16 June 2020

"She hasn't had a single letter!"

In APD, Dai is complaining to Siôn that Diane has not received a single letter in her capacity as agony aunt;  “She’s quite low, to be honest – she’s very disappointed.”   

"There are plenty of problems out there"

Siôn advises that she has to persevere, and he is sure someone will send in a problem, as there are plenty out there.

"You're right – it's still early days"

“You’re telling me – and I’m sure you’re right – it’s still early days,” agrees Dai, 

"Give Diane my regards"

and is surprised when Mathew comes in through the door, saying that he feels much better, and is ready to get back to work.   

Dai does not believe Mathew has recovered

Dai does not believe that he is well enough, but Mathew reports that Diane said he could tidy up out the back, 

"Diane said she was looking forward to seeing me"

and she was looking forward to seeing him.   

Dai is far from convinced

It is obvious that Dai does not think he should be there.

That Penrhewl 4x4 is in a filthy state

At Penrhewl, Sioned is pressure washing the 4x4, which is in a terribly dirty state, when Izzy comes out of the house;  

"Where are you going?"

“Where are you going?” Sioned demands, and is told that she is going to the café.   
“You could visit Tomos ac Ellis while you are there, to find a place to rent.   You should have gone to that viewing – Britt’s told me everything – that you stole money from her purse – classy, Izzy!”

"I borrowed that money"

Izzy is still maintaining that she ‘borrowed’ the money, 

"That was not the word Britt used!"

but Sioned makes it clear that was not the word Britt used;  “I don’t care where you go – you’re leaving, OK?”   

"That won't be a problem, Sioned"

Izzy replies that will not be a problem, and Sioned reactivates the pressure washer.   

Izzy makes a phone call

As Izzy walks away, she smiles as she looks at her phone.

"Five missed calls – what's so important?"

In the café flat, Jason arrives, having been summoned by Sara;  “Five missed calls?” he says, and she accuses him of avoiding her.

"What's the point of having a phone if you don't answer it?"

“You’re not answering my calls – what’s the point of having a phone if you don’t answer it?” she moans, 

"I've been incredibly busy, Sara"

and he explains that he is incredibly busy.   “You promised to contact a solicitor,” she reminds him, and he says he has not had a chance.

"Is your time more precious than mine?"

“Other people are busy – is your time more precious than mine?’ she snaps at him, 

"All right, I'll do it today"

and he promises to contact a solicitor today.   She goes on, “Good – it’s important so that you and I can move on with our lives – so do it, then!”

"I'm off to work, Kel"

Jason goes downstairs and leaves for work 

Tyler is going to clean the café windows

as Tyler is informing Kelly that he can clean the windows this afternoon, after he has finished those at APD.   

"He's started a window cleaning business . . ."

She tells Sara that he has started a window cleaning business;  

". . . mind you, I don't know how to break the news to Desmond"

“Mind you, don’t know how to break the news to Desmond.”

"I'm having trouble with Jason"

Sara says that she is having trouble with Jason;  “He hasn’t done anything about the divorce.   He promised he’d contact a solicitor last week, but I’ve had a letter from my solicitor this morning, saying she hasn’t heard anything.”

This is the first Kelly has heard of it 

A divorce comes as a surprise to Kelly, but she calmly points out, “Jason has been flat out with Mathew off, like.”   Sara emphasises that he has a lunch hour like everyone else, 

"Can you have a word with him?"

and wants Kelly to have a word with him.  

She agrees to do this, adding, “Everything OK with Dylan?   

"We heard you having an argument"

“Just, we heard you having an argument last week, that’s all, but you didn’t wake us – we weren’t asleep.”   

"We had too much to drink"

Sara tries to explain it away as having had a bit too much to drink, but insists that everything is fine now.   

Kelly looks troubled

As she leaves the café, Kelly looks far from happy.

Rhys is looking worried

Rhys is working on the laptop at Llwyncelyn when his father comes in, 

"I'll come over to see you before long"

speaking to Eileen on the phone;  “I thought it would be something people would like to support.   I’ll come over to see you before long.”

"What are you doing here, then?"

He wonders what Rhys is doing there, and is told that he has closed the gym for an hour;  

"I've had a call from the clinic treating Ffion"

“I’ve had a call from the clinic – as part of Ffion’s therapy, they’ve asked if I can write how her alcoholism has affected me – for her to read out in front of the group.”

"And you agreed to do that?"

His father is surprised that he has agreed, but he does not know where to start;  “The problem is, every time I think about what we had, 

"Whether our relationship was genuine at all"

“I start to question whether our relationship was genuine at all.”   Hywel recommends that he should say that, but Rhys is still doubtful.

Mathew appears to be having difficulties . . .

At APD, Mathew is making heavy weather of sorting out the stock, and Dai asks if he is all right.   

. . . and Dai is very concerned

He replies that he is glad to be back, but it is obvious that bending to replace the boxes on the shelf is painful for him.

"Mathew thinks he is well enough to work . . ."

Jason comes in and is told by Dai that Mathew thinks he is well enough to work;  

". . . the point is, he's not!"

“The point is, he’s not!   It’s far too soon – I’m worried about him!   Now I have to go to Llanarthur before we start that job – by the time I get back I want you to have had a word with him, to knock some sense into him.”   

"Why me, Dai?"

Jason demands why he should be the one to do this, and is informed, “When Diane and I are not here, you’re in charge – work it out, for goodness’ sake!”

"Do you think I've been too honest?"

Looking at what he has written on the laptop, Rhys is afraid that it is too honest, as the last thing he wants to do is to hurt Ffion.   

"They asked you to be honest"

Hywel is adamant that he should be honest – as they have asked him to be.   

"How didn't I realise what was going on?"

“How didn’t I realise what was going on under my nose?” Rhys groans, and Hywel describes her as sly;  “I didn’t suspect a thing,” Rhys adds.

"It's Ffion's responsibility to sort this out"

“It’s not your fault, Rhys, I know you want to help, but it’s Ffion’s responsibility – she has to sort this out,” says Hywel, trying to hide his delight.

“Yes, I know – but – I still feel for her,” Rhys confesses;  his father urges him to just send it.

Mathew laboriously moves the compost bins

Mathew is awkwardly moving compost bins at the back of APD when Jason brings out a cup of tea;  

They have a tea break

they sit down together on an upturned tin bath, and Mathew admits that it is taking a while to get back into the swing of things.

Jason apologises for his part in what happened

“Look, I realise that it’s a bit late to say this, but I’m sorry,” Jason begins, “I’m sorry about what happened to you, and I’m partially to blame – if I hadn’t sent you home early, it wouldn’t have happened.”

"You were right – I wasn't concentrating"

Mathew reassures him that he was right to do that;  “I wasn’t concentrating,” but Jason still should not have ranted at him like a madman.

"Have I done something to upset someone"

Mathew has been trying to make sense of what happened, but just does not understand;  “Why me?   I’ve been thinking, have I done something to upset someone?   Done something I shouldn’t have, perhaps?”   

Jason says it is possible that it was just random, 

"Perhaps they were targeting someone else"

and Mathew adds, “Or perhaps they were targeting someone else – but I don’t know who.”   Jason asks what the police are saying, and whether there is any CCTV footage, but Mathew has not heard anything;  

"I doubt if they will catch anyone"

“They haven’t caught anyone, and I doubt they will.”

"I'm glad you're back, Mathew"

Jason can say one thing for sure – that he is glad Mathew is back.

Izzy is on the move . . .

Izzy wheels her case along the track at Penrhewl, 

. . . and lets herself into a caravan . . .

then opens the door of a small caravan parked in a field, 

. . . within a stone's throw of the farmhouse

only yards from the farmhouse;    she goes inside.

Garry (and Teddy) head towards Gwern's room

Garry, carrying Teddy the dog, approaches Gwern’s bedroom and goes in;  

"I don't want to see you!"

Gwern makes it quite clear, “I don’t want to see you!”   

"I'm at fault and I'm really sorry"

Garry admits that he is at fault and is really sorry;  “I know you think I’m just saying that – but things got too much this afternoon.”

"You don't care about me – neither does Dani!"

“You don’t care about me!” Gwern snarls, “Neither does Dani!”   

Cassie overhears this

Cassie is passing outside the door, and listens to the conversation, as Garry urges the boy not to be like this, 

"Get off!"

only for Gwern to tell him, “Get off!”

“Teddy and I wanted to hear that poem – will you recite it for us?” Garry asks;  

"Teddy can hear it, but I want you to go"

he is told that Teddy can hear it, but Gwern wants Garry to go, 

Garry hands over the dog . . .

so he reluctantly puts down the dog on the bed 

. . . and goes back downstairs

and leaves the room.

Kelly awaits Jason's return

Kelly is waiting for Jason’s return to the flat;  

"All right – what have I done?"

as soon as he comes up the stairs he can see that something is wrong.   “All right, what have I done?’ he asks.

"More to the point, what haven't you done?"

She replies, “More to the point, what haven’t you done?   Not a peep!   

"When were you going to tell me about the divorce, Jase?"

“When were you going to tell me about the divorce, Jase?”   He sighs, realising that this is what it is about, 

"I was waiting until I had something concrete to tell you"

and admits that if he is honest, he did not see much point until he has something concrete to tell her.   He has not yet spoken to a solicitor, and comes to the conclusion that Sara is the cause of this.

"Sara thinks there's a problem"

“She thinks there’s a problem – and you don’t sound very sure to me,” Kelly tells him, but he is adamant that there is no problem.   “Are you delaying because you still have feelings for her?” she demands.

"Of course I haven't, Kelly!"

He insists that of course he has not and Kelly rages, “When you don’t keep me in the loop about your divorce, and I find out second-hand from your ex – 

"You can't blame me for feeling insecure, like!"

“you can’t blame me for feeling insecure, like!”

"You have every right to be angry, all right?"

“Fair enough,” Jason concedes, “And I’m sorry – you have every right to be angry, all right?   But please, Kelly, there’s no need to feel insecure – not with me.   Do you know why?   

"Because I love you"

“Because I love you.”   She looks at him with disbelief, and he asks, “Can I have a cwtch, please?”   

A rather half-hearted cwtch

She hugs him in a not particularly enthusiastic fashion.

"I've been cleaning all morning"

From inside the caravan, Izzy is speaking to Eifion on the phone;  “I’ve been cleaning all morning – 

"It sound like a lot of work, Eifion"

“it makes me feel weird – hope it’s worth it!   What sort of event?   It sounds like a lot of work, Eifion – I don’t have time.”

"What are you doing?"

Then she has to abruptly terminate the call, as someone is approaching, in the form of Sioned, who demands, “What are you doing?”   

"I've moved out!"

Izzy replies that she has moved out.   

"But only 100 yards from the house!"

Sioned rages, “Only 100 yards from the house!”

"It's standing on Kath's land"

Izzy takes great delight in pointing out that the caravan is standing on Kath’s land;  “She was thrilled to rent it out!”   Sioned describes the accommodation as disgusting, but Izzy considers, “There’s something charming about it.”

"Well, you're not welcome at the house!"

She is told in no uncertain terms to keep away from the house, as she is not welcome there;  Izzy smirks, “Oh, I must have misunderstood then, because your mother came by earlier, and insisted that I went to the farm for a cup of tea.   

"Right, off you go – I've got a lot to do!"

“Right, off you go – I’ve got a lot to do!”   

Sioned leaves in high dudgeon

Sioned growls with frustration as she leaves the caravan and stalks back to the farmhouse.

Sara gets plant pots from APD

Sara has purchased some plant pots from APD, and proposes putting them on the windowsill in the flat to grow herbs;  “It will do – until we have a garden.”   

Dai thinks she might get some ideas at Llwyncelyn, but does not know how much of the garden she will see;  “That tent is hiding everything – the marquee for the garden party at Llwyncelyn.”   

"I haven't been invited"

Sara says she has not been invited, but Dai believes that she is wrong;  “Dylan said . . .”

"Thanks for all the complaining to Kelly!"

At this moment they are interrupted by Jason, who comes in and sarcastically addresses Sara, “I wanted to thank you for all the complaining that you have been doing to Kelly!”   

"If you did what you promised . . ."

She tells him to do what he promised, and she will not have to complain.   

Dai does not want to interfere, but asks, “What was that all about?”   

"We've started on the divorce process"

He is told that they have started on the divorce process, and Dai cannot understand why she is so angry.

“Because I haven’t made an appointment with a solicitor yet – I will later,” Jason answers, and Dai urges him to make sure he does, 

"There's nothing worse than promising and not doing it"

because there is nothing worse than someone promising something, and not doing it.   “I don’t need you starting on me as well!” rages Jason, and walks out.

Cassie brings Gwern a drink

Cassie brings a drink to Gwern in his bedroom, where he is still accompanied by the dog.   She tells him she regrets not coming to the service now, 

"That was Mam's or Dad's job"

but he points out, “That was Mam’s or Dad’s job – I was the only one with nobody there.”   He understands why his mother could not be there, 

"We can plan another visit if you like"

and Cassie suggests that they could plan another visit, so he can tell her what he has been up to.

"That place just makes me feel weird"

Gwern is not sure that he wants to go;  “The place just makes me feel weird,” and Cassie knows what he means.   She advises him to think about it.   

"Your Dad will be at the next service"

She also promises that she – and his father – will be at the next service – she will make sure of that.

Kelly sees Jason approaching

When Jason comes into the Deri to meet Kelly he is on the phone, arranging a meeting with a solicitor next week, 

"Happy now?"

and asks if she is happy now.   “Sara will be happier,” Kelly coldly replies, 

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, Kelly"

and again he apologises for not telling her.

At last Kelly smiles

“What’s important is that there is a resolution,” she says, and finally smiles at him.

"Mam's bound to try and get a cut"

At the bar, Mark considers that they will have to keep an eye on his mother;  “If she finds out we’re working, she’s bound to try and get a cut.”   

"We could say we're not working every day"

Tyler thinks that it is inevitable she will find out, and it is suggested that they say they are not working every day.

Mathew does some sweeping up

Mathew is sweeping up outside APD when Dai returns;  “Listen, Mathew, did Jason have a word with you?”   

"I could go with Jason to Llanarthur"

Mathew confirms that Jason will be starting the extension in Llanarthur tomorrow, and suggests he could accompany him.

"Are you well enough?"

Dai is taken aback by this;  “I appreciate the fact that you’ve come back to work, but are you well enough?”   

"I feel fine"

Mathew maintains that he feels fine, but it is pointed out to him that he has taken all morning to clear the back, 

"It usually takes an hour"

a job that usually takes an hour.

“It’s my first day back – I’ll be much better tomorrow, you’ll see,” Mathew replies, but Dai demands that he be honest, and if those wounds hurt at all, he must say.

"I can't put you on a building site in your state!"

“I can’t put you on a building site, the state you’re in!” Dai insists, “You’re not strong enough to lug bags of cement and breeze blocks.   

"You'll have to work behind the counter"

“Look, you can come back, but you have to work behind the counter and help Diane with the accounts.”

"You think I'm useless – you don't want me here!"

Mathew dismisses this as babysitting;  “You think I’m useless – if you don’t want me here, you should have just said!”   

He walks straight out of the shop

He turns, walks out of the shop without another word and Dai groans.