17 October 2024

Smoke swirls around the High Street

As smoke swirls around the High Street, Mark shouts for his mother;  “I think she’s still in there!” he tells his father as they rush towards the Deri.   

Llinos has been felled by the blast

Several other people have been caught in the blast, including Llinos, who is lying on the ground by the bus stop.   Britt and Colin come downstairs from the MFC flat.

They try to get into the Deri

Mark and Dyff are attempting to force their way into the Deri but the door is stuck;  

There is carnage outside

Mark continues shouting for his mother.

"Where's Lleucu?"

Cai appears on the scene and immediately demands, “Where’s Lleucu?”   Iolo assures him that they were not there;  he saw her and Gwern go off – he is quite sure about that.

Tom shouts for Cheryl and Gaynor

Now Tom has joined them at the front of the Deri.   He shouts for both Gaynor and Cheryl;  Mark tells him that it is impossible to get in that way.

"They said not to go inside"

Britt reports that the emergency services are on the way and have said not to go inside, 

"Gaynor and Cheryl are in there!"

but Tom points out that Gaynor and Cheryl are in there.   

Mathew discovers Jinx . . .

Mathew comes round the corner by Iolo’s van 

. . . in a dazed state

and finds Jinx sitting, dazed and injured. on the ground, leaning up against it.

Dyff looks at Cai

Cai suddenly realises who is standing beside him outside the Deri;  

"Dyff – what the hell?"

“Dyff!” he gasps, “What the hell?”

At Y Felin, Siôn demands why Garry is there, 

"I just want to know where Gwern is!"

but he just wants to know where Gwern is.   “Not until you tell me why you’re here!” says Siôn.   

"There's been an explosion in Cwmderi!"

Lleucu comes running downstairs to tell Siôn there has been an explosion in Cwmderi;  “I’m trying to get hold of Dad, but he’s not answering!”   She suddenly becomes aware of someone sitting there.

"Lleucu, yeah?   Where's Gwern?"

“Lleucu – yeah?   Where’s Gwern?” snarls Garry.   

"He was here earlier"

She says that he was there earlier but has now gone.   “Phone him – tell him you want to meet now!” she is ordered, but Sin  tells her not to do this.

"I want you to leave – or I'm calling the police!"

I want you to leave – or I’m calling the police!” he warns Garry, 

Garry collects the cheese knife

who calmly walks across the table and picks up a knife from the cheeseboard, which he brandishes in front of them.

"No-one's calling the police!"

“No-one’s calling the police – phone Gwern!”   Siôn urges him to put the knife down, as he is scaring Lleucu and will make things a lot worse.   

"Shut it, Siôn!"

Garry’s response is, “Shut it!   Phone him and put it on loudspeaker – don’t tell him I’m here!”   Lleucu has little choice but to obey.

The Deri flat is in rather a mess

The Deri flat has suffered considerable damage and Cassie has found that it is impossible to escape because the stairs have gone.   

"It may have been gas"

Kath wonders what on earth has happened, with Cassie suspecting that it may have been gas;  there is a lot of smoke but does not appear to be any flames.

Kath complains that she cannot hear properly 

"There's glass everywhere"

and is warned to watch where she is walking as there is glass everywhere.   

"Hey, we're here!"

They go to the window and peer outside, shouting, “Hey, we’re here!” 

Mark and his father are very relieved

which comes as a great relief to Mark and Dyff.

They explain that they cannot get out as the stairs have collapsed and are told that the emergency services are on the way.   

"Is Cheryl in there – or Gaynor?"

“Is Cheryl in there with you – or Gaynor?” shouts Mark, but Kath confirms that only the two of them are up there.

Mark will go and look for a ladder to get them down, but Kath forbids that;  

"You stay where you are"

“You stay where you are – I don’t want you to get hurt.   We’ll stay here until the fire service comes, OK?”

"I can't contact Dad"

Amidst the wreckage on the High Street, Iolo is unable to contact his father, so Cai will see if he can get hold of Lleucu, 

He listens and hears Garry's voice

but then discovers a voicemail from her, which he listens to.

They listen with concern

She had been clever enough to turn on her phone when she encountered Garry, so they listen to his voice, saying, “Lleucu – yeah?   Where’s Gwern?” and come to the realisation that it is Garry..

"That's not possible!"

“He’s supposed to be in prison – that’s not possible!” Iolo gasps;  Cai is going straight to Y Felin and Iolo will go with him.   

An ambulance arrives

An ambulance arrives in the High Street.

The Deri bar has been destroyed . . .

Downstairs in the Deri, there is the sound of coughing and spluttering;  

. . . as well as the stairs

we can see the remains of the damaged stairs 

"Can anyone hear me?"

and Cheryl shouts, “Can anyone hear me?”   

"Gaynor – wake up!"

Then she calls, “Gaynor, wake up – everything is all all right,” but there is no response.   “You just need to open your eyes, OK?”

"It wasn't my place to say, Kath"

Up in the flat, Cassie tells Kath that it was not her place to say, 

"Why didn't you tell me?"

but Kath demands, “Why didn’t you tell me when you brought Jean’s ashes back to the village?   Why didn’t you tell me then?”

"It wasn't my place"

Once again, Cassie maintains that it was not her place;  

"I thought you were a friend"

“I thought you were a friend,” Kath sighs.   

Cassie asks what she would have done if she was told.   

"Would you have gone to Tenerife?"

“Would you have gone to Tenerife and expected a welcome?”   Kath does not know what she would have done, 

"I didn't get the chance, did I?"

but she did not get the chance.

"Is my marriage to Brynmor unlawful now?"

“And why didn’t you tell me before I married Brynmor?   Is that unlawful now?   

"Am I a bigamist or what?"

“Am I a bigamist or what?”

"You have a death certificate"

Cassie points out that she cannot be a bigamist, as she has a death certificate.   

"Sipping Piña Coladas on the beach"

“Yes, for a swine who was sipping piña coladas on the beach  in Spain!   What sort of certificate is that?”   

"The police dealt with all that"

It is explained to her that the police made sure all the legal components were covered.

"You know everything, don't you?"

“For goodness sake – you know everything, don’t you?   You know the whole lot from the very start!”   Cassie replies that she knows what Dyff has done to Kath and the family is terrible – 

"It was his choice"

but it was his choice.

“OK, and what about your choice, Cassie?   You decided to take Dyff’s side, didn't you?”

"I did it for Jean – not for him!"

“I did it for Jean, for God’s sake!” Cassie exclaims, “Not for him.   I promised I wouldn’t tell anyone.   I know you’re hurt because he got back with Jean.”

“It’s worse than that – I’m hurting because my friend, my business partner, has a deceived me.”

Iolo and Cai find Y Felin deserted

Cai and Iolo cautiously arrive at Y Felin, where they find that the house is empty.   

"Lleucu would never go anywhere without this"

Lleucu’s phone is on the table and Cai declares that she would never go anywhere without it.   

Iolo tries to ring his father again . . . 

Iolo will try to contact his father again, 

. . . but his phone has been left as well

but Siôn’s phone has also been discarded on a chair.

They realise that things have taken a very serious turn 

"Right – Dani first, then the police"

and Cai suggests that they can phone Dani, to see if Gwern is there;  “Then we phone the police.”

"Dyff and Jean – were they happy?"

Back in the Deri flat, Kath asks, “Were they happy?   Dyff and Jean – were they happy?”   Cassie wonders why she is asking.   

"Because I want to know"

“Because I want to know.”   

"Yes, I think the were"

Cassie believes that they were.

“Did he talk about us at all?” Kath goes on, and is told that he missed them, however, he spoke as if they were part of his past.

"Dyff didn't have the guts to come back"

“I don’t think Dyff had the guts to come back to you – he had deceived you in the most horrendous way – and it was easier for him to stay with Jean.”

"And he was getting bulletins from home?"

Kath assumes that he was getting bulletins about what was happening at home – what his family were up to back in Cwmderi.   

"Why are you doing this to yourself?"

Cassie cannot understand why she is doing this to herself.   “Tell me, Cassie!”

Gwern has found the ideal spot . . .

Gwern has found a deserted spot to meet Lleucu 

. . . but then Siôn appears . . .

and he is pleased to hear her coming down the steps.   Then he finds out that someone is with her – Siôn 

. . . and Garry

and his father, who is he is not at all happy to see.

"Do you know what Garry's plans are?"

At Y Felin, Cai demands, “Do you have any idea where they would go, or what Garry’s plans are?”   

"I though he wanted to get as far away as possible"

Dani was under the impression that Garry’s plan was to get as far away as possible from Cwmderi.

Cai remembers Lleucu's smart watch . . .

Cai has a brainwave;  “Lleucu has a smart watch, I forgot – I can track her – right, where are they?   

 . . . which betrays her location

“The old industrial estate outside. Llanarthur – 

"We'll phone the police on the way"

“right, come on, we’ll phone the police on the way.”   off they go, with Seren.

"I'm worried about you, Gwern"

Garry, still menacingly wielding the knife, tells Gwern that he is worried about him.   “I’m all right,” the boy replies, but his father reminds him that he has been in jail, which is not all right.

"I don't want you to go down the same path"

“I just don’t want you to go down the same path as I did,” Garry goes on, 

"I'm not going to do that!"

but Gwern simply laughs that he is not going to do that.   “And I want to be a father to you – if you’d only give me the chance.”

"How are you going to manage that?"

“But you’re in jail, Dad, how are you going to manage that?”   

"Garry – Gwern doesn't want this!"

Siôn protests that Gwern obviously does not want this.

“Shut it, Siôn – or I’ll do it for you!” Garry threatens, then turns back to his son.   

"Everything I've done is for you and Seren"

“Everything I’ve done, I’ve done for you and Seren – the family – 

"So you have better opportunities than me"

“so that you have better opportunities than I had – so that you don’t have to face the same choices.”

"I would never make the same choices as you!"

Gwern answers that he would never make the same choices as his father;  “Look at you – you are choosing to threaten us with a knife!”   

"I was desperate totally to you"

Garry explains that he was desperate to talk to Gwern.

"Now you have done that, so go, please!"

“Well, you have done now, so go, please!”   Again Siôn intervenes, pointing out that Garry is going to make things a lot worse for himself,

"One more word from you and I'll use this!"

“One more word from you and I’ll use this!” Garry promises, pointing the knife.

Cheryl is trapped under the debris

As Cheryl struggles to free herself from all the debris under which she is trapped, Gaynor makes a slight movement.   

"Can you hear me, Gaynor?"

“Can you hear me, Gaynor?   No, don’t close your eyes – stay with me, OK?   Can you move?   No – stay still.”

"I think I've broken something"

“I think I’ve broken something,” mumbles Gaynor, and she is assured that she will be all right – the ambulance will be there in a minute.

Ffion will go and find a paramedic

In MFC, Ffion is ministering to Jinx and will go and see where the paramedic is.   He urges her to leave it;  

"No, Ffion – and don't phone Dani"

“People out there need a lot more attention than me – and don’t phone Dani.   Things aren’t . . . well, I think we’re back together, but I don’t understand why.”

"Is this the knock on the head talking?"

Ffion wonders whether this is the knock on the head talking, but he confirms that he has felt like that for a long time.   

"I thought you were perfect for each other"

She had been under the impression that the two of them were perfect for each other, 

"I don't love her, Ffion"

but he declares, “I don’t love her, Ffion – and I don’t think she loves me, either.”

"I'm so sorry about what I said earlier"

Cheryl says, “I’m so sorry about what I said earlier – that I regret we found each other.   The truth is, I don’t know where I’d be without you.   It just came out in the heat of the moment, you know.”

"That doesn't surprise me"

“Yeah, that doesn’t surprise me,” Gaynor replies, “You were toxic – you and Tom.”   

"It doesn't matter now"

Cheryl does not think that matters now, but Gaynor groans that she wants to be with him.   

"Can we talk about something else?"

Cheryl would prefer to talk about something else

The car arrives in Llanarthur 

The car arrives at the industrial estate, where Cai and Dani get out;  

"You stay here, Cai"

“Listen, you stay here and I’ll go in,” she says, but Cai reminds her that his daughter is in there.

"I can handle Garry better than you"

“If Garry’s in there, I can handle him better than you,” she says;  

"If anything happens to Lleucu . . ."

Cai warns that if anything happens to Lleucu . . .   He is told to look after Seren, 

"Can I come with you?"

but she wants to go with her mother.   

"You stay here with Uncle Cai"

“No, you stay here with Uncle Cai 

Seren gives 'Bwni Bans' the necessary cwtch

“and cwtch your 'Bwni Bwns'.”   Cai anxiously watches her go.

Dani hears Gwern's voice

Dani walks along a deserted corridor and eventually hears Gwern’s voice in the distance, 

"Why didn't you do that to Dylan?"

“Why did you do that to Dylan?”

"He was a threat to the family"

Then comes the answer, “He was dangerous – he was a threat to the family.   I wanted to help him in the end, but . . . I tried to help him, but your mother . . .”

"I always looked up to you, Dad"

“I always looked up to you, Dad, I wanted to be like you,” Gwern begins and Garry acknowledges that he has let his son down, for which he is truly sorry.

"Are you going to forgive me?"

“The question is, Gwern, are you going to forgive me?   Because I want to have a relationship with you.”   Gwern tell him to just stop this, then and do the right thing.   

"If you'll come and see me in jail"

“All right, then – if you’ll come and see me in jail,” Garry proposes.

"Emotional blackmail, is it?"

“Emotional blackmail, is it?” 

"Yes"

and Garry agrees, 

"I'll make sure he comes to see you"

but then Dani comes into view at the top of the stairs;  she says that she will make sure that Gwern  comes to see him, then walks down the stairs.   

Garry demands what she is doing there.   

"Your father isn't a bad man, Gwern . . ."

“Your father isn’t a bad man, Gwern – he loves you more than anyone – 

". . . give him a chance"

“give him a chance.”

Cai is getting impatient

Cai stands outside the building, becoming increasingly concerned, then looks back at Seren;  

"I'm going in"

he tells her, “I’m going in to see what’s happening – you stay here.”   

"Mami told you to stay here"

She protests that her mother told him to stay there as well.   He assures her that it will not be for long and that she is not to go anywhere.   

He hurries inside

He heads into the abandoned property, as Seren anxiously clutches her bunny.

"I know it's not easy for you, Gwern . . ."

Garry is speaking, “I know it’s not easy for you – honestly.   I think I need you more than . . .”

They hear a noise

He hears a noise and looks up to see Cai coming down the stairs;  

"I told you to stay in the car!"

Dani snarls that she told him to stay in the car, 

"Not while my daughter is in here!"

but he replies, “Not while my daughter is in here!”

Seren has followed Cai

Seren has decided to follow him and walks slowly along the corridor, looking for Dani.

"Go away, Dad"

Lleucu tells her father, “Go away – Gwern and Garry understand each other.”

“You’re going to give yourself up now, aren’t you?” says Gwern. 

Seren is looking for Mami

Seren is still searching for her mother.   

When she sees Garry, she rushes forward . . .

She suddenly catches sight of him and rushes forward, but the railings are missing at the top of the stairs 

. . . and plunges to her death

and she hurtles through the hazard tape, landing with a thud on the floor below, alongside her ‘Bwni’.

Dani screams

much to the horror of Dani 

Garry is distraught . . .

and Garry, 

. . . and drops the knife

who drops the knife.

"No!"

“No!” screams Dani, rushing to her daughter.   Sirens can be heard approaching outside.

The episode ends in silence, without the usual music.