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01:04What's up, Mum?
01:05I couldn't sleep.
01:07I'm sorry, darling. I didn't mean to wake you.
01:10Do you want some tea?
01:11No, not really.
01:14Me neither.
01:16You're thinking about her, aren't you?
01:18Yeah.
01:21She's not what I expected.
01:22She's everything I'm not.
01:24Don't put yourself down, Mum.
01:26I'm not, darling.
01:30But there's no way I'm going to cope, is there, unless I face up to things the way they are.
01:35Just because she talks posh and wears the right clothes,
01:38it don't make her a better person than you now, does it?
01:41Except in your dad's eyes.
01:44Anyway, what's the point of me making myself into that when he's already got it?
01:47You're all right like you are.
01:49I can't be, can I?
01:51Otherwise he wouldn't have gone off with her in the first place.
01:57What did you think of her, Cher?
01:58She shouldn't have come here.
01:59I didn't ask you that.
02:01Well, I can understand what he sees in her.
02:03But what does she see in him?
02:06He's got a lot of charm, your dad, when he wants.
02:09Shame he puts it around so much.
02:23Look, Mum, don't you go to bed, eh? Get some sleep.
02:28That's no answer, is it, darling?
02:30You do more good than sitting here worrying.
02:33Take some of the pills the doctor gave you.
02:36Yeah.
02:38And it'll all still be here when I wake up in the morning, eh?
02:49Oh, I'm sorry, Mum, did I wake you up?
02:51It don't matter.
02:52What's that in your mind?
02:54This and that.
02:55Do you want this?
02:55Oh, cheers.
02:56What, mind me own business, you mean?
02:58No, it's not that.
02:59It's just...
03:00I had a bit of a surprise last night.
03:02Oh!
03:03Nice surprise or nasty surprise?
03:05I don't know, really.
03:06Nice, I suppose.
03:09Oh, dear.
03:12Someone proposed to me.
03:17You're going to accept?
03:20I don't know.
03:22I can't exactly see myself as Mrs Lofty, can you?
03:26Oh.
03:26It's nice of him, though.
03:28You know Lofty always tries to do the right thing.
03:32Mum, he's not the father.
03:34Just wanted to see me right, that's all.
03:37Oh.
03:38Well, er, what have you told him?
03:41Nothing yet.
03:42I mean, he's a good mate.
03:45I don't know.
03:47Do you want me to talk to him for you?
03:49Mum.
04:00Oh, my, the paintwork.
04:02Sorry, Sir, I don't put on quite a weight yet.
04:04It's all right, Lofty.
04:05Thanks for helping.
04:07Where do you want this, mate?
04:08Oh, er, I'll take it.
04:11I'll go down and get the next load up, mate.
04:12Oh, er, I'll put this in there.
04:16Take it easy, Lofty.
04:17Let's go easy on him, will you, Sue?
04:23It is so clumsy.
04:24I would like to have a flat left to move into.
04:27Look, there's not that many boats that get up at 5.30 to give us a hand.
04:30Hey.
04:31I don't know why we shouldn't shut the cafe the whole day.
04:34Because we can't afford to, that's why.
04:38Put that down and get downstairs.
04:41I don't like leaving our stuff sitting out on the pavement.
04:43Anybody could nick it.
04:45What, 6 o'clock in the morning?
04:46We ain't got much that's worth nicking anyway.
04:51Oh, God.
04:52We won't have anything left at this rate.
04:54Ow.
04:55Yeah, mate?
04:59I had a bit of an accident with the work of art.
05:03Yeah, well, I expect your mum wouldn't be too pleased to see me.
05:07Er...
05:08Yeah, why don't we meet after the ceremony?
05:10Yeah.
05:11Where?
05:13Yeah, the station next final time.
05:16OK, darling, I'll see you there, OK.
05:18Thank you, lovely. Bye.
05:20Hello, Princess.
05:21I thought you'd already left the school.
05:22No prizes for guessing who that was.
05:25I said, no prizes for guessing who that was.
05:28I heard you.
05:29And it's not what you think.
05:30No?
05:31It's her father's funeral today.
05:33Oh, and that makes a difference, does it?
05:34I think so.
05:36At least she knows when it is.
05:37I don't know whether my dad's dead or alive.
05:38I'm your dad.
05:39Then try acting like it.
05:40Look, Sharon, I know this is difficult for you.
05:42It's difficult.
05:43I've got two real parents who didn't want me in the first place.
05:46Two adoptive parents who are too busy fighting to notice me.
05:49And now there's her to cope with.
05:51I don't call it difficult, Dad.
05:52I call it impossible.
05:53Look, I never meant to hurt you, Sharon.
05:55Oh, that makes me feel so much better.
05:57Mum was up half the night worrying.
05:58Well, she's asleep now.
05:59Yeah, because I got to take some pills.
06:01I don't like seeing her in that state.
06:03Neither do I.
06:04Then do something about it.
06:08Oh, enjoy the funeral, Dad.
06:13Morning.
06:14Morning.
06:14Good morning.
06:15Hey, all right?
06:15You been in the boys, Lofty?
06:16No, it's all part of a master plan, mate.
06:19What's that?
06:19Well, you know Sharon's doing these kiss-a-grand things.
06:22Well, I thought we should branch out a bit.
06:24Yeah, meet Lofty, the disaster-o-grand.
06:26No, who'd want to be sent that?
06:27That'd be great.
06:27I'll turn up on people's doorsteps bandaged from head to foot.
06:30Like the mummy?
06:31Yeah, leaping out of a birthday cake.
06:32Yeah, something like that.
06:34You know, like a fictimo brand.
06:36No matter how bad you feel, it's always someone worse off than you are.
06:39Yeah, I don't think it's a catch-on somehow.
06:41Now, are you going to come and do some work?
06:42Listen, Judge, by the way, Handel's a teacher.
06:44I think you ought to do it yourself.
06:46Yeah, I'll be right with you.
06:46I'm sorry about that, Sue.
06:48Hello, Anne.
06:49Morning, all.
06:50Howdy.
06:50Sue?
06:51Yeah?
06:51Can I ask you a favour?
06:53Yes.
06:53Of course.
06:57It's just that I've been having a bit of trouble with my nerves lately.
07:00I've not been sleeping very well at nights, either.
07:02You ought to go and see the doctor.
07:04Well, I did.
07:05He gave me some pills, but I got through them quicker than I expected.
07:08I don't know whether he'll let me have any more.
07:10Probably not.
07:11Excuse us.
07:12It's all right, Al.
07:13What were they?
07:16Same as he gave me.
07:19Well, you can have my leftovers if you like.
07:21I probably won't need them now I've moved into the new flat and all, but be careful, eh?
07:24Bye, darling.
07:25Thanks a million.
07:33What's up, mate, Sue?
07:35No, mate.
07:36I was thinking Gorilla Brown.
07:38That's a good idea, isn't it?
07:43What other reason would he have for asking her to marry him?
07:46Well, you know, Lofty.
07:47You never know why he does most things, but she says he's not the father of the baby, so
07:50we'll just have to believe her.
07:51He's always been favourite in my book.
07:53Yeah, well, they're not going to get married, so that's an end of it.
07:56At least the kid would have two parents.
08:00I was looking for Pauline.
08:02Isn't she here?
08:02Oh, yes.
08:03She's in the back room.
08:05She'll be out in a minute, I expect.
08:07She's having an art-to-art with Arthur.
08:09I see.
08:10I see.
08:11Lofty's proposed to her.
08:13What?
08:13Lofty's proposed to Pauline?
08:14No, Lofty's proposed to Michelle, but she says he isn't the father.
08:19Well, it's none of our business, really, is it?
08:20Well, I don't know.
08:21It's very romantic.
08:22I mean, it's in the air, romance of marriage.
08:25Did you know that Dart had taken herself off to one of them commuter-dating places?
08:31No, that's another piece of vital information that so far escaped me.
08:34Yes, well, you'll have to get your skates on, won't you, before someone else snaps her up.
08:38Hello, Doctor.
08:39Sorry to have kept you.
08:40It's all right.
08:41Ethel's been entertaining me with her local news bulletin.
08:43Oh, yes.
08:44How many drives?
08:45What do you reckon?
08:47Three.
08:48Fine.
08:49You're the expert.
08:50How's your mother?
08:51Oh, wanting to do everything herself, which makes twice the work.
08:55It's got to be done.
08:56She's not as frisky as she thinks she is.
08:57Oh, no.
08:58I'm sure you help out when you can, don't you?
09:00Oh, yeah.
09:00She's never exactly welcomed my advice.
09:02Well, perhaps you could visit her a little more often, Ethel.
09:05I'll bet she loves to hear all your news.
09:07Oh, yes.
09:07Lou loves a bit of gossip.
09:09Not the time going for that sort of thing, aren't you?
09:11Excuse me.
09:12Oh, well.
09:34How was it, really, the funeral?
09:38I wish you'd been there.
09:39I would have come if you'd asked.
09:42It'll always be like that, won't it?
09:45Weddings, christenings and funerals are strictly no-go areas.
09:50Part of being the other woman.
09:53Yeah.
09:56I didn't cry.
09:58It was all there inside me, but it didn't come out.
10:02Everyone else think we'd be crying buckets.
10:05It affects different people different ways.
10:08It doesn't help, though, bottling things up.
10:11The day of reckoning comes in the end.
10:14Is that why you came to the Vic?
10:17What do you mean?
10:19Day of reckoning.
10:21I needed to see you.
10:24Seemed like the only way.
10:27Once in my life, I was working on instinct.
10:29Act, instead of doing the right thing.
10:32Yeah.
10:34Well, it certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons.
10:38They're good at doing the right thing in my family, you know.
10:40In the blood.
10:42Yeah.
10:44Well, that's the difference between us.
10:45You being pedigree and me being, well...
10:48You being Den.
10:51With a pub.
10:52And a wife.
10:54And an adopted daughter.
10:59I've got to talk, Dan.
11:04I know.
11:06Cup of coke, Sally, please.
11:08OK, girls.
11:09Hey, Cheryl, your mum's getting your dinner on.
11:11All right.
11:11I thought it'd be nice if you gave her a hand.
11:13Dr. Leg was saying that we all were out at the moment.
11:16All right, in a few minutes.
11:16Well, what's this idea that you and your mates have been making a nuisance of yourself around the mark?
11:20Eh?
11:21Well, that's what Dot said.
11:22Dad, Dot is an interfering old bag.
11:24Remember, I just took a few records by the reggae store.
11:26There ain't no law against that, is there?
11:28It's just that Dot seems to have it in for us at the moment.
11:30And I don't want your mum upset.
11:31All right, Dad.
11:32I'll go home and put the beautiful little daughter.
11:34Is that all right?
11:34Here's a good deal, tell you.
11:35Come on, try and dry myself.
11:37Yeah.
11:37Cup round back to school.
11:38Here, Arthur.
11:39What?
11:40We were wondering if you could do us a little favour.
11:42What?
11:42We're moving at the moment, see?
11:44We're taking over Saeed and Imer's new place.
11:46And we've got a few things to shift.
11:47We couldn't get it all done because we had to come and open up the cab.
11:49We need someone to look after the place.
11:51I don't know.
11:52I'd like to help out.
11:53It'll only be for half an hour.
11:54Yeah, and you can help yourself to some egg and beans or something.
11:56On your ass, of course.
11:57I've got me dinner now at home, right now.
11:59Please, Arthur.
12:00I'm really excited about it.
12:02It really will only be for half an hour, honest.
12:05I didn't know what I was expecting.
12:07But it was different.
12:10They were different.
12:13I don't mean you lied to me.
12:15It's just that suddenly they weren't names anymore.
12:23Sharon's a lovely girl.
12:25I think so.
12:27She's grown up.
12:29No, Den.
12:30She's a child.
12:32Stuck in the middle of this mess.
12:36I don't want to be responsible.
12:39Look.
12:41Whatever happens, I'll never let Sharon down.
12:45What about Angie?
12:48I don't pretend it's easy.
12:51She needs me.
12:53Yes, I can see that.
12:57I don't know if she can hold on without me.
12:59I don't even know if she can hold on at all.
13:01Well, you make her sound more of a child than Sharon.
13:04Yeah, well, in some way she is.
13:06I mean, I can't sit down and talk to her the way I can with you.
13:10But you still care about her.
13:15Can't lie to me, can you, Den?
13:18No.
13:18Never could.
13:21So where do I fit in?
13:25I love you.
13:27Love will conquer all.
13:29Yeah, but it's got to be worth something.
13:31It's worth a hell of a lot to me.
13:35I just don't know if it's enough anymore.
13:42Do you want a packet in?
13:47Do you want me to leave, Angie?
13:55Would you?
13:57If I asked?
14:00I don't know.
14:03Then I'd be a fool to ask, wouldn't I?
14:06Yeah.
14:13Lay the table for us, will you, please, Cheryl?
14:15All right.
14:15What are we having?
14:16Fish.
14:17Oh, great.
14:18Fish and chips, that's my life.
14:19Yeah, I can't eat fish and chips.
14:20You know what the doctor said?
14:22You're not having fish and chips.
14:24You're having steamed fish, boiled potatoes and greens.
14:27Nothing that can do you any harm.
14:28Have I got to have that as well?
14:29Yes, you have.
14:30I'm not cooking individual meals in this house.
14:32I'll be in that kitchen all day.
14:34Here, where's your dad?
14:35He's in the CAF.
14:36You gave me a lecture about helping out
14:38and then stopped off to have a chat with Ali.
14:39Oh, great.
14:40I'll find you in the office.
14:42You!
14:43Oh, no.
14:44Honey, me.
14:45Hello, Ethel.
14:46Hello, Pauline.
14:48Here, I haven't called at an awkward time, have I?
14:50Oh, no.
14:51He was just going to have our dinner.
14:52Only I thought I'd better pop in and see Lou
14:54after what the doctor said.
14:56Don't hurt me.
14:58Oh.
15:00Hello, Lou.
15:00How are you?
15:01I'm fine.
15:02Why shouldn't I be?
15:03Oh, no reason, so long as you take things easy.
15:06I mean, you've got to think of your condition, haven't you?
15:09Excuse me, please, Ethel.
15:10Oh, sorry.
15:10There, now.
15:11Doesn't that look nice?
15:12Oh, terrific.
15:13Here, get the butter from the kitchen, won't you, Chell?
15:15No, Mum.
15:16You know what the doctor says?
15:17No butter.
15:17I'm going to have something on these potatoes.
15:20Look, they're up for cooked.
15:21They're all mugged meat.
15:22Sit down, Chell.
15:23Mum, no butter.
15:25Aren't I allowed butter, Nell?
15:27Mum, you're cutting down.
15:29You see what it's like, Ethel?
15:32They take away all your little pleasures.
15:34Sit down.
15:35Oh, come on, Lou.
15:37Well, isn't anyone going to offer Ethel a cup of tea?
15:39Oh, I am sorry.
15:41Would you like a cup of tea, Ethel?
15:42Well, I don't want to be any bother.
15:44You've only just sat down to your meal.
15:46Oh, it's no bother.
15:47Didn't fancy it anyway.
15:50Excuse me, Mum.
15:51Oh, I'm sorry about that.
15:52So, look, take a seat,
15:53and I'll bring you another one over in a minute.
15:56Here, sir.
15:57What's that supposed to be?
15:58Well, you asked for sausage, chips and beans, didn't you?
16:01It's a charcoal grill.
16:02Well, I'm sorry, but the beans are sticking,
16:04and then somebody wanted some toast.
16:05I've only got one pervert.
16:07Do your washing up, clear up your tables,
16:08and I'll do your cooking, all right?
16:09Oh, thanks.
16:10You're a good lad.
16:11Thanks, Ethel.
16:13How's it going?
16:14How's it going?
16:14Thank God, you're back.
16:15I've been rushed off me feet here.
16:16We were hoping you'd stay a few minutes longer.
16:18What?
16:18Sue's really chuffed about the flat.
16:20She wants to show it to Neymar.
16:21Yeah.
16:22What's that smell burning?
16:23Oh, it's damn beautiful.
16:24Neymar, eh?
16:25Mum's really got the hump with you.
16:26You're supposed to be helping her out.
16:27I never can't leave the shop for loss.
16:28I'll only be a few minutes, Arthur.
16:30Thanks a lot.
16:30Neymar, what?
16:32Look, you'd better tell Mum I've been lumbered with this.
16:34I'll be back as soon as I can.
16:36Dad, no, you'd have to tell her.
16:37I've got to go back to school now.
16:38Yeah, and I can't stay long, Uncle Arthur.
16:40I've got to go to school as well.
16:53You're back, Ben?
16:54Yeah.
16:55Crying her shoulder, did she?
16:56No.
16:57What happened, then?
16:58We went for a walk.
16:59Oh, how romantic.
17:01Not exactly.
17:03I bet she never gave me a mum and thought all the time we was together.
17:06We spent a long time talking about you.
17:08Having a good laugh about her, you mean?
17:10That is not what I mean.
17:12What did she say, then?
17:13She's sorry for you.
17:15Sorry that you're stuck in the middle all the way through this.
17:17You can tell from me I don't want her sympathy.
17:20Fair enough.
17:22What's she like, then?
17:23What makes her so special?
17:25Does she really want to know?
17:27If you can spend the afternoon talking about me, I don't see why I shouldn't hear about her.
17:31I know what she looks like now.
17:32I know she's posh.
17:33I just can't understand why you two stick together.
17:35That's all.
17:36Well, why'd you knock around with Michelle?
17:37Because she's my best mate.
17:39Well, she's my best mate.
17:40Only a bit more besides.
17:41Oh, and we all know what that bit more besides is, don't we?
17:44Look, Sharon, I'm trying to explain things to you.
17:46We talk a lot.
17:48We make each other laugh.
17:49Only at the moment, there's not a lot to laugh about.
17:50And whose fault's that?
17:51Mine, I expect.
17:52But I saw the chance for a bit of happiness and I took it.
17:55That's all.
18:04There you are, Dr. Legg.
18:06All paid for.
18:07Thank you, Dot.
18:07And you won't have to iron an inch of it, because I've done extra special care in the
18:11folding.
18:14Dot, I've been talking to Ruth Lyons, the social worker.
18:17Oh, yeah.
18:18She tells me you've been upsetting Pauline.
18:20Well, I'm sure I never meant to upset nobody.
18:22I mean, all I said was for her own good.
18:25Some of us still care about morals, you know.
18:28Mind you, in Michelle's case, it's a bit like shutting the stable door when the horse is
18:32bolted.
18:32What about your morals?
18:34I beg your pardon?
18:35A married woman going to a dating service.
18:38Well, I'm sure I don't know who you heard that from.
18:41Anyway, she's got it all wrong.
18:42I'm not looking for a new husband.
18:44Oh.
18:45So, what do you go for?
18:47Well, meet people, broaden the horizons, make friends.
18:51There's nothing wrong with that, is there?
18:52No, and there's nothing wrong with the fowlers either.
18:55They're a decent, kind family who happen to be going through a difficult patch at the
18:59moment.
18:59And I should have thought that it was up to a Christian person like yourself to help
19:02them through it.
19:04Good day to you.
19:08I can't wait to start decorating.
19:10Of course, we've got to get the money together first.
19:12We're a bit skint at the moment.
19:13Yeah, I know.
19:14I've got big plans for the place.
19:16Alan's going to put some shelves up here for me.
19:18There's nowhere near enough storage space.
19:21I don't know how you put up with it.
19:22I'm sure it suited them just as it was.
19:24Oh, I don't know.
19:25We were always too busy working to get round to changing anything.
19:28Anyway, it wasn't exactly our flat.
19:30It belonged to his parents.
19:31You must admit the old place needs brightening up a bit.
19:34I've got a load of magazines this morning, all different styles, to give me some ideas,
19:39you know.
19:39Would you like to have a look at them?
19:41There's one about kitchens.
19:43Oh, I should really get back to the shop.
19:45I don't know where it's gone, but I'd like to find it.
19:48I might even start enjoying cooking with these wonderful units.
19:52They send someone round to plan it all for you.
19:54It's what they call an antique oak look.
19:56Let's not get too carried away, eh, Sue?
19:58There's nothing wrong with having a few ideas, is there, Mama?
20:02No.
20:03I'm glad you're changing things.
20:04It's a new beginning for all of us.
20:06Yeah.
20:07How are you settling in over the road?
20:09Well, it'll be better once I get the spare room cleared.
20:11I won't feel like I'm getting under everyone's feet all the time.
20:14Yeah, I don't think I could live without Debbie for more than five minutes.
20:17She's all right.
20:19I don't think Andy's too keen on me being there, though.
20:21Still, this place has got loads of potential.
20:24I mean, there isn't even any damp on nothing.
20:27That's going to be especially important when we have more kids.
20:29And I want it to be really right this time.
20:31Especially this room.
20:32We're going to have a nursery in here.
20:34You wouldn't find me at one of them dating places, Lou.
20:37I mean, you never know who you might land up with.
20:40No.
20:40But then Doc can't afford to be choosy, can she?
20:43Move it on the other hand.
20:44She doesn't want to find herself trapped with some pervert, does she?
20:49No, you're better off for the people you know.
20:51Stick your own kind, Lou.
20:52Yes, just sometimes your own kind are worse to you than strangers.
20:55Is that directed at me?
20:57I was just thinking aloud, that's all.
20:59Look, Mum, do you think you could put your dirty cups in the kitchen sink
21:02when you're finished with them?
21:03Oh, I'm sorry.
21:04I'm so much trouble, I'm sure.
21:06I suppose I'll be banned from having me cocoa at night time soon.
21:10No-one's going to stop you having your cocoa,
21:12but I just wish you'd use the skim milk like the doctor told you.
21:15I don't like skim milk.
21:17It's good for you.
21:19Yes, but you've got to listen to your body, Pauline.
21:22You're like my Willie.
21:23If something doesn't agree with him, he won't touch it.
21:27But if it's going to do him good, he laps it up.
21:30You see, if my body needed skim milk, it would say so,
21:33but it doesn't, it hates the stuff.
21:35Oh, well, you do what you like when he tries to look after you.
21:37Well, there's different ways of looking after people.
21:39Now, Simon, he doesn't lay down the law
21:42about what I should eat and what I should drink.
21:44He takes the trouble to talk to me and listen to me.
21:48Oh, he's a lovely boy.
21:50He talks well, too.
21:51I'll give him my Albert's watch.
21:53Oh!
21:54Oh, Mum, you shouldn't have done that.
21:57What?
21:57That was Dad's watch.
21:59It should have been mine by rights.
22:01That's what Dad would have wanted.
22:02You earned it down to the firstborn in the family.
22:05But that Simon appears out of the blue,
22:06and, well, he's just got no right to it.
22:09Albert was my husband, Paul, rest his soul,
22:12and I'll dispose of his watch how I want.
22:28I've been thinking about it all day.
22:30I made myself look a right wally in English.
22:32Why?
22:33Mr Craddock was asking me about some stupid poem.
22:36I don't know what he's talking about.
22:37I just stood there opening and shut my mouth like a goldfish.
22:40It happens to me all the time.
22:42It's called being thick.
22:43He started slagging me off in front of the old class.
22:45I felt like saying to him,
22:47after all, with your poem, my life's falling apart.
22:49But I just stood there and took it.
22:51Don't let it get you down too much, eh?
22:53I can't help it, Shel.
22:55Look, I know you've had your problems,
22:58but at least you've made them let you sort your own life out in the end.
23:01I'm still fighting that one.
23:03Well, it's all down to what they decide.
23:05I don't have an opinion.
23:06They're going to work it out between the three of them.
23:08I mean, I don't really see what you can do.
23:11Well, I'd it all worked out this afternoon.
23:13I thought I'd go round and see his bit for meself.
23:16Your dad would go spare.
23:18I mean, what would you say to her if you saw her?
23:20I don't know.
23:22Tell her how I feel about things, I suppose.
23:26You think it's a lousy idea, yeah?
23:29You're probably right.
23:30But I've got to do something.
23:33Have you tried talking to your dad?
23:35Yeah, and Mum.
23:36And?
23:36Well, they just see it from their point of view.
23:39They don't understand what it's like for me.
23:41I'm back.
23:45Look, why don't you let me talk to your dad for you?
23:47You?
23:48Mm.
23:49Well, why should he listen to you more than me?
23:51Well, it's sometimes easier to talk to people who aren't, like, directly involved, you know.
23:55No.
23:56It's not fair, Michelle.
23:58Look, I'm your mate.
23:59What are friends for?
24:00He'll probably just bore you out for sticking your nose in.
24:03I don't think so.
24:06The more I do for her, the more she moans.
24:09And that Simon appears out of nowhere, and all of a sudden he's the favourite grandson.
24:13Yeah, don't rub it in.
24:14Here, Simon.
24:15I hope you're looking after that watch.
24:16It is a family heirloom, you know.
24:18Yeah, I know that, Aunty Paulie.
24:19Where is it?
24:21Well, it's in the shop at the moment, being clean.
24:23Well, I'm glad to see you're looking after it.
24:25Yeah, I am.
24:26Good.
24:28Hey, Lofty, you can have another one on your list.
24:31Right?
24:32I'm your long-lost nephew, Graham.
24:35You're not still working on that, are you?
24:36Yeah, yeah, it's got loads of potential, Sharon.
24:38Look, get him to talk to your new mate on Thursday, back doing the drag of Graham.
24:41He already does them.
24:42Yeah, or we could try Mary, the punk of Graham.
24:44You're not exactly selling this to people, are you?
24:46Well, I might not have the details worked out, but there's money in it, Sharon.
24:49I'm sure of it.
24:51Mum, where are you going?
24:53Upstairs.
24:53Why?
24:54Well, I'm going to get changed.
24:55Look, Mum, I want your advice.
24:56What about?
24:57Well, Lofty's got this great idea for a kiss-a-gram service.
24:59Oh, I see.
25:00Yeah, but we're trying to think of a new angle, you know, something that'll get the punters
25:03going a bit, eh?
25:04Well, it's a bit over my head, isn't it?
25:05I'll leave you to it.
25:06No, Mum, come on.
25:06What?
25:07Well, do you good to think about something, Kate?
25:09Keep your mind off him upstairs.
25:11All right, you win.
25:14Oh.
25:15Ah, sure.
25:16Then.
25:32Well, you've got yourself into a right mess, haven't you?
25:34What's new?
25:36What's new is it's around the whole square.
25:39Well, I never meant that to happen.
25:42Oh, I can believe that.
25:45Life sort of creeps up on you, doesn't it?
25:47Oh, you noticed.
25:49I've had good reason to.
25:51Yeah.
25:53How's it been going?
25:55About average, I suppose.
25:57Trips to the clinic.
25:58Bittury remarks about my moral welfare.
26:01Are they still on to you to tell them who the father of the baby is?
26:04I haven't pointed the finger at you, if that's what you mean.
26:07They've got another candidate at the moment.
26:09Who?
26:11Lofty.
26:12Oh, not Lofty again.
26:14He's asked me to marry him.
26:17Well, you could do worse.
26:19You reckon?
26:21Yeah, he ain't all that bright, but his heart's in the right place.
26:24Yeah, I could work out for the best.
26:26For who?
26:27Eh?
26:28I mean, I see it works out well for you if I marry Lofty,
26:31because then everyone assumes that he's the father.
26:33And that lets you off the hook permanently.
26:35Doesn't seem very fair to him, though, does it?
26:37He's asked you to marry him, so obviously that's what he wants.
26:40He asked me to marry him because
26:42Lofty's about the sweetest, kindest bloke I know.
26:45And I'll never forget him for that.
26:48But it's my baby, Den.
26:49Mine.
26:50And yours.
26:51I'm not going to put that on him.
26:54Well, it's your decision.
26:55Yes, it is.
26:56And I haven't come here to talk about the baby.
27:00I had a long talk with Sharon tonight.
27:03He's breaking her up, Den.
27:05The three of you are tearing her apart.
27:08I know.
27:09Do you?
27:10You know, I sometimes wonder if you notice anyone's feelings except your own.
27:13Look, it's not just Sharon that's being torn apart.
27:15It's all three of us.
27:17Den, the difference is none of this is Sharon's fault.
27:20I mean, you and Angie messed up your marriage.
27:22You and Jan started your affair.
27:24I mean, Sharon didn't ask to be adopted, did she?
27:26I know she didn't.
27:33Look, Shell, I'm going to be honest with you.
27:34I know I'm hurting Sharon, but she means the world to me.
27:37I need Angie.
27:38Angie's me.
27:38So what the hell am I supposed to do?
27:40You told me.
27:40I can't see any way out.
27:43Den, you're being honest with everyone except yourself.
27:47The reason you can't see any way out is because you don't want anything to change.
27:51You want everything to go on just the way it has been.
27:55That's got to stop now.
27:57You've got to make your choice and stick with it.
28:00Den, there's no one you can hide behind now.
28:02It's down to you.
29:02You've got to make your choice and stick with it.
29:32You've got to make your choice and stick with it.
29:44You've got to make your choice and stick with it.