19 February 2026

Siwsi, in the kitchen . . . 

Next morning, Siwsi is the first one up at the MFC flat;  

. . . gets milk from the fridge . . .

she opens the fridge and takes out a bottle of milk, 

. . . then a stranger pops up

then is very shocked to see the homeless boy, who Britt brought home at last night, suddenly appear in front of her.

Colin is quickly on the scene

She screams with alarm, “Aargh!   Britt!   Colin!   Phone the police!”   They hurry in to see what is causing all the trouble, as Siwsi has armed herself with some hand cleaner spray in case of attack.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you"

The boy, who we see from the credits is called Ben, apologises that he did not mean to scare her, but Colin rushes in and demands, “Who the hell are you?”   

"There's something I need to explain, Col"

Britt tells him that there is something she needs to explain.

Anita is absorbed with her iPad . . .

Anita, in her dressing gown, is wearing earphones and looking intently at something on her iPad.   

. . . when Kelly comes home

She hardly notices as the door suddenly opens and Kelly calls, “Yoo-hoo – home sweet home!”

"You're a much better patient than Mam"

Anita looks up, puzzled;  “Oh, Auntie Neet, I’ve missed you so much – and, do you know what?   You’re a much better patient than Mam.”

Anita still appears not to know quite what is going on and asks what Kelly is doing there;  

"I've come to take you to Brynawelon"

“Well, I’ve come to take you to Brynawelon,” Kelly announces, “So come on, then – you could give me all the goss on the way.   And your bestie will be looking forward to seeing you – you are still besties, aren’t you?”

"Siwsi!"

Anita smiles broadly, confirming that of course she and Siwsi are and asks when they are going.   “I don’t know,” replies Kelly, 

"When your husband gets his act together!"

then shouts up the stairs, “When your husband gets his act together – Ieuan!”

"Sorry – I'm running late"

He hurries down the stairs, still doing up his trousers and is sorry that he is running late.   He was not expecting to see Kelly until later – around lunchtime.   She answers that she could not wait to come home.   He will go and make a coffee first, 

"What's up?"

but Kelly can see that he looks worried about something, so follows him into the kitchen.

“What’s up?  Tough night with Auntie Neet or what?” she demands.   

"I feel guilty that . . ."

He says that he did not sleep very well because he has had something on his mind.

“I feel guilty that . . .” 

"Come on – spit it out, man"

but is urged to spit it out, as they are supposed to be on their way to Brynawelon, like.   

"Anita isn't going to Brynawelon today"

“Anita isn’t going to Brynawelon today.”   

This does not please Kelly one little bit

This obviously does not go down well with Kelly.

Mark has lost his appetite

In the Deri flat, Cassie reprimands Mark 

"What's that toast done to you?"

for not eating his toast, but he says that he is not hungry.   She has noticed that he is on edge, 

"The assessor is coming today"

which he explains as the insurance assessor coming to Maes-y-Deri this morning.

"Oh, they're coming to check the damage"

“Oh, they’re going to check the damage – they don’t ask many questions, as your mother and I know, after the explosion in the Deri,” she comments.

"They probably look closely, don't they?"

“They probably look closely at everything, don’t they?   The stuff that’s been damaged, I mean,” replies Mark and is told that is their job.   

"Go and get dressed, Mark"

Kath tells him to go and get dressed as he does not want to be late.

Cassie knows something is going on . . . 

Cassie looks accusingly at Kath, 

. . . but Kath is not saying anything – at this stage

who realises that she has some suspicions about this.

"I've arranged a care package"

At number 7, Ieuan discloses to Kelly, “I’ve arranged a care package with the council.   Carers will visit her at home to help her day by day.”

"Without consulting me?"

“You what?   You arranged this on your own without consulting me?” snarls Kelly, 

"I was in Merthyr, not outer 

“I was in Merthyr, not outer space – why didn’t you phone me?   Come on, you’ve made a massive decision about Auntie Anita’s life without, you know, even mentioning it to me, like!”

"We'll have some time to ourselves"

Ieuan argues that this plan makes sense;  “Anita can still go to Brynawelon, but we’ll have some time to ourselves while the carers are here.

"No way!"

Kelly is quite emphatic, “No!   No way, because you know what?   You and I are meant to look after Auntie Anita, not strangers from the council!”

"That's what will happen most of the time"

Ieuan reminds her that is what will happen most of the time – and, if things go well, she can stay at home and be looked after here, but Kelly stops him there.

"So what's the plan, then?"

“So what’s the plan, then?   She doesn’t go to Brynawelon?   Not even daycare, like?”   Ieuan points out that it is much cheaper and at this, 

"Oh, my . . !"

Kelly shouts, “Oh, my . . !”   

"We can afford Brynawelon full-time, eventually"

He stresses that it will mean that they will be able to afford Brynawelon full-time eventually – when they really need it.

Anita calls for assistance

Then they hear Anita’s voice from upstairs, “I can’t close the tap tightly enough, so Kelly goes up.

"What came over you, Britt?"

“What came over you?” Colin demands, “Bringing a complete stranger into the flat – into our home in the middle of the night!   Are you mad, or what?”

"He was at school with Chester"

Britt is sorry, but explains, “That boy, Col, my heart bleeds every time I look at him – he was at school with Chester.   

"I don't care if he went to school with Mother Teresa!"

Colin does not care if he went to school with Mother Teresa and insists that they need to sit down and discuss this properly tonight.

"Tell Bill – or Ben – to leave, pronto!"

“In the meantime, tell Bill – or Ben, whatever his name is, to leave, pronto!   I don’t want to see him near this flat again, do you understand?   No messing!”

Then he meets Ben on his way out

Ben returns from the bathroom, having washed his hair, and Colin has got to go to work.   Ben is sorry for causing a fuss;  

"The last things I wanted was for you to fall out"

“The last thing I wanted was for you to fall out.”   Britt points out that it was not his fault, but she was too hasty;  she is sorry that she cannot ask him to stay for longer.

"I understand perfectly, Britt"

He understands perfectly, 

"I did promise to make you breakfast"

but she stresses that she did promise to make him breakfast;  

However, there are no eggs and no bread

however, she finds only an empty egg box and empty bread wrapper.

Kelly has not calmed down

When Ieuan comes downstairs again, Kelly is sitting thoughtfully in the chair.   

"Well, what do you think?"

“Well, what do you think?” he asks.

"Since when do you care about what I think?"

“Since when do you care about what I think?” she asks, “What happened, Ieuan?   What happened to teamwork?   What happened to working together?”

"We are working as a team"

He insists they are working as a team, but she disputes that, 

"Only when it suits you"

“Apparently not – or only when it suits you – out of sight, out of mind.”

"I had to do something"

Ieuan tries to explain, “You were away, she was getting worse, I had to do something.”

"That was the last place I wanted to be!"

“Don’t you dare blame this on the fact that I couldn’t be here!” she rages,    “The last place on earth I wanted to be was Merthyr, sorting out another alcohol-fuelled crisis for my mother!   I was devastated to leave – and you throw it back in my face!”

"I know things were difficult"

Ieuan appreciates that things were difficult, but she shouts, “Obviously not!   But I’m back now – and I’ll be back for good before long, so you can cancel the carers.”

"Diane spent hours on the phone"

Ieuan mutters that he cannot do that;  “It’s all arranged – Diane spent hours on the phone . . .”

"So you involved Diane?"

“Oh, Diane – so you involved Diane in all of these decisions!”

"Why are you arguing?"

Anita comes downstairs in a very troubled state, demanding, “Why are you arguing?   When are we going to Brynawelon?”   

"You're not going to Brynawelon today"

Ieuan has to explain to her that she is not going to Brynawelon today, but they have a carer coming to look after her at home instead.

This news upsets Anita

Anita bursts into tears, throws down her coat and returns upstairs.   Kelly gets up and addresses Ieuan;  

"You've literally steamrollered both of us!"

“You’ve literally steamrollered both of us.   If you’re hell bent on forcing this on Auntie Neet, then so be it – but when it all goes pear-shaped, it will be your fault and no one else’s.”

"This is lovely"

Britt and Ben have gone to the deli for a full breakfast, which he seems to have enjoyed;  “This is lovely,” he tells her and she resumes enquiring into those two blokes who were staring at him in the centre yesterday.

"I don't want to stick my nose in, but . . ."

“I don’t want to stick my nose in, but you said they’ve been hassling you.”   

"I was a bit stupid to trust them"

He replies that he was a bit stupid to trust them and now they are trying to make him do things.

"I'll try to find somewhere safe for tonight"

Britt will do her best to find him somewhere safe for tonight, like a shelter or hostel, 

"You've done enough"

but he insists that she has done enough for him;  “Last night was a nice break, being able to stay somewhere safe – 

"That's not the reality of my life"

“but that’s not the reality of my life, unfortunately – not any more.”   

He walks out of the deli

He picks up his bag, smiles at her and leaves the deli.

The assessor notes the damaged items . . .

The insurance assessor is at Maes-y-Deri and is taking notes;  

. . . including that television

that television is still on the floor where it landed yesterday.   

"Lots of things have been damaged"

“As you can see, lots of things have been damaged, some expensive things, too,” Mark says;  some of them, like a kettle, toaster and a sewing machine on the table.

“I’d offer you a cup of tea, but the kettle is on the blink – 

"They turned off the electricity"

“and they turned off the electricity.”   

She has a good look round

He looks nervous as she peers into the cupboard under the stairs, then heads up the stairs.

"I've brought a few things . . ."

In the MFC flat, Colin returns home carrying a bag containing a few things;  “Eggs, bread, 

". . . the biscuits you like"

“the biscuits you like – your favourites.”

"I just wanted to help him"

“Look, Col – that Ben – I just wanted to help him – especially after what happened to Ollie.   It just felt like the universe was giving me another chance to help someone, that’s all.”

"By bringing a rapscallion into our home?"

“By bringing a rapscallion into our home?” he comments, 

"That guy could have been a rapist!"

then Siwsi, who had been sitting on the sofa, pops up to add her opinion.

“That guy could have been a burglar, a murderer, or a rapist,” she maintains, “If we literally let anyone stay, I won’t feel safe in our home.”

"Hang on a minute, Siwsi"

“Hang on a minute, Siwsi,” says Colin, 

"This is our home – mine and Britt's"

“With respect, this is our home – mine and Britt’s.   What I don’t understand, Siwsi – 

"You must be able to afford a room"

“you’ve got two good jobs, haven’t you?   You must be able to afford to rent a room somewhere.”

"I can't at the moment"

She replies that she just cannot at the moment, 

"How about your parents at Maes-y-Deri?"

so he wonders about her family in Maes-y-Deri and whether her parents can help;  she maintains that it is complicated.

“You’re a lovely girl, isn’t she, Britt?   You must have lots of friends and you’re young – 

"It's not healthy for you, is it?"

“staying here with Britt and me, it’s not healthy for you, is it?   Or for us, either.”   

Britt disapproves

Britt does not look at all happy at what he is suggesting, 

"OK, Colin"

but Siwsi gets the message.

"My bags won't pack themselves"

“My bags won’t pack themselves,” she tells him and retires to her room.   

Britt glowers at him

Britt is looking very accusingly at Colin.

Mark's appetite has returned

In the Deri flat, Mark’s appetite seems to have returned, as he is applying some Vitalight spread to slices of bread, which will go with his bowl of soup.

"How did it go with the assessor?"

Cassie asks him how it went with the assessor;  he believes that it was fine.   

"You're scamming the insurance company!"

“I know what you’re doing,” she continues, “You’re scamming the insurance company, you scoundrel!”

Mark denies this

Mark insists that he has done no such thing, but she simply laughs, “If I didn’t know you any better, I might believe you.   

"Your mother told me"

“You’re lying – your mother told me.”

“What came over you, telling Cassie?” he complains 

"We're totally straight with each other"

and Kath replies that there are no secrets between the two of them;  they have had to learn that and are now totally straight with each other.   

"Have you put an advert in the Western Post?"

“And who else have you been totally straight with, then?” Mark wants to know, “Have you put an advert in the Western Post?   Do you want them to send me to jail for fraud?”

"As long as I get half the profit!

Cassie makes it perfectly clear that she is not going to tell anyone, “But on one condition – that I get half the profit – 50%, no less.”

He gasps that it is worse than Dragons’ Den, as his mother is demanding 30% and so is Howard;  

"I'll only have a few pounds left!"

“I’ll only have a few pounds left!”   It seems that maths was never Mark’s strong point

They are killing themselves laughing 

When he has stormed out of the room, both Kath and Cassie burst out laughing, but decide to let him stew for an hour or so.

Siwsi leaves the MFC flat . . .

Siwsi comes out of the door of the MSC flat, carrying her various bags.  

. . . and has a phone call

Her phone sounds;  

"I'll be there now, OK"

“Yes, of course – I’ll be there now, OK,” she says.

It seems Anita has not 'taken to' the carer

Ieuan is thanking Claire the carer for everything she has done, 

"Claire can go to hell!"

but as she goes out of the door, Anita is shouting, “I don’t like Claire – Claire can go to hell.”

“I told you so,” remarks Kelly, then there is a knock at the door, 

"Don't let her in, Ieuan!"

which Anita tells him not to answer, shouting that he must not let her in.

When she catches sight of Siwsi . . .

However, when she sees that it is Siwsi, 

. . . Anita completely changes

Anita complete changes and greets her warmly;  

"What are you doing here?"

Ieuan cannot understand what she is doing there.

"Siwsi has come to sort out your mess"

Kelly supplies an answer;  “Siwsi has come to sort out your mess, Ieuan.”

He is angry that Kelly phoned her;  

"I thought seeing Siwsi would calm her down"

“Well, Auntie Anita was super agitated, so I thought that seeing Siwsi would help to calm her down,” which indeed seems to have happened.

"You gave up on Claire!"

Ieuan accuses her of giving up on Claire before she even started;  she was so negative with the woman from the second she walked in.

"Are you surprised?"

“Are you surprised, after going behind my back and arranging for a total stranger to take over?” Kelly asks.

"Why don't we have  cup of tea?"

Siwsi takes charge, instructing them;  “Right!   Anita, why don’t we have a cup of tea?” 

"Let's go in the kitchen"

and they go into the kitchen.   

"You two need to sort this out – quietly"

She advises Kelly and Ieuan, “You two need to sort this out –quietly.”

Kelly and Ieuan simply glare at each other.

"I made a mess of everything"

Britt is looking suitably penitent when Colin comes into the room and apologises to her;  “No, Col, I’m the one who should apologise – I made a mess of everything and I’m so sorry.”

"You were only trying to help people"

He realises that all she is trying to do is to help people;  

"I don't know where to stop"

“Yes, but look at the mess I’ve made – I don’t know when to stop, you see!”

"Because you've got a big heart"

He knows exactly why that is;  “Because you’ve got a big heart,” 

Colin gives her a hug

and he gives her a hug.

"Do they think I can't hear them?"

As Anita and Siwsi sit in the kitchen at number 7 with their cups of tea, having a game of cards, they can clearly hear the argument going on in the other room.   Anita wonders if they think that she cannot hear them.

"You're responsible for this!"

Kelly shouts, “Do you know what, Ieuan?   You’re responsible for this.   We’re supposed to prepare Auntie Neet . . .”   

"Sabotage – that's what this is!"

He angrily replies, “Sabotage – that’s what this is – you wanted this to fail from the start!”

"You've failed – right?"

Kelly’s shouted response is, “No – you’ve failed, right? – as a husband and a caregiver!   Do you think you can just dictate what happens to Auntie Anita without anyone challenging you?   

"Absolutely no chance!"

“Absolutely no chance!   You’ve got no right to do that.”

"I have, as it happens"

He disagrees;  “I have, as it happens!” so Kelly is interested to know how, reminding him that Diane is the power of attorney.

Siwsi has had enough

Siwsi has had quite enough of this, 

She storms into the middle of it

storming into the room 

"I'm next of kin, not you!"

as Ieuan stresses that he is next of kin, not Kelly.

"Remember what's important here – Anita!"

“Hey, you two – you need to calm down!   Remember what’s important here – Anita and what she wants.”   She goes back into the kitchen and shuts the door.

There are tears in Kelly's eyes

Kelly and Ieuan look at each other, Kelly with tears in her eyes, 

Ieuan sinks into the chair

then Ieuan sinks into the chair 

"I thought I'd lose my nerve . . ."

and says, “Listen – I know why you’re angry, all right?   I didn’t want to discuss it with you because I thought I’d lose my nerve.   

". . . I'm just trying to do my best"

“I’m just trying to do my best,” he sobs pitifully.

Kelly also weeps