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Emmerdale
  • 6/12/2025
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00:00you're leaving poor charles i'm so sorry mom i i know you wanted me to stay and
00:07i mean i i wanted to make it work for so many reasons but this just
00:15this isn't where i belong at least not right now
00:21lucky are you doing this because you genuinely believe that this is what's best for you
00:30i am okay then there's nothing to apologize for
00:39good afternoon nurse baldwin martin welcome back thank you it's it's good to be back what can i do
00:45for you i'm looking for a client i might be able to help you with that what's your client's name
00:53that remains to be seen okay so you reminded me how much i like being in the water so let's hit
00:59the pool before i forget yeah uh just before we do there's something i need to tell you okay
01:06when i was over at your parents house i heard something that i wasn't supposed to
01:17everything okay in here spam calls i mean they're so relentless i deal with so many people who aren't my
01:24contacts i got no choice but to answer the phone i'm glad it's just that i was worried it had something
01:34to do with you lying to your husband felicia please i really appreciate you coming by
01:44well it was such an intriguing invitation how could i refuse so why do you want to see me i want to hire
01:52you i just think that you handled yourself really well on the stand you think so yes i mean it would
02:02have been very easy to allow yourself to get tripped up by diane but you were steady the entire time you
02:08were calm you were focused you fought for your children i think that you made a strong impression
02:14on that judge i am so glad to hear that i was so nervous fortunately rick had me prepared for most
02:21of diane's questions well if rick is one thing he's an excellent lawyer i just wish things hadn't gotten
02:27so far i know i know and which reminds me um at the courthouse michael said something about
02:33wiley overhearing drew say that michael didn't actually want wiley and amelia drew would never
02:42say that which just goes to show how far michael's willing to go to take my children from me
02:49he's willing to lie even about wiley
02:54hey what are you guys doing here i texted and asked him to meet us here thanks for coming
03:00how'd it go has the judge made a decision no not yet but if i lose and that is a definite possibility
03:10i'm taking wiley and amelia and i'm leaving the country
03:30when i first came back i was i was drowning in guilt because i felt like i'd been gone when you and
03:52lulu needed me most and i promised myself that i would never abandon you again and now you didn't
03:59abandon me honey you didn't no and besides it it does me no good to have you here if you're not happy
04:09you know listen there have been times when you've left town because you had to and frankly there were
04:18some times you left town when i felt like maybe you were running away yeah probably once but this time
04:26feels different it feels like you're going because you really believe in your heart that this is what's
04:32best for you yeah it does that's great if you don't mind my asking um what changed
04:47i asked elizabeth to marry me and she wisely turned me down i'm not sure i'm understanding
04:58is your client the patient yeah see that's the hope that you can point me in the direction of any
05:04patient here might be feeling particularly changes oh ambulance chase yeah i am ambulance chasing and
05:09i'm not proud of it unfortunately i don't have any other options at the moment thanks to tracy
05:14quartermain and a coven of ex-wives determined to put me in the port i'm sorry to hear that but
05:19there's nothing i can do for you wait a minute hey you were just in a car accident weren't you
05:25yeah yeah a broken leg required surgery you know you might be entitled to compensation
05:30and those automobile companies they have very very deep pockets yes but it's been done with
05:35are you sure i'd be happy to take a look i mean who let you out
05:38your mom and dad they're talking about that escort that was partying with drew okay what about her your
05:57dad said that he wants to find her and get her to claim that drew paid her for sex and took ketamine on
06:03purpose what and your mom seemed to know about it too that doesn't make any sense i know but they
06:11said they can't figure out their marriage until your mom is safe and she won't be safe until they
06:15find the escort that was withdrew now i know that you are a patient advocate at gh and that you have
06:23stepped away from pi work full-time might i also say that i have always admired your skill and
06:28professionalism well thank you curtis i can say the same thing about you you and sam worked very
06:36well together at her pi firm which begs the question why do you need me well unfortunately
06:44aurora's got me too busy to tackle this particular project and i know you're busy as well so
06:51i was hoping you were interested in moonlighting it depends what's the job
06:56it's less of a what and more of a who i need you to locate someone who's gone off the grid
07:02okay and who might i be looking for okay it's someone who is a key part of a major story that aurora's
07:10running an escort by the name of jacinda now she's the escort that was last seen at your club with drew
07:20kane doing body shots that's the one i don't know what you mean dr gannon
07:31last time i came to your office i overheard you having a pretty intense conversation through that
07:36door so you were eavesdropping i didn't need to you were yelling anyone could have heard you it just
07:43happened to be me okay okay well what exactly did you hear instead
07:54if your husband found out that you were lying your marriage would be over
07:59what do you want isaiah just to let you know that it's obvious something is weighing on you and if
08:11you need to vent before things get worse i'm available i thought we'd had a breakthrough last
08:19night at the hospital with the kids i saw the version of michael i used to know he was so warm
08:27and caring so happy to welcome his new baby i i guess i got caught up in it a little well i think
08:35that michael's change of attitude has to be because of what drew said you mean what michael says drew
08:42said i mean maybe wiley did hear something that's not impossible right and you think wiley misunderstood
08:51what he heard i don't know i'm just wondering that's all wiley's a little boy anything's possible
09:00but i think it's far more likely that michael's just doing whatever he has to to justify going
09:05after what he's wanted all along sole custody so you think michael is just flat out lying i think he's
09:12trying to manipulate me first he shows me the warm caring side that i fell in love with so i let my guard
09:19down and then today the real michael shows up what why would he do that to throw me off balance
09:29if he can make me feel uncertain and vulnerable then he thinks he can try to swoop in and take
09:35what he wants my children and i am not gonna let that happen you don't sound too optimistic did rick
09:42pull something in court actually it was willow she handled all diane's questions and managed to come
09:48off as sympathetic yeah that plus the truth about the baby coming out could be enough for the judge to
09:53rule in her favor what are you gonna do if she does you're gonna take your kids and leave your whole
09:57life behind what about sasha and daisy you have a new baby they're still in the hospital sasha and i
10:03will cross that bridge later right now i have to focus on getting wiley and amelia away from true
10:11he set wiley up to overhear and say that i don't want amelia and wiley anymore because i have daisy now
10:16son of a bitch what did willow say when you when you told her what do you think that i'm a liar and
10:23drew walks on water oh he is actively hurting the kids and willow she just she just won't see it
10:30that means i can't trust her with them and i can't be with her
10:34oh lucky i'm so sorry that must have been so hard and for elizabeth too yeah i think it was
10:52i mean uh elizabeth didn't turn me down because she doesn't love me she does but but when two people
11:01really love each other they can understand when you want different things out of life exactly
11:09yeah we love each other enough to want what's best for each other elizabeth and i have taken
11:19very different paths over the years we need different things and it's better that we acknowledge
11:25that now because if we don't we'll just end up hurting each other all over again congratulations
11:34on your release from the pokey i understand wives one two and three really bled you dry certainly did
11:41thanks to you oh speaking of thanks i got wonderful handwritten thank you notes from each and every one
11:48of them and the floral arrangements oh my goodness blair's was decadent much like the woman herself
11:55you know your exes have really good taste except in men obviously you know
12:04you really should be nicer to me after all you just might need my services
12:10sooner than you might think
12:11what does my parents marriage have to do with drew i don't know i'm just telling you what i heard
12:19and i wish i hadn't i get that but they said that my mom wouldn't be safe and until they found this
12:26escort how does my mom's safety have anything to do with an escort i got the impression that your dad
12:31wants to track her down and pay her to tell a story about true like an interview no no more like paying
12:37her to lie i need you to discreetly nail down jacinda's location and then circle back to me for the next
12:46steps considering the way she just vanished i'm guessing that someone paid her to leave town that
12:56incentivizes her to stay hidden she may be tough to track down i'll make it worth your time oh no i'm sure
13:04you will i and i and i will absolutely find her but i i need one more assurance and it has nothing to
13:14do with money you are an excellent physician and a fantastic administrator but you clearly stressed
13:22for your own sake maybe it would be best for you to take a step back you're out of line i don't think i
13:31am if you keep going like this you could make a mistake and i don't think you want that
13:40i appreciate your concern dr gannon but strain and stress they're a part of my job
13:46so for the record i'm fine and as far as my marriage it's none of your business understood
14:01michael i know you want to protect wiley and amelia but you can't leave your new baby i don't want to
14:08but sasha she has her own family here i can't just force her to come with me
14:13besides i promised that she could raise our baby on her own terms i respect that but are you able to
14:19turn your back on your own child michael dad what choice do i have uh my kids are my everything
14:26after what drew said in front of wiley to do that to a kid there's something wrong with that guy
14:33at least with daisy i know that she has a mom who will actually put her interests first well that's
14:37true unfortunately i have the means to make sure that daisy and sasha will always have everything
14:41they need and we'll be here for the rest for everything thank you
14:48sasha and i we know that sleeping together was a mistake but i will never regret daisy
14:52i mean i never wanted to keep the fact that i was her father a secret in the first place
14:57i just want to respect sasha's wishes and keeping it quiet it did help with custody fight
15:04but now the truth is out yeah
15:09and it's going to cost me when the judge makes a ruling
15:14wow lots of big changes i'm down one best friend and up one cabin
15:20i'm sorry what you do know about lucky leaving right yeah but what is that about a cabin it was a gift
15:30from lucky it belonged to his dad he was planning to fix it up i never mentioned that to me yeah maybe
15:38you guys had other things to talk about
15:44you okay yeah
15:49maybe i shouldn't be but
15:52i'm a little surprised to hear that you told him to go
15:56poor charles has always been where lucky's from not where he belongs
16:00i do know you wanted to be with you so why not roll the dice it was tempting and it would have been
16:10great for all of 10 minutes and then it wouldn't have worked and both of our hearts would have been broken
16:18again you know as well as i do that in real life love stories don't really
16:25have fairytale endings yeah i'd like to think that once in a while they do
16:34but i know you and dad were never big on fairy tales and we liked adventures
16:40well i certainly got my adventurous spirit from the two of you i know that's why i've never questioned
16:47your need to be out there in the world to be seeing it and saving it and uh you know changing
16:54it come on don't make me sound too good people are gonna expect better of me well it'll be our little
17:00secret then but honey i am very grateful that you came home and that you reconnected with the people
17:07you love and who love you and will always love you no matter where you go tracy cortomaine just got
17:18arrested for drug and true which also makes no sense isn't it possible that she did drug drew but
17:24he did say he didn't take any drugs voluntarily drew isn't known for his honesty he screwed over my father
17:31and he destroyed his own nephew's marriage he's just a politician trying to save his career
17:38he could be lying about this too but what if he isn't now what kind of assurances did you have in mind
17:45well i don't know this woman jacinda but i'm guessing that she didn't anticipate the full-blown
17:51media circus that followed her encounter with the congressman i need to know that if i locate her
18:01and she chooses to stay hidden that you'll honor that that you won't coerce her into a spotlight that
18:07she doesn't choose to be in well i can assure you that i have no intentions of sensationalizing this
18:14any further and that's why i came to you i need this handled discreetly i just want to talk to jacinta
18:22and make her an offer and if she refuses
18:27i'll have to respect that well in that case we have a deal
18:31hey curtis i wanted to talk to you oh i'm so sorry i didn't mean to interrupt oh no worries i was
18:41just leaving it was great to see you curtis and you too
18:49well let me guess you just hired felicia to track down jacinda
18:56didn't you if michael was as warm and as caring as he was last night do you
19:02think that you two could have reached a compromise yeah i do i know i wanted to
19:12my kids love their dad and they missed him when he was gone but if michael's willing to go to these
19:20lengths if he's willing to lie about our children and drew what else is he willing to lie about how can
19:28i trust him willow you were incredible on court today you were incredible really we're about to get
19:43your kids back i can just feel it are we yes we are because of you because you showed the judge
19:50exactly what kind of person and mother you are but i mean let's be honest we kind of had it in the bag
19:58the moment that sasha took the stand and said she was pregnant with michael's baby i mean as soon as
20:04the truth came out it was game over you can't do this michael if you go against the judge and you
20:14take those kids out of the country that's kidnapping there's no coming back trust me mom this is not a
20:19move that i'm making lightly okay but if i need to i have the resources to disappear willow and drew
20:24will never find me with kids what about your family your brothers and your sisters you're just
20:30gonna leave all of us behind no i don't want to all right but there's no life for me without my kids
20:36they have to be my first priority they're clearly not for willow she won't even entertain the possibility
20:42that drew said what he said even if he didn't know wiley was there but drew can do no wrong in her eyes
20:48it's no matter what he says what he does she's all in after today the court might be able to trust
20:55with my kids but i can't i think your head's still spinning from all that toilet chardonnay
21:06why would i need you for anything because you're out on bail aren't you facing charges for drugging a
21:14sitting congressman drew framed me well the ketamine was found in your car because drew put it there
21:21do you think that anybody would believe that i would be stupid enough to leave evidence in my car
21:26of a crime i committed i don't know i mean after all you have a very shattered past trust me i should
21:32know i had plenty of time to do my research i'm flattered don't be there's all kinds of ways that drew
21:40could make your life miserable now maybe i should talk to him about those good guess felicia was one
21:50of the best if i wanted to find somebody who'd gone off the grid she's the p.i to hire present company
21:57accepted of course well i have no doubt that felicia will track jacinda down but the question is
22:04what will i be able to get jacinda to say about her involvement with drew why would my father pay an
22:13escort to make up a story about drew i don't know but i keep going back to your dad saying that he
22:21needs to protect your mom okay so you think that my mom is somehow connected to this woman who you
22:27think could have drugged drew no i think that that's what it sounded like okay well that doesn't
22:33make any sense so look i don't know what's going on but i'm sure there's an explanation for it okay
22:41well they're your parents so what do you want to do michael's lies have come to light and then there's you
22:48you you were incredible you put all that ugliness aside and you delivered your husband's
22:55mistress's baby i mean you're practically a saint i am a nurse and sasha was in labor it's as simple
23:02as that i hear a lot more than that and the judge is going to see that michael deserves to lose those
23:08kids and when the judge awards you full custody then we can put all this behind us and we can have a
23:15fresh start in dc well i won't be able to relax until my kids are back with me
23:25i'm gonna go get some air yeah yeah no it's okay i think i'm just i'm gonna just
23:29try to clear my head i'll be back soon okay
23:41did you mean one word of what you just said whatever you need i'm here okay son thanks
23:50done what about you what do you think about all this
24:02you're doing what you think is right for your kids
24:06and i'll do what i promise i'll look out for sasha and daisy and i'll get them to you for a visit
24:10whatever you and sasha decide i appreciate that and thank you for looking after them during sasha's
24:17pregnancy when i couldn't of course mom mom come on you're being too quiet
24:33i think you're wrong i think you're making a huge mistake there has to be another way michael
24:40if you cross this line you become a fugitive and in the eyes of the court that makes drew and willow
24:46right yeah and i can live with that so long as my kids are safe i'm out of time mom
24:53i can't leave my children with willow and drew i won't do that
25:04i'm gonna go pick up wiley and amelia and take them to the park before it gets too late
25:08well uh i guess it's time to head to the airport all right then um give aiden a hug
25:21from me tell him i want a lot of pictures oh i will absolutely yeah good um
25:28um and i would say to be careful but you know well we both know i probably won't yeah although
25:34i will i will make sure that aiden is okay good i'll take that and lucky listen um wherever you end
25:42up i mean when aiden comes back here would you try just a little bit harder to keep in touch with me
25:47just let me know how and where you are just every once in a while okay yes i promise thank you oh i'm
25:55just so grateful that you came home i'm so going to miss you so much but i'm happy that you were here
26:05and i want you to know that you have my blessing to go well that uh means the world to me mom
26:20thank you for welcoming me home and also for letting me go
26:26just know that if you ever need me i'm here okay because i'm always going to be your mom
26:45aiden's gonna have an amazing summer but he's coming back lucky's he's not this may be the last
26:53time you get to see lucky and who knows how long are you sure you've said everything you need to say
27:03chances are you're not the only one looking for jacinda drew probably has someone searching
27:07for her already and that's why i need to get to her first okay so say you do what then the stairs
27:15between us i'm trusting you to keep my cover with sidwell you can trust me with this
27:24okay
27:27i intend to find jacinda and pay her to tell me a story on the record one that protects porsche
27:33and destroys drew all right well if it works it solves your problem but what if it creates another
27:43so this is what we're gonna do we're not gonna do anything unless you have a better idea
27:48okay well maybe maybe you could talk to your parents about it hi if my parents were really
28:01planning to pay a sex worker to defraud a congressman do you really think that they would
28:06bring me into it but if they do find her and tell her to i don't know what's going on but this is
28:13none of our business what i do know is that i trust my parents and i definitely don't trust uk i'm asking
28:21to let this go okay yeah you're right this is this is none of our business let's get in the water
28:32i want to cool off
28:33so excited we're doing this thanks for taking me with you of course and i'm hoping this is the
28:45first of many trips that we take together i've got so many great places to show you man
28:50so how long are we staying in paris for uh well that's just a pit stop for now but uh no no no we're
28:58gonna circle back around don't worry i know how much you want to see it but you see we're gonna start
29:04in your grandpa's old stomping ground hamsterdam okay cool
29:20you're really enjoying this aren't you true but willow the woman that you supposedly love
29:26isn't this whole thing is tearing her apart i'm not enjoying any of this nina i i never want to
29:34see willow in pain but i'm not the bad guy here michael is from where i'm standing it's a photo finish
29:40now willow told me that she saw wiley and amelia last night at the hospital
29:46while they were meeting michael's new baby yes and everybody was getting along so great
29:53that willow thought that she and michael might be able to reach a compromise but then suddenly
29:59something changed and wiley apparently heard that
30:04his father no longer wants him and amelia because he has a new baby you wouldn't know anything about
30:14that weren't you true
30:18we just cut michael back you have to do something like what carly i don't know but we can't lose
30:23michael and our grandchildren if i make a move it's gonna make things work talk to him get through to
30:28him i hate every second of this really because it seemed like you both were ready to put him on the
30:32jet and help him disappear that's because whatever my son is doing i will do the exact same carly carly
30:39we weren't in the courtroom you were was it as bad for michael as he thinks it was
30:47uh you know what i get i gotta get this
30:49what i dig up dirt on me marty well i certainly hope you can borrow someone's bulldozer because we
31:12both know you don't have the money to rent one all i'm saying is it might be harder for you to dig
31:18yourself out from under these charges than it's been for you to extricate yourself mothers in the
31:23past if that's the case then it would obviously be faster smarter if you had somebody in your team
31:31who'd work with drew before someone he might just be willing to listen to wouldn't you say so and if i
31:40did say so then i would say my help is gonna cost you i'm sure you've already thought about this but
31:51i'd be a bad friend if i didn't say anything by all means so far jacinda has proven to be discreet
32:00for a price right now portia has a drew problem but if you pursue this you could end up with a jacinda
32:07problem all right my side of the street is clean not if you pay an escort to lie about drugging a
32:11congressman the moment you do that you muddy yourself and risk losing everything and a world
32:18will be the least of it your reputation your integrity and maybe even your freedom all gone
32:28you could end up in prison or under drew's thumb for the rest of your life and
32:32i don't know which one is worse yeah well that's a risk i'm gonna have to take jordan
32:39portia and i share a child i can't have trina's mother going down at drew's hand
32:44i would much rather create a jacinda problem for myself than let portia lose her medical license
32:50or possibly go to prison i will not let that happen
32:55even you wouldn't be so selfish so underhanded so depraved to set up my sweet grandson to hear
33:12that his father no longer wants him because he has a new baby even you wouldn't be that cruel
33:25what wiley heard
33:29was exactly what willow and the judge needed indeed and when your daughter wins full custody of your sweet
33:39grandchildren
33:42you'll agree
33:43and then what happened i saw what michael saw i mean willow has no doubts or misgivings about drew
33:53and certainly no remorse okay do you think that played in her favor i don't know i mean willow
33:59believes she's being a good mother who's to save the judge believes her or not
34:03and can't you see why michael thinks he has to go i know jason but i hate it i hate it too
34:16god i thought i couldn't stand willow or drew before
34:23their selfishness could not only cost us michael but wiley and amelia hey wiley look after your sister
34:29bud okay daddy i guess we both had the same idea yeah yeah kids have always loved the spark
34:40they have i can't even count how many times we've brought them here together
34:45yeah those were good times they were
34:57michael it didn't have to be this way no it didn't she made your choice we both made choices
35:06it's the courthouse judge must have reached her decision i go to dinner with councilman kramer
35:20right after my subcommittee meeting got it okay thanks bye
35:37my baby
35:57sir we're gonna need you to board uh
36:01my son is already on the plane i'm just waiting for his mother if you could just give me like five
36:05more minutes you have one i'm here i'm here i'm here then you waited for me i'll always wait for you
36:20but uh you don't have any luggage i see for a second there i i thought maybe you were coming with us
36:28i thought about it i i really did think about it but i couldn't let you leave without you knowing that
36:45i do love you that hasn't changed and i will never stop loving you
36:53i know i know i know i love you too more than ever
37:06be happy
37:07you'll take care of yourself right yes yes and you'll make sure dating gets home to me safely
37:24i promise
37:27sir it's time yeah thank you
37:37i'll still think of you whenever i see something beautiful
37:54goodbye elizabeth
38:03goodbye elizabeth
38:17Bye, Hucky.
38:47This is the decision to award full custody to...