Emmerdale 17 September 2024
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00:00What are you thinking about?
00:18More than I can put into words.
00:20Just how fast things change, mostly.
00:24Oh, did you call Chas and check that she's bringing the boys straight here after school?
00:29As long as you're up to it.
00:32It's one of the only things that's gonna make any of this feel normal.
00:37Right.
00:39Are you suggesting that I'm not up to seeing them?
00:42Because I'm not made of glass, Cain.
00:44I know.
00:46But you're also not fine, so you're just gonna have to put up with me working out what's best for you.
00:51What's best is me seeing my boys.
00:54Working out how I'm gonna tell them.
00:57We tell them together because we're in this together.
01:00Yeah.
01:01Except you get to swear of the symptoms and the seizures, right?
01:08Sorry, not helpful.
01:16It's okay.
01:18You don't have to apologise, not to me.
01:25Right, you colour in the kettle for Mummy.
01:27Good girl.
01:31Oh, whoa, seriously?
01:34Don't judge, I've got a stinking hangover.
01:36Well, I'm hardly feeling sparkly myself.
01:40Jobs and kids do not mix.
01:43Have you thought any more about what we were talking about yesterday?
01:48Yeah.
01:49I've decided I need to move on with my life.
01:53And put my past behind me, somehow.
01:58Speaking of which...
01:59Ladies, Ruby.
02:01Oh, I take it you've come for your posh food order.
02:05Well, I haven't had a chance to pack it up yet.
02:07Oh, you can save yourself the effort.
02:09I don't need it anymore.
02:10What? Why don't you?
02:12Not that it's your concern, but Chas was coming over for dinner and now she can't make it.
02:16But you've ordered it, you can't just un-order it.
02:18I didn't realise you were such a stickler for rules, Tracy.
02:21You're not when it comes to marriage vows.
02:24I, er, I should get going.
02:30Hi.
02:31You OK?
02:32Oh, yeah, it's just a struggle in a bored three-year-old in this place.
02:37Mm, well, perhaps if you hadn't cheated on Nate.
02:41And maybe if you hadn't forced Caleb to sabotage my nursery, I wouldn't be in this mess.
02:47Come on, ladies, quickly, chill.
02:49She started it.
02:50I thought that near-death experience might have chilled you out a bit.
02:52Seems not.
02:53Is it not better if we're just best mates, eh?
02:55Is it?
02:57Ask me when I'm less tired.
02:59I can look after Frankie for you.
03:01Give you some time to yourself, yeah?
03:03We can play with a few of these toys, can't we?
03:04Oh, thanks, Mandy, it's amazing.
03:07Oh, gosh, this is awkward.
03:10Only, I was about to ask if you and Paddy fancied coming over for an early dinner?
03:15Oh, yeah.
03:16Oh, why not?
03:18It saves me wasting all that fancy food that Tracy seems so concerned I pay for,
03:22and it'd be a nice chance to get to know my extended family.
03:25Oh.
03:26All right, sounds ace.
03:29What? Oh, yeah, cheers, mans.
03:31Oh, right.
03:33I can have Frankie another time for you, you know?
03:35Because it'd be rude to throw back rubies in there in a phase, you know?
03:38After a few beverages, I mean, you can best mates, eh?
03:40Oh, lucky me.
03:41Oh.
03:49Thanks for taking the kids this morning.
03:51Kyle does know that I'm picking him up, yeah?
03:53It's just that, well, I've cancelled on Caleb and Ruby, so I can take them.
03:56Yeah.
03:58Hey.
03:59Vanessa, can I have a word?
04:01Er, yeah, it's quick.
04:03I only called in to drop Marlon's charger off for Rona.
04:05It's about Tom being suspended from the surgery.
04:07Ah, that kind of thing's really between us and him.
04:11Are you two still in touch, then?
04:12No.
04:13No, I just think that the way he's being treated is dead wrong.
04:16Right.
04:18Listen, why don't you come up to the Hyde with me later,
04:21grab a bit of lunch and we could have a catch-up?
04:23Why?
04:25Because I think you've been going through a bit of a rough time lately,
04:28and could do with a friend.
04:29Yeah, all right.
04:31Well, anything that means that I'm here less is a bonus, right?
04:35Fab.
04:36Well, I'm on me break around four.
04:38Great.
04:40If you're hoping you can talk some sense into her.
04:43I'm just hoping to keep her talking full stop, Chas.
04:46Find out what's really going on.
04:55Whoa!
04:56What's with all the noise, woman?
04:58We're having a dinner party.
04:59Tonight.
05:00I thought Chas cancelled.
05:01She did.
05:02We've got Mandy instead.
05:04No, she's not.
05:06She did.
05:07We've got Mandy instead.
05:09Like a loud but well-meaning leopard print booby prize.
05:12And Paddy.
05:13Are you being serious?
05:14Well, I might have asked her to make a point to Tracey.
05:17Still, give me a chance to wear the new dress and shoes you bought me.
05:21Didn't I add?
05:22Yeah, well, I hadn't had a chance to tell you yet.
05:25You left your card on the side yesterday when you deserted me for Cain.
05:28I needed a little pick-me-up.
05:30You know, after almost dying.
05:32Well, you can have six new dresses for me, I've told you.
05:35Whatever you need.
05:36Well, I'd rather you help me get things ready for them coming tonight.
05:39Oh, no, sorry.
05:40Sorry, I can't.
05:41Why not?
05:42Because I've managed to get that cash injection I was after.
05:44I need a sort of finer details.
05:46Well, can't you do it later?
05:47Seriously, I'm bending over backwards here to embrace your eccentric, extended family.
05:51Yes, and I love you for it.
05:53As soon as I'm done, I'm all yours.
05:54I promise.
06:00What can I get you?
06:01Just a coffee, please.
06:03Have you told Nicola about Tom?
06:05Don't like to worry her when she's with Angel.
06:07And, you know, the gossips will soon move on.
06:10Well, I've just asked Vanessa before if he'd still be suspended if he came home.
06:13And?
06:14He's going crazy for not doing it.
06:16Too much time to think about stuff.
06:22You've spoken to him, then?
06:23No.
06:24No, I'm just saying, it must be hard for him, I imagine.
06:29Go and grab a table.
06:30Right-o.
06:33Thanks.
06:43I thought you'd gone dark.
06:45You what?
06:46You know, off-grid, unreachable.
06:48It's a military thing.
06:49I've sent you loads of texts.
06:50I knew what you meant.
06:51Just couldn't see you pointing, replying with more bad news.
06:54Not now.
06:58They've gone in hard on Kim.
07:00One of her horses.
07:01Just to hammer home the fact that they're serious about getting the money.
07:05How did she take it?
07:06Oh, she was thrilled, Jimmy.
07:08She said that they seemed like professionals.
07:10Well, that's not good.
07:12Thanks for that.
07:13Talking about not good, what's happening with your Tom?
07:15I've been hearing all sorts.
07:17Oh, it's all lies for my money.
07:20You said before that you weren't so sure about him.
07:22You know, what Belle was saying about him.
07:24That's before I saw how cut up he was about it all.
07:28He was in pieces.
07:29You can't fake that.
07:30What, have you said so?
07:32I do.
07:34So, what happens now?
07:36No idea.
07:38I've got their 10 cable.
07:39The number that I used yesterday just goes dead,
07:41so I've no way of contacting them.
07:43What happens if they come back in the meantime?
07:45They'd do even worse than just sneak a horse.
07:49Can you not reconsider coming clean?
07:52At least that way, Kim would be on her guard.
07:54No, no, not now.
07:55Not when I'm this close to making it all go away.
07:59I've never seen this one.
08:01I've seen mine.
08:02Right, that's enough, lads, come on.
08:04Smiley faces, smiley faces.
08:05Hey!
08:07Hello.
08:09Hey.
08:10Hey, look.
08:11Hey.
08:13Oh, that's so nice.
08:15I've missed you both so much.
08:18Come on, come and sit with me.
08:21Oh, you're getting big eyes.
08:24Why couldn't we come to the hospital?
08:27Oh, well, because I knew I wasn't going to be in there for long, didn't I?
08:30Yeah.
08:31So you're OK now?
08:33Yes and no.
08:35It's complicated.
08:37How is it?
08:38Right, I'm going to give you some space, leave you to it.
08:40Oh, no, it's fine, Chas, stay.
08:43Well, go on.
08:45Well, the doctor found something in my head.
08:48A tumour.
08:50You mean cancer?
08:51Well, hopefully not, no.
08:53Not that they can be totally sure,
08:55no, I mean, it's still not good, admittedly.
08:57But you're not going to die, like Granny Faith?
09:00No, hopefully not, no.
09:02So you might?
09:04That's not what your mum meant, Moira.
09:07Well, there's no guarantees with much in life, boys, take it from me.
09:12But I don't want you to die.
09:14Oh, come here, don't cry, Isaac, come on, I'll be all right.
09:21It'll be fine.
09:23Hey.
09:24Oh, excuse me, do you know what room Helen Fox is in?
09:27Yeah, that's fine.
09:29Ta.
09:46What, why are you on your own?
09:50You said you'd bring Ruby.
09:51I never said that.
09:52Well, I only want to see her.
09:53Well, lucky for you that she's at home, then.
09:57She's got no idea that her poisonous mum's trying to get her claws into her.
10:14Because of where the tumour is,
10:16my mum might act a bit differently sometimes,
10:19say things that seem a bit funny.
10:21Like jokes?
10:22Well, it might make you laugh when I get things wrong.
10:25I also might have something that you call a seizure.
10:28Yeah, but we don't need to talk about that now, do we?
10:31Which means that you can't be left alone with me.
10:34You'll always have to have a grown-up there
10:36to make sure that you two are looked after.
10:38Is Dad right?
10:40After the operation, you'll get better?
10:42Well, I said so, didn't I?
10:44Listen, why don't you two go outside and have a kick about, go on.
10:47OK.
10:49See you in a bit.
10:50See you in a bit.
10:54That went well.
10:56What?
11:00I am sure it's of little consequence to you
11:04to know I'm dying.
11:07Yeah, you said on the phone.
11:11I mean, I doubt you'd have dared get in touch anyway, otherwise.
11:15You knew the reception you'd get.
11:17Yeah.
11:18But let me tell you,
11:20this doesn't change anything.
11:22I'm still not telling Ruby.
11:25I love her too much.
11:27Do you think it's your place to decide?
11:29Well, seeing as it was me that blocked your number on her phone,
11:32I'd say, yeah, I do.
11:34Anyway, it's not about Ruby, is it?
11:37This is just some lame attempt to clear your conscience
11:39for disowning her before you pop off.
11:43No, my daughter...
11:44My daughter has a right to know.
11:46That I am dying.
11:48There are things that need to be said.
11:50I already told you.
11:52It's not happening.
11:53Oh.
11:56You always wear full of it.
12:02At least I'm worthy of her.
12:04Oh.
12:05Whereas you...
12:07You see, all that money you've got,
12:09it might have bought you a big house and friends at a golf club,
12:12but it never did buy you class, did it?
12:14Oh, no.
12:15Please don't claim you know me because you really don't.
12:19I know that you tried to pay me to ditch her.
12:22And I know that when she got pregnant,
12:24you tried to force her to abort our child.
12:27And I know that you turfed her out with nothing when she wouldn't.
12:31And I've had to live with that all my life.
12:33And now you'll have to die with it.
12:36Tell me...
12:38Have you seen anything of Stephanie?
12:40Don't you dare even say my kids' names.
12:43Do you hear me?
12:46Come on, spit it out.
12:48You could have been a bit less blunt, maybe.
12:51I mean, the poor boys look shell-shocked.
12:53Well, I didn't realise that I was coming across like that.
12:56I mean, I wasn't trying to hurt them, child.
12:58No, I know, I know.
13:02Bye-bye self-awareness and...
13:04Oh, along with reading the room.
13:06Well, I think Cain managed to pull it back well enough.
13:09You know, he reassured them both.
13:10Yeah.
13:12How did you deal with it, Chas?
13:14Realising that...
13:17..everything that you take for granted could disappear.
13:23A minute at a time at first.
13:27I think it's about finding your own way through it
13:30as sanely as you can.
13:32But this is brain surgery.
13:35Someone tinkering around in my head.
13:39And it can't go smoothly every time, can it?
13:44What if I'm one of the unlucky ones?
13:51Is that better? Yeah.
13:59Why did you come here?
14:01Because you've clearly got no intention of helping me.
14:09I suppose I wanted to hear you admit what you did to her.
14:12Admit your callousness.
14:14Forcing her to make an impossible choice.
14:17I mean...
14:20..I wouldn't have believed you, but you did something at least.
14:25But anything I have to say...
14:28..is to my daughter.
14:30Not you.
14:34Right, tell me.
14:38What was it about the idea of me and Ruby
14:41that you found so repellent?
14:43That made you drive her and her unborn child away?
14:47Eh? Well, come on, it's truth time, innit?
14:49If not now, when?
14:52How is she?
14:54Oh, tell me that at least, please.
14:59She's good.
15:01She's happy.
15:03A liar for being cut free of toxic baggage.
15:06Well, I am...
15:08..I'm pleased she's happy.
15:11It's more than I managed with her father.
15:17We divorced.
15:19Well, I would say I'm sorry, but, you know...
15:24..almost restores me faith in karma, that.
15:27You know, you shouldn't presume to know everything.
15:30There is two sides to every story.
15:37Oh. Right, that's me headed on me break.
15:40These two are sorted, but they're probably going to want a coffee soon.
15:44Oh, sorry for keeping you waiting.
15:46No, it's fine.
15:48So...
15:50..how are you?
15:51Yeah, I'm all right, ta.
15:53DOORBELL RINGS
15:54Oh, sorry.
15:56It's fine, jacket?
15:57No, no, it's probably just one of my mates from the church group.
16:00Must jump back in a bit.
16:02So not Tom, then?
16:03Listen, can we order some food? I'm starving.
16:07You do trust me as a mate, don't you?
16:11Cos as a mate, I'm worried about you.
16:16I realise what Belle said about Tom must have been hard to hear.
16:20Well, he's been really nice for me.
16:23And thoughtful and funny too.
16:27Doesn't mean Belle's experience was the same.
16:30You can never really know what's going on in other people's relationships.
16:33Amy...
16:35..she's making stuff up to just hurt him.
16:38She's jealous cos he's moved on from her.
16:40She's shucking her toys out the pram, basically.
16:43Those your words or Tom's?
16:47You sound just like Chas.
16:49Maybe that's because we both care about you.
16:54Look, you barely know Tom.
16:56Just don't isolate yourself from people
16:59for someone who might not even be right for you.
17:03Please.
17:18Coming!
17:19Coming!
17:20Coming!
17:22Paddy!
17:23Hiya!
17:25Oh, thanks for all this.
17:28Oh!
17:29How do, love?
17:30You're not Paddy?
17:32Not much gets past you.
17:34So, it's a funny story.
17:35And yet I'm not laughing.
17:37Right, anyway, Paddy, he's overwhelmed with paperwork at the surgery cos...
17:41..they're a vet down.
17:43So, Bear, you know, thought he would come in his place.
17:46Well, I heard you had a lot of posh grub needed eating.
17:49So, I thought I'd step up to plate.
17:51So, I've got my stretchy waistband trousers on,
17:53so don't worry about leftovers.
17:55I have no words.
17:56Can I have a glass of what you're having?
17:58Yes, right.
18:01I can't let him not hear.
18:02He'll be here soon, I'm sure.
18:04If he knows what's good for him.
18:05I might just give him a call.
18:07See what's keeping him.
18:08Nice one.
18:09Do you mind if I, er, hang up the chains?
18:11Knock yourself out.
18:12Oh!
18:15SHE SCREAMS
18:17SHE SCREAMS
18:24Where are you?
18:25Sorry, Ruge, I messed up, I lost track of time.
18:27I won't be long, though, I swear.
18:29You better not be.
18:31Can you bring a bottle of tequila on your way home?
18:34You do know you had concussion a few days ago?
18:36Yeah, and I would gladly have it again,
18:38to swerve an evening with Mandy and her father-in-law.
18:41Please, bring the tequila.
18:44MUSIC CONTINUES
18:52Look, as fun as this is, I've got somewhere better to be.
18:57But I've got a deal for you.
18:58Oh, I don't do deals.
18:59Cash.
19:00To see Ruby.
19:02If I can persuade her to come.
19:04Oh, finally!
19:06He shows his colours.
19:08Let's say 100K, then.
19:10Yeah, I know.
19:12The price has gone up a bit since Anthony tried to pay me off,
19:15but that's inflation for you, innit?
19:23When the money lands in my account,
19:25I'll speak to Ruby.
19:28All I want is a yes or a no.
19:30Oh, I'll give you the money.
19:34I just want to see my daughter.
19:42Look, if there's anything that's worrying you,
19:44or things seem a bit weird, you just come and find me,
19:47and we can fix things, all right?
19:49Come on, you two, give me a hug.
19:52Aw, can I have one of those?
19:55Go on, then.
19:57Go on, then.
19:58Right, you two, go on.
20:00Go and do your own work.
20:04I was going to go and find you, see if you needed anything.
20:08How about a promise
20:10that neither of us mention the word tumour for a day or two?
20:13I just...
20:15I feel like burying my head in the sand, to be honest.
20:20OK, deal.
20:21Yeah.
20:22Love you.
20:29Hey, what's funny?
20:30Absolutely nothing.
20:31Right, Ruby?
20:32Sure, sir.
20:34Sorry, folks.
20:36Finally!
20:37A bottle of tequila.
20:38Costs about your days.
20:40Ah!
20:41What do we think, Mandy?
20:42Should I be worried about what or who has kept him late?
20:45Charming, that, innit?
20:46You try to do something nice, you get interrogated for your trouble.
20:49Shut up, I'm just teasing.
20:53How's it been?
20:54Awful, at first,
20:55till I discovered Andy is priceless.
20:58I'm having a brilliant time.
20:59Really?
21:00Yeah.
21:01No beats rattling around here on my own.
21:03Yeah, I wouldn't agree.
21:04Not being great without company since the fire.
21:06It's a good job you've always got me in your corner, then.
21:09Thanks.
21:10What kept you, by the way?
21:11Oh, it was just an investor pushing their luck.
21:13Needed a bit of careful handling.
21:15Think I made the right call, though.
21:17I wouldn't expect anything less from Milligan.