EastEnders 21st April 2025
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00:00What did that little girl ever do?
00:09To live a life of losing everything she ever loved.
00:14She didn't do nothing.
00:16She just wanted someone to love her.
00:19To care for her.
00:21To pin her drawings on the wall.
00:24And I'm sitting here.
00:30And I'm still alone.
00:33And out there, there are lights.
00:37And behind the windows, little girls are being tucked up by their mummies.
00:43And told stories and sung to.
00:49And they feel happy.
00:52And safe.
00:54And wanted.
00:57And I'm still here.
00:59And I have to go out that door and face the world.
01:04And everyone I see has got someone.
01:08The worst part is seeing them complaining.
01:13And fighting amongst themselves.
01:16They don't know what they've got.
01:19So I can see them thinking about it.
01:26Good morning!
01:31Morning.
01:40Sleepy beauty.
01:43Have I been down here all night?
01:45Well, I'd have tried and wake up.
01:47Oh!
01:48Oh, it's at the time I'm doing the caffeine, Arthur.
01:51Are you sure that's a good idea, Arthur, yesterday?
01:54I'm sure it wasn't as bad as it sounds.
01:56I'm not senile yet.
01:58Sorry, Mr Leeson will kill me if I have any more time, Mum.
02:12We ain't taking all this.
02:14Of course we're not.
02:14I'm putting all this in the garage to get it out of the way for them.
02:17Oh, you really don't have to do that, Sonia.
02:18This is your home.
02:19We'll just keep it warm for you.
02:21Yeah.
02:23I can't believe we're doing this.
02:24I felt sick all morning.
02:26You know what?
02:27Fear is good.
02:28It means you're up for the challenge.
02:31Right, I'm off to see Lily.
02:32I said I'd spend some time with her before we leave.
02:34Yeah, don't forget the Albert later.
02:35Yeah.
02:36Oh, really?
02:37Now, I don't want a big fuss.
02:38Oh, well, tough.
02:39Because that is exactly what you're getting.
02:42We heard back from everyone except Bianca.
02:44Yeah.
02:45She'll be there.
02:46Yeah.
02:49All right.
02:49So you're just going to let her go, yeah?
02:53What's the matter?
02:54How did you do that?
03:01Terry done it.
03:04He said women like me deserved it.
03:06Yeah?
03:07You need to tell Sonia.
03:08Hmm.
03:08Because if he can switch like that, she needs to know.
03:10She won't believe me.
03:12She think I'm just saying it to make her stay.
03:14You need to tell her.
03:15And you need to tell her now.
03:16Look, I'm not stopping.
03:21I'm just checking with Elaine knows the numbers for the Albert later.
03:24Oh, yeah.
03:25Oh.
03:27That's Jamie.
03:28I never really knew him.
03:30They're the lovely kids, I heard.
03:31Hmm.
03:32The only one Phil didn't screw up.
03:34Feels like a lifetime ago.
03:36Yeah.
03:38Oh.
03:38There's someone I won't miss.
03:41Elaine's not a fan, you know.
03:42She says she's allergic, but she don't like him.
03:45Maybe you could have him for me.
03:48Oh, please, Kath.
03:49I mean, he feels safe with you.
03:50You know, he knows your voice, doesn't he?
03:52Well, I suppose it's the least I can do, yeah.
03:55Right, well, I'll pop in to see Elaine, and I'll see you over the Albert later.
03:58All right.
03:58She's just in the lounge with the baby.
04:00OK.
04:00All right, Kath.
04:03Parrot's sorted.
04:05Son, you can't do this.
04:07Oh.
04:08Was last night just an act, was it?
04:09Listen to me.
04:10No.
04:10No, no.
04:11Let me guess.
04:12Is he a mass murderer?
04:13Is he Lord Lucan in disguise?
04:16Last night, me and Terry, we had words, and I called Mum, and then when he saw her calling
04:26me back, he got physical with me.
04:36Terry did that!
04:37Did you hurt my sister?
04:55What?
04:56Just answer the question, did you, or did you not attack her?
04:58Oh, I grabbed her arm, but just to stop her giving me a right hook.
05:01I'd have ripped your head off if I could.
05:03So he was just offending himself?
05:05He weren't just angry about you phoning Mum?
05:07Er, no.
05:09No.
05:09He should have heard the things he was saying, Son, about me, about us, about women like
05:13us.
05:14Don't fall for it, Sonia.
05:15Look, in a couple of hours, we can be on that plane.
05:17Don't let her get in your head.
05:19I need to think.
05:23Where are you going?
05:23Just look after the baby.
05:24I need to be on my own.
05:29I warned you.
05:31Just drop dead.
05:33It's a shame last time I said that.
05:34It actually worked.
05:35Oh, she's back.
05:45Thought the birds stopped singing.
05:47You got any way to talk to your boss?
05:50Nice time.
05:51Well, you know what they say.
05:53Break's as good as a rest.
05:55I could have come back to better news, though.
05:58These gym sessions with my son, they end.
06:02Now.
06:04Nah.
06:04Nah, me and Teddy, we've got an agreement.
06:06Oh, well.
06:08I'll agree it, then.
06:10Unless, of course, you want another visit from my friends.
06:12Do it.
06:13Go on, I'll tell you.
06:14Your friends don't work on me no more.
06:18If you want me to stop seeing Barney, you're going to have to tell him yourself.
06:22Oh, that's him now.
06:24I'm going to be late, so that's all sorted.
06:28You'll know where to find us.
06:33I'll see you later.
06:58I don't know how you swung this one.
07:05Said I couldn't see you today, that I'd have to wait for weeks.
07:08As you put in an order, so I wasn't having it.
07:11You know me, son, always know the right strength to pull,
07:13but you're gonna have to get a move on.
07:15I booked a spa treatment at three, you know,
07:17I'm gonna get my nails done.
07:19And you miss me.
07:28If I had ever ignored my mother like that when I was your age,
07:35I'd have got a slap around my head side and no dinner that night.
07:38I'd like to see her try.
07:41How come you were so hot for your mother?
07:47Are you any good at falling sheets?
07:50No, my mum just froze them all in the cupboard.
07:52It's time you learned. Give me a hand.
07:56Right. Find the corners.
08:03Right.
08:05Now make it nice and straight.
08:11Right.
08:15Good.
08:19I used to do this with my grandmother.
08:22One of life's simplest pleasures she used to see.
08:26Freshly washed sheets straight from the line.
08:30Yeah.
08:31I do like fresh bedding, to be honest.
08:33Well, maybe now you can teach your mother to fall them properly.
08:37That would mean she would actually have to listen to what I want for a change.
08:42Avon, is there a problem at all?
08:46No.
08:47I mean...
08:48Sort of.
08:49Yeah.
08:50I got in trouble a few weeks ago with the police.
09:04I see.
09:05And does your mother know?
09:09Yeah, she knows.
09:13The police, they...
09:16They thought that I had drugs on me.
09:18Oh, well...
09:20But I didn't, though.
09:22They searched me.
09:23Like...
09:24They really searched me.
09:25Like...
09:26They really searched me.
09:36And how they searched you, Avonni.
09:38Was it in an appropriate manner?
09:41Uh...
09:42According...
09:43To them...
09:44It was.
09:46But...
09:48They made me get naked.
09:49I beg your pardon?
09:50I beg your pardon?
09:52I had to take my clothes off in front of strangers.
09:56And I didn't even do anything wrong.
09:59I didn't...
10:01Now I just keep thinking about it all the time.
10:04Shhh.
10:06Shhh.
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10:37Just...
10:38Video.
10:39Pranks of that.
10:43You boys know my son.
10:44Right?
10:45Rani Mitchell.
10:47Yeah.
10:48We know him.
10:49We know him.
10:50Then you'll know he's been at the gym lately, trying to get buff.
10:52Rani.
10:53Between you and me, Zach thinks he could do with a bit of encouragement, you know?
10:58Mates cheering him on from the sideline, that sort of thing.
11:01Yeah.
11:02Yeah.
11:03He can do that.
11:04He could.
11:05He's in the gym now, actually.
11:07You know, if you're not busy.
11:09I mean, don't tell him I told ya, but he's dead set on trying to win over that Rani girl.
11:15He likes a Rani.
11:16He likes a Rani.
11:17Oh, look at me.
11:18Embarrassing mum.
11:19Embarrassing mum.
11:20Heh.
11:26Mum's the word.
11:27Yeah?
11:28That's gone.
11:29Those things first and most importantly is he better looking at me.
11:31I'm kidding.
11:32Cause he ain't.
11:33those things first and most importantly is he better looking at me i'm kidding course he ain't
11:50so you believe me you don't think she's making out no i believe her but then there's your answer
11:56so what just scrap building a relationship with my dad i mean what what if he was defending himself
12:04and regardless of where i go or who with do you really blame me for wanting to get away so you're
12:09saying about your dad this is about you leaving wolford and not for some extended holiday you'll
12:17think about going for good but it's my home not a place i'll see you in it
12:26you want someone's permission and you want mine
12:35why me why are they so jailbird well i suppose you're the closest thing i've had to a father figure
12:43since alan don't get me wrong he was great but you know i've spent my whole life watching people doing
12:51things with their real dads when i've never had a clue who mine was those few months when i thought it
12:58was you i finally knew what it was like
13:02oh you you're gonna make my mascara run
13:15my old mate god bless him he give me two pieces of advice i've always stuck
13:21good decisions come from experience by experience and it comes from bad decisions what am i learning
13:29because it never stops and the second it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission
13:38that's what you're talking about we're going to fail you and that's what you did well done well i
14:07reckon my mom can lift more than that wait what you're doing put that phone away don't worry i
14:12got the shot were you filming me well houses are funny gonna know you've been bulking up sure it's
14:16health from their moms phone away now get out the gym i thought you wanted an audience for him
14:22let's cheer him on aren't we are you invited of course i didn't
14:25hey look he's about to crack get that on video quick
14:28thanks for nothing come on what you're doing barney where you go barney mate get out of the gym
14:46so how do you know sonia oh um no since she was a little girl um claire was best mates with her
14:59back in the day oh um about yesterday no no no i i get confused sometimes there's always nothing to
15:10worry about oh it's okay to not be okay you know i'm bipolar and my daughter's bipolar too so um
15:20out of all the many things that we've learned um we learned that uh keep your thumbs bottled up
15:26and uh pretending that everything's okay doesn't really work out in the end so um if if if if
15:33you'd like to talk to someone well you know where i am thank you
15:44do you think she'll mind having a leave and doing a gay bar you're kidding innit
15:49your cousin sonia well she's got form with the ladies yeah she did that before it was trendy did it
15:55i don't think you can say that though i just did it's all right where is she the champagne's getting warm
16:08and this is not making a fast you think we let you slip off without giving you a send-off
16:13ah and phil's playing for the drink so i'm getting me maysworth you've changed your tune now there's a
16:18free bath just messing all right and talk about the other day i'm sorry i overreacted an apology for
16:26me and bill champagne to the reddit toast incoming yeah sore sense in the end then that's my girl
16:37uh seriously i don't know what to say thank you you know all of you and not just for this but
16:53well for supporting me in the last few months and years some of you even decades if it takes a village
17:03to raise a child then well there's definitely a few of you in here who've put the hours in yeah
17:08well it's time well spent if you ask me come on everybody to sonia
17:12oh hang on a second i won't be a minute oh
17:27yanka why don't you come in have a drink son you can't go there's something not right about this
17:35don't give up do you listen she's my sister she's just looking out for me anyway i've made my mind up
17:44i am gonna go away just not with him what you are joking i mean it's all sorted we've made plans
17:51yeah i know but my plans have changed it was a very kind offer to me all right and even
17:58you suggesting it has made me realize what i need and it ain't warford right now so i thank you for that
18:03i'm gonna go and stay with it for a bit you know get some clarity and then decide where we're gonna
18:10settle but it won't be randy sonia i'm handing you all this on a plate here my mind's made up
18:19and you you'd do anything not to end up on your own wouldn't you even if it makes everyone else
18:24unhappy you are just like your go on why don't you finish that sentence just like my mum yeah well at
18:30least i know now all those years ago when i walked out on you yeah i made the right choice you're
18:36nothing but a bunch of free loading chavs the lot of you you want to say that again oh what's this the
18:41lynch mob why don't you stay around a bit longer terry and maybe you'll find out
19:01i'm really sorry son i know how much you wanted that to work out yeah well it's lost isn't it
19:14why don't we go and have a little drink in there eh i'll meet you back at home
19:18they were just like picking on me and laughing and one of them filmed it and i know that i like it
19:34i've got you it does something like that come on i've got you i've got you
19:48i know you're feeling sorry for yourself for anything but that thanks very much
19:52did you need that from the party no it was on the ass oi the money for the flights i want it back
20:01well yeah i mean if that's all you worry about you can have your money oh you're really not bright are
20:05you it's not about the money i come back here to make a mess to prove i was a nice guy so you didn't
20:11come back here for me at all this has always been about you hasn't it i wish i met a fortune teller back
20:17in the eighties i would have not gone with your mother and the world would be spared from the
20:20oxygen breathing waste
20:29oh we should probably let them out yeah probably maybe we should give him time to calm down fast
20:41that's a good idea you weren't very happy about those tickets i need asked me to bring them earlier
20:50we can't can we it's fifth is it really probably little jackson you ain't yeah well you said you
20:56goodbyes you packed your bags what about you what about me someone's got to be here to let him out
21:02can't stand the man but i've been where he is come on come we've got four tickets
21:08oh it's his name's on the ticket we can pay for a name change what come on really
21:17all right all right i can't pack this stuff all right shut up you we'll let you out eventually
21:26when you be quiet you need a bit of time in there to think about your behavior
21:30okay just got your text you have a very brave girl here are you going your mom will take things from here
21:50the ticket for one thing but fan fact auto oh it's fine listen it's a hired car he's going to leave
22:05it at the airport anyway and the boat oh leave that here that's a terry problem so you are going then
22:10yeah well you know they've had a bit of an upgrade on their companion gene you know what i mean
22:15george do me a favor there's a really angry man in that garage around there would you just wait at
22:22least about three hours before you let him out understood a bit terrible you know because i was
22:29only at the party for two minutes i don't think you're going to do a french exit on my watch this
22:33is your party darling drink it in i miss you you've got to be male and you don't start me off
22:41but mascara will run hardly put that on with the child that makeup look after her around oh whatever
22:46she might be getting on a bit she's still not going to stay out of trouble if you can't be good
22:50be good at it yeah go on i can't do this again lovely lovely but this ain't gonna unlock without a
22:57key darling have have you told before first time for everything oh i can't believe where is sonia come
23:02on sonia we're gonna miss the flight
23:10goodbye martin i'll always keep you with me
23:19hello hi
23:25hello see you night
23:29after yourself bye honey oh thank you see you oh come on right you trouble
23:37see you on the socials oh bless you babe socials
23:41happy up before i forget are you serious what buffy said you need a bigger place
23:49sonia that's very kind of you you can't just give us your house i ain't gonna do that am i you
23:53don't know when george and ilo move back into the vic you can rent it i don't know what to say
24:01well this dot's remember so whatever you're doing there should be watching
24:05love you all right look after her come on come on you know what if we're going to leave let's
24:18leave in starwick it'll be a laugh yeah come on in the boat go on son get up there girl get up there
24:22no come on get that leg over so what's the plan then you're going to barley or well yeah that's
24:32where we're going to start off bex is going to find us some visas and everything and we're just
24:36going to wing it well listen choose somewhere right yeah because i'm going to come and visit
24:40oh love you thanks for everything yeah i've got an idea look for old time's sake as we drive off
24:46come on it'll be a laugh oh bianca we'll put it in the bin when we get to stand still
25:02oh
25:19you