"Well, all my mum's mates are paired up now." "Anna, Eileen and Erica." "Short of copping off with Mary, she's stuck." "I suppose." "I suggested a load of websites to her, you know, for the older woman." "I hope you didn't put it like that." "Well, would I be sat here now if I had?" "No, you know, I was telling her about Fifty Plus Shades Of Grey," "Many A Good Tune Played On..." "How do you know all this?" "People talk, don't they, you know, in the back of a cab." "You were very restless." "Yeah, I didn't get much kip." "Is it the baby?" "Sort of." "Look, Steve, I've tried telling myself that this makes no odds but this is killing me," "not knowing if our baby is gonna face a lifetime of pain." "Well, don't we all?" "You know what I mean." "You more than anyone." "How can you live with the uncertainty?" "What difference will it make knowing now?" "I mean, even if I did take the test and it came up positive, what could we do?" "Well, we can prepare." "Well, if ever ignorance was bliss..." "This is not bliss, Steve." "This is agony." "Please take the test, Steve." "Please." "I need some peace of mind." "I might just head over to The Rovers, see if Michelle's made any headway." "Really?" "Well, it can't do any harm, can it?" "It's better than sitting on the sidelines, speculating." "That was Dad." "He said he's definitely coming to the presentation, and he'll take us out for a meal later, to celebrate." "Staying around long, is he?" "Dunno." "Maybe." "It will be great to see him, though." "Yeah,  I'm  sure  it  will." "Listen, I'll just see Si off." "I'll see you later." "Yeah, bye." "Oh, 'ey up." "Where's my tankard and me bendy Bully?" "You what?" "You look like Jim Bowen with that lot in your hand." "Remember that Bullseye?" "That was before my time, that." "Ah." "They still show the repeats." "It takes me right back." "(AS JIM BOWEN) Out of the black and into the red." "Is the car ready?" "No,  mate." "It's  not." "What?" "Well, once I got working on it properly it was much worse than we thought." "I can get you something miles better for the money you'll spend." "No, I don't want anything better." "I want this one." "It's going to cost you a fortune to put it through its next MOT." "I'm not bothered about its next MOT." "We shook hands on this." "This is the one I want." "Right, OK." "But I'm going to need a full day on it." "If you took this out and had an accident with the kids in it, I'd never forgive myself." "Well, tonight, then." "All  right." "We've got no teabags left." "I'll do an Internet shop later." "Since when did you do Internet shopping?" "You're not exactly a silver surfer, are you?" "I'm not a silver anything, thank you very much." "I got the voucher from freshco." "Ten quid off my first online order." "(PHONE RINGS) I thought you liked to look at what you were buying." "I do generally, but I'll live with green bananas for the sake of a tenner." "Hello?" "Oh, erm, no." "I'm afraid he's not." "But I'm his mother." "Can I take a message?" "What sort of problem?" "Is he all right?" "I'll come straight away." "What's up?" "It was the school." "Max has been in a fight." "Oh!" "Poor kid." "He must be so churned up." "I take it David's at the grave again." "He's spending far too much time there." "It's not healthy." "Yeah, well, wherever he is he's not picking up." "If he comes back tell him what's happened." "I'll go and pick Max up." "Ah!" "You finally managed to prise yourself from the arms of Morpheus?" "Who?" "Morpheus." "The Greek god of sleep and dreams." "Was he?" "Yeah, well, he wouldn't get his arms round me." "I don't go for that Mediterranean type." "I never realised you were so particular." "Do you mind?" "I'll go back to bed at this rate." "I'd still be there now if it wasn't for that ridiculous postman." "It's nearly lunchtime." "I've always said there's only two things better than breakfast in bed." "And one of them's your dinner." "So long as you're dressed before Peter gets back." "Peter?" "Yeah, he's coming up to see Simon collect his football award." "Oh." "Flying business class on Bacon Air, is he?" "Oh, you really are the most dreadful cynic." "Yeah, and you really are the most dreadful sap who never learns his lesson." "Obviously." "Or I wouldn't be standing here in the kitchen looking at you." "Well, at least I'm here." "Anyway, I'm glad that Peter branched out and started a new life for himself." "Well, he had to, didn't he, after the mess he made of the old one?" "Anyway, it takes courage to strike out." "Look at Emily, walking in the footsteps of the Incas." "Oh!" "And look at you, walking in the footsteps of the Tinkers." "Anyway, Dad," "I have got the perfect escape for you." "It's lively, it's colourful and sweet-smelling." "And you'll be doing me a favour." "Look, Mary wants the afternoon off and I'm short-staffed at the florist." "Who needs Peru, eh?" "Hello, guys." "Go and sit down." "Put the telly on if you want." "Oh, I know you've had a really bad day, mate." "You've had a lot to deal with." "More than anyone your age should." "You've been so brave." "No, I haven't." "You've been amazing and David is so, so proud of you." "No, he's not." "I hardly see him any more." "He doesn't like me because I let him down all the time." "He loves you so much." "And you have not let him down, far from it." "You won't tell him, will you?" "He'll understand." "No, he won't." "He'll be angry." "He needs his dad." "Keep an eye on him." "I'll go find David." "What do you reckon to these, then?" "Well, it depends what you're trying to say." "Well, thanks I suppose." "To Ty and Fiz for putting me up." "I'm going home today." "Yeah, well, I think that's more of a cheers." "You know, like a floral thumbs-up?" "But if it's a thanks you're after..." "Now that is serious gratitude." "How serious?" "35 quid to you." "I think I'm more of the thumbs-up type." "How bad's your injury?" "Oh, I've had worse, Ken." "When I was in the Merchant Navy, I broke six ribs and punctured a lung." "We got hit by a squall in the South China seas." "I was lashing some pallets down on the foredeck." "And if it hadn't been for Gold Tooth Isaac I'd have been swept overboard." "Gold Tooth Isaac?" "Yeah, what a character he was." "From Tasmania." "Strongest man I've ever met." "He had me with one arm, and two ton of peaches with the other." "And neither cargo was lost." "And he had a gold tooth?" "He had about 30, Ken, around his neck on a string." "Eww!" "Where did he get 'em?" "Some questions you don't ask." "So, how much are these, then?" "12." "Hey, perfect." "So, erm, how did you come to hurt yourself?" "Oh, I was dancing in the garage and I tripped over a tool box." "So don't go breaking into any bossa novas, Ken." "I don't want to find you face down in the narcissuses." "They're narcissi, actually." "Oh!" "If you say so, Bamber(!" ")" "Cheers." "Yeah, see ya." "What is wrong with you?" "You've had a face on you all day." "I can't remember the last time I danced." "Yeah, well, if you're that bothered about it, they do, like, old-time dancing at the One O'Clock Club." "You'd love to pack me off there, wouldn't you?" "No, Dad, what I would love is for you to crack a smile." "You're making my gladioli wilt." "I know how they feel." "You all right?" "What's this, the latest on Tommy?" "No." "Myotonic what?" "Flaming hell, I thought he'd done his cruciate ligament in." "It's nothing to do with Tommy Orpington!" "Not everything revolves around Weatherfield County." "You're not usually looking at stuff like that." "If it's not footie, it's Kelly Brook coming out the sea or fat blokes falling off of rope swings." "Why are you looking at it?" "It's personal." "OK." "Do you want a cup of tea?" "It's not about me." "I'm offering you a cup of tea, not a diagnosis." "It  may  as  well  have  been." "It's a cup of tea." "Do you want one or not?" "No,  thank  you." "All right, right." "Right." "It's about me." "I might..." "I might have it." "Hey, how's it going?" "You  all  right?" "I saw you talking with Tyrone earlier." "You didn't look very happy." "I bought a car off him." "I thought it would be ready but it wasn't." "Saves you trashing mine, I suppose." "You won't find many Bond girls draped over it, but it suits me." "There you are." "Last  time  I  checked." "I've just been to the grave." "Don't reckon much to the flowers you've laid." "Look like they've been there three weeks." "Well, that's Dev's for you." "You haven't been to that grave." "Well, yeah, someone must have swiped them." "David!" "Where have you been?" "Walking." "Oh, walking?" "Yeah, believe it or not," "I've got a lot on my mind." "Don't you feel sometimes you want to be on your own for peace and quiet?" "You waived the right to peace the day you had kids." "I had to go into school at dinnertime to pick up Max." "What?" "Is he all right?" "He is now." "Sarah took him to the park, but he was breaking his heart earlier." "What's happened?" "It's not what's happened." "It's what's happening." "He's already lost his mum and now he feels he's losing you." "Come on." "That's rubbish." "Is it?" "You're not around most of the time and when you are, you're not really there." "Yeah, all right, Mum." "No, someone's got to tell him." "We've tiptoed around this long enough and I am not going to stand by and watch this family fall to pieces." "Max and Lily need you, David." "They need all of you, all of the time." "And the sooner you wake up to that, the better." "It looks mint on us, that top." "It should do for 45 quid." "I wish I could've afforded it." "I might try and get myself a little job." "What?" "So you'd go round delivering papers or summat just so you could buy yourself a top?" "It's all right for you." "You've got nice clothes." "Mum dresses me like I'm 12." "I'd look like Alice n Wonderland if she had it her way." "It's not funny." "I don't know what I'm gonna wear tonight." "Tonight?" "The meal at the Bistro." "You've not forgot, have you?" "Nah." "Nah, no, no, no." "It's..." "I dunno." "I don't know if I fancy it." "Sitting in a room with your mum watching us like a hawk, ready to kick off in case we hold hands or summat." "She won't." "This is a big thing for her." "She's trying really hard." "But too hard." "Why is she making such a big deal?" "Your family doesn't want to meet me and I'm not bothered about meeting them." "I'm bothered." "Please come, Seb" "I'll see how I feel." "If it's going to happen, it's going to happen." "Regardless of whether I see it coming." "But if it does at least you'll understand." "Oh, I'll understand all right." "It'll be flaming obvious, won't it?" "My wife dressing me." "And worse." "I'm only 42." "How old's your dad?" "60-odd?" "And he's been healthy till now?" "Pretty much, yeah." "Ah, you'll be all right." "You've got years." "All the more reason not to do the test, then." "No, no." "I'm not saying don't do the test." "Get tested, and if it's bad news at least you'll know that your world's not going to come to an end." "Well..." "I suppose so, but it will one day, won't it?" "I mean, at the moment, you know, there's hope." "There's a chance I might be all right." "I do the test, all that could be gone." "Or the fear could be." "I'd be bricking it in your situation." "But if I had the chance to get the all-clear" "I'd grab it with both hands for everyone's sake." "It's a no-brainer, pal, you know it is." "Corsages?" "Is this for a wedding?" "A prom?" "Should you be encouraging that?" "Well, it's a classic example of American cultural imperialism." "It started with trick-or-treat, then it was baby showers." "Now it's completely out of hand." "Dad!" "Some people in this country are actually going to celebrate Thanksgiving this year." "I mean native Britons carving turkey in November." "It's insane." "Hello?" "Hello?" "I think they changed their mind." "No." "You changed their mind with your ridiculous rant." "Oh, you're a liability!" "Am I?" "Well, in that case..." "Hang on, what are you doing?" "We don't close for another half an hour." "Right, you can deduct it from my wages." "Oh, no, I don't get paid, do I?" "I'm doing you a favour." "Oh, trust me, you're not doing me any favours." "(PHONE RINGS) Oh!" "There you go." "Somebody else for you to bore rigid." "Hello, Peter, where are you?" "What?" "(SIGHS) But Simon was looking forward to seeing you." "No, you're not sorry, Peter, or you wouldn't be doing it." "Yes, I'll tell him but I'm not explaining it to him." "There is no explaining it." "No, don't bother." "I've heard enough." "Don't!" "Just don't." "Look at you in your jacket." "You'll be calling the waiter 'Your Honour.'" "It's not my choice, I was happy in my shirt." "You look very smart." "We want to make a good impression." "He's a 16-year-old kid." "He's hardly Prince Philip." "Why would I wanna go out with Prince Philip?" "I remember meeting my first girlfriend's parents." "It wasn't like this." "Her dad was in a vest and I was halfway down a drainpipe." "If I'd not cleared the fence I wouldn't be here." "What  time  are  we  eating?" "I don't want to order before Seb gets here." "You did tell him five, didn't you?" "Yeah." "I hope he turns up soon." "I knocked off early for this." "Oh, yeah, because we're just so busy, aren't we?" "Anna said we've gotta make a good impression on Seth." "Seb!" "As in Coe." "Sounds  a  bit  posh  to  me." "Yeah." "So does Tim." "What's in a name, eh?" "Listen, I'm dead sorry but I don't think that he's..." "Hiya!" "Seb?" "Yeah." "I'm sorry I'm late." "I stopped off in town." "My top!" "You  said  you  liked  it." "Ah, it's lovely." "Oh, I'm borrowing that." "Thanks, Seb." "Go on, sit down over there next to the boys." "Kev, sort him out." "Oh!" "No teabags?" "Coffee?" "Yeah, whatever." "I promised Ky I'd look after 'em, but the truth is, I can't." "I'm not up to it." "Yes, you are." "Macca aside, I think you've coped brilliantly." "Better than I expected." "You can't have set the bar very high." "I didn't think you'd survive." "But you have, haven't you?" "Out of love for your kids, out of love for Kylie and what she would've wanted." "Think Macca was a wake-up call, wasn't it?" "Yeah." "But, I mean, look what's happening with Max." "I mean, it's like you when your dad died." "You had a nightmare." "And Mum's ten times the parent I'm ever gonna be." "I didn't turn out so bad, did I?" "You'll have loads of help." "I'll do whatever I can, yeah." "Whatever that means." "I know how Max feels." "I'll be able to help him through it." "You might think differently when you've got a kid of your own to look after." "We're going to have to support each other, aren't we?" "I'll be coming to you for advice." "I don't think you'll need to." "I think you'll make a great dad when the time comes." "We'll see, won't we?" "So, do you go to County?" "As  often  as  I  can,  yeah." "So many lads your age go glory hunting." "Yeah, well, not at Weatherfield County they don't." "I've been a County fan for years." "I remember Tommy Orpington making his debut." "I  know  Tommy." "Oh,  really?" "Yeah." "Oh, yeah." "He's the one who crocked him." "He's out for the rest of the season." "They seem to be getting on famously." "Dad seems to like Seb more than he likes me." "Listen, I'll keep working on him, darling." "When something seems too good to be true it's usually because it is." "Your top's nice, though." "Yeah." "It's gorgeous." "That wasn't cheap." "It's dead expensive, that shop." "Does he work part time?" "Erm, yeah, I think so." "Oh, hard working as well as charming." "I was definitely too quick to judge." "(MEN LAUGH)" "Hiya." "Liz said you had a meeting with Tommy Orpington's missus." "How'd it go?" "Not great." "I was hoping to pull things round, but I forgot the paperwork, didn't I?" "So, I could've kicked myself." "Well, you have got a lot on your mind at the minute." "Yeah." "So, did you have a word with Steve?" "Yep, this morning." "And he said no?" "Well, to be honest, he didn't really say anything." "Well, that's not on, is it?" "He can't expect you to live with this." "Don't let him off the hook." "Well, what choice did I have?" "Depression's not like a cold, is it?" "It's always there, waiting for someone to push the right buttons." "I've done as much as I dare." "If I push him any more, the shutters will come down." "Yeah, well, it's not just about him, is it?" "What about Amy?" "Well, I can't tell her." "Not without his say-so." "Well, I think she's got a right to know." "I don't think Tracy would run away from the test." "She'd get down there ASAP." "Listen, it wouldn't give you the all-clear but short of Steve getting a test, it would would give you some indication." "It'd be some peace of mind." "Hi, kids." "If you're watching this, then you'll know what's happened." "And I think you deserve to know why." "I'm not sorry for what I've done to the lad that killed your mum." "He didn't deserve to live." "But I am sorry for what that means for you." "I love you both so much." "And I don't want you to grow up hating me." "I'm not asking you to agree with what I've done, or even to forgive me, but I just want you to understand that the last thing I ever wanted to do was hurt you." "Being your dad has been amazing, joyful..." "But I can't be the dad you need." "You need the man that I used to be, but he's gone." "Your mum was..." "She was my heart." "The only bit of me worth bothering with." "What's left, it's not what you deserve." "You'll always remember your mum but you need to make a life of your own." "And to do that you'll need to get past all this pain and sadness." "And you won't do that with me because I can't." "It's always there, whatever I try and do." "I can't outrun it." "And it hurts." "It hurts more than I ever thought it would do." "And I can't live in a world where that animal who took your mum can go on living, laughing and making plans for when he gets out." "No." "But I made a promise to your mum that you'll be taken care of." "And you will be." "Because Uncle Nick can give you all the things I can't." "And... ..your gran." "Yeah, she might say daft things." "But she loves you so much, almost as much as me." "So let them guide you." "You grow up, go out into the world and make me and your mum proud." "OK." "Take care, kids." "I love you so much." "subtitles by Deluxe"