11 May 2023

"Does Cassie know everything?"

As they sit at the breakfast table in the (surely refurbished) kitchen of number 7, Gwern asks Dani, “Does Cassie know everything?” and when she confirms this, he adds, “She should have told me what Mam had done, then.”

"She thought it wasn't her place to say"

Dani replies that she could have done, “But perhaps she thought it wasn’t her place to say.”   

"And you did the same thing"

He points out that Dani has done the same thing, but she insists, 

"Your mother killed them – not me!"

“I’ve said sorry several times – sorry I let you down and for doing everything wrong!   But your mother killed them, not me!”

"I'm sorry – you didn't deserve that"

Then she apologises for her outburst, realising that he did not deserve that;  

"I don't blame you, Dani"

Gwern says that he is sorry, and that he does not blame her.   

"We have to talk about the funeral"

She reminds him that they have to talk about the funeral, 

"Not now, right?"

but he does not want to do so at the moment.

"I'll see you outside Bodnant, then"

Inside Tomos ac Ellis, Griffiths is speaking on the phone;  “I’ll see you and Elinor outside Bodnant, then – great, see you then.”   

"Kelly, get me a coffee, will you?"

Meanwhile Kelly is looking bored as he congratulates himself on having a busy morning.   “Kelly, get me a coffee, will you?   And one of those custard creams,” he says.

"Have you got amnesia?"

Kelly smiles wryly;  “Have you got amnesia, or did I imagine that conversation about you giving me an induction, and not treating me like a waitress?”

"Oh yes, the induction"

He remembers that they were going to do an induction today, 

"OK, induct away!"

so she invites him, “OK, induct away!”

"The image and culture of the workplace"

“Well, erm, why don’t we start with . . . the image and culture of the workplace,” he suggests, 

which she thinks sounds very impressive.   “Don’t take this the wrong way, now, but the way you dress . . . do you think you could . . . tone it down a little bit?”

"You what?"

She does not appreciate his attitude and asks, “You what?”   He appreciates that in artistic workplaces a creative image is beneficial – but at Tomos ac Ellis they are a bit more neutral, you know – smart.

"Kate Middleton"

Kelly is becoming angry as he continues, “Now then, think about the way someone like . . . Kate Middleton dresses.”

“You want me to dress like Kate Middleton?” Kelly demands, and he points out that is only a suggestion.   

"You can stick 'em where the sun don't shine!"

“OK – so here’s another suggestion for you, right – you can take your job and you can take your induction – and stick ’em where the sun don’t shine!”

"You can expect to hear from my lawyers"

She gets up to collect her coat and warns him, “You can expect to hear from my lawyers about sex discrimination,” then stalks out of the shop, 

This causes him some worry

leaving Griffiths somewhat anxious.

Hywel hears Cheryl talking

As Hywel comes downstairs at Llwyncelyn, he hears Cheryl speaking on the phone in English;  

"I told you I'm sorting it, Dave"

“I told you I’m sorting it – oh come on, Dave – I don’t sweat money.   I’ve got to go – there’s a bloke over there and I think he’s having a heart attack!”

Hywel is rather surprised

Hywel is rather surprised by this 

"He's the landlord"

and she explains that she had to get rid of him somehow – he is her landlord.   “How hard is it to service a boiler?” she demands, 

Off she goes to Llanelli market

“Right, I’m off to Llanelli – I love a market – life of the rich and famous, eh?”

He is now quite convinced that there is more to Cheryl than that she is admitting.

"He treats me like a servant"

Outside the Deri, Kelly is complaining to Anita;  “Honestly, the audacity!   He treats me like a servant and then asks me to dress in a way that is more pleasing to the eye!   Excuse me!”

"Every job has an image"

Anita maintains that every job has an image or uniform;  “He hasn’t asked you to dress like a pole dancer, has he?”   

"I thought you'd stick up for him!"

Kelly thought that her aunt would stick up for him;  “Typical of our society’s unconscious patriarchal bias.”   Anita did not understand a word of that, 

"Wait till you see the bill I've got"

but is confident that she will change her mind when she sees the bill for the wedding photos.

"£1,800?"

“£1,800?” Kelly gasps, 

"And there's Ifan's school trip"

and is reminded that she has to pay for Ifan’s school trip;  she is very angry, but still is adamant, “No – I won’t do it – OK?   I’m not going back to Griffiths – 

"Let me keep some self-respect"

“let me keep some self-respect.”

"I don't think you can afford self-respect"

Anita does not believe that she can afford self-respect, as there are not any other jobs around Cwmderi.   

"There's a job with Jinx"

Kelly snaps that there is a job with Jinx, but is forbidden by Auntie Anita who points out they have already had this conversation.

"If people want to talk – let them, OK?"

“You know what?   If people want to talk – let them, OK?   I’ve got bills to pay and a family to look after.”

Griffiths investigates . . .

At Tomos ac Ellis, Griffiths is looking at the laptop, 

. . . sexual discrimination in the workplace . . .

in particular at a webpage entitled ‘Employers:  Sex discrimination in the workplace’.   

. . . and appears somewhat 'rattled'

He appears to be very worried and when the phone rings, he rejects the call.

"I can't find any mention of your Mam's death"

Gaynor makes a cup of tea and Hywel has been unable to find any mention of her mothers death.   She wonders why he is looking;  “There must be lots of reasons why you can’t find it.   

"Do you think she'd lie about something like that?"

“Do you really think she'd lie about something like this?”

He replies that he heard her on the phone earlier, and she sounded as if she was in trouble;  

"Some story about a landlord and a boiler"

“When I walked in, she gave me some story about a landlord and a boiler.”   

"That doesn't mean she was lying about her mother"

Gaynor does not consider that any reason to suspect that she was lying about her mother.

"I'm going to phone that Maes Gwyn Hall"

He decides, “I’m going to phone that place she mentioned, Maes Gwyn Hall – or do you want to phone them?   Here’s the number.”   Gaynor agrees to do so if it will put his mind at ease.

"I think left my scarf there"

“I was in a funeral reception about a fortnight ago – Mrs Elsie Thomas – and I think I left my scarf there,” she tells them, 

"You have no record of it?"

but they have no record of such a booking, 

"I thought as much"

which is exactly as Hywel had anticipated, and he shakes his head.

The floral tributes are past their best

The floral tributes on Tyler’s grave are becoming scruffy 

Aled is at the graveside . . .

as Aled stands there with a single white rose.   

. . . and Iolo joins him there

Iolo approaches and stands alongside him.   For a while they are silent, 

then Aled explains that he is going back to London tonight and just wanted to say goodbye.   Now he will go, 

He puts down his white rose

but Iolo calls him back and invites him to put down the rose in front of Tyler’s photo.

"I'm not proud of what I did"

“Look, I’m not proud of what I did last week – I shouldn’t have lost my temper, and I’m sorry,” says Iolo.

"You think I'm a home-wrecker"

“You think I’m a home wrecker,” responds Aled, “That I have no conscience – or that I’m completely selfish.   

"Dani doesn't want to know me either"

“I’m not – you don’t know me – Dani doesn’t want to know me either now.”

"Why did you come?"

Iolo wants to know why he came to the funeral after everything that happened between him and Tyler;  “I knew he was taking advantage of me – things weren’t too good between us by the end – 

"I needed 'closure'"

“but I needed ‘closure’.   Perhaps I shouldn’t have come to the funeral – nobody wanted me there.”

The withered remains

“Is that why you sent those messages?” Iolo asks, 

"You trolled me, didn't you?"

“You trolled me, didn’t you?”

Kelly heads toward the pizza shop . . .

As Kelly walks purposefully along the street, past number 10, which we see is still for sale, 

. . . but it appears the vacancy has been filled . . .

she notices Jinx and Dani outside The Pizza Place.   She realises that the chance of a job there has gone, 

. . . so she retreats again

so retraces her steps.

Cheryl moans about Llanelli market . . .

When Cheryl returns to Llwyncelyn, they are ready for her;  she growls, “Oh God – Llanelli market is just like Wrexham’s – depressing, and it always rains.”   

. . . but she has brought a bottle of wine

"Gallons of pink fizz"

She has brought a bottle of wine.

Hywel begins, “Were there a lot of bubbles at the funeral reception?” and Cheryl answers that there were gallons of pink fizz.   

"What was the name of the place?"

Gaynor checks the location of the reception, which was as Hywel had said.

"Maes Gwyn Hall – but Mam was worth it"

“Yeah – but Mam was worth it!” Cheryl continues, “She loved all that – queen of bling and chandeliers.”

"I can't do this any more . . ."

“I can’t do this any more,” snarls Hywel, 

". . . there was no reception at Maes Gwyn Hall!"

“There was no reception at Maes Gwyn Hall – I doubt that there were any chandeliers there either!”   

"Why are there no written tributes?"

Gaynor enquires why there is not a written tribute to Mam anywhere, 

"You've been checking up on me!"

and Cheryl realises that they have been checking up on her.

"They've never heard of Elsie Thomas"

“We phoned Maes Gwyn Hall and they had never heard of Elsie Thomas,” Hywel emphasises.   Cheryl thinks that they suspect her mother is still alive and that it is a pack of lies.

"Right, Cagney and Lacey!"

“Right, Cagney and Lacey,” she sneers, grabbing a pen and writing;  “Put this in your sanctimonious electric mobile and check with the neighbours – here’s Mam’s address.   

"Ask her neighbours, then!"

“Everyone in the street can verify that she lived there and she died.”

"Nobody's ever insulted me like this!"

Gaynor is very sympathetic, but Cheryl is determined that she is going to pack, complaining, “Nobody’s ever insulted me like this – and, believe me, I’ve been insulted a lot!”

"I was angry, humiliated"

Aled continues explaining, “I was angry, humiliated.”   Iolo suspected that the messages came from him, but has not told anyone, for which Aled is grateful.

"Sometimes people do things they don't mean"

“Look, Al – I understand how grief can affect everyone differently – sometimes people do things they don’t mean.   Although it feels impossible at the moment, perhaps we should look forward to the future – that’s what Tyler would want.”

"Look after Dani and tell her I'm sorry"

Aled asks him to look after Dani and tell her that he is sorry;  he thinks he has done enough damage for one week without going to see Dani.   He does not want to make things worse.

He wants to shake Iolo's hand . . . 

Aled stretches out his hand to Iolo, 

. . . but Iolo hugs him instead

who prefers to give him a hug.

Kelly looks at the photos . . .

Kelly is looking through the expensive photographs 

. . . and the accompanying invoice

and then at the invoice.   There is a knock at the door and Griffiths arrives, with flowers.

"What do you want?"

“Oh, ‘Selling Sunset’ himself – what do you want?” she greets him, 

"I've come to apologise . . ."

and after checking that no-one else is in the house, announces that he has come to apologise.

". . . I behaved in an unacceptable way"

“I’m very aware that I behaved in an unacceptable way,” he says, which Kelly seems to be quite enjoying.   “And unreasonable – so I’m really sorry.”

"What do you think was unacceptable and unreasonable?"

She demands, “Exactly what do you think was unacceptable and unreasonable?”   At this he appears to be lost for words;  “I know – but I just want to know if you know,” she goes on, with obvious relish.

"I want you back at Tomos ac Ellis"

“Well the truth is, I want you back at Tomos ac Ellis.   I’ve prepared a formal induction – 

"It doesn't include making coffee"

“which doesn’t include making coffee – so what do you say?   Will you come back?”

"OK I will . . . think about it"

After a pause she agrees that she will . . . think about it, which is not what he had been expecting.   

"Thanks for the flowers"

She thanks him for the flowers, which he hands over to her.

Cheryl may well have a long wait – I have only seen one bus there in ten years

Cheryl is sitting at the bus stop when Gaynor comes round the corner and apologises to her.   

"Try to see things from my point of view"

“But try to see things from my point of view – it was odd that there was no obituary and no funeral reception, don’t you think?”

"There are stranger things"

Cheryl maintains that there are stranger things;  

"Come back to Llwyncelyn with me"

“Come back to Llwyncelyn and we’ll sort this.   It would be a shame if you went back to Wrexham and this came to nothing.”

"I'm 'boracic', Gaynor"

“I’m not going to Wrexham – cards on the table?   I’m ‘boracic’, Gaynor,” which Gaynor cannot understand.   “Skint, stony broke, on my uppers,” Cheryl confesses, “That’s why there was no obituary, no funeral reception.   

"What was I supposed to say?"

“What was I supposed to say – ‘Hi, I’m your long lost sister – our Mam’s just died, and I’m on the run from the landlord?’   Three months late with the rent.   

“I know it’s disgusting that I’ve done a runner, but things went totally Titanic on me!   Looking after Mam, trying to work – I had a good job in a solicitors office.   They were really going to start with – but they got tired of the invisible secretary act.”

"Where will you go?"

Gaynor wonders where she will go, and Cheryl has no idea;  she does have a cousin in Anglesey.   Gaynor points out that she has a spare room and an empty wardrobe;  she is not offering charity, but is helping her sister.  

"We're family!"

“We’re family!   Now that Izzy’s gone, I don’t have much family left.”

Griffiths hears the door . . .

Griffiths sits at his desk, looking glum, 

. . . and in walks Kelly

when suddenly the door opens and Kelly enters, in suitably businesslike garb;  he immediately brightens up.

"I'm giving you one last chance – right?"

She stands before him and informs him, “I’m giving you one last chance – and I’ve dressed like this because I want to, not to confirm some ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ idea you have of women – right?”   

Griffiths agrees

Griffiths meekly nods his head.

She is very professional and smart

As she goes to sit at her desk he remarks, “You look very professional and smart – 

"I've got two viewings – if you'd like to come"

“I’ve got two viewings organised for the end of the day, if you would like to go.”   

"OK"

Kelly agrees that she will accompany him, and he looks very pleased.

"Can I get you a coffee – or tea?"

“It’s pleasure to have you back – can I get you a coffee – or a tea, perhaps?” Griffiths enquires.

"Bone China mug, with a chocolate biscuit"

She answers, “Tea – chamomile – in a bone china mug, with a chocolate biscuit,” and looks slyly at him.   

Kelly smiles contentedly

He hurries to put the kettle on, while she smiles contentedly.

Hywel gets a surprise

When Hywel returns home, he finds Gaynor and Cheryl laughing together.   

"Oi, hubby – a bit of bubbly?"

Cheryl shouts, “Oi, hubby – a bit of bubbly?” 

"You've sorted everything out?"

and he concludes that they must have sorted everything out.

“Cheryl’s explained everything about the funeral reception and the obituary – she’s had a terrible time,” Gaynor tells him, and Cheryl confirms that it was the worst time of her life.   

"We're going to help her, aren't we?"

“But we’re going to help her, aren’t we?” continues Gaynor.

"Yes, we can take you back to Wrexham"

Hywel is in favour of taking her back to Wrexham and sorting things out there, but it is pointed out that she is not going back to Wrexham.   “We’ve discussed it – and she’s going to stay here with us for a while.”   He has little choice but to agree, 

"I appreciate this, Hywel"

and Cheryl is very appreciative of their generosity, calling it a new chapter.   

Hywel still has his suspicions

He looks less optimistic.

Dani comes downstairs with a suit for Gwern;  

"Do you think this will still fit you?"

“Do you think this will still fit you?” she asks.   Receiving no reply, she continues, “Gwern, we can’t avoid it for ever – the funeral is next week.”

"Will you be going"?"

He asks if she will be going, but she does not know whether she can, and points out that he will be OK with Cassie.   

"I'm not going!"

“I’m not going!” he growls, but she explains that it is his chance to say goodbye.

"She did love you, Gwern"

“I know she did some terrible things, but she did love you.”   He makes it clear that he does not love her, so Dani decides that she will go with him.

"She doesn't deserve to have anyone there!"

“She was a murderer – she doesn’t deserve to have anyone there,” he says.