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00:00Long time, no see.
00:11I've seen that look on a lot of people's faces since I've been back this year.
00:18You're, er, you're looking good, David.
00:24Well, you ain't looking too bad yourself.
00:28For someone who's dead.
00:31So let's get the easy bit out of the way, shall we?
00:35What you doing here?
00:37Oh.
00:39Um, I've, um, I've had to come, come over and see Bianca because she's, she's...
00:46Yeah, yeah, it's fine. I know.
00:49The decimal count's gone up since she came back.
00:52I've had to view the traders and complain to the council about the noise.
00:58Oh, blimey.
01:00So, er, how long's it been, about 30 years?
01:07Er, 27? No, nearly 28.
01:13Oh.
01:15That time I, I thought you were pushing up daisies.
01:22So let's do the hard part now, shall we? Um...
01:33Forty-five's free. We can talk in there.
01:39What? Ian's house?
01:42Yeah, that's something I've got to talk to you about.
01:50Can I have another one? No.
01:52It's only a doughnut. Yeah.
01:54Which are two quid each, times two is four quid.
01:57What, do you think I'm made of money?
01:59Come on, I'll fill you up with some custard cream.
02:01I've sure got a mouldy packet in the cupboard somewhere.
02:04I'll see you back there.
02:05I'm only joking about being mouldy.
02:07Yeah, I know, but I'm, I'm meeting Zane and Luca, and they'll be here in a bit.
02:11All right. Make sure they save you some. See you later.
02:23Hello, my name's Jenny. Dad.
02:25Daughter that I work in a care facility. Dad.
02:28I'm Simon, I'm still at school and I'm working on my own.
02:31Welcome to U-Boat.
02:33Right, just to remind you, you have seven questions,
02:35and each has a different time limit.
02:37So you've got 20... What again?
02:39Maybe it's all this sitting down or something's pressing on my bladder,
02:43but if it's too much trouble, I'll just sit around and wipe myself.
02:47No, I just thought something was the matter, that's all.
02:50Anyway, all these farmers' lifts are going to be better than the gym, innit?
02:54And then we can have dinner, yeah?
02:56Tonight's treat night.
02:58So I'm going to go down to McLunkey's to get you a takeaway.
03:01Again? So you actually haven't made anything?
03:05Well, you can never have too many treats, can you?
03:09I don't know what's more shocking,
03:11you turning into Lazarus
03:13or being shacked up with my brother playing happy families again.
03:17Behave.
03:18Last time I saw you, Cindy, you just had him shot.
03:22Yeah, well, times were different back then.
03:26I'm a different person now.
03:28You don't look too different to me.
03:30And is that good or bad?
03:33Hmm.
03:35Hmm. And where's this?
03:38Cheats in France. Spent a bit of time there.
03:41Nice. Pool and everything.
03:44Yeah, I loved it.
03:48And now me and you are back in Walford.
03:51So what was it?
03:53Were you on the run or something?
03:59It's got the hundreds in there.
04:02Yeah, I'll see what I can get.
04:06Then I'll see you down Westfield.
04:24Bloomin' pigeons!
04:26Oi, what are you doing?
04:32Anna. Hi.
04:35Listen, I'm planning something for later on,
04:38well, to do with your mum.
04:40So why are you telling me?
04:42Er, because I think I need to apologise first.
04:47It's, um...
04:49Look, all that stuff with Bobby and how I've been towards you since...
04:54Look, we just need to draw a line under it, OK?
04:58What's brought this on?
05:01Well, we're family, aren't we?
05:03I mean, obviously me and Bobby are,
05:05but you and me, I mean, we're family as well.
05:09And I really shouldn't have taken sides like I did, so...
05:15I'm sorry.
05:17Yeah, well, I suppose I've got my fair bit to apologise for too, so...
05:23Whatever you've got planned for Mum must be pretty big.
05:26Er, it is.
05:33Oh, Ian. Yeah?
05:35What's this? A petition.
05:39You're not going to force a debate in Parliament with that, are you?
05:42What do you mean by that? You've only got one name on it and it's yours.
05:45Well, you've got to start somewhere.
05:47Arrest Rhys Colwell.
05:49Are you serious?
05:51Well, you're just the same as everyone else round here, aren't you?
05:54Oh, right, so I'm not the first person you've asked, then?
05:56You can't see what's smacked right in front of your face.
05:58Look, I've got things to do. Oh, right.
06:00Must run in the family, just like the old man.
06:02What, David? Yeah, he's a waste of space.
06:04Do you know what? Matt is one for the collection.
06:06I think it's the first time you've ever said anything that I actually agree with.
06:09Yeah, and he still is. Here, shrimpy, put your signature on that.
06:12Whoa, whoa, whoa.
06:14What do you mean, still is?
06:16Well, he turned up here earlier. He's probably just...
06:19You haven't seen him, have you?
06:23So, when I'd done the deal with the police, I had to disappear.
06:28Just wait.
06:30Then, about a year ago, all that waiting came to an end.
06:34Jackie Ford, the woman I ratted on, she died.
06:39So, here I am, in the land of the living.
06:45And is that when you...
06:48..got back with Ian?
06:50Yeah, just a bit before that.
06:53I was in a bad way.
06:56A really bad way.
06:58Lucy, yeah, yeah.
07:01One phone call, that's all it took, and...
07:05..Ian was there for me.
07:08And it's been you and him ever since?
07:12Yeah, yeah, just me and him.
07:16She was a lovely girl, Lucy.
07:19She really was.
07:21She was bright.
07:24Beautiful.
07:30Do you know, I have to say, hand on my heart,
07:34I'm glad you weren't around,
07:36cos I can't imagine what that would have done to you back then.
07:40Crucified me.
07:44Still does.
07:46I just keep thinking, if I...
07:49..if I hadn't done that deal,
07:51if I hadn't done what the police had told me...
07:55I mean, I still would have been sent down, but not for long.
08:02Then I would have been burying my kids.
08:06Doing what all mums do, keeping them safe, keeping them close.
08:10Hey, come on.
08:12Hey.
08:15Look who's here. Ian.
08:17Good to see you, mate. How you doing?
08:19Wish I could say the same.
08:21You put on weight. What? No.
08:23Well, I would if I was you.
08:25I would be piling on the pounds.
08:28You've got a lovely home, lovely partner.
08:32Yeah, I'd be a pig in clover.
08:35Your daughter's looking for you.
08:37Seemed a bit upset, seemed to think that you'd just disappeared on her,
08:41left her high and dry, and I said, what, my brother?
08:44No, he wouldn't do a thing like that.
08:46Well, times change, Ian.
08:48I said he was just saying the same thing.
08:50Well, times might change, but people don't.
08:53It's a great helo, time.
08:56No, I'm genuinely, genuinely happy for you both.
09:00Really pleased that things have worked out for you.
09:04You are a lucky, lucky man.
09:07I was only joking. They're not really mouldy.
09:09They're not doughnuts, either.
09:11Why don't you two go instead?
09:13Where?
09:14To the park with Tommy and have a little kickabout before bed, yeah?
09:17Don't think so.
09:18But you love football.
09:20With Dad.
09:22And not with Tommy?
09:25Mum?
09:26Yeah?
09:27Are you all right?
09:28Yeah. Can I have a word?
09:30Yeah.
09:31Can I have a word?
09:33Yeah.
09:34Can I have a word?
09:36Yeah, what about?
09:38Is Tommy in?
09:40No, no, he's meeting a few mates at your place. Why?
09:43What's he done?
09:44What makes you think he's done anything?
09:46Her face.
09:53Chicken, eggs and chips.
09:56Haven't you taken a night away from the cooker at all?
09:58Well, I just popped in here to get Amy a treat.
10:02Still that bad?
10:04Yeah.
10:05Not as bad as Amy, obviously.
10:07Yeah, she ain't doing that well.
10:10I'm finding things difficult to cope with at the terminal.
10:13No, that can't be true.
10:15Why do you think I'm in here?
10:17Forgot about me dinner tonight, didn't I?
10:20It's a shame I've got to cope with this, mind you.
10:23Shame any of us have.
10:27He'll come round once the investigation clears me.
10:31And then he'll have some serious heavy-duty grovelling.
10:41So Amy's really struggling, yeah?
10:45Right, is she still my sister?
10:50It's not just the injuries.
10:52It's everything else.
10:53That's what's bringing her down.
10:56Sometimes it's everything else that's the worst bit.
10:59Maybe I can come over, you know, talk to her.
11:01Give her a few pointers, tips.
11:07So you didn't actually see him take the money?
11:09No.
11:10But he was standing by the till?
11:12The open till, yeah.
11:13Yeah, which you could have left open when you went outside to clean them tables.
11:17Well, I could have.
11:18But I didn't.
11:20Just like I didn't lay into him in front of the other punters or tear him off a strip.
11:24Mind you, I didn't get a chance. He shot off like a scalded cat.
11:28Look, I'm not going to take it any further, Kat, all right?
11:31He's just a kid, isn't he?
11:33But, you know, I also don't want him thinking,
11:35oh, I got away with it last time, why not try it again?
11:39Just have a word with him, yeah?
11:43Just a gentle warning.
11:46It's always better coming from a mum.
11:49Oh, no.
11:51Not another one.
11:53It's like The Walking Dead round here.
11:55I heard you were back.
11:57Yeah, and I heard you'd been resurrected too.
12:01Who's next?
12:02Aunty Pauline going to pop out from the lingerie?
12:05So you know about Cindy, then?
12:07Yeah, I've just seen her.
12:09I thought my head was going to explode.
12:11I thought I'd never see you again.
12:13I thought I'd never see you again.
12:15I've just seen her.
12:17I thought my head was going to explode.
12:19Yeah, she almost could blow your mind, as I remember.
12:23It was certainly unexpected.
12:25It was a shock, to be frank.
12:28Almost as big a shock as finding out that
12:31her and Ian were back together.
12:33Oh, yeah?
12:35No, don't get me wrong, Kath.
12:37I mean, he's a fine man, my half-brother.
12:39Pillar of the community.
12:41But...
12:42And be very careful, David.
12:44This is Ian's mum you're talking to.
12:47That was really unexpected.
12:49Yeah.
12:50Well, it wasn't much fun for me either, to be honest.
12:53Well, give a dog a bad name, eh?
12:55Oh, it's not what she used to do, you know, with all and sundry.
13:00You ain't lost your way with words, have you?
13:03That's what she's been doing lately too.
13:05Such as?
13:06Forget it.
13:07No, no, no, no, no, no.
13:09Tell me.
13:10Come on, tell me.
13:12It's not as if I ain't going to find out, is it?
13:14I mean, what's they secret round here, by the look?
13:16Well, this is Cindy we're talking about.
13:20Shouldn't take too much working out, should it?
13:28So what was all that about then?
13:30All what?
13:31You and David holding hands.
13:34We weren't holding hands.
13:36Right, so I was hallucinating then.
13:38I was telling him about Lucy and I got upset and he reached out to me.
13:43That's what people do, Ian.
13:45Well, normal people, anyway.
13:47Right, so I know I'm not as smooth as David.
13:50You're as smooth as a piece of sandpaper.
13:53But I'm here.
13:54Yes, and that is what I told David.
13:57And you were there for me in France and I will never, ever forget that.
14:01I've, um, I've apologised to Anna too.
14:05Really?
14:07Yeah.
14:08Oh, that's so nice, Ian.
14:12Nice?
14:14You make me sound like an old pillow.
14:16Well, you are a bit rumpled.
14:18So not exciting, like David?
14:21Oh, will you stop going on about David?
14:23Or George.
14:24How many times?
14:26I am with you, Ian, and I wouldn't change it for the world.
14:29I mean, no, you are not the most romantic person in the world,
14:32but you're here and that's all that matters.
14:35What does that mean? Not the most romantic?
14:38Well, it's just you, isn't it?
14:40I mean, you know, like the other day.
14:43Uh, so do you fancy getting married then?
14:46Well, I didn't say it quite like that.
14:49Well, almost, you know.
14:51I mean, I wouldn't expect fireworks on the Thames, but...
14:54Well, I might surprise you one of these days.
14:57Obviously it won't be fireworks across the Thames.
14:59Don't tell me.
15:01Uh, night in the Vic?
15:03Night in the Vic?
15:05Uh, packet of pork scratchings, cheap bottle of plonk.
15:08Uh, surprise!
15:09Here, take a look at this ring I picked up from an old mate in Hatton Garden.
15:13I mean, look, that would be nice, but...
15:17Oh, just ignore me. I don't know what I'm saying.
15:21Anyway, who needs butterflies in the stomachs at our age?
15:26I just can't believe that you think I'm like Joe.
15:28Oh, darling, you've just come out wrong.
15:31We're numbing alike.
15:32I'm sorry, darling.
15:34If I could take it back, I would, in a heartbelly.
15:37But what I can't believe is that you never told me about Cindy Beale.
15:40Have you seen her?
15:41Yeah, he gave me a heart attack.
15:43Oh, don't be such a drum.
15:44She was dead. I thought she was dead.
15:47No wonder I couldn't find you. You've been sniffing around her again.
15:50I wasn't sniffing around anyone.
15:52We were just catching up, that's all.
15:55Is that what you call it these days?
15:57I wouldn't have had to do if you'd have told me something.
15:59Oh, I've had other things on my mind, like my sister being in prison, remember?
16:03And if you were so bothered about catching up on the local gossip,
16:06you could have come to me and asked me or other members of your family.
16:09All right, all right, all right.
16:14And what about Mum? You haven't even mentioned her.
16:19How is she?
16:20All the better for you, not being in her life.
16:22Oh, charming.
16:23Yeah, I was seeing as you broke her heart.
16:25Actually, darling, that was the other way round.
16:28Anyway, what are we talking about this for?
16:30That is history, thought that.
16:32What about Cindy? What, you hoping she's a bit more of the here and now?
16:37You're my here and now.
16:39Well, you let Rhys go and you watch him drive away.
16:43Because if you carry on like this, it'll be you in the prison cell, not just Sonia.
16:48I was thinking of you.
16:52Look, I know...
16:54I know I'm everything you say I am.
16:56I wasn't around and I should have been.
16:58Well, I am now, so please, give me a chance.
17:03Are you here for the long haul?
17:08You're not going to run off again?
17:10No.
17:12Here to the end?
17:14Oh, yeah.
17:18As for Cindy...
17:20God, she ain't changed a bit, has she?
17:23What do you mean?
17:25When I saw Cathy, she was filling me in like, you know...
17:28Things are never simple where that one's concerned, are they?
17:32Well, yeah. Do you mean George?
17:35George?
17:37You know, her ex-husband.
17:39She got married?
17:41She never said.
17:43They had two kids together.
17:45Joking!
17:46Yeah.
17:47God, blimey.
17:49She ain't let the grass grow, is she?
17:52So is he local, then, this, er, this George?
17:55He's the landlord of the Vic.
17:59Go on, let me teach you how to do a wheelie.
18:01Absolutely not.
18:02No, let me.
18:03I'll fall.
18:04No, you won't.
18:05Yes, I will.
18:06I won't let you fall. I won't.
18:08I haven't heard that for a while.
18:10You're laughing.
18:12Yeah, well, I've just been teaching Amy some tips.
18:14Oh, yeah?
18:15She's been telling me all the good things about being in a wheelchair.
18:19Like, you're always first in the queue at theme parks.
18:22Yeah, and your shoes always stay looking fresh.
18:25And having a blue badge is great for parking.
18:28And wheeling around in that thing all day is really going to build up your arm muscles.
18:32I can't wait for Denzel to challenge me to an arm wrestle.
18:35I think I could take you on, Dad, as well.
18:37Yeah, well, you ain't going to be in that for a while, are you?
18:40I mean, before you know it, you're going to be out, back to normal, running around.
18:43Dad.
18:46What?
18:49Paddy knows what I'm talking about, don't you?
18:52Yeah, well, it's not always going to be doom and gloom, right?
18:57Right.
18:58I'll clear this.
19:06You sort your football out?
19:10Zane and Luca, you was waiting for them in the cav.
19:12Oh, yeah, they didn't show.
19:14I had to get talking to Denzel, though.
19:17Tommy.
19:18Can we do a trade?
19:20A trade?
19:21Yeah, um, fool's always gone on about it.
19:23Makes the world go round, he reckons.
19:26It's Denzel's birthday tomorrow, and he's having a party.
19:29Please, can I go? I'll do all the washing up and I'll take out the bins.
19:32Right, so you do a few chores and I'll let you stay out late on a school night.
19:35Well, that's the point about a trade.
19:37There's winners and losers.
19:39Right, that makes me a loser.
19:41Yeah, but maybe next time you'll win.
19:43Ups and downs.
19:44Cheers, Mum.
19:45I haven't said you can yet.
19:46But you'll think about it.
19:50Kathy came to see me earlier.
19:52If I'm going to be out at Denzel's party tomorrow, I should probably have an early night.
19:55Tommy, sit down for a minute.
19:57Don't you get it?
19:58It's a trade.
20:00Me going to Denzel's birthday makes me a winner.
20:03Me going to bed now makes you one. Don't you get it?
20:05Don't you understand anything at all?
20:14Cheers.
20:15So, ten years. Yeah?
20:17Yeah, and I ain't set foot round here since...
20:20Is the landlord around?
20:22Always like to come and say hello to the new one when I'm back.
20:24Excuse me.
20:26Landlady, Elaine.
20:28Nice to meet you.
20:30My fiancé, George, is out with his brother at a car show.
20:33He'll be back soon.
20:34You must see a fair few changes, then.
20:37Not really. This place ain't changed that much.
20:40Same gross wallpaper.
20:42Probably the same gross furniture and all.
20:44Definitely some of the same gross punters.
20:48Yeah.
20:49Ian told me you both made up.
20:51Just wanted to say how pleased I am.
20:53It was a surprise.
20:54Might not be the only one, neither, from what I've been hearing.
20:57I like your old friend, by the way.
20:59He's fun.
21:03What are you doing?
21:05Why didn't you mention George and your girls?
21:07Why should I?
21:08Well, it's just a bit weird, that's all.
21:10We have this big update.
21:12You tell them about Ian,
21:13and this major league criminal you're on the run from,
21:15but you fail to mention your ex-husband,
21:17who only lives 20 feet over the road.
21:19I think the key word is ex.
21:21He seems like a proper fella, from what I've been hearing.
21:23Don't.
21:24What?
21:25What?
21:26I don't want you having a poppy here.
21:28I haven't mentioned Ian.
21:29Oh, and don't think I don't know what you've been up to earlier,
21:32you poison-dar little dicks.
21:34Ooh.
21:35Touched a raw nerve, did I?
21:37No.
21:38I just don't appreciate you having a go at the man that I live with.
21:41You're part of her life, right?
21:43From now on, yes.
21:46Didn't stop you, though, did it?
21:48Having a little look elsewhere, 28 years ago.
21:52You and I were a mistake,
21:54and how many mistakes have you made in your life?
21:56The difference is, I learned from mine.
22:09Oh.
22:14Fume and gloom.
22:16That's what you think when you look at me, isn't it?
22:19I was talking about Amy.
22:21Yeah, I know.
22:22And I know it was probably an unfortunate turn of phrasing,
22:25but...
22:26but this is my life, Dad.
22:29And I wish it wasn't, but it is.
22:31And I cope, but when I hear you talk about things like that,
22:34it just makes it that little bit harder.
22:36I hope you're overreacting.
22:37Amy didn't think so. She was literally cringing.
22:39Yeah, well, it's not great, is it?
22:41I'm sure you'd want to be any other normal 26-year-old girl.
22:43But this is my normal,
22:44and it has been ever since I got caught in the middle of one of your private wars.
22:48Yeah, but you're twisting everything now. I'm saying...
22:49And I can't change it.
22:50And I live with it.
22:52But when I hear you say,
22:53oh, don't worry, you won't end up like your sister...
22:56I didn't say that, neither, did I?
22:57Yeah, well, it sounded a lot like it to me.
22:58Oh, all right, let's do it.
23:00Go on, let's have a little pity party for Penny.
23:02Poor old Penny.
23:03I don't mean it like that.
23:04And you want to talk about mistakes?
23:06Amy wouldn't be in that wheelchair if it wasn't for you in the first place.
23:09That wasn't my mistake.
23:10Yeah, and Lauren, she's in a terrible way.
23:12That wasn't my fault either.
23:13So, yeah, people make mistakes, all right?
23:15Bad things happen. Just get over it.
23:17And Amy can.
23:18And so can Lauren.
23:20And I'm the only one that can't.
23:22But, yeah, poor old Penny throwing herself another pity party.
23:28I'm sorry.
23:30OK?
23:32Who am I to lecture you on how to live your life?
23:34Bianca said it, and she was right.
23:36I've made a big enough mess of my own.
23:38David.
23:39I'm going to, anyway.
23:44Because of all that, because of the mistakes I've made,
23:47and, yeah, because of me and you, because of what we had...
23:50Yeah, that lot will never change.
23:52They'll never change.
23:54Because of me and you. Because of what we had.
23:56Yeah, that lot were good at, didn't they?
23:58So I know, Cindy.
24:00I know what works for you and what doesn't.
24:03And Ian isn't it.
24:05He wasn't then, and he never will be.
24:07Didn't we prove that?
24:09No.
24:10It just opened my eyes,
24:12made me realise what was important.
24:15And that's not a quick fumble with a chancer in a cheap suit.
24:19It's a man who cares about his family,
24:21who keeps them together.
24:23And that is what Ian has done.
24:25And that's why what we've got is real and it's lasting.
24:28Yeah, but it ain't, and it won't.
24:30I told you, all it took...
24:32Yeah, yeah, yeah, one phone call.
24:34That's only cos he's always been desperate as far as you're concerned.
24:36Oh, desperate?
24:38And what about me when I was desperate?
24:41Waterloo Station. Remember that?
24:44And I'm standing there holding two kids,
24:46begging you to come with me,
24:48to start a new life together, something real, something lasting.
24:52And do you know what you said to me?
24:54I'll let you down.
24:56It's what I do.
24:58It's what I always do.
25:01Do you know what I remember most?
25:03Your parting shot.
25:05I was standing there, sobbing like I was a kid,
25:09never mind Stephen or Peter.
25:12And you know what you said?
25:15Take care.
25:17Take care.
25:20I have never felt so alone in my entire life, David,
25:25and I never want to feel that way again.
25:31Cindy?
25:33Mum. Mum, it's Ian.
25:35Is he all right? You just need to come see Ian.
25:37What's happened?
25:39Ian? What's going on?
25:41Oh, Cindy, Cindy, with this ring so fine,
25:44I'm asking, asking, now will you be mine?
25:48Oh, Cindy, Cindy, please, oh, won't you say yes to me
25:53on this special day?
25:55Yes! Yes, I will!
25:58On this special day!
26:02Hurray!
26:18Oh, Cindy.