Thanks priscilla.

EPISODE TEN 34/38:

Vald pulls the pint from los.kav telling him to get a grip. Los.kav is in a drunken state, slurring, he shouts at vald to get her wrinkly hands off him. Sorcha stands back happy with her night’s work. Maurice is shocked by her behaviour, this isn’t the sorcha he remembers. Vald spits at sorcha that she needs to stop looking for people to blame, “Giving a recovering alcohol copious amounts of alcohol, how low can you go?” Sorcha laughs that it’s a pub, she’s just doing her job. Vald puts her arms out and looks each side of her, “I hope you have all seen this tart’s true colours, some people get what’s coming to them!” Vald tries to drag him out, Gary’s playing darts to her right and stops to help her take him to the cab office. Los.kav shouts what are you looking at to the gormless, nosy extra. Maurice goes around behind the bar and whispers to sorcha, “Out back, NOW!”

Taking sorcha out back by hand, he asks blue_angel to cover. Sitting on the barrel, sorcha looks at him lustfully, “Are you trying to have your wicked way with me?” she laughs. Maurice’s face remains serious, worried about her recent behaviour; “I heard about your public outburst. Attacking elderly ladies now, are you?” Sorcha says that vald and los.kav saw it happen yet have said nothing. Maurice’s face turns to disgust as he realises why she gave los.kav drink, “You’re not the sorcha I fell in love with. You need to start thinking of that baby **touching her bump**, You can’t keep carrying on like this!” Sorcha tearfully exclaims that she died with TK and if maurice doesn’t like what’s she doing, he can sponge go off some other imbecile. Sorcha goes to leave saying some people have to work around here…

Vald thanks Gary for all his help offering him some money but he doesn’t take it. Seeing Scrabbler leave his office, he says that he went to the police station today and he was very unhappy with their conduct saying that they weren’t taking it seriously. Scrabbler says that they did investigate, he saw them calling to dan **pointing at his house**, “I think that’s the last place she was seen!” Scrabbler’s glad to have a sharp object in his pocket just in case, that’s if you’d call a ballpoint pen sharp. Gary stares over at dan’s house….

Also tonight, Vaslav is in a foul mood when Scrabbler starts clapping metal bin lids together, he’s still recovering from last night’s party unaware there’s an embarrassing photo of him floating around the internet. IanMandy doesn’t show up for work, Ian says he hasn’t time for him going AWOL and asks Cindy to work his shift. When the vodka is put on offer in the Minute Mart, Shirley is on it like a tramp on chips. Mona watches her down it wondering why she looks up to her.

As AngelicPrincess heads to Sharon’s she sees mona. Peering over the Square railings, she jokes that she thought she’d be behind bars by now. Mona laughs, disbelief etched in her voice that she got away with a warning, “It’ll take more than Sharon-whatsername to get rid of me!” Angie walks on.

Vald turns the key in the door and turns on the lights in her hallway. Breathing a sigh of relief, it’s clear she happy to be home. She thanks the cabbie for taking los.kav in for her. **plopping him on the living room sofa** Vald goes to the kitchen and sticks on the kettle hoping to sober him up. When she goes to the living room, she finds los.kav conked out snoozing. The talk is going to have to wait until tomorrow…

Dullagj2 awaits to see if he’ll be allowed home for Christmas. He is intrigued by the newcomer to the rehab, there doesn’t appear to be anything wrong with them but he wonders what they’re in for. Asking his name, he is thrown by the response, “I’m SoapAddict101. Yes I’m the 101st Soapaddict admitted here.” Dullagj2 says that he thought he looked clean, “Are you addicted to a particular brand? I’m clean now too” he laughs. SoapAddict corrects him, “No I’m addicted to soaps, serial dramas. I can’t stop watching them, day and night. They’ve taken over my life!” Dullagj2 is even more bemused now, wondering to himself how someone could be that addicted to them, he assures himself that it must be rare.

Dan’s making full use of the bell that Bevis bought him today on the market. It’s clear that they’re enjoying each other’s company. Dan is very grateful for all the help he has given him since he took the beating. The sexual tension is palpable, has dan finally fallen for him? Has something good come out of this whole sorry mess, the Emily ‘self-defence’ murder, Denny being knocked over, dan getting beaten up by RedHood? There’s a knock on the door, dan rings his bell for Bevis to get it saying lotty probably forgot something. Chef Bevis makes his way to the door, not taking off his pinny. Gary greets him asking for dan………..dan shouts out who is it………Bevis recognises his face from the market. Gary makes his way inside, dan looks on in dread. Gary introduces himself, “Hi I’m Emily’s brother. I’m here to ask some questions about my sister’s disappearance!”

Duff duff: Bevis stands in disbelief unable to take all these curveballs life keeps throwing at him.

COMING UP:

EPISODE ELEVEN 35/38:

Bevis sits down slowly trying to get his head around the latest bombshell. He’s surprised by dan’s calmness. Dan appears unfazed. Gary says that he wants to know what happened to his sister, “She was last seen here! What did you do to her? No one has heard from her since!” Dan takes a deep breath as he prepares to talk himself out of a hole…again!

Los.kav wakes up upset. Vald hears movement downstairs and goes to investigate. She finds him in a mess on the living room floor, lying in his own vomit. She runs to the bathroom to fetch a few towels, not easy with her bad hip. She cleans los.kav and sits him back on the sofa. She rubs the floor with the rest of the clean towel before throwing it in the washing basket. She fetches him a dish in case he retches again. He says he has a sick tummy and vald proceeds to rub his back like a child. Vald begins to tear up as it brings back memories of her children and how she let them down.

Jake says that Ian should visit IanMandy to make sure he’s ok, “He’s gone a bit loopy. I think you should have a chat with him…” Ian asks who told him about his own mental health problems but Jake feigns surprise at the mere mention of the fact. Ian utters that it’s not safe to go there tonight **he lives in the low-rent flats behind the Square** and says he’ll make sure to check up on him tomorrow if he doesn’t turn up for work. Ian hobbles off towards the Minute Mart to see Denise, rolling his eyes at the beggar.

Dan tells Gary that it’s late and now doesn’t suit. Gary’s persistent and says that he wants to find her, “I want her home for Christmas! It’s a time for family and I haven’t got a moment to waste. Please, tell me everything you know. Unless you have something to hide?” Bevis almost chokes but he has reason to get up when the smoke alarm goes off for the late supper he’s cooking. Gary gets a whiff of it and mentions that he hasn’t had a proper meal all day, “That Kim Fox can’t cook toast” he exclaims. Will he stay for tea?

Also tonight, dullagj2 hears cries from the room adjacent to him, the one with newbie in it. SoapAddict cries out in distress, “I want to watch EastEnders. I want to watch it now” and starts humming the theme tune. Lola_skye is grateful to Scrabbler and cooks him a meal to say thank you, she assures him that she’ll continue job hunting. Mr. Ender thinks he has syphilis and asks Kirsty what the symptoms are as they await tonight’s client, Kirsty spits that she’s never had the clap “Google it!” Kirsty changes the subject saying that biatch sorcha was serving alcohol to an alcoholic on her first night back...again!

Gary tucks into the chicken tenders with creamy mustard, devouring every last bit. Bevis looks at dan, playing about with the food now he’s lost his appetite. Dan can’t bring himself to look at him knowing that he should’ve told him who Gary was and worries that this could bring an end to their blossoming relationship. Talk soon turns to Emily once again….dan says she had come around because someone was harassing her online and she thought it was him, “I told her it wasn’t me and showed her proof, she forgot her phone but never called back and hasn’t been online since, Next thing I knew, there were missing posters with her head everywhere….” Gary thanks him for the information remarking the R&R’s CCTV camera on leaving the flat…

The next morning…

Vald awakes, the sun shining through her living room blinds. She must’ve fallen asleep on the chair. Los.kav wakes up about an hour later, feeling much better but has a banging headache. He says his body isn’t used to having alcohol in its system stating that he’s never gotten drunk on two pints before. Vald says they need to talk…los.kav proclaims that it was a blip and he’s going to see his counsellor today but vald says that she has things she feels she needs to tell him…

IanMandy turns up unshaven and unwashed for work. Jake is knocked at first by the sight of him before joking that he’s trying to look like him, “Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.” IanMandy still appears distant, staring into the distance, thoughts running through his mind, voices even, his mind racing. Mandy tells him not to listen to Jake, she loves his stubble. Ian is glad to see him but doesn’t say anything instead he demands to know where he’s been….

Vaslav thinks his new hair gel has done the trick when he sees everyone looking at him on the market. Feeling good about himself, he walks around with a suave of confidence hoping to find a fit male to sleep with it. It’s been far too long, so long he has begun fantasising over fictional characters. Ilovenicnacs is badgering Repaired Arrow by the Community Centre asking when he’s going to fix her up on a date, he tells her that she should wait until after Christmas but a determined nicnacs heads to the market for some mistletoe……….bumping into vaslav she nabs a cheeky kiss. Valsav laughs that he’s turning a lot of heads today. Nicnacs says she bets he is, “We’ve seen you in all your glory. A well-endowed glory if I do say so myself….” Vaslav eeks…

Los.kav is at a loss as to what vald is going to tell him as she tears up. She wants to open up to him so he feels like he has someone there for him, someone he can confide in and trust, a mother figure, “I wasn’t a great mother to my kids. It took me a long time to grow up, it was too late though, they went into care and didn’t want to know me. **she sniffs** To this day I still hope and pray that one of the two will knock at my door and say “Mum I want to get to know you. I want to be your son! **she cries** I know that’ll never happen but I can’t help hoping. I want to make amends with them.” Los.kav feels for her and says that it’s sad she’s never got to be a mum stating that she’s better than both his parents put together, “You’ve taken me in, got me seeking help for my alcoholism and accepted me for who I am!” he proclaims.

Julia’s theme: Los.kav gives vald a hug as the camera pans out into the distance.

COMING UP:


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Scrabbler’s EastEnders (Mon 23rd December)

Bianca is stressed out about Christmas struggling to get the kids what they’ve asked for. She tells Carol that she can’t go to AJ’s leaving party because she hasn’t got a penny to spare but she doesn’t tell her that she’s on her way to Carl for a loan….

Jack is seething now that he knows the full truth about how Max has ended up in prison. He’s waiting for the right moment determined not to let him get away with it but he’ll have to act fast if he wants him out in time for Christmas for Lauren and Abi….Ronnie can sense something is wrong and says he’s tense. Thinking he’s going off her, Ronnie heads to the High Street to buy some sexy lingerie.

Carl is happy that he is pulling all the strings as he writes a Christmas card to Phil from Shirley, “To the love of my life. Signed Zelda.” He’s unaware that Shirley has arrived back on the Square intent on getting her revenge!

AJ is looking forward to leaving Walford and starting a family with his wife, Aailyah. He gives Mas and Tam a gift to remember him by, thanking them for putting up with him but he finally knows what he wants in life. Mas is tearful that his brother has finally grown up.

Ava is suspicious of Sam’s behaviour when he fails to make any promises regarding next year. Checking through his stuff, she finds a bag packed under his bed. Opening it she sees his passport and tablets, she takes both and flexes her vocal chords as she prepares for a screaming match.

Everyone gathers in R&R for AJ’s leaving party. He’s still a bad muslim, it’s an alcohol-fuelled party but Mas makes a touching speech with Carol by his side. Jack summons Carl to the R&R office as he prepares to deal with him! He is even more furious when Ronnie rings to say he pinned her up against the wall earlier.

Ava confronts Sam with the full knowledge that he was preparing to walk out on her on Christmas Day. Sam tries to sweet talk her but she’s having none of it. He tells her to shut the fcuk up and heads off to the party. Ava doesn’t let him get away that easily and follows him squealing incessantly.

Carl arrives at the club and enters the R&R office. The smug thug Jack jokes, “I know you set my brother up. You’re not going to leave here until my brother is freed. Carl says we’ll see about that….Shirley has seen him arrive but is too busy trying to bag another free woo-woo to confront him. A fight ensues between the pair……….Jack falls to the ground while Carl takes out a metal bar he had shoved down his trousers. Will he show Jack any mercy?

A train heads across the tracks. **chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga**

The residents continue to party the night away unaware that disaster is about to strike! As the train chortles across, the missing tracks cause it to ricochet off the bridge and onto the Square. The front crashes straight into the market demolishing the laundrette and Sam in its path. Ava gasps heavily as the train narrowly misses her. One of the back carriages hurtles onto the night club causing the building to collapse.

Duff duff: The camera pans out to demonstrate the damage the train wreckage has caused.

EPISODE TWELVE 36/38:

A raging vaslav enters DS headquarters determined to find out who took the naked pic of him. Everyone has seen it at this stage but he soldiers on, not to be deterred but does this problem run deeper? That’s what he has to ask himself when he finds his work computer has been hacked and files deleted. Who has a vendetta against him and why? Vaslav thought being a MOD would be great but he has grown more and more dissatisfied with the job as time has gone on and now feels like he’s being bullied in the workplace.

Bevis is quiet with dan unsure whether he knew about Gary’s true identity or not. He assumes he did but he has no time to talk as he has a busy day ahead on the market. He grabs his antlers as he heads out the door. Dan can sense that Bevis is off with him and uses the money lotty gave him for Chrimbo to buy him a special gift to show how much he cares! Will it do the trick?

Vald feels the bond between her and los.kav has strengthened now that she has opened up to him. She is encouraged when he assures her that this was just a blip and he’s going to get his feet back firmly on the wagon! Vald wants to go shopping for a big present for him, to show her love and affection for him. Elsewhere, dullagj2 is elated to be released from rehab for Christmas, not everyone is so lucky……..Toni is downbeat as she prepares to spend Christmas in the psychiatric hospital.

Sorcha decides to visit NeX not wanting him to feel lonely on his first Christmas without TK. Sorcha enjoys talking to him because he can tell her loads of funny stories about TK, stories he never got to tell her. He’s thrilled to see she’s pregnant and congratulates her. She confirms that it’s TK’s baby. NeX is happy that his legacy will live on. Sorcha tries to get any information she can out of him about TK’s assassins but NeX remains tight-lipped not wanting anyone else to get caught in his crossfire. He thanks her for visiting.

Also tonight, los.kav goes to see his counsellor. Mo mouse is meant to be buying Geraldine a present but he spends Christmas Eve in the pub dressed as Bad Santa. Ilovenicnacs is harassing the males with her mistletoe, will she find her mr. right? Priscilla dons a sexy santa costume but she’s not ready to let another man win her affections yet! A drunken Repaired Arrow breaks his arrow when he falls on some slippy ice, forced to spend A&E in casualty will Broken Arrow gets his arrow fixed? Ice dragon breathes fire on the market trying to earn some extra cash for Christmas. Gary asks Phil if he can look at the club’s CCTV and spends the night trawling through it, will he find what he’s looking for?

Sorcha’s had a long day but she enjoys the attention of the male punters who are admiring her sexy santa costume. Maurice watches glumly as she flirts with them, trying not to show his unhappiness. Sorcha admires Max’s bum and Jake’s manly stubble. Winston gives her the eye and whispers to meet him in the alley in 5 minutes. Kat overhears and tells her that drunken knee tremblers won’t make her happy and she should commit to reliable Maurice. Maurice makes his way to the alley to warn Winston off vulnerable sorcha but he’s had a better offer….he sees him snogging the face off ilovenicnacs! Re-entering the pub, he’s appalled to see sorcha drinking alcohol…

Everyone gathers in the pub to watch Scrabbler’s EastEnders. Everyone ooos and ahhs as the aftermath plays out onscreen. Scrabbler and the team are thrilled with the response and buy a round of drinks in for everyone. As they get sloshed, Angie breaks into a rendition of Santa Baby. Scrabbler jokes that if anyone could turn him she could. Mona keeps her head down not wanting to get into any more trouble and is ecstatic when Shirley gives her an xmas gift but tells her not to open it until tomorrow! Klendathu searches the pub for Poppy hoping to catch her under the mistletoe but he doesn’t find her.

Dan waits for Bevis to arrive home, hoping to impress him with his gift. Bevis remains cold with him before blurting out that he’s moving back into the Masood’s tomorrow night. Dan gives him the gift and Bevis is torn telling him he can’t trust him and says that he brings too much aggro to his door and he can’t face the inevitable heartbreak, “I’ll ask you not because I don’t know the answer but because I’d like to know what you have to say, did you know Gary was Emily’s brother?”

Vaslav refuses to quit his job not wanting to let his bully win and heads to the pub to join in the festivities. Dullagj2 surprises Janine when he arrives at her door but she’s glad she won’t be spending Christmas alone with Scarlett. A mysterious figure lurks round the back of her house, all we see is the shadow on the wall….Maurice bites his tongue with sorcha not wanting to have another argument.

Dan admits that he knew but was waiting for the right time to tell him. Bevis doesn’t want to know anymore and heads to bed leaving dan to hobble back to the sofa upset that he hasn’t opened the gift. Janine makes dullagj2 some coffee in the kitchen before heading back to the living room.

Duff duff: Michael’s head appears at Janine’s kitchen window.

COMING UP:


Scrabbler's EastEnders Xmas Eve Special will hopefully be posted later.

The last two episodes of the third DS Enders series will be posted Boxing Day (xmas special) and NYD (series finale).

Merry Christmas to all the DS Enders readers. Have a good one!

EPISODE THIRTEEN 37/38: (Christmas Day Special)

Janine is full of the joys of Christmas as she helps Scarlett open all her presents. The look on her face is magical and she regrets missing her first Christmas but is thankful that she followed Pat’s advice and didn’t abort her. She’s glad of dullagj’2 company and feels safer having someone else around the house although Michael doesn’t even cross her mind. She wants to give Scarlett everything she didn’t have and she’s tearful as she remembers her own childhood. Unbeknownst to her, Michael is lurking outside determined to see his daughter on Christmas Day. He is thrown by dullagj2’s presence, spotting him in the kitchen and assumes she has a new fancy man but nothing’s going to stop him seeing his daughter!

Dullagj2 rings vald to tell her he’s home and she asks him to visit her later, delighted at the news. Los.kav is touched by his present from vald and feels accepted for who he is for the first time in his life. Zack visits Toni in the hospital bringing her some gifts, they have to be checked through before he can give them to her to make sure there’s nothing sharp she can harm herself with. He’s upset by her state but tries not to show it. She thanks him for coming but the visit plays on his mind throughout the rest of the day, he expected to see an improvement in her.

It’s a lonely Christmas for vaslav and he’s unnerved when he receives a homophobic Christmas card in the post but there’s no post Christmas Day….is this connected to the naked photo? Lotty misses her son and skypes him after dinner, she’s bowled over when he tells her she’s going to be a granny. Her husband is thrilled to have her home and asks her to renew their wedding vows with him, lotty agrees giving him a big hug and kiss.

It’s quiet in dan’s household as the tension continues to leave a sour taste. He begs Bevis just to forget about it for one day, forget about what a shite year it has been for them both and enjoy the day, make the most of their last day living together stating that even the war called a truce on Christmas Day, can’t they do the same? Bevis is pensive but is persuaded when he opens dan’s present. He realises that dan knows him inside out and no matter how much he tries to keep away from him, he keeps coming back. Bevis gives him a kiss as a sign of his appreciation. Things soon lead to the bedroom…

Also tonight, Geraldine is furious when she realises mo mouse hasn’t got her anything for Chrimbo and throws him out on his ear saying she loathes him and he deserves to be in the gutter. Ilovenicnacs can’t remember last night, it’s all a blur but that’s probably a good thing! Gary misses his family on xmas day but he’s determined to find out what happened to Emily and continues to trawl through the CCTV munching on his turkey sandwich, he almost chokes as he makes a discovery.

Mona opens Shirley’s present but she doesn’t know what it is. Shirley says it’s a vibrator, “I thought it might cheer you up, there’s batteries included!” she winks. Mona tries not to vomit before giving Shirley her pressie. Mona eeks as Shirl opens her leather boots with “Phirley 4eva” inscribed on the back. She adds them to her collection.

Poppy is dreading Christmas dinner thinking of all the calories it will contain and decides to feign an upset tummy. She’s also upset that Fatboy won’t be home for Chrimbo, Tansy has got engaged and Dot has gone to see Jim. Feeling alone she’s glad to see klendathu when he calls with tight leggings for her. He doesn’t stay long though as he’s going to his parents’ house for dinner. Wanting to feel in control, she doesn’t eat anything just drinks water to make her feel full.

Ian has Christmas dinner at the restaurant with his family and invites IanMandy and Jake along. IanMandy’s annoyed that Jake and his missus have been invited but he decides to seize the opportunity….talking to Sadie he tells her that he didn’t think she was his wife, “There’s another woman who’s always visiting him and kissing him.” Sadie is seething and it has the desired effect as a row ensues…both leaving prematurely. IanMandy then sets his sights on Denise, the voice telling him to seduce her and prove to Ian she’s not wife material.

Scrabbler and Lola-skye join Angie and her hubbie for Christmas lunch before they head to the Gutter for the Christmas Day screening which they are very excited about and extremely proud of. Angie is put in an awkward position when Scrabbler and her husband don’t get on, is it a clash of two alphas or is he jealous of Scrabbler’s close relationship with his wife?

It’s a tough day for sorcha. She lays new flowers at TK’s memorial but Christmas dinner is a nightmare as she dozily forgets to put on the oven so the turkey won’t be ready in time. Maurice is on edge as she downs the red wine but he can’t bite his tongue any longer. He tells her she needs to get her act together, she has a baby on the way and is drinking like a fish, when she isn’t she’s throwing herself at anyone who’ll have her! Sorcha bites back, “Jealous are we? Who wants to fcuk a pregnant woman? I had no intention of having a knee trembler in the alleyway! Plus it’s Christmas, everyone drinks and if you think pregnant women don’t drink then you’re deluded!” Maurice leaves the room in a huff, spitting would she jump into the sea if everyone else was doing it, on second thoughts don’t answer that!

Janine opens up to dullagj2 over a bottle of wine. She tells him that she’ll never be normal because she didn’t get the support when she needed it, ”My childhood has made me who I am today, I couldn’t handle it! I don’t want Scarlett’s to be like that. I don’t want her to have trust issues, I don’t want her to turn out like me!” Dullagj2 tells Janine that he’ll take Scarlett for a walk to vald’s to give her a break. Over at Scarlett’s (restaurant), IanMandy approaches Denise with some mistletoe but he’s frustrated when she kindly declines his advances. When Ian sees Denise is uncomfortable, he pulls IanMandy away from her putting it down to the drink.

Everyone begins to gather in the Shirley Gutter for Christmas Day EastEnders. Gary approaches Scrabbler with a CCTV image of Emily disputing with another male. Scrabbler is able to identify him and tells him where to find the mystery male. Elsewhere, Michael forces opens Janine’s back door determined not to let the day pass without seeing his girl unaware she’s not there. As he enters the living room Janine is busy watching the Doctor Who regeneration sitting with the lamp on to give her light.

A montage begins to play over this song, Vald greets dullagj2 and Scarlett at the door and lets them in, dan lies awake in bed (Bevis asleep next to him), everyone is enjoying the EE xmas special at the Shirley Gutter. Sorcha sits alone in the living room. Gary approaches IanMandy in the restaurant demanding to know why he was rowing with his sister the night she disappeared. Dot is eating dinner alone as Poppy’s tummy rumbles upstairs. Mo Mouse is in the gutter. Vaslav enters the Shirley Gutter, Scrabbler is happy to see him as he pulls up a chair. Michael delurks , “Hello Janine!” (Janine looks in disbelief, is she imagining it?)
Next thing the power goes off. The Square is covered in darkness as Janine’s scream echoes.

Duff duff: A pitch black shot of the Square.

Christmas Day DS Enders continues NYD….


Scrabbler's EastEnders will be posted over the next few days. Hope everyone is having a great Christmas!

Scrabbler’s EastEnders
Christmas Eve

David and Sadie are in the salon when they hear the large bang. David gets up, reholes his belt and tucks in his shirt. Sadie buttons up her blouse and sees she’s missed a call on checking her mobile. They see smoke coming from the R&R, David jogs towards it…

Dot is awakened by the loud bang and thinks she’s hallucinating. Thinking she’s back in the war, a frightened Dorothy sticks on her nightie, rollers in her hair and peers out the blinds onto the Square. She’s horrified by the sight of a train that has careered into her beloved laundrette. A weepy Dot gets dressed.

Bianca is frustrated that Carl hasn’t been in contact and she won’t have to time to buy the kids’ toys. Making her way to the flat, she’s flabbergasted by the sight of the train crashing off the tracks. She can’t get past and goes via the salon/gym towards R&R, seeing Sadie rush out she heads to the salon in need of cash unaware her mother is trapped in the R&R…

All the locals that didn’t go to the party are awakened by the bang. Phil and Ian acknowledge each other, both secretly glad that their sparring partner is still alive and well. Phil orders Tracey to ring the emergency services as he wonders who was inside.

Ronnie is Christmas shopping on the high street when she sees the news breaking on sky news (which is showing on the window of the electrical store) and rushes home. Back at the salon, Bianca takes all the takings from the till and some shampoo while she’s there. She then proceeds to make her way to the high street in a bid to save her kids’ Christmas.

The camera pans inside the building. The smoke and dust fill the air as we look for life among the debris. Carol and Mas are still alive but can’t move. They grip each other’s hand as Mas looks around for his son and brother. In the office, Jack is dead after a blow to the head. Carl looks at him smugly as he tries to drag his body to the rubble. He throws some bricks over him before leaving through the back exit with the weapon. (blood clearly visible on his leather gloves) He sees that Kirsty needs help but keeps going not wanting to chance getting caught. When seen leaving the alleyway by Tracey, he puts his hand at his mouth as if to warn her to keep quiet!

Ava cries uncontrollably at Sam’s body. Cindy rolls her eyes trying not to laugh. Over at the nightclub, Ian and Peter try to start removing the rubble. They can hear people knocking and screaming incessantly on the entrance to Butcher’s Joints. Ian orders Peter to get Lucy who has the keys and to open the café for the locals. Sharon comes round the corner looking fresh faced and wonders what’s happened. On seeing the commotion, she tells Peter she’ll man the café. Dextaa and Jay return to the Square after returning the fixed car, Dextaa is distraught at the sight of his mother. She starts sobbing in his arms.

Peter is a hero as he lets out trapped residents through the Butchers’ Joints entrance. They are coughing from the smoke and dust but only have a few cuts and bruises. Tamwar is reminded by memories of the B&B fire and the Argee Bhargee collapse not to mention the Vic fire and starts rolling on the ground in distress. David frantically searches for Bianca believing her to be inside, he rings her to see where she is but is put through to voicemail.

Sharon and Ava bury the hatchet as she offers the grief-stricken woman some tea and sympathy. Dextaa looks at his mum in disbelief saying “I gave him ma kidknee,” unaware that’s all his father came back for. Bianca bumps into Ronnie but acts oblivious when she informs her off the train crash. Ronnie tells her she must return but Bee screeches that she needs to buy presents for her kids.

The emergency services arrive and order the helping residents to stay back, Phil continues to dig (he’s obviously looking for Shirley!) and David and Ian are forced to drag him back. They begin to treat the injured and order them to clear the area. Peter leads the rescued down the alley and around to the café. The café becomes a shelter as the community pulls together, Ian even giving out freebies. It’s emotional when he’s reunited with Denise, but he’s irate to see Peter kissing a skank, Whitney.

Sharon goes to check on Dot to make sure she’s ok but finds her sobbing at the laundrette. Dot reminisces about all the years she spent working there and how she was always up to date on the local gossip, “everyone’s aired their dirty linen in here” she remarks before adding that she’s glad Pauline, Ethel and Lou aren’t alive to see this. Sharon takes her back to the café which is hustling and bustling with chatter, thankfulness, worry and community spirit. Dot leads the congregation in prayer and they pray for those still trapped. (Carol, Masood, Shirley, Kirsty, AJ and Jack)

Duff duff: The firemen back away from the building as the roof collapses further, falling on AJ’s head.

With three fatalities already (Jack, Sam & AJ), will anyone else be added to the death tally?

Christmas Day (feature-length special)

The episode opens with the Butcher kids rushing down the stairs. Bianca is gleeful as the kids open their pressies with surprise, shock and elation. Terry is missing his kids who are spending the two weeks with Nikki and is suspicious when he sees all the gifts Bianca’s got the kids. Bianca asks him to mind them as she rushes to the R&R to see if there’s any news on her mother. Terry assumes David has bought them but he’s reiterates that he’s skint as he heads to the Beales. Bianca rings Sonia saying she’s needs to come to the Square immediately!

Tamwar sits alone and depressed in the Masood household pondering whether or not he should ring Zainab to come home. Bianca encounters Ronnie and Roxy outside the club, the R&R sign broken on the ground. Bianca tells Roxy she can get off now, Roxy laughs and tells Ronnie to call her if she needs her. Bianca remarks that it’s a bad Christmas for the Brannings, Jack and Carol are trapped in there and Max is in jail. Ronnie remarks that this isn’t quite how she imagined her first Christmas of freedom.

David was actually on his way to Sadie’s who texted him to meet her at the salon. David can’t keep his hands off her. She informs him that she was looted as they rushed towards the wreckage, she forgot to lock up. David reassures her that it wasn’t him and that he isn’t with her for the money. Sadie says that she heard Carol was still trapped in the café last night and is surprised he isn’t holding a vigil at the debris. David says he prefers his women a little less frumpy and more smiley. Sadie says that she has to go as Jake won’t buy her staying this long at the salon on Christmas Day. Bianca rushes off when the news crew approach her to check on the salon. She’s stunned when she sees her dad leaving it followed by Sadie. “I’m glad I robbed that mardy cow now!”

Sharon is cooking at the Mitchells. All eyes are on the news channels as they listen for the latest. Lola remarks that it’s surreal to have their own neighbourhood on the news. Roxy laughs that the emergency services have this place earmarked as a danger zone. It’s clear that Phil is preoccupied by something, he tells Billy to do one when he enquiries if he’s ok. Phil heads out for a walk, staring at the pub to see if there’s any sign of life from Shirley.

A maudlin Tamwar gets a shock to find Shabnam at his door. The Beales have invited Dot for dinner but she’s no appetite still grieving for the laundrette. She reminisces with Ian saying she didn’t think she’d outlive Pauline, Pat and Kathy but she definetly didn’t think she’d outlive the laundrette. Ian assures her that they’ll rebuild it but she says people have no need for it anymore, it’ll probably be replaced by a knock-in shop. Ian laughs as she downs her medicinal sherry. She tells him she wants everyone to come together at the carol service.

Sadie shouts at Jake for drinking while cooking but it doesn’t end there when he finds a text on her phone from a mystery admirer asking for nude pics of her. A row ensues and Jake begins to throw dinner plates against the wall. Bella cowers on the top of the stairs upset that her Christmas has been ruined again.

Shabnam and Tamwar head to the R&R via the alleyway to see if their father and uncle have been rescued. Shabs explains that she was going to surprise them but it didn’t work out as planned. Alfie acts like the pillar of the community on the news, looking forward to seeing his face in the local press.

Bianca confronts David saying he should be worried about her mother not bonking his latest floozy. David asks her where she got the money for the kids pressies but she laughs that her and Terry work for a living or hadn’t he noticed. He apologises and makes his way to the nightclub which lies in ruins with her. There they stand with Dot, Ian, Phil, Ronnie, Tamwar and Shabs as two bodies are removed from the debris. Ronnie cries uncontrollably in Phil’s arms when she sees Jack’s lifeless face. (Phil remains deadpan) Janine is frustrated that she can’t get her sports car through the market and orders the fireman to get a move on before reversing and speeding off in the other direction. An unconscious Kirsty is dragged out next but no one seems to care.

Ava cries hysterically at the mortuary with Dexter before wondering why she’s crying and she promises Dextaa that her new year’s resolution will be to go to work. Back on the Square, Bianca rests her head on David’s shoulder sobbing that her mother might be dead. What will she do if she’s dead? Who’ll mind the kids?

Sharon’s Christmas dinner is a success although Roxy cries that Sharon got Phil’s portion and didn’t divide it amongst them. Sharon says that they’d already had Ronnie’s amount but is upset that Phil couldn’t make it to dinner. Alfie’s angry when he realises there’ll be no long news bulletin today so he won’t be seen by the masses.

Shabnam and Tamwar are just about to leave when another body is uncovered. Ian has taken Dot back to his but returns for some hot drinks for Phil, David, Bianca and the Masood kids. Phil and David show their appreciation reconciling with their former foe. Inside the wreckage, Carol weeps as she doesn’t think she’ll make it out alive still gripping an unconscious Mas’ hand. Tamwar remains unmoved as he identifies AJ, who is pronounced dead at the scene. With Shirley, Carol and Masood still trapped, the firemen continue to work tirelessly throughout the evening.

As the carol service gets under way in the Square gardens, Dot makes a poignant speech to everyone. “I look around me and I see people that have greatly suffered. People that have lost their kids, divorced (few more than once), numerous partners, survived fires, serial killers, people who struggle to make ends meet but they get by. We all have to suffer in this world. This isn’t a time to blame God but to turn to him, like he suffered for us. We all emerge stronger people from the things God throws at us. Time like this remind us what’s important in life. None of us know when the Lord will call us but we must always be ready. I seen it all on this Square, the Blitz you name it but I don’t remember such a terrible accident occurring. I want to lead you in prayer as we remember those who didn’t make it. My dear Jack, oh Jack and that Hartymin’s fella..” Cora rolls her eyes in disgust.

The crowd say the prayer collectively as the camera pans around them before returning to those left in the wreckage (Shirl, Carol & Mas) and those waiting anxiously for news…(David, Bianca, Phil (who has now been joined by Sharon) & Shabnam)

Duff duff: Carol is pulled from the rubble. Coughing it’s clear that she’s still alive.

The last two Scrabbler EastEnders specials will be posted tomorrow.

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Scrabbler’s EastEnders
Boxing Day

Bianca wakes up in the hospital hoping for news on her mother. David arrives back with some cold coffee and eating a sarnie. Bianca jokes that he better not have copped off with one of the nurses. Back at the Butcher household, Terry has taken the opportunity to try on Bee’s make-up and leggings. How will Whitney react when she walks in on him?

Shabnam is worried about Tamwar’s depressed state but she hasn’t got time to chat with him as she awaits for her father to leave the operating theatre. **he was rescued overnight** When Bianca introduces herself as her stepsister, Shabs almost spits out her cold tea. She tries to be civil and pleasant with her but she is secretly seething and is none to be pleased when Bianca insults her religion saying she’d hate to have to wear one of those things on her head.

The firemen assume that everyone has been rescued but Phil can sense that Shirley is still inside, they are telepathically connected of course. Sharon tells him it’s just tiredness and he needs some rest offering to give him one of her special massages to get him off to sleep. Phil won’t budge and demands that the firemen keep searching.

Ava decides she needs to leave the Square unable to tell Dextaa why Sam really came back. She asks Dex to come with her saying she feels like she has been stuck in a nightmare and wants to forget the last year ever happened! (don’t we all….) “I want to reconnect with my REAL family, I can’t stop speaking gangsta and skipping work since I came here!” she cries…Dextaa agrees to go or at least we think he does becomes he speaks rapidly with the only comprehendible word being ‘innit.’ Ava continues to nod pretending she took it all in. **viewers switch to Harry Potter premiere**

Also tonight, tensions are still fraught in the Young/Stone household. Ronnie inconsolable at the mortuary telling Roxy that she’s certain there’s more to Jack’s death. Kirsty is upset to wake up to no visitors, feeling alone will she do something stupid? Max spends another lonely night in his police cell. There’s chaos at the Slaters when the real Fat Elvis turns up and he’s not quite what they expected!

Whitney is flabbergasted by the site of Terry in Bee’s clothes. He clothes the door and begs her not to tell anyone, he says that this can be their little secret but this brings back awful memories for Whitney who runs out of the room, down the stairs and through the front door. Terry runs after her rubbing of the make-up as he runs along. He can’t catch up with her and closes the door. He facepalms wondering how he’s going to explain this to everyone’s favourite ginger foghorn.

The firemen continue their search on King Phil’s demands. Sharon goes off home in a huff saying she wants to spend some time with her son! Phil gives her the deaf ear but is thrown when Shirley’s brother, Mick, shows up after seeing the accident on the news. Phil awkwardly introduces himself as her ex, Mick says that he thought she had more taste!

Bianca is relieved when Carol comes round. The doctors tell her that she’ll need some physio and to get plenty of rest. Carol thanks David for being there, while Bianca takes a phonecall from Sonia saying she’s on the Square but the door got answered by a drag queen. Bianca tells her they’re at the hospital. Carol asks about Masood, Bianca and David both look at each other…

Shabnam and Tamwar sit by Mas’ beside. He’s still drowsy after the op and the doctors tell them he needs to sleep. They don’t tell him about AJ and say Carol is on the mend and will be fine. The doctors then ask to talk to the kids in private.

Duff duff: Shabs reels as the doctors inform her that her father might never walk again. Tamwar tries to convey emotion.

Fri December 27th

Mick and Phil are sitting in Mc Klunkeys as they wait for news on Shirl. Sharon is smug that she still hasn’t been found convinced she got lucky or is in the gutter somewhere. Mick and Phil get to know each other but are interrupted by the chief fireman who informs them that today is the last day of the search, they hope to have the place cleared by this evening.

Shabnam tells Tam that they can’t tell their dad he might never walk again. They need to give him hope, he needs something to live for! Tam nods but wonders the real reason behind her return. David has stayed the whole night by Carol’s bedside, letting Bianca go home to see the kids. He has kept himself amused by horny Sadie texts but is he falling back in love with that girl he ****ed behind the bike sheds?

The kids are elated by the sight of Bianca but she’s uneasy sensing a tension in the house. She asks Terry where Whitney is but he’s says she stayed at a mates. Bianca’s still curious knowing that she doesn’t really have any close mates any more. She doesn’t have time to dwell on it as she’s greeted by a trumpeting Sonia on her doorstep who informs her that she’s doing this now! Bianca lets her in and fills her in on the latest. Inquiring who the drag queen was, Sonia says she was joking not wanting to put her foot in it but she does when she says Whitney stayed at the B&B last night, she knows because she did too!

Mick and Phil wait anxiously for news. Phil feels like he never really got to know Shirl and wishes he had treated her better and not like a doormat. He starts to wonder if she’s in there at all! Ronnie calls Phil and tells him he needs to deal with Carl, he’s being really funny with her and she thinks there’s more to it, Jack, Shirley etc. Phil wonders if Carl has gotten rid of her and goes to look for him…

Masood starts to come round and is in good spirits. He is elated to see his daughter and she tells him about her time in Pakistan (leaving out the messy bits). She begs the doctor not to tell them the news yet saying he needs to grieve for his brother first. Mas breaks down as she tells him about AJ, saying Aailyah thinks she might already be pregnant with his child. Mas says he feels lucky to be alive, Aailyah was meant to be there but she was sick…..*he grits his teeth in pain**, “I can’t feel my legs, they’re numb!”

Terry is sweating as Bianca goes around to the B&B to see Whitney. Whitney is cagey with her not wanting to reveal the true reason saying she should ask Terry. Bianca asks if he tried it on with her but Whit shakes her head before dropping the bombshell…”I walked in on him…..dressed in your clothes and make-up………he begged me not to tell……*sobs*………..he said it could be our little secret!” Bianca consoles a weeping Whitney with worry etched on her face.

Carol says that she wants to see Mas but David informs her that he’s in no fit state. David tells her there’s someone more important she should be thinking of..”No, not me!” he laughs “your brother, Jack,………he didn’t make it!” The camera pans out to show that Carol spent a long time sobbing in David’s arms, how much grief and heartache can one woman take! They fade into the background like a picture in the background, immortal and forever still.

Phil finds Carl and demands to know what he did with Shirley. Carl laughs in his face saying he wouldn’t touch that dyke. Phil warns him that Shirl’s brother is in town so he’d better speak now or else! Carl insists that the last time he saw her was in R&R drinking a woo woo….

Bianca storms back over to her house to confront Terry trading bitchy insults with Janine on her way in. Bianca asks Sonia where he is…she says she was going to go and see their mother but she heard the door slam, looked out the window and saw Terry hop into his cab. Sonia laughs that she thought he was Grant Mitchell when she first saw him. Bianca says that she’ll track him down but calls Whit to come home first. (she literally does) *Bee screams from living room window**

Mick is growing impatient waiting on news but Phil returns to inform him that she was definetly in there at the time of the accident. Mick asks to be excused, “I’ve just got to talk to my missus on the blower…” Phil is on the edge of his feet as a fireman screams that he’s found something. **A dusty covered Shirley is removed from the remaining rubble** “She was under the bar”, the fireman laughs.

Duff duff: Phil is delighted but warns them not to touch or remove her boots, Mick walks towards him in the distance wiping away a tear.

Thank you all for reading. Hope you enjoyed this DS Enders spin-off. Happy New Year to you all! The series finale of DS Enders will be posted tomorrow!

EPISODE FOURTEEN 38/38 SERIES 3 FINALE: (Christmas Day Part 2)

Janine holds the remote control daringly warning Michael not to come near her, Scarlett isn’t home. Michael can’t believe his luck that the power has gone out and enjoys taunting her, “the most modern source of energy- surprise!” he laughs to himself. Janine realises that he has become even more unhinged in his absence and fears for her life. Michael demands that she get the girl or else! Janine screams that he doesn’t love Scarlett, he just can’t bear losing to her. Michael lunges at her holding a blunt object at her throat…

There’s panic in the Shirley Gutter as the power goes out. Shirley asks mona to stop gripping her leg, she’s hurting her and orders everyone to remain calm, she’s got candles upstairs. **she asks priscilla to get them, klendathu guides her with his phone light whilst admiring her pretty bum** Scrabbler’s frustrated that they only got to see the first 10 minutes of his xmas day episode and declares that his Christmas is ruined. AngieP tells him to stop fretting, they can arrange another screening. Zack is unnerved when he feels someone touching his crotch, jumping off his seat he has no idea who it was. **a tipsy PrincessP gets away with it** Kat and Alfie enter the pub and tell everyone that they have the keys to the community centre which has a generator. Not everyone is enthused by the revelation but most go there to get some light.

As Ian looks for the generator switch, Gary is waiting for an explanation from IanMandy. IanMan tells him that he thinks he was berating her for her essay post on why Ian and Mandy weren’t compatible but he can’t really remember the encounter. Gary says this was the last day she was seen alive and he was being very aggressive towards her in the footage. IanM recalls that it was the day of dan’s housewarming party and he thought she headed off in that direction. Gary says that the cameras don’t stretch that far so she could have been heading anywhere, they just cover the door entrance of the club. Gary storms off saying the police will be in contact when he gives them the footage! IanMandy begins to wonder if he did kill her, what if he did kill her and can’t remember? What if he’s gone mad from blocking out the trauma?..

Elsewhere, Vald and los.kav are delighted to see dullagj2. Los.kav is a bit alarmed to see him with a child (Scarlett) knowing the trauma he went through but doesn’t say anything. Dullag thanks them for rescuing him that night, saying it was the wake-up call he needed and he’s taking it one day at a time, “They’ve put me on a methadone programme. I’m glad to be out, I was beginning to go mad in there!” Los.kav says he’s recovering too although he had a relapse a week ago. They both thank vald for saving them and she wells up as the emotion gets to her. She says she’s proud of them and that they should be proud of themselves, they have come a long way!, “You have to want to help yourself!” They pull the crackers unaware of the power outage back on the Square.

Also tonight, Denny and Phil are playing video games together when the electricity goes out, Sharon tells Phil to get his torch out and Phil laughs that it’s not the first time she’s said that to him. Bevis and dan are asleep in bed. Poppy wants to feel in control of something and continues to abstain from eating although she helps Dot up to bed. (who is wittering on about how she lived with no electricity but today’s young uns things the world is ending when it goes off) Ilovenicnacs is ashamed of her drunken antics when Sez tells her what she got up to, nicnacs vows never to drink again! Sorcha sits alone in the living room feeling that the darkness echoes her desire to end it all, she doesn’t feel brave enough.

Those that aren’t fans of Kalfie decide to stay in the Shirley Gutter, others aren’t fit to move after Christmas dinner. Ronnie and Roxy don’t even deliberate, Sez gets the drinks in for Priscilla and PrincessPerfect. Angie heads home to spend the rest of Christmas night with her husband. Scrabbler orders a taxi for an intoxicated vaslav before going to the community centre but vas refuses and proceeds to harass everyone with his mistletoe at the centre. Zack misses Toni but him and mona go home to watch a film. Shirley mans the bar and ask blue to get out some nibbles for the remaining guests. Klendathu calls Poppy to come over and he’s delighted when she joins him and Zack (and Maurice, who has left sorcha at home) for a drink. She prefers to use liquid as her calorie intake!

IanMandy is on edge after his confrontation with Gary and is sweating ferociously. When Ian inquires what’s wrong with him. He cries that he thinks he has killed someone. Ian looks around to make sure all his kids and Denise are still there and is very concerned for IanM recognising the signs of his own mental breakdown. The voice in IanMan's head is speaking so fast he can’t comprehend what it is saying, his heart racing. A distressed IanMandy runs out of the restaurant, Ian follows…

Gary decides to take advantage of the power cut knowing everyone is in the pub, he decides to loot some houses. Entering the Beales, he robs all Denise’s jewellery and can’t believe his luck when he stumbles across a bag full of thousands of pounds. He's stunned and returns swiftly to the B&B bursting with happiness before he’s seen.

Janine is forced to beg for Michael’s mercy and she tells him that Scarlett is at the Shirley Gutter with Alice. Janine says that she’ll go over and come straight back. Michael laughs in her face asking her if she thinks he’s going to let her go on her own. Grabbing her by the hair, he places the machete in front of her throat and they begin to make their way to the pub in the pitch darkness.

Ian looks everywhere for IanMandy but to no avail. His concerns that he’s going to do something stupid are proved right when Denise rings him to say he’s been spotted on top of the railway bridge on the market threatening to jump!

As all of the Beales' eyes are on IanMandy and the party gets underway at the centre. Michael unwittingly enters the candelight pub with Janine…

Duff duff: Michael orders everyone to remain still or he’ll slice Janine’s head off!

News on series 4 will be posted midweek along with reaction from EastEnders producer, Scrabbler, to the train crash episodes which saw EastEnders obtain its highest overnight rating since 2010!

I cannot wait to see what my reaction is!

Seriously loving this. It's one of the best fanfics I've ever read. In fact, it's probably the best fanfic I've ever read. There's thrills, spills, and pre-op transexuals and JoP jumping everyone's bones. Cannot WAIT to read more. Thanks for doing this, DJ!

Thanks los.kav.

EastEnders producer, Scrabbler, reacts to the show topping 11m for the first time since Stacey’s exit in 2010.

’The team and I are delighted that all our hard work to restore the show to its former glory has paid off. We were conscious of the changes that needed to be made. We felt the show had become too light and fluffy and wanted to change that. The train crash was first thrown about in one of her first story conferences, we didn’t want to go down a sensationalist route. Whilst many would say we did, I disagree. We focused on the affect that the crash had on the characters and saw the Square coming together as a community. I felt the Square had become too fractured, too many characters were wandering about with no purpose.

This was a chance for us to get rid of characters that didn’t fit my vision and whom I had no plans for, while at the same time we brought many of our stories in a new direction and created new stories in the hope of engaging the former/new viewers back into the show, otherwise what was the point of it? This was me issuing a new start, from now this is all my stuff. We saw the returns of Shabnam and Sonia as well as the introduction of Shirley’s brother, Mick. They’re going to completely change the dynamics of a host of characters on the Square. We’ll also see people coming to terms with the death of their loved ones, how will Masood cope with losing his brother? , will Ronnie find out Carl killed Jack? , will the Laundrette be rebuilt? and will David/Carol, Shirley/Phil reunite?

We are really pleased with the positive reactions to the changes already onscreen. We can promise our viewers a lot more drama to come over the coming year as we build towards the 30th anniversary. How do we top the train crash? Well I can confirm that we’ll be going LIVE next February!’

DS Enders, Series 4 teasers:

Series 4 will start where series 3 left off, on Christmas Day. We saw Michael take the Shirley Gutter hostage and he’s going to completely flip when he realises he’s been duped once again by Janine. With Ronnie, Roxy, PrincessPerfect, Sez_babe, Priscilla, Shirley, blue_angel, klendathu, Poppy, Zack, Janine and Maurice all trapped, will they all make it out alive? IanMandy is also threatening to kill himself thinking himself responsible for Emily’s disappearance. We saw his mental state deteriorate over the course of the third series, who can talk him round?, will anyone?

One of the characters to watch this series is vaslav. We saw the start of his big storyline at the latter end of the last series. That’s going to continue and get quite dark and nasty. We’ll find out the culprit and it’ll tackle one of those issues we like to pretend doesn’t still exist as well as bullying in the workplace. He’ll call on someone who’s been through a similar experience but he’ll be tested to the limit and we’ll finally find out what makes this character tick.

Dullagj2 will come face to face with his brother for the first time in 3 years. Old tensions will come to the surface and we’ll begin to think we don’t know these characters like we thought we did. They’ve many layers and both haven’t really recovered from the trauma they’ve experienced earlier in life. Gary will put his money to good use when he uses the money he stole to find Emily. Dan won’t be happy. He’ll show his determination not to go down for murder, with Bevis playing the role of his conscience and confidante, how long before their lies catch up with them?

Sharon and Scrabbler will establish themselves as the matriarch and patriarch of the Square. Sharon will be putting her tragic past to good use helping the troubled souls of the Square. Vald has been the nearest thing to a matriarch we’ve had but not living on the Square has meant that she couldn’t reach out to everyone. She has the benefit that she can take people away from that environment. The Square can be very claustrophobic at times with everyone knowing everyone’s business. Scrabbler will be putting his life experience to good use which will lead us on to his own story about an underlying issue he suffers.

Other questions to ponder: will sorcha and maurice finally reunite?, will toni be discharged?, can los.kav finally accept himself and stop worrying what everyone else thinks of him?, the Michael/Janine saga will come to a close what directions will that take all involved? and is the end for the Shirley Gutter?

This series will build towards the show’s 50th episode entitled, “The Circle of Life”, which will see this series stories coming to a thrilling climax.

DS Enders returns Monday.

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SERIES 4
EPISODE ONE 39/50:

Silence falls in the pub as Michael enters with the machete held tightly at Janine’s throat. Everyone looks on in shock, the candles flicker from the breeze but don’t go out. Blue_angel peeks through from the kitchen wondering why everyone has gone so silent and sees the back of a man resembling Michael. Noticing the blunt object he’s holding, she slowly creeps back into the kitchen hoping he doesn’t hear her. Michael orders everyone to stay where they are or he’ll slit their throats. As Michael enquires where Alice is, Janine gasps that she’s upstairs. Michael can’t help but notice Sez’s laugh. Making his way towards her, he asks her what’s so funny. Sez laughs that Mad Hatter Alice is long gone. Michael stares in disbelief for a split second before turning Janine towards him and screaming, “Where’s my daughter?”

Meanwhile, blue scrambles in the kitchen trying to find her mobile in her small handbag whilst trying not to be heard. Finding it, her shaking hands dial for the police…Dullagj2 makes his way back from vald’s unaware of the chaos ensuing back on the Square. Over at the centre, everyone’s making sure their Christmas goes out with a bang. Vaslav has passed out in the corner, Scrabbler proceeds to make him look like Hitler with the help of a sharpie.

The Beales look on as IanMandy stands on the edge of the railway track looking down onto Bridge Street. Ian tries to reason with him while Lucy calls the fire brigade to get him down. Denise thinks she has a better idea and goes to get Sharon knowing how fond he is of her. IanMandy starts to feel a bit nauseous as he stands on the edge…

Michael is furious that he has been duped by Janine once again and throws her to the floor yelling if she has any last words she should speak now! In the kitchen, blue whispers down the phone that the Shirley Gutter is being held hostage by a mad maniac, trying to explain her situation. Janine says that dullag has taken Scarlett for a walk, if he doesn’t end this now he might never see her again. The words ring in Michael’s ears but he refuses to be played by her again. “I hold the cards now, I’m in control!” he quips, “Who’s this dull chap you speak of? Got yourself a toyboy, have you? He should get away from you while he still can. You’re the Black Widow, any man that fertilises your fruit dies soon after. You’re poison.” Janine gasps that Beale was alive last time she checked.

Denise has no look at Sharon’s place and heads to Phil’s. Sharon is happy to be of help and grabs her coat, giving Denny a goodnight kiss and winking a knowing, trustworthy look at Phil as he chooses a bedtime story to read him. Sharon and Denise go arm and arm across the Square gardens, guiding each other in the dark. Sharon says that she rang the council but it’ll be tomorrow morning before anyone sorts it out. The fire brigade have now arrived but he’s still not budging…

Michael leaves Janine on the floor and turns his attentions to his little fan club. He orders Sez and PrincessPerfect to lock the doors and to return the keys immediately to him. Jumping up on the bar, he perches himself and looks around at everyone, his eyes popping from his head like a madman. He acknowledges Veronica saying he’ll deal with her later, “Bet you’re hating this, not being in control. There’s only room for one psychopath on this Square!” He turns his head around to see if Shirley is still there but she’s conked out with a bottle of vodka in her hand. He tells Sez to lock the cellar door while she’s at it **his head following her**. Zack wishes he’d stayed and watched ‘Beautiful Thing’ with mona but he couldn’t stomach it for the trillionth time. Klendathu looks at Poppy as her stomach rumbles, looking her in the eye he sees that she’s not as happy as he first thought. Roxy is freaked out when Ronnie says that she keeps seeing ‘dad’ when she looks at Michael. Maurice wishes he’d stayed at home with sorcha. Blue tries to get Sez’s attention whispering ‘psst’ which arouses Michael’s attention. Blue hides in a hurry and ends up locking herself in the freezer. Michael makes his way around to the kitchen to make sure there’s no one there. Blue feels like her heart is going to leap out of her chest. Feeling left out he asks Priscilla to check there’s no one else upstairs while he munches on some of blue’s lettuce. Making his way back into the bar, he notices Janine has moved from the floor and scans the room swiftly with his eyes. BANG!

The firefighters try to talk IanM down but he says that he wants to speak to Sharon. They send her up on the bucket with one of the firefighters which evokes memories of Tom. Once up there, he begins to open up to her. Ian is bemused by the arrival of the police sighing to Lucy that they don’t need them but she says that she didn’t ask for them. Seeing that they’re armed, all the Beales twist around as the armed police surround the pub. Ian quips, “What’s Shirley done now?” As the community disperses from the party, a crowd begins to gather each enquiring what’s going on. Mona pauses her film and gets dressed, Phil pops out leaving Denny unattended, sorcha begins to have flashbacks to TK’s murder and has a panic attack.

Janine breathes rapidly as she stands over Michael’s body, Shirley’s voddy bottle in her hand. Poppy is shaken but klendathu is there to comfort her. Sez begins to weep and runs over to him while Ronnie tries to open the pub door. Sez cries to Janine that she’s killed him, checking for a pulse……Janine still standing in disbelief. Seeing the police on the other side, Ronnie shouts for them to break the god damn door down. **feeling claustrophobic after witnessing a slaying in the same room her dad died** Michael leaps up as Sez realises he’s still alive not saying anything. Janine makes a run for the stairs as Michael grabs a firm grip of his machete, “It’ll take a lot more than that to finish me off. Amateurs. Amateurs the lot of you……..step away from the door Veronica!” Michael then orders Roxy to shout that he’s armed. **Michael tipping his blood stained head to check the damage**

Back on the bridge, IanMandy tells Sharon that he’s done something terrible and can’t live with himself, he can’t even remember it. “I’m going mad!” he weeps. Sharon gives him a shoulder to cry on saying how does he know he did something terrible if he can’t remember. Seeing how cold he is, she sticks her fur coat around him. Wiping his tears, she tells him to come down and they can talk about this over a cuppa, “they’re people here that can help, people that want to help you.” IanMandy agrees to go down on the bucket. Denise nudges Ian to turn back around as the bucket makes its way to ground.

The crowd anxiously wait more news as the police step back from the doors. Mona is struck by Phil’s concerned face and approaches. She says that she hopes Shirl is ok. Phil says she’s tough as old boots but noticing Sharon in the distance, she figures that he’s concerned for Shirl. Phil remembers back to the time he was trapped in there. Sorcha has now made her way outside to get some fresh air and remembers that Maurice is inside the pub…Dullagj2 enters the market and is taken aback by all the commotion.

Michael sticks “I wish it could be Christmas everyday” on the jukebox before informing them all that he didn’t want it to end like this, he just wanted to see his daughter. “Janine has left me with no choice!” he cries as he downs a scotch. Shirl awakens with the music with a fuzzy head, seeing Michael she pretends to still be asleep waiting for him to get out of sight. Michael proceeds to tell everyone what he thinks of them before he carries out his final act forgetting that Janine has made her way upstairs…

The Beales take IanMandy into their house with Sharon telling him he can stay the night. Still distressed from tonight’s events, he nods in agreement. Sharon tells Ian to keep an eye on him, Christmas can be a lonely time for people. Ian thanks he for her help but she soon has other things to contend with when she sees Phil in the crowd. She confronts him asking who’s looking after Denny? Phil says that he’s asleep and he just popped out to see what was going on. Sharon storms off to his house, Phil following..

Janine tries to open the upstairs window as Michael tells them all what he thinks, “SeX babe no thanks, PeoplePleaser needs to try harder, Priscilla Queen of Dullville should learn to be a little more adventurous in the bedroom and less desperate to bed bad boys, Veronica………oh Veronica where do I start? We’re too alike you and I that’s why I can’t stand you. I pity you living with that warped mind of yours.” Pauses for breath, “Roxanne, we could’ve been happy in another life but you’ll never be happy here, like me, not with that sister of yours. I’d sleep with one eye open if I was you! Poppy, you’re wiser than people give you credit. You certainly saw through me. Take care of yourself……..klen.da…who?.....Zachary you’re a funny little fella but like myself you attract weird women…Maurice, you’re a good guy but I’ve never really had good frienships with men. If I did, we probably could’ve been friends but then again you’re last one was murdered here. Sensing a pattern?......**peeks over bar** Shirley, I agree with mo mouse on one thing, you belong in the gutter!!” Unbeknownst to him, Janine has also been rescued by the fire brigade and reunited with her daughter outside. Two armed guards are waiting on the landing for the right moment to strike.

“The real world is full of horrible people that do horrible things to each other.”

Duff duff: Michael stabs himself with the machete as the armed policemen make their way through to the bar.

COMING UP:

EPISODE TWO 40/50:

It’s a sombre Boxing Day morning on the Square after last night’s drama. The community come together as everyone takes stock of their lives, thankful that Michael was the only one physically hurt. IanMandy wakes up on the Beales’ sofa, last night still vivid in his mind. He is thankful when Lucy brings him some breakfast but he’s far from ok…

Janine awakes to breakfast in bed. She’s thankful but says she’s no appetite. Dullagj2 urges her to eat something. She’s thankful for his support but tells him not to worry, the Michael chapter in her life
is finally over and she can finally sleep, live her life without worrying he’s around the corner. Dullagj2 sees to Scarlett as Janine ponders whether she should ask him to make his stay permanent.

Sorcha is torn over what to do with Maurice when she wakes up next to him. Looking to her side, she sees him sleeping soundly and doesn’t disturb him. Elsewhere, Zack laughs to mona that he should’ve stayed with her last night, “That was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever experienced. It’s amazing the things that run through your mind when you’re put in that situation.” Zack asks what she’s so happy about, “Phil and Shirley are going to reunite!” squeals mona. Zack refrains from telling her what he really thinks.

Priscilla is upset that she hasn’t heard from sorcha and decides to go and see her but is stopped in her tracks when she sees Sez in a state on Arthur’s bench. Bevis doesn’t want to move from dan’s bed saying he wishes he could lie there for the rest of his life without a care in the world. Dan tells him to get up. Bevis takes his hands and looks into his eyes, “Promise me, no more secrets………speak now if you have anything to tell me, no matter how small or big, just let me know..” Will dan falter?

Also today, Dan is happy for lotty when she texts saying she’s going to be a granny and will be renewing her vows on NYE in Paris before flying to Australia to visit her son. Mo Mouse moves into the B&B, his relationship with Geraldine firmly on the rocks. Sharon is frosty with Phil and takes Denny with her to Ian’s when she goes to check on IanMandy. Gary counts the cash unable to believe his luck. Vaslav is distraught to find more abuse in his e-mail box, opening the mail from mr.imsogayuk@mail.com, he finds a meme of a graveyard stating “Wish You Were Here.”

IanMandy is pleased to see Sharon. Bobby looks like he’d rather pouch in the bins with Morgan when Sharon sends Denny off to play with him. Sharon makes IanM a cuppa as they sit at the dining table. She queries where the fruit bowl is saying Pauline would never let it leave the table. Seeing the pain and sadness in his eyes, Sharon opens up to him hoping it’ll help get through to him. Sharon recalls her own suicide thoughts after Dennis died. Feeling like he can finally talk to someone who understands him, IanMandy opens up…

Dan promises Bevis that he’s not keeping anything from him but there’s still a lot they don’t know about each other. Bevis believes him unaware dan knows where the murder weapon is and smiles that they have plenty of time to get to know each other. Dan suggests that they go to the pub this evening, out in public as a couple for the first time. Priscilla has taken Sez back to hers. Sez cries as she says the image of Michael killing himself keeps running through her mind, “I loved him. I know it sounds stupid but I loved him!” she cries as she weeps uncontrollably into priscilla’s arms.

Meanwhile, Maurice enquires whether he and sorcha are back together now they’ve slept together. Sorcha is sheepish not wanting to complicate things. Maurice is growing increasingly frustrated by her actions and demands to know where he stands. Sorcha continues to pot about the house doing menial tasks. “Say something, I’m giving up on you!” Maurice exclaims. Sorcha remains silent. Maurice slams the door as he heads to the pub.

Mona is surprised to see the pub open but Shirley tells her she can’t afford to stay closed, the police have done all they need to. Mona asks where blue is, Shirl looks bewildered. Checking the kitchen, she sees that blue’s coat and bag are still there. Hearing noise in the freezer, she opens to find a blue Blue shivering with the cold. Shirl puts her camel coat that’s hung in the hallway around her as she wonders how she managed to lock herself in the freezer.

IanMandy tells Sharon that he dropped out of college but his parents don’t know, “They think I’m at college in London. I can’t face telling them the truth. I’m working to pay for the flat I live in. They put everything into me getting a good education. They’ll despair him if I tell them I’ve left my law course to work in a restaurant. I owe them everything!” he cries, Sharon thinks this is the root of the problem unaware that it runs a lot deeper. Sharon says they’ll understand, the longer he lies to them the harder it’ll be to tell them the truth, “The hole will get deeper. You can’t keep carrying the weight of this lie.” IanMandy cries, “I bet they’ll wish they never adopted me!” Sharon’s heart breaks for him.

Dullagj2 is ecstatic that Janine has asked him to move in and heads to the pub for a bottle of champagne. Shirley runs blue a hot bath as she continues to shiver unable to recollect her story. Walking back into the bar, Shirley asks why mona is so happy as Tracey mans the bar, “My present was just what you needed. Wasn’t it?” she smirks. Mona says she’s over the moon that she and Phil will be reuniting, “First he dug for you in the crash rubble and then, he stood outside the pub afraid you were in mortal peril. “ Mona eeks while Shirley does a ‘For f**k sake would she ever just realise that he’s not that into me’ smile.

Zack and Maurice drown their sorrows over a pint. Zack laughs, “The difference 24 hours make. I wasn’t sure whether to come back here so soon but I had to get out of the house. I’m on the verge of blowing me top with me-me-me-mona!” Maurice says he had to escape the house as well, “I slept with sorcha last night. She was all like I thought you were dead, I can’t face losing another lover. Then, today she’s giving me the cold shoulder. I don’t know where I stand with her.” Zack jokes that’s why he’s single, “Seriously though maybe the whole thing reminded her of the night TK died. I think she needs to see someone over that.” Maurice tears up as recalls how he hides anything he thinks she could take her life with.

Dan’s getting the next round in when Gary approaches him. He informs him that he’s come into some money and is now hiring a private investigator to find Emily, “The police have scaled back the search but there’s a number of potential leads to be followed. Just thought I’d let you know cos he’ll probably be in touch.” Dullagj2 enters the pub for the champagne as Gary turns around to go back to his seat. “Hi brother, fancy seeing you round here…”, Gary smirks.

Duff duff: Dullagj2 stands in disbelief inside the door of the pub.

COMING TOMORROW:

EPISODE THREE 41/50:

Dullagj2 turns around and walks swiftly from the pub back to Janine’s, Gary follows. He urges his brother to wait up saying they have a lot of catching up to do. A furious dullag is stopped in tracks, “Where were you when my child died?... when my relationship fell apart?…when I was a homeless junkie?...” Gary says he did what he could and that they only abandoned him when he got hooked on heroin to make him see sense. Dullag laughs, “Yeah that really worked. **points at alleyway**, do you know I nearly died from an overdose over there? Only for some stranger I probably wouldn’t be here right now …*weeps**…I owe you nothing. I want nothing to do with you. You’re a lying, selfish, manipulative, conniving scumbag!” Dullagj2 continues walking, Gary bites his tongue **stands on his heels as to elevate his voice**, “I want to make it up to you, and mum..” Dullagj turns around, “what about Emily?”

Vaslav smiles as he sees Bevis and Dan walking hand in hand through the market. Dan is still a bit thrown after Gary’s comments but doesn’t say anything to Bevis. Bevis suggests they go to Mc Klunkeys but dan says he’s watching his figure. Bevis jokes that he likes his men with a bit of meat on them, dan’s persuaded but says that he’ll go on into the house because he doesn’t want to attract Red’s attention.

Sharon and IanMandy are still talking in the kitchen. She says she was adopted too and recalls the time she went to visit her real mother, enquiring if he’s in contact with his. IanMandy says that she had a mental health issues and had to give him up when he was young because she couldn’t cope, she sent him things but he’s never met her in person. Sharon says that Phil can drive him to his parents’ house if he wants…

Dot calls Klendathu worried about Poppy. Poppy is still very quiet after last night’s ordeal and Dot informs him that she hasn’t eaten today. Klendathu tells her that she wasn’t eating yesterday either as he grabs his coat and wallet. Dot recalls that she did take her dinner upstairs yesterday, on Christmas Day of all days, as she hangs up the house phone.

Also tonight, Priscilla advises Sez to go to a grievance counsellor. Mr. Ender is forced to hide when that woman who has a thing for him shows up at one of the pick-up stops….he’s relieved when she doesn’t see him recalling the time he stole from her. Mo mouse is bored at the B&B but is too stubborn to beg Geraldine for forgiveness and decides to spy on the Walford residents instead. Janine wonders what’s taking dullag so long to get the champagne while los.kav marks off another day on his calendar, another dry day for him but Vald’s worried when he says he’s ready to face the Square.

Sitting on Arthur’s bench, Gary tells him that he came to Walford to find Emily not wanting to dredge up the Scrabbler debacle, “She’s been missing for months. No one’s heard from her since June. You can help me find her…” Dullag is in shock, “I haven’t heard from any of you in two years. Emily was always well capable of handling herself though. She was a force to be reckoned with. What about mum?” Gary pauses, “She’s not well but Auntie Kitty is looking after her. Why is it always me expected to look after her?” Dullagj rolls his eyes, “Oh here we go, who called the pity party? We’ve all had our fair share of sh1t thrown at us over the years. Why do you think the world owes you a living?” Gary spits that he gave up everything to keep the family together, “there was no one to look after me!!” he cries. Dullagj gets up to walk away, “Yeah, well you’ve had more luck than the rest of us. Dad’s dead, mum’s ill and Emily’s missing. I’m just getting back on my feet. I don’t want you messin with my life.” Gary watches as he enters Janine’s.

IanMandy says he’s not ready to face them yet. Denny interrupts asking if they’re going home yet. Sharon tells him they will be in a few minutes enquiring where Bobby is when she hears a muffled voice? Sharon enters the dining room to find him tied to the chair, duct tape across his mouth. She despairs as she hurries to release him before Ian gets back. Denny proclaims that they were just playing cops and robbers. IanMandy thanks Sharon for everything as she takes Dennis home. **Mandy thanks him for not mentioning her**

Scrabbler’s wary when he hears a knock on the door and pulls back the living room blind before opening the door seeing that it’s only vaslav. Back at the pub, mona approaches Zack to come home with her. Zack notices that Maurice is stand offish with mona. He tells her that he has to help a drunk Maurice home first. Upstairs, Shirley tries not to burst out laughing when blue recounts her freezer ordeal in her red hot bubble bath.

Dan and Bevis open up to each other over their chicken supper. Dan asks what was it like for him coming out? Bevis laughs that it was pretty traumatic, “My dad didn’t take it too well. He felt like he had failed as a father. I think he was more concerned about what everyone else was going to think, the slagging he’d probably get from the lads…..My mum surprised me. I was one of two boys so she enjoyed having someone she could have girly chats with. I think my older brother was glad I wouldn’t be stealing his girlfriends” he laughs. Dan says he thinks his parents always knew, “I’ve never slept with a woman. I just knew. I fancied men. They didn’t really care but I think they were secretly disappointed but just accepted it, thankfully.”

Klen tries to get Poppy to talk to him, begging her to eat something but she’s adamant that she’s unwell and that anything she’d eat would end up coming back up. Klen is stricken by her thinness. He tells her if she doesn’t start eating she’s going to die! Klen says he’ll be back in the morning. On leaving the house, he doesn’t want to worry Dot with his grave concerns. As he departs, Dot bolts the door and lights a candle whilst beginning to pray, “Sometimes all you can do is pray.”

Sorcha’s not impressed when Zack brings a drunken Maurice to her door. She berates him for being a hypocrite saying that drinking won’t wash away his problems, “Don’t you think I have ENOUGH to be dealing with!” Maurice hurls drunken abuse as he staggers up the stairs…”F**k off you stupid, Irish whore! What sort a name is sorcha? Sounds like a f**kin nasty virus” **slamming the bedroom door** A tearful Sorcha grabs her keys and coat and leaves the house…Zack asks mona why Maurice is off with her…”ah I was tweeting about him and he took offence.” Zack rolls his eyes telling her she can’t keep picking fights with people.

Ian tells IanMandy that he can stay until he finds his feet. Poppy can’t bear to look at herself as she gets undressed for bed, her ribcage clearly visible. Dullagj2 tells Janine the pub had no champagne, so she opens a bottle of wine, dullag still shook up from his encounter with his brother. Scrabbler opens the door to vaslav.

Duff duff: A breathless vaslav pleads for his help, “I need your help Scrabby!”

COMING MONDAY:

Oh, please let me rip Lauren a new one...

Just you wait LK.

Sorry about the lack of episodes this past week. Personal life has got in the way but I hope to post some later this week. Until then....a new promo vid for DS Enders has surfaced online featuring 10 faces to the following song....

"Demons"


When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail > IanMandy

Are the worst of all
And the blood’s run stale > Toni

I wanna hide the truth
I wanna shelter you > Bevis

But with the beast inside
There’s nowhere we can hide > los.kav

No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed > Gary

This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come > dan

When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide > sorcha

It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside > dullagj

It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide

At the curtain’s call
It's the last of all
When the lights fade out > Scrabbler
All the sinners crawl

So they dug your grave
And the masquerade > Bevis

Will come calling out
At the mess you've made > dan

Don't wanna let you down
But I am hell bound > IanMandy

Though this is all for you
Don't wanna hide the truth > dullagj

No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed > Gary

This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come > mona


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWRsgZuwf_8

Cheers for the quick update!

EPISODE FOUR 42/50:

Vaslav thanks Scrabbler for letting him crash on his sofa for the night. Filling him in on his predicament into the early hours, Scrabbler urges him not to let the bully win, “My stalker put me through hell last year. I didn’t let them win! It has to be someone you work with, didn’t you say that it started at work? You need to keep an account of everything whilst keeping an eye out for suspicious behaviour. This person could be as nice as pie to your face…” Vaslav says that he almost quit work over it….”What if it’s more than one person?” he cries.

David enters Ian’s telling him that he has a proposition for Lucy. Ian’s not interested and tells him to do one! David takes glee in winding him up saying he’ll catch up with her later **noticing IanMandy on the sofa**, “Taking in more waifs and strays are we? I thought that was Dot’s job!” Cindy’s scream echoes around the house as she realises her bag of cash has been stolen.

Klendathu is on his way to see Poppy when he bumps into Dot who says Poppy went for a brisk walk at dawn and didn’t return. They both head to the salon. A hung-over Maurice wakes up trying to remember what happened last night, sorcha has stayed the night at priscilla’s. Officer benbenalen arrives at priscilla’s to take their statements about the hostage situation at the pub greeting postie Mas as he enters.

Vald accompanies los.kav to the Square afraid he’ll have another relapse but he assures her that he needs to do this to move on, “I’ve got to confront my demons. I’m hiding from no one!” he exclaims, “Why should I be ashamed of being me?”

Also tonight, dan asks Bevis to come home for his lunch break. Mo Mouse continues to spy on the residents, will it get him into trouble? Lola-skye searches for a job to no avail. Phil tries to win Sharon back round assuring her that he only left Denny alone because his cousins were in danger, it won’t happen again! Dullagj goes to the shops for some groceries hoping he doesn’t bump into Gary.

Scrabbler encourages vaslav to go back to work telling him the longer he stays off the harder it will be to go back. Vaslav reluctantly goes knowing it’s the right thing to do. Sorcha goes home leaving benbenalen to his job, she’s not going to let Maurice keep her out of her own home!

Dot and klendathu are shocked to find out that Poppy has been sacked. Sadie informs them that she was left with no option last week. Klendathu is seething at her ignorance, “Can’t you see she’s not well! You should be helping her not adding to her problems!” he exclaims. Sadie tells them she’s business to be getting on with, informing Dot that their OAP deals are on Fridays. Dot takes klendathu to go.

IanMandy can’t face the world yet and enjoys playing video games with Bobby, wishing he was a child again. Cindy interrupts them accusing IanMandy of stealing the money. He proclaims his innocence, pondering where she got it in the first place? Cindy tells him he’ll pay for this! **You shoulda slapped the b!tch…...Mandy snarls**

Los.kav takes a deep breath as he enters Walford but he can’t face going through the bustling market and walks down his trusted alleyway with vald instead. Seeing a homeless person he drops him some loose change, his heart breaking as he sees himself as he looks down at the stinky drunkard. Spotting Lauren talking to Peter at the fruit stall, he approaches her to vald’s reluctance. Telling her exactly what he thinks of her, she’s taken aback, “I won’t be kept from here by people like you. It was people like you that led to me living on the streets, becoming an alcoholic. I’m not going to stand for it any longer. I don’t care if people stand, stare and point. I don’t give a bloody damn! It’s THEIR problem, not mine!” Lauren tries to interrupt him but he’s not stopping while he’s on a roll, the words dripping from his tongue, “You’re a selfish, self-entitled b!tch. I didn’t want to go the next level, that was you. You think everyone wants to jump into bed with you………well you’re not all that love. I’m happy in myself…the happiest I’ve been in years! **sniffs**” Los.kav walks off with vald, breathing heavily (his veins pumped full of adrenaline). Vald tells him that he was brave, los.kav smiles whispering that it felt good!

Klendathu and Dot are relieved to find Poppy in Mrs. B’s living room. A tired Dot sticks on the kettle, placing the doggy doorstep at the kitchen door. Klendathu sits next to Poppy, taking her hand he begs her to open up to him. Poppy cries that it stems from her teenage years, “Believe it or not, I used to be overweight…so much so that I was nicknamed ‘PuppyFat.’ To deal with the bullies, I stopped eating. I felt like it was the only thing I could control in my life….I couldn’t stop them making nasty comments but no one could make me eat. I also joined a volleyball team to try and make some friends but that just exacerbated the problem. Anyways since then I’ve always had an unhealthy obsession with food. I was always so jealous of my sister, Tansy. She eats what she likes and never gets fat…….good metabolism she says. Not eating has always been my coping mechanism or if my jeans starting get tight, I’d fast. It’s religious, Mrs. B does, cleanses the soul she says.” Klen tells her there’s help out there, she has to face her demons and stop letting them control her like her auntie did with her gastroenteritis. **they hug it out while klen tries not to get too excited**

Sorcha gives Maurice the silent treatment when she re-enters the house. He can’t take it any longer and confronts her. Maurice apologises for getting bladdered last night but he just needed to let off some steam. Sorcha says she has enough to deal with without having to take his verbal abuse. “At least I didn’t hit you like your first boyfriend!” he sighs. Sorcha pauses for a second, tearing up she drops the tea towel and rushes out the front door.

Dan goes to the market when Bevis doesn’t show for lunch. He finds him gossiping with PrincessPerfect and Ilovenicnacs. They look at each other as dan pecks Bevis on the cheek saying he kept that one quiet. As they leave them to it, Bevis tells dan they’ve got a problem….IanMandy thinks he killed Emily. Dan looks bewildered back at him as he fills him. Dan says that’s not all they have to contend with, Gary has hired a private investigator to find her. Bevis sighs is this nightmare never going to end as he hears commotion from behind. Turning around, he sees Gary having a tense encounter with dullagj2, who has dropped some groceries on leaving the Minute Mart after bumping into him. Dullagj2 reiterates that he doesn’t want him in his life, Gary shouts “Don’t turn your back on me! I’m your brother and you can’t change that whether you like it or not!” **Dan and Bevis look at each other**

Vaslav has had a good day at work catching up with everyone from the Christmas break, hoping his bully has got bored of harassing him. He is thrown to find an envelope inside his door addressed to him full of obscene images with his head pasted on top of them. He looks around in fear but doesn’t see anyone. Vaslav bolts the door as he falls to the ground it’s clear that it’s getting to him.

Ian is stressed after a long day at the restaurant and just wants to put his feet up and watch the tv. Cindy begs him for some money saying she wants to get some sweets and crisps before the film starts. Looking for his wallet, he realises he has misplaced it until it’s found amongst IanMandy’s things. Ian is upset saying he helped him when he was at his lowest ebb. He tells him to get out of his house, "You can find some other gullible fool to put you up!"

Duff duff: IanMandy looks at him in despair.

COMING TOMORROW:

EPISODE FIVE 43/50:

Sorcha stands at the pub door torn whether to enter or not. Feeling alone she then realises she’s standing on the spot where TK died. Becoming emotional, she walks towards his memorial plaque guided by the streetlights. Looking at the flicker she bought she whispers that she wishes she could see light, all she sees is darkness. She continues to witter away hoping that TK can hear her. Sharon’s passing and feels for her as she sees her grief-stricken and weeping beside his memorial.

As Sharon puts a comforting arm around her, they head through the gardens and sit down on Arthur’s bench. IanMandy is gathering his stuff from Ian’s backyard, broken he has nowhere else to go. Leaving the garden, he sits on the kerb pondering his next move. He wants to go home but Mandy’s telling him to stay and not to be beaten so easily.

Bevis and Dan are heading to the pub when Bevis notices IanMandy through the corner of his eye. Feeling guilty, he tells dan to go on in and buy the drinks as he heads over to IanM. Sitting down beside him, he asks what’s wrong? IanMandy fills him in on Cindy’s scheming and the fact he has nowhere to go because the landlord let out his flat to someone else when Ian offered to put him up.

Dan sees Gary at the bar and stays on the right hand side as Priscilla takes his order. Scrabbler’s leaving the toilet and chats to dan. As they talk about their shared dislike of Gary, dan mentions the altercation he saw him having with dullagj2, who’s his brother. Scrabbler’s shocked stating that he’s moved in next door to him with Janine. Dan, “I just remember him walking round the market like a zombie but he must be clean now. Didn’t he take an overdose in the alleyway? Talk about f*cked up family!” he laughs. Scrabbler doesn’t finish his drink and leaves the pub unnerved that his stalker’s brother has moved in next door.

Blue is worried about Shirley and heads upstairs to find her alone in the living room. Approaching her, she says that she’s here if she needs to talk. Shirley sits up and sniffs her nose as opposed to blowing it…….”I feel alone. What’s the use in having all this if I’ve no one to share it with!” Blue says her or mona could move in if she wants but Shirley states that she prefers to keep mona at arm’s length. Shirley then produces envelopes showing she’s behind on her loan payment. “I can’t afford to keep running this place. If I don’t change now, I’m going to lose it and then I really will have nothing. The Shirley Gutter will be renamed Shirley IN THE Gutter..” she weeps. **blue remarks an NHS letter among the bills**

Sharon tells sorcha that her grief is still raw but it’ll get easier, “I know it’s a cliché but time really is a great healer. When my Dennis died, a part of me died too but I was blessed with a child, like you are,……a child I thought I’d never have and I clung on to that. I don’t know if I’d still be here if it wasn’t for my Denny, he gave me something to live for!” Sorcha says that she feels like no one else cares about him or misses him like she does, “It’s like he’s already been forgotten yet for me it’s still as raw as the day he died. I try and try to move on, I work, I clean the house from top to bottom. I slept with Maurice, thinking it might make me feel something for him again but it’s just made things worse. Maybe it’s just my hormones playing up.”

Bevis asks about IanMandy’s family but he says he has unfinished business here, he can’t leave yet. Bevis enquires whether that’s a good idea after the whole suicide attempt and the fact he has nowhere to stay. IanM says he has to prove to Ian that he’s a good, honest person. “I can’t have my hero think I’m a robbing liar. If I leave now, Gary will think I’m running away because I’m guilty. He told me his private investigator will be in touch.” Bevis feels for him and tells him he can crash for the night on his and dan’s sofa.

Dan looks at his watch as he wonders what’s taking Bevis so long. Gary makes his way over continuing to flash the cash. Dan declines his drink offer saying he’s waiting on someone. Gary begins to talk about Emily as dan grows more and more uneasy. Gary lies saying that they’re preparing to make an arrest and that they’re convinced she was killed by a male. When dan says it might have been an accident, Gary twitches thinking that that was a weird thing to say. Dan makes his excuses and leaves but has he given the game away?

Sharon advises sorcha to stay with Maurice, “I went from man to man trying to replace him but it didn’t help. From what I’ve seen, Maurice is a great guy and you’re lucky to have him in your life. You don’t want to end up bringing up a child on your own, do you? It’s hard work and you’re going to need all the help you can get. You need to make a decision now of what’s best for the baby. I can’t make that for you.” Sorcha nods, “Maybe there’s too many memories around here. Will I ever be able to move on whilst living on this Square?” Sharon wishes her luck adding that running away from your problems won’t solve them, you have to face them! Sorcha gets up and looks at her house.

Blue lifts the letter and sees that Shirley has a mammogram appointment tomorrow. Shirley brushes off her worry saying she’s not going, she’s a pub to run. Blue urges her to get checked saying that 90% come back clear and it’ll help put her mind at rest. Shirley keeps up her defence, “I had a scare before. I’m not going through that again.” Blue leaves her be and calls mona to come over. Mona rushes over sticking a coat over her pj’s. Seeing blue’s concern, she tells her to leave her to it. Looking at the letter, mona tells Shirley that she’s going to the appointment and that she’ll go with her for support. Shirley rolls her eyes sighing ok, ok.

Maurice hears sorcha enter and rushes upstairs to see her packing a suitcase. Turning around, sorcha tells him that she going to stay with her cousin in Scotland for a month and doesn’t know if she’ll be back. Maurice asks how many times he has to say sorry as she calls her cousin to meet her at the tube.

Dan is shaken as he walks home but is even more shocked to see IanMandy setting up home on his sofa. Dan’s paranoia goes into overdrive believing Bevis is setting him up. Locking himself in the bathroom. He holds his head as it all becomes too much for him……he throws one of the bathroom ornaments at the glass cracking it in the process. Bevis knocks on the door asking if he’s alright joking to IanMandy that he doesn’t always get this drunk!

Duff duff: Dan stares at himself in the cracked mirror.

COMING TOMORROW:


Speculation is building as to who will die in the 50th episode. Will dan kill again?, will sorcha die in childbirth, will Poppy lose her fight with food? will IanMandy succeed next time?.......or something else...

Sorry haven't been following the fanfic too closelsy but fantastic episodes- Sharon seems to be handing lot of advice

Thanks Ian. What can I say, Agony Aunt Shazza will have her own newspaper column soon.

EPISODE SIX 44/50: Six weeks later

Sorcha steps out of the tube station in red stilettos, her bump clearly visible under a long winter coat. She takes a deep breath as she prepares to face Maurice who is unaware of her imminent return.

Dan is still on edge with IanMandy staying at his gaff albeit relieved that Ian agreed to give him one more chance at the restaurant. Whilst he’s out at work, dan gives Bevis the nudge that it’s time for IanMandy to find somewhere else to live, they’ve put him up for long enough, “what if he overhears something he shouldn’t? It’s too risky letting him live here. I’m constantly on edge. Home should be the ONE place that I feel at ease!” dan pleas. Bevis reminds him that he wouldn’t have a roof over his head if it wasn’t for them who are paying all the bills as he tucks into a salad roll. A frustrated dan leaves the house.

Shirley is ecstatic to receive the all-clear back from her mammogram and thanks blue and mona in person. Shirley says this is the boost she needed and it was worth the wait not she can stop fretting. Mona says she should tell Phil the good news but Shirl is against the idea.

Vaslav is still getting a grief at work and he thinks they’ve gone too far when he opens another lurid e-mail containing images of dead bodies with his name on them. He turns around to the sound of a group of men sniggering. He recognises Bomani in the middle but DS is a big company and he’s always meeting new people. He wonders if it all of them are involved. Turning back around, he tries to remain strong not letting it get to him but deep inside he’s hurting.

Also tonight, Gary is the talk of the B&B as he continues to splash the cash. Mo mouse binocular watching isn’t going unnoticed by Walford’s residents with him the talk of the Square. Ilovenicnacs has a date with F1Ken, she jokes that he can call her Barbie but how will she feel when she finds out he’s a married man? Sez attends her first counselling session as she tries to come to terms with Michael’s death.

Klendathu laughs that he spends more time at Dot’s than he does at his own house or at work when he visits Poppy hoping to see an improvement. Dot voices her concerns saying she’s not getting any better, “She’s only nibbling at the stuff I’m giving her. The only good thing to come of it is that she hasn’t got the energy now exercise so that might stall the weight loss.” Klendathu rubs his head, “It annoys me that these cases aren’t taken seriously until it gets too far. I laughed to myself when I saw obesity headlines on the front pages this morning as it just sums up our attitudes. You rarely hear the stories of those on the other end of the scale.” Dot sighs that invisible wounds are the hardest to heal. They both look at each other as they hear retching from upstairs.

Sharon gives sorcha a knowing smile when she sees her entering her front garden with her suitcases. An unshaven, tired Maurice opens the door in his bed t-shirt and boxers. Sorcha swans into the living room, a shocked Maurice stands in shock after he’d convinced himself that she wouldn’t come back. Sorcha is aghast at the state of the house ordering Maurice to get a grip and clean up this mess. Maurice smiles as he runs up the stairs to get dressed, he stubs his toe along the way but not even that can take the grin from his face.

Dan goes to see lotty, she the only other person who knows the full extent of his predicament. She’s clearing up for the day, dan finds the door ajar and lets himself in. Dan sits down before telling her that he can’t trust Bevis and is paranoid that he’s out to get him. Lotty says that if he feels that strongly then he should test his loyalty. Lotty then proceeds to talk about her great holiday.

Vaslav is busy moderating the forum but he can’t not notice the men mocking his camp walk as they pass him. It’s relentless throughout the day and is beginning to grate on him but he refuses to give them the reaction they want. When he returns from the toilet he finds a chocolate knob lolly on his desk. Vaslav grabs his coat and flounces out of the office.

Klen runs to check on Poppy who has vomited on her bedroom floor. She assures him that she has a tummy bug because her immune system is down but him and Dot are left to quander whether she made herself ill..On the landing, Dot says that it’s gone far enough, she needs to be sectioned! Klen tears up before stating that he’s got a better idea.

Sorcha gets an exhausted Maurice a drink. She tells him off for wearing his best shirt cleaning the house but he says that he wanted to look his best for her pointing at his newly shaven face like a magician’s assistant. Maurice apologises for bringing up her first boyfriend but sorcha stops him in his tracks, “My time away has forced me to look at what I DO have and to stop focusing on what I DON’T have. I have a baby on the way, a lovely house, a job, great friends and you……..that’s if you still want me…” Maurice smiles taking hold of her, “Of course I do babe. You’re my drug and without you I fell to pieces.” Sorcha grabs her fruit juice, “Let’s drink to this new chapter in our lives. I’ve had dark times in my life but you know what I’ve emerged a stronger person. If my boyfriend hadn’t beat me, I’d probably still be on that run down estate in Ireland. Who knows what would’ve became of me? And I’d never have met you, TK and Priscilla.” **they both sip their drinks**

Shirley is hosting a BOGOFF event in the pub hoping to drum up some extra trade. (buy her first drink get her second one free) Dan is tempted whilst passing as the thoughts of another night making small talk with IanMandy whirl around his brain. He enters the packed pub hoping to forget all his troubles. He remarks Gary on his phone, Kim clutching at him now and again for more money, everyone around him merry. Gary dials a number and goes to leave the pub. Dan follows leaving quietly through the other door. He eavesdrops on Gary’s phonecall…”Hello bro. Look hear me out, a body has been found matching Emily’s description and I was wondering if you’d come and help me identify it.”

Duff duff: Dan looks on in horror. Has Emily been found?

COMING UP:



EPISODE SEVEN 45/50:A Day in the Life of Scrabbler

Scrabbler wakens to the sound of his alarm clock. He puts in on sleep mode unable to face the day ahead. Trying to grab a few more minutes shut eye, he can’t sleep to the noise of Lola Skye clattering around downstairs. Sticking on his silk kimono, he heads downstairs rubbing his eyes. “For god sake Lola, I thought we were being burgled!” he exclaims. Lola apologises but says that she wouldn’t to make him some breakfast to make up for her lack of rent payment.

Scrabbler goes to the bathroom to wash his face and freshen up. Staring into the mirror he clutches at his wrinkles before applying some anti-ageing cream and moisturiser. He sticks on his electric razor whilst fiddling in the bathroom cabinet for his pills, only to remember that he needs another prescription. He pegs the empty bottle in the wicker waste bin. He finishes shaving only to be interrupted by lola again who has now got that annoying prat on Radio One blaring on the radio.

Scrabbler goes downstairs, still not dressed and kindly asks Lola to turn it down once she’s finished bopping about to One Direction in her bed clothes singing into her hair brush. Scrabbler has turn mid-way as the post is delivered wondering if he’ll ever get some peace and quiet. He takes his letters upstairs and proceeds to get dressed. Donning his shirt and after-shave, he feels a bit better in himself. Looking out onto the Square, he sees Bianca and David rehearsing their lines and the director setting up camera.

He’s grateful not to have to prepare his own breakfast. Lola sits down beside him and utters that today is the day she’s going to find a job, “I’m sick of being on benefits and having nothing to get up for in the morning. Every job advertisement wants experience…how am I meant to get experience when they expect me to already have it. The shame of queuing for the dole every week for a pittance. You’d swear they were handing over their own money, they look at you like they’ve just stood in some dog muck. So today I’m determined, confident that today is the day that I get back on the ladder.” Scrabbler nods along listening to bits and pieces.

Scrabbler heads to work as lola goes to the job centre in search of work. Scrabbler continues to reject vaslav’s calls with enough problems of his own. He finds the office in disarray with Dot refusing to throw the bible on the floor and Sharon uhappy with the weight references on her script. Scrabbler bows down to them not wanting to upset two of the show’s longest serving characters.

PrincessPerfect then approaches him unsure what her role is, “You have me in a different role every day. I don’t know what I’m supposed to be doing!” Scrabbler quips that she should be thankful he took her on at all before berating EEFanatic for his storylne ideas, spitting that he’s seen more gripping storylines on CBeebies. Scrabbler enquires where AngelicPrincess is before being informed that she’s helping with the set design for Angie’s Den.

Scrabbler is then called on set when there’s confusion among the director and actors. Scrabbler wades through the market only to get a text that they’ve sorted and the writer, Richard Davidson has arrived on set. He’s stopped in his tracks by Bevis who tells him that rumour has it that Gary’s sister has been found. Scrabbler tries to look happy for him but the stress of the job is really getting to him.

He enters the café for a caffeine boost only to be hounded by mona who wants to know if the Phil and Shirley stuff is leading somewhere and demands that the press office spoilers are released on Thursdays EVERY week. Scrabbler gives her short shrift saying it’s not all up to him before heading to Angie’s Den in the hope of seeing something that’s going right without a hitch. Only to find Angie having a row with the decorators, adamant that the colour scheme is cheap and tacky. Scrabbler asks if she’s any headache tablets on her, it’s just one of those days where everything seems to be going wrong.

Scrabbler rejects vaslav’s calls for the tenth time unaware of the dangerous predicament that his friend finds himself. Judging on his own initiative, vaslav agrees to meet with his tormentor emailing them to give him a time and place and he’ll be there. Will he go along and if he does, what danger will he find himself in?

Scrabbler’s glad to see the end of the working day. With everyone gone, Angie tells him as a friend that he needs to get the place in order or risking losing valuable members of his team and the show going downhill once more. Sitting down in his chair, his head in his hands, he recalls the stress he felt when Gary was stalking him and wonders if there’s a hex hanging over this job because he’s had nothing but bad luck since getting the post.

A downbeat Scrabbler goes to Beale Plaice for dinner. Sitting at the War Memorial, he watches all the people go by and feels alone. He walks slowly through the market, people bustling past him with places to go and people to see. He sees lotty pull off knowing he’ll have to wait another day for his prescription. Scrabbler greets Phil in the Square Gardens receiving a grunt in return. He’s apprehensive when he sees dullagj2 standing in Janine’s doorway.

Scrabbler enters his garden with head down. Dullagj2 just whispers that he knows what he did. Scrabbler defends himself saying that Gary put him through hell for months to a bemused dullag. Scrabbler bolts the door breathing a sigh of relief that he managed to get in unscathed. He's irate with Lola_skye when he sees that she's got the heat on full blast. Lola apologies but says she just put it on for an hour to warm up. Scrabbler inquires whether she found a job or not. Lola cries that he knows she's trying her damned best to, "Don't take it out on me because you've run out of happy pills!"

Duff duff: A speechless Scrabbler tears up.

COMING TOMORROW;

Ohhh, great stuff, as usual dullagj2!

Looks like as Dan is gonna test my loyalty, that Gary and him are gonna come to a head as the truth [surely] comes out. Will Fellow kill again?!
Gary wouldn't be missed by many, I imagine...

It's nice to see that Sorcha and Poppy are both finally starting to heal.

Cheers Bevis, means a lot!

EPISODE EIGHT 46/50:

Lola_skye knocks on the loo door apologising to Scrabbler saying that she saw the empty bottle in the waste bin and that he has no reason to be ashamed. Scrabbler unlocks the door. Lola is thrown by the sight of him weeping on the closed toilet lid. Sitting on the edge of the bath tub, she tells him that she’s there if he needs to talk. Scrabbler weeps that he’s crying for no reason, it’s all just getting too much for him. Lola says that tomorrow’s another day.

Klendathu anxiously awaits for word from Fatboy after sending him an urgent text to come home. Knowing every minute counts, he can’t wait any longer and wracks his brain trying to think of something else he can do to help Poppy. Seeing his phone flash in the dark, he assumes it’s Fatz but it’s Dot….Poppy has collapsed with the hunger and she needs him to come quick. A weak Poppy has begged her not to call an ambulance and she doesn’t know what to do!

Dullagj2 rings Gary to meet him at the pub wanting know the full story about Scrabbler. Gary texts that he’s already there. Making his way over, Bevis is trying to mend his stall pitch and takes the chance to ask him about Emily. Dullag informs him that it wasn’t her, the body had been found by Sea Rescue in a river close to her home but it was another missing person. Dullag says that he’s still holding out hope that she’ll be found alive. Bevis can’t help but be relieved.

Vaslav makes his way nervously to a secluded car park in the dark of night determined to confront his tormentor head on. Vas gulps as he gets in the passenger side. Looking at him, Bomani smiles to the sound of the doors locking. Deciding to make a run for it, vaslav tries to open the door but Bomani speeds off with vas gripping the seat for dear life.

Also tonight, Ilovenicnacs has another date with F1Ken but when he’s cagey at the mention of going back to his, nicnacs’ suspicions are aroused. Sorcha and Maurice look up baby stuff on the net ahead of their planned shopping trip tomorrow. Priscilla is delighted to see sorcha back on the Square and the three of them enjoy the craic like old times. Sharon slags Phil when he’s tired out by Denny saying that he’s getting old, are they back on track?

Mo Mouse uses a disguise to get into the Shirley Gutter unbeknownst to Shirley but Gary blows his cover when he starts asking awkward questions about his recent windfall. Shirley enjoys throwing him out. Gary is pleased to see dullag and offers to buy him a drink but he declines. Dullag confronts him over Scrabbler’s claims that he put him through hell. Gary spits that it was nothing more than he deserved. Dullag says he hasn’t changed and never will, he’s still selfish, manipulative and bitter and he wants nothing to do with him.

Klen rushes around to Dot’s to find her in an awful state. Running up the stairs, he finds a pale Poppy clutching her ribs shocked by her thinness. Klen asks her to see a doctor but Poppy is against the idea. Klen says that he thought this was meant to be her in control. Poppy mumbles that it got out of hand, clutching her ribs midway through the sentence. Leaving the room, klendathu weeps to Dot that he thought she was improving but they have to do something before it’s too late cursing his decision not to get her sectioned. Dot cries that she can’t keep any food down now. Klen’s adamant that they’re calling lotty first thing, Poppy overhears.

Lola skye pours two glasses of wine as she attempts to make Scrabbler feel better. Scrabbler informs her that he’s been taking them for years, why does she think he’s so jolly all the time?, “I’ve become dependent on them and the stress of the EP job isn’t helping. I don’t like being the bad guy, I want to be everyone’s friend. I’m not a born leader!” Lola tells him to stop putting himself down, he’s done a great job thus far and is just in a bit of a slump, “Take a step back for a few days and take stock. You’re overworking yourself. Put more trust in the team around you, it’s a team effort!” Scrabbler hugs her before heading for an early night unaware of the situation vaslav finds himself in.

Bomani continues to drive stopping on a quiet country road. Pulling in, vaslav laughs that he knows his game now. “Ah, so you want some how’s your father?……well I’m not that easy despite what people think! Another closet bully.” Vas rolls his eyes. Bomani is visibly appalled, “No you stupid little faggot. I’m not gay!” he laughs. “I’d sooner bury ya!” Vaslav gulps inquiring what he wants then. Bomani spits that all vas thinks about is sex, “You called me here, remember? You wanted to see me..” Vas demands to know why he is bullying him and being homophobic towards him. Bomani states that he’ll continue to do so until he quits his job, he ain’t working with no lady boy! Vas is getting angry and says he ain’t going anywhere. Bomani asks him to get out of the car and check if they have a flat tyre. Hearing the doors unlock, vas gets out and looks around discreetly to see if he can see any road signs or recognises the place. Down on his knees, vas feels a kick in his side…..

Bevis texts dan to say that the body wasn’t Emily’s and he’ll be home in half an hour, winking to put the dinner on. Dan’s attention now turns to IanMandy, what is he planning? Elsewhere, Priscilla remarks to Maurice that this is the happiest she’s seen sorcha since you know what. Maurice agrees smilingly as he looks on at sorcha getting seconds in the kitchen.

Determined to get to the bottom of dullag’s recent bad mood, Janine asks if he’s being tempted again by heroin. Dullag decides to come clean to her not wanting there to be any secrets between them. He tells her that his older brother is staying at the B&B and they don’t get on. Janine smirks that she’ll sort him out if he causes him any aggro. Meanwhile, dan looks for IanMandy only to hear him talking to someone in the bathroom. Dan wonders if Bevis has come home early and waits outside until he comes out. He’s unnerved when he emerges on his own pulling up his zip, dan asks who he was talking to. IanMandy replies, “No one!”

Bomani continues to kick vaslav as he lies helplessly on the road trying to lighten the blow. Spitting, Bomani stops as he catches his breath. Happy that he’s got his message across, Bomani gets back into his vehicle and drives off. Vaslav moans as he clutches his side. Tipping his head, he sees blood on his hand through his unaffected eye. He manages to get up before a car passes, one of his eyes half closed after taking a hit. Hobbling along the roadside, he tries to stop a passing car to no avail.

Duff duff: Vaslav staggers along the dark, poorly lit road as the camera pans out to display a small man in the distance.

COMING THURSDAY:

EPISODE NINE 47/50:

Vaslav continues to hobble along the poorly lit country road. Taking his phone out of his pocket he tries to get a signal but has no luck.

Waiting until early morning to make sure Dot is asleep, a frail Poppy struggles to get dressed but is determined not to get sectioned.

Zack awakes to the sound of mona screaming in the living room. He throws on his dressing gown to investigate, only to find her rolling on the floor holding her ankle.

Nicnacs follows F1Ken wanting to know one way or another whether he’s being truthful with her. Has she gotten in too deep?

Priscilla embraces sorcha as she leaves to go home. Telling her that she’s pleased she’s getting back to her old self. Sorcha watches her as she walks through the gardens wanting to make sure that she gets home ok. A tipsy Priscilla woops and wolf whistles as she enters her garden at the passing men. Sorcha giggles, her arms folded and shoulders hunched. Maurice tells her to come in from the cold but she notices Scrabbler having a sneaky fag in his garden and approaches him.

Poppy creeps down the hallway noticing klendathu asleep on the sofa. Gently opening the back door, she breathes a sigh of relief that she’s managed to get this far. Where will she go?

Vaslav is giving up hope knowing he hasn’t got much energy left. He sets the upcoming bend as a target with whatever lies beyond determining if he continues.

Nicnacs sees a woman berating F1Ken as he enters his house. She tears up realising she’s been dubbed.

Zack helps mona to the sofa inquiring what happened her. He deduces that she’s stood on a plug on her way to the bathroom through her expletives. Zack tells her it serves her right for leaving the place a mess. He’s sick tidying up after her. Mona doesn’t take kindly to his lack of sympathy and tells him that it’s not her fault she’s not a clean freak like him. A frustrated Zack goes back to bed.

Scrabbler stubs out the fag as sorcha smirks that she didn’t know he smoked. Scrabbler informs her that he doesn’t except when he’s stressed. He asks how long she’s got left. Sorcha jokes that she’s not pregnant, just fat before telling him that she has two months to go and is going baby shopping tomorrow. Scrabbler laughs that he didn’t know you could buy babies. Sorcha tells him to shut it saying he knows what she means. Maurice calls her to come in not wanting her to catch a cold, Scrabbler thanks her for cheering him up.

Also tonight, Kim’s confidence is dented when Gary turns down a night in her boudoir. Mo Mouse ducks with his binoculars when Shabnam stares up at him. Shirley feels alone in the big pub, what she’s going to do about it? Los.kav tells vald of his business plan, he wants to open a homeless shelter.

As vaslav turns the corner, he is relieved to see a house which spurs him to keep going. On reaching the door, he knocks loudly. A middle-aged, well-off woman opens the door to him taken aback by the state of him. Taking him in, he explains his predicament before she offers some of her son’s clothes to him as well as a lift home. ‘Where am I?’ he inquires.

Zack is up at the crack of dawn cleaning the house. He sterilises all the cutlery whilst rubbing down the benches ferociously with Dettol. Once that’s done, he proceeds to hoover to mona’s annoyance. She storms out of her bedroom telling him that she’s trying to sleep. Zack says so was he when she screamed the house down in the middle of the night. Zack takes a shower opening a fresh pack of exfoliating gloves.

Dan nudges Bevis asking if he can hear IanMandy talking. A sleepy Bevis mutters that he’s probably just talking in his sleep. Dan goes to investigate but IanMandy pretends to be asleep when he sees the door opening. Bevis looks at the alarm clock reading ’06:00’ and pulls the covers back over his head.

Mona gets dressed unable to get back to sleep. Switching on the tv, she’s dismayed to find EastEnders has been deleted from the planner as well as the deleted list meaning it couldn’t have been an accident. Zack emerges from the shower still drying his hair to her squeals. He proclaims that they watched it and he had to make room for the Daybreak interview with Cheryl and Simon. Mona hisses that he KNOWS she likes to watch Shirley’s scenes again. Zack gets dressed before storming out of the house, not wanting to blow his top.

Klendathu checks in on Poppy only to find her bed hasn’t been slept in. Panicking, he runs into Dot’s room. Stood in her long johns, Klen exclaims, ‘Oh I say!’ before closing the door. Dot starts a conversation through the door as he explains that she’s not there. Dot tells him to check every room in the house. Klen frantically runs around the house before noticing that the back door is unlocked. Making his way through the door, he hopes to retrace her steps in a desperate bid to find her.

Dan kisses Bevis as he heads to the market, what is he planning?

Klendathu calls in to lotty’s surgery greeting Scrabbler who’s there for a new prescription before asking if he’s seen Poppy. He hasn’t. Klen tells the receptionist that he needs to see lotty, it’s urgent. She reluctantly agrees but lotty informs him that there’s nothing she can do until they find her and she can assess her.

Dan enters the phone box by the swings of sorrow.

A disheartened Klen leaves the doctor’s surgery. Seeing Zack on Arthur’s bench, he makes his way over and sits beside him. Zack says that mona is driving him up the walls. Klen says they should talk and see if they can reach a compromise, look what happened to Toni when she kept things bottled up. Klen gets teary which grabs Zack’s attention, klen tells him he’s let things get too far with Poppy and she needs to be hospitalised. Zack offers his apologies not knowing quite what to say, Klen says she’s run away and they can’t find her. Zack is interrupted by a phonecall.

Dan dials a number on the telephone as Zack is told Toni will be discharged next week. Vaslav tucks in to a big breakfast before been driven home. Sorcha and Maurice head off on their shopping trip assuring klen they’ll keep a look out for Poppy. Mo mouse watches from a far with his binoculars, has he spotted Poppy?

Duff duff: Dan tells the other side of the phone that he saw Daniel Bevis kill Emily!

COMING UP: