56It's what big sisters are for, yeah?
14:03But it does get better.
14:05I promise.
14:08I just don't want to forget him.
14:09As if you are ever going to forget Dad.
14:12Look, I won't let you for a start.
14:15Lily, if you ever need anything else,
14:19you only have to ask.
14:21OK?
14:26Oi!
14:37Oh, what's this?
14:39A welcoming committee?
14:40We've got the red carpet.
14:42Hey, can you get the cab?
14:43I've only got euros.
14:45Yeah.
14:46Have a good time, mum?
14:47What, three weeks away from here in the sunshine
14:49drinking spicy margaritas?
14:50Yeah, you better have had a good time.
14:52Well, come on then.
14:53Get your mum's bags.
14:54Oh, shut down, there's you get your three ones.
14:55Aren't we a bit old to eat at Holland?
14:58Er, absolutely not.
14:59You've got aftershave, chocolate
15:01and three bottles of a roo-boot.
15:03But, you're going to share the latter, mind?
15:05Well, come on, boys.
15:07Kettle's on.
15:08Let's go.
15:08What on, them muscles?
15:09Hey, Jim's paying off, isn't it?
15:10Oh, shut up, Harry.
15:12Oh, the gym?
15:13Oh, God, you'll have him eating
15:14steamed chicken and broccoli next.
15:17As if I'd train with him.
15:18No, I'll go with that.
15:19He knows his stuff.
15:25A bit of fresh air would be good for you.
15:34A little window.
15:36Well, er, we can see if George is free.
15:38You know, I'd go down for a sparring.
15:40I said no.
15:43You were doing so well.
15:46I thought you'd turned a corner.
15:47I said, I just, I just want to, er...
15:49I just want a bit of time to me, sir.
15:51I just...
15:52I've still got half of these to get through, and...
15:55I'll just drop it here, yeah?
16:02I've got to get to work.
16:03Er, see you later.
16:06Yeah.
16:07See you later.
16:11Sorry I'm late.
16:13I was, er, just catching up with Lily.
16:16Huh.
16:16Is that Uncle Billy?
16:21Another one she'll never get to meet.
16:25Come on.
16:26Out with it.
16:28Flicking through old photo albums hardly screams,
16:31I'm in a good place.
16:34You love it, don't you?
16:36Backpacking.
16:37Yeah.
16:38Yeah, best thing I've ever done.
16:40Why?
16:42Terry.
16:42He's asked me to go with him for a few months.
16:47You as well.
16:48Are you serious?
16:49Well, you hardly know him.
16:52I know, but he is still my dad, Bex.
16:54And what if it's fate?
16:56After everything that's happened, he shows up, right place, right time.
16:59Both of my girls, together in Bali.
17:03Bali?
17:04Yeah.
17:05What's wrong with that?
17:07Best place I've ever been by far.
17:09I was planning on going back.
17:11I told you.
17:13Fate.
17:14And he's offered to cover all the costs.
17:17Just think about it.
17:18No more hostels.
17:20No more slamming it.
17:21And if things go wrong, you know, we can just go our own way.
17:25Take our own path.
17:26Or just come back here.
17:29So if I say yes, if we...
17:31If we really do this, there is just one problem.
17:37Bianca.
17:41Yeah.
17:41I thought I was opening up.
18:00Mr. Leeson?
18:03Walford videos.
18:05Oh, it hasn't been a video show for years.
18:08You're lying.
18:11I've got to open up.
18:25I'm already dead.
18:26Nigel?
18:27What's the matter?
18:30They changed it.
18:32They changed it without telling me.
18:34Oh.
18:37What have they changed?
18:39The video shop.
18:41Why is everyone acting like this is totally normal?
18:46So, should we go home?
18:48Yeah?
18:48Back to Poole.
18:50I walk with you.
18:52Albert Square, mate.
18:54Yeah.
18:55Um, yeah, you know what?
18:56I'm sure it is a lovely area, but I'm not sure I want it left unattended for a couple of weeks.
19:01You know what I mean?
19:02Yeah.
19:03All right.
19:03Look, look, look, I'll call you back.
19:06All right.
19:06See ya.
19:08Sorry about that.
19:09It's all right.
19:11Sounded serious.
19:12Oh, no, just Rick the Fish.
19:14It's the fellow who's shipping this out to Bali for me.
19:18Says he can't get it picked up for a couple of weeks, though.
19:20Oh.
19:21It's a shame, really, that it couldn't go down to the Docklands and you could set off to Bali from there.
19:25Yeah, it'd save on the carbon footprint, you know, four of us on a nine-hour flight.
19:30True.
19:34Is that a yes?
19:36Are you coming?
19:38I don't know how long for, yeah?
19:40So we'll just see how it goes.
19:41But, yeah, we're all on board.
19:42You won't regret this, I promise you.
19:44This is all I've ever wanted.
19:46A family around me.
19:48My own flesh and blood.
19:50Right, er, well, I'd better get packing.
19:57Yeah, I'd better book you some tickets.
19:59Business car's probably out of the question, but, um, but nothing less than economy plus.
20:13Bianca, where are you?
20:15When you get this, come home, yeah?
20:18There's something I need to tell you.
20:20I don't know.
20:30Ivani?
20:32Can you come here, please?
20:38I haven't boxed, if that's what you're thinking.
20:41Let me see your eyes.
20:46Not red.
20:47Look, if this is going to be a speech about how it's a gateway drug, can you save it?
20:52I had a couple zoos, it's not that deep.
20:54Can you just sit down, please?
20:55We've been talking to Amy's dad about what happened to her and the complaint I made.
21:07And what, let me guess.
21:09They were just doing their job.
21:11See, what's the point?
21:13There's one last thing we can do.
21:15Take things further.
21:17Save what happened to you from your perspective.
21:21Describe exactly what you went through.
21:23How you were feeling.
21:25How you're still feeling.
21:27You're joking, right?
21:27This could really change things, Ivani.
21:32Make sure it doesn't happen again.
21:34It doesn't matter, though, Mum.
21:36It's already happened.
21:39Nothing's going to change that.
21:41I ordered for you.
21:50I hope you don't mind.
21:51I know what you like.
21:52Oh, you didn't have to do that.
21:54If I can't get my sister a takeaway every now and then.
21:57From a place with a one-star hygiene rating.
21:59Come on.
22:00You know I'm skint.
22:01I'll put it on a plate, make it look nice.
22:05There's something I need to talk to you about.
22:07Listen, it's about Terry.
22:13I know he's your dad.
22:14And I shouldn't have sucked me aure in.
22:19It wasn't my place.
22:21You've changed your tune.
22:22Oh.
22:24I don't mind admitting I'm wrong every now and then.
22:28All right.
22:30Cut out a word.
22:32You look at my dad.
22:35David's David.
22:37Has he changed over the years?
22:40Who knows?
22:41Maybe Terry's done the same.
22:44Well, maybe this won't be as hard to swallow as I thought.
22:47Oh, I know it's cheap.
22:49I'm sure it'll be all right.
22:49No, I don't mean the food.
22:53Terry's asked me, Bex and the baby to go to Bali for a few months and I've said yes.
23:02Have you now?
23:03I know it's a big call and I know everyone's going to think I'm mad, but, you know, I just want to get away from Warford for a little while and let the dust settle, you know?
23:14You're a golden ticket, I see.
23:23I get it.
23:25You do?
23:27Yeah.
23:27I mean, if David came along tomorrow and offered to whisk me off my feet for a long holiday, I'd jump at the chance.
23:38You do, yeah.
23:47So, when you're going then?
23:50I'll have to take you out shoplifting with me again, won't I?
23:53And get you a few bits.
23:55Don't think you've got anything in that wardrobe for backpacking.
23:57We're leaving tomorrow.
24:01He's booking the flights as we speak.
24:08Wow.
24:11Well, that's...
24:12That's great.
24:16This is like the last supper.
24:18There we go.
24:34Oh.
24:34Two sugars, nice and strong.
24:39Seriously, I'm fine now.
24:43Last time I lived round here, it was a video rental.
24:46I used to manage it.
24:48Oh.
24:49Don't really need them anymore, do we?
24:51What with live streaming and I...
24:52I used to love working in that shop.
24:54My little sanctuary.
24:56Of course we stopped all the blockbusters, you know, all the mainstream rubbish, but...
25:01Horror.
25:02That was my thing.
25:03Oh.
25:04Proper niche ones, though.
25:07You know.
25:07Films that are actually scary.
25:10Not just jump scares and gore.
25:13Hmm.
25:14I can watch them if I'm with somebody, but I wouldn't...
25:16And we had foreign films.
25:17Um, not as popular, but still a market.
25:23That's where I met Julie.
25:25She was into her French cinema.
25:29Maybe she'll come in soon for another one.
25:33I, er...
25:34Thought I heard voices.
25:36Oh, Phil, this is, er...
25:38Sorry, you did tell me.
25:39Yeah, it's all right, mate.
25:40I know she is.
25:41Oh, Phil, yeah.
25:42Um, I found him on Turpin Road, a little bit confused.
25:46Yeah, he's, er...
25:48He's been through a lot lately, but, er...
25:50Well, he'll be fine.
25:52Are you sure he's okay?
25:53I said he'll be fine.
25:54Do you know what?
25:54I just, er...
25:55Thanks.
25:56Thanks for bringing him on.
25:59Okay.
25:59Right.
26:00Well, I'll be on my way.
26:02Maybe see you around.
26:04All right, yeah, see you.
26:05Sorry.
26:05I take it she's given you the good news?
26:25Listen, I'd offer to buy you a ticket,
26:26but the, er...
26:27The budget only stretched to flesh and blood.
26:30I'll tell you what.
26:31I'll get her to send you some postcards.
26:33You know, easy to get, isn't it?
26:34Out of sight, out of mind.
26:36You might think you can pull the wool over her eyes,
26:39but you don't fool me.
26:41Well, it doesn't matter, does it?
26:42She's made her choice.
26:47Oh, that's the big plan, is it?
26:49Get the old battle axe involved.
26:51Bother you, does it, eh?
26:52Someone who knows the real you.
26:54Someone who can see your true colours.
26:56The woman?
26:57She doesn't even see her own lot.
26:59Yeah, Sonia told me about it all.
27:00What was it?
27:01Four kids from four different dads,
27:03and I'm the bad guy.
27:04Watch it, Terry.
27:05Although, it appears that the apple
27:06doesn't fall far from the tree, does it?
27:08Sonia said you've got four of your own,
27:10but they've all left home,
27:11and I don't blame them.
27:14Listen, listen.
27:16You always were a gobby little bitch.
27:18Always crying till you got your own way.
27:23A woman like you needs a good slap
27:26just to keep them in check.
27:27Now, listen, I've waited a long, long time for this,
27:32and I'm not going to let you ruin it, OK?
27:34So you just steer clear of us, understand?
27:36Oh, boy.
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