EASTENDERS
EPISODE EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO
BY
Marc Peirson
(4th draft)
DURATION (08.00 - 19.20) DAY AFTER PREVIOUS EPISODE
LOT
SCENE 872/1. EXT. OUTSIDE THE VIC. DAY (08.00)
(TRADERS BUSTLE IN THE MARKET. TERESA THREADS HER WAY THROUGH, CARRYING AN ARMFUL OF STOCK. LISA PASSES. BEPPE COMES OUT OF THE CAFÉ.)
LISA: Morning Teresa!
(TERESA SEES BEPPE AND HIDES OUT OF SIGHT. BEPPE REACTS TO LISA’S GOOD MORNING AND LOOKS AROUND PUZZLED. HE MOVES ON.
GRANT JOGS ALONG BRIDGE STREET. HE PASSES BEPPE HEADING FOR E20 AND SNEERS AT HIM.
GRANT JOGS PAST JAMIE AT THE BOOKSTALL AND TERESA SETTING UP. HE STOPS BY THE RAILINGS WHERE TIFFANY’S FLOWERS ARE.
HE LOOKS ACROSS TO SEE FRANK WITH RICKY OUTSIDE THE PUB)
FRANK:
(IRONIC) Good Morning Grant.
(FRANKS SMILES. GRANT SNEERS AND JOGS OFF)
RICKY:
What’s his problem?
FRANK:
How long have you got?
Anyway, never mind him. How are you doing?
RICKY:
I’m alright.
FRANK:
Yeah? Really?
RICKY:
(SHRUGS) You’ve just got to get on haven’t you.
FRANK:
Of course. But you don’t have to do it all on your own. I’m always here.
RICKY:
I know. Thanks.
FRANK:
How about you and the old man get together later and lift a couple?
RICKY:
(TRYING TO BE UPBEAT) Yeah. That’d be good.
FRANK:
(ENTHUSIASTIC) Great.
(THERE IS AN AWKWARD SILENCE)
RICKY:
(BRIEF IRONIC SMILE) Well I’d better get on. Catch you later.
FRANK:
Good.
(FRANK WATCHES CONCERNED AS RICKY LEAVES
GO WITH RICKY AS HE CROSSES IN FRONT OF TERESA’S STALL.
HE LOOKS AT IT WISTFULLY FOR A BEAT AS HE PASSES
GO TO MEL TALKING TO LISA)
MEL:
What are you so cheerful about this morning?
LISA:
Phil’s going away for a few days tomorrow.
MEL:
Oh. Very romantic.
LISA:
No. He’s going away tomorrow. So, we’re having a special meal tonight.
MEL:
I see. He taking you somewhere nice?
LISA:
His place. He’s cooking for me.
MEL:
(LAUGHS) Lovely. That’ll be cosy. You, Phil, Jamie. And Grant in the background with a gypsy violin!
LISA:
No. It’s all arranged. Just me and Phil.
MEL:
So this could be the big one then?
LISA:
What do you mean?
MEL:
(WINKS) Third date. You know what they say.
LISA:
(LAUGHS) Let’s just say I’ve got a good feeling about tonight.
CUT TO
STUDIO
SCENE 872/2. INT. PHIL’S FLAT. DAY (08.05)
(PHIL IS HAPPILY COOKING BREAKFAST AND HUMMING ALONG TO ‘YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE’ ON THE RADIO.)
GRANT:
(ANGRY) He’s lording it up like he’s the Pope of Walford.
PHIL:
So?
(GRANT TURNS THE RADIO OFF)
GRANT:
So I ain’t going to put up with it.
PHIL:
Just ignore him. You want an extra sausage?
GRANT:
Is that it then? We let him come round to our house and do whatever he likes?
PHIL:
It’s my house Grant.
GRANT:
So?
PHIL: So I’m not interested in Frank and his temper tantrums. And I certainly ain’t going to start another war with mum just to please you. I’ve got better things to do.
GRANT: What’s that? Cradle snatching?
