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00:00Well, I want it cancelled, OK?
00:02No, I haven't got the exact wording because I haven't got a copy.
00:06Look, it's a kiss-o-gram service in the small ad section with my phone number on it, OK?
00:12Yeah, all right, I'll hold.
00:14Nine o'clock. Oi, oi, oi, wakey, wakey.
00:17It's a hard way through the day. Haven't you got home to go to?
00:21Yeah, yeah, that's the one. Thank you. Well, I want it removed.
00:24Goodbye.
00:26And get that cowper out of my living room.
00:33Oi, Mark. Get up.
00:35Yeah, but he chose to sleep on their sofa, Kath.
00:37Yeah, well, they're like that.
00:38He didn't even want to sleep in the house.
00:40Kids are the age.
00:41Yes, but your ear's not like that, is he?
00:43I mean, he doesn't go hurting your feelings all the time.
00:46Oh, Mark's been back a few hours. Just be glad to see him, eh?
00:49Yeah, well, there must be something up. Why else did he come back?
00:52Cos it was your birthday.
00:53Yes, but it wasn't his idea, was it? It was yours and Arthur's and Michelle's.
00:57Oh, so what? He still came back, didn't he?
00:59God, you're too uptight about him, Pauline, honestly.
01:01Oh, I know. I know I'm an idiot when Mark's concerned, but anyway, I'd best get home.
01:06Yeah, I've got to get to the pub early. It's my day for looking after Angie.
01:10Oh, yeah.
01:11Here, Paul.
01:12Yeah?
01:13What do you suppose really is going on there?
01:15I mean, since when has Dem been so worried if Angie's a bit down?
01:18It just don't make sense to me.
01:21There's got to be more to it.
01:23Anyway, I've decided I'm going to ask her out straight.
01:26I mean, she won't keep things from me, would she? I'm her best mate.
01:30Well, since I've come to Albert Square, I've done nothing but meet new relations.
01:34Really close ones that I never even knew I had.
01:36You're my first cousin, aren't you?
01:38Yeah.
01:38Yeah.
01:40I like it here, though.
01:41So why'd you leave home?
01:44Everyone asks me that.
01:45Everyone asks me that.
01:46Yeah, well, for me, it was a case of happening to.
01:48You see, I got into some financial difficulties.
01:51You get them sorted.
01:52Oh, yeah.
01:53So why don't you go back?
01:55Well, go back to me mum.
01:56Now, there comes a time, don't there?
01:58Too true, mate.
02:00Yeah.
02:00But unlike me, you seem to have got away with it.
02:03Well, how do you mean?
02:04Well, you leave home and you're Mr Golden Boy.
02:07I leave home and I'm a big problem.
02:08Black sheep of the family.
02:10I mean, why?
02:11Well, it's all a case of presentation, isn't it?
02:13It's how you make it seem.
02:14See, with mothers, you've just got to keep them sweet.
02:17Do what you like, go where you like, but always say goodbye.
02:20And always giving them a dress.
02:21It needn't be where you're actually going,
02:23but it makes them feel loved and wonder, doesn't it?
02:24Has anyone seen Sharon?
02:26She's at school.
02:27Dent's only gone and cancelled the flippin' kiss-a-gram advert.
02:29I'm going to have to put it in again with my number now.
02:31Thank you, love.
02:32Oh, morning.
02:33All right.
02:34Morning.
02:35I'll see you later.
02:3850.
02:40Doesn't Andy mind?
02:41Of course not.
02:42Why should he?
02:43I would have thought that was obvious.
02:47I don't think it's fair flirting with Quick
02:49when you're living with Andy.
02:52It seems...
02:53I beg your pardon.
02:58Here, Kath, I ought to be doing that.
02:59You're not even due on yet.
03:01So what?
03:01I came in early, all right?
03:03Go on, why don't you hop it upstairs and get dressed, eh?
03:05Here, I'd better still advise Mark out of bed.
03:08We're not open yet, darling.
03:09Yeah, it's all right.
03:10It's right quick here, Mum.
03:11Oh.
03:11Hold on.
03:17Oh, sorry.
03:19It's just a word.
03:19We're going here for here, actually.
03:20All right.
03:21Aren't you dressed yet?
03:22Dove it cheeky.
03:23Here, me.
03:24What is it?
03:25Ah.
03:26Well, come on.
03:27Have you had news of my willy?
03:29Oh, put her out of her misery, for God's sake.
03:31Well, well, well.
03:32Such interest.
03:32And all over a little four-legged friend.
03:34I really don't know.
03:35Here.
03:36Is he alive or is he dead?
03:37You tell me, Mr. Quick.
03:39He's alive and kicking, Ethel.
03:40And what's more, I've located his whereabouts.
03:42Oh.
03:44Well, what are we waiting for?
03:46Take me to him.
03:47Ah, well, it's not quite as simple as that, Ethel.
03:50I'm afraid he now belongs to a Mr. Pabasas, you see.
03:53Oh, Mr.
03:53Yeah, but he's a poor old Latvian gentleman, right?
03:56Now, he's all alone in the world.
03:57A refugee from the war.
03:59From the war?
04:00Yeah.
04:00Well, it's about time he learned some English customs, isn't it?
04:03Like not stealing other people's dogs.
04:05I'm going round there right away.
04:07No, no, no.
04:07Hold it, hold it, Ethel.
04:08I do not want any trouble.
04:09Look, I'll take you round on myself, all right?
04:11Oh, well, that would be very kind.
04:14I mean, I can't do any work now, can I?
04:16We can go straight away.
04:18Oh, then, you'll have to give me passionate leave.
04:21And I'll go round and get Lou in case I need any moral support.
04:26Here, I'm going to take this with me as well in case he turns nasty.
04:30Ethel, where are you going?
04:31It's only quarter to ten.
04:32Oh.
04:34And I'm sure Mr. Quicker's got a lot better things to do this morning.
04:37Yes.
04:37Now, look, I was thinking two o'clock might be a good time, Mrs. Skinner.
04:40Oh.
04:42So what I suggest is you finish your cleaning here, then go round to Lou's and wait.
04:45And at two o'clock, the nice policeman will come and pick you up in his motor car, right?
04:49And remember, Willie's only a dog.
04:52Oh, of course I know Willie's only a dog.
04:55And I expect everyone thinks I'm a silly old fool, but everybody's been very nice, you know, cheering me up
05:02about him and collecting all the money to get me a new one and then finding him.
05:13It hasn't happened again.
05:15I've only just found out.
05:16Another month, another failure.
05:19Come on, Sue.
05:19Give it time.
05:20We didn't need time last time.
05:22OK.
05:23Maybe we need time this time.
05:24So what?
05:25Look.
05:28I can't have you getting into a state every month.
05:30It's ridiculous.
05:31I can't help it.
05:32You'll stop it happening just through nerves if you're not careful.
05:34I couldn't do that, could I?
05:35No, no, no, no, no.
05:36But just try and relax, eh?
05:38How can I possibly, eh?
05:40With your entire family breathing down my neck waiting for me to produce the sun and air?
05:45Well, it's a pressure on me, Ali.
05:47You don't understand.
05:48I mean, what if there's something wrong with one of us?
05:51Well, there can't be, because we had Hassan.
05:53But something could have gone wrong since.
05:56Look, I've been thinking, I think we ought to go down to that elf centre and have a proper check
06:00-up.
06:00What?
06:01Just to make sure everything's in working order.
06:03No fear.
06:04You're not dragging me down there.
06:05I'm not going to be fiddled about by some lady doctor.
06:08Ali.
06:09No.
06:10Anyway, they'd only laugh when they know how long we've been trying.
06:13They'd just say we've been over-anxious.
06:15I wouldn't be anxious if I knew we was all right.
06:18Okay.
06:19You go and have a check-up if you'll make me feel better.
06:21But count me out.
06:22Ali, it takes two to make a baby.
06:28Yeah, I don't know.
06:29Thanks a lot, right?
06:30Ten, a quick word of advice.
06:32I won't take a minute.
06:33About off-licences.
06:34You see, I'm thinking of changing the shop quite a bit.
06:37Doing newspapers, videos, that sort of thing.
06:40I was thinking of alcohol.
06:41Hold on, hold on.
06:42You're thinking of opening an off-licence.
06:44I don't know.
06:44Just a few shelves of course.
06:45Well, next door to my pub, you're thinking of selling booze on my doorstep?
06:48Yes, why not?
06:49Because you're not my trade.
06:50That's why not.
06:52Yes, mate, sorry.
06:52What was it again?
06:53You want sausage, egg and chips twice and two slices of bread, yeah?
06:55Come out.
06:56One minute.
06:56What's going on?
06:57Here.
06:57You're busy, mate.
06:58What have you done with the ladies?
06:59Had them for breakfast on toast.
07:01Something wrong with hands, though, are you?
07:04Yeah, so you aren't in catholic, eh?
07:05I don't know.
07:06It's her nerves.
07:07Yeah, well, not too much.
07:08Well, up in there, we've got it.
07:09Yeah, here, Mark.
07:10I'll never sit down.
07:12Well, how long since I last see you, eh, mate?
07:14About a year?
07:15Yeah, a bit.
07:16So what's it like out there, eh, in the big wide world?
07:19Much the same as it is here, really.
07:21Yeah, why are you living with the older woman?
07:23I'm sorry, Uncle Pete, but I don't really want to talk about it.
07:26Okay, mate, okay.
07:27Keep your ear on.
07:28Yeah, you still got that job, have you?
07:29What is it?
07:30Working in the fairground?
07:31Newsman Park.
07:32Yeah, yeah, great, great.
07:34So what's your plans for a long-time future, eh?
07:36Well, I'm thinking of having dinner over at Graham's, but I ain't so sad to you.
07:40All right, Mark.
07:41I'll get the message.
07:42You don't want to talk to me.
07:43That's no problem.
07:44If I tell you something, Sonny, I hope in future you show your mother more consideration.
07:48Hey, thanks for the drink.
07:51There you are, mate.
07:52Oh, thanks, Kat.
07:54Now, can you manage, all right?
07:56Do you want another cushion?
07:56I'm not an invalid yet, you know.
07:58Come on, Angie.
07:59You want it, sir?
08:02Oh, I wonder where our float's getting on.
08:04Eh?
08:04For the carnival.
08:05The famous Albert Square float.
08:08I suppose Sharon would be helping.
08:09Now she's a fit with Kelvin.
08:10It's all right, you know, Kat.
08:12You don't have to make polite conversation.
08:13I can be left.
08:14Go down and help Den.
08:16Go on.
08:16I'm not going to top myself, am I?
08:19Joke.
08:20Mind you, I don't suppose it is a joke, is it?
08:23Trying to top yourself.
08:25I had this mate once, you know.
08:27She got greedy with her sleepers.
08:29They had to pump her stomach out.
08:31Is she all right?
08:31Oh, yeah, she was right as rain the very next day.
08:34Gave her old man a bit of a buzz, though.
08:36Still, you've got to liven things up, haven't you?
08:38Us girl's got to keep the excitement in our marriages, eh?
08:40Don't tell me that's why she done it.
08:42Oh, she was worried about losing her old man.
08:45I said to her, not the pills, babe.
08:47If you want to keep him, fight for him by all means.
08:49Use every trick in the bloody book, but not the pills, darling.
08:53Mind you, I've got the same sort of problem, haven't I?
08:56Me and Den.
09:00I'm getting really scared, Cap.
09:05Don't think he's going to leave me, do you?
09:06Oh, course not.
09:08Look, don't even think such a thing.
09:09No, no, we have got a bond, don't we?
09:11Anyone can see that.
09:12Yeah, you just don't want to admit it, right?
09:14Look, you two was made for each other.
09:16And all right, so you fight now and again, but...
09:19Some couples just do.
09:20Yeah, but...
09:22Well, underneath, you're like soulmates, don't you?
09:25Soulmates, yeah.
09:27That's a good way of putting it.
09:29I never really thought of it like that.
09:36Take that thing off for a minute and talk to your old gran.
09:40Hey?
09:40I don't see you often.
09:43I'm sorry.
09:44It's such a lovely treat for me and for your mum.
09:47She misses you a great deal, you know.
09:49Don't say that, Gran.
09:50I hate you.
09:51You know, I was really looking forward to this visit,
09:53but now I'm here and everybody's getting at me all the time.
09:56No, they're not.
09:57They are, even that wixie bloke.
09:59I'm here five minutes and all I want to do is get out again.
10:02Oh, well, you've got to give yourself time
10:04to get used to us all again, Mark.
10:06Get to know us again.
10:08I can't.
10:08There's too many pressures.
10:10This house, it's...
10:12Oh, I don't know.
10:13What?
10:14Why does everyone have to make me feel so guilty?
10:17Guilty?
10:18Yeah, as soon as I come home, I'm feeling the wrong.
10:20Oh, that's just silly.
10:23It's not as if I ask for anything.
10:25I don't ask for any advice or help or money or a room.
10:28I mean, I ain't got a room anymore.
10:30I had to keep down at the pub last night.
10:32Mark, you chose to sleep at the pub.
10:35It's no good.
10:36I don't belong here anymore.
10:38There's too many people and they ask too many questions.
10:41It's just because they're concerned about you.
10:43They care about you a great deal.
10:49Well, here I am.
10:50And I brought a brolly with me in case of trouble.
10:53Oh, hello.
10:55Oh, well, don't expect me to sit down
10:57and ask you questions about your new life.
11:00I know I ought to, but I can't.
11:02I'm in too much of a tease.
11:04Oh, thanks, Ethel.
11:06Here, have a sandwich.
11:07Oh, no, I couldn't.
11:09An enemy marches on its stomach.
11:11What?
11:11Well, I've got to be fighting fit, Lou.
11:14I can't be full of sandwiches.
11:16Oh, when I finish with him,
11:18oh, he'll be mincemeat.
11:19You wish he stayed in Lapland.
11:22Oh, hello.
11:24Hello.
11:25Here, he's been found, Paulie,
11:27and little Willie's been found.
11:28Faith and sound and living in sin,
11:31nearly underneath their noses.
11:33Oh, Ethel, that's wonderful.
11:35Yes, and Mr Quick's going to take Lou and me
11:37to pick him up.
11:39Oh, great.
11:39Hey, how long is it since he left, Beth?
11:41Oh, it's about a month, isn't it, Arthur?
11:43Oh, dear, that's a shame.
11:45He probably won't recognise you.
11:47He wants to stay where he is.
11:48Oh, don't tease, Arthur.
11:50Here, you be careful.
11:56Dave, look, I know I've had a go at you once or twice
11:58at that age, but, well, I'd just like to say...
12:01Yeah?
12:02Well, I think you're managing very well at the moment.
12:04That's all.
12:05Thanks.
12:05Can I go, then?
12:06Well, I know there's a lot of responsibility on the ask
12:08when the wives...
12:09When the wives...
12:11Angie's me best mate, right?
12:12So I just hope you tell me if she's...
12:14If.
12:19Look, Den, when Angie was ill last week,
12:22what was wrong exactly?
12:25I mean, she hadn't done anything to herself, had she?
12:29It's just the thing she's been saying and that
12:31it's made me wonder.
12:34I'm not putting this very well, am I?
12:36Look, you want to curb that lurid imagination of yours, darling?
12:39I mean, thanks for your concern, but you're way off target.
12:43I'm here five minutes and everybody's on to me like I've never left.
12:47What are you on about, Mark?
12:49Oh, nothing.
12:51Got to show you more consideration, apparently.
12:53Tell you my plans and that.
12:55I never said that, Mark.
12:57No, but Uncle Pete did, and Wixie and Gran.
13:00So I will.
13:01You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to.
13:04Mum, your plans are...
13:06I've left Southend for a start.
13:09What, for good?
13:11Yeah, it looks like it.
13:12What...
13:15What about Ingrid?
13:16Oh, we split up.
13:18Oh, Mark.
13:19It's all right.
13:20She kicked me out.
13:21Said I was too young for her.
13:23Oh, Mark, I am sorry.
13:25I'll get over it.
13:26Yeah.
13:27Well, listen, don't worry.
13:29We'll get the bedroom sorted out and we can...
13:31Mum!
13:31Look, what I mean is, you can't have your old room back because...
13:34I'm not stopping.
13:36What?
13:37Just because I've left Southend, it don't mean I'm coming back here, does it?
13:41Oh.
13:43Well, what are you going to do, then?
13:45I don't know.
13:46Go off somewhere else, I suppose.
13:49That's daft.
13:51I mean, I'd like you here with me for a bit.
13:53It wouldn't work.
13:55Why not?
13:56It works for Ian and it works for Kelvin.
13:58Why can't it work for you?
14:00I don't know.
14:03Well...
14:06Where are you going to go?
14:07I don't know, Nick.
14:09When?
14:10Well, it's afternoon sometime.
14:14It's afternoon?
14:16You've only just got here.
14:21Andy won't recognise you now.
14:22Mm, that's what I want, a clean sweep.
14:24You know, Andy says that when...
14:25Mary, you've told me a hundred times what Andy thinks.
14:27I just don't like you being a punk, that's what it boils down to.
14:29Yeah, well, punk's about being aggressive, isn't it?
14:32Besides, he thinks I should look more like I really am.
14:35Ah, so the new Mary's about to emerge, eh?
14:37Yeah, boring old light brown hair and little piggy eyes.
14:40Oh, don't be silly.
14:42Well, it's going to be really embarrassing, Michelle.
14:45I'm used to all that stuff on me face and me hair being black.
14:48Yeah, but you can look terrific.
14:49You can look all natural.
14:51I mean, let's be honest.
14:52You did look a bit...
14:53A bit fierce before, didn't you?
14:55Did I?
14:56You were a bit extreme, you know.
14:58Yeah, thanks for telling us.
15:00No, you wouldn't listen, would you?
15:01No, I suppose not.
15:03Listened to Andy, though, didn't there?
15:05Did I tell you he was teaching us to read?
15:08I didn't know you couldn't.
15:10Well, he says not to be ashamed and try and hide it.
15:13Just tell people and they'll help you.
15:14It's not that I'm thick or anything.
15:16It's just that when I was at school, I didn't listen.
15:18I just sat at the back and daydreamed.
15:21But when I can read properly, I'll be able to get a better job.
15:25Well, Andy thinks I should give up for stripping before then.
15:27He's looking out for a job at the hospital cleaning for me.
15:30Oh, that's great.
15:31Hmm.
15:32Older man's much more interesting, Michelle.
15:35I don't know what you mean.
15:37Yeah.
15:38Well, there's nothing between Andy and me.
15:40We're just friends, like, you know.
15:42But with a more mature man, well, you can really talk.
15:47I mean, you can really put your right on things and help.
15:51Well, what, no, about that.
15:55Oh, right.
15:57You shouldn't have.
15:58What are they for?
15:59Oh, nothing in particular.
16:00Just to show appreciation.
16:02What? What have I done?
16:04Nothing, yet.
16:06Don't be cheeky.
16:07No, it's not cheeky.
16:09It's just, well, optimistic.
16:11Oh, really?
16:12Definitely, yeah.
16:13Oh, and a note.
16:14Oh, no, no, no, no.
16:14That's for after I've gone, eh?
16:16Oh, aren't you saying?
16:17No.
16:17But I'm not at the shop this afternoon, and Andy's at work.
16:20I mean, I didn't mean, I just meant, you know, stay for coffee.
16:25Oh.
16:25Well, I don't think there's time, anyway.
16:27You see, I've got this engagement with two young ladies.
16:30Oh.
16:31Yes, next door, lucky me.
16:33Ethel and Lou.
16:34Oh.
16:34Yeah, trying to get little Willie back.
16:37See, a policeman's life can be very hectic at times, you know.
16:39Well, I'm sure they won't mind if you're a little bit late.
16:41I'll put the kettle on.
16:42Well.
16:42I insist.
16:44Debbie.
16:45Hmm?
16:46What, you got your nightie on for?
16:47It's not my nightie.
16:49It's my housecoat.
16:49Oh, what housecoat, then?
16:51Well, I felt so grubby when I got back from the shop.
16:52I thought I'd take a shower.
16:54Oh, well, I mean, don't let me stop you.
16:57I mean, if you want to go ahead, I could make the coffee and bring it up, eh?
17:02Roy.
17:03Now, come on, Debbie.
17:04Don't tease, eh?
17:05I'm not.
17:06You know, you're just like those little kittensies yours.
17:10All soft and cuddly to look out.
17:12But you try and get hold of them and they wriggle away.
17:14All they want is a game.
17:16That's not what this is to you, is it, eh?
17:18Just a game.
17:19No.
17:20Because I never was very good at playing games, you know.
17:23Football, cricket.
17:24Not even at school.
17:26I've always preferred the real thing.
17:29You know, I'd hate to think I was being messed about.
17:32I wouldn't do that.
17:34Good.
17:35Because I do find you very attractive, you know.
17:39Do you?
17:39Hmm.
17:42I'm supposed to go to the marriage guidance council tea time.
17:45But I don't think I will.
17:47I haven't got the nerve after what's happened.
17:49There you go.
17:49So.
17:50So I'm going to have to cancel the appointment again.
17:53God, they must be getting fed up with me.
17:55Well, aren't you going to have any?
17:56No, Kath got me some soup earlier.
17:58Soup?
17:58Oh, come on, Anne.
17:59You've got to have more than that inside here.
18:01Think of your stomach for once.
18:02It's just been full of pills.
18:03It's been pumped out.
18:04It's been starved again.
18:04Now, come on, give yourself a treat.
18:07Now, come on.
18:09Well, what now?
18:10I don't know.
18:11Come on, Anne, we can't go on like this.
18:13I mean, I don't think you quite realise what it was like for me.
18:17I mean, Tuesday week doesn't exactly go down the annals as my all-time favourite day, you know.
18:21I was absolutely shocked.
18:23Shell shock finds you like that.
18:24And then there was the hospital.
18:25Yeah, well, we all know how you are about hospitals.
18:28Maybe when you took Sharon with her, Veruca, you went bright green.
18:31Anne, it was a nightmare, not knowing whether you were going to live or die,
18:33and those nurses looking at me as if I was some sort of monster.
18:36As if I made you do it.
18:37Well, did I?
18:39Silly question, yeah, I know.
18:41It was me moving out.
18:41I know, I know.
18:43And I'm sorry.
18:44Really, I am.
18:46I'm sorry, too, Den.
18:49Did you mean it?
18:49Were you serious?
18:51Well, I was expecting someone to find me.
18:53Oh, I see.
18:54Well, not you.
18:54I knew I thought you was going to have the night off.
18:56But I thought Simon might.
18:59It was funny you coming back like that, wasn't it?
19:01Like you had a sort of sixth sense.
19:03Just in the nick of time, eh?
19:06Sort of mental telepathy.
19:08Yeah, sort of.
19:10Well, it does show how close we are, doesn't it, Den?
19:12I know you don't like to admit it.
19:15Kath says we're soulmates.
19:18Yeah, I reckon we must be, eh?
19:20I know it was a bloody, stupid, awful thing to do, Den.
19:25But maybe it has brought us closer together, eh?
19:28I mean, that other woman...
19:30No, no, let's not talk about her now, eh?
19:31She's in the past.
19:33Is she?
19:33Yeah.
19:34Really?
19:36I just want you to concentrate on getting well and truly fit again, eh?
19:38And promise me you'll never, ever, ever do anything like that again.
19:42All right.
19:44I promise.
19:46Oh, Den.
19:48Let's make a fresh start, eh?
19:50Let's just try and make each other happy.
19:52We deserve a little bit of happiness, don't we?
19:56So come on and eat this up.
19:58All right.
20:00Oh, er, do you want me to cancel the marriage guidance for you?
20:03Save you the hassle?
20:04Would you?
20:05I ain't phoning up and putting them off again.
20:07There's an honour.
20:07Oh, great.
20:08Thanks, Den.
20:15Just let me do the talking, all right?
20:18No.
20:23Morning, sir.
20:24Oh, Willie!
20:25My little Willie!
20:27All right, look, sir, I'm sorry about this, but this lady seemed to think...
20:29Oh, you let me have him.
20:30You give him to me at once.
20:32That's all.
20:32Oh, he's down there.
20:37No, he has a little...
20:38Listen, listen.
20:39Take the notice here.
20:40Let me explain.
20:41That's her dog, right?
20:43Yes, Willie!
20:44My little Willie!
20:45Oh, ho, ho, ho.
20:46He, Rasputin.
20:49Rasputin?
20:49Yeah, that is.
20:51Quiet, both of you, listen.
20:52It ain't your fault.
20:54But, you see, he belongs to her.
20:58And someone stole him from her and told him to you.
21:03But she wants him back, see?
21:05So you tell us what you're paying for him and we'll refund you with this.
21:09Yeah.
21:10Yes.
21:11Mum, Dad, Ian, I've got a surprise for you.
21:13Yeah?
21:14Mm-hmm.
21:14Well, come on in then.
21:15Don't be shy.
21:18John, I'm actually, it's Mary.
21:20Yeah, but it's the new Mary.
21:22The natural look.
21:23Yeah, me natural face, me natural hair.
21:25How very nice they are, too.
21:26Does this mean you're not going to be a punk any more?
21:28No, well, Andy's sort of persuading me.
21:30Oh, don't start on, Andy, please.
21:32Well, he thinks I should have grown out of it by now.
21:34Well, what do you think?
21:35Do you think I look naked and boring?
21:37No, you don't look boring.
21:38You look lovely.
21:39Oh.
21:40Oh, shut up, Shel.
21:41She's got a really pretty face under all that make-up.
21:43That's the reason, doesn't it?
21:44Oh, here we go.
21:46I mean, why women want to mess about with their hair and faces, I never understand.
21:49They're always nicer as God intended.
21:51All right, this is one of his set speeches.
21:53It'll be over in a minute.
21:53I mean, look at Mary.
21:55Look at her and compare her to how she used to look.
21:57Cool.
21:58She used to remind me of a pantomime cat.
22:00Oh, but don't be surprised.
22:01No, but look at her.
22:02She's lovely.
22:03Gorgeous and lovely.
22:04There he is.
22:06Well, he's back.
22:08Back in Albert Square where he belongs.
22:10Oh, all right.
22:12So what's all this in aid of, then?
22:13I just wanted a chance to see her before I left, that's all.
22:17It's impossible to try and talk at home.
22:19I know what you mean.
22:21I don't really know what to say to you anymore, Mark.
22:24You feel like a stranger, man.
22:25How do you think I feel?
22:29So what are you going to do next?
22:30I don't know.
22:31I mean, where are you going tonight?
22:33Oh, I'll get that sorted out later.
22:35I've got to go and see this mate.
22:36Where's that?
22:37I don't know yet.
22:39Somewhere.
22:40Okay.
22:41Eat your bun.
22:42Don't you got one?
22:43Yeah, but I ain't eaten for two, am I?
22:46Good luck with the baby and everything, shall we?
22:49Thanks, Mark.
22:50When are you having it?
22:51End of May now.
22:52Yeah?
22:52How do you feel?
22:53You're scared?
22:55Oh, not scared.
22:56No, I suppose.
22:58Sometimes I don't think it's happening to me.
23:00I feel like I'm going to wake up and find it was all a dream.
23:03Or a nightmare.
23:05It looks pretty real to me.
23:06No.
23:07Look, I'll tell you one thing, though.
23:09I bet it's a girl.
23:11Yeah?
23:11I've got psychic powers, didn't you know?
23:15I bet they ain't telling me who the dad is, though.
23:17I'd sort of like to know.
23:20I ain't going to tell anyone.
23:22I ain't even around anymore.
23:30Just leave it, Mark, please.
23:34Would you like to sit down?
23:36Uh, no, thanks.
23:37No, I was, uh, just passing.
23:38I just wanted to tell her wife couldn't make it.
23:39This all.
23:40Cheers.
23:40I'll be off the top.
23:41It's then, isn't it?
23:44Uh, yeah.
23:45Um, yeah, there was something I wanted to ask, just quickly.
23:50Uh, you've been talking to my wife.
23:51You must have formed some sort of impression of her.
23:53What does she make of her mental state?
23:55Uh, how does she strike you?
23:57What sort of things does she tell you?
23:59Oh, come on.
24:00All clients' conversations are strictly confidential.
24:03You should know that.
24:04Yeah, but she's my wife.
24:05Oh, that doesn't matter.
24:06It's a basic principle.
24:07Look, since the last time you saw her, things have happened, all right?
24:09And I don't know if she's going crackers or not.
24:10Thought you might be able to help me, but, oh, no, silly question.
24:12What would you know about Ange and I's problems?
24:14Nothing.
24:14I've managed to solve my own problems up until now.
24:16What help do I need from do-gooders?
24:17Nothing, so I will be off.
24:21She only took an overdose.
24:22That's all I expect.
24:23You know all about that, because that's what she probably told you she was planning to do.
24:26No, of course not.
24:28Is she?
24:29Nah, she's fine.
24:31Took the pills, had her stomach pumped out.
24:32Now she's as right as rain.
24:35Please, sit down and talk to me about it.
24:38Yeah, well, I'm out on a limb, haven't I?
24:39She's got me like a rat in a trap.
24:42She knows it's over, our marriage is finished, and how I feel about Jan.
24:45Jan?
24:45And now she's got this suicide threat hanging over me.
24:47She's got me where she wants me.
24:48Sorry, who's Jan?
24:49Oh, don't give me that one.
24:51She's told you all about Jan.
24:52Anyway, I don't want to talk about her.
24:53Okay.
24:55I've managed on my own up until now.
24:57I've managed to keep things ticking along.
24:59Ticking along?
25:00What exactly does that mean?
25:01Yeah, well, when I met Jan, I knew she was the one for me.
25:04Nothing like that had ever happened to me before in my life, and I had to have her.
25:07But I couldn't have her, could I?
25:08Because I had Sharon and Ange, and I couldn't do the dirty on him.
25:11So I trod the tightrope, kept the home fires burning, saw Jan as often I could.
25:14Good old British compromise.
25:15That's what I mean by ticking along.
25:17Only now that Ange has met Jan, it ain't ticking anymore.
25:19It's going off like a bleeding alarm clock.
25:21And Ange ain't having an issue.
25:23She wants me to choose between them.
25:25And Jan?
25:26Yeah, well, she wants the same.
25:29So, both of them are asking you to make a choice?
25:32Except there ain't no choice.
25:33Ange has seen her there.
25:35So?
25:35So I'm not seeing Jan.
25:37I'm being the dutiful husband, and it's killing me.
25:39And I keep getting the sinking feeling that I'm with the wrong person.
25:42And what basis of a marriage is that to stick with someone just in case they do away with themselves?
25:45So, what are you going to do?
25:47I don't know what I'm going to do.
25:48That's why I came here.
25:49Thought you might be able to give me some advice.
25:51Thought you might be able to throw some light on the situation.
25:54And there's another little nugget of information for you.
25:56There's a baby on the way.
25:57A baby?
25:58Yeah, great, ain't it?
25:59Hey, Mr. Stork strikes again at the moment.
26:01You least expect him.
26:02Jan?
26:02Nah, nah, nothing as simple as that, eh?
26:04My first home production, eh?
26:07Big celebration, champagne, corks popping, and I can't be there because I can't tell them it's mine.
26:12Still, it keeps things jogging along, then it stops things from getting dull.
26:15And I hope your code of confidentiality sticks, darling, because this is top secret classified information.
26:22Would it help if you were to talk to me about it?
26:25Father of darling, I can cope with that on my own.
26:32It's Ange I need advice about.
26:35I don't love her.
26:37I don't even fancy her.
26:39She bores me.
26:42I'm sorry, Ange.
26:59Here, he's not Rasputin, you know.
27:03He ought to know who he is, oughtn't he?
27:05When I call him Willie Wagsy-Tail.
27:08Dean, where you been?
27:11Hello, Ethel.
27:12Oh, look, Willie.
27:14Oh, you must be so pleased.
27:16I am.
27:17And I don't care what anyone says, because I know he's Willie.
27:21Of course, he's your Willie.
27:22I'd recognise him anywhere, wouldn't you, Den?
27:25Den?
27:26What's the matter?
27:28I don't think it matters which dog it is.
27:30You've got him and he needs you.
27:31And if you've been lumbered with the wrong one, well, so what?
27:33You just have to do what the rest of us have to do.
27:35Lump it.
27:36Den!
27:38Den!