EastEnders 15th May 2025
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00:00TURN IT OFF!
00:29This is such a mess.
00:32This is you I love, Gav.
00:34And I love you too.
00:36Even though I know that Jean is on her knife.
00:39I knew you were a piece of work.
00:42It's not real. It's one of those AI things.
00:45Oh, yes, yeah.
00:46Of course it's real.
00:48I'm just doing Jean a favour.
00:50Giving her proof that Othella
00:53is knocking off a geriatric behind her back.
00:56Hello, Cindy, even for you.
00:59It's not sure who is there.
01:02I mean, you wouldn't...
01:05Jane, I...
01:08I am so...
01:10so sorry.
01:12See?
01:15I never had any trouble with Louis.
01:20Why won't he latch on?
01:22Why doesn't he want me?
01:35Hey, sorry.
01:37Peter, I think Cathy needs you.
01:39I'm busy.
01:40Yeah, but Mum's just told the whole pub that Cathy's been sleeping with Harvey.
01:42What?
01:43Jean's Harvey?
01:44Mum's filmed him kissing.
01:45Of course she did.
01:46I've always had a niggling feeling about you.
01:47Now I know why.
01:48It's you I love, Cathy.
01:49You disgusting piece of filth.
01:50Everyone knows Harvey and Jean were solid.
01:51It's all Cathy's fault.
01:52If anyone knows about cheating, it's you.
01:53You drop your knickers faster than I'm cracking egg.
01:55It's not about me.
01:56It's not about me.
01:57It's always about you.
01:58Jean is broken hearted and it's all your fault.
01:59Cindy's right.
02:00Jean was saying that you've been such a supportive mate, a really good friend.
02:02But what you really are, Cathy, is a backstabbing cow.
02:04Stop it, Cathy.
02:05Stop it!
02:06Stop it!
02:07Stop it!
02:08Hey, the floor show's over.
02:09Call in time.
02:10Drink up, please.
02:11You show your face tonight, yeah?
02:13And I'll have you.
02:14Hey, the floor show's over.
02:15It's all you know.
02:17But if you're looking at me, it's not about me.
02:18It's not about me.
02:19It's always about you.
02:20Jean is broken hearted and it's all your fault.
02:21Cindy's right.
02:22Jean was saying that you've been such a supportive mate, a really good friend.
02:25But what you really are, Cathy, is a backstabbing cow.
02:27Stop it, Cathy.
02:28Stop it!
02:29Stop it, Cathy!
02:30Stop it!
02:31Hey, the floor show's over.
02:32Call in time.
02:33Drink up, please.
02:34We'll have ya!
02:40Ain't she gonna say anything?
03:04Sorry Nan, I used to last to the milk.
03:10How was the party?
03:13I got caught up at the Albert.
03:18Jane!
03:21Jane!
03:25What are you doing? Leave that!
03:27It needs to be done, otherwise there'd be nothing clean for the morning.
03:30Jane, come on, it's all right.
03:31What's going on?
03:32Jane's just found out that Harvey's been seeing someone else.
03:35Yeah, been having it away with Kathy.
03:39Jane, how about I put the kettle on and make a nice strong cup of tea?
03:42I'm all right.
03:43Actually, Alfie, go to the front room and see if there's some brandy, yeah?
03:46You're all right.
03:50Man, I'm so sorry.
04:02Is this why you signed the Albert over time?
04:17No-one forced her to.
04:18It was either that or she was coming after the pie shop, the chippy, everything!
04:21I deserve compensation!
04:23You deserve to be burnt at the stake!
04:25There's no way you're getting the Albert after this.
04:28You signed the paperwork just like I did.
04:30Yeah?
04:31Well, I'll rip it up and stuff it down your throat.
04:34I'll be damned if I'm letting you have the Albert now.
04:36Yeah, well, you're damned already, Kathy.
04:38Who knew you'd served yourself up as easy as your full English, eh?
04:43Whoa, whoa, whoa!
04:44Right, you...
04:45No, no, no, don't!
04:46Right, that is it.
04:47I am going to the police and you are going to be locked up for the rest of your miserable
04:51life for what you did to me!
04:53On what proof?
04:57What?
05:00She's admitted it!
05:01You all heard her!
05:04No.
05:05No, I didn't hear anything, did you?
05:07No?
05:08Me neither.
05:09George?
05:10Oh.
05:11Looks like no-one knows what you're talking about, Cindy.
05:14That bang on the head has obviously made you very, very confused.
05:18My money's on a mugging gone wrong.
05:21Peter!
05:22Are you hearing this, Peter?
05:26Like Dad said, I don't know what you're talking about.
05:30Thank you, Peter.
05:31Both of you, you just disgust me.
05:33This was going to be a celebration for my son, your grandson, and your great-grandson.
05:38Oh, Peter, I never meant to do anything.
05:40After everything you said to Mum about cheating on Dad, you were doing the same with Harvey.
05:44You're such a hypocrite!
05:46I am really sorry for ruining the party, but people need to know the truth.
05:50Cathy!
05:51Oh, shut it, will you?
05:53Otherwise, the true Cathy will give you another slap!
05:55Oh, really?
05:56Right!
05:57No!
05:58Enough!
05:59Enough!
06:00I'm sick of the law here!
06:07You're kidding, right?
06:08You've got to let Stacey know.
06:09No!
06:10There's a pusher over the edge!
06:11And Mum's in the kitchen in pieces!
06:12Yes, I know!
06:13But do you think having Stacey in even more pieces will help?
06:17Oi, I warned you!
06:19You can scream and shout all you want, but I need to see Jean.
06:22No, you ain't going anywhere near her!
06:23That's for her to decide!
06:24I'll be saying as simple as it seems, I need to explain to her!
06:28Is that right, Harvey?
06:29What do you need to explain, huh?
06:31What, that you had an affair?
06:32What, you want to tell Jean all the sordid details?
06:34I used to think you was an alright bloke, you know?
06:36Tell me what, you never fooled me!
06:37Stop!
06:38Because I always knew that you got hold of that mire!
06:41Not mire, just Caffey!
06:43And clearly, it takes a chance to sniff another one out!
06:45Oi, oi, oi, oi, enough!
06:46Listen, I ain't leaving this house till I've seen Jean!
06:48It's OK.
06:50There's things I need to hear from him.
06:52Jean, this ain't a good idea.
06:54Let him in.
07:08How long's it been going on?
07:30A few months.
07:35How did it start?
07:48When Martin died, you know, we was all in shock and...
07:59You... you focused on Stacey's grief.
08:02Of course you did.
08:03And I wanted to help.
08:05To support you.
08:07And I tried.
08:09Everything I'd done was wrong and...
08:12And you shut me out.
08:14You did, Jean.
08:16You made me feel useless.
08:18Invisible.
08:19And Martin was my mate, you know?
08:21I was grieving too.
08:23And...
08:25And so was Caffey.
08:30And...
08:34She...
08:35She needed someone.
08:36We both did.
08:38And...
08:40She was there.
08:42For me.
08:44I...
08:47I don't know.
08:48I...
08:49I never meant for it to happen.
08:50It just did.
08:51But you were pushing me out, Jean.
08:56So it's my fault.
08:58I'm not saying that.
09:01You are.
09:02Actually, you are.
09:04You know, Brian had a secret family.
09:19All the time he was up north working, he was with another woman.
09:23Been on for years.
09:25I had children.
09:26I'm not Brian.
09:27You're not that different.
09:29I never wanted to hurt you.
09:31Both of you decided that I wasn't enough.
09:34Both of you found someone else.
09:36Both of you lied.
09:38Both of you made me believe that everything in our relationship was absolutely fine.
09:44I'm sorry.
09:46I trusted you.
09:51With loving me.
09:53With my family.
09:55I proposed to you.
09:58Stupid Jean.
10:01Don't say that by yourself.
10:03But I am stupid.
10:04Months.
10:06And I had no idea.
10:08I have talked and confided about my feelings for you to Cathy.
10:14It's who I am.
10:16Stupid stupid Jean.
10:17See this.
10:18This is exactly what I never want you to do to find out.
10:21But me and Cathy, we ended things because of how you feel.
10:26How it might affect your condition.
10:28My condition?
10:29What's that got to do with anything?
10:31I take my tablets.
10:32You see me take my tablets twice a day.
10:34Don't you dare blame this on my bipolar.
10:37Don't you dare.
10:44Sympathy.
10:45That's the reason you decided to end things.
10:49Not guilt or feeling like you might be making the biggest mistake of your life.
10:53But you felt sorry for me.
10:56You lied to me about Maya.
10:59And I forgave you because I really wanted this to work.
11:03So what, you were pretending you wanted us to work?
11:07No.
11:08I did.
11:09I did want us to work.
11:11I've been fighting my feelings, my attraction to Cathy.
11:14Oh yes, because she's so alluring, isn't she Cathy?
11:17Beautiful, ageless Cathy.
11:19Fun, exciting, unpredictable.
11:22I'm sure she fulfils you in ways that I can't.
11:25Oh, don't.
11:26Boring, domestic Jean.
11:27Stuck in her ways.
11:28Always cooking, always cleaning.
11:30Once in a blue moon.
11:31A kiss and a cuddle on the sofa in front of the television show.
11:34You know, I am nothing compared to Cathy.
11:45And you can't even deny it.
11:51I can be unpredictable.
11:56I can be exciting.
11:58Jane.
11:59Yes, I'm having a smashing time.
12:01Showing Harvey that I'm not boring.
12:03Shall we go in there?
12:04I don't know.
12:05If she wants us, she'll shout, won't she?
12:06Yeah, there's a lot.
12:07I don't have to call for an hour, I'd say.
12:08What's happening?
12:14You smashed the whole sink full of it, Hobbs.
12:16Thanks for giving me your permission.
12:18Could only have to clear more of it up though, wouldn't I?
12:21Because that's what I do, isn't it?
12:22Clean up mess.
12:24Me and Cathy, it's got nothing to do with you and me.
12:29I mean, of course, it does, but you've done nothing wrong.
12:36You're still the gene that I fell in love with.
12:40Then why?
12:45I don't know.
12:47I think maybe I just got tired of always coming last with you.
12:51Just Harvey in the corner, reading his paper, taking the bins out.
12:55It's like we've been together for 40 years.
12:59So...
13:01I've neglected you.
13:02That's what you've been telling yourself.
13:06Okay, look.
13:08Martin...
13:10He shouldn't have died.
13:11He was too young.
13:12He meant too much to too many people, but...
13:16Me included.
13:18Me and him...
13:20We had so much in common.
13:21I don't mean just the football and the Vic.
13:24You know, we were bonded by...
13:26By a slate of women.
13:27We supported each other.
13:29He was my mate.
13:30I mean, did that even cross your mind?
13:32This, again?
13:34What is this? Some sort of grieving competition?
13:37Stacey and Martin were together and had kids
13:39way before you arrived on the square.
13:41Stacey's in meltdown and I'm worried it's gonna trigger her bipolar
13:44and wasp are on the subject.
13:45Where were you when I was grieving?
13:48Whilst I was busy looking after everybody else,
13:50it was Alfie who checked in on me.
13:52But you, you were feeling so ignored
13:54that you had to rush over to Cathy for consolation.
13:57That's what you're telling me, isn't it?
13:59Well, poor you.
14:01Poor neglected you.
14:03I'm not trying to compete, Jean.
14:05And I was there for you and the kids.
14:06You were just too busy to sit.
14:08I can't do anything right, can I?
14:10It doesn't matter how much I try and show that I love you.
14:12You just keep me at arm's length.
14:15Have you...
14:18ever loved me?
14:22You need to ask.
14:24Do you still love me?
14:27Of course I do.
14:28It's just...
14:42It's just...
14:46So lonely.
14:48In this house.
14:50All the people who are in the noise.
14:52I'm never alone, but...
14:55I just...
14:57never felt...
14:59loneliness like it.
15:01And Cathy takes that loneliness away.
15:02Do you know who takes my loneliness away, Harvey?
15:20You do.
15:32I don't know.
15:33I don't know.
15:38I'd better tap my bags.
15:53Peter will come round.
15:54He...
15:55He always does.
15:56Yeah.
15:57Well, I hope for his sake he doesn't.
15:59Him and Lauren need to take those boys as far away from this place as possible.
16:03This house is like the Bates Motel without the welcome, Matt.
16:10Oh, stop looking at me like that.
16:12Well...
16:14I've never had you down for, um...
16:16having affairs with men in relationships.
16:19Do you remember Buster?
16:22Eh?
16:24Mixed, Dad.
16:26I was seeing him behind Shirley's back.
16:29Now you know.
16:31I'm no better than the peroxide witch.
16:44Hi.
16:46I'm so sorry, Mum.
16:47Oh, what are you doing up?
16:52You go on back up and I'll bring you a milky drink.
16:55No.
16:58Stacey still loves me, Stacey.
17:02I don't think he can.
17:04He can't, can he?
17:06Because if you love someone, you don't have sex with someone else, do you?
17:10Oh, I love Bradley.
17:12I loved Martin, but I still slept with Max.
17:17I hurt Martin so much.
17:20See?
17:22I'm getting stronger every day.
17:24Yeah?
17:25I can talk about it now.
17:28Mum, this shouldn't be happening to you.
17:30Oh, shh.
17:31I'll be fine.
17:33I'll bounce back.
17:34Will you?
17:36I mean, Harvey, he just, he just fitted, didn't he?
17:39He was like my dad.
17:41He's, he's like the rock.
17:43You know, we're all going from crisis to crisis and he's the solid one.
17:48I mean, the kids, they think the world of him.
17:50How are they going to cope with losing someone else?
17:53Yeah.
17:56He is a bit like the cement holding the bricks together, isn't he?
18:04Right, um, let's get you back upstairs, eh?
18:08Yeah.
18:10Come on.
18:11Harvey got the use of this caravan, and Jean was tied up looking after Stacey's kids.
18:32Where is she?
18:34Now's not a good time.
18:35It's a very good time for me.
18:36Er, let her in, Ian.
18:42Jean, look, you're hurt and angry.
18:44I know, I know, and you've every right to be, but it wasn't planned.
18:48It just happened.
18:49Whoa!
18:53Right.
18:55I needed to get that out of my system.
18:56I think you should go.
18:58Is that whiskey?
19:00Yeah.
19:02Could I have one, please?
19:05Well, Ian?
19:11Thank you, Ian.
19:21Would you leave us alone now, please?
19:23What, so you can slap her again?
19:25Ian, it's okay.
19:29I'll be upstairs.
19:30You betrayed me.
19:40You know how much Harvey means to me.
19:44I am so sorry.
19:47I hate myself.
19:49He was my last chance after Daniel.
19:52Jean, if Harvey came to me, it's because things weren't right with you and him.
20:00He wasn't happy.
20:02Well, of course you'd say that.
20:04I think he was.
20:06So how did it start?
20:08I've heard Harvey's side.
20:10I want yours.
20:12Well, I misread the signs and kissed him.
20:17But, as you'll know, he shut me down.
20:20Because of you.
20:22He said he had you.
20:24He was happy with you.
20:26Happy?
20:28Yes, we were.
20:32And then...
20:34And then Martin died.
20:36Oh, yes, yes.
20:38He said...
20:40Grief makes us do crazy things.
20:43I mean, I was focused on trying to help the grandchildren deal with the fact that their father was dead,
20:50whilst you and Harvey were ripping each other's clothes off.
20:52No.
20:54No, it wasn't like that.
20:56And I'm not excusing what happened, but...
20:58Jean, you've got to see.
21:00If he was really happy with you, then he never would have looked my way.
21:03Harvey is a good, decent man.
21:07Yes.
21:08He is.
21:10He's my decent man.
21:13And I'm here to tell you, Cathy, that if you really are as sorry as you say you are, you will leave Harvey alone.
21:21What? You'll...
21:23You'll forgive him?
21:25I...
21:27I can't compete with you, Cathy.
21:30Jean, it's not a competition.
21:31Isn't it?
21:33Men will always look at you, admire you, want you...
21:38Won't me.
21:42So...
21:44What are you saying, Jean?
21:46Just because Rocky is locked up in prison, please don't take Harvey away.
21:52Well...
21:54That's not my decision, is it?
21:55I mean, that...
21:57That's for Harvey to decide.
21:59Well, I know Harvey.
22:01Anything for a quiet life.
22:03You see, it's not just me.
22:05It's the whole family and he knows that we need him.
22:08I have been watching the pain that Stacey has been going through these last few weeks after losing Martin.
22:14Life is so short, Cathy, so yes, yes.
22:17Yes, I think I can forgive him.
22:21Well, then I promise you, Jean, I won't do any running.
22:28But if Harvey comes knocking on my door, I'm not closing it in his face.
22:32I've got everything I need.
22:36Would you just come in the front room for a minute?
22:39No.
23:01I've got everything I need.
23:03Would you just come in the front room for a minute?
23:06There's nothing more I can say, Jean, apart from I'm sorry.
23:21Because, you know, I am, I really am.
23:25I'm sorry enough to forget it ever happened and stay.
23:29Whoop, their echo of being unpredictable again.
23:31Jean.
23:33What are you saying?
23:34What I tried to do in Southend, many men would have walked away.
23:47But you didn't.
23:49Of course I didn't.
23:50After everything that we have been through together as a family, you've stayed.
23:55And that's not because you're stuck in the corner with the newspaper.
23:58You've stayed because we matter to you.
24:01Of course you do.
24:03You all do.
24:04The way you invited my family and you gave me life again after Donna moved away and Aaron was locked up.
24:14I've never been so low and...
24:16And then how long you came.
24:19Because this is your home.
24:23This is where you belong.
24:25We are your family and we need you.
24:27You are the thread that holds us all together, Harvey.
24:34So if you go, I don't know what will happen.
24:37I don't need to be emotionally blackmailed.
24:39No, I'm just saying it as it is.
24:41And it's not too late.
24:42So you want me to stay for the family?
24:45Well, I've never seen Stacey like this before.
24:49The kids absolutely adore you and...
24:52Well, if...
24:54If Lily loses another father figure...
24:57What about you?
24:59Oh, my feelings don't matter.
25:01Oh, Jenny.
25:03Let's just put all this behind us, shall we?
25:06Forget it ever happened.
25:08Cathy's agreed to back off, so...
25:11You saw Cathy?
25:12Yes.
25:13Well, I made her see that this is where you belong.
25:14And she knows that that's the right thing.
25:16She said that.
25:17Well, she doesn't love you like I love you.
25:18And I am happy to forgive you.
25:21You want me to stay for the sake of Stacey and the kids?
25:24Yeah.
25:26You don't beg me to stay because you love me.
25:29Oh, well, I love you.
25:31Of course I love you.
25:32I mean, we'll never be the love of each other's lives.
25:34That's been and gone, but...
25:36Well, we make each other happy, don't we?
25:38And that's enough for you.
25:40Making each other happy.
25:41Well, it's not just about me.
25:44No, it's not.
25:45It's about me as well.
25:48My feelings.
25:50My wants.
25:52My life.
25:53I'm sorry, Jean, but...
25:54I need to be where someone wants me for me, not to make their family happy.
26:04I don't love you anymore, Jean.
26:06I'm in love with Cathy.
26:10No.
26:13You're not.
26:15You might think that you are, but you're not.
26:17I love Cathy.
26:19And I'm leaving you.
26:21Okay.
26:23Well, get out then.
26:24Well, look, I just want you to...
26:25Get out!
26:26Get out!
26:27Get out!
26:28Get out!
26:29Get out!
26:30Get out!
26:31Get out!
26:32Get out!
26:33Get out!
26:34Get out!
26:35Get out!
26:36Get out!
26:37Get out!
26:38Choosing her over us!
26:39Tell me you're back on a whole family that made you!
26:41Who?
26:42Where'd you get off, Harvey, eh?
26:44You are scum!
26:45Do you know that?
26:46No, no, no, no.
26:47I'll help you.
26:49Go on, get out!
26:50Don't look at her!
26:52In fact, don't even look at any of us, yeah?
26:54Get out!
27:03Oh, Jean, come here.
27:05Oh, darling, it's all right.
27:06It's all right.
27:07I'm here.
27:11I'm here.
27:15That's what happens when you get involved with Cathy Beale.
27:18She destroys lives.
27:41I've left her.
27:42And I've told her this, you know I love.
27:43Well, you best come in, then.
27:47It's time!
27:48It's time!
27:49It's time!
27:50It's time!
27:51It's time!
27:52To glow up!
27:53It's time!
27:54To glow up!
27:55Watch now on BBC iPlayer.
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