19 February 2020 (1st)

"It's about time you bought your own place"

Gerwyn is looking at a brochure from Tomos ac Ellis when he meets his mother, who remarks that it is about time he bought his own place;  “Rent is a waste of money – and that house is too small.”

"We love having you here . . .but"

He agrees that it is not large enough, but explains that it is not for them;  “We love having you here, and you’ve been fantastic lately, but . . .”   

"You're not throwing me out?"

She cannot believe that he is throwing her out, but he stresses that it will only be temporary.   “Nothing has happened – Jaclyn just needs some space – she can’t recover properly with all the comings and goings.”

“Oh, I see!” replies Brenda, “What about the children?”   He admits he would like it if they moved out as well, but must think of one thing at a time.   

"The deposit's paid and everything's sorted"

He knows that it is short notice, but he has paid the deposit and everything is sorted.

She suspects that something else is going on

She does not look impressed when she takes a look at the details, but is promised that with a bit of paint and wallpaper, it will be like a palace.   “You would tell me if there was something else going on?” his mother demands, but he assures her that there is nothing, and the flat will be ready by the end of the afternoon.   

"Right, I'll leave – but I'm not living there!"

“Right, I’ll leave – but I’m not living there!” she exclaims, 

"I'll find my own 'palace'!"

“I’ll find somewhere – I understand – I’ll find my own palace!”

"That's the last time I clean the bathroom – it's gross!"

Tesni has been making herself useful, but complains, “That’s the last time I clean the bathroom – it’s gross!”   Her mother says that she will get used to it, with some practice, and asks if she has done the mirrors.   

"It's slave labour, Dad!"

As Gerwyn comes in, Tesni moans that it is slave labour.

“She’s making a fuss about the fact she has to do some cleaning for me,” Jaclyn tells him, and he is glad that she is helping.   

"I've told Mam about moving out"

He wants to warn Jaclyn that he has told his mother she has to move out, and she is not happy about the news.

“If she asks to stay, you know what the answer is – I’m relying on you!” he adds.   

"I can't understand why you want her out"

Jaclyn cannot understand why he wants her out, 

"If you hadn't put us in danger"

but he points out, “If you hadn’t put us in danger, she wouldn’t have to move out, but it’s not safe here any more.   Tell Tesni as well, OK?   She has a soft spot for Mam-gu.”

Then she finds this in the paper . . .

Jaclyn has just turned the page of the Western Post, and notices an item in the obituaries about the funeral of Bethan Price;  

. . . and is quite troubled by it

she appears to be quite mesmerised by it.

"When I use the dishwasher, my glasses steam up"

In Tapas, as Sara is taking orders from the customers, Guto appears, and is told that he should not be in there;  he complains that he is having trouble with the dishwasher, complaining, “When I take things out of it, my glasses steam up.”

"Well, take them off, then!"

Sara snarls, “You know the answer to that, don’t you?   Take them off!”   It appears that Dylan has also been looking at the paper, and as he gets the drinks for customers, 

"He's pretty useless, isn't he?"

Sara remarks, “I know Guto’s your nephew, but he’s pretty useless, isn’t he?”   

Dylan maintains that he can see some potential

Dylan urges her to give him a chance;  “He seems a bit clueless at times, but I see a lot of potential.”   She hopes that he is right, otherwise she does not know how they can keep him on.

Brenda wants to stay in the Deri flat . . .

In her quest for accommodation, Brenda asks Cassie, “As Garry and Dani are away, perhaps I could come here until they’re back.”   Cassie predicts that Garry would have a fit if he found out, 

. . . but Cassie does not want to lose her job

and she is not particularly keen to lose her job;  she hopes that Brenda will be successful elsewhere.

Brenda looks at Dai and finds inspiration

Then Brenda looks along the bar, where Dai is standing, and has an idea;  

"I haven't finished reading it yet"

he is very eager to find out whether Cassie has written the foreword for the novel, but she protests that she has not finished reading it yet.

"For goodness' sake – I need it now!"

“For goodness’ sake – I need it now!” he exclaims, “Well, not now, but this afternoon!   I’ve found a printer to do the publishing.”

"You haven't given me enough change, Colin . . ."

Kath is in the shop, and points out to Colin that he has not given her enough change;  

". . . and you look a bit pale"

she also remarks that he is looking rather pale.   

"Eileen has suggested I run the shop permanently"

“Eileen has suggested that I run the shop permanently,” he explains, 

"If you don't want to do it, I will!"

and she is quick to suggest that if he does not want to do it, she will.

“I enjoyed working here,” she says, but he points out there is a difference between working there and being the manager.

Sioned is just coming through the door 

"I'd do as good a job as you – better perhaps!"

as Kath insists, “I’d do as good a job as you – better perhaps!”   

"Obviously Mam doesn't agree!"

Sioned is quick to inform her that Eileen does not agree, or she would not have offered Colin the job — and she is the shop’s owner.

This takes the wind out of Kath’s sails and she leaves the shop.   

"Perhaps she could do a better job than me"

Colin thinks that Kath may be right, and she might do a better job than him.   

"Mam thought you were good enough!"

“Do you think Mam would have offered you the job if she didn’t think you were good enough?” Sioned asks, 

"I was useless at the brainstorming!"

and he explains about the brainstorming session with Izzy last night concerning the shop – 
where he was useless.

“You don’t need to change things,” Sioned tells him, but he recalls what Izzy said about needing a strategy.   

"Perhaps she's been on one course too many"

“Perhaps Izzy’s been on one course too many,” Sioned surmises, “Col, you’ve been here long enough to know what works.”

"Then there's all this paperwork"

He is not finding the paperwork easy either,

"Look, I can help you with that"

so Sioned offers to help him, promising not to say a word to her mother.

"There's no room in our house as it is, sorry"

Brenda is now speaking to Diane at APD, but receives the answer, “I’m not sure how I can help you – there’s no room in our house as it is, sorry!”   

"Unless you sleep with the lawnmower in the shed!"

When Dai gets back from the Deri, he is quick to agree that there is no room at their house, 

unless Brenda sleeps with the lawnmower in the shed.

"Where have you been, Dai?"

When asked where he has been, he replies that he had a meeting with a customer, 

"You were in the Deri, talking to Cassie"

but of course, Brenda spills the beans that he was in the Deri.   

"This new stock needs to be put out!"

“Drinking while we’ve got work to do?” Diane rages, “This new stock needs to be put out!”

"Nefi wen!   That Brenda's got a big mouth!"

Dai moans to Mathew, “Nefi wen!   That Brenda’s got a big mouth!   She almost spoiled the surprise.”   

"Is it all ready for the printers?"

Mathew enquires if everything is ready to go to the printers, and is told there is only Cassie’s review to sort out – and she needs to get a move on.   

"It takes a while to write these things"

Mathew remarks that something like that takes time to write

"What do you know about writing?"

“What do you know about writing?” Dai demands, “Do you even read?   You youngsters just fiddle with your mobile phones – what do you know about books?   You heard Diane – stock these shelves – pull your finger out!”

"I have to find somewhere tonight!"

Brenda has now reached Maes-y-Deri, and pleads with Kath, “I have to find somewhere tonight, or I’ll be out on the street!”   

"They're not kicking you out?"

Kath finds it difficult to believe that she is being kicked out, and suspects that it was Jaclyn’s idea.

“No, Jaclyn needs space to recover,” she is told, but Kath is adamant that they cannot throw her out, 

"I'm going over there to give them a mouthful!"

and intends to go over there and give them a mouthful now.   

"I'll sleep in the bath if I have to"

“No – if you really want to help, can I stay here until things settle down?   I’ll sleep anywhere, Kath – in the bath if I have to,” Brenda goes on, and is told that there is the box room.

"That would be great, Kath!"

Brenda is very grateful, 

"What shall we say?   £50 a week?"

until she is informed, “What shall we say – £50 a week, perhaps?”   

Brenda's attitude abruptly changes at the thought of paying out money

She is devastated at this suggestion, maintaining that she has never heard anything like it. “Stuff your box room – I’ll find someone else!” Brenda rages, but Kath seems to be very unconcerned.

Dylan is reading the Western Post 

At Tapas, Dylan is once again looking at the Western Post, 

"I took off my glasses, as you said . . ."

when Guto returns to inform Sara that he took off his glasses, as instructed, 

". . . then I couldn't see what I was doing"

and then burned his hand because he could not see what he was doing.   

"Mr Clueless has burned his hand!"

She moans at Dylan, “Mr Clueless has burned his hand,” 

Yes, Dylan is looking at that page, too

and we see that, as expected, he has been looking at the obituaries page.

"Would you run the garage for Garry?"

In the doorway of the shop, Colin encounters Gerwyn, and asks him, “If Garry were looking for someone to run the garage for him – you know, do the paperwork, accounts, that sort of thing – would you do it?”   Gerwyn wonders what exactly he is getting at, 

Brenda is about to retreat into the shadows

and Colin continues, “I’m finding being the ‘head honcho’ of this job a headache.”

At this point Brenda emerges from the alley, but seeing Gerwyn, dodges back out of sight.

"I suppose I could have a boss like Garry!"

Gerwyn points out that things could be worse, and Colin realises, “Yes, I could have a boss like Garry!”   

Gerwyn's words encourage Colin

He is told that he is the person to run the shop, as people love him – definitely.

"Yes, Eileen, everythings hunky-dory here"

This takes a weight off Colin’s mind, and then his phone rings;  “Yes, Eileen, everything is hunky-dory here – Britt was very pleased to hear the news,” he says.

Gerwyn notices his mother, lurking

As Gerwyn walks away, he notices his mother in the alley, and goes to investigate;  

"Have you found anywhere yet?"

he asks whether she has found anywhere yet, 

"I've had some offers"

and she maintains that she has had some offers.   “I haven’t decided yet, but I’ll be out today.”   

"I'll help move your stuff"

He is pleased to hear that, and will give her a hand to move her stuff.

Jaclyn is heading for Tapas

Then he notices Jaclyn, outside, walking past the café and tells her she is supposed to be resting, but she is just going to Tapas.   “Checking on Guto, is it?   You mollycoddle that boy – he’s 18!”   

She will have to be careful on the stairs at Tapas

Although she stumbles, she insists that she is fine, and continues along the road.

Up there appears to be her next idea

Brenda again emerges from the alley, and looks up at the flat above the shop;  and then walks on purposefully.

Sara attends to Guto's hand

Sara is treating Guto’s burnt hand, and he considers, “I don’t think I have much of a future as a pot washer, you know.   

"Do you think I could try 'front of house'?"

“Do you think I could try ‘front of house’?”   She looks sceptical, and remarks that he is not short of confidence.

"But only for a trial period!"

He looks at Uncle Dylan, and Sara is forced to acquiesce, stressing that it is for a trial period;  “If you’re not up to it by Saturday, you’re back in the kitchen!   Right, we’ll tell the chef what happened to your hand, and you can go.”

Jaclyn has made it up those stairs

Then Jaclyn walks into the office, and Dylan points out, “If you’re here about Guto’s accident, he’s fine!”   

"What accident?"

She knew nothing about any accident, but is told that he hurt his hand, and that it is nothing serious.

"Are you going to Bethan's funeral?"

Jaclyn is there to see Dylan;  “Are you going to Bethan’s funeral?” she asks, “She meant a lot to you at one point,” but he replies that was years ago.   “One of us should go, Dyl!” she snarls, 

"Your Mam is just leaving"

but they are interrupted by Guto, and Dylan says that his mother was just leaving.

"You're the only one who worries about me, Tes!"

Brenda is now back at number 10, and tells Tesni, “You’re the only one who worries about me.”   

"I'll have a word with Dad, and change his mind"

Tesni proposes having a word with her father, to get him to change his mind, but Brenda says she does not want to cause more trouble, 

"Is there a spare room in Sioned's flat?"

and wonders if there is a spare room in Sioned’s flat.

"You wouldn't want to go there"

“No – and even if there was, you wouldn’t want to go there,” is Tesni’s reply, 

"It's so handy, in the middle of the village"

but her grandmother says that its situation is very handy, in the middle of the village.   

"I suppose I could ask Math to give up his room"

Tesni could ask Mathew to give up his room, and he could sleep on the sofa, 

"I couldn't ask him to do that!"

but Brenda says she could not ask him to do that.

"Only for a couple of days, until we knock some sense into Dad"

“It would only be a couple of days, until we knock some sense into Dad,” Tesni predicts, and Brenda thinks that she has solved her problem.

"I was just telling Tes I've found somewhere to stay."

Jaclyn returns, and is informed by her mother-in-law, “I was just telling Tes that I’ve found somewhere to stay – in case you were worried.”   Jaclyn is pleased to hear it.

"Can't you go, Mathew?"

At APD, Diane summons Dai to give her some help, but he is busy doing something on the laptop, and wants Mathew to go instead;  

"I'm stacking shelves, remember?"

“I’m stacking shelves, remember?” is Mathew’s reply.   

The long-awaited review has arrived

Dai finds that the screen is informing him of a new e-mail, which is from Cassie Morris.

What Dai will eventually read, when Diane gives him an opportunity

Before he has a chance to read it, 

"You've got plenty of time to fiddle with that computer!"

Diane shouts, “You’ve got plenty of time to fiddle with the computer – come on!”

"I can't just drop everything for you all the time!"

“Do you know what, Diane?   I can’t just drop everything for you all the time!” he grumbles, as he goes to see what she wants.   

"Would you give up your room – just for a few days?"

Then Tesni comes in, with a huge favour to ask of Mathew;  “Would you give up your room, just for a few days?   A friend of mine is in a pickle – please?”   

"Whay can't she stay with you at the house?"

He wonders why she cannot stay with Tesni at the house, and she explains that he knows what her father is like.

"You can wrap him round your little finger"

He is not taken in by this;  “You can wrap him around your little finger,” 

"Mam's not well enough"

but she continues that her mother is not well enough, so he agrees, 

"As long as it's only a couple of days – and if Sioned agrees"

as long as it’s only a couple of days;  “And if Sioned doesn’t mind, because it’s her flat.”

"Come on – let's see Sioned!"

She wants him to immediately accompany her to see Sioned, stressing that the situation is desperate.

"I still can't understand what's so great about Tapas"

In the Deri, Guto explains to his father about the job, pointing out that he gets money;  “I still can’t understand what’s so great about Tapas!” is Gerwyn’s reponse, “You’d be better off doing an apprenticeship.”   

"Don't you want to see more of the world?"

Guto argues that is what it is, really – he is being trained, but his father would prefer somewhere decent.   

"That's pretty much what it is, Dad"

“Don’t you want to see more of the world – and have new experiences?” Gerwyn demands, but Guto is happy where he is.

"I've decided where I'm going"

Brenda arrives, announcing, “I’ve decided where I’m going, and I need your help!”   Gerwyn leaves with her, 

"It's your life – you should do what you want"

and Cassie advises Guto not to listen to his father;  it is his life, so he should do what he wants.

"Who's this friend, then, Tesni?"

Sioned, who is working on the laptop, enquires, “Who’s this friend, then, Tesni?” 

Then they hear a voice on the stairs

but then she hears a familiar voice on the stairs, 

"You've got to be joking!"

and, with horror, both she and Mathew realise the identity of this ‘friend’.

"Gran's going to pay for a weekend away" — yeah, pull the other one!

Tesni mutters to Mathew that her Gran promised to pay for a weekend away for them.   

"You're an example to everyone, Sioned!"

Brenda begins, “So many people criticise young people today, but you’re an example to everyone, Sioned.”   

"There has been a misunderstanding"

Sioned thinks there has been a misunderstanding;  “There’s no room here.”    

She feigns a swoon

Brenda is sorry to have troubled them, and pretends to almost faint .

"I shall find a hostel somewhere"

She will find a hostel somewhere, and this has the desired effect;  

"But only until the weekend!"

“But only until the weekend!” Sioned emphasises.

"You won't even notice I'm here"

Gerwyn brings up the first of her belongings, and informs them that there is more downstairs;  “Don’t worry, Sioned – you won’t even notice that I’m here!” Brenda assures her.   

Sioned is far from convinced

Sioned is not so sure of that.

"Have you thought about what I said?"

Dylan arrives at number 10;  “Have you thought about what I said?” Jaclyn asks, 

"I'm not going anywhere near Bethan's funeral – and neither are you!"

and he makes it clear that he is not going anywhere near Bethan’s funeral, and forbids Jaclyn from going, either.

"We can't be connected with her"

“We can’t afford to do anything which connects us to her!” he insists, and she wonders how someone’s life means so little to him.   

"Bethan knew the risks"

“Bethan knew the risks – if she hadn’t ruined things for herself, she would still be alive.   

"The police will be there, watching"

“The police will be there, watching.   You helped to move her body – you’ll be upset – you can’t hide that, I know you.”

Jaclyn still intends to go

Jaclyn is still determined that she will go, 

"You'd better not – or you'll regret it!"

so he warns her, “You’d better not – or . . . you’ll regret it!”

"Threatening me again, are you?"

“She demands if he is threatening her again, 

"One of these days, you're going to push me too far!"

and he chillingly replies, “One of these days, Jaclyn, you’re going to push me too far – you’re not going to that funeral!”