17 October 2023

"Some of the food bank's stock has gone"

Megan is waiting anxiously outside Bethania when Mark comes out and advises, “It’s a bit of a mess and some of the food bank’s stock has gone.”

"What is the matter with people, Mark?"

She wonders what is the matter with people, and he suggests, “Someone wanting to sell food to make a bit of money, perhaps – there are desperate people out there these days, aren’t there?   Have you got someone to clear up the mess?   

"I'm on shift until twelve"

“I’m on shift until twelve.”

Megan will do what she can on her own and thinks that Jinx is coming to help her later.

Maya is doing a bit of DIY

Along the street at the pharmacy, Maya is up a ladder with a drill 

"A pharmacist and a builder?"

and Mark comments, “A pharmacist and a builder, is it?”   Maya is putting up extra CCTV after the break-in, and he informs her that Bethania has also been broken into, from the back.   

"More security is a good idea"

He assures her that more security is a good idea.

Then he meets Gaynor, on her way to her first shift at the pharmacy and wishes her good luck.   

"I am slightly nervous"

Gaynor tells Maya that she is slightly nervous, 

"You'll be great, Gaynor"

but is told that she will be great.   She holds the drill while Maya folds the stepladder.

"Hiya, Jinx"

Jinx comes round the corner by MFC and Britt comes out;  

"How did the meeting go yesterday?"

he asks how the meeting of local businesses went yesterday.   “Boring,” she replies, “But I did manage to pitch a few Christmassy ideas.   

"Are you still being pranked?"

“Are you still being pranked?” she asks, trying to sound innocent.

"Things are quieter on that front now"

“Things are quieter on that front, thank goodness,” he answers;  in order to allay any suspicion, she maintains that someone is pranking MFC now.

"Sending in orders and not picking them up"

“They’re sending in orders and then not picking them up.”   Jinx wonders what is wrong with the clown and she confirms that someone is still at it.

Kelly grumbles

Kelly comes downstairs at Bryntirion, grumbling, “Christmas, Christmas, Christmas!   That’s it for this year now — 

"Nobody wants to look at houses"

“Griffiths can’t accept that nobody wants to look at houses.”

Jason replies, “Everyone wants to build them!” which she regards as a good job, because it means they can afford Christmas.

"I don't see enough of my hubby these days"

“Only thing is – I don’t see enough of my hubby these days – what are you doing this afternoon?”   He answers that he is working;  

"Work on spending quality time with Ifan and me?"

“Well, can’t you work on spending quality time with Ifan and me?” she demands. 

He supposes that he could, for an hour or two;  “Or you and I could meet up here for an hour or so, he proposes 

"Wait until tonight"

and makes to kiss her, but Kelly stops him, warning that will wait until tonight.

"Some fresh air first"

“Some fresh air for you and me and Ifan first – what do you say?”   Jason is quick to agree to this, 

"Ifan – Dadi's coming as well!"

so Kelly calls to Ifan that Dadi is coming as well.

Jinx opens the door . . .

Jinx opens the door of ‘The Pizza Place’ 

. . . and discovers a box on the counter

and the first thing he notices is a box of groceries on the counter;  

"What on earth?"

“What on earth?” he exclaims and at that moment Megan comes hurrying in.

"Have you heard about Bethania?"

“The very man – have you heard about Bethania?” she begins 

Then Megan sees the box

and then also notices the box.   He announces that he has just found it, but in true Cwmderi style, 

"Are you short of food?"

Megan jumps to the wrong conclusion.   “Are you short of food?” she asks.

"Someone's trying to frame me"

“No, Megan – someone is trying to frame me – I was on my way over to tell you,” he says, “There’s a prankster about and he’s been pranking Britt as well.”   

Megan thinks otherwise

However, her mind is well and truly made up, so she turns to leave, 

"Megan, it wasn't me!"

as Jinx protests, “Megan, it wasn’t me!”

"I didn't know you worked here . . ."

Megan’s next stop is the pharmacy, where she is very surprised to see Gaynor behind the counter;  “I didn’t know you worked here – 

". . . considering you were a headteacher"

“interesting, considering that you were a headteacher.   Tell me, what inspired this decision?”

Gaynor recognises that girl . . .

Gaynor’s attention is distracted by a young person coming into the pharmacy and speaking to Maya;  

. . . who goes into the consulting room

they go into the consulting room.   Megan is offended at being ignored 

"Are you qualified to sell aspirins?"

and continues, “I’ve come to get some aspirins – are you qualified to give them?”   

Gaynor replies that of course she is and a selects a packet from the shelf;  Megan wonders if she can pay the 60p by card, 

Gaynor finds the terminal rather daunting

and when Gaynor has pressed the right buttons on the terminal the card is accepted with no problem.

That girl leaves again

The door of the consulting room opens and the girl leaves the shop;  Gaynor looks suspicious and asks Maya, “Is everything OK?   I remember her from school – 

"Morning-after pill?"

“was it the ‘morning-after’ pill?”   

"Patient confidentiality, Gaynor"

She is reminded that there is such a thing as patient confidentiality.

"Thanks for looking at the boiler, Iolo"

At number 21, Britt thanks Iolo for having a look at the boiler 

He notices bolt-cutters

and as he put his tools back in the bag, he notices nearby a pair of bolt cutters.   

"You're not the one who broke into Bethania?"

He jokes, “Hey, you’re not the one that broke into Bethania, are you?”

"Cutting sheep's toenails"

She comes up with the extremely far-fetched excuse, “They’re Colin’s – for helping Eileen with the sheep’s toenails.   Thanks for coming over at such short notice – 

"Your next MFC is on the house"

“your next MFC is on the house!”   

"I won't say no to that!"

He will not say no to an offer like that.

When Mark goes to see Cheryl, she says she was thinking about him last night and understands he is a fan of Star Trek.   

"Live long and prosper"

“Live long and prosper,” he says.   She has found a hilarious video on YouTube and will send it to him.

She is given a camera doorbell

He has brought something for her;  “A camera doorbell – I saw Maya putting up CCTV outside the pharmacy this morning 

"I had a 'lightbulb moment'"

“and I had a ‘lightbulb moment’.   I thought that’s exactly what Cheryl needs – more security.   You can check who’s at the door before answering – good, isn’t it?”

She does not look very pleased 

She seems to have gone suddenly quiet and he continues, “Well, it’s only an idea – I got it cheap at APD.   I can return it – I’ve got the receipt.”   

"Something smells nice"

Then he adds, “Something smells nice.”

She replies that she is making bacon butties and he wonders if there is one with ‘Mark’ on it, as he is starving.   

"There's no ketchup"

She says that there is no tomato ketchup, but only brown sauce.

“I’m saucy enough, don’t you think?” he laughs, and she obviously does not think much of his joke.

"Come and have your bacon butty"

“Right, come and have your bacon butty, Mr Mark – as you’re insisting.”

"Have you got a carbon monoxide alarm?"

As he walks past the shop, Iolo is on the phone, informing Hywel, “I couldn’t check the boiler properly, but it needs a service.   By the way, have you got a carbon monoxide alarm anywhere?   I couldn’t see one.”

"I know where the stuff went!"

Then Megan, still looking rather flustered, asks Iolo, “Have you heard about the theft from Bethania?   The stuff from the food bank – I know where it went.”   

"It's at The Pizza Place — can you believe it?"

As we can see Jinx, talking to someone outside number 7, she tells Iolo, “It went to The Pizza Place – can you believe it?”

"It wasn't Jinx"

Iolo does not accept that it was Jinx, pointing out that he leads the Sunday school, 

"I saw the box in his kitchen"

but she is convinced;  “I saw the box in his kitchen.”

"I have to fix a pipe in the Deri"

Iolo appears to have an awful lot of work at the moment, and now has to go to the Deri to fix a pipe for Cassie;   

"If you ask me, trust Jinx"

“If you ask me, trust Jinx,” he advises her, “As if he broke into Bethania!”

Megan says that she has seen enough of these true crime stories to know that the least likely suspects are the ones to watch.   Iolo goes on his way, appreciating that nothing he can say will change her mind.

Megan looks across at Jinx . . .

Megan looks at Jinx once more and she is not the only one;  

. . . and Britt is doing the same

we see that Britt, clutching her phone, is also on the lookout.   

Iolo gives her a fright

As Iolo passes on his way to the Deri, he surprises her.

Jinx walks towards the shop

Jinx approaches Megan who is selecting some apples outside the shop;  

"I'd like to talk to you"

he would like to talk to her.   

"There's nothing to discuss"

“I don’t think there’s anything to discuss,” she tells him.

Ifan kicks a ball in the park

Out in the park, alongside the lake, Ifan is enjoying himself kicking a football;  

Jason wants to get down to eating

“Ah, look at him,” says Jason, and is eager to eat.

"OK, moaning Minnie . . ."

“OK, moaning Minnie,” Kelly replies, opening the picnic box, 

". . . cawl and fresh bread"

“Here we go – cawl and fresh bread.”   He asks if it is home made;  “As if – from the deli!”

Jason detects an ulterior motive

“Kelly, have you got something to tell me?” Jason enquires, “Some bad news or something?   Dragging me outdoors, feeding me.   What’s going on?”

"It's just my way of saying sorry"

“It’s just my way of saying sorry,” she answers, “Because, you know, last week you tried to open your heart to me – and I was having none of it – with the ‘revenge on Jinx’ thing.   

"I made it all about me – I'm sorry"

“I should have listened to you, instead of making it all about me.   I’m sorry.”

"You do have a knack of doing that . . ."

He suggests, “Well, you do have a knack of doing that, fair play,” he says, and when she shouts in protest at him, 

". . . but you're blooming gorgeous and I love you!"

he adds, “But you’re also blooming gorgeous and I love you!”   

He kisses her

They kiss, several times, and he comments that this is a lovely afternoon.

"I've got a surprise for you"

“Food now – and then I’ve got a surprise for you,” she teases, but will not reveal what it is;  

"Ifan, food!"

“Ifan, food!” she calls.

The doorbell is installed . . .

Mark has installed the doorbell 

. . . so she can see who is outside

and now Cheryl can see who is there on her phone, which she finds quite impressive.   

"That bacon butty charged me up"

“That bacon butty charged me up – now you can see who’s there,” he explains.   She describes him as a ‘superstar’ and is sorry that she was acting weird earlier.

"I'm not going to tell anyone . . ."

“I guess I’m a bit embarrassed after the other day – blurting everything.”   Mark assures her that she does not need to be embarrassed and reiterates that he is not going to tell anyone.   

". . . but I do think you should tell Gaynor"

However, he does think that she should tell Gaynor.

"Anyway, how much do I owe you?"

She is reluctant to do that;  “Because of the lies – I would be seriously annoyed myself – it might change everything.   Anyway, how much do I owe you?”

He is adamant that she is not paying as he was the one who wanted to buy it;  “All right, but at least stay for lunch – I’ve got a shop-bought steak and kidney pie and Gaynor’s meeting a friend.”

"You like your meat, don't you?"

He quips that Cheryl likes her meat;  “My menus are a vegetarian’s nightmare!” she boasts.   Mark is glad that he is not a vegetarian – or a cow.

Gaynor is tired after her day's work

Then Gaynor arrives back, complaining that she had to cancel Betsan;  “I haven’t been this tired for years!   What’s that new doorbell?”   

"It's got a camera so we can vet people"

She is told that it has a camera so that they can vet people.   

"And you let him in?"

“And you let him in?” Gaynor jokes, looking at Mark.   Now she is going to ‘FaceTime’ Lois.

"Right, I'd better go"

Mark thinks that he ought to go, so they can enjoy that pie together, but Cheryl persuades him to stay;  

"It's enough to feed the five thousand!"

“It’s a massive pie – it’s enough to feed the five thousand!   Come on – what do you say?”

"Detective Megan is on the rampage"

Jinx is sitting outside the Deri, looking at a magazine, when Iolo comes out, warning him, “Detective Megan is on the rampage – can’t you find an alibi for last night?”   

"This is getting silly"

Jinx groans that this is getting silly.   

"You were with someone, weren't you?"

“I know – but you were with someone, weren’t you?”

Jinx agrees that he was with Dani part of the time and then he went home;  

"I can't believe I'm having this conversation!"

“I can’t believe I’m having this conversation!”   Then another message arrives on his phone;  “Come on – this is getting silly now!” he growls.

"The Poo-za Place"

He shows Iolo this latest message, which simply reads, ‘The Poo-za Place,’ which Iolo finds rather amusing.   “Iol, that’s not funny – that’s bullying – harassment!” 

"Yes, of course – the swine!"

and Iolo describes the sender as a ‘swine’.

Kelly sets up her tripod . . .

Out in the park, Kelly sets up her phone on a tripod and Jason wonders what she is up to;  

 . . . and fetches Ifan

she shouts, “Ifan – photo shoot!”   

"Oh – it's all gone!"

Meanwhile Jason discovers that there is no more cawl, much to his disappointment.

“Oopsie daisy, let’s go,” she tells Ifan, “Come on, Dadi!”   

"I'm in the wrong clothes, Kelly!"

He protests that he has not done his hair and is in the wrong clothes.   She comments, “A bit of scruff is sexy!” and he not like being described as a poodle.“Impromptu photo shoot with me and Ifan – ready?”   

"Impromptu?"

He does not think it can really be described as impromptu, as she has brought the tripod.   They pose for the photo.

Britt looks pleased with her infantile behaviour

At MFC, Britt is looking with satisfaction at her latest message and, 

"I want to claim my free MFC"

when Iolo comes in to claim his free MFC, rather carelessly puts her phone down on the counter.

“Worried I was going to withdraw the offer, were you?” she responds, “What do you want?”   

"Two chicken and chips, please"

He selects two chicken and chips and she will put more chips on now.

The phone buzzes . . .

Iolo happens to notice the phone when it buzzes 

. . . and Iolo takes a look

and proclaims that her latest review is getting popular.   

Now he knows what is going on

He realises what has been going on.

"Did you enjoy it?"

At Maes-y-Deri, as they eat their steak and kidney pie, Gaynor is celebrating her new job.   Mark asks if she enjoyed it, apart from the tiredness, and she says that she did;  

"Haemorrhoids, 'morning-after' pill

“Haemorrhoids, ‘morning-after’ pill, all in one morning!   Megan almost collapsed when she saw me behind that counter.”

"I hope Megan was not wanting the 'morning-after' pill!"

Cheryl hopes that Megan was not the one looking for the ‘morning-after’ pill, 

"You shouldn't be telling us that"

but Mark does not consider that she should be telling them this.   “Relax, Mark – I’m not revealing any concrete facts – just suggestions, that’s all,” is Gaynor’s reply.”

Cheryl tests the new doorbell

The new doorbell rings and Cheryl looks at her phone to see who is out there;   

"Just get up and answer the door . . ."

Gaynor see why they need the bell, as they can just get up and answer the door;  

". . . not expecting a psycho, are we?"

“We’re not expecting a psycho, are we?”   

"It's my peanut butter delivery"

Cheryl discovers that it is her peanut butter delivery;  she is addicted to it.   Mark if she has tried it with honey, but she declares, “This is a honey-free zone,” 

"Take it down – it's intrusive!"

then tells Gaynor, “I saw you on the camera.”

“Take it down – it’s intrusive!” Gaynor maintains, 

"Mam bought it with a grant from the council"

and Mark manufactures an excuse that his mother bought it with a grant from the council.   “What a waste of public money during all these cuts,” is Gaynor’s verdict.

"Thanks for that, Mark"

Cheryl thanks Mark for getting her off the hook.

Back home at Bryntirion, Jason is watching television while Kelly looks at the photos taken during the afternoon.   

Kelly grabs the last crisp

As he reaches for the last crisp, she manages to get there first, exclaiming, “Finito!   Do you know what?   You slurped all the soup at lunchtime – and I’m starving.   I can’t believe he’s gone down so early.”

"It's the Carmarthenshire fresh air"

Jason puts that down to the Carmarthenshire fresh air and she continues, 

"Look at him here, Jase"

“Look at him here, Jase,” showing him the photos on her phone.

"Our little family"

“Our little family,” he sighs 

"Our little family"

and she agrees with him;  

Another kiss

they kiss again.

A customer is served

Britt has just served a customer in MFC;  

"I'm not leaving until you talk to me"

Iolo, who has been standing nearby, tells her, “Britt, I’m not leaving until you talk to me.”   She maintains that she has online orders to sort out now.   

"Talk to me or I'll talk to Jinx"

He gives her an ultimatum, “Talk to me or I’ll talk to Jinx.”

As she says nothing in reply, he picks up his order and leaves the shop.   

"All right – you've got my attention!"

She is panic stricken now and rushes after him;  “All right – you’ve got my attention.”

"Why, Britt?"

Iolo demands, “Why, Britt?” 

The police arrive . . . 

just as we see in the background a police car arriving outside number 9.   “That stealing from Bethania – that was you, wasn’t it?   With those bolt cutters!”

. . . and Britt is concerned to see . . .

She is extremely concerned when two police officers emerge from the car 

. . . he is 'helping them with their enquiries

and Jinx is escorted into it.   

"Britt – what have you done?"

The sight horrifies Iolo;  “Oh, Britt – what have you done?” he says.