EastEnders 17th Apr 2025
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00:00What did that little girl ever do?
00:19To live a life of losing everything she ever loved.
00:23She didn't do nothing.
00:24She just wanted someone to love her.
00:27To care for her.
00:30To pin her drawings on the wall.
00:35And I'm sitting here.
00:38And I'm still alone.
00:41And out there, a light.
00:45And behind the windows, little girls are being tucked up by their mummies.
00:52And told stories and sung to.
00:57And they feel happy.
00:59And safe.
01:03And wanted.
01:06And I'm still here.
01:08And I have to go out that door and face the world.
01:12And everyone I see has got someone.
01:17The worst part is seeing them complaining.
01:22And fighting amongst themselves.
01:24And they don't know what they got.
01:26They're up.
01:28They don't know what they're doing.
01:30They don't know what they're doing.
01:32And they're having to be.
01:32They're having to be happy.
01:33They're in a way.
01:33Morning, sleepy beauty.
01:52Have I been down here all night?
01:53Well, I'd have to try and wake you up.
01:55Oh!
01:57Oh, it's at the time I'm doing the caffeine, Arthur.
02:00Are you sure that's a good idea for yesterday?
02:02I'm sure it wasn't as bad as it sounds.
02:05I'm not senile yet.
02:08Besides, Mr Leeson will kill me if I have any more time, Mum.
02:20We ain't taking all this.
02:22Of course we're not.
02:23I'm putting all this in the garage to get it out of the way for them.
02:26Oh, you really don't have to do that, Sonia.
02:27This is your home.
02:28We'll just keep it warm for you.
02:30Yeah.
02:30I can't believe we're doing this.
02:33I've felt sick all morning.
02:35You know what?
02:35Fear is good.
02:37It means you're up for the challenge.
02:38Yeah?
02:39Right, I'm off to see Lily.
02:41I said I'd spend some time with her before we leave.
02:43Yeah, don't forget the Albert later.
02:44Yeah.
02:45Oh, really?
02:45Now, I don't want a big fuss.
02:47Oh, well, tough.
02:48Because that is exactly what you're getting.
02:51We heard back from everyone except Bianca.
02:53Yeah.
02:54She'll be there.
02:55Yeah.
02:57All right.
02:58So you're just going to let her go, yeah?
03:02What's the matter?
03:08How'd you do that?
03:10Terry done it.
03:12He said women like me deserved it.
03:15Yeah?
03:15You need to tell Sonia.
03:17Because if he can switch like that, she needs to know.
03:19She won't believe me.
03:21She think I'm just saying it to make her stay.
03:23You need to tell her.
03:24And you need to tell her now.
03:28Look, I'm not stopping.
03:30I'm just checking with Elaine over numbers for the Albert later.
03:32Oh, yeah.
03:33Oh, that's Jamie.
03:37I never really knew him.
03:39They're the lovely kids, I heard.
03:41The only one Phil didn't screw up.
03:43Feels like a lifetime ago.
03:47There's someone I won't miss.
03:50Elaine's not a fan, you know.
03:51She says she's allergic, but she don't like him.
03:55Maybe you could have him for me.
03:57Oh, please, Kath.
03:58I mean, he feels safe with you.
03:59You know, he knows your voice, doesn't he?
04:01Well, I suppose it's the least I can do, yeah.
04:04Right, well, I'll pop in to see Elaine,
04:06and I'll see you over the Albert later.
04:07All right.
04:07She's just in the lounge with the baby.
04:08OK.
04:09All right, Kath.
04:12Parrot's sorted.
04:14Son, you can't do this.
04:16Oh, was last night just an act, was it?
04:18Listen to me.
04:19No, no, no.
04:19Let me guess.
04:21Is he a mass murderer?
04:22Is he Lord Lucan in disguise?
04:25Last night, me and Terry,
04:29we had words, and
04:30I called Mum, and then
04:33when he saw her calling me back,
04:35he...
04:36he got physical with me.
04:45Terry did that!
04:46No.
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05:10You should have heard the things he was saying, Son,
05:11about me, about us.
05:12About women like us.
05:14Don't fall for it, Sonia.
05:15Look, in a couple of hours we can be on that plane.
05:17Don't let her get in your head.
05:19the things he was saying, Son, about me, about us, about women like us.
05:23Don't fall for it, Sonia. Look, in a couple of hours, we can be on that plane.
05:26Don't let her get in your head.
05:28I need to think.
05:30Where are you going?
05:32Just look after the baby. I need to be on my own.
05:38I warned you.
05:40Just drop dead.
05:42It's a shame last time I said that. It actually worked.
05:49Oh, she's back.
05:54Thought the birds stopped singing.
05:56Is there any way to talk to your boss?
05:58Nice time.
06:00Well, you know what they say.
06:02Break's as good as a rest.
06:04I could have come back to better news, though.
06:07These gym sessions with my son, they end.
06:11Now.
06:12No.
06:13No, me and Teddy, we've got an agreement.
06:15Oh, well, I'd agree it then.
06:19Unless, of course, you've got another visit from my friends.
06:21Do it. Go on, I dare ya.
06:23Your friends don't work on me no more.
06:27If you want me to stop seeing Barney,
06:29you're gonna have to tell him yourself.
06:31Oh, that's him now.
06:33I'm gonna be late, so that's all sorted.
06:37You'll know where to find us.
06:39Stay tuned.
06:40Stay tuned.
06:41Stay tuned.
07:07I don't know how you swung this one.
07:14You said I couldn't see you today, that I'd have to wait for weeks.
07:17As you put in an order, so I wasn't having it.
07:20You know me, son.
07:20Always know the right strength to pull, but you're going to have to get a move on.
07:24I booked a spa treatment at three, you know, I'm going to get my nails done.
07:29And you miss me.
07:37If I had ever ignored my mother like that when I was your age,
07:44I'd have got a slap around my head's side and no dinner that night.
07:48I'd like to see her try.
07:51How come you were so hot for your mother?
07:56Are you any good at falling sheets?
07:59No, my mum just froze them all in the cupboard.
08:01It's time you learned. Give me a hand.
08:05Right.
08:07Find the corners.
08:11Right.
08:13Now make it nice and straight.
08:19Right.
08:24Good.
08:27I used to do this with my grandmother.
08:30One of life's simplest pleasures she used to see.
08:34Freshly washed sheets, straight from the line.
08:39Yeah.
08:40I do like fresh bedding, to be honest.
08:42Well, maybe now you can teach your mother to fall down properly.
08:46That would mean she would actually have to listen to what I want for a change.
08:48Avon, is there a problem at all?
08:54No.
08:58I mean, sort of.
09:01Yeah.
09:01I got in trouble a few weeks ago with the police.
09:13I see.
09:16And does your mother know?
09:18Yeah, she knows.
09:19The police, they...
09:23They thought that I had drugs on me.
09:27Oh, what...
09:27But I didn't, though.
09:31They searched me.
09:33Like, they really searched me.
09:36And how they searched you, Avonni.
09:51Was it in an appropriate manner?
09:54According to them, it was.
10:08But they made me get naked.
10:11I beg your pardon?
10:14I had to take my clothes off in front of strangers.
10:19And I didn't even do anything wrong.
10:21But I just keep thinking about it all the time.
10:30It's okay.
10:33It's okay.
10:35I've got you.
10:42Something funny?
10:45Just video.
10:48Pranks of that.
10:51You boys know my son, right?
10:54Barney Mitchell.
10:56Yeah.
10:57We know him.
10:59Then you'll know he's been at the gym lately, trying to get buff.
11:01Barney.
11:02Between you and me,
11:04Zach thinks he could do with a bit of encouragement, you know?
11:07Mates cheering him on from the sideline, that sort of thing.
11:11Yeah.
11:12He can do that.
11:14Good.
11:15He's in the gym now, actually.
11:17You know, if you're not busy.
11:19I mean, don't tell him I told you, but he's dead set on trying to win over that Barney girl.
11:25He likes the Barney.
11:26Oh, look at me.
11:28Embarrassing mum.
11:35Mum's the word.
11:37Yeah?
11:37Yeah.
11:37Yeah.
11:37Yeah.
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11:42Yeah.
11:43Yeah.
11:43Yeah.
11:44Yeah.
11:45Yeah.
11:45Yeah.
11:46Yeah.
11:52First things first, and most importantly, is he better looking at me.
11:56I'm kidding.
11:57Of course he ain't.
11:58So, you believe me, Agade, you don't think she's making out?
12:03No.
12:03I believe her.
12:04Well, then there's your answer.
12:05So what, just scrap building a relationship with my dad?
12:09I mean, what if he was defending himself?
12:12And regardless of where I go, Aroo with, do you really blame me for wanting to get away?
12:17So, you're saying about your dad, this is about you leaving Walford and not for some
12:24extended holiday you'll think about going for good.
12:27But it's my home.
12:28No.
12:29It's not a place, son.
12:30It's there, innit?
12:32It's there, innit?
12:33You want someone's permission, then you want mine.
12:37Why me, Agade?
12:38Why this old jail, Walford?
12:39Well...
12:40I suppose you're the closest thing I've had to a father figure since Alan.
12:53Don't get me wrong, he was great, but, you know, I've spent my whole life watching people
12:59doing things with their real dads, when I've never had a clue who mine was.
13:05Those few months, when I thought it was you, I finally knew what it was like.
13:11Oh, you... you're gonna make my mascara run.
13:24My old mate, God bless him.
13:26He'd give me two pieces of advice, son.
13:29I've always stuck by it.
13:31Good decisions come from experience, but experience, and it comes from bad decisions.
13:36A wrong learning curve, so it never stops.
13:40And the second?
13:42It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
13:47Food for thought, eh?
13:49Whatever happens, son.
13:51You keep in touch, yeah?
13:53Course I will.
13:54Make sure you look after that parrot.
13:57He knows all my pen numbers.
14:03That's it, party, mate.
14:04All the way up!
14:05Good, good, good.
14:06Two more, two more.
14:07Push.
14:08Go on, mate!
14:09Sorry.
14:10Sorry?
14:11What are you talking about?
14:12We go to failure, and that's what you did.
14:14Well done.
14:15Well, I reckon my mum can lift more than that.
14:17Hey, what are you doing?
14:18Put that phone away.
14:19Don't worry, I got the shot.
14:21Are you filming me?
14:22Well, how else is it funny?
14:23You're gonna know you've been bulking up.
14:24Sure it's hell from them mums.
14:26Phone away now.
14:27Get out the gym.
14:28I thought you wanted an audience for him.
14:30Let's cheer him on, aren't we?
14:31What?
14:32Are you sure invited?
14:33Of course I didn't.
14:34Hey, look.
14:35It's about to crack.
14:36Get that on video.
14:37Quick.
14:38Thanks for nothing.
14:39Barn, what are you doing?
14:40Barney, where are you going?
14:41Barney, mate!
14:42Get out of the gym!
14:59So, how do you know Sonia?
15:01Oh, er, erm...
15:03Well, since she was a little girl, er, erm...
15:06Claire was best mates with her back in the day.
15:09Oh, Murray.
15:10Um...
15:12About yesterday.
15:13No, no, no.
15:14I...
15:15I get confused sometimes.
15:17There's always nothing to worry about.
15:19Oh, it's okay to not be okay, you know.
15:22I'm bipolar.
15:24And my daughter's bipolar too, so...
15:27Um, out of all the many things that we've learnt,
15:30um, we learnt that, er, keeping things bottled up
15:34and, er, pretending that everything's okay
15:36doesn't really work out in the end.
15:39So, er, if, if, if, if, if you'd like to talk to someone,
15:43well, you know where I am.
15:45Oh, no.
15:52Do you think she'll mind having her leave and doing a gay bath?
15:54You're kidding, innit?
15:56Your cousin Sonia, well, she's got form with the ladies.
16:00Yeah, she did that before it was trendy.
16:02Did it?
16:03I don't think you can say that, though.
16:04I just did.
16:05She's in the way.
16:06Where is she?
16:07The champagne's getting warm.
16:09Oh, did you see it?
16:10Yeah.
16:11Yeah!
16:12Yeah!
16:13Yeah!
16:14Yeah!
16:15Yeah!
16:16Yeah!
16:17And this is not making her fast.
16:18Would you think we let you slip off without giving you a send-off?
16:21Oh!
16:22Ah.
16:23And Phil's playing for the drink, so I'm getting me Maysworth.
16:24You've changed your tune, now there's a free bath.
16:27I'm just messing, all right?
16:29And about the other day, I'm sorry.
16:32I over-reacted.
16:33An apology from you and Bill?
16:35Mm.
16:36I'm having to go.
16:38Champagne to the ready.
16:39Toast incoming, yeah?
16:42Saw sense in the end, then.
16:44That's my girl.
16:45Not the vote, then!
16:46Speech!
16:47Speech!
16:48Speech!
16:49Speech!
16:50Speech!
16:51Speech!
16:52Er...
16:54Seriously, I don't know what to say.
16:56Thank you, you know?
16:58All of you.
16:59And not just for this, but...
17:01Well, for supporting me in the last few months.
17:05And years.
17:07Some of you, even decades.
17:10If it takes a village to raise a child, then...
17:13Well, there's definitely a few of you in here who've put the hours in.
17:16Yeah, well, it's time well spent, if you ask me.
17:19Come on, everybody!
17:20To Sonia!
17:21Thank you!
17:22Thank you!
17:23Thank you!
17:24Thank you!
17:25Thank you!
17:26Thank you!
17:27Thank you!
17:28Oh, hang on a sec.
17:29I won't be a minute.
17:30Oh!
17:31No!
17:32Thank you!
17:33Thank you!
17:34Thank you!
17:35Bianca!
17:38Why don't you come in?
17:39Have a drink?
17:41Son, you can't go.
17:42There's something not right about this.
17:43Don't give up, do you?
17:45Listen.
17:46Listen.
17:47She's my sister.
17:48She's just looking out for me.
17:50Anyway.
17:51I've made my mind up.
17:53I am gonna go away.
17:54Just not with him.
17:56What?
17:57You are joking.
17:58I mean, it's all sorted.
17:59We've made plans.
18:00Yeah, I know.
18:01But my plans have changed.
18:03It was a very kind offer, Tilly.
18:05Alright?
18:06And even you suggesting it has made me realise what I need and it ain't Warford right now.
18:10So I thank you for that.
18:13I'm gonna go and stay with Whit for a bit.
18:15And now get some clarity.
18:17And then decide where we're gonna settle.
18:19But it won't be Randy.
18:21Sonia.
18:22I'm handing you all this on a plate here.
18:25My mind's made up.
18:27And you.
18:28You'd do anything not to end up on your own, wouldn't ya?
18:31Even if it makes everyone else unhappy.
18:33You are just like your...
18:35Go on.
18:36Why don't you finish that sentence?
18:37Just like my mum.
18:38Yeah, well at least I know now.
18:40All those years ago when I walked out on ya.
18:42Yeah.
18:43I made the right choice.
18:44You're nothing but a bunch of free-loading chavs, the lot of ya.
18:47You wanna say that again?
18:49Oh, what's this? The lynch mob?
18:50Why don't you stay around a bit longer, Terry?
18:52And maybe you'll find out.
19:10I'm really sorry, son.
19:11I know how much you wanted that to work out.
19:16Yeah.
19:17Well.
19:19It's lost, isn't it?
19:22Why don't we go and have a little drink in there, eh?
19:25I'll meet you back at home.
19:26They were just, like, picking on me and laughing.
19:27Oh, so much.
19:28One of them filmed it.
19:29I know that I like it.
19:30I've got you.
19:31I've got you.
19:32Who does something like that?
19:33Come on, Mum.
19:34I've got you.
19:35I've got you.
19:36Who does something like that?
19:37Come on, Mum.
19:38I've got you.
19:39I've got you.
19:40I've got you.
19:41I know that I like it.
19:42I've got you.
19:43I've got you.
19:44Who does something like that?
19:46Come on, Mum.
19:48I've got you.
19:50I've got you.
19:56I know you're feeling sorry for yourself, but anything but that.
19:59Thanks very much.
20:01Did you need that from the party?
20:03No, it was on the ass.
20:05Oi!
20:06The money for the flights.
20:07I want it back.
20:08Well, yeah.
20:09I mean, if that's all you worry about, you can have your money.
20:12Oh, you're really not bright, are you?
20:14It's not about the money.
20:15I come back here to make amends to prove I was a nice guy.
20:19So you didn't come back here for me at all?
20:21This has always been about you, hasn't it?
20:23I wish I'd met a fortune teller back in the 80s.
20:25I would have not gone with your mother,
20:27and the world would have been spared from the oxygen-breathing waste!
20:30This is a huge thing!
20:31Get out!
20:32Get out!
20:33Get out!
20:36Oi!
20:38Oi, let me out!
20:40Oi!
20:41Sonia!
20:42I should probably let him out.
20:44Yeah.
20:45Probably.
20:46Maybe we should give him time to calm down.
20:48Fast.
20:49That's a good idea.
20:50Oi!
20:51You weren't very happy about those tickets.
20:53I need.
20:54Asked me to print them earlier.
20:56Malia.
20:58We can't, can we?
20:59It's fast.
21:00Is it?
21:01Really?
21:02Probably little Jackson you, innit?
21:03Yeah.
21:04Well, you said your goodbyes.
21:05You packed your bags.
21:06What about you?
21:07What about me?
21:08Someone's got to be here to let him out.
21:10Can't stand the man, but I've been where he is.
21:13Come on, come.
21:14We've got four tickets.
21:16Oh, it's...
21:17His name's on the ticket.
21:19We can pay for a name change.
21:22What?
21:23Come on.
21:24Really?
21:28Alright?
21:29I can't pack this stuff.
21:31Oi!
21:32Shut up, you!
21:33We'll let you out eventually, when you be quiet.
21:35You need a bit of time in there to think about your behaviour!
21:46Just got your text.
21:49I had the change of form.
21:51You have a very brave girl here.
21:55Are you going?
21:57Your mum will take things from here.
21:59Tickets are one thing, but man-frapped auto!
22:10Oh, it's fine.
22:11Listen, it's a hired car.
22:12He was going to leave it at the airport anyway.
22:14And the boat?
22:15We'll leave that here.
22:16That's a Terry problem.
22:17So you are going then?
22:18Yeah, well, you know.
22:19They've had a bit of an upgrade on their companion, Jean.
22:23You know what I mean?
22:25George, do me a favour.
22:26There's a really angry man in that garage round there.
22:29Would you just wait at least about three hours before you let him out?
22:34Understood.
22:36A bit terrible, you know, cos I was only at the party for two minutes.
22:39I just can't think you're going to do a French exit on my watch.
22:41This is your party, darling.
22:42Drink it in.
22:44Kat!
22:45I'm going to miss you.
22:46You've got to be male.
22:47And you, you old tup!
22:49Don't start me off on my scar will run.
22:51Hardly.
22:52Put that on with a try, that make-up thing.
22:53Look after her, Al.
22:54Oh, whatever.
22:55She might be getting on a bit, but she's still not going to stay out of trouble.
22:58If you can't be good, be good at it, yeah?
23:00Go on.
23:01I can't do this again.
23:02Lovely.
23:03Lovely.
23:04Bex, this ain't going to unlock without a key, darling.
23:06Have you towed before?
23:08First time driving?
23:09Oh, I can't believe it.
23:10Where is Sonia?
23:11Come on, Sonia!
23:12We're going to miss the flight!
23:25Goodbye, Martin.
23:27I'll always keep you with me.
23:29Oh, hi.
23:30See you, Nigel.
23:31Oh, hi.
23:32See you, Nigel.
23:33Oh, do yourself.
23:34Bye, honey.
23:35Oh, thank you.
23:36See you.
23:37Oh, come on.
23:38Right, you.
23:39Trouble.
23:40See you on the socials.
23:41Sonia.
23:42Oh, bless you, babe.
23:43Oh, bless you, babe.
23:44See you on the socials.
23:45Sonia.
23:46Oh, bless you, babe.
23:47Sonia.
23:48See you on the socials.
23:49Sonia.
23:50Sorry, I forget.
23:52Are you serious?
23:53What?
23:54Matthew said you need a bigger place.
23:56Sonia, that's very kind of you.
23:58You can't just give us your house.
24:00I ain't going to do that, am I?
24:01You don't know.
24:02Shhh.
24:03When George and Lula move back into the Vic,
24:05you can rent it.
24:07I don't know what to say.
24:09Well, there's dots, remember,
24:10so whatever you're doing there,
24:12you should be watching.
24:13I'm just coming in.
24:15Love you.
24:17All right?
24:18Look after her.
24:19I will.
24:20All right.
24:21Come on, then.
24:22You know what?
24:23If we're going to leave,
24:25let's leave in Starwick.
24:26It'll be a laugh.
24:27Yeah.
24:28Come on, in the boat.
24:29Go on, Son!
24:30Get up there, girl!
24:31Get up there!
24:32No!
24:33Go on!
24:34Get her leg over!
24:35Woo!
24:36So, what's the plan, then?
24:38Going to Bali, or...?
24:40Well, yeah, that's where we're going to start off.
24:42Bex is going to find us some visas and everything,
24:44and we're just going to wing it.
24:45Well, listen, choose somewhere right, yeah?
24:47Cos I'm going to come and visit you.
24:48Aw!
24:49Mwah!
24:50Love you.
24:51Thanks for everything, yeah?
24:52Got an idea, look, for old times' sake,
24:54as we drive off, come on, it'll be a laugh.
24:55Oh, Bianca!
24:56We'll put it in the bin when we get to Stansted.
24:59Shall I?
25:00Yeah!
25:01Go, go, go!
25:03I'm sorry.
25:04But I can't stand.
25:05Go, go, go!
25:06Go, go, go!
25:07Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go...
25:10Go, go, go, go!
25:11I'm sorry!
25:12It's the!
25:13I've been here, by the way, the way, the way.
25:16Ooh.
25:17I'm sorry!
25:18It's the only way!
25:19Go, go!
25:20Come, go!
25:21Game, go!
25:22Go, go, go, go!
25:23Go, go!
25:24Go, go, go!
25:25Yeah!
25:26Hooray!
25:27Just go, go!
25:28So.
25:29You can go, go, go!
25:30We're not.