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| We have never heard of the 'Carmarthenshire Herald' . . . |
Colin has a pile of copies of the Carmarthenshire Herald on the counter and
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| . . . which appears to carry salacious articles |
as he looks inside one of them, he cannot miss an article entitled, ‘My Murdering, Porn-writing, Transphobic, Toxic Gran’, with photographs of Cassie and Owain.
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| Colin is very shocked at what he sees . . . |
Needless to say, he is very shocked;
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| "What on earth?" |
“What on earth?” he exclaims.
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| "You're not going to believe this, Dad" |
Rhys comes downstairs, looking at his phone and tells his father, “Hey, you’re not going to believe this.”
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| "I think I am" |
However, Hywel is already looking at the online version; he shakes his head in disbelief.
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| Ows has made breakfast |
In the Deri flat, Ows has prepared his grandmother’s breakfast, together with a copy of the paper.
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| "You've gone to a lot of trouble" |
She comments that he has gone to a lot of trouble, but points out that Em is not arriving until this afternoon. He is quite emphatic that it is for Cassie, but she says that he did not need to do it.
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| "You deserve everything that's coming to you" |
“I did need to – you deserve everything that’s coming,” he says, “You deserve to be spoiled.”
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| Cassie sits down . . . |
She sits down at the table
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| . . . and opens the paper |
and opens the paper;
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| She is aghast at what she sees . . . |
then her smiles quickly evaporate as she looks at the double page spread.
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| . . .and cannot believe it |
She is unable to comprehend what her grandson has done to her.
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| "The CPS is considering it" |
Mark is at Llwyncelyn, where he asks Gaynor when she is hoping to find out about the case. She replies that the CPS is considering it; however, she is not quite sure what that means, “But at least I have Thailand to look forward to.”
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| "We talked about going to Thailand" |
He recalls that he and Cheryl talked about going to Thailand together, but before he continues on his round,
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| "Have you seen this article?" |
Gaynor asks if he has seen this article about Cassie in the paper.
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| They look at each othe |
They look at each other.
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| Cassie comes downstairs |
It appears that everyone has a copy of the Carmarthenshire Herald today (although it has never been mentioned before), as Kath is also looking at it when Cassie comes downstairs but quickly closes the paper.
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| "He's taken everything" |
Before Cassie pours herself a drink, she tells Kath, “He’s taken everything – he’s taken his spare clothes, his protein shakes and his dumbbells – I don’t understand, Kath.”
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| Kath pours herself a drink |
She pours herself a stiff drink as Kath suggests that they do not have to open today, but she will make a cup of tea instead.
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| Indeg is surprised |
At number 10, Indeg remarks, “I’ve never seen so many nasty comments about someone I know.”
Ow gloats that the trolls have been busy; “Don’t look at me like that –
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| "She deserves everything she gets!" |
“she deserves everything she gets – she said she didn’t regret what she did to Dad.”
Indeg is worried that he will regret what he did,
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| "There's n worse feeling than betraying your family" |
“Because there’s no worse feeling than betraying your family.’ He reminds her that they said they would stick together and that is what they are going to do. This does nothing to relieve her concern.
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| "I told you it was too good to be true" |
“I told you it was too good to be true, didn’t I?” says Kath, but Cassie moans that she opened her heart to Ows.
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| "Someone must have forced him" |
She is convinced that he would not have done this unless someone forced him to do so. “Or offered him a fortune?” Kath adds.
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| "Betray his own grandmother?" |
“Are you trying to say he would betray his own grandmother? I know him better than that!”
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| "Do you, Cassie?" |
but Kath is very dubious about that.
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| "I need to keep a clear head" |
Cassie will not have another drink, as she wants to keep a clear head for when Em arrives this afternoon. She picks up her coat and leaves the Deri,
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| "I want answers!" |
maintaining, “I want answers!”
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| Gwern looks up at The Pizza Place |
Gwern is looking at The Pizza Place
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| "Do you want to have a look inside?" |
when Garry approaches and invites him to go and have a look inside, emphasising that there is no pressure.
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| "I want to hear your ideas" |
“I want to hear your ideas.” Gwern takes the keys and opens the door.
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| "I did try to warn you, Cass" |
Cassie has met Britt outside MFC; “The last thing I want to do is to find fault, Cass, but I did try to warn you about him.”
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| "There's no need to make assumptions" |
Cassie’s response is that there is no need to make assumptions.
“No, but it’s obvious that Ows has talked to the Herald.” Cassie wants to know why, as there must be a reason; what she cannot understand is she has shown him nothing but kindness and welcomed him.
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| "You're shown him more than that, haven't you?" |
Britt is of the opinion that Cassie has shown him more than that; “Do you think I’ve been naïve in taking him under my wing?” Cassie asks, “That’s what you Christians preach, isn’t it?
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| "Turning the other cheek and so on? |
“Forgiveness and turning the other cheek and so on.”
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| "Sometimes you have to be ready for a slap" |
“That’s the thing about turning of the cheek – sometimes you have to be ready for the odd slap!”
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| Llinos and her husband are watching |
Cassie becomes aware of Llinos and her husband, standing outside the Deri, with a copy of the paper, who are looking at her.
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| "Three copies?" |
In the shop, one customer has asked for three copies of the paper, which surprises Colin
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| "That's £7.05" |
and he charges £7.05. Then Hywel would like a written copy as well.
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| Colin hides the rest of the copies |
Colin is not comfortable about this and puts the rest of the copies away on the bottom shelf,
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| "What do you think you're doing?" |
but at that moment Eileen comes in and demands what he is doing.
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| "They've been flying out all morning" |
“Well, in fairness to Cassie, I don’t think we should be selling any more copies,” he tells her, “They’ve been flying out of the shop all morning.”
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| "Well, they can fly out all afternoon, too" |
“Well, they can fly out all afternoon, too,” she instructs him
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| Cassie comes in |
and at that moment Cassie walks into the shop.
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| "I knew you had a colourful history, but . . ." |
“I knew that you had a colourful history, but, heavens above!” says Eileen, as she walks away,
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| "Sorry, Cassie, that's terrible" |
with Colin apologising that it is a terrible thing to do.
“I’m used to her mouth,” Cassie replies, but he says he was referring to Ows.
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| "He's talked to this rag of a paper. |
“I take it he’s the one who's talked to this rag of a paper.”
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| "Perhaps this reporter put pressure in him" |
“I’m sure there’s an explanation to all of this – perhaps the reporter put pressure on him.”
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| "I just wanted to check . . ." |
Hywel is sorry for the paper in his hand, but he saw the article online and just wanted to check . . .
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| "That I'm being slandered in print as well?" |
“To check whether I was being slandered and insulted in print as well?” asks Cassie, “Well, I hope that tabloid paid you well for running your mouths, that’s all I can say.”
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| "No-one from the paper came here" |
Rhys is quick to point out that no-one from the paper came to the village to interview people and Hywel is adamant, “We’d never spread gossip to a two-bit reporter! And all the quotes in here are out of context –
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| "All we did was have a few chats with Ows" |
“all we did was have a few chats with Ows.
“He was asking lots of questions – he wanted to know what you were like and your history – and I was naïve enough to think he was someone who was just interested in his family.”
Rhys maintains that boy can manipulate people to do or say exactly what he wants. Cassie turns and walks out of the shop.
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| "That's £2.35, please" |
Meanwhile, Colin still has not been paid the £2.35 for the paper.
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| "I have to see him" |
There is a hammering on the door of number 10; Indeg opens it and Cassie comes in. “Sorry, I have to see him!” but Indeg does not think that is a good idea.
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| "What are you trying to do?" |
“Look, I’m not here to throw blame around, but I want to know how this happened. Has someone put pressure on you, paid you? What are you trying to do? Punish me? What have I done to you?”
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| "You just don't understand, do you?" |
Ows replies, “You just don’t understand, do you?”
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| "I thought we were family" |
Cassie thought that they understood each other and that they were family.
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| "You don't know the meaning of the word!" |
“Family? You don’t know the meaning of the word! You’ve never been there for me, for Em, for Dad – and I don’t want you here now either –
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| She leaves, as instructed |
“get out!”
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| "Can you believe her?" |
When Indeg has closed the door behind her, he snarls, “Can you believe her? She just can’t see it, but I’ll sort that out now!
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| "I'm sending the article to Em" |
“I’m sending the article to Em – and then we’ll see how self-righteous Cassie is, when her dear child sees that her mother is toxic and evil.”
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| Mark is back from his shift |
Mark is back from his shift and goes across to the shelf where the rest of Cheryl’s ashes are in an urn.
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| He picks up the remainder of Cheryl's ashes . . . |
He picks it up and looks very emotional,
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| . . . and has decided what to do |
then makes a decision.
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| Kath finds Cassie outside |
Cassie is sitting outside the Deri when Kath comes out. Cassie maintains that she is all right.
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| "You left your phone behind" |
“You left your phone behind,” she is told, “A lot of people have been calling to see if you’re OK.”
“Sticking their noses in, you mean.” She scrolls through her messages,
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| "They're all disappointed in him" |
while Kath assures her that everyone is disappointed in him and that he has made a fool of all of them.
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| "Em – she's not coming!" |
Then another text arrives; “From Em – she has read the article and has decided not to come to see her mother after all.
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| "And don't contact me!" |
“And ‘don’t contact me’! How did Em get a copy of the Carmarthenshire Herald?”
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| "It's obvious who told her" |
Kath informs her that it is online as well, so it becomes obvious who has alerted Em.
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| Then Cassie notices . . . |
Ows can be seen
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| . . . Ows swaggering along the street |
swaggering down the street past the pharmacy with Indeg.
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| Cassie goes to confront him |
Cassie gets up and is warned by Kath to calm down, but heads for a confrontation.
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| "You devious swine!" |
“You devious swine! Judas! You’ve been plotting this right from the start, haven’t you?
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| "Shame on you!" |
“Shame on you. It’s one thing to betray me – but dragging Em into this?”
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| "Everyone deserves to know the truth" |
maintains that everyone deserves to know the truth, but Cassie accuses him of intentionally tarnishing her reputation. “Do you know what? I don’t give a damn about that, but I do care about Em.”
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| Hywel and Rhys are watching |
Hywel and Rhys are watching from outside the Deri
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| "You put pressure on me" |
as Cassie continues, “You put pressure on me to get Em to come down here – and then you’ve gone and poisoned our relationship.”
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| Colin and Eileen are also having a 'nose' |
Colin and Eileen have come out of the shop to see what is going on. Ows maintains that she has done that herself
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| "Everyone knows who you are now" |
and all he has done is to open people’s eyes. Britt has emerged from MFC as he goes on, “Everyone knows who you are now, including Em.
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| Llinos and her husband |
The audience now includes Llinos and her husband.
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| "Do you record our conversations?" |
“What did you do – record our conversations on your phone or on that watch?” He smirks that she is aware he never takes it off. “Didn’t our conversations mean anything to you?” demands Cassie,
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| "Watch him – he's dangerous!" |
warning Indeg to watch him, because he is dangerous. “Don’t let him into your life like I did – you’ll regret it! You may have deceived me with your charm,
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| "Unfounded propaganda" |
“but do you think the people in this village are going to believe unfounded propaganda from a man they don’t know?”
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| "You're proud of those smutty novels, aren't you"" |
You’re proud of those smutty novels you churn out, aren’t you?
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| "And you've slept with half the village" |
“And the fact that you’ve slept with half the village?”
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| "We have one thing in common, then" |
Cassie points out that they have something in common in that respect.
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| "You killed your own son!" |
“You killed your own son – so I never got to meet Dad, thanks to you – and nothing you say or do can change that!”
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| Mark goes to Llwyncelyn |
Mark has taken the ashes to Llwyncelyn and explains to Gaynor that he has been thinking about their chat earlier, “You know, about the plans we make and how we always put them off.
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| "There are some ashes left for you to scatter" |
“The thing is, there are some ashes left for you to scatter – I haven’t felt able to let her go, you see.
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| "We need to say goodbye to Cher together" |
“I don’t know, somehow it didn’t feel like the right time, but I understand why now. Because we need to say goodbye to Cher together.”
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| Gaynor is very emotional |
Gaynor is in tears and does not know what to say,
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| "Tomorrow" |
but he assures her that she does not need to say anything, but should just decide on the perfect place – tomorrow.
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| Madge and her husband have joined the audience |
The altercation outside MFC has caused some interest in the village,
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| "I opened my heart to you" |
as Cassie points out, “I opened my heart to you – I told you exactly what happened in Cysgod y Glyn – and you know how hard it was for me.”
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| "You said you didn't regret it!" |
He agrees that she said everything, including the fact that she did not regret it, but it did not have to be that way; “I gave you a chance to apologise and to take responsibility before the truth came out, but you didn’t! You said you were glad I never met him.”
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| Cassie is about to walk away. |
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| "Everyone knows the real Cassie Morris now!" |
so Ows announces, “Everyone knows the real Cassie Morris now! A coldhearted murderer who killed my father, her own son – and who doesn’t regret it!”
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| "Your father was the murderer!" |
Cassie demands why she should regret it; “I’ve had enough of this – your father was the murderer, I was protecting Mam and nothing else. I am glad that you weren’t around him when you were growing up in case he influenced you, because you’re dangerous enough it is!”
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| "You ignored me for 20 years!" |
“What did you expect after ignoring me for 20 years? The perfect grandson?”
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| "I do know who I am!" |
Cassie points out that no-one is perfect, particularly her, but she does know who she is and is proud of it; “That’s more than you’ll ever be able to say about yourself.”
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| Ows loses it . . . |
This is the final straw for Ows,
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| . . . and lunges toward Cassie |
who is about to attack Cassie, but is restrained by Indeg.
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| Indeg attempts to restrain him . . . |
He brutally pushes her away,
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| . . . and is injured in the process |
her, but is prevented from going to her by Siwsi,
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| "Don't you dare come near her again!" |
who shouts, “No! Don’t you dare come near her again!” and takes her home.
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| "I said you were dangerous, didn't I?" |
“I said you were dangerous, didn't I?” Cassie remarks, “And if only you knew how much I’ve kept from you to protect you.”
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| "Tell me now, then!" |
He demands that she should tell him now, so she agrees to do so.
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| "Your mother intended to have an abortion" |
“The reason I was not there when you were a child was because your mother had intended to have an abortion. It was only when I got your letter that I realised that she’d changed her mind.
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| "Steffan was a murderer and rapist!" |
“And why do you think she didn’t want Steffan’s child? Because your father was a murderer and a rapist –
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| "He raped a girl named Karen" |
“he raped a girl named Karen. Now, the people you’ve been talking to here probably haven’t told you that, have they?”
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| "No – you're lying" |
Ows will not accept what she says, accusing her of lying.
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| "You came here to find out who you are . . ." |
“Yes, it is true – and do you remember why you came here in the first place? To find out who you are.
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| ". . . well, you've showed everyone now, haven't you?" |
“Well, you showed everyone who you are now, haven’t you?
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| "Your father's son – every inch of you!" |
“Your father’s son – every inch of you!”
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| Ows slinks away |
Utterly humiliated, Ows slinks away round the corner,
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| "What the hell are you looking at?" |
while Cassie shouts at all the onlookers, “What the hell are you looking at?”
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| Escaping round the corner . . . |
In the back street behind MFC,
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| . . . he punches the wall in frustration |
Ows punches the wall in frustration,
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| This did not end as he had anticipated |
having been comprehensively destroyed by Cassie.
