EastEnders 29th May 2025
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00:26Zach isn't my dad.
00:33He is.
00:34Him and your mum knew each other before.
00:37In fact, they had an affair.
00:39He didn't want you to find out like this,
00:41but he did want you to know.
00:42They're lying, Barney.
00:43I barely know these women.
00:46Tell them, Ted.
00:48Tell them they're lying.
00:51Tell them, Dad.
00:56Dad?
01:12I'm sorry, son.
01:22Will you excuse me?
01:24I think I need the toilet.
01:31I know about you.
01:33Did you have him killed like that girl?
01:35Get her out of my house.
01:38You are dangerous.
01:40You need locking up.
01:41All right, come on, this guy.
01:42How am I going to tell Sharon that her brother's dead?
01:44Come on, this guy.
01:45Why did you tell him?
01:56It's too late, Harry.
01:58It's too late for more lies.
02:01That's your mum's going.
02:04Not mine.
02:06Harry, go upstairs and check on your brother.
02:09He's having a slash, Mum.
02:10You don't know that.
02:23Are you there?
02:24You OK?
02:40Yeah.
02:45Mate, you stink of aftershave.
02:49Dad, it was by the sink.
02:51I'm going to move, then.
02:59In a minute.
03:04Bob?
03:05Yeah?
03:07You want me to stay?
03:08How long have you known?
03:17Today.
03:18I found out today.
03:20Is that a lie?
03:22No.
03:24No.
03:26But you were going to lie.
03:34Right, we'll get through this.
03:36We will get through this.
03:38You know I can pull this family together.
03:41We've just got to get through the storm.
03:43You don't know how to the other side.
03:44I believe in us.
03:52Sweetheart.
03:53Mum, please can I speak to Dad on my own?
03:57You heard him.
04:01Yeah.
04:02I'll be in the bar.
04:10Oh.
04:12Oh, my angel, I...
04:14Just go.
04:14You too, Harry.
04:27You too, Harry.
04:38Can I give you a hug?
04:40I bet you've got a million questions.
04:47Because I know I do.
04:49You'll get sick if you stay in those wet clothes.
05:00Remember that day you took us both fishing?
05:02You and Harry were really into it.
05:04And caught loads.
05:06Had to bash them over the head with a mallet.
05:08I didn't want to kill my fish.
05:10And I cried.
05:12And then you sat in the car.
05:14Stuck your nose in a book.
05:17The Midnight Garden.
05:18And when we got home, Harry gutted the fish.
05:22And he put one of the heads down my T-shirt.
05:24And I cried again.
05:26Well, older brothers can be cruel.
05:28And you made us all sit down and play a board game.
05:31Because you knew it would cheer me up.
05:33Clued her.
05:34That's your memory, Bob.
05:36Mum was Miss Scarlet.
05:37Because she always had to be Miss Scarlet.
05:39And who was I?
05:40Professor Plum.
05:42You put on a voice.
05:43Oh, yeah.
05:45Professor Plum.
05:46All the case, huh?
05:48I have one more question I must inquire of you.
05:53And I won.
05:55But I think Mum let me win.
05:57You know that feeling.
05:58It wasn't a real win.
06:01It felt a bit disappointing.
06:04Yeah.
06:06But I wanted her to be happy.
06:08I was happy.
06:09Because I knew it meant something to her.
06:11So I went along with it.
06:14Mum?
06:18Shall we talk?
06:20Shall we talk?
06:20Why were you wet?
06:38I was in a crash.
06:40And the car went into some water.
06:44With Zach?
06:44Is Vicky Wright?
06:48Is he dead?
06:51Yeah.
06:56Did you do it on purpose?
06:58No.
06:59No, it was an accident.
07:00I was driving him back in.
07:01Why were you with him?
07:03It's complicated.
07:03Yeah.
07:04Your brother and me made a bit of a run-in.
07:09And I was trying to sort it out.
07:12But he got the wrong end of the stick.
07:14And he grabbed the steering wheel and the car went off the road.
07:18And into the lake.
07:19And he's my dad.
07:28In a manner of speaking, yes.
07:31He's your dad.
07:36How long have you known?
07:38I only found out earlier today.
07:40Today?
07:44I don't understand.
07:45I don't understand.
07:49That makes two of us.
07:54So, Mum had an affair?
07:56Yeah.
07:56With Zach?
07:57Yeah.
07:58Did you find out?
07:59No.
08:00Did she love him?
08:02I don't know.
08:03Did he know?
08:04No.
08:06So, does Mum know all this time?
08:12She must have got a shot when we moved here.
08:14But, Zach knows now what he did before.
08:24Yeah.
08:26You okay?
08:30You sure I can't give you a hug?
08:37But, my father...
08:38I'm still your dad.
08:42I'm still your dad, bud.
08:44I'm still your dad.
08:54You've been wearing my aftershave.
08:57I wanted to smell the smell of you.
09:01Were you going to tell me?
09:03No.
09:07You...
09:08You were going to keep it a secret?
09:10Well, for you, Mum.
09:12For your protection.
09:15You see, blood...
09:16It don't matter.
09:18Because you're in my bones, Sam.
09:21You are in my heart.
09:24The very core of me.
09:28And nothing...
09:30needs to change.
09:31You, Harry, and Mum.
09:33You've all been hiding stuff from me for weeks now.
09:36How come Harry isn't talking to you?
09:38That ain't about this.
09:39What is it about?
09:40Shireen.
09:42But why would he be angry at you and Mum?
09:44Never mind, Mum.
09:45Please, never mind.
09:48Vicky said...
09:50Mum hurt that woman.
09:52Did she mean Shireen?
09:55It was an accident.
09:56And that's how she died.
10:00An accident?
10:02Like with Zach?
10:06Look, you're right.
10:09This family...
10:10has been drowning in lies.
10:12But now...
10:14Like, now it's our...
10:16And what?
10:17And we can survive.
10:18All of us?
10:19As a family?
10:20No.
10:22Not your mum.
10:24But me, you and Harry...
10:26We're all the family you need now.
10:29And we have got your back.
10:31Always.
10:34You never suspected...
10:36before, Nell...
10:37that I'm not your son.
10:38Oh, stop saying that.
10:39I knew I...
10:40Please.
10:41Please, just answer the question.
10:44No.
10:44Never.
10:51But we're not alike, are we?
10:55We're not in obvious ways.
10:59But in other ways, we are.
11:02You know, we can both be a little bit soft.
11:05Both just a silly voice.
11:12People love you, don't they?
11:15You always know what to say, how to be.
11:19Whereas me...
11:21I just feel...
11:22wrong a lot of the time.
11:24Oh, I do too.
11:26Byron, I do too.
11:27I just hide it better than you, that's all.
11:30But you...
11:33You're perfect.
11:35And lovely.
11:36And pure.
11:39Anyways, what does it matter?
11:41You don't have to be alike...
11:42to love each other, do we?
11:46And we don't have to be alike...
11:48to be your dad.
11:53I could never hurt anyone.
11:56Couldn't even kill a fish.
11:58I want to go for a walk.
12:05Okay, I'll get me comb.
12:07Alone, please.
12:09I'll need to clear my head.
12:10Stay, Byron, we've barely finished talking.
12:12I'm done for now, thanks.
12:13No, no, Byron, please, just stop this.
12:16Please, stop it.
12:17Please, please.
12:17Can you just take your hand off me, please?
12:19Please.
12:40Bar's closed.
12:40No, I've got to give it to your mum. You're an amazing liar. Like, world class. And it
12:51don't touch you, does it? No. Most people, they're burdened by secrets, but you, you're
12:58just sat here like you've got an handful of aces. So tell me, what really happened to
13:07Shireen? Okay. Let's do this. Sit down. You're right.
13:37I killed her.
13:47You seemed really upset earlier, and I just wanted to see if you're okay.
13:52I'm okay. I'm just worried about Sharon. Her and Zach are so close.
14:00Right. Do you want to come through, Barney?
14:03Hi. Hi, Phil. You have a seat.
14:12So, I guess Sharon's my auntie. Yeah, that's right. I'm your sort of auntie, too. Sharon's
14:30my half-sister.
14:30Yeah. I don't mean to be rude, but how come everyone knew before me?
14:37Oh, sweetheart. We haven't known long. And I am so sorry that you had to find out this
14:45way, alright. Oh. Oh. Oh my God. You're so... I, oh my God. And I, oh my God. Oh my God.
15:01I said you drowned I swam to the other side of the lake
15:12why so they couldn't get me I was gonna bring you on they weren't gonna watch out how'd you
15:20know that Phil how he tried to kill me it's not what to do with me how he would know anyone you
15:26doing it honey I told him Zach knows well I thought you were dead I'll um I'll give you some space yeah
15:44I'm gonna go on as well get your sinker russes to wear you
15:50fine do you mind if I sit down
15:58yeah I just want to say um I don't know
16:28it's bad didn't it
16:36you just couldn't bear for her to have me could you couldn't bear the fact that I might love
16:44another woman more than my own mother no darling it wasn't that wasn't really anything to do with
16:54you used to do in my little boy look you and Shireen was unhealthy you know any idiot could see that I
17:06loved her yeah yeah you loved her darling you hated her too I mean the arguments the screaming matches
17:14you know they're breaking up and then making up I don't blame you for thinking that that is love
17:19right especially with me and your dad as role models and I don't blame you for choosing someone
17:25volatile someone familiar Shireen was nothing like you oh yeah of course she wasn't what's
17:32funny got to do with it she found out that Teddy wasn't his dad how I told her too many martinis one
17:43night and I underestimated her she came around the next morning cogs had been whirring she realized
17:51she could use it thought she had one up on me her pupils were like saucers she was high as a kite
17:57she won't use him then she stopped oh yeah is that what she told you was it she said she was
18:03gonna blow my secret destroy my family and make sure you never spoke to me again well congratulations
18:09Shireen you've got what you wanted so you murdered her instead and she was pregnant too mum she killed
18:19your grandkid I mean do you feel anything it was an accident Harry we were having an argument and
18:26she took a swing at me I defended myself and I pushed her right and she fell it was an accident I promise
18:32it was an issue maybe I am right for you Harry stop please stop don't you ever lay a finger on me again
18:47she's done it you know that I will tell him the truth not you
18:53it wasn't Benji who killed Shireen it was me but it was an accident all right it was a terrible terrible accident
19:15you didn't know
19:22I can't bear to be around you
19:35why do you lie
19:43what's the point in him hating you too
19:48I mean someone's got to look after our boys and if it can't be me then it's got to be you
19:53what do you think that'll make me forgive you
19:56I'm not playing games Teddy
20:01you're never not playing games
20:03why are you here
20:08I thought maybe Barney come here
20:11what
20:12we said he needed to spend some time on his own
20:14well we've got to find him
20:16we're his parents Ted
20:18we're still his parents
20:20I guess he didn't take after you either
20:34keep up those gym sessions mate you never know
20:38I'll put the kettle on
20:45thank you
20:47that's why you've been sniffing around me lately
20:54I thought it was a bit weird
20:56I've been thinking about this moment so much
21:02and now I see I've just
21:09you must have
21:14must have a lot of questions
21:17how
21:19sorry mate go on you go
21:21I'm going to ask
21:22how long have you known about me
21:24you know when you went to the hospital
21:27I heard the paramedic say what blood group you were and I realised then
21:31why didn't you say anything
21:33Barney your mum
21:37Nicola she um
21:39she had me beaten up
21:41and she threatened my family
21:42she
21:43she made it impossible
21:44she was probably just trying to protect me
21:46what
21:47what
21:48I'm sorry Barney
21:52the truth is
21:54erm
21:59the truth is I'm worried about you
22:03all this stuff that's come out about Shireen
22:05I'm scared that you ain't safe
22:09Teddy
22:10your brother they're all in on it
22:12they're all out to protect her
22:13and I'm sorry
22:14you ain't gonna like to hear this
22:15but you're my mate
22:16she's
22:17she's
22:18she's evil
22:19I'm sorry
22:20them
22:21at best
22:22they're just trying to protect her
22:23and at worst they're as bad as she is
22:24which is why I need to protect you
22:26I need to get you safe
22:27Bunny I need to get you away from here
22:30what
22:31I know that this is a shock
22:33no we're going a million miles an hour
22:34and you don't know who I am
22:35I don't know who you are
22:36but we will get to know each other
22:37cos you're my son mate
22:38you're my son
22:39and I would never do anything to hurt you mate
22:40I don't need protection
22:42did you hear what I said
22:43did you hear anything I said
22:44that is enough
22:45your mum
22:46she killed Shireen
22:47she wanted me dead
22:48probably put Harry up to hit me
22:49I'm scaring him
22:50mate
22:51she's a psychopath
22:52your mum's a psychopath
22:53she's not a psychopath
22:54she's my mum
23:00Barney
23:02Dad
23:03Barney
23:06Barney
23:07Barney
23:08you're alive
23:09you're alive
23:10listen mate I'm sorry if I scared you
23:11but you need to trust me
23:12trust you?
23:13he don't know you
23:14I'm your dad
23:15I'm the one that brought you up
23:16right Barney
23:17listen listen
23:18they ain't who they say they are
23:19and I will keep you safe
23:20you're safe with me
23:21Barney
23:22listen
23:23your dad tried to kill me
23:24nah
23:25no no no
23:26you attacked me
23:27and you made me lose control of the car
23:28I ain't forgotten about you Harry
23:30he wanted to kidnap you Barney
23:31Barney
23:32your family
23:33they're dangerous
23:34you don't know my family
23:35I know your wife
23:36I'm his dad
23:37me
23:38me
23:39not what the courts would say
23:40because you had some grubby bunk up with my wife decades ago
23:43it means nothing
23:44here's my son
23:45your son
23:46there's nothing like you
23:47look at all of you
23:48you're criminals
23:49you're scumbags
23:50you should have kept your hands off my wife
23:51I didn't know did I
23:52and that's why he's my son
23:59he's mine
24:00you say come on
24:01let's do it
24:02enough
24:03we're going to start swinging your fists are you
24:07put your willies away
24:09all that matters is what Barney wants
24:12what are you going to take an arm each do you
24:14rip him in half
24:15see who gets the bigger bit
24:17you pathetic
24:19Barney darling
24:21look at me look at me
24:23don't look at them
24:25what do you need
24:28I just want everything to go back to how it was
24:32alright
24:34look I'm
24:35I'm going to need you to speak up for me
24:37alright
24:38do you think you can do that
24:40I don't know
24:41look at me Barney
24:42look at me
24:43look at me
24:44I believe in you
24:46alright
24:47you
24:48have got a voice in there
24:50you've just got to use it
24:52come on
24:53come on
24:54come on darling
24:58you tell them what you want
25:01I am
25:03I just want everything to come back to how it was
25:07I ain't having you listen to a word that was said
25:10Zach
25:11Zach
25:12what do you mean
25:13go back to how things were
25:15I want us all to be a family again
25:18before you fell out of Harry
25:20before everything went weird
25:22I'm not coming home
25:25until we're a family again
25:27until we're together
25:28please
25:29never
25:30please
25:31I can't do that
25:33alright
25:34people
25:35can't just
25:36make this better mate
25:37and that's okay
25:38we can
25:39we're strong
25:40look none of what's happened
25:43means that we can't be a family again alright
25:46we make mistakes
25:47okay
25:48we love each other
25:51we love each other
25:52yeah Teddy
25:54yeah
25:56yeah
25:58yeah we do
25:59and we're a family Harry
26:01and we stick together
26:03right
26:04right
26:06right
26:08yeah
26:09bonnie
26:15mate it's lies
26:19come on
26:20bonnie it's
26:22it's lies
26:23let's go home
26:27alright
26:28I got you
26:29yeah
26:30I don't know.
27:00I don't know.
27:30It's normal.
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