EastEnders 27th May 2025
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00:00The night, then. Go on.
00:12It's... it's ridiculous.
00:15So Zach ain't Barney's dad?
00:16Of course he's not. He's not, Ted. It's a bunch of lies to just stir up trouble.
00:21And why would he do that?
00:23Because I sacked him and your dad beat him up. He's sick in the head, I don't know.
00:27What? Barney. Zach.
00:30He's a Mitchell, Ted. He's the spit of your dad at his age. You know that?
00:36Yeah. Yeah, but what I like about that...
00:40I don't know, yeah? Utter madness.
00:43You didn't even know him back then, did you?
00:47Nick.
00:50He was my personal trainer for a few months. I mean, we maybe had a bit of a flirt.
00:54Is this why he's been sniffing around Barney?
00:57Look, nothing happened. I promise you.
00:59Then I'll go round here and talk to him yourself.
01:00No!
01:01What are you talking about?
01:03If he is making lies up, trashing your reputation, blaming to be the father of my son,
01:07then someone needs to teach him a lesson!
01:09You can't!
01:10Why not, eh? Because if you've got nothing to hide and he is making it up, then why can't I go round there?
01:16Tell me! Tell me the truth!
01:19I have.
01:21Then why are you looking so guilty?
01:25Come on.
01:26Because whatever happens, I'm gonna get a DNA test. You can pitch your life on that.
01:31Ted!
01:32Zack reckons Dad's blood types don't match Barney.
01:36That's proof, innit?
01:37No!
01:38And it's not like you ain't capable of doing something like this.
01:41So this is your one and only chance to come clean.
01:46Is Barney my son?
01:48My biological son.
02:06Well, her friends is the new family. That's what they say now, Billy.
02:10Hmm.
02:11But family should be the new family. Old family. The only family.
02:16Honey, I didn't want a birthday card from Phil, all right?
02:19Cake.
02:21Billy.
02:22Phil was gonna make Nigel a cake.
02:24Okay, all right.
02:25So if Phil made you a cake, would you eat it?
02:30Probably not.
02:31No. I'll rest my cake.
02:33Look, all I want is a box of cherry baked rolls
02:38and a night on the couch with my beautiful missus.
02:43All right, sold.
02:44Good.
02:45She is.
02:48How long you gonna give it?
02:50I don't know.
02:51The chances of Barney showing up here with a packed bag.
02:54What, love of Nicola turning up with a lovely gun?
02:56Well, since you got her arrested, yeah.
02:58I think she's right, mate.
03:00You should leave while you still can.
03:02It was a meaningless fling with some guy in the gym, all right?
03:08It was a stupid mistake.
03:11But back then, Teddy, you and me, we were in a horrible place.
03:15We were barely talking, and you weren't coming near me.
03:21So you got it elsewhere.
03:23I'm sorry.
03:25I am sorry.
03:26But our marriage wasn't perfect, and you know it as well as I do.
03:31But when I found out I was pregnant, everything changed.
03:36Everything changed.
03:37You know, you changed.
03:39You were different towards me, you know, kinda, somehow.
03:46And it was like you'd fallen back in love with me.
03:52And in that moment, we became a family again.
03:58But it wasn't mine!
04:01Fifteen years of love and understanding every day.
04:09You know, unwavering, unconditional love.
04:14That... that is what makes you his dad.
04:17How long has Zach known?
04:21He's only just found out.
04:23Forget about Zach, all right?
04:25He's nothing to any of us, honestly.
04:27Teddy, I have always had everything I needed in you.
04:34Yeah.
04:36Me.
04:37Total mug.
04:39You know, I've lived my life dealing with all your dramas,
04:43putting up with the chaos.
04:45And I'm still doing it now,
04:46cos I wanted what was best for Barney.
04:49Well, this is what's best for Barney!
04:51OK?
04:52It's best for all of us!
04:53What, living with a murderer?
04:54I've got to how many more times?!
04:56It wasn't me, OK?
04:58It wasn't me!
05:00I can't listen to any more, or any of this.
05:10I need to see Barney.
05:12No, Teddy, please.
05:15He doesn't need to know.
05:17So everyone knows about you and Joel.
05:26Look, these people.
05:27This stupid Dina.
05:29She's just a bully.
05:31No one has the right to troll you like this.
05:34It's a crime.
05:35You could go to the police.
05:37The police?
05:39And what do you think they're gonna do?
05:41They'll help you.
05:42No, Barney.
05:43The police, they don't care.
05:45They don't give a damn about people like me.
05:47Do you understand?
05:48They don't.
05:49They treat us like trash.
05:51And the worst part is they think it as well.
05:53Yes, they do.
05:54And now everyone I know thinks that about me.
05:56No, that's not true.
05:57I'm just gonna have to drop out of school.
05:59I can't go back there not after this.
06:01I can't.
06:03I can't do this anymore.
06:05Just get out of my way.
06:06Shout and scream as much as you want.
06:08But please don't destroy Barney's life.
06:10You think he deserves to know his real daddy?
06:12It's you, Ted.
06:13You.
06:14The man who brought him up.
06:15Come on, Mum.
06:16Zach ain't lying about Barney.
06:18And I don't think he's lying about Shireen either.
06:20I told you what happened.
06:21You are a liar.
06:23Okay.
06:28Look, Zach isn't lying.
06:34I told him I killed Shireen and I said I would do it again to protect my family.
06:42Because that is what I thought he needed to hear to stay quiet.
06:47Okay?
06:48He knew about Barney.
06:49And I was so terrified of that secret coming out that I convinced him I was some sort of
06:55hit woman.
06:56But I'm not that sweetheart.
06:59I am a tiger mum.
07:02He will fight for my boys.
07:04But I am not capable of murder.
07:06Look, ask your dad.
07:07He'll tell you.
07:08And he wouldn't lie to you, would he?
07:11She didn't kill her.
07:12Teddy, you know that everything I do is for the love of my boys.
07:26Barney is a good kid.
07:28And he loves you so much.
07:31Just be the bigger man.
07:35And put him first.
07:38The bigger man?
07:41You are lucky.
07:43I don't trick you into the street and throw you in the gutter.
07:48Because that is where you belong.
07:58Harry, please.
08:01You know, Zach wants to take Barney away from here.
08:04He reckons he could bring him up better than you could.
08:07What?
08:08Thinks you're a danger to him.
08:11I think he's right.
08:18Excuse me, Nicola.
08:19So you're off to cinema then, yeah?
08:34Yeah.
08:35Posh one.
08:36She's got sofas.
08:37Oh, lovely.
08:38Splashing out, saving on the extortionate price of popcorn.
08:40I'll get it.
08:41You ever just say the price and take the money?
08:42Service with a smile as a minute Mark Wayfield.
08:44Exactly, honey.
08:45So come on, what are you going to see?
08:46Well, they're running an old classic.
08:48OK.
08:49Rocky.
08:50Oh, Rocky!
08:51Oh!
08:52They've done all them training montages.
08:53Yeah, yeah.
08:54He's running up the street.
08:55That's right.
08:56And they're playing, er...
08:57Oh, what's the song?
08:58I had a tiger over the top.
08:59And the big Russian bloke.
09:00That was Rocky III.
09:01No, no, no.
09:02It wasn't Rocky III.
09:03Yes, it was.
09:04It wasn't Rocky IV.
09:05It's definitely not Rocky IV.
09:06Yes, it is Rocky IV.
09:07It could be Rocky IV.
09:08What are you going on about?
09:09What are you talking about Rocky?
09:10You know, you've seen them?
09:11Yeah, everybody's seen Rocky.
09:12Whatever.
09:13OK, honey.
09:14Those over 50 have seen them then, all right?
09:15I was going to go and see Rocky.
09:22Oh.
09:23Marnie, babe?
09:25It's your mum.
09:26Where are you, darling?
09:27Look, everything's fine.
09:28There's nothing to worry about.
09:29It's just...
09:30Why?
09:31Are you drinking?
09:32It's fine. There's nothing to worry about. It's just...
09:35Why? Are you drinking?
09:37No, Mum, honestly, it's hers, but we never touched it.
09:40If you are leading my son astray, I will come down on you like a tonne of bricks!
09:43Well, go on, then, you miserable cow.
09:44She didn't mean that.
09:45Yeah, I did.
09:46She's just upset because people are trolling her online.
09:49Can you shut up?
09:49She did was sleep with Joan.
09:51Honey!
09:53Right.
09:55Let me get this straight.
09:57Some pathetic girls are trying to shame you online, right?
10:02Take my advice, Ivani.
10:04You don't stand for it, right?
10:07So you slept with some guy, so what?
10:09I mean, they're calling him a tramp.
10:11They're trolling him online.
10:13No, of course they ain't.
10:15Because for some reason, women still get judged by a different standard to men.
10:21Well, don't have it.
10:22You tell those misogynists where to go and start owning who you are.
10:29I do regret it, though.
10:30Yeah, well, that's all right.
10:34I mean, there's a lot in my past I don't feel great about.
10:41But no one has the right to judge you for your decisions.
10:45Right, and they'll try, believe me, they will try.
10:47But they're just jealous, insecure scumbags who want to see you crumble.
10:52So don't you let them.
10:54You have to be strong.
10:56Know your worth and know how great you are, Ivani.
10:58Yeah?
11:03Oh, come here.
11:09Well, you don't have to thank me, Barnie.
11:13And your mum is what I'm here for.
11:15I feel like someone's ripped something away from me.
11:31Like, pulled it out of me.
11:34It's still there.
11:36It still feels like my little boy.
11:38And it shouldn't be any different.
11:40But somehow, somehow, I did.
11:43Listen, it don't make no difference to me, all right?
11:47It's you, me and Barn.
11:49We are still the boys.
11:51Where does he fit in, then, eh?
11:53The biological death.
11:54You ain't got to worry about that right now.
11:56No, I do.
11:57I do have to worry about it.
12:00Because over time, things have changed.
12:02They will.
12:03They have to.
12:04And my little boy...
12:06He won't be my little boy anymore.
12:11No, your mum, she had proper boys.
12:14She said she loved her kids.
12:19But it's...
12:20It's...
12:22When Barnie finds out,
12:26it's going to kill him.
12:29It's going to kill him.
12:30OK, what are you going to do?
12:31I don't know.
12:32I've just got to find him.
12:34No, don't.
12:35I've just got to find him!
12:40Come here.
12:42It don't have to be forever.
12:44Can you just keep your head down,
12:46see how this plays out?
12:47And make sure you ring Sharon.
12:48I will.
12:50I think Sharon could be a target when she gets back.
12:53Truthfully, I don't have a ring.
12:54Trust me, Sharon's gone toe-to-toe
12:56with Scary and Mitchell women in her.
13:00It's Harry.
13:03He wants to meet me at the Archers.
13:05What, has he told Barnie?
13:06I don't know.
13:07You have to be careful.
13:09Right, I'll come with you.
13:10No, mate, I'm sweet, honestly.
13:12You sure?
13:13Yeah, sure.
13:19I think this is it.
13:22I'm going to get Barnie out of here.
13:26See you in a minute.
13:32Your mum's pretty cool, by the way.
13:34What was she in prison for again?
13:36Dodgy cosmetic surgery.
13:37Oh, right.
13:39Yeah.
13:40Cool.
13:43All right?
13:45Yeah.
13:47I've just been looking for you.
13:48What's up?
13:51Have you seen your mum?
13:53Yeah.
13:53Why?
13:54She was, um, uh, arrested earlier.
13:58What?
13:59Yeah, it was a misunderstanding.
14:01Should I come home?
14:02No.
14:03No, no, it's good.
14:04It's good.
14:05Everything's...
14:05It's good.
14:07Are you all right, Dad?
14:09Yeah, yeah, of course.
14:09Look, you two hang here and I'll catch you later, yeah?
14:15Yeah, all right.
14:22I'm fine.
14:24Honestly.
14:25Me or not, Phil.
14:26We can see that.
14:27Well, his mum's got up and down, is this?
14:28It's all just part of looking after him.
14:30It's hard on anyone.
14:31I'm fine.
14:34Listen, um...
14:36How about if me and Honey take...
14:38Take him to the pictures, eh?
14:40He'd give you a little break, wouldn't he?
14:42No, no, you don't know what he can be like.
14:44A couple of hours sitting in the dark.
14:46How wrong could that be, eh?
14:51Shall I ask him?
14:54Yeah, yeah, well...
14:55Listen, me and Honey was wondering whether we could come to the pictures with you.
15:11I mean, you know, that's obviously if you still want to go.
15:171977.
15:20Old cinema on a mile-end road.
15:22Yeah, yeah.
15:23Well, I bought a ticket, went inside, sat down.
15:30And then when no one was looking,
15:33we went and opened the fire escape doors for Phil and Grant.
15:40Loved it, we did.
15:43Young lads watching this film about boxing.
15:47Afterwards, we went straight home, put the gloves on,
15:51and bashed the living daylights out of each other.
15:55What, you boxed Phil and Grant?
15:57Well, no, no, they boxed each other, and I, um...
16:01I just fell over.
16:08I'm sorry I shouted at Honey.
16:11Oh, no.
16:12I think that's why I wanted to, um...
16:18to see a classic film tonight.
16:24It stirs up feelings.
16:28Memories.
16:29Yeah.
16:31Yeah, I'll get that.
16:32So, what do you think then, Nige?
16:38You want to go?
16:39Try and stop me.
16:41LAUGHTER
16:41I want you out.
16:51Tonight.
16:52And I mean it.
16:54I am done with you.
16:57You live your life away from me
16:59while I stay here with the boys.
17:03Boys?
17:05Earl?
17:05Earl?
17:05I'll write about one thing.
17:11He is my son.
17:15And I won't let anything
17:16destroy all those years of love.
17:21My message, Larry,
17:22told him to keep Stum.
17:24Cos Barney,
17:26he can never find out.
17:33So it's me.
17:35And...
17:37Thank you...
17:40for not telling Harry the truth
17:44about Shireen.
17:46Yeah, well...
17:47I was wrapped up in that light,
17:48weren't I?
17:50And the truth
17:51would ruin him even more.
17:57What about Zach?
17:58Well, I'll work something out.
18:00Just leave.
18:01Just leave.
18:05It isn't good for any of us.
18:11You know, I saw Barney earlier.
18:15He clearly loves me.
18:19He loves this.
18:23Our family.
18:25That's what makes him happy.
18:29No.
18:29Do you know when his happiest time was?
18:36When you was in prison.
18:39And if you stick around much longer,
18:42I'll make sure you end up back there.
18:43Is there nothing I can say?
19:05I can't ignore what you told me.
19:19I can't ignore what you told me.
19:21I can't ignore what you told me, can I?
19:37Listen, if...
19:37If we're gonna go,
19:42I'll have to take him tonight.
19:52You told Barney yet?
19:55No.
20:01He's never fighting out.
20:02He's never fighting out.
20:07He's never fighting out.
20:08He's never fighting out.
20:09He's never fighting out.
20:10He's never fighting out.
20:11He's never fighting out.
20:16Do you think your mum and dad are, like, forever now?
20:18I don't know.
20:19Sometimes I think they hate each other.
20:22I mean, they seem to work, though.
20:24Like, young and young.
20:25I mean, your mum's all tough and ballsy,
20:28and then your dad's, like, Mr Nice Guy.
20:30I'm not saying that he's a wuss or anything like that.
20:34I mean, he's kind of like you.
20:35Like, kind of all right.
20:37Oh.
20:38Is that what I am, is it?
20:39Kind of all right?
20:41Don't let that go to your head.
20:43Go ahead.
20:48I want to let you know...
20:51the Zach thing...
20:54is taken care of.
20:55I'll take care of.
21:25I want to let you know the Zach thing is taken care of.
21:38Harry, what's happening, mate?
21:40You need to call me back.
21:42Let me know what you're done with me.
21:47Harry!
21:50You there!
21:51Harry!
21:55What's he done?
22:01Billy, can I have an hot dog at the cinema?
22:03You can. You can have whatever you want.
22:05It's nearly ten pounds for a pot of humerus.
22:08Billy! Bill!
22:10I need you help.
22:11All Zach wants is what's best for Barney!
22:13And I want that too. Listen, Bill, I need you to drive.
22:16It's all right, Ted. We've got plans.
22:17I think Harry's gonna hurt Zach, and he's taken my car,
22:20but I can track him with his hat.
22:21Jenny, wait!
22:22I'll explain on the way!
22:23Is everything all right?
22:24Yeah, it's fine now. Just go and get in the car, mate.
22:26Come on, Billy. We're gonna be late. Sorry, Ted.
22:28Hey, come. Just wait.
22:29Trust me, Bill.
22:30I wouldn't ask if it weren't in Portland.
22:32One brother to another.
22:36Oh, come on.
22:37Look, I'll die to reach you.
22:39You ain't got far.
22:40You know, when you get stressed, you remind me of a mini Grant.
22:44You, er, gonna check it?
22:54I mean, a part of me wants to.
22:56And the other part?
22:57Show me what I'm made of, innit?
23:02Blocker, blocker, blocker.
23:06And off.
23:07Nice.
23:08Hey, hey, hey.
23:10What is it?
23:12Just...
23:15So, did I help?
23:17Yeah, you did.
23:19Oh, my God.
23:20No, no Dad.
23:21Yes, we were going to miss you.
23:22No?
23:23No.
23:24No, no Dad.
23:25No, no Dad.
23:26No.
23:27No Dad.
23:28No Dad.
23:29No Dad.
23:31No Dad.
23:35We've come close and through from all the truth to right.
23:37Cause put it inside, cause push back.
23:40Oh
24:10Oh
24:28What you done with Jack
24:40Get everyone out
24:42All right you two
24:44Turn the music off
24:46Off now
24:52Sorry everyone, you need to drink up, we're closing
24:55I'm sorry we're closing, drink up
25:01Open the boot
25:04It's on your business Bill
25:07You made it my business
25:10What were you gonna do?
25:14I don't know
25:15Freak him out a bit and then scare him off
25:17Billy, this is not okay, we need to phone the police
25:19No, no, no, look, we can fix this
25:21Get away
25:30Are you out of your mind?
25:31What have you done?
25:32He's the only one that knew
25:37Oh my God, oh my God
25:39We all just keep quiet
25:44It's all right
25:46He's breathing
25:48Well come on, let's get him out
25:50I'm calling him now
25:54Maybe I should jump in the car, I've gotta look for him
25:57Well where would you even start?
25:59Oh Vicky, why'd you let him leave?
26:00Well I couldn't stop him, could I?
26:03I'll call Sharon
26:05No, no, not yet
26:07Not until we know what's going on
26:08What's going on?
26:18How the hell was this gonna help the situation?
26:20I was just gonna drag him in the woods and, you know, shake him up a bit
26:24That's it, I'm calling the police
26:25No
26:26No police
26:27None, no, no
26:29You know we don't do things that way
26:33You could've killed him
26:35He knows too much
26:37He could blow our whole family apart
26:39The last thing you need is a dead body on your hands
26:42I didn't wanna kill him, you smashed him round the head
26:43He's kidnapped, attempted murder
26:46Look it's okay honey, it's okay
26:48I'm gonna sort this out
26:55I'm just gonna talk to him
26:57Look I promise
26:59I'll drive him back and let him recover for a bit
27:02Sit him down
27:04Tell him how much Barney means to me
27:08That's all Bill, I swear
27:13Okay
27:16You, get in that car
27:38What are we doing?
27:40We'll be going
27:41Just go have a little chat
27:44Stop the car
27:45Who said?
27:46I said stop the car!
27:48Break up, go down!
27:50This car's the way you don't see me, do it
27:53You can't race yourself