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00:00Music
00:12Come on, come on, you know, you know what you're meant to be doing, don't you?
00:26Come on, please, let's try.
00:56Music
01:21Mum? Mum, are you awake? Mum, please.
01:31I hope I'll keep crying. She said she wants you. Mum, please.
01:38Why didn't you tell me you was asleep in there?
01:52Well, he's not crying, so I thought he'd just assume.
02:08Why would they? He literally never sleeps. I swear, he's been crying so much recently, I thought I'd just blocked it out.
02:12You know, like people when they live next to airports. Well, don't forget him settled. Best mum ever.
02:20Oh, I thought the formula was just for emergencies.
02:25Yeah, well, it is, but I ran out of express milk and I was up half the night trying to get him to latch on, so.
02:35Oh, so maybe it's time to try something new. We can get one of them, er, er, prep machines. That would help with the night feeds, maybe.
02:42Think about it, me, my boy, a back catalogue of movies I've never gotten around to watching.
02:45Hang on, I'm not saying that I'm ready to give up breastfeeding. I just thought about using the formula, but then I managed to pump some milk and then I got him off in the end.
02:56I mean, you've seen him in there. Peter, I really need to give this my best shot. I mean, he's not exactly had the best start in life, has he? Because of me.
03:06What if the way he is is... what if there's something wrong with him?
03:11Like what? Being too perfect?
03:18Oh, I think you're amazing.
03:22It's just... with Louis it was a bit more natural. I mean, not easy, but...
03:28Yeah, just like this.
03:31The whole babies are different. That's what they say, isn't it?
03:34Just get yourself up to bed. I'll get Louis off to school and then I'll take care of his nibs when he eventually wakes up.
03:44Oh, I'll go on the shopping list. Nappies, ready meals, methadone from the chemist.
03:51No, go on, look. You do the school run, I'll quickly get dressed and then I'll just bring him with me to get all this, yeah?
03:57Why?
03:59Our boys are very lucky to have you.
04:01She wouldn't even give her a hug.
04:06You know what, I don't get it. Last week she was out of bed.
04:08I think it's the ha-ha thing. What it's done to Nan. She just really knocked her. I could kill that Cathy.
04:14I don't think I'm ever going back to that Cathy. Unless I'm starving, but...
04:18Lily!
04:19Yeah, just come in!
04:21Look, I've got to get the kids to school, put it.
04:23And I've got to do a load of washing. And if I don't get some food in this house, we're all going to starve.
04:26Tell me what I can do.
04:28School run?
04:29Yeah.
04:31Then what about the nam factor?
04:33I just think if we told Aunty Cat...
04:35No.
04:36No, we don't tell anyone. Not even Aunty Cat. Do you understand me? No one.
04:40Kids, come on! I'm off for breakfast!
04:43No, yeah.
04:45Peter still hasn't messaged me back just cos these mums are walking, talking, sex lies and videotape.
04:51I mean, he hasn't got to punish the rest of us.
04:53He's hurt, Ian. We let him down.
04:55Speak for yourself. I'm not a member of the jolly adulterers club.
04:59No offence.
05:01I was thinking about checking in across the road, but...
05:04It might be best to give my pet a space.
05:07Could go the same for Peter.
05:08Well, he's got a newborn. I mean, he needs us. He just hasn't realised it yet.
05:14That's great, Whit.
05:17You'll feel better when you're up there.
05:19Of course I won't tell anyone where you are. Come on.
05:24Alright, just give me a call when you're settled.
05:28Speak to you later.
05:30Is everything alright?
05:32Listen, I know you mean wrong. Just please stay out of this.
05:36I ain't gonna tell you what to do.
05:40But...
05:42It's like what Sharon said.
05:44Whatever we owe to each other, we're both her family.
05:47You look stressed.
05:51How else have you got to talk to her around here?
05:55It's Whit.
05:59She's found a permanent place for her and the girls up in Inverness.
06:04But she's worried Nicola's gonna find out where she is and she'll have to move on again.
06:07Maybe you should go up there. Give Whitney some peace of mind.
06:15Spend some proper quality time with Dolly.
06:17Do you think Ravi left something to say about me swerving all my shifts?
06:20I ain't talking about just going for a day or two.
06:25Seems to me all there is for you around here is trouble.
06:29That's not all there is.
06:31It don't have to be forever.
06:36Think about it.
06:38I was just dropping off some bits of a little Jimmy.
06:54Never could resist buying baby clothes.
06:56What's that then? Frabbery?
06:57I thought me and you were starting to understand each other.
07:01But now push comes to shove and you seem to have sided with everybody else.
07:05What do you expect?
07:06Poor Cathy.
07:07Well, poor Jean actually.
07:09My issues with Ian and Saint Cathy shouldn't affect my relationship with Peter and the boys.
07:14It's not just down to me.
07:16Can you not talk to Peter?
07:18I'm letting him see I'm a mum above everything else.
07:20You know how much those boys mean to me.
07:24Look, I've got a newborn.
07:25I'm sleep deprived.
07:27My boobs are leaking.
07:29To be honest, even on a good day I would rather stick my head in an oven than get involved in your family drama.
07:35Let me help you, Lauren.
07:38I can spend time with little Jimmy.
07:40I did help bring him into the world, didn't I?
07:43Nice try.
07:44I think I remember I did a lot of the hard work.
07:46Just go. I've got things I've got to do.
07:47I've got things I've got to do.
07:48Look, out of all my kids, Peter is the only one who didn't turn his back on me.
07:53Even when he thought I was dead, you know, I was still part of his life.
07:57I know he deserves so much better, but I'm his mum.
08:01No matter what I do, how much I let him down, nothing can change that.
08:06I know everything I do affects my kids.
08:09I mean, imagine in 20 years time if little Jimmy wasn't speaking to you, how heartbroken you'd be.
08:14Please, Lauren, as a mum, don't cut me out of their lives.
08:20I thought you might like one of these. I would have too, by mistake.
08:38Must have forgotten I was on my own.
08:40Not a lot of dementia humour. In fact, you've got to take it where you find it.
08:45You spend so much time looking out for other people.
08:49I thought I'd return the favour.
08:51That's very kind of you.
08:53I set all these reminders. The thing keeps buzzing the whole time.
08:57It's Claire's birthday. She's 40.
09:04It's mine on Saturday, 67. How did that happen?
09:09Time was we'd celebrate our birthdays together.
09:13So why you don't give her a call? She might be wondering why you didn't send her a call.
09:16No. We had a falling out of what I've got. I don't think she'd want to hear from me.
09:22Yeah, sometimes it's all the more reason to reach out.
09:25What?
09:28How's your name?
09:31I don't know. Why'd you ask?
09:33Well, I was just wondering how she was doing.
09:36Yeah, she's fine. My nan's fine. We're all fine.
09:40Hey, Lily.
09:42Lovely to see you.
09:44I know things must be tough at the moment with me moving out, but it hasn't changed how much I care.
09:50Oh, leave off half. The only thing you care about is you and that old tart.
09:54Don't talk about Kathy that way, please.
09:57I'm glad you're here, actually. Saved me a trick.
10:00Your final payslip.
10:02I'm not giving wages to someone that treats my family like dirt.
10:05You can't do that.
10:06It's called Cat's Cabs, so I can do what I like.
10:09So you turn around and crawl back under your rock.
10:17Scumbag!
10:20Hold on a minute.
10:21Are you at school?
10:24I am.
10:26Free period. I've got to get back.
10:27Can I get a decaf latte, please? Take away.
10:35All right.
10:37All right.
10:38You all right?
10:40Oh.
10:41You said I was going to pop round and say congrats on that, but it's just one of them unwritten rules, don't go and knock it on the door of a sleeping baby inside.
10:52Well, we ain't got to worry about that, because this one doesn't like to sleep.
10:55Well, I'll tell you what, it seems like a million years ago that Dolly was a noble.
11:02How often do you get to go see her?
11:05Not as often as I'd like, you know.
11:08I might be spending a bit more time with them, actually, thinking about getting a place up me a bit for a while.
11:13She'll probably love that, having your support.
11:18How is she?
11:20I know I definitely have a right bud.
11:23I do miss her.
11:24Yeah, she's good.
11:26Loves being a mum.
11:27I mean, you must be an expert now as number two.
11:29What's that?
11:32Louis was a dream.
11:35This one, this...
11:37Just every time I pick him up, he doesn't really like that.
11:40But then when I put him down, you don't really like that.
11:42It's just like...
11:44He doesn't really...
11:45He doesn't want to be anywhere near me.
11:47And I thought the same as you.
11:48I thought this time would be easier, but it's not.
11:51It's like a thousand times harder.
11:53Okay, okay, okay.
11:54Listen, no offence, but you don't like that, mate.
11:58That's what Peter keeps saying.
12:01Louis was not like this.
12:04Oscar wasn't like this either.
12:05All right.
12:06All right.
12:08Go and get us some gear, buddy.
12:13Good luck with everything, yeah?
12:16I'm really pleased with you.
12:20Yeah, I just...
12:22Whatever I wanted to be was a dad that my kid deserves.
12:24Yeah, they started shouting about beans on toast the moment we walked through the door.
12:43Can't drop this off.
12:44Oh, I meant to pick it up from the launderette, but I had to get the food and get Charlie and everything and just...
12:50Hold on.
12:51So you've been to the launderette, you've done the food shop, you've dropped off and picked up Charlie.
12:57You bunked off school, didn't you?
13:01Yeah.
13:02They all.
13:03So what?
13:04I doubt Mum even answered the phone when they called her.
13:06She don't care, why do you?
13:07Because it's school, Lily.
13:08Half term's next week.
13:09If I have to stay off till then, I will.
13:10You can't.
13:12Look, I know that you don't want anyone to know about Nan, but this is too much.
13:16Your dad would be heartbroken if he could see this.
13:21Right, someone should be looking out for you.
13:23Freddie, wait.
13:24No, Freddie, please just wait a minute.
13:25Sorry, please just wait a minute.
13:55Come on, if I sit down.
13:56What's the matter, love?
13:57Nothing.
13:58Come on, I can tell something's up.
13:59Oi, you can tell me, I'm no one.
14:01I don't know what you say to me.
14:02It's no big thing, it's just the usual.
14:06Whenever there's drama in my house, everyone knows everything except for me.
14:11I'll never get to know what you say to me.
14:14It's a bit like this book.
14:15Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson.
14:17Have you read it?
14:18No, I haven't read that one, actually, mate.
14:19I'm doing it for GCSE.
14:20It's about this girl who never feels like she fits in, even with her own.
14:21I don't know what you say to me.
14:22I don't know what you say to me.
14:23I don't know what you say to me.
14:24It's no big thing, it's just the usual.
14:25Whenever there's drama in my house, everyone knows everything except for me.
14:26I'll never get told anything.
14:27I'll never get told anything.
14:28It's a bit like this book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson.
14:31You read it?
14:32No, I haven't read that one, actually, mate.
14:33I'm doing it for GCSE.
14:34It's about this girl who never feels like she fits in, even with her own family.
14:45Especially with her own family.
14:48Can't be easy.
14:51And then she meets someone, and it's like she gets that there's a whole other world out
14:58there.
14:59It's a romantic thing, the two of them, but that's not the most important bit.
15:03What matters is, she only needed one person.
15:08Just one person, never asked her to change, and to feel like she belongs.
15:15Must be nice, that.
15:20It's easy.
15:21Hello.
15:22Hello.
15:23Right, I've just spent the last few hours cleaning this place from top to bottom, so please,
15:41no pooing armies from you, mister, and no crisp packets from you, please.
15:45That's all.
15:48Yeah, that's from my mum.
15:49She left it at the front door.
15:50I know.
15:51I saw her earlier.
15:52Can you, um, just tell her to leave me alone, please?
15:55Well, what'd she say?
15:56Just take him.
15:57I need to take this.
15:59Hello, Mum.
16:01Hello, Mum.
16:02Hello, Mum.
16:03I got you.
16:04I still want to know what my mum has said to you.
16:22She just, she wants to see the boys.
16:27She kept going on about how you've never really cut the apron ties and even when you
16:33thought she was dead.
16:34What?
16:35And then she said that everything that she's done has an effect on you.
16:39And that you deserve so much better.
16:44Look at me, Peter.
16:47Look at who I am.
16:50Is it any wonder that Jimmy doesn't want to be anywhere near me?
16:53Is it any wonder that something is not right with him?
16:56What right?
16:57What are you talking about?
17:00That better not be her.
17:05Oh, I'm so sorry to barge in. I just wanted to drop off a little present for Jimmy from
17:28me and Annie.
17:30I can come back, you know, if it's a bad time.
17:38No, no, that's fine.
17:39It's fine.
17:40He's just, he's unsettled a lot.
17:42But I think we're hitting our stride, aren't we?
17:44No, we ain't hitting our stride.
17:45If anything, it's getting worse.
17:46It just feels like that because you're so tired, though, don't it?
17:48No, it feels like that because it's true.
17:51Ever since he's been born, there's something off with him.
17:55He's unhappy all the time.
17:58He's 14 days old.
18:00So if there is something that is making him unhappy, then it's pretty obvious what it
18:03is, isn't it?
18:04It's me.
18:06Why don't you take Jimmy for a bit and I'll stay here with Lauren.
18:10Cheers, Trace.
18:11Ty.
18:12Keys to my cab and the office.
18:13Thought you might want them back.
18:15You know, I would like to stay in touch with the family.
18:17It's not going to happen, is it?
18:19No, you made your bed with caffeine in it.
18:21Don't worry, I'm sure they'll all be fine without you.
18:24You never did bring much to the party, did you?
18:27I'm sorry.
18:28I'm sorry.
18:29I'm sorry.
18:30I'm sorry.
18:31I'm sorry.
18:32I'm sorry.
18:33I'm sorry.
18:34I'm sorry.
18:35I'm sorry.
18:36I'm sorry.
18:37I'm sorry.
18:38You never did bring much to the party, did you?
18:41Finally, I've been looking for you everywhere.
18:43Annie Jean and Mo went to stay with Fat Elvis.
18:46We haven't seen either of them for three days.
18:48Stacey won't come out of the room.
18:50She won't even get out of bed and me and Lily are looking after the kids on our own
18:53and we can't.
18:54Cat, we need help.
18:59It's me.
19:02It has to be me.
19:05I'm his mum.
19:07If he's unhappy, then how can it not be to do with me?
19:14How long have you been feeling this way?
19:19Since he's been born.
19:22Maybe even since I found out I was pregnant, actually.
19:27Babies are meant to have parents that are going to protect them,
19:30not put them in danger before they're even born.
19:33You haven't put him in danger.
19:38What would you call taking morphine when you're pregnant then?
19:43What was I thinking?
19:44Taking methadone?
19:46Methadone doesn't harm him and it helps you stay sober for your boys.
19:49You know that.
19:50I'm an addict.
19:55My kids have got an addict as a mother.
19:58Yeah.
20:00So have mine.
20:02Look.
20:04You've made mistakes, right?
20:06But you've overcome so much as well.
20:11Listen.
20:14I know it's easier said than done.
20:16And I'm not sure I'm even all the way there yet.
20:19But at some point, you're going to have to stop hating yourself.
20:26I'm just on my way to see you.
20:27Look, I know you told me not to, but I'm the parents have a listener.
20:36You know what?
20:37I remember being up all night with you and your sister.
20:38I had one of you in each arm.
20:39And I tell you what, I would have happily, happily sold either one of you for a decent
20:43nice kit.
20:44Look, I know this family's a mess.
20:45Right?
20:46And I know we're a disappointment to you, but listen.
20:47I know this family's a mess.
20:48Right?
20:49And I know we're a disappointment to you.
20:50But listen.
20:51I don't want anything, OK?
20:52I just want you to know that I'm here.
20:54Like with you and your sister, I'd have one of you in each arm.
20:57And I'll tell you what, I would have happily, happily sold either one of you for a decent nice kit.
21:03Look, I know this, um, this family's a mess.
21:07Right, and I know we're a disappointment to you, but, uh, listen.
21:14I don't want anything, okay?
21:17I just want you to know that I'm here.
21:24Lily?
21:37Is this true that your nan's done a flit and your mum's just locked herself away for three days?
21:42Don't look at you, it reminds me.
21:45We thought she was getting bail.
21:48You know, she'd come out for a bit last week, but she, she just...
21:52She took a few steps back.
21:54Come here, sit down.
21:58Come.
22:00Listen.
22:02You talk to me, all right?
22:03I'm always on your side, always.
22:10I remember, um, when, you know, when nan knocked herself in the bathroom?
22:17Mum was so scared, and the people came there to take off to hospital, and...
22:21Yes, no, that's right, they did.
22:23Oh, yes, I do.
22:26Mum?
22:28So, Lily's just told me that, um, your mum's packed up and left.
22:34Another thing we can give Harvey credit for, eh?
22:36Mum, why don't...
22:37Right.
22:41I, I, I don't get this.
22:42So she just gives your nan the nod, and then just locks herself away?
22:46Well, nan wouldn't have left if Stacey didn't say that she could handle everything.
22:50She'd been taking her meds.
22:52What?
22:52Why?
22:53Why does that matter?
22:53I just need to know, Lily.
22:54Has she been taking her meds?
22:56You're gonna ring someone, aren't you?
22:57Oh, yeah.
22:58You are, you're gonna ring someone and get her take away again?
23:00No.
23:01No, no, no, I'm just trying to help you.
23:02I don't believe you.
23:03You should go.
23:04Get out.
23:05Lily!
23:06Get out!
23:06Get out now!
23:07Get out!
23:08Get out now!
23:12Lily!
23:13Lily, you won't give me the remove!
23:16Peter seemed over the moon when I told him that I might stop breastfeeding.
23:21Like he was relieved.
23:24Like I've been poisoning the baby or something.
23:26I used to feel like Mick was watching my every move in the Vic.
23:34Every time I reached for the vodka, is she serving a punter or having a sneaky swig?
23:41And was he?
23:43Of course not.
23:45It wasn't him, it was me.
23:47I was just so scared I wouldn't be able to resist.
23:52How can I trust myself with my kids when I can't even trust...
23:56that I'll stay off the drugs?
24:01Are you off drugs?
24:03Yeah, of course.
24:05And are you spending every waking minute doing everything you can to give your boys the best possible life?
24:10Every minute is a waking minute for me at the moment.
24:17And why are you still doubting yourself?
24:19You are fighting every day and winning.
24:23You have some confidence in yourself, Lauren.
24:30Hmm?
24:31I've still got this niggling feeling that something's not right with Jimmy.
24:37And every time I mention it to Peter, he just shuts me down.
24:39So speak to someone else.
24:44Look, I...
24:45I always knew there was something different about Ollie.
24:50Everyone said I was wrong.
24:52But I knew there was something.
24:55And I was right.
24:59Nothing beats a mother's instincts.
25:03Nothing.
25:04Nothing.
25:04Yeah, you all right?
25:11I can't stay here.
25:14Whitney and...
25:16Dolly, Brittany.
25:17I deserve to be happy.
25:20Further away from Nicola Mitchell, I am the better.
25:23While were you, I'd be on the first train to Inverness.
25:26Maybe not the first train.
25:29Something I've got to sort out first.
25:31Like what?
25:32Chuck a spare pair of boxes in a bag?
25:34Job done.
25:35I never wanted Barney living with them psychos.
25:38And I thought, you know what?
25:38There is family as long as he's happy.
25:40But he ain't happy.
25:42He wants to be as far away from them as possible.
25:45When I leave...
25:46I'm taking Barney with me.
25:56Right, where'd you get all this from?
25:58Oh, we nipped out.
26:00I didn't fancy cooking.
26:02Penny will be back with Louie from footballing him as well.
26:04Don't worry, I'm not staying.
26:06Smells good, though.
26:08Should I...
26:09Should I make him a little bottle?
26:12Actually, I...
26:13I wanted to keep trying to breastfeed.
26:17I know we've been struggling, but I miss Mum and...
26:21I need to start trusting myself.
26:22Jane, it's Kat.
26:34Can you call me as soon as you get this message, please?
26:37Cheers.
26:39I can't believe she's done this.
26:40I don't care that she's been dumped.
26:42Why don't you tell me earlier, eh?
26:47I'm sorry, all right?
26:48Just, um...
26:50We'll deal with it in the morning.
26:51Even though Stacey's the way she is, I'm sure Lily can cope for one more night.
26:54What was that?
26:58Help!
26:59Help!
27:00Help!
27:00What?
27:01What's happened?
27:02I don't know.
27:03I was just putting clothes away in Arthur's room and I come back and she must have fallen
27:06off the bed and caught her leg or something.
27:08I don't know what's happened.
27:09Tell you what, listen, it's just a little cut, right?
27:11There's no broken bones.
27:12Let's just get her to hospital, yeah?
27:13Just get her checked out, yeah?
27:15It's all right.
27:15Don't worry.
27:16Sorry.
27:16She, uh, she seems, she seems a lot better.
27:23Whatever you said, that must have really helped.
27:24Oh, I mainly just listened.
27:27I think part of her is worried that her addiction has affected the baby somehow.
27:33Right.
27:34I hope I helped her see that, you know, we can struggle with things and still be good mums.
27:40Oh, and she needs sleep.
27:41Yeah.
27:41Two weeks in with Nancy and I was hallucinating insects and accusing Mick of all sorts.
27:46No, I'm on it.
27:47Don't worry.
27:49She's not, she's not totally wrong, though, is she?
27:54I mean, this sort of thing runs in families.
27:56If she, if she stays clean or if she relapses, they'll never escape it.
28:03I mean, like you know, Lauren being an addict is going to affect the boys their whole lives.
28:12No.