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  • 9/18/2024

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00:00What are you thinking about?
00:18More than I can put into words.
00:20Just how fast things change, mostly.
00:24Oh, did you call Chas and check that she's bringing the boys straight here after school?
00:29Well, as long as you're up to it.
00:32It's one of the only things that's gonna make any of this feel normal.
00:37Right.
00:39Are you suggesting that I'm not up to seeing them?
00:42Because I'm not made of glass, Cain.
00:44I know.
00:46But you're also not fine, so you're just gonna have to put up with me working out what's best for you.
00:51What's best is me seeing my boys.
00:54Working out how I'm gonna tell them.
00:57We tell them together because we're in this together.
01:01Except you get to swear of the symptoms and the seizures, right?
01:08Sorry, not helpful.
01:16It's okay.
01:18You don't have to apologise, not to me.
01:25Right, you colour in the castle for Mummy.
01:27Good girl.
01:32Whoa, seriously?
01:34Don't judge, I've got a stinking hangover.
01:37Well, I'm hardly feeling sparkly myself.
01:40Jobs and kids do not mix.
01:43Have you thought any more about what we were talking about yesterday?
01:48Yeah.
01:49I've decided I need to move on with my life.
01:53And put my past behind me, somehow.
01:57Speaking of which...
01:59Ladies, Ruby.
02:01Oh, I take it you've come for your posh food order.
02:05Well, I haven't had a chance to pack it up yet.
02:07Oh, you can save yourself the effort.
02:09I don't need it anymore.
02:10What? Why don't you?
02:12Not that it's your concern, but Chas was coming over for dinner and now she can't make it.
02:16But you've ordered it, you can't just un-order it.
02:18I didn't realise you were such a stickler for rules, Tracy.
02:21You know, when it comes to marriage vows.
02:24I, er, I should get going.
02:30Hi.
02:31You OK?
02:32Oh, yeah, it's just ace juggling a bored three-year-old in this place.
02:37Mm, well, perhaps if you hadn't cheated on Nate.
02:41And maybe, if you hadn't forced Caleb to sabotage my nursery, I wouldn't be in this mess.
02:47Come on, ladies, quick, please, chill.
02:49She started it.
02:50I thought that near-death experience might have chilled you out a bit.
02:53Seems not.
02:54Is it not better if we do best next, eh?
02:55Is it?
02:57Ask me when I'm less tired.
02:59I can look after Frankie for you.
03:01Give you some time to yourself, yeah?
03:03We can bear with a few of these guys, couldn't we?
03:05Oh, thanks, Mandy, it's amazing.
03:08Gosh, this is awkward.
03:10Only, I was about to ask if you and Paddy fancied coming over for an early dinner?
03:15Well, yeah.
03:16Oh, why not?
03:18Saves me wasting all that fancy food that Tracy seems so concerned I pay for.
03:22And it'd be a nice chance to get to know my extended family.
03:25Oh, all right.
03:27Sounds ace.
03:29What?
03:29Oh, yeah, cheers, mans.
03:31Oh, right.
03:33I can have Frankie another time for you, you know?
03:35Because it'd be rude to throw back rubies in there in a phase, you know?
03:38After a few beverages, I mean, you could best me, so hey.
03:40Oh, lucky me.
03:41Oh.
03:42Right.
03:48Thanks for taking the kids this morning.
03:50Kyle does know that I'm picking him up, yeah?
03:52It's just that, well, I've counselled on Caleb and Ruby, so I can take them.
03:55Yeah.
03:57Hey.
03:58Vanessa, can I have a word?
04:01Yeah, it's quick.
04:02I only called in to drop Malum's charger off her owner.
04:04It's about Tom being suspended from the surgery.
04:06Oh, that kind of thing's really between us and him.
04:10Are you two still in touch, then?
04:12No.
04:13No, I just think that the way he's being treated is dead wrong.
04:17Right.
04:18Listen, why don't you come up to the Hyde with me later,
04:22grab a bit of lunch, and we could have a catch-up?
04:24Why?
04:26Because I think you've been going through a bit of a rough time lately,
04:29and could do with a friend.
04:30Yeah, all right.
04:32Well, anything that means that I'm here less is a bonus, right?
04:36Fab.
04:37Well, I'm on me break around four.
04:39Great.
04:40Quick.
04:45If you're hoping you can talk some sense into her.
04:48I'm just hoping to keep her talking full stop, Chas.
04:51Find out what's really going on.
04:59Whoa!
05:00What's with all the noise, woman?
05:02We're having a dinner party.
05:03Tonight.
05:04I thought Chas cancelled.
05:06She did.
05:07We've got Mandy instead.
05:09With a loud but well-meaning leopard print booby prize.
05:12And Paddy.
05:13Are you being serious?
05:15Well, I might have asked her to make a point to Tracey.
05:18Still, give me a chance to wear the new dress and shoes you bought me.
05:21Didn't I add?
05:23Yeah, well, I hadn't had a chance to tell you yet.
05:25You left your card on the side yesterday when you deserted me for Kay,
05:28and I needed a little pick-me-up.
05:30You know, after almost dying.
05:32Well, you can have six new dresses for me.
05:34I've told you.
05:35Whatever you need.
05:36Well, I'd rather you help me get things ready for them coming tonight.
05:39Oh, no, sorry.
05:40Sorry, I can't.
05:41Why not?
05:42Because I've managed to get that cash injection I was after.
05:44I need to sort out the finer details.
05:46Well, can't you do it later?
05:47Seriously, I'm bending over backwards here
05:49to embrace your eccentric, extended family.
05:51Yes, and I love you for it.
05:53As soon as I'm done, I'm all yours. I promise.
06:00What can I get you?
06:01Just a coffee, please.
06:03Have you told Nicola about Tom?
06:05I don't like to worry her when she's with Angel.
06:08And, you know, the gossips will soon move on.
06:10Well, I've just asked Vanessa before if he'd still be suspended if he came home.
06:13And?
06:15He's going crazy for not doing home.
06:17Too much time to think about stuff.
06:22You've spoken to him, then?
06:23No.
06:24No, I'm just saying,
06:26it must be hard for him, I imagine.
06:29Go and grab a table.
06:30Right-o.
06:36I thought you'd gone dark.
06:38You what?
06:39You know, off-grid, unreachable.
06:41It's a military thing.
06:42I've sent you loads of texts.
06:43I knew what you meant.
06:44Just couldn't see you pointing, replying with more bad news.
06:47Mmm.
06:48Not now.
06:52They've gone in hard on Kim.
06:53Nicked one of her horses.
06:55Just to hammer home the fact that they're serious about getting the money.
06:58How did she take it?
07:00Well, I don't know.
07:02They're serious about getting the money.
07:04How did she take it?
07:05Oh, she was thrilled, Jimmy.
07:08She said that they seemed like professionals.
07:10Well, that's not good.
07:11Thanks for that.
07:13Talking about no good,
07:14what's happening with your Tom?
07:15I've been hearing all sorts.
07:16Oh.
07:17It's all lies for my money.
07:19You said before that you weren't so sure about him.
07:21You know, what Belle was saying about him.
07:23That's before I saw how cut up he was about it all.
07:27He was in pieces.
07:29You can't fake that.
07:30What have you said, sir?
07:32I do.
07:34So, what happens now?
07:36No idea.
07:37I've got their tent cable.
07:39The number that I used yesterday just goes dead,
07:41so I've no way of contacting them.
07:43What happens if they come back in the meantime?
07:45They'd do even worse than just nick a horse.
07:49Can you not reconsider coming clean?
07:51At least that way, Kim would be on her guard.
07:53No.
07:54No, not now.
07:55Not when I'm this close to making it all go away.
07:57Making it all go away.
08:00I've never seen this one.
08:02I've seen mine.
08:03Right, now come on, lads.
08:04Come on.
08:05Smiley faces.
08:06Smiley faces.
08:07Cheers!
08:08Cheers!
08:09Hello!
08:10Hey!
08:11Hey!
08:12Look.
08:13Hey!
08:14Oh!
08:15That's so nice.
08:16I've missed you both so much.
08:19Come on.
08:20Come and sit with me.
08:22Oh, you're giving me big eyes.
08:25Why couldn't we come to the hospital?
08:27Oh, well, cos I knew I wasn't going to be in there for long, didn't I?
08:30Yeah.
08:31So you're OK, Mum?
08:33Yes and no.
08:35It's complicated.
08:37How is it?
08:38Right, I'm going to give you some space, leave you to it.
08:40Oh, no, it's fine, Chastie.
08:43Well, go on.
08:45Well, the doctor found something in my head.
08:48A tumour.
08:49You mean cancer?
08:51Well, hopefully not, Noel.
08:53Not that they can be totally sure.
08:55I mean, it's still not good, admittedly.
08:57But you're not going to die, like you're any faith?
09:00No, hopefully not.
09:02So you might?
09:04That's not what your mum meant, Moira.
09:07Well, there's no guarantees with much in life, boys.
09:10Take it from me.
09:12But I don't want you to die.
09:14Come here, don't cry, Isaac.
09:16Come on, it'll be all right.
09:19It's going to be fine.
09:23Oh, excuse me, then.
09:24Do you know what room Helen Fox is in?
09:26Yeah, it's fine.
09:28Ta.
09:45Why are you on your own?
09:48You said you'd bring Ruby.
09:50I never said that.
09:51Well, I only want to see her.
09:53Well, lucky for you that she's at home, then.
09:56I've got no idea that her poisonous mum's trying to get her claws into her.
10:13Because of where the tumour is,
10:15Mum might act a bit differently sometimes,
10:18say things that seem a bit funny.
10:20Like jokes?
10:22Well, it might make you laugh when I get things wrong.
10:25I also might have something that you call a seizure.
10:28Yeah, but we don't need to talk about that now, do we?
10:30Which means that you can't be left alone with me.
10:33You'll always have to have a grown-up there
10:35to make sure that you two are looked after.
10:38Is Dad right?
10:39After the operation, you'll get better?
10:42Well, I said so, didn't I?
10:43I said so, didn't I?
10:44Listen, why don't you two go outside and have a kick about?
10:46Go on.
10:47OK.
10:49See you in a bit.
10:53That went well.
10:55What?
10:59I am sure it's of little consequence to you
11:04to know I'm dying.
11:06Yeah, you said on the phone.
11:10I mean,
11:11I doubt you'd have dared get in touch anyway, otherwise.
11:14You know the reception you get.
11:17But let me tell you,
11:19this doesn't change anything.
11:21I'm still not telling Ruby.
11:24I love her too much.
11:26Do you think it's your place to decide?
11:28Well, seeing as it was me that blocked your number on her phone,
11:31I'd say, yeah, I do.
11:32Anyway, this isn't about Ruby, is it?
11:35This is just some lame attempt to clear your conscience
11:38for disowning her before you pop off.
11:41Well, my daughter...
11:43My daughter has a right to know that I am dying.
11:47There are things that need to be said.
11:49I already told you.
11:51It's not happening.
11:52Oh.
11:55You always wear full of it.
12:01At least I'm worthy of her.
12:03Oh.
12:04Whereas you...
12:06You see, all that money you've got,
12:08it might have bought you a big house and friends at a golf club,
12:11but it never did buy you class, did it?
12:13Oh, no.
12:14Please don't claim you know me because you really don't.
12:18I know that you tried to pay me to ditch her.
12:21And I know that when she got pregnant,
12:23you tried to force her to abort that child.
12:26And I know that you turfed her out with nothing when she wouldn't.
12:30And I've had to live with that all my life.
12:32And now you'll have to die with it.
12:34Tell me...
12:35Tell me...
12:37Have you seen anything of Stephanie?
12:39Don't you dare even say my kids' names.
12:43Do you hear me?
12:46Come on, spit it out.
12:48You could have been a bit less blunt, maybe.
12:51I mean, the poor boys look shell-shocked.
12:53Well, I didn't realise that I was coming across like that.
12:56I mean, I wasn't trying to hurt them, child.
12:58No, I know, I know.
13:02Bye-bye self-awareness and...
13:04Oh, along with reading the room.
13:06Well, I think Cain managed to pull it back well enough.
13:09You know, he reassured them both.
13:10Yeah.
13:12How did you deal with it, Chas?
13:14Of realising that...
13:17..everything that you take for granted could disappear.
13:23A minute at a time at first.
13:27I think it's about finding your own way through it
13:30as sanely as you can.
13:32But this brain surgery,
13:34someone tinkering around in my head...
13:39And it can't go smoothly every time, can it? I mean...
13:44What if I'm one of the unlucky ones?
13:51Is that better? Yeah.
13:59Why did you come here?
14:02Cos you've clearly got no intention of helping me.
14:08I suppose I wanted to hear you admit what you did to her.
14:12Admit your callousness.
14:14Forcing her to make an impossible choice.
14:17I mean...
14:19I wouldn't have believed you, but it would have been something at least.
14:24But anything I have to say...
14:27..is to my daughter.
14:30Not you.
14:33Right, tell me...
14:37..what was it about the idea of me and Ruby
14:40that you found so repellent?
14:43That made you drive her and her unborn child away?
14:46Eh?
14:47Well, come on, it's truth time, innit? If not now, when?
14:51How is she?
14:54Oh, tell me that at least, please.
14:59She's good.
15:00She's happy.
15:02Like her for being cut free of toxic baggage.
15:04Well, I am... I'm pleased she's happy.
15:09It's more than I managed with her father.
15:16We divorced.
15:18Well, I would say I'm sorry, but, you know...
15:23..almost restores me faith in karma, that.
15:25You know, you shouldn't presume to know everything.
15:28There is two sides to every story.
15:36Right, that's me headed on me break.
15:37These two are sorted, but they're probably going to want a coffee soon.
15:42Oh, sorry for keeping you waiting.
15:44No, it's fine.
15:46So...
15:48..how are you?
15:49Yeah, I'm all right, ta.
15:52Oh, sorry.
15:54It's fine, chuck it.
15:56It's fine, chuck it.
15:57No, no, it's probably just one of my mates from the church group.
16:00I'll message him back in a bit.
16:02So not Tom, then?
16:03Listen, can we order some food? I'm starving.
16:07You do trust me as a mate, don't you?
16:11Cos as a mate, I'm worried about you.
16:16I realise what Belle said about Tom must have been hard to hear.
16:20Well, he's been really nice for me.
16:23And thoughtful and funny too.
16:27Doesn't mean Belle's experience was the same.
16:30You can never really know what's going on in other people's relationships.
16:33Amy...
16:35..she's making stuff up to just hurt him.
16:38She's jealous cos he's moved on from her.
16:40She's chucking her toys at the pram, basically.
16:43Those your words or Tom's?
16:47You sound just like Chas.
16:48Maybe that's because we both care about you.
16:53Look, you barely know Tom.
16:55Just don't isolate yourself from people
16:58for someone who might not even be right for you.
17:02Please.
17:18Coming!
17:19Coming!
17:20Coming!
17:25Daddy!
17:26Hiya!
17:28Oh, thanks for all this.
17:31How do, love?
17:32You're not Paddy?
17:34Not much gets past you.
17:36So, there's a funny story.
17:37And yet I'm not laughing.
17:39Right, anyway, Paddy, he's overwhelmed with paperwork
17:42at the surgery cos they're a vet down.
17:45So, Bear, you know, thought he would come in his place.
17:48Well, I heard you had a lot of posh grub needed eating,
17:51so I thought I'd step up to plate.
17:53So I've got me stretchy waistband trousers on,
17:55so don't worry about leftovers.
17:57I have no words.
17:58Can I have a glass of what you're having?
18:00Yes, right.
18:03I can't let him not hear.
18:04He'll be here soon, I'm sure.
18:06If he knows what's good for him.
18:07I might just give him a call.
18:09See what's keeping him.
18:11Do you mind if I hang up the chains?
18:13Knock yourself out.
18:16SHE SCREAMS
18:24Where are you?
18:25Sorry, Rubes, I messed up, I lost track of time.
18:27I won't be long, though, I swear.
18:29You better not be.
18:30Can you bring a bottle of tequila on your way home?
18:33You do know you had concussion a few days ago?
18:35Yeah, and I would gladly have it again,
18:38to swerve an evening with Mandy and her father-in-law.
18:41Please, bring the tequila.
18:46MUSIC STOPS
18:52Look, as fun as this is, I've got somewhere better to be.
18:56But I've got a deal for you.
18:58Oh, I don't do deals.
18:59Cash.
19:00To see Ruby.
19:01If I can persuade her to come.
19:03Oh, finally!
19:06He shows his colours.
19:08Let's say 100K, then.
19:09Yeah, I know.
19:11Price has gone up a bit since Anthony tried to pay me off,
19:14but that's inflation for you, innit?
19:22When the money lands in my account, I'll speak to Ruby.
19:27All I want is a yes or a no.
19:29Oh, I'll give you the money.
19:33I just want to see my daughter.
19:36Look, if there's anything that's worrying you,
19:38or things seem a bit weird,
19:40you just come and find me, and we can fix things.
19:42All right?
19:43Come on, you two, give me a hug.
19:46Oh!
19:47Aw!
19:48Can I have one of those?
19:50Go on, then.
19:51Go on, then.
19:53Right, you two, go on.
19:54Go and do your own work.
19:59I was going to come and find you.
20:02Hm.
20:04I was going to come and find you, see if you needed anything.
20:08How about a promise
20:10that neither of us mention the word tumour for a day or two?
20:14I just...
20:15I feel like burying my head in the sand, to be honest.
20:20OK, deal.
20:21Yeah.
20:22Love you.
20:25SHE LAUGHS
20:28Hey, what's funny?
20:29Absolutely nothing, right, Ruby?
20:31True, sir.
20:34Sorry, folks.
20:35Finally!
20:36Right, one bottle of tequila.
20:38Of course, about your days.
20:39Ah!
20:41What do we think, Mandy?
20:42Should I be worried about what or who has kept him late?
20:45Charming, that, innit?
20:46You try to do something nice, you get interrogated for your trouble.
20:48Shut up, I'm just teasing.
20:52How's it been?
20:54Awful, at first,
20:55till I discovered Andy is priceless.
20:57I'm having a brilliant time.
20:59Really?
21:00Yeah.
21:01No beats rattling around here on my own.
21:03Not being great without company since the fire.
21:06It's a good job you've always got me in your corner, then.
21:09Thanks.
21:10I'll catch you, by the way.
21:11Oh, it's just an investor pushing their luck.
21:13Needed a bit of careful handling.
21:15Think I made the right call, though?
21:17I wouldn't expect anything less from Milligan.