6 October 2020

"Are they avoiding me?"

Izzy is sitting in the farmhouse, reading a book, when Eifion comes in;  he asks, “Where is everyone?   Are they avoiding me?”   She says that they are all shocked that he has come back.   “I expected Eileen to be grateful that I’m back to help them,” he continues, 

"DJ hasn't done a very good job of being a farmer"

“DJ hasn’t done a very good job of being a farmer, if you ask me.”

"Do you know how difficult it's been for Eileen?"

“Have you any idea how difficult it’s been for Eileen?” Izzy demands, but he replies that it was obvious she was taking advantage of him, and he maintains that Izzy told him to teach them a lesson.   “I wasn’t expecting you to disappear for months,” she grumbles.

"I wanted to prove they do need me here"

“I wanted to prove that they do need me here,” he insists, and she announces that they need to talk;  he does not appear to like the sound of this.

Siôn returns Ffion to her flat

Siôn has just brought Ffion back to Cysgod y Glyn, and she thanks him for everything;  

"I don't think I could have survived on my own"

“I don’t think I could have survived locked down in the flat on my own.”   

"I've enjoyed your company, Ffion"

He has enjoyed her company, but thinks it is time to move on and concentrate on the future.

"I'll come over to get Arwen"

“I’ll come over to get Arwen once I’ve got things organised here,” she tells him and goes into the flat

"It's not just the farm that needed you"

“It’s not just the farm that needed you,” Izzy informs Eif, “I’ve never felt so lonely as I have over the last few months.   I did everything you asked – I moved back to Penrhewl to keep an eye on Eileen – and you just stopped talking to me!   I haven’t heard from you for weeks, and now you act as though nothing’s happened!   

"I don't even know if I'm happy to see you"

“I don’t even know if I’m happy to see you again.”

Eifion tries to explain

He looks suitably shamefaced and begs her to let him explain;  “I know I should have picked up the phone, but I was having so much fun with Cadno and the children – they reminded me of the man I used to be.   

"I didn't like who I was before I left"

“I didn’t like who I was before I left – I was so selfish and angry – I wasn’t a nice guy!   So I decided to take this time to work on myself – to self-isolate from the world.”

Izzy does not look entirely convinced, and he suspects her of thinking he has lost the plot;  

"I don't want to get my own back on Eileen"

he adds, “And I don’t want to get my own back on Eileen any more, either.   Although I want my own farm one day, stealing Penrhewl from Eileen isn’t the answer.   I’m going to make it up to them – and to you as well.   

"I do love you, you know"

“I’ve taken you for granted for too long.   I do love you, you know.”   

Izzy is in rather a quandary

She smiles, although she still looks rather doubtful.

Anita is her usual sarcastic self

Anita is folding clothes when Siôn returns home to Y Felin;  “Oh, you’re back already!” she remarks, sarcastically, “I’m surprised madam didn’t ask you to stay to tidy the flat for her – to brush her hair, perhaps.   She’s got you wrapped round her little finger.”

"I thought you were glad to see the back of her"

He was under the impression she was glad to see the back of Ffion;  “You’ve been at each other’s throats for weeks!”   

"She might be hiding bottles in the flat already"

Anita considers that it is too early for Arwen to go back to her, as she might be hiding bottles in that flat already.

Siôn is becoming angry;  “Just stop, will you?   They both need some normality, and moving to the flat is a good start.   We need to return to normal as well – 

"Anyone would think you didn't want to be with me

“anyone would think that you don’t want to be here with just me.”

Ffion comes face to face with Rhys

Ffion is returning from the shop when she comes face to face with Rhys, and tells him she has been wanting to talk to him for a long time, but did not want to do it over the phone.   

"Come over to the flat for a while"

“It’s important – please?”   He does not say anything, but she asks him to come over to the flat for a while;  “I promise I’ll keep my distance, OK?”   

He eventually agrees

Rhys nods reluctantly, and as they walk towards Cysgod y Glyn, 

They are being watched by Luned . . .

they are being watched by Luned from the other side of the road.   

. . . who watches them . . .

She hurries along to APD 

. . . go into Cysgod y Glyn 

and sees them going into the flat together.

"I've been thinking, Mam . . ."

At Penrhewl, Sioned is working on the laptop, and when her mother comes in with washing, begins, “I’ve been thinking, now that Eifion’s back, we don’t really need DJ as well, do we?”   

"I'm not employing him again!"

Her mother vehemently declares that she is not employing Eifion again:  “And when I see him, I’ll tell him to find somewhere else to live!”   Sioned accuses her of overreacting, but is told, “He deserted us when we needed him most!”   

"He was grieving for Jim as well"

Sioned maintains that he was grieving for Jim as well, and they both know what grief can do to someone.

"Eifion's going and DJ's staying"

“I don’t care what you say – Eifion’s going and DJ is staying,” Eileen decides, just as DJ is coming into the room.   

"Not trying to get rid of me, are you?"

He wonders if they are trying to get rid of him, and Sioned points out that now Eifion is back, they do not need two farmers at Penrhewl.

"Don't worry, you're Mam's blue-eyed boy!"

She assures him, with a snarl, “But don’t worry, you’re Mam’s blue-eyed boy!”

Mathew finds Izzy outside the shop

Izzy is looking at the fruit outside the shop when Mathew emerges from the shop flat;  

"Just forget I said anything"

“Look, I’m sorry about yesterday – just forget I said anything,” he tells her.

"Since when do you wear polo necks?"

Then Eifion arrives upon the scene, and demands of Mathew, “What’s happened to you?   Your dress sense – since when do you wear polo necks?   Has Tesni been a bit rough with him?”

Mathew beats a hasty retreat

Mathew quickly retreats to the flat, and Izzy is left to explain why he is so sensitive;  

"Someone attacked him with acid!"

“Someone attacked him – with acid!   It was awful.   We don’t know who it was, and he has scars.”

Eifion wonders when this happened, and is told that it was a couple of months ago.   

"Why didn't you tell me?"

“Why didn’t you tell me?   I would have come straight back!” he rages, but Izzy says she was under instructions not to say, as he did not want a fuss.

"He didn't want his mother and father to find out"

“And he was determined that his mother and father were not going to find out,” she continues, 

"His mother ran off with the headmaster when he was ten"

but Eifion explains that his Auntie Ivana ran off with the headteacher when he was ten years old.   

"No, Eifion – he'll talk to you when he's ready"

is determined to speak to Mathew, but is dissuaded by Izzy;  “When he’s ready to talk about the attack, he’ll come to you.”

"Thanks for the letter you sent to the clinic"

Up in Ffion’s flat, she thanks Rhys for the letter he sent to the clinic;  “Sorry, I know that it was a long time ago.”   He hopes that it helped, and she confirms that it did;  “Mind you, it wasn’t the easiest thing to read – thank you for being so honest.”   

He is glad that things have worked out

He just wanted to help her, and is glad that things have worked out;  now he is eager to go, but Ffion stops him.

"I want to talk about you and me . . ."

“That’s not the only thing I wanted to talk to you about – I want to talk about you and me.   

". . . I love you – I've never stopped"

“I miss you, Rhys.   I love you – I’ve never stopped – and I want you back!”

"I can't forget everything you did"

He interrupts her there and protests that she cannot do this;  “Just because you’re out of rehab and you’re sorted now, I can’t forget everything you did to me.   I don’t want to discuss this now, because there’s no point.   

"Anyway, I'm seeing someone"

“And anyway, I’m seeing someone – it doesn’t matter who.”

"You made your decision"

As he gets up to leave, he adds, “I meant every word I wrote in that letter and I wish you luck with everything – you made your decision!”   

"I didn't want to finish with you . . ."

She shouts that she did not want to finish with him;  “I thought you deserved better – I couldn’t give you children.   

". . . your father forced me to do it"

“I had no choice – your father forced me to finish with you.   He caught me drinking and he promised not to tell anyone, on one condition – that I finish with you.   He said if I didn’t, he would tell everyone about the cirrhosis.   I could have lost my job – and possibly Arwen!’”

"Cirrhosis?"

Rhys is completely confused;  “Cirrhosis?” he says, and she reminds him that she was ill a few months ago, when he thought she was pregnant.   

"When I went away – I was in hospital"

“I went away for a weekend, didn’t I?   Well, I was in hospital.”   

"And Dad knew about this from the start?"

He is amazed that his father has known about this from the start.   “That’s not important now,” she continues, 

"If he hadn't put me in that position . . ."

“If he hadn’t put me in that position, I would never have finished with you.”   

"Rhys – don't go!"

As he turns and leaves the flat, she pleads with him to stay.

Arwen's depiction of her Mam

Anita is clearing up colouring pencils when she stops to look at one of Arwen’s pictures, captioned, ‘Mam’.   Siôn comes downstairs, and says that he can smell pizza;  “Well, I want her last dinner with us to be special,” Anita tells him.

"So you appreciate she needs to go back to Ffion?"

He is glad that she appreciates that Arwen needs to go back to Ffion, 

"Well, she is her mother"

and Anita grudgingly concedes, “She is her mother.”

Eileen is unmoved by Eifion's apologies

Eifion is apologising for disappearing the way that he did when Eileen had just lost Jim.   “But I’m back now, and I won’t let you down again.”    Sioned hopes that her mother will now change her mind, as he goes on, “And I’m back just in time, judging by the fence in the top field – DJ did it, did he?” 

"Don't you dare criticise DJ!"

Eileen, who has been doing the washing-up, rounds on him, “Don’t you dare criticise him!   He’s been supporting us, while you’ve been gallivanting.”   

"DJ's not a natural farmer, Mam"

Sioned points out that what Eifion says is true – DJ is not a natural farmer;  he tries his best, but he is not half as good as Eifion.

"At least, we can rely on DJ"

“Maybe not – but we can rely on DJ at least,” Eileen replies, and Eifion promises her she can rely on him as well.

"It's a no-brainer, Mam . . ."

“It’s a no-brainer, if you ask me, Mam,” comments Sioned, and her mother wonders how long she has preferred Eifion over DJ.   “I’m trying to make the best decision for Penrhewl, 

". . . because Penrhewl comes first"

“because Penrhewl comes first,” Sioned insists.

Eileen is not happy about it

Eileen very reluctantly agrees, and Eifion reassures her that she will not regret it.

"Did you think I would be impressed?"

Izzy goes to visit Mathew, and demands, “Did you think I would be impressed that your mother’s a doctor?   Is that your way of trying to seduce me?   Do you think that’s important to me?   

"I know the truth, Math"

“I know the truth, Math, she ran away when you were young – why did you lie?”

He is not sure of the answer to that, and she goes on, “And what about your father, the lecturer?”   

"Dad was a lorry driver . . ."

He confesses that his father was a lorry driver, but points out that it was not all lies;  

". . . but Huw was more of a father to me"

a man in the village called Huw was a lecturer, and he proved to be more of a father to Mathew.

You’re all the same – you, Eifion!” she growls, and is about to leave when he explains that his family is complicated and he does not like talking about them.

"They don't want anything to do with me"

He fell out with his father years ago, and he does not know where his mother is;  “They don’t want anything to do with me – sometimes it's easier to lie than to be honest with people.   That’s not an excuse, but sometimes it’s easier.   Are you angry because I lied, or because I was honest about my feelings for you yesterday?” 

"You asked me to forget what you said"

She answers that it does not matter because he asked her to forget what he said.   

"I thought that was what you wanted to hear"

He protests that it was what he thought she wanted to hear, but she shouts, “No!”

Rhys is deep in thought . . .

Rhys is back at Llwyncelyn, where he makes a phone call to Luned;  

. . . then speaks to Luned

“Look, when you’ve finished with Tesni, come to the gym, will you?   I’m on my way there now – there’s something I need to tell you.”

"You got what you wanted in the end, then"

DJ complains to Sioned, “You got what you wanted in the end, then – Eileen’s just told me.”   

"It was Mam's decision"

Sioned replies that it was her mother’s decision, 

"We all know you run the show!"

but he says, “Don’t lie, Sioned, we all know that you run the show!   Whatever you want, you persuade Eileen it’s a good idea.   Why don’t you want me here?   Was I just a bit of fun during lockdown?   

"Be straight – was it just a bit of fun?"

“Just be straight with me – was it just a bit of fun until lockdown was over?”

"We work better as friends, DJ"

She tells him that she thinks they work better as friends;  he thanks her for being honest and walks out of the room.

"I haven't stopped thinking about you"

Mathew continues his explanation;  “I didn’t know I’d feel like this.   I’ve tried to pretend that I’ve had too much time to think over lockdown, but I haven’t stopped thinking about you.”   

Izzy feels exactly the same

She admits that she is in a similar situation, thinking about him, but she is not good in a relationship;  “I always ruin things somehow, Math, and I like you too much as a friend to risk that.”

"So the kiss did mean something to you, too?"

“So you admit that kiss meant something to you, too?” he suggests, and she nods.   

Add caption"What are we going to do now?"

He wonders what they are going to do now.

Rhys waits outside the gym

Rhys is waiting outside the gym when Luned approaches;  

"What's so important, then?"

“What’s this important thing you want to tell me, then?’ she enquires.

"I had an honest chat with Ffion"

He tells her, “I had a chat with Ffion earlier, an honest chat, and I’m sorry for dragging you into this mess – it’s not fair on you.”   

"You like her, not me – it's fine!"

She concludes, “I was just too young for you.   You like her, not me – it’s fine!” she says, 

She storms off

as she turns and hurries off, on the way meeting Ffion.   

"I hope you'll be very happy together, Miss"

“I hope you’ll be very happy together, Miss,” she snarls and continues her escape.

"Sorry, Ffi"

Rhys, who is chasing after Luned, tells Ffion that he is sorry, and resumes the pursuit;  he catches up with Luned in the back street.   

"If you want to be with her, go for it!"

“If you want to be with Mrs Llywelyn, go for it!” he is told, but he tries to explain that it is over, 

"Luned, it's you I want"

and it is Luned that he wants.   

That comes as a shock to Luned

She cannot believe what she is hearing.

Ffion arrives to collect Arwen 

As Anita is holding Arwen’s teddy bear, Ffion arrives at Y Felin to collect her daughter, hurrying upstairs to get her.   

"I hope we've made the right decision, Siôn"

Siôn urges Anita not to worry, but she hopes they have made the right decision.   “I know we have,” he assures her.

Time for a cup of tea after their activity

Mathew returns from their frolic in the bedroom in the shop flat, and turns on the kettle;  hearing someone come into the room, 

Mathew gets a shock

he says, “I was going to bring these to the bedroom,” 

"Tesni's here, is she?"

then realises that standing behind him is Eifion, who jumps to the conclusion that Tesni is there.

Then Izzy walks in . . .

However he receives a great surprise when Izzy, wearing a dressing gown, walks in;  

. . . to Eifion's consternation

“What the hell?” he exclaims, “Are you two . . ?”   

Izzy picks up her clothes

Picking up her discarded clothes, Izzy maintains that she was going to tell Eifion, 

"I didn't want you to find out like this"

and did not want him to find out like this.

"You're not my cousin any more!"

Eifion furiously warns Mathew, “You’re not my cousin any more!” then turns to Izzy;  

"How could you – you slut?"

“And you – how could you – you slut?”   Izzy and Mathew look at each other.