30 May 2022

26 May 2022

Colin dunks his teabag

Colin is making a cup of tea in his mug, then he sits down on the sofa and opens the laptop;  

"A gravestone, costing £1,450?|

he is astonished to see that it was left on the site of Samuel’s Headstones, and gives details of a gravestone costing £1,450.

Britt comes upstairs, looking for her phone, and he demands, “Why have you ordered a new gravestone for Brandon?”   

"It's beautiful, Col!"

She tells him that it is black granite with silver writing, and is beautiful.   

"We can't afford it!"

“Britt, it’s £1,500!” he exclaims, “We can’t afford it!”

"I'be got a £7,000 loan'

She points out that she has just got a £7,000 loan, but he reminds her that was for the paranormal tours.   “I’ve had a brainwave about that, too,” she says, “I’m going to buy old-fashioned clothes for everyone to wear when they come to the event – what do you think of that?   

"There's a bloke who makes theatre costumes"

“Catrin’s given me a contact – there’s a bloke in London – well, he’s from Kidwelly originally – and he makes theatre costumes.   I’ve left him a message already.”

"How much is all this going cost?"

Colin enquires how much all of this will cost, but she dismisses his fears with, “Don’t worry about that – or the bills.   Once I start these nights, 

"The money will be rolling in!"

“the money will be rolling in!”   He wonders if Brandon really needs a new headstone, as they last for ever.

She maintains that she needs to do something special because she missed the tenth anniversary, and Colin can understand that, 

"You took flowers to the cemetery yesterday"

“But you took flowers to the cemetery yesterday.”   She tells him that is not the same, then notices her phone 

"I have to sort the deliveries out"

and goes back down to the chip shop, to sort out the deliveries.

Kath looks in her mirror

Kath is peering into her make-up mirror, 

"Just woking out how I want my hair"

and informs Brynmor when he comes in with the wheelchair, “I’m just working out how I want my hair for the big day – 

"I might be asking someone to take me to Cross Hands"

“and I might be asking someone to take me to the bridal shop in Cross Hands.”

He appreciates that there is not much time to organise everything, and she goes on, There’s clothes and flowers – I haven’t spoken to Stacey yet about being a bridesmaid.   Have you chosen a best man?”

"I was thinking of asking Cassie"

Brynmor replies that he has;  “I was thinking of asking Cassie.”   Kath wants to know why, and he explains that she is a good mate.   

"But she's a woman, Brynmor"

“Yeah, but she’s a woman,” Kath remarks, and he urges her not be so old-fashioned.

"You don't still think something's going on?"

“You don’t still think there’s something going on, do you?   I thought we understood each other,” he says.

"Is that more important than me being happy"

Kath demands, “Is having her as best man more important than me being happy on the most important day of my life?”   

"This uncertainty is not attractive"

He makes it very clear that it is an important day for him, too, and maintains that this uncertainty is not attractive.

"Perhaps we should forget about the wedding"

“If you’re going to carry on like this, well, perhaps we should forget about the wedding,” he tells her, 

This gives Kath something to think about

before walking out of the house.

"Anti-Fascism march in three weeks?"

Aaron is speaking online to someone;  “Anti-Fascism march in three weeks?”   

Colin is looking worried

Then he hears a door opening and removes his headphones;  Colin is looking very thoughtful and enquires if Aaron is OK.

“Can I ask you something?   

"How does Mam seem to you?"

“How does Mam seem to you?” he says, and Aaron replies that she is totally over the top, obsessed with these ghost tours.

"Typical Mam – she'll calm down"

“Typical Mam, though – she’ll calm down once it’s all sorted, guaranteed,” Aaron predicts. 

"This headstone business its odd, though"

Colin is less certain;  “This headstone business is odd, though, isn’t it?”   

"She's always like this when she gets ideas"

Aaron points out that she is always like this when she gets ideas, and remembers the business with the candles – and the vegan stuff as well.

"We've seen it hundreds of times before"

“That’s just what she’s like – we’ve seen it hundred of times before – in the end, it always works out.”   Colin thinks that he is probably right, and will let Aaron get on with his homework, 

"Don't mention a word to your mother, mind"

warning him not to mention a word to his mother about their chat.

"So, about this march – what's the plan?"

As soon as Colin has gone downstairs, Aaron puts on his headphones once again, and resumes his conversation;  “Hey, sorry about that – so, about this march – what’s the plan?”

"Remind me to book the village hall next time, Jase"

As they clear up the mess left behind from the party, Kelly tells Jason, “Remind me to book the Village Hall next time – I found crisps in the washing machine!”

"Ifan seemed to be tired last night"

Jason is anxious, and asks, “Do you think Ifan enjoyed himself yesterday?   He just seemed to be tired last night.”   

"He was all 'partied out', Jase"

Kelly is sure that he was just ‘partied out’, but Jason says he also seemed tired this morning.

“Jason, he’s got a right to be exhausted,” but something else is weighing on Jason’s mind, and he considers that it may be more than just tiredness.

"Everyone else's Mami was at the party"

“Everyone else’s Mami was at the party – and everyone else’s Mami will be at Twm Sion Cati a’r Teigr as well.”   

"There's no need for you to feel guilty about that"

Kelly maintains there is no need for him to feel guilty because Sara is not there;  he has already decided not to go to the business awards as it is.

"She's missing every milestone"

He seems to be concerned that Sara is missing every milestone;  “Every party, every show, every rugby and football game, someone will be missing!”

"Why don''t you FaceTime her?"

Kelly suggests that he can FaceTime her, but he protests that is not the same thing, 

"If I had the money, I'd take him to Cairns"

insisting, “If I had the money, I’d take him out there to see her in Cairns.”

"This is the next best thing!"

“But you don’t – so this is the next best thing!” Kelly stresses.

Kath reads a magazine . . .

Kath is reading a magazine and then picks up the wedding brochure, finding inside it a sheet of paper, headed, ‘Special Requests for Kath’.

. . . then comes across a list . . .

1. Main Course:  Chips, Sausage and Curry Sauce

2. Drinks:  Pints of Lager

3.  First Dance:  The Hokey Cokey

. . . which makes her laugh

She laughs, “Oh, Brynmor – as if!”

"There used to be a ghost in Brenda's old flat"

In the chip shop, Jaclyn has just purchased a small cone of chips and is telling Britt, “There used to be a ghost in Brenda’s old flat – she was lying in bed and heard footsteps like this,” and she raps on the counter, “But she lived alone.”

"How many gins had she drunk?"


Britt wonders how many gins she had consumed, and is told me that she alleged she was completely sober;  “Then she moved in with us – 

"And we couldn't get rid of her!"


“and we couldn’t get rid of her!” Jaclyn groans, “I believe in ghosts.”   

"Come on one of our paranormal nights"

Britt invites her to one of the paranormal nights, and puts her name down for the first one.

"Did you hear that, Brand?   My first customer!"

Then she turns to the photo of Brandon;  “Did you hear that, Brand?   My first customer!   Here we go!”

"Come in, Ffion"

Jaclyn walks down the street towards her house and meets Ffion, who says, “I’m glad I’ve seen you.”   She is invited into number 10, where she apologises for rushing away the other night.   

"You must have thought I was rude"

“You must have thought I was rude, eating your food and then disappearing.”

Ffion is very uncomplimentary about Gaynor

When asked how it went with Gaynor, Ffion sighs, “Don’t remind me – she’s more of a pain as a parent than she was as head teacher!   Did you and Jinx have a nice night?”

Jaclyn replies that it was a quite interesting night;  “Hasn’t he told you?   

"We had a bit more than just wine"

“Put it this way – we had a bit more than just wine.”   

"You didn't . . . again?"

Ffion is incredulous that they . . . again, 

"It's becoming rather a habit"

and Jaclyn confesses that it is becoming a habit, offering Ffion one of her chips, which is declined.   Ffion does not know what to think.

Brynmor is back at Maes-y-Deri 

Brynmor comes in through the back door of Maes-y-Deri, 

He looks at Kath

and looks at Kath;  

"I saw the list"

“I saw the list,” she tells him, “You’re funny – and I’m an idiot.   

"I'm stubborn and I'm unfair

“I’m stubborn and I’m unfair.”   

"Yes, you are"

Brynmor agrees that is a fair evaluation;  he knows that she has been hurt in the past.   She begins to say that Dyff would never have . . . 

"I'm not Dyff – I'm me!"

but he stops her there, emphasising, “I’m not Dyff – I’m me!”   She says that it is about time that she realised that, 

"Are you apologising?"

so he wonders whether she is apologising, and she confirms that she is.

"I can't do anything for you"

“I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but you do all these lovely things for me, and I can’t do anything for you.   I should have listened to you, not Tyler, with that Cassie business – instead of wading in and accusing you of all sorts!”

"You know that this wedding was Cassie's idea"

“You do know that this wedding was Cassie’s idea?” he informs her, 

"She told me to do something to show how I felt"

“That is, she told me to do something that showed you how I felt.”   Kath feels worse now and promises that she will make it up to him.

"I don't want to lose you, Brynmor"

“I don’t want to lose you, Brynmor – I don’t want to lose us.   I just don’t understand why you’d want me like this,” she wails, and he reminds her that they have been through this.   “I know, and I’m pathetic – 

"I'm going to stop being suspicious"

“I’m going to stop being suspicious, and believe you when you say how you feel.”

"Is it OK to have Cassie as the best man"

His response to this is, “Hallelujah!   So, is it OK to have Cassie as the best man?”

"Go and buy a suit each, for heaven's sake!"

Kath instructs him, “Oh, go and buy a suit each, for heaven’s sake!” 

"I'm trying to tidy up, Jinx"

When Jinx comes into Cysgod y Glyn and throws down some papers on the desk, Ffion complains that she is trying to tidy up.   He asks what is wrong with her, 

"Why didn't you tell me?"

and of course she says, “Nothing!” but then adds, “Why didn’t you tell me whose bed you were in the other night?”   

"How did you know?"

He wonders how she knew;  “How do you think?   Jaclyn,” is the reply, 

"Why didn't you say?"

“Why didn’t you say?”

"I didn't think it was important"

He did not consider that it was important, and Ffion grudgingly agrees that it is not, 

"You said last week was a mistake"

“But you did say it was a one off – you said last week was a mistake.   You must like her, then?”

He does not seem to know the answer to that, and mutters, “Perhaps.”   

"I'm not sure about that"

The next question is whether he will be going there again, and he is not sure about that either.

"You either are or you're not!"

“You either are or you’re not,” says Ffion, “You don’t know very much!” 

"It's nothing to do with me"

and she tries unsuccessfully to pretend that she does not care, stressing that it is nothing to do with her.

Cassie has been asked to come to Maes-y-Deri . . . 

Brynmor is dealing with the washing, when Cassie comes into Maes-y-Deri;  Brynmor wonders what she is doing there, 

. . . and to bring two bottles of bubbly

and apparently Kath has asked her to come and to bring a couple of bottles of bubbly.

“Are you celebrating?” she asks, 

"We're getting married in six weeks' time"

and Brynmor announces that they are getting married in six weeks’ time, which comes as rather a surprise to Cassie.   “We’d better open these two, then,” she suggests, 

"One of the bottles is for you"

but is told by Kath that one of them is for her, and she gets out her purse to pay for them.

"I've been a real idiot, haven't I?"

“I want to apologise – I’ve been a real idiot, haven’t I?” she admits, and Cassie stresses that she has had her share of men, but is not the type to steal a mate’s man.

"No, you're not Jean McGurk!"

“No, you’re not Jean McGurk!” Kath agrees, “I hope you can forgive me.”   Then she calls upon Brynmor, who has something to ask Cassie.

"I'd like you to be my best man"

“I’d like you to be my best man,” he says, 

"I'll do my best"


and Cassie says that she is not very good at speeches, but will do her best.   She thanks him for asking, and says that it means a lot.

"Let's go out and celebrate"

“Right, let’s go out and celebrate,” she suggests, “After having one of these and putting our glad rags on – we’ll go to the Bull for a change.”   

"We'll have a bottle first"

Kath is keen to finish off one of the bottles and then off they will go.

In the chip shop, Britt is telling Brandon about the first tours that they did;  “We went straight from the cemetery to Y Plas – 

"The Squire killed the maid"

we told everyone that the Squire had killed the maid, because his wife had caught them in the pantry together.”

She has loaded the chips into a plastic bucket

Meanwhile she is putting chips into a large plastic bucket, ready for frying, as she continues, “I don’t know if it was true, but we said it was, because all people want is a bit of drama.”

"Hello, Derwyn – thanks for phoning back"

Then she receives a phone call from the costume man;  “Hello, Derwyn – thanks for phoning back.”   

There appears to be some problem with the phone reception, so she goes outside for a better signal, 

Not an ideal place to leave a plastic bucket

on the way rather inadvisedly leaving the plastic bucket balanced in a precarious position on the edge of the fryer.

"I've been trying to contact you, Mark"

After their meal at Llanarthur, Mark comes to Maes-y-Deri and his mother says she has been trying to contact him.   

"You've given in, Mam!"

“I’m angry with you, Mam!” he snarls, “You’ve given in – you’re going to marry him!”   

"How did you hear that?"

She wonders how he heard this. 

He explains that he was over there, just outside the door;  “How can you be so stupid?” he demands, but is told they have sorted it all out, and that it was a misunderstanding.   

"Well, don't come running to me next time"

“Well, don’t come running to me next time he hurts you,” Mark growls, but she tells him to sit down.

"Go and get some chips"

Now Gwern and Arwen are in the chip shop, with Arwen goading him to go and get some chips;  

"I'm not stealing from Auntie Britt"

“I’m not stealing from Auntie Britt,” he protests, but Arwen says that she will not know, and that she wants a sausage as well.   Gwern goes to check that the coast is clear, 

"She's probably taking the bins out"

suspecting that Britt  may be taking the bins out;  

He nudges the unstable plastic bucket

he nudges the plastic bucket as he passes.

Arwen gets out a cigarette

Meanwhile Arwen gets out a cigarette and is preparing to light it;  

"You can't smoke in here!"

“What are you doing?   You can’t smoke in here!” he shouts, “Put it back before someone sees!”   She reluctantly does so.

Jason and Tyler come noisily out of the Deri . . .

Jason and Tyler come out of the Deri, laughing and joking, 

. . . as Arwen and Gwern rapidly leave the shop

and as soon as the children in the chippy hear them, they quickly leave.   

The plastic bucket lurches dangerously

As they slam the door behind them, the plastic bucket lurches closer to the chip fryer.

"She's turned into a really cheeky one"

They barge their way between Jason and Tyler, who comments, “She’s turned into a really cheeky one, hasn’t she?”

"I have to read this report, Jinx"

At Cysgod y Glyn, Jinx wants to ask Ffion something, but she reckons that she is too busy reading a report.   Undaunted he goes on, “I’ve been thinking about what you said – 

"Do you think it would be a good idea . . ?"

“and do you think it will be a good idea if Jaclyn and I started seeing each other?”

"You can do what you like"

She replies that they can do what they like, and he appreciates that, 

"But do you think it's a good idea?"

but is asking whether she thinks it is a good idea.   “I don’t know,” begins Ffion, “I’m just not sure that she’s your type – I just thought you would go for someone younger.   

"She's a bit 'middle-of-the-road'"

“She’s a bit ‘middle-of-the-road’ – not that there’s anything wrong with that.”

“I can guarantee you that Jaclyn’s not ‘middle-of-the-road’ – “she surprised me!” says Jinx, 

"I don't wish to know that, Jinx"

and Ffion protests that she does not want to know.   

"Are you jealous?"

“Why are you getting angry?” he asks, and she denies that she is.   “Are you jealous?” 

"Don't be ridiculous!"

and she also emphatically denies that.

Suddenly Cai appears in the doorway


They hear footsteps on the stairs, and Cai appears in the doorway, explaining that Arwen let him in;  

"What on earth are you doing here?"

“What on earth are you doing here?” demands Ffion.

"I can come and collect the outfits"

Out in the street, Britt is still speaking on the phone, commenting that she loves the Victorian vibe;  “Once you’ve finished the outfits, I can come and get them.” 

"Britt!"

Llinos comes round the corner and draws Britt’s attention to the chip shop, where we can see smoke billowing out.   

Britt rushes towards the shop

As soon as she sees this, Britt drops the phone and runs towards the shop.

Dani hears an earsplitting scream . . .

Inside the Deri, Dani hears her anguished scream, and dashes outside, on the way warning someone in the bar, “Watch the baby!”   

. . . and runs to investigate

Outside she sees 

The chippy is ablaze

the inferno at the chip shop, where the flames 

The flames are reflected in the picture . . .

are reflected in the picture of Brandon.   

. . . and Britt is looking through the window

Britt continues screaming as she looks in through the window and Dani runs across.

"I have to get Brandon out!"

“I have to get Brandon out!” Britt screams, 

She enters the  burning shop . . .

and goes into the burning shop, 

. . . and Dani is horrified

to the horror of Dani.   

A light fitting on the ceiling explodes

A light fitting explodes in the heat as the episode ends.