28 April 2022

Kath rings for attention

Kath is reading a magazine and frantically ringing the bell for attention;  Brynmor, who is doing the vacuuming, does not hear for a while, 

"Sorry – I was vacuuming upstairs"

but as soon as he does, comes hurrying downstairs.   

"Where's my cup of tea?"

“I’ve been ringing this bell for half an hour!” she complains, “Where’s my cup of tea?”

Then there is a knock at the door

When he goes to the kitchen to prepare it, there is a knock at the door, and Kath reminds him, “I don’t want to see anyone, Brynmor – do you hear me?”   

"Who is it, Brynmor?"

When he gets to the door, he sees two children running away, 

"Arwen and Gwern"

who he identifies as Arwen and Gwern.   “Well, there you go – trouble runs in their blood,” Kath grumbles, 

"It's only natural for children"

but Brynmor regards it as only natural for children to be a bit mischievous.

“Well, phone their parents, instead of standing there like a wet rag,” she continues, 

"Do something about it!"

“Do something about it!”   He points out that he cannot face that today 

He has had enough and walks out

and immediately decides to go out for a walk, much to Kath’s disappointment;  she wonders how she is going to get her cup of tea.

"I turned my back on her – again!"

Lois explains to her mother, “I turned my back on her – again!   What sort of mother would do that?”   

"You're not Gwen's mother"

Gaynor replies that she is not Gwen’s mother and never has been;  

"She has a mother who is there all the time"

she now has a mother, one who is there all the time.   

Hywel has just been on a trip to Bristol and back

Hywel comes in, having taken Olivia safely back home.

“I take it that her parents phoned the police,” says Gaynor, and Hywel confirms that they have agreed not to take things further with Rhys – 

"As long as Rhys does not contact her"

as long as he does not contact her or her family.   He dropped Rhys off at the flat, and Gaynor wonders what came over him.

"It's time for me to leave this place!"

Lois announces that it is time for her to leave;  “To leave this place!” which surprises her mother.

"What are you doing here?"

Anita has gone to the Griffiths’ house, and this time the door is opened by Eunice, who demands, “What are you doing here?”  Anita says that she has come to see Ieuan and is told that he is out the back, on the phone.   

"Wait here until he comes back"

“Wait here until he comes back,” Eunice instructs her.

"I think we've got  lot in common"

Anita begins, “Eunice, I think that we’ve got a lot in common,” but this suggestion is met with derision.

"I like to wear a matching pair of shoes"

“For one thing, I like to wear a matching pair of shoes,” she scathingly answers, but Anita meant that they have Ieuan in common, and that she thinks that he is trying to keep them apart.  

"Some like to keep their mothers and partners apart"

She appreciates that some men like to keep their mothers and their partners apart – in different compartments.

“Listen to me!” says Eunice, “Ieuan will have forgotten about you soon enough – 

"You're the latest in a long line of scavengers"

“because you’re the latest in a long line of scavengers.”

Anita insists that Ieuan is a grownup and deserves a bit of happiness;  “Do you think you can give him that?” his mother demands, 

"You're a slut, like all the others!"

“You’re a slut, just like all the others!”

"Anita – what are you doing here?"

Anita is outraged by this allegation, and Ieuan appears, wondering what she is doing there.   

"Did you hear what she just called me?"

“Did you hear what she just called me?” demands Anita, and at that moment Eunice clutches her chest and gives the appearance of being short of breath.

"Mami, are you all right?"

“Mami, are you all right?” he asks, and Anita shouts that she is putting it on – she did as soon as she saw him.   “Shall I phone the doctor?” wonders Ieuan, 

"Just go – you're making her worse!"

and tells Anita, “Just go, will you – you’re making her worse!”

Anita marches out of the house, and Eunice suddenly recovers from her attack of breathlessness.   “Shall I get you some water?” fusses Ieuan.

"I want you to get rid of that Jezebel!"

“I don’t want any water – I want you to get rid of that Jezebel!” is the angry reply.   

"But Anita is nice – and good company"

When he explains that Anita is nice and is good company, 

"Finish with her, or you'll be out of the will!"

she issues the ultimatum, “Finish with her, or you’ll be out of the will – understand?”

"I wanted to tell you I'm leaving . . ."

In the shop flat, Mathew is clearing up after preparing his sandwiches when Lois walks in;  “I just wanted to tell you that I’m leaving – 

". . . I can't work my notice, sorry"

“I can’t work my notice, sorry.”   

"You don't have to leave, Lois"

Rhys comes in and protests that she does not have to leave, and she angrily replies, “Of course I do – I can’t stay here after what you’ve done.”

Mathew thinks it wise to make himself scarce

Mathew thinks that he had better take his sandwiches and go, wishing Lois good luck.   

"I told you last week I didn't want to see her!"

“I told you last week that I didn’t want to see her!” Lois snarls, 

"I promise not to contact her again"

but Rhys naïvely maintains that he will make it up to her, and promises not to contact Olivia again.

"I hope you find what you're looking for"

“Do you have any idea what I've been through since she was born?” Lois screams, “I hope you find what you’re looking for – a hole that Olivia filled.”

"She's our daughter"

He objects to her talking about Olivia like that, repeating that she is their daughter.   

"She's never been our daughter!"

Exasperated, Lois pleads, “Rhys – when are you going to understand?   She’s never been our daughter – and she never will be!”   With that she rushes out of the flat.

Mathew finds the place in chaos . . .

When Mathew arrives at APD he finds the place in a state of disarray, 

. . . stock strewn across the floor . . .

with stock strewn across the floor 

. . . an empty till . . .

and the till empty;  

. . . and the camera covered up

he sees the internal camera has been covered with a hi-vis jacket 

He is distraught

and is disheartened.

"I'm looking for Dani"

Brynmor comes into the Deri;  “It’s a bit early, even for you,” Cassie says, but he is looking for Dani.   She tells him to go upstairs, 

"I'd like to ask how Kath is"

adding, “I don’t know if I’m allowed to talk to you, but I’d like to ask how Kath is.”

"It's all a bit of a strain"

“Well, you know, Kath is Kath – it’s all a bit of a strain!” he groans, “I’ve never seen her so down – every time I open my mouth, she bites my head off.”

"It's never too early for a coffee"

Cassie tells him to sit down;  “It’s never too early for a coffee.”   

Brynmor raises the problem with Gwern

Dani comes downstairs, and he would like to have a word about Gwern, who was out playing earlier, and yesterday afternoon, with Arwen.

"Knocking on doors and running away"

“I don’t want to make a fuss, but I thought you should know – they’ve been knocking on people’s doors and running away.”   Dani will have a word with him, but Brynmor goes on, “It’s not as if they’re stealing or anything.”

"There's no excuse for that"

Dani agrees that there is no excuse for that behaviour, 

"It's difficult with Kath as she is"

and he adds that things are a bit difficult with Kath as she is.   She says that she will sort it out, and Cassie brings him a cup of coffee.

Kath feels rather dry, but Brynmor is not there

Kath wakes up, feeling rather thirsty, and calls for Brynmor, who is of course not there.   

She reaches for her drink . . .

She reaches awkwardly for the glass of drink on the table, 

. . . but then drops it

and manages to spill it all over herself, causing some commotion.

"I'm looking forward to bringing her for a pint"

Brynmor tells Kath that he is looking forward to bringing Kath to the Deri for a pint, when Mark walks in;  

"This is where you're hiding!"

“Oh, this is where you’re hiding while Mam’s lying in a wet bed!   With the same woman you were with on the night of the accident!”   Cassie instructs him to stop it.

"Have you changed her?"

Brynmor asks if Mark has changed her, and he angrily replies, 

"Do you know how embarrassing that is?"

“Of course not – do you know how embarrassing that is, with your own mother?”

"I'll go and sort Kath out"

Cassie orders Brynmor to stay where he is;  she is insistent that she will go over to sort Kath out.

Mathew is looking at the CCTV images

Mathew is back in the shop flat, reviewing the CCTV footage;  he watches Tyler and Eifion dancing about outside, and at that moment Jason arrives.   

"What's going on, Math?"

He wonders what has happened and asks what the police said.   “£100 out of the till – some of the stock’s gone – 

"No sign of a break-in"

“nothing on film – no sign of a break-in,” replies Mathew.

“Does anyone, apart from staff, have a key?” Jason asks, 

"No-one!"

and is told that there is no-one.   “Right, you need to talk to them, then.”

Cassie is about to start the washing machine

At Maes-y-Deri, Cassie is filling the washing machine 

"He left me here on my own!"

as Kath, now in her wheelchair, moans, “He walked out, Cassie, without telling me where he was going!   He left me here on my own.”

"Brynmor is also under strain"

Cassie points out that Brynmor is also under strain;  “I can’t begin to imagine what you’ve been through, but I’ll tell you one thing – and it comes from a good place – 

"You've got a good man there"

“you’ve got a good man there.   Others would have run a mile.”

"He's not the one stuck in a wheelchair!"

“He’s not the one stuck in a wheelchair, unable to move,” Kath complains, and Cassie realises that she cannot see it;  Brynmor is stuck as well.

"He's confined to you"

“He’s in love with a woman who’s confined to her wheelchair – and he is confined to her.”   

"There's nothing to stop him walking out"

Kath maintains there is nothing to stop him walking out;  

"No – except his feelings for you!"

“No, nothing – except his feelings for you!”

There is a pause before Kath says, “Are you trying to tell me that I could lose him if I don’t behave?”   Cassie explains that they will only get through this together, 

Brynmor arrives back . . .

and at that moment Brynmor returns to the house.

. . . and Cassie takes her leave

“Right, I’d better go, or Jaclyn will think I’ve left the country,” Cassie says, and leaves the house.   

"Do you know where that exercise sheet is?"

Kath looks suitably penitent, and asks Brynmor where the exercise sheet went;  she thinks that it is high time she started doing them, 

Brynmor is more optimistic

which he regards as a good sign,

"Have you and Arwen been causing trouble?"

Dani is folding the washing when Gwern comes in and she tackles him, “Have you and Arwen been causing trouble in Maes-y-Deri?”   He would not describe it as trouble, just knocking doors.   

"Do you know how much of a nuisance that is?"

“Do you have any idea how much of a nuisance that is?” she demands, “Especially to disabled and elderly people – promise me you won’t do it again!”   

"Sorry – I won't do it again"

He says that he is sorry and will not do it again.   

"Was it Arwen's idea?"

Dani assumes that it was Arwen’s idea, but he makes no comment.

Eifion and Tyler arrive back at APD

In the evening, the APD van arrives back in the village, with Eifion and Tyler getting out;  

"I want to check your bags"

Mathew wants Jason to leave this to him.   “I don’t want to do this, but I have no choice – I want to check your bags.”  Eifion is immediately on the defensive, wanting to know why this is necessary, and assuming that this will not apply to Tyler. 

"Both of you, empty your bags"

In fact they are both required to empty their bags, 

Something suspicious is found

and from Eifion’s a bundle of notes falls out.   

"I didn't put it there!"

He is adamant that he did not put it there, 

"You're sacked!"

but Mathew informs him, “You’re sacked!   Go!”

"Just what Jason expected"

As he walks away, Jason comments, “Well, none of us can say it wasn’t who we all expected!”   

But could Tyler be involved in this?

However, Tyler looks rather doubtful about this.

Ffion regards it as rather a joke

Now Dani has gone to see Ffion, who laughs incredulously, “Knock doors?” but Dani does not consider it funny.   

"Have you spoken to Gwern?

“I’ll have a word with her – have you spoken to Gwern?”   

"I don't know if it was his idea"

Dani does not know if it was Gwern’s idea, but that is no excuse.   

"Are you trying to say it was Arwen's idea?"

“Are you trying to say it was Arwen’s idea?” Ffion demands, 

"Under the Monks' influence!"

“Arwen wouldn't dream of doing that if she wasn’t under the Monks’ influence.”

"And Arwen's an angel, isn't she?"

“And Arwen’s an angel, isn’t she?” snaps Dani, so Ffion thinks it is a good idea that they should keep them apart.   

Kelly is on the warpath . . .

Kelly comes into the Deri and approaches Ieuan Griffiths, 

. . . and homes in on Griffiths

who is sitting there;  “How’s your mother?” she asks, 

"I heard she was on her deathbed"

“I heard she was on her deathbed.”   

"She's a lot better now"

He replies that she is a lot better now, and Kelly continues, “It’s a shock that she’s allowed you out!   

"She had no business talking to Auntie Anita like that!"

“Your mother had no business talking to Auntie Anita like that, OK?   Don’t deny it – ’cos I believe everything Auntie Anita says.   

"When someone upsets her, they upset me, right?"

“When someone upsets Auntie Anita, they upset me, right?”

"She can stay some unforgivable things"

He concedes that his mother can say some unforgivable things, to which Kelly comments, “Too right!”   

"I can't easily tell her to shut up"

He tries to justify this by pointing out that she is an old woman, and he cannot easily tell her to shut up.

“Just being old doesn’t justify the fact she says awful things,” she berates him, and he says she cannot expect him to take someone else’s side against his own mother.

"What kind of man do you think I am?"

“What kind of man you think I am?’ he rages.

"Doormat?"

Kelly answers in one word, “Doormat?   Do yourself a favour – cut the cord, yeah?   You and Auntie Anita have been, like, really happy over the last few weeks, haven’t you?   If your mother can’t be happy for you, perhaps you should – I don’t know – move out?”

“Have you finished?” he asks, she replies that she has and struts out of the Deri, leaving him disturbed.

"Sit down for a second, Eifion"

Mathew is pondering the situation when Eifion comes into the flat, and turns, about to go out again, but Mathew tells him to sit down for a second.   “How do you expect me to be feeling?” growls Eifion, 

"We're still family"

and is assured that what ever has happened, they are still family.   

"I'll be out of your way in the morning"

“You still think I did it, then?” Eifion snarls, “Right, I’ll be out of your way in the morning.”

"All you had to do was ask"

“If you wanted money, all you had to do was ask,” Mathew insists, and Eifion cannot believe that he would be suspected of stealing from him.   “What do you expect me to think?   The evidence was right there.”

"Would I be stupid enough to hide it in my bag?"

“Would I be stupid enough to hide it in my bag?” Eifion demands, 

"I'll give you one more chance"

and Mathew is willing to give him one more chance.   

"I didn't do it!"

“You have to believe me – I didn’t do it!” Eifion shouts.

"Just return the stock you stole"

“All you have to do is return the stock you stole and if you can keep your job,” he is told.

Eifion tells him that he can stuff his job;  “And stuff living here, too!” he roars as he leaves the flat.

Lois is about to leave Cwmderi . . .

Lois is loading her belongings into a taxi as her mother urges her to take care of herself.   

. . . but promises to keep in touch

She promises to phone and come to visit them often.   

Rhys emerges from the Deri

As the taxi moves away, Rhys comes out of the Deri and watches it go round the corner.

"She'll be OK, won't she?"

“She’ll be OK, won’t she?” worries Colin, and Gaynor says she will be better off away from Cwmderi – away from all the ghosts.   

"I really thought when she saw Olivia, she's want to . . ."

Then they notice Rhys, standing nearby;  “I really thought that once she saw Olivia, she’d want to  . . .”

"What?   Play happy families?"

“What?   Play happy families?” sneers Gaynor, “Do you know the harm you’ve done to Lois and that little girl?”   

"But I'm her father"

Once again he replies that he is her father.

"You're not fit to be near a child!"

“What do you know about being a father?” Gaynor rages, “You’re not fit to be near a child, let alone have one yourself!”   He is now even more depressed.