25 July 2024

"What the hell are you doing here?"

Gaynor cannot believe that this is Dave, her sister’s ex;  Cheryl demands, “What the hell are you doing here?”   Mark simply wants to know what is going on.

"I thought I'd never see you again!"

Tom/Dave gasps, in English, “I thought I’d never see you again!”   

"It's him – I want him out, now!"

Cheryl explains to Mark that it is him – and she wants him out of there now.   

Gaynor is bemused

Gaynor is absolutely flabbergasted.

Dai searches in a box

Dai, in a vivid floral shirt, is looking through the contents of a box when DJ asks him if his tie is all right;  

"You look like a penguin!"

“Whoa, whoa, whoa!   Look, it’s not a funeral – you look like a penguin,” say Dai.

DJ replies that it is not a barbecue either, 

"Diane want to celebrate with colour"

but is informed, “Diane want to celebrate Jason’s life with some colour.”   DJ complains that his suit has been to the dry cleaners specially.   He is advised to get changed before Diane sees him, but DJ protests that he does not have anything colourful.

"Crikey Moses!"

Diane is just coming in through the door, so Dai exclaims, “Crikey Moses!  I’ve told him to get changed!”   She simply says that DJ looks smart and asks if Dai has found Jason’s bracelet.   

Diane has picked some roses . . .

She has gathered some roses from the garden 

. . . with which Dai stabs himself

and Dai manages to impale himself on one of the thorns.

DJ asks Diane how she is feeling 

"I'm ready"

and she answers that she is ready.

Gaynor follows Tom/Dave

Tom/Dave walks away from the others and is followed by Gaynor;  

"What am I supposed to call you?"

“So what am I supposed to call you?” she asks, “Tom, Dave, or what?”   He maintains that Cheryl disappeared and he was lost.

"I decided to use my middle name"

“So I decided to start over using my middle name, Tom – I know it sounds silly, but I slowly rebuilt my life – 

"I can't believe it!"

“and now this!   I can’t believe it!”   

"This isn't a coincidence, is it?"

Cheryl is listening from the kitchen, then comes in;  But this isn’t a coincidence, is it?   Don’t believe him!   He’s planned all of this!”   Tell me how you found me!”

"You need to calm down, Cheryl"

Mark tries to get Cheryl to calm down, but she shouts, “No, Mark – I need to know.   You must have been planning this for months.”

"I had no idea you'd moved here"

He stresses that this is a terrible coincidence;  “I had no idea that you had moved here.”

"Please don't spoil everything!"

Cheryl is in tears as she begs him not to do this;  “Please don’t spoil everything – it’s not fair!”   As Mark reminds her that they have all had a shock, she continues, “Look at him – he’s laughing at me!”

"Let's sit down and listen"

“Let’s sit down and listen,” Mark suggests, but she will have none of that;  

"If he's not going – I will!"

stressing that if he does not go, she will.   She shoves Mark out of the way and dashes out of the house, 

"Cheryl!"

with him chasing after her.   

Gaynor looks askance at Tom/Dave

Gaynor is left staring suspiciously at Tom/Dave.

Gwern’s brownies have cooled, so he puts them in a box;  “And he just left?” asks Kylie, incredulously and Gwern is surprised that he did not say anything.

"I could never have kicked you out"

“I could never have kicked you out – it wouldn’t be fair – but Jinx doesn’t have to know that, all right?”

"Does Britt know you're here?"

Colin walks in, not expecting to see Gwern there;  “Does Britt know you’re both here on your own?” he enquires.   

"We're behaving, Col"

Kylie assures him they are behaving and they have been making brownies.

Colin gives them some scrutiny

Colin closely examines them and says that chocolate is his favourite.   

"We're celebrating"

Kylie announces that they are celebrating;  

"Jinx has moved out" (of his own house)

“Jinx has moved out,” says Gwern, “To Mathew’s flat, I think.”

"Well, fair play to him!"

Colin is impressed;  “Well, fair play to him!  You see – his heart is in the right place.”   

"It would be rude not to accept"

He maintains that it would be rude not to accept one of the brownies.   Gwern will take some home to Dani, and will leave the rest there.

"Good news!"

After he has gone, Colin remarks that it is good news;  

"You won't have to choose between us now"

“Yes – you won’t have to choose between us now,” says Kylie.

"I don't understand how he's done this"

Back home at Maes-y-Deri, Cheryl cannot believe what has happened;  “I don’t understand how he’s done this.   I’ve been so careful, not sharing personal information – I’ve hardly told any friends where I am – nothing!”

"It might be just a weird coincidence"

Mark thinks that it might be just a weird coincidence;  “These things happen, don’t they?   And he might have changed.”

"People like him don't change!"

She is convinced that people like him do not change.   

"He seems like a decent guy"

“He seems like a decent guy, not like Dave at all.”

"You don't believe me, do you?"

In tears, Cheryl whimpers, “You don’t believe me, do you?   You don’t, or you wouldn’t say something so stupid!”   He insists that she needs to calm down, but Cheryl is convinced that Dave has planned all this.   “He’s a dangerous man and I’m scared, Mark!   What if he wants to hurt Gaynor to get revenge?   I’ve left her there with him!”

"We're not going anywhere"

Mark grabs her arm and tells her, “We’re not going anywhere – we’re going to calm down.”

“You don’t understand,” Cheryl shouts, “She’s in danger!”

"Is Dani at home?"

Gwern walks along the street past the pharmacy with his box of brownies and Jinx approaches, asking if Dani is at home, but Gwern has no idea.

“Will you give her this, please?” asks Jinx, handing over a gift bag.   

"Leaving present, is it?"

Gwern assumes that it is a leaving present 

He goes over to number 9 . . .

and walks away, 

. . . ignoring Jinx's protests

ignoring what Jinx is saying.

At the riverside . . .

Down at the riverside the three mourners stand, 

. . . Diane has a photo of Jason

Diane clasping a photo of Jason;  she decides that she is ready.   

"Ready for what?"

“For what?” Dai asks.

"You're supposed to say a word"

“You’re supposed to say a word,” she tells him, “With the roses.”   

"Ouch – my hand!"

Once again he manages to stab himself on a thorn and drops the roses into the mud, much to Diane’s displeasure.

"You're supposed to be recording this!"

Then she complains to DJ, “And you’re supposed to be recording this for Kelly and Emma!”   It appears that this is the first time he has heard about it.   She exclaims, “Don’t you listen to a word I say?   

Right, we're not doing it!"

“Right, we’re not doing it – there’s no speech, no pictures!”   She turns to DJ and snarls, “You look like a chauffeur!   

"The roses are in the dirt!"

“And the roses are in the dirt – we’re not doing it!”   

She storms off

DJ and his father look at each other as she storms off.

Gaynor needs a large drink

“She never said she had a sister,” says Tom/Dave while Gaynor pours herself a large glass of red wine.   

“We only found out recently we were sisters,” Gaynor replies.   

"Typical of my life!"

He sighs that this is typical of his life – when things start to look up, everything becomes a mess.

"He's sleeping in my bed!"

Gaynor summarises, “The problem I have is that Dave, Cheryl’s ex-boyfriend, was a cruel man who treated her terribly – and yet he’s sitting on my sofa – sleeping in my bed.”

"Our relationship was toxic"

He concedes that his and Cheryl’s relationship was toxic;  “We were both very young and clueless when we met – and we never learned how to be together properly.   

"When she disappeared I was heartbroken"

“When she disappeared I was heartbroken – but I also knew it was for the best.   A fresh start . . .”

"With a new name in a new place"

“Yes, I know,” Gaynor sneers, “With a new name in a new place – you said.”

"You're the best thing that's happened to me"

“But I wasn’t expecting to meet you and I find myself in such a healthy and special relationship – and now what?   I don’t want to lose you, Gaynor – you’re the best thing that’s happened to me in I don’t know how long.   

"You believe me, don't you?"

“You believe me, don’t you?”   She does not say anything.

"Do you want a brownie""

Dani is rushing around when Gwern asks her, “Do you want a brownie?”   She would love one and goes to put the kettle on.   

"Kylie and I were busy this morning"

“Kylie and I were busy this morning.”   He gives her the present which Jinx handed to him;  “It’s just to say thank you.”

She is given the present

She finds that it is a pencil case, which she was talking about to Jinx earlier.   

"How did you know I needed one?"

“Gwern, how did you know I needed one?” she asks, 

"Just guessed, I suppose"

and he says that he just guessed.   She is very pleased with it and he is quite satisfied.

Dani knows from whence it came

Dani of course knows exactly where it came from.

"There's no answer!"

Cheryl is trying to phone Gaynor, but is still receiving no answer;  

"Right, we have to go!"

“Right, we have to go – come on!” she tells Mark, who insists that she cannot do that.

“I need to know that Gaynor’s OK!” she protests, 

"Gaynor needs to come to terms with it"

but he is adamant that Gaynor needs time to come to terms with this herself.   She thought that she had found the love of her life and now . . .

"Her life might be in danger!"

“Now her life might be in danger!” yells Cheryl, but he accuses her of possibly overreacting.   

"Are you saying I'm paranoid?"

“Are you saying I’m paranoid?” she demands, “I have a reason to be!”

"We have to take it one step at a time"

He still maintains that they have to take it easy, just one step at a time;  

"If something happens to Gaynor . . ."

“If something happens to Gaynor, I won’t forgive you!” she threatens.

Dani creeps into the shop flat  . . .

Jinx is doing some washing up in the shop flat when Dani arrives silently 

. . . and gives Jinx a fright

and surprises him;  “Are you all right?” she asks and he complains that he is not used to not having a front door.   

"Thank you for the present"

“Thank you for the present!” she says.

"I was worried he wouldn't give it to you"

He is glad that she received it, being worried that Gwern would not give it to her;  “You can’t help innocent people without a posh Biro,” he tells her, but she is having doubts that she is doing the right thing.

"The timing isn't brilliant, is it?"

“The job – the timing isn’t brilliant is it?”   He insists that it is time she did something for herself, 

"One stupid decision after another . . ."

but she goes on, “It just feels like I’m making one stupid decision after another.”

On the contrary, he says that she is making difficult decisions, but is making the right ones.   

". . . like asking you to move out when you're so lovely"

“Like asking you to move out when you’re so lovely?” she wonders. 

"Swimming lessons?"

Then she receives a phone call;  “Swimming lessons?   OK, I’ll be there now – sorry, I forgot!”   

"You're doing the right thing, Dani"

As she hurries from the room, Jinx reassures her that she is doing the right thing for herself and the kids, just like she always does.

Kylie studies her phone

Kylie is immersed in her phone 

"Would you like another brownie?"

when Colin asks if she would like another brownie, but she thinks that she would be sick.   He says that he has had three already, then, more seriously, 

"This business with Gwern . . ."

continues, “I wanted to discuss this business with Gwern – we don’t want you to think that he’s more important to us than you.   It was never a matter of choosing between you – so just know that we want you here as long as you want to be here.”

"Yes – they want me in the show!"

She has been studying the phone and suddenly exclaims, “Yes!” and jumps up from the sofa, “They want me in the show – I got the part – ‘Under Milk Wood’ – I’d better learn my lines!”   

"Has she been listening?"

Colin wonders if she has been listening to anything he was saying.

Diane is on a river bridge

Diane is standing on a nearby bridge over the river when Dai manages to locate her;  

"What are you doing here?"

“What are you doing here?   I was expecting to see you by the car,” he complains.

"I let him down throughout his life"

She sobs, “I let him down throughout his life.”   

"No, you didn't"

Dai takes issue with this, pointing out that she did not, 

"Now I can't even organise a worthy tribute"

but she goes on, “And even now I can’t even organise a worthy tribute.”

"Well, it might be partly true"

Dai insists that is not true;  “Well, it might be partly true.”   

"Its was a shambles, Dai"

She regards it as a shambles 

"Chaos followed Jason wherever he went"

and he suggests, “Perhaps that was the best tribute – chaos followed Jason wherever he went.   He was wild, untidy, disorganised, but he always tried his best – even if his life was a shambles, his heart was in the right place.   

"There has only been one Jason Francis"

“There has only been one Jason Francis – we can be grateful for that.”

Diane drops the rose . . .

Diane takes some consolation from his words and he produces one of the roses, which Diane drops into the swirling waters below 

. . . and it is swept away 

and they watch as it floats downstream.

"What are you thinking about?"

In the kitchen at Llwyncelyn, Tom/Dave asks what Gaynor is thinking about.   

"I feel sick . . ."

“I feel sick,” she replies. “An hour ago, I’d never felt happier – 

"I'm scared that I've lost my sister"

“and now I’m scared that I’ve lost my sister – or the man I thought I’d fallen in love with.   I’d better phone her to make sure she’s all right.”

"Cheryl's been trying to contact me"

When she picks up her phone, she finds that Cheryl has been trying to contact her.   

"I'll go"

“Before you do that, family is more important than love – I’ll go,” says Tom/Dave, “I’ll stay in a local B&B to give you time and space to talk.”

He appreciates that the two of them have a lot to discuss as well, 

"This has thrown me as well"

“But to be honest, this has thrown me as well – especially after the last time I saw her – but I don’t want go into it.”

"Tell me – what happened?"

Of course this makes Gaynor more interested in finding out;  

"She hit me over the head with a wine bottle"

he admits, “She hit me over the head with a wine bottle – she left me unconscious, left Wrexham – almost empty handed.   I still have nightmares – 

"I need some time to myself"

“so I would like some time to myself to think things through.   I’ll get my stuff from upstairs and I’ll be in touch soon.”

However, before he leaves the room, he adds, “Just to make one thing totally clear, 

"I have fallen in love with you, Gaynor"

“I have fallen in love with you, Gaynor – and I say that without any doubt.”   She looks devastated.

"I'm going on a school trip tomorrow"

Seren tells Gwern that she is going on a school trip tomorrow;  Dani had not realised that it was tomorrow and will have to prepare a lunch box for her.   

Dani grabs her coat

As she grabs her coat to go to the shop, Seren accidentally spills ketchup on Dani’s appointment letter.

Seren has a slight mishap

“It’s all right – it’s not the end of the world,” says Dani, and Gwern tells Seren not to cry.

Dani comes to a decision

Dani comes to a decision, takes out her phone and makes a call;  “Dani Monk here, I’m supposed to start on Monday – 

"I have to pull out of the job"

“the thing is, I have to pull out of the job – 

Gwern is getting on well with the children

“it’s a family problem.”

Gaynor comes to Maes-y-Deri  

Mark opens the front door of Maes-y-Deri;  Gaynor comes in, 

"I don't know whether I'm OK or not"

commenting that she does not know whether she is OK or not.   Mark is anxious to know whether Tom has touched her and she replies that he has been very kind.

"He said she hit him over the head"

“He says that he understands and explained how his relationship with Cheryl was toxic.   But he said she left him half dead after hitting him over the head with a wine bottle.”

"It's true – Cheryl told me"

Mark of course already knows this;  “It’s true – Cheryl told me everything, months ago – it was self defence.”   

Gaynor cannot understand why Cheryl did not tell her.

"Probably thought you wouldn't believe her"

“She probably thought you wouldn’t believe her,” he says;  

Gaynor does not know what to believe

Gaynor does not know what to believe now, because Tom does not behave anything like Dave.

Cheryl throws her arms around Gaynor

Cheryl comes downstairs and throws her arms around Gaynor;  they both feel better now.   

"Please Gaynor, stay away from him . . ."

“Please, Gaynor, stay away from him, OK?   

". . . he's dangerous – very dangerous!"

“He’s dangerous – very dangerous!”