Episode dated 14 September 2021 (2021) - full transcript

DOOR OPENS

The fire...

I need to know if Tommy's
all right!

We're finding out all we can.

RECORDER BEEPS

DS Foden interviewing Jean Slater
at 9.15am.

Miss Slater, we've had
a tip-off about Class B marijuana,

grown at No 31 Albert Square.

Your address. Correct?

No comment.

Have you been growing marijuana?



No comment.

Your house is being
searched as we speak.

So...

..are you quite sure there isn't
anything you want to tell me?

No comment.

RECORDER BEEPS

DOOR OPENS

DOOR CLOSES

FLOORBOARDS CREAK

Oh!

You all right, Mother? Yeah.

Annie... Meet your Nana Shirl.

Not another name
from a poxy musical?

Well, you could have helped
us choose,



but you weren't about, were ya?
The doctor thought it was adorable.

Said he couldn't understand why
he didn't see more Annies!

I don't mean it.
She's lovely.

Right, I'm going to go get her
some nappies and baby stuff

and whatever she needs.

What's up with her?
She's worried about Phil.

Don't stress over it.
Just plot up.

Sit here
and worry about Max, you mean.

I'm going to make sure
she gets the right nappies.

Relax.

How is he? He's stable.

KAT SIGHS

I was standing there last night,

and I thought he was just
going to die right in front of me...

..but you know kids,
they bounce back.

So they've discharged you?

Yeah.

My lungs feel like I've been
smoking 20 a day, but...

Thank you.

That don't seem enough...

Thank you.

You'd have done the same for me.

In fact, you can.

Don't come to court today.

Let me have Scarlett.

Everybody has got me wrong!

I know I've done stupid things,
I know...

..but when it really matters,
like yesterday, THAT is who I am!

I love Scarlett!

Yeah, but loving her ain't
the same as being her mum!

What says devoted mother

better than running
into a burning building?

All right, I don't know how to sew
nametags into her PE kit...

..but I would do
anything for that girl.

Please!

You've got your kid.

Just let me have mine.

I'm only going to ask you this once.
Be straight with me.

I know you've got form.

Did you start the fire?

I am sick of him
making a mug out of me.

I went round there to ask him to
help me get Tina back,

and he wouldn't...

..so I hit him,
but that's all I did, I swear!

I must have knocked something over.
It's all right, it's all right...

It's not all right, Mick!
There were two kids in there.

It's not your finest hour...

..but the kids are all right.
Phil's all right.

To be fair, I thought his gaff
needed redecorating anyway, so...

Too soon?

It's not just Phil.

Go on.

The garage was full of it.

Mo planted it...

..and you know what Jean's like,
she just wanted to put her hands

over her eyes and wait for the
fairies to come and take it!

Slow down, what was in the garage?
Weed.

She's got nicked for selling weed,
and it was me that did it!

She wanted to get rid of it!

Say if she goes to prison, Mick?

She was helping me get that money
for Tina!

I told you that was a scam!

You should've told me!

You shouldn't have had to go
through this on your own.

If Jean didn't get her hands dirty,

the Old Bill have got nothing
on her, all right?

Anyway...

..Annie wants a cuddle
from her fire-starting,

drug-dealing Nan, so...

..come on.

You'll be relieved to hear
Tommy Moon's in a stable condition.

We've searched your property

and found evidence
of a growing facility,

plus a serious amount of cash.

It's...

SHE MUMBLES

Excuse me?

The money.

It's for Stacey.

Well, it's been seized as evidence,
so Stacey can't have it.

Fine! Take it, then!

Take the lot!

You're under arrest, Miss Slater,
you can't just leave.

This is nonsense!

I'll be dead before you can put me
in prison!

I have terminal cancer, Detective!

So, if you have an
ounce of human decency,

you will let a dying woman
get some ...

Oh!

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

I need a doctor in here!

I mean, it's Jean! Why would anybody
think Jean was a drug dealer?

Maybe I should try calling
Kat again.

No, Tommy's in hospital.
She's got enough on her plate.

Is it my fault?

Lily, we're having a grown-up
conversation right now.

Look, I didn't mean for Nanny Jean
to get in trouble.

What?

I only took a bit.
The drugs you had were Jean's?!

I told Ruby! I thought you knew.
I found them in her garage.

Why didn't you tell me?

I didn't want to upset you.

I guess
Jean was growing it for pain relief,

you know, I'm sure she didn't
mean for Lily to find it...

..but she's your little girl.
I knew how angry you would be.

This is not on you, sweetheart,
I promise.

Come on.

Let's let your dad calm down.

You really are a hero, aren't you?

Well, hero's a big word.

No, Tiff's right.

You were really brave.
We're proud of you.

Apparently Tommy's going to be
all right.

That's what matters.
Phil said.

Oh, she bought you the posh ones.

So, tell me, did your life
flash before your eyes?

He reckons that the fire
started in the kitchen, you know.

Someone throwing a tea towel or
something on the hob.

Poor Kat. I know what it's like to
nearly lose a child...

Poor Kat?

I'm the one that doesn't have
her child!

If you'll excuse me...

..biscuits aren't going to
get my daughter back!

I was protecting Lily!

If I came to you with every little
thing, she would never trust me!

Little thing?!

I'm sorry if trying to be a good
step-mum was a mistake!

No, I get why you didn't tell me
last week.

But why weren't you honest with me
last night or this morning?

Jean's the one growing a cannabis
farm in her garage!

Why are you shouting at me?
I'm not shouting!

Well, you're accusing me of lying!

I'm not the reason she was arrested.

I didn't say you were...

..but someone was, and that is what
I don't get,

because everybody loves Jean.

Look, I get that you're
worried about her...

And I'm sorry,
I should have told you about Lily,

but I was just thrown by what
happened at Phil's.

You know? It took me straight back
to when I was a kid

and my house burnt down.

Rubes...

Just promise...

..there is nothing else
you're not telling me?

I promise.

It was hot...

..and frightening,

and my life flashed before my eyes,

but I didn't care about
what happened to me.

DOOR OPENS

I only cared about
saving Tommy and Scarlett's lives.

I'm sorry.

Smoke inhalation.
I think we get the picture.

And Ms Slater can
corroborate the story.

Apologies for the lateness,
Your Honour.

Both kids were in hospital
last night. Tommy still is.

Ms Butcher.

Your actions yesterday certainly
speak of your love

for your daughter,

but they have absolutely nothing
to do with this case.

You have been absent from Scarlett's
life for a number of years,

and this court has heard disturbing
stories of you using her

as bait for your criminal activity
when she was in your care.

Your Honour, I have changed!

Ms Slater has kindly offered to
take Scarlett in.

Is that still the case?

She's family and has a record
of fostering.

I'm confident she'll give Scarlett
the safety and stability she needs.

Use what happened yesterday
to turn your life around.

Stay out of trouble and we'll review
this arrangement in six months.

Court adjourned.

I'll look after her, I promise.
Poison her against me, more like!

Yesterday I saved your son's life
and today you take away my daughter.

Where is the justice in that?

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

Sorry. Oh!
I didn't mean to scare you.

Little one all right, yeah?

Absolutely fine.

And, um...

..thank you.

If you hadn't been here...

Look, about yesterday...

Look, she's my niece...

..and I can't...

I won't do something that's
not in her best interests.

All right, I love my brother,
but I know what he's like.

I know what he's put Rainie
through with Abi.

She's better off here.

Safe.

I'm not going to tell Max.

Right, you've got my word on that.

You're a good man, Jack.

You two have been through
enough already.

I don't even know why you're here.

Worried I'm going to
go on the run?

No comment.

Very funny.

You've got sceptical eyes,
Detective.

Like my Sean.

As if the worst thing in the world

would be just to believe someone
when they told you something.

I wanted to avoid all this.

Hospitals.

Endless tests.
I wanted just to live...

..as long as I could.

Jean, come through.

I know what you're going to say.

Just spit it out.

We can talk in my office.

Why does no-one ever listen to me?

Just tell me I'm dying!

Jean...

..you are not dying.

You do not have cancer.

Today's scan and biopsy
show the lump is benign.

We sent you a number of letters.

The symptoms you're experiencing are
most likely the result of stress.

Thinking you were ill
has made you ill.

Apart from that...

..you're perfectly healthy.

DOOR SLAMS

How's Tommy doing?

Well, he won't be playing
football any time soon.

Look, you couldn't have known
they were in there.

This ain't your fault.

The DI wants to look into it.

She'll be wanting to speak to
whoever hit you.

She'll be lucky.

Do you know?

I just thought that...

Look, if it's going to get you
into trouble,

then obviously I'm not going
to say anything, but...

It was Shirley.

Admiring your handiwork?

Why aren't you locked up yet?
I don't want any trouble. No?

Well, I don't want vicious
old grannies

setting fire to people's houses,

but then we don't always get what we
want, do we, Shirley?

Do you all know it was Shirley
that started the fire?

Almost killed my daughter
and Kat's son!

Yeah, that's it! Walk off!

COWARD! Cough's better, then?

Scarlett!

I found the witch who
started the fire for you.

You go ahead,
I'll be there in a minute.

You heard what the judge
said about keeping out of trouble.

I wasn't causing trouble, Kat!

I was clearing trouble up.

I saved her!
What'd you want? A medal?

You say that we got it wrong
and then you go

and do something like that.

Safety and stability?

The only thing she's going to get
from you

is an unhealthy attachment
to leopard print.

She's my daughter, Kat,

and I'm not going anywhere until I
get her back!

All right? Yeah, will be.

Thanks to you.

Hmm.

Those flowers...

..you shouldn't have done that.

She was your wife.

I know you loved her.

Yeah.

Yeah, I did.

Thank you for yesterday, Gray.

I tell you what, I'm loving this
live-in baby-sitter thing.

Honestly I'm going to put them
all on a rota.

What, even Ollie? Definitely Ollie!

He don't do nothing, him, does he?

Oh, he's lazy, I'm telling ya. Yeah.

LAUGHTER

Listen, you'll be next. No, mate.
He will be, won't he? No, no, no.

You watch. Family photo time,
is it, eh?

Look, whatever you're
thinking, don't.

Getting you wrapped around
their little finger, ain't they?

The baby's definitely Mick's. See?

You can stop torturing yourself now,
can't ya?

It's time to leave it, yeah?

How can you be so sure?

Just trust me.

Er, ladies and gentlemen,

I'd like you to raise your glasses,
please,

to our newest - and hopefully last -
bundle of joy...

..Annie Carter!

ALL: Annie Carter!

Cheers.

Bless you.

Oh, she's going to think this
is so funny.

Stacey.

Although, I will have to tell her
that I thought I was dying first.

I never thought that I would
live to see her home!

And we can go on holiday!

Southend can be lovely, can't it?
Even in the autumn!

Oh, and then there's Christmas!

Oh, the whole world deserves a good
Christmas, doesn't it,

after last year!

And I've got this mince pie recipe
that I was going to pass onto her,

but now I can make them myself!

I really did think that
I had cancer.

Again.

I wasn't lying.

I was...

..mistaken.

Either way,
the drugs were on your property,

so you must know
something about them.

Or am I...

..mistaken?

HE CHUCKLES

It is funny.

You're not going to
die before Stacey comes home...

..but you are going to go
to prison...

..for a very long time.