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EastEnders - 16/04/2009

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Ronnie waits outside the church during Danielle’s funeral and watches from a distance as her daughter’s coffin is lowered into the grave. Ronnie wants to know what Danielle was like as a child. Stacey tells Andy Ronnie’s not to blame for what happened, she thinks Danielle would have wanted him to talk to her. Andy shows Ronnie Danielle’s bedroom. There are lots of photos of Danielle with Andy’s wife Lizzie, she always was a mummy’s girl. They talk about Danielle’s abortion. Ronnie tries to give Andy Danielle’s locket, but he says it’s right she has it. He gives her a teddy bear of Danielle’s. Ronnie returns to the graveyard and rearranges the flowers on Danielle’s grave. After speaking to Stacey, Ronnie starts to sing to her daughter and is finally able to cry. Shirley asks Phil if he’d been drinking, he claims to have spilt alcohol on himself. Later Ben rings Shirley, Phil hasn’t picked him up from his film workshop. Shirley finds Phil in a car in the Arches, drunk. He tells her she’s a beautiful woman. Lauren tells Tanya it was better for them all when she was away, maybe she should go back into care? Tanya tells Max they can’t be together, she wants to protect Lauren - she doesn’t deny that she loves him but tells him to find someone else. Dot’s upset with Dotty for lying about her phone. She decides to keep the phone and tells Dotty to ask for it if she misses her father. They talk about visiting Jim the next day. Dotty goes to the window and gives the thumbs up to Nick, who’s standing in the square. Libby still thinks Patrick should talk to Tommy. She asks Darren to take her to see Tommy.