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| Breakfast time |
It is breakfast time at the farmhouse;
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| Mathew is amusing the children . . . |
Sioned tells Mathew to stop playing with the children, pointing out that they are covered in jam now. They need to brush their teeth again.
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| . . . but Sioned is not amused |
“I have to tidy up or the social worker will think we live in a pig sty.”
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| "Just let me do things, will you?" |
Then she accidentally knocks his leg, causing him some pain; “Just let me do things, will you?” she snarls.
Mathew protests that she cannot do everything and urges her to go and have a shower.
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| "I have to check on that calf" |
“I can’t do that – I have to go and check on the cows and that calf.
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| "Mami will be back in two minutes" |
“Mami will be back in two minutes, OK?”
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| "Have you any plans for tonight?| |
Siôn informs Eileen that there is no mention of Cassie in today’s paper. There is also something he wished to ask Eileen; “Have you any plans for tonight?”
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| "Bath – watching rubbish on television" |
She summarises that it will be a quiet night, a bath and watching rubbish on television. “I might have a better offer for you,” he proposes, “You know that new brasserie that’s opening outside the village?
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| "The brasserie opens tonight" |
“Tonight is their opening night and I was going to . . .”
Eileen regards that as a lovely idea and cannot remember the last time they went out for a meal together.
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| "Something to wear for our hot date" |
“I’m going to look for something nice to wear for our hot date!”
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| "That's not what I had in mind" |
He mutters to himself that a hot date was not what he had in mind.
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| Cassie is complaining |
In the Deri, Kath has persuaded Cassie to come downstairs, but she is complaining, “Look, I’ve already told you that I have a good half an hour before . . .”
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| "Surprise!" |
then she notices the welcoming committee which has assembled. They all raise her glasses to her and shout, “Surprise!”
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| She is presented with flowers |
while Kath presents her with a bunch of red roses.
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| "This one is actually true!" |
Kelly draws her attention to a laptop on the bar; “Here you go - an article – featured article, exclusively about you – but this one is actually true!”
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| "Not like the lies in that rag!" |
“Yeah, not like the lies in that rag of a paper, eh?” adds Kath
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| "Cassie – the heart of the valley?" |
Cassie reads what it says on the screen; “Cassie – the heart of the valley. Is that me?”
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| "Or Sassy, Classy Cassie!" |
Kelly replies, “Yeah, or sassy, classy Cassie, if you prefer. So, the Herald has made a complete U-turn
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| "They want to publish this " |
and they want to publish this – if you’re up for it – no pressure, like.”
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| "I don't know what to say" |
Cassie is astonished by this and does not know what to say; she is assured by Kelly that she is worth it.
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| "To Cassie Morris!" |
They all drink a toast, “To Cassie Morris!” then Jinx demands that she makes a speech.
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| "I think I've opened my mouth enough in public" |
“I think I’ve opened my mouth enough in public recently – but thank you very much for showing me that I have friends in this valley – true friends.
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| "I don't know what I would have done without you" |
“I don’t know what I would have done without you, to be honest.”
Jinx proposes another toast, “To Cassie, the heart of the valley!”
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| "There should be a photo in there" |
However, Kath interrupts to suggest that there ought to be a photo of Cassie there on the screen.
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| It just so happens that Jinx has his camera |
Jinx has brought his camera for that very purpose,
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| "I don't know about that" |
but Cassie is rather reluctant.
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| "You shouldn't be doing housework!" |
Mathew is doing some light cleaning when Sioned returns to the farmhouse and she reprimands him for doing so;
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| "I said I'd do that!" |
“I said I’d do that – you’re not supposed to do any housework for weeks!”
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| "I was trying to help" |
He mainly thought that he would help out before the officer comes, but she insists that it will be easier if he just stays on the sofa. “I don’t want to sound ungrateful – I’m just worried,” she tells him, “It’s the second time Social Services have had to call over.”
He points out that circumstances were different last time; “After Jac went to hospital with possible poisoning, it is just protocol.”
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| "Because I can't look after him!" |
“Yes, because I can’t look after him – because I’m too busy fixing the fence, to keep the grant, because we have no money, Math!” she rages, “This place is swallowing every penny we have.”
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| There is a knock on the door |
Then there is a knock at the door.
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| "I'm scared after what happened with the paper" |
Cassie explains to Kath, “It’s not that I don’t want my photo taken, but I’m scared after what happened with the paper.” Kath reminds her that she has already said that she is amongst friends here and everyone thinks the world of her. “Don’t start – or my mascara will start running again.”
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| Cassie changed her mind |
Then she announces to Jinx at the other end of the bar, “If you want to take my photo, you’ll have to do it now, because I’m on my break in five minutes.”
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| "Just relax, like, Cassie" |
Kelly advises her that she does not have to pose, but just relax, like.
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| "You don't have that in your face" |
“That’s easy for you to say – you don’t have that in your face,” is Cassie’s reply.
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| Jinx takes the photo |
She smiles and Jinx seems pleased with his photo.
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| Siôn hands a ticket to Garry |
Siôn meets Garry clandestinely in the alley, handing him a card in a suspicious fashion.
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| "I could get used to this" |
“Oh, a VIP,” comments Garry, “I could get used to this,” as he hands a sheet of paper to Siôn, asking, “What do you think of it?”
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| "I'm not reading this out in public" |
“I’m not reading this out in public,” declares Siôn, “It’s unlike anything I’d say or believe!”
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| "Well, make it sound as if it is" |
In that case he is instructed to make it sound like something he would say or believe.
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| "It's against my values" |
It’s full of business jargon, Garry – it’s against my values.” Garry sneers at his use of the word ‘values’.
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| "Your values are what I want them to be" |
“Just remember, when you read that out tonight, that your values are whatever I want them to be,” Garry reminds him,
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| Garry walks away |
before walking away.
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| The Social Services visit is over . . . |
The social worker is about to leave Penrhewl after their meeting;
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| . . . and apparently went well |
it seems to have gone well, as Sioned and Mathew hug. He praises the twins for behaving like angels,
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| "It's a shame they're not the ones being marked" |
but Sioned considers it a shame that they are not the ones being marked.
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| "Can't you just relax a little bit?" |
“It’s obvious to the social worker that you’re an excellent mother and that you can cope,” Mathew insists, “Can’t you just be glad that everything went OK and relax a little bit?”
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| "I've got loads to do" |
“No, I can’t relax, because I’ve lost a whole afternoon of work – I’ve got loads to do – I have to go straight back up to Cae Crwn – that fence won’t finish itself.
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| "Oh very nice, Eileen" |
Eileen has selected what she will wear and is complimented on it by Siôn;
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| "You know the effect it has on me" |
“You know what effect it has on me when you wear one of your best suits,” she tells him.
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| "It's an invitiation" |
She picks up the invitation and he tries to make sure that she cannot see the paper given to him by Garry,
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| Then she picks up Garry's paper |
but she picks it up, nevertheless.
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| "This is a speech, Siôn" |
“This is a speech, Siôn,” she remarks, so he admits that the owner of the brasserie asked him to say a few words as the local community councillor and maintains that he tried to tell her earlier.
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| "I was looking forward to a romantic meal" |
“I was looking forward to a romantic meal, just the two of us,” she moans, but he maintains that they can do that any night.
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| "Tonight is a special occasion" |
“He adds that tonight is a special occasion – unique – there might be a lot of local business people, which would be a chance to network.
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| "I'd rather spend the night at home" |
She does not like the sound of spending the night with people she does not know; she would rather spend the night at home.
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| "They might be interested in Cae Glas produce" |
However when he suggests that the brasserie might be interested in Cae Glas produce,
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| "You could put in a good word for me . . ." |
she imagines, “The local community councillor could introduce me and put in a good word on my behalf –
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| ". . . I shall expect a lot of champagne!" |
but the local community councillor’s ‘plus one’ will expect a lot of champagne.”
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| "There's one things left to do" |
“Well, there’s only one thing left to do, Cass – press ‘send’,” says Kelly, “If and when you’re ready – and only if you’re happy, obviously.”
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| Which button do I press?" |
“Right, I’m happy – which button do I press?” asks Cassie; the article is sent to the Herald
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| She needs to go careful with that dodgy heart |
Out in the field, Sioned is a wielding a hammer,
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| She is energetically hammering |
apparently working off some of the frustration which she feels.
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| The brasserie is finished |
At this brasserie, which has been completed, despite the absence of Mathew from APD, Siôn is greeting some of the guests
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| Britt and Garry arrive |
and at last Eileen sees some people that she knows; Britt and Garry
“Well, Siôn White - who would have thought?” says Garry, with more surprise.
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| "We have to behave now" |
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| "I'm looking forward to the speeches" |
Garry is looking forward to the speeches later, advising Siôn not to have too much champagne beforehand.
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| "How did you know Siôn was going to make a speech?" |
“How did you know Siôn was going to make a speech?” Eileen enquires
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| "That's what community councillors do" |
Before Garry can manufacture a reply, Britt maintains that is what community councillors do; “While their partners stuff themselves with canopés and get drunk at the free bar – so cheers!”
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| Sioned is exhausted . . . |
By now Sioned is exhausted
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| . . . and drops her hammer |
and throws down the hammer.
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| She looks across at the farm . . . |
She looks across at the farm,
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| . . . loads up the tools . . . |
then puts her equipment into the back of the 4x4
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| . . . and drives across the field |
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| Britt is having a good feed . . . |
At the brasserie, Britt is taking full advantage of the free food and drink
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| . . . during Siôn's speech |
as Siôn’s speech drones on, “But, seriously, I'd like to emphasise that we all have to commit to not just supporting local businesses but to encourage them to buy and develop empty buildings just like this venture.”
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| A round of applause |
There is a round of applause, presumably hoping that Siôn has finished,
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| "And so, to close . . ." |
but he continues, “And so, friends, to close, I’d like to thank the new owners for the refreshments, the revelry – and the third ‘r’, the most important, raising a toast, of course.
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| ". . . every success to the brasserie!" |
“Raise your glasses – every success and long life to the brasserie!”
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| Garry indicates his approval |
Garry appears satisfied with his performance,
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| Eileen's champagne is running low . . . |
but Eileen obviously is not too keen that her champagne is running out.
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| . . . so details Britt . . . |
She draws Britt’s attention to the remaining bottles,
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| . . . to fetch another couple of bottles |
and a couple more are collected.
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| Sioned closes the gate . . . |
Sioned closes the gate after driving through it
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| . . . looks across Penrhewl's rolling acres . . . |
and is in tears as she looks across the fields.
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| . . . and sobs piteously |
She sobs inconsolably.
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| "What's wrong, Cassie?" |
Kath brings Cassie a cup of tea and ask her what is wrong;
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| "You're happy with what Kelly did, aren't you?"" |
“You are happy with what Kelly did, aren’t you?”
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| "What if Ows saw it?" |
Cassie replies that of course she is, but is just thinking what if Ows saw it.
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| "Does it matter?" |
“Does it matter?” Kath snaps, “He might understand how much people think of you, Cassie.”
Cassie comments that it is rubbing salt into the wound; “You know it’s not normal that I have so many friends,
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| "I'm not in contact with a single member of my family" |
“but I’m not in contact with a single member of my own family.”
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| "Do you want any contact with that thug?" |
“Do you want any contact with that thug Ows – after he dragged your name through the mud?” demands Kath.
Cassie is well aware that he is not a saint, but she has decided that she is going to learn from this nightmare;
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| "I'm going to do things differently next time" |
“I don’t know when or how – and I’m not ready to reach out yet, but when the dust settles, I’m going to do things differently next time.”
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| "At last, Sioned" |
Sioned returns to the farmhouse and Mathew is very relieved to see her;
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| "I'm so sorry for everything, Sioned" |
“I’m so sorry about everything,” but she tells him that he has nothing to apologise for. He offers to make her a cup of tea.
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| "We need to talk" |
Sioned insists, “We need to talk – and I want us to be completely honest with each other.”
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| "Those canapés were fantastic" |
At the brasserie, Britt, who is still getting through the champagne, maintains that for the brasserie’s first night, those canapés were fantastic,
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| "The crème brulée was not right" |
although Eileen finds fault with the creme brulée.
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| "Well, you ate all of it!" |
She is reminded that she ate it all, anyway.
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| "Is it true you've put in an offer for the pharmacy?" |
Eileen gets up and asks Garry, “Is it true that you’ve put in an offer for the pharmacy?”
He will not give her a definite answer,
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| "No-one wants to see empty buildings" |
says, “Whoever buys that place in the end, I hope the process of reopening will be smooth and without fuss, because no-one wants to see empty buildings in our villages.”
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| "You got your dirty paws on The Pizza Place" |
Eileen goes on, “Because you’ve just got your dirty paws on The Pizza Place – that wasn’t empty.”
Siôn tries to stop her, but she insists, “Sorry, but it’s true, Siôn.”
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| "Are you going to make me an offer for Tamed or the shop?" |
He helps her on with her coat as she continues, “What’s next? Are you going to make me an offer for Tamed or the shop? What real estate have you got your eye on next for your portfolio?”
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| "I want to talk to Siôn about the chapel" |
Garry replies that he wants to schedule a chat with Siôn about the chapel,
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| "You want to own a chapel?" |
which Eileen finds rather amusing; “You want to own a chapel?”
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| "Yes – I want to buy Bethania!" |
“To be honest, yes – I want to buy Bethania.”
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| "We're going home, Eileen" |
Siôn looks outraged at the suggestion, informing Eileen that they are going home,
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| Garry smiles |
while Garry smiles enigmatically.
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| "We can't carry on like this" |
“We can’t carry on like this,” insists Sioned, “It’s been one thing after another for months. We had that difficult lambing season, then the huge fine – which led, in a way, to the accident.
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| "Why are we doing it, Math?" |
“I almost lost you and Jac – within a single day! So why are we doing it, Math?
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| "I struggle here every day!" |
“I struggle here every day and I’m not enjoying it any more – I don’t get anything out of it, just tiredness, worry and stress.
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| "Why on earth am I still doing it?" |
“So why on earth am I still doing it?”
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| "Because this is your home?" |
Mathew, who has been silent until now, suggests, “Because this is your home? And you’ve fought so hard to keep this place going Penrhewl is your dream – running a farm, raising children in the countryside.”
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| "Penrhewl was my dream" |
“Penrhewl was my dream,” she groans, so he asks what has changed;
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| "I've changed" |
“Me,” she replies, “I’ve changed. For years, I believed in that dream as well – I thought that Penrhewl would make me happy,
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| "This place has broken me" |
“but the truth is, Math, this place has broken me – and it almost took you and Jac away from me.
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| "I don't want to hate the place" |
“I don’t want to hate this place – I want to remember the good times and the happy memories,
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| "Not all this stress and struggling" |
“with Dad and Auntie Marian, not all this stress and struggling, with nothing to show for it.”
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| "What are you trying to say?" |
Mathew demands what she is trying to say.
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| "I can't do this any longer . . ." |
She sits by his side on the sofa and confesses, “I can’t do this any more – I can’t live here any longer –
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| ". . . I want to leave Penrhewl!" |
“I want to leave Penrhewl.”
