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Eastenders 16 July 2025

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00:00Music
00:43I know I didn't work out how we wanted, but I think Mum felt a bit better after yesterday.
01:11Alfie would have loved watching Ian tying himself up in knots like that.
01:16I know you miss him, but he'll be back once he's sorted his head out.
01:19He owes me a slap-up meal after everything he's put me through.
01:23Well, it's Kim.
01:25She wants to know if I'll invest in Foxcatcher now I'm loaded.
01:28Oh, yeah? They'll all be crawling out the woodwork now.
01:31Tell me about it. Eve wants me to buy her and Sookie a motorhome.
01:34I've had to break her heart. I know.
01:36I'll just have to leave the rest of them hanging for a bit.
01:42What?
01:43Who is it?
01:46Some bloke with a clipboard and a suit.
01:49It looks like a bailiff.
01:50But I thought you was up to date with everything.
01:52Yes, so did I. I must have missed a red letter.
01:55I ain't been here, have I?
01:56I'm Martin, ain't this?
01:57So, I'm not doing this again, Kat.
01:59Right, well, he can't get in if you don't let him in.
02:02Come on, the kid's got to get to school.
02:04Go out the back way, come on.
02:05All right.
02:11I've only just finished selling the last lot.
02:13Well, you're finished, so you need something else to keep busy.
02:22I'll tell you what, Harry.
02:24You are good at this.
02:25It's all right, Phil.
02:32What are you doing here?
02:34Setting it in a voice.
02:36All sorted, then?
02:36Yeah, mate, all sorted.
02:44Did you need something?
02:46It's my gaffe. I don't need a reason to be here, do I?
02:48Yeah, no, I know.
02:49It's just you haven't been around much lately.
02:51Yeah, well, from now on, that's going to change.
02:52From now on, I'm going to be popping in,
02:54keeping an eye on the place,
02:56because, well, we don't want any more break-ins, do we?
03:00No.
03:01I don't agree with this.
03:12It's not how it's done around here.
03:13People don't want trance music whilst they're buying a punnet of strawberries, Oscar.
03:18No.
03:18Says you!
03:21Yes, says me.
03:22Here, pack me up here.
03:24No, I love it.
03:25Brings a buzz to the plate.
03:26That's easy for you to say, though, isn't it?
03:28You're selling skimpy clothes to teenagers.
03:31What are you playing at?
03:32I'm here trying to flog marrows to grown-ups.
03:35I love it.
03:36It takes me back this, does.
03:37Early 2000s, up all night clubbing.
03:40You're not 13 then, won't you?
03:41Yeah, what's your point?
03:42Please.
03:43I love the fact you're putting your own stamp on things,
03:46but would you mind turning this down?
03:47Yeah, yeah.
03:48Yeah, yeah.
03:49Well, Scott, turn it down.
03:50For the record, honey, this isn't my stamp, right?
03:54I have respect.
04:01Where are you going?
04:02Break time.
04:03I know my rights.
04:05I bet you do.
04:07Oscar, ten minutes, yeah?
04:14Hey, sorry to worry about Nigel leaving.
04:17How are you feeling?
04:18I'll have double-edged and chips without a chat, please.
04:37Lexi mentioned about coming over for a roast, if you fancy it.
04:43You can't ignore me forever, you know.
04:48Look, if it's any consolation,
04:50that Nigel actually seemed happy when he left with Judy.
04:52Like he was going to somewhere safe.
04:58I know you're upset, so just give me a call if you need me.
05:03Glad to see you out and about.
05:05Meaning?
05:06Meaning.
05:07The Phil I knew was shut himself away in that house.
05:09I've not spoke to anyone for six months.
05:11Nigel's in the right place for both of you.
05:15You know, I got divorced from you,
05:17so I'm going to have to hear you mouthing off anymore.
05:20Charming.
05:21Cheers, Cav.
05:22All right.
05:24All right.
05:24Here we go.
05:27It's burnt.
05:29Well, it's a bit crispy around the edges,
05:30but a lot of people ask for it like that.
05:32I'll go over there.
05:33Nigel ain't the only one round here who cares about you, Phil.
05:37Just because he's gone don't mean you ain't got friends.
05:42I think I'll eat somewhere else.
05:51Thanks, Cav.
05:52Can you not think of any reason why the bailiffs would be at the door?
05:55No.
05:56I mean, there was a few brown envelopes,
05:57but I just shoved them in the floor.
05:59I didn't want to think about them.
06:00What?
06:00Money's tight.
06:02Harvey don't pay no more,
06:03and Martin used to help out more than he needed to.
06:05Things slip through the net.
06:07All right?
06:07Happens to all of us.
06:08No, you don't, Cat.
06:09I mean, how can I expect Lily to come back
06:11when nothing ever changes?
06:13I've been to see my bank manager,
06:14in case you were wondering.
06:15Shh.
06:18Nobody cares.
06:19Oh, but you will,
06:19because I can borrow against my other businesses
06:21to get what I need to buy the vic.
06:23Oh, think, Ian.
06:24Do you actually think I'd be standing here frying bacon
06:27if I had all that money?
06:28We was having you on.
06:29You were right the first time.
06:31The scratch card was fake.
06:32I bought it from the joke shop.
06:34Even Vinnie...
06:35He was in on it.
06:36It was a prank to make you look thick.
06:39Everyone was queuing up.
06:41We was having a laugh,
06:42and now we ain't.
06:43So just go away with you.
06:45My pleasure.
06:46I mean, seriously,
06:48how can I do this to my kids again?
06:50Look, most of the time,
06:51this stuff can just be sorted with a phone call.
06:53Will we leave you a card?
06:54Any chance?
06:54You left me this.
06:55Oh, I don't know.
07:01All right, I'll give him a call.
07:03When he hears from your Rottweiler solicitor,
07:05he won't know what's hitting.
07:16I knew it.
07:19I knew you wouldn't last a day.
07:21I'm freezing cold.
07:22It's July, Oscar.
07:24He's going to wear my trainers out
07:25standing there all day.
07:27Anyways, I've already given him some of my best ideas,
07:29liven things up out there.
07:31I think Peter wanted you to work the whole day,
07:33not just go there,
07:34liven things up and then come home.
07:37I'm an ideas man.
07:38I've picked up some sick gifts from the market.
07:43Oh.
07:44Keychain for Louis.
07:48This is a lighter.
07:50He's nine years old.
07:51And for the other one...
07:52His name's Jimmy.
07:54Yeah.
07:57Maybe he can match my style.
07:58Maybe he'll be as good looking as me,
08:00if he's lucky.
08:00Is this a joke?
08:08You can't give a blind baby sunglasses.
08:11He's not Stevie Wonder.
08:15Shut up.
08:15He ain't blind.
08:16Yeah, he is.
08:18Mum must have told you.
08:23What, Mum didn't tell you?
08:24Hold on, there's leaflets all around the house.
08:29You really didn't know?
08:31Blind.
08:32A little baby.
08:33Your little baby.
08:34Yeah.
08:38Yeah, he is Jimmy, um...
08:40Well, Jimmy can't see.
08:44I'm so sorry, I thought you knew.
08:49It's not all bad.
08:51I mean, us going through this,
08:53it has sort of weirdly
08:54brought us all closer.
08:58I mean,
08:59I was really devastated
09:02when they told us
09:03it's been really hard.
09:06You know, trying to work out
09:07what his little life is going to be like,
09:09what his future will be.
09:11You know, it's just the little things.
09:16If he can't see me,
09:19will he ever even know who I am?
09:23Don't say that.
09:27It's all right.
09:32Yeah.
09:35All right.
09:35Who are you two
09:45going to kiss and make up,
09:46are they?
09:47Well, if he had his way,
09:48he probably never.
09:49Jay,
09:50you called Julie,
09:52all right?
09:54You can't just leave him like that.
09:56I've tried,
09:56he won't talk to me.
09:57What do you want me to do?
09:58How are you feeling after yesterday?
10:07Must be strange,
10:08not having Nigel to look out for.
10:13Look,
10:13you know I think
10:16that you should have gone out there
10:17and said goodbye,
10:18but what's done is done.
10:19The important thing now
10:21is that you don't
10:22close in on yourself.
10:24What is it with women
10:25and their advice?
10:27Have you heard from him
10:28or Julie?
10:30Do you hear from your mates
10:31every five minutes?
10:31No, no,
10:32of course you don't.
10:33Nigel is more than just a friend.
10:35He's a mate on you
10:36at school
10:36and that's it.
10:37Are you going to sit there
10:38and flap your gums
10:39all about alcohol?
10:40Can I drink my orange juice
10:41in peace?
10:42Well,
10:44I don't have to flap my gums
10:45as you so charmingly put it,
10:47but
10:47if you're asking me
10:48to leave you alone
10:49the answer is no.
10:50We're there for each other.
10:52Where had you forgotten?
10:56Now how about
10:57we go upstairs,
10:58have a cup of tea
10:59and start this conversation
11:01all over again?
11:06I bet you'll miss this place
11:08when it's gone.
11:09On my feet all day and night,
11:10I doubt it.
11:12I'll make you a deal.
11:14I won't mention Nigel
11:15if you don't ask me
11:16if I'm going to miss this place.
11:19All I can think about
11:20at the minute
11:21is what I'm going to do
11:22with myself
11:23when we find any cell.
11:25How did your mum cope
11:26when she left?
11:28My mum ain't left.
11:29This whole place
11:30is, uh,
11:31is her.
11:33All right,
11:33let's get you back.
11:34Let's get you back.
11:37All right,
11:37let's get you out,
11:38actually.
11:38Yeah, yeah.
11:41Phil,
11:42Phil,
11:42listen to me,
11:43this ain't our looks.
11:43Hey, what, please?
11:45Tell me what it means,
11:45Phil.
11:46Stop it, Phil.
11:47Stop it, Phil.
11:49Phil.
11:50Leave him, Phil.
11:52Just stop.
11:52Son's husband you're messing with.
11:54Do you understand me?
11:54What's happening?
11:56Good.
11:57Phil.
11:58Look, I never meant for this
11:59to happen, all right?
11:59No one likes like Phil today.
12:01Phil, will you just calm down?
12:02Calm down?
12:03Did you know about this?
12:04Oh, you want to talk to me now,
12:05do you?
12:05Look, he didn't know about this,
12:06okay?
12:07He knew nothing about this.
12:08It's got nothing to do with him.
12:09If you just let me explain.
12:10I ain't interested.
12:11What were you thinking,
12:12holding him by the throat like that?
12:13Well, Ben ain't here to
12:14stick up for himself,
12:14is he so I'm going to?
12:15It's got nothing to do with Ben,
12:17all right?
12:17And it's got nothing to do with Johnny.
12:19This is all on me.
12:20Look, I know it's a shock,
12:21all right,
12:22but at the end of the day,
12:23they are grown men.
12:24It's none of our business.
12:25How long?
12:26It's nothing to do with it.
12:27How long have you been letting these two
12:28bank up in your pub, eh?
12:31He's my son.
12:33You would have done the same.
12:35You don't come out with all this stuff
12:36about friendship.
12:38All this stuff,
12:39but at the end of the day,
12:40it's just blood versus water.
12:46Just, just give him time,
12:47all right?
12:48Let him cool down.
12:48Thank you so much for ringing
12:55and sorry to leave you
12:56with a scrap of paper.
12:58I'm afraid I've run out of business cards.
13:01Do you like harassing widows
13:02with small children,
13:03Mr Whitecroft?
13:04Do you get off on it?
13:05Well, no, of course not.
13:06I'm not like that at all.
13:08I've got four sausage dogs at home.
13:11I mean, I know it's not the same
13:12as having children,
13:13but I'm a family man,
13:14is what I'm saying.
13:15Right, well, you should know better
13:16because it's disgusting.
13:19What's disgusting?
13:21Am I disgusting?
13:22Yeah, yeah, you are.
13:25Look, the last couple of months
13:26have been a complete nightmare,
13:27all right?
13:28What with people dying
13:29and people leaving
13:30and people cracking up.
13:32Yeah, it's a lot of people.
13:34Look, look, the point is,
13:35all right,
13:36whatever I owe you,
13:37I will pay it back.
13:38I just need a bit of time.
13:39No, no, look,
13:40I think you've misunderstood
13:41my job description.
13:42Look, I know you don't owe me
13:43any favours.
13:44No, no, no, look,
13:44you don't owe me any money
13:46is what I mean.
13:47I work for an insurance company.
13:49We've been trying
13:49to get in touch with you
13:50because you're the main
13:51beneficiary of a life
13:52insurance policy.
14:02Oh, I thought you legged it.
14:04Babe,
14:05they ain't getting rid of me.
14:07I'm better at this
14:08than you also.
14:09Well, and if that's the case,
14:12you won't mind handling
14:13this place for five minutes
14:14once I get myself a coffee,
14:15no?
14:16Cheers.
14:17Hello.
14:20What happened to the club hits?
14:26Same for the weekend.
14:28That was my vibe,
14:29not theirs.
14:34You all right?
14:35Jimmy's blind.
14:40Laurie just told me.
14:42Yeah.
14:43It's a tough one.
14:44Yeah.
14:45He's so small
14:46and he ain't done
14:49nothing to Noah.
14:49What's that about?
14:51He'll be okay, you know.
14:52I mean,
14:53I don't say that lightly,
14:56but he will.
14:57Yeah?
14:58Yeah.
14:58Excuse me, ladies.
15:10Don't you just love me?
15:13How about
15:14when you have a little dance?
15:16Well, yeah,
15:17let's get it.
15:18Well, I'll take you out
15:20with some banging of chorus.
15:22Why?
15:22Oh, please.
15:23Can you just say that?
15:24Yeah, right.
15:24We can't give that.
15:25Oh, I'll take you down.
15:26Yes.
15:26Have you got a death wish
15:34or something?
15:35I told you,
15:35I need to explain.
15:36Explain?
15:37You're copping off
15:38with another geezer.
15:38What's there to explain?
15:39Why do you think
15:40the past 16 months
15:41of my life have been that,
15:41eh?
15:43Your son turned my life
15:44upside down
15:44and that's amazing, Phil,
15:45all right?
15:46I'm the man
15:46that I was always meant to be.
15:48But the person
15:48who made that happen,
15:49who promised to be here forever,
15:50he's not here.
15:51So what?
15:51You and him are done, are you?
15:52No, we're not done.
15:53He's my husband.
15:55But Johnny,
15:55he...
15:55Johnny knew the old me,
15:57all right?
15:58And he understands
15:59who I am now.
16:00But if Ben was here,
16:01Phil,
16:01we wouldn't be having
16:02this conversation.
16:02Oh, right,
16:03so it's all Ben's fault.
16:04I'm not saying that,
16:05am I?
16:05But let's be real,
16:06he's not tucked
16:07with hundreds of other geezers.
16:08What's to say
16:08he's not doing worse?
16:09All about Lexi.
16:11Have you even thought
16:11about what this would do to her?
16:13It doesn't have to do anything
16:14to her
16:14because she doesn't
16:15have to know,
16:15please.
16:16Phil,
16:18don't tell her.
16:21I can't,
16:21I can't lose my family
16:23over this.
16:23The way you're talking,
16:24you're talking like
16:25it's all down to you.
16:28I won't see Johnny anymore.
16:30I won't see anyone anymore.
16:31You've got my worth.
16:32Yeah,
16:32what's that worth,
16:33eh?
16:34Because with family,
16:35you're supposed to stick it out
16:35through thick and thin.
16:37Not walk away
16:37the minute
16:38the going gets tough.
16:39Just walk away.
16:41Walk away.
16:42You can't be serious.
16:44I've been up there
16:45in that flat
16:45raising Ben's daughter.
16:47You even listening to me?
16:56So you're going to tell him?
16:57Well,
17:01all the best then.
17:02Yeah.
17:03Bye now.
17:04See you later, mate.
17:05See ya.
17:10£100,000?
17:11Did it really just happen?
17:12I can't believe
17:13Martin had life insurance
17:14and never told you.
17:14I can't believe
17:15he had life insurance
17:15full stop.
17:17He hated paperwork
17:18and forms
17:19and everything.
17:20It's not a scam,
17:21is it?
17:22No, no,
17:22we'll have it double-chased,
17:23but it looks totally legit.
17:25Mate,
17:26he just wanted
17:26to look after you all.
17:29It's not enough,
17:30though, is it, really?
17:31I mean, no,
17:32don't get me wrong,
17:33it's more money
17:34than I'm ever going to have
17:35in my whole entire life,
17:36but, you know,
17:37it ain't enough
17:38to make up for him.
17:39It's not needy enough.
17:41I know.
17:44You pretend
17:45you had £100,000 yesterday
17:46and today it falls
17:47into your lap for real.
17:48You know what Jean's
17:49going to say about this,
17:50don't you?
17:50What?
17:51She's going to call it
17:51the law of attraction.
17:52She's going to say
17:53the universe and all that.
17:54Oh, shut up.
17:55She is.
17:56Oh, it's funny
17:59how the life goes on,
18:00isn't it?
18:02Put that down, mate.
18:05Take...
18:06Yeah, yeah.
18:07No, no.
18:07Is it that one?
18:0925, 30.
18:10Yeah, go on.
18:10Yeah, have a seat.
18:11Actually, I'm going to take one back.
18:12What?
18:1229,
18:13for the apple
18:14that you didn't think
18:14I saw you eat.
18:15Uh, 28.
18:17And a cherry,
18:1837.
18:1837.
18:19I'd be happy with that.
18:22Tight.
18:23All right, mate,
18:24go on.
18:24I'll put the store away.
18:26Yeah?
18:27Mm-hmm.
18:28He's heavy.
18:32Are you?
18:32Yeah, you can do that.
18:33I'll spend it all at once, mate.
18:43He's checking himself out, I don't know.
18:44What are you doing?
18:52I sold that gear you gave me.
18:54Sounds like you've been a busy boy, Harry.
18:56So we're square now, yeah?
19:04All right.
19:06It's all right.
19:07He's just leaving.
19:08Sorry, I should have warned you
19:09that he'd be around.
19:10Just go back in your room
19:11and I'll be in in a minute, all right?
19:12Go on, it's OK.
19:21Are you always like that?
19:23It's his flat.
19:25And he don't like surprises.
19:28Can't be chatting about this stuff here.
19:30It's not fair on him.
19:33But we can't do business at the Archers
19:35without Phil sticking his nose in,
19:37so you don't have any other option.
19:40Do you?
19:42Now, I would suggest you tell him I'm a mate
19:47that might be popping around,
19:49so next time he won't be so surprised.
19:53Kojo wouldn't suspect anything,
19:54so...
19:55this place is perfect.
20:00I'll be in touch when I've got more stuff for you to move.
20:02So keep your phone on, Harry.
20:15I thought the over-sixties, truly,
20:17I thought they'd be immune to his banter,
20:18but it turns out they'd have him even more.
20:20Well, that's good, then,
20:21cos that's most of your customers, isn't it?
20:24Yeah, don't knock the grape out on.
20:26I'm not.
20:28What?
20:28So he did good, then?
20:29He obviously did.
20:32Well, let's just see if he turns up tomorrow.
20:35Oh, speaking of the devil!
20:37All right?
20:39What?
20:40Yeah, shut up.
20:41Er, I got this for Stevie.
20:44Instead of the shades he didn't like, for some reason.
20:48Too soon for nicknames.
20:49Yeah, definitely.
20:50Yeah.
20:51Er, I asked in the shop.
20:54Er,
20:55it's got loads of different textures
20:56on it,
20:58so he can feel it.
21:00He don't have to see.
21:03Did you pay for this out of your wages?
21:06Some.
21:07Save the rest for fags and boos.
21:08That's really, really sweet, Oscar.
21:11Oh, OK.
21:13It is.
21:14It's lovely.
21:15Thank you, mate.
21:16Thank you, mate.
21:38Oh, I am surprised I'm not carrying you home in a bin bag after Phil's moved.
22:02I wish he had just laid in to me.
22:04At least then that'll be the end of it.
22:06You agree with him?
22:07You think I deserve everything I get?
22:09Well, I'm trying not to make a big deal out of here.
22:13I did think you were better than this, to be honest.
22:14What am I going to do, Jay?
22:19Do you still love Ben?
22:20Yeah.
22:22Then you're going to put it behind, Jay.
22:23You're going to forgive yourself and you're going to move on.
22:26I can't.
22:27Look, Ben's the one who got himself banged up in a prison halfway around the world.
22:30Right?
22:30God knows I love him,
22:31but I could write a book on the amount of promises he ain't kept.
22:33I mean I can't move on.
22:35Why?
22:37Phil's threatening to tell Ben.
22:40He's going to hold this over me for good.
22:41I've had enough of this.
22:47Jane?
22:48Jane?
22:49Jane?
22:52Shut up.
22:53Martin.
22:54I know, he only had a bank account because Sonia made him.
22:56Life insurance?
22:57I'd have proper grown up.
22:59It feels wrong celebrating though, didn't it?
23:02Stacey, this is a good thing.
23:03No one deserves this more than you.
23:04Oh, I know.
23:05And I can give some to Ruby for Roman and I can give some to Bex.
23:08Yeah, and for you and your kid's future.
23:10Yeah.
23:11I can pay the credit card off, I can pay the bills on time next month.
23:14I don't ever have to be scared again, cat.
23:16Good old Martin, eh?
23:17Well, I can't just leave it kicking about in a bank account.
23:20I know what I'm like.
23:20I'll spend it on a load of rubbish.
23:22I need to, like, invest it in some ink.
23:25Yeah, give Ian Bill run for his money.
23:26That'll show him.
23:28Why not?
23:30Your face lit up yesterday when we was talking about buying that pub.
23:34I was joking.
23:35Yeah, and now I ain't.
23:37Imagine it.
23:37You and Alfie behind the bar again.
23:39You two living upstairs with the boys.
23:42And where will you be?
23:43We'll be over the road.
23:44Getting free drinks whenever I want.
23:46Coining it in from my solid investment.
23:49You've done so much for me over the years.
23:52I'd love to pay you back somehow.
23:54You're serious?
23:56All the deliveries.
23:57All the moaning, standing there for hours on end.
24:00You loved it.
24:01You know you did.
24:03No, this one is for you and your kids.
24:05For a proper future.
24:06Yeah.
24:07And you've made more money than this whole family put together.
24:10Who else would I want helping me out?
24:13Call the bank.
24:15Let's buy ourselves that boozer.
24:23You come to defend him, have you?
24:25I might have known you was in on it.
24:27Look, I didn't know anything about the Johnny stuff, all right?
24:29I'm here to defend him because he's Callum.
24:31He's one of Lexi's dads.
24:32Oh, well, let's see how long that lasts
24:33once Ben finds out he's been playing away.
24:36Oh, yeah, and how many mistakes has Ben made, Phil?
24:37But don't list them because we'll be here all day.
24:40And we haven't even spoke about how Ben's going to feel.
24:42You know, he's in a cell, cooped up a million miles from home
24:44and his old man drops a bomb like that.
24:46You know he ain't been in a good place for a while.
24:49Come on, Phil, you've learnt a lot about mental health.
24:51Why would you do that?
24:54You're done.
24:58Look, can we just be honest here for a minute?
25:01Right, the way you're feeling, the way you're acting,
25:03it's got nothing to do with Callum.
25:06If this is how you're reacting now when Nadia's gone to Scotland,
25:09then how would you have felt when you'd have lost him for real?
25:13Look, we spoke, didn't we, eh?
25:16You know, the night you were going to kill yourself, do you remember?
25:18I saw something different in you that night.
25:23But I didn't do anything.
25:26Look, I owe you a lot, Phil, all right?
25:29But if this is how you're reacting now,
25:31then it just proves I was right that when Nigel would have died,
25:34he would have taken you down with him.
25:36You're lashing out, Phil.
25:37I can read you like a book.
25:44You and him.
25:47Nothing to do with me.
25:49And you.
25:51You ain't even Lexi's real dad, not really.
25:56Don't say that.
25:57I think it's about the time Lexi went and lived with her real family, you know?
26:03Someone who's, er,
26:05got his own place,
26:06who's a blood relative, you know?
26:08Who's willing
26:09and able
26:10to take on his granddaughter.
26:14Look, I'm Lexi's guardian.
26:15Lexi belongs with me.
26:16That's what Lola wanted.
26:18But Lola ain't here, is she?
26:21You, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay!
26:24You do this,
26:25and I swear,
26:27Phil, listen to me.
26:31I know you're right and you're right,
26:32but you can't do this.
26:38Watch me.
26:47Detect...