1 April 2025

Dai is having an outing

Dai’s sciatica must be improving, as he and Diane are drinking coffee in the deli;  

"I told you coming here was a stupid idea"

she moans, “I told you coming here was a stupid idea.”   Dai points out that she cannot hide in the house because of Jason’s stupid antics.

Then he loudly announces, for the benefit of those sitting nearby, “Anyway, her partner ran off to Swansea then, with her sister’s cousin!”   Diane urges him to be quiet, 

"Everyone knows Jason has problems"

but he continues, “Well, everyone knows that Jason’s got problems, with the gambling and then when he went AWOL – all I’m saying is no-one blames you for what he’s done.”

Ieuan is passing

Ieuan happens to be passing and notices, through the window, that Diane is there, so comes in to speak to her;   

"Complaints about you in the ranks"

“There are a lot of complaints about you in the ranks.”

"Look here, Pharaoh"

“Look here, Pharoah,” interrupts Dai, “What ranks are you on about now?”   

"He means the council"

Diane explains that he means the council and Ieuan goes on that Diane’s face was on the anti-drugs campaign – 

"Your son was fleecing the vulnerable"

while her own son was fleecing the most vulnerable in society.

“I told you that we should have released that statement!” he complains, 

"I can't be held to blame"

but Diane insists that she cannot be held to blame for her son’s actions.   “So you’re not denying that he’s guilty, then?   I’d stay away from HQ if I were you – 

"Richard Teifi's after your blood!"

“Richard Teifi’s after your blood.”   So saying, Ieuan walks out again.

"Richard blinkin' Teifi!"

“Diane snarls, “Richard blinkin’ Teifi!”

"You've been such too soft on Jason"

Dai describes him as, “An idiot of a guy!   But the plain truth is, Diane, that you’ve been much too soft on Jason over the years.”   

"You were saying no-one would blame me"

She protests that a minute ago he was saying no-one would blame her.   “No-one will blame you – but you’re always cleaning up after him, so he’s never going to learn, is he?”

"Please tell me you've seen DJ!"

Now Eileen comes rushing in;  “Please tell me you’ve seen DJ!” and Diane wonders what he has done now.   “He’s taken Lili!”

"Don't talk rubbish!"

Dai shouts, “Don’t talk rubbish!” but she points out that the police are at Penrhewl now, which makes Dai go quiet.

"Oh, this is where you're hiding"

Iolo is sitting in the Deri, looking at his phone when his father comes in;  “Oh, this is where you’re hiding,” he says and Iolo is worried that he has lost his work on the computer yet again.   

"Someone's broken into Y Felin!"

Siôn announces the news that someone has broken into Y Felin.   

"What have they taken?"

Iolo demands what they have taken, but is told that the police advice is not to touch anything until they arrive.

“So what are you doing here, then?” Iolo asks 

"It will be a while before they can send anyone"

and is told that it will be a while before they can send anyone.   He cannot imagine who would do such a thing;  

"I'll get you a pint"

Iolo will go and get him a pint.

The police leave Penrhewl 

The police have finished at Penrhewl and Mathew shows them out, then returns to Sioned, 

Sioned is looking at photos

who is looking at photographs of the family in happier days.   

"Why won't you tell the police about the drugs?"

“Sioned, please help me to understand why you won’t tell the police about DJ and this drugs business,” he begs her.

"What difference will it make?"

She replies, “What difference will it make?   You heard what she said – 

"They're already looking everywhere"

“they’re already looking everywhere.”

Then they Dai’s voice, calling for Sioned;  

"Let's get one thing straight!"

“Oh good, you’re here.   Now then – let’s get one thing straight here now, OK?   DJ would never do anything that would put Lili in any danger at all – you do understand that, don’t you?”

"He was panicking after Jason got arrested"

Mathew hopes that he will not get the chance;  “The police are doing everything they can.”   Dai explains DJ’s actions simply as panicking after Jason got arrested.   He does not want to get dragged into this mess.

Mathew makes it very clear, “He is in this mess with Jason,” 

"No, Mathew!"

but Sioned wants him to stop.   

"It's only right that he knows!"

“No, Sioned, it’s only right that he knows!”

"He wouldn't have anything to do with drugs"

“Look, everyone knows that DJ would not have anything to do with drugs,” insists Dai, “Jason, on the other hand – he’s a liability!”

Mathew is forced to explain in no uncertain terms, “They sold drugs because they owed APD a debt!”   Dai assumes that this is Jason’s gambling again. 

"DJ stole the money from the safe!"

However, he is told that is not the case;  “It was DJ who stole the money from the safe!” 

Dai is lost for words – for once

which Dai finds incredible.

"Large whisky, please"

Tom comes into the Deri and asks for a large whisky;  

"There's no hope of the police coming now"

nearby Siôn is coming to the realisation, “There’s no hope of the police coming to Y Felin  now – everyone will be out looking out for DJ.”

"That is more important, Dad"

Iolo considers that is more important, but wonders how DJ could do that to Sioned;  

"Remember the state I was in?"

“Do you remember the state I was in when I lost Greta?”   

"Where is Greta?"

 enquires where Greta is at the moment, as he thought Iolo was bringing her here to meet ‘that Alex’, as he describes her.

Iolo tells him that Greta is with Esther, as Alex is running late 

"She's not answering her phone"

and is not answering her phone.   “So she hasn’t been in touch at all?” demands his father and Iolo says that she must have misunderstood or something.   

Siôn is jumping to a conclusion 

Siôn’s suspicions continue to grow.

Gaynor has escaped to the pharmacy . . .

Gaynor lets herself into the pharmacy in a rather confused state after Tom’s outburst;  

. . . and checks she was not followed

she looks out of the window to check she was not followed, 

She does not know what to do

then sits down, looking very anxious.

"I heard about your stunt earlier"

Tom is sitting by the bar when Ieuan comes into the Deri and addresses Siôn as, “Che Guavara – I heard about your stunt earlier – you do know you’ve broken several council policies on safety, don’t you?”   

"Go and pick on someone else!"

Siôn tells him to go and pick on someone else today, with Iolo explaining that someone has broken into Y Felin this afternoon.

As Tom sips his whisky and looks rather pleased with himself, 

"That's what you get for stirring things up"

Ieuan continues, “That’s what you get for stirring things up!   

"If you'd been at home, translating . . ."

“If you’d been at home, translating, no-one would have broken in.”

"Sorry to hear that, Siôn"

On his way out, Tom sympathises, “Sorry to hear that, Siôn, I hope that no-one was hurt.”   Siôn is taken in by his mock sincerity, explaining that although they fell out earlier, Tom is someone who cares about people’s safety.

"Especially somewhere as remote as Y Felin"

“There are a lot of bad people out there,” remarks Tom, “Especially somewhere as remote as Y Felin.”   

Siôn's suspicions grow

This comment causes Siôn to think.

Dai speaks to Dic Deryn

At Penrhewl, Dai is on the phone;  “Yes, remember to do that – there we go.”   

"Dic hasn't heard anything"

Then he informs Sioned and Mathew, “My brother, Dic, hasn’t heard anything at all, but he’s promised to phone if DJ contacts him.

"It's as if he knows something is wrong"

Howard comes downstairs, after settling Jac, which took some time;  “It’s as if he knows something’s wrong.”   Eileen comes in, reporting that the police have checked all the sheds and the fields, but Howard insists that DJ would not be there.

They all go on and on . . . 

“What’s wrong with them?” he adds, but Mathew maintains that they know best.   Dai is sure that DJ simply lost his head in a moment of madness.

. . . until Sioned shouts at them to stop it

Sioned suddenly shouts, “Just stop it!   What’s wrong with you?   All of you?”   Her mother says that she is right and needs some peace.   

Dai will leave

Dai takes the hint and gets to his feet, 

"You two as well"

but Eileen also wants Mathew and Howard to go.   

"I can't think straight!"

Sioned would like to be alone for just half an hour as she cannot think straight.

"What if I never see her again, Mam?"

They both go and Eileen sits down on the sofa with Sioned;  “What if I never see her again, Mam?   

"What then?"

“What then?”

"There are some dangerous people out there"

Siôn tells Iolo, “Tom was right, you know – there are some dangerous people out there – clever, too.   

"What if she's a Big Bertha Heyman?"

“What if she’s a Charles Ponzi? [an Italian con-artist after whom ‘Ponzi Schemes’ are named]  Or a Big Bertha Heyman?” [a 19th century American confidence trickster]

"What does a wrestler have to do with this?"

Iolo cannot understand what a wrestler has to do with this and it is explained, “Not a wrestler, Iolo – she was a woman who conned wealthy men.”

"Alex isn't conning anyone"

Iolo points out a flaw in this argument – that his father is not that wealthy;  “And Alex isn’t conning anyone.”

Siôn wonders how he can be so sure;  

"She breaks into Y Felin at the first opportunity!"

“Look at this Alex – if that’s her real name – she turns up in our lives, pretending she’s related to us – and she breaks into Y Felin at the first opportunity!”

"I'm not listening to any more of this!"

Iolo decides that he is not listening to any more of this, but Siôn insists that he is only trying to make sense of things;  “Who else would do it?”

Iolo picks up his jacket and tells his father to slow down;  

"You've completely lost your head!"

“You’ve completely lost your head!”

Tom is back at Llwyncelyn . . .

Tom gets back to Llwyncelyn, where a light has been left on, 

. . . where he is alone . . .

but he checks to make sure Gaynor is not there;  in the kitchen, he can see that the mess has been cleared up, 

. . . and can see that Gaynor has cleaned up

as the door is now perfectly clean again.

"Where have you been?"

At that moment the front door opens, so he sits down at the table, looking pensive.   Gaynor comes in and he asks her where she has been;  “I went for a walk,” she replies and he complains that she has been gone for hours.

"To tell Maya everything, was it?"

“Yes, I went to the pharmacy,” she continues, and he assumes that it was to tell everything to Maya.   “No, she wasn’t there and, anyway, it’s nothing to do with her, is it?”

"I tried to phone you several times"

Now Tom puts on his ‘repentant’ act;  “I tried to phone you several times,” 

"I was frightened"

but she explains that she was frightened.

"I don't want you ever to be afraid of me"

“Please don’t says that,” he groans, “I don’t want you ever to be afraid of me – I don’t know what came over me – I’m sorry.   I was wrong to get angry like that – but you did betray me, Gaynor.   I thought you were a loyal person.”

"You told Siôn, didn't you?"

She tells him that she is, but he reminds her, “I confided in you when I told you about those machines – and you told Siôn, didn’t you?   

"Pleasing Siôn was more important"

“Because pleasing Siôn was more important to you than keeping my secret.”

"I was worried about Maes-y-Deri"

She argues that she was only thinking about the valley – she was worried about Maes-y-Deri – about Mark’s home.   

"I haven't betrayed you"

“If I’ve betrayed anyone, it’s Quantum Hydro Works, not you.”

Tom moves away from her

She walks towards him, insisting that she is sorry, but he gets up from his chair and moves away from her.   

"Bad memories of Cheryl"

“The last few hours have been a nightmare for me – that you betrayed me and then disappeared – it’s just brought up so many bad memories of living with Cheryl.   

"Please, just leave me alone"

“So, please, just leave me alone, because I don’t think I can go through all that again.”

Surely Gaynor realises by now that she is 'being played'

Gullible Gaynor appears to have been convinced that she is responsible for all this and is looking confused.

"Hallelujah!"

“Hallelujah!   I’ll be there now,” says Siôn, telling Dai that the police are on their way to Y Felin at last.   

"Hope you get some good news soon"

He hopes that Dai will get some good news soon and, 

Diane arrives

as he is going out through the door, meets Diane coming in.

"I've been to see Glenys"

“Where have you been?   Arguing with that ‘ionc’ [idiot] Richard Teifi?”  Diane says that she has been over to see Glenys.   “Glenys Pop be damned!” he snarls, “Do you think gin is going to get us out of this pickle?”   

"Neither is that whisky!"

She answers that neither is that whisky in front of him.

"I hope that DJ hasn't done anything stupid"

“I hope DJ hasn’t done anything stupid,” he growls, 

"He loves Lili to much for that"

but Diane says he loves Lili too much to do that.   Dai goes on, “At least you know where Jason is – he’s not going to run away from where he is, is he?”

"Jason might suffer psychological damage in prison"

Diane is afraid that he might suffer psychological damage in prison;  

"He had that before he dabbled in drugs!"

“He had that before he dabbled in drugs!” is Dai’s opinion, 

"We don't know if he's guilty yet"

but Diane stresses they do not know that he is guilty yet – and, as Glenys said, they should believe him.

"He and DJ stole money from APD"

“What – after he and DJ stole money from APD?”   This comes as news to Diane, who insists that Jason would not do that.   “Mathew told me earlier – why didn’t they just go to the police to sort out the mess?”   

She cannot understand what he is talking about.   

"That's why they started dabbling in drugs"

“That’s why they started dabbling in drugs – to pay back the debt.   So I don’t think we're going to see DJ, Jason or Lili for a long time, believe me.”   He finishes his whisky and asks Diane if she wants a gin.

"Peace – that's what I want!"

“Peace – that’s what I want,” she answers;  he points out that she might as well have a gin while she waits for the taxi home, but she has decided, “I’m not coming home – as I said, I want some peace.   I’m going to Bryntirion – 

And she does not want Dai

“and, no – I want to be on my own.”

"You lost John and I lost . . ."

“It’s odd how life repeats itself, isn’t it?” says Sioned, “You and I had twins – you lost John and now I’ve . . .”   

"Lili is with her father"

Her mother stops her there, maintaining that it is not the same thing at all;  “Lili is with her father.”

"The thief and drug dealer!"

Sioned adds the words ‘thief’ and ‘drug dealer’, but Eileen insists, “You will see her again.   You’re never going to know how it feels to hold a dead child in your arms, all right?”

"Only you, Mam, could make it into a competition"

Sioned declares, “Only you could make losing a child into a competition – just get out of my sight, Mam!   It’s your fault she’s missing in the first place – 

"If you had been on time to pick her up . . ."

“if you had been on time to pick her up, she’d be here, safe, with me!   But there we are – you’ve always been selfish, haven’t you?   Late to pick Lili up – and then you turn up here, more concerned about selling this farm!”

"I think I had better go"

This is too much for Eileen and she thinks that she had better go;  

"Yes, please!"

“Yes, please!” is Sioned’s reaction.

Gaynor is back on the red wine

Gaynor pours herself a glass of red wine;  as she is drinking it, 

Tom creeps into the house . . .

the front door quietly opens and Tom enters.   

. . . but with what intention?

He walks silently into the room and creeps up unnoticed.   

He approaches, completely unnoticed . . .

We are meant to imagine that he is about to commit  some kind of assault upon Gaynor.

. . . and touches her shoulder

In fact, he simply touches her on the shoulder and she is very startled;  

"I didn't mean to scare you"

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you,” he lies, “I just make things worse, don’t I?   Scaring you again.”   She says that he did not do it on purpose.

"I don't know what came over me"

“I’d never do anything like that intentionally – that business with the ‘Lobscouse’ – I don’t know what came over me.”   

"You've never reacted like that before"

Gaynor says that he has never reacted like that before (well, not with her, anyway).

"I'm truly sorry"

“I know – and I’m truly sorry, from the bottom of my heart.   I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it all day.   I promise you, it will never happen again, OK?   Gaynor, please believe me.”

“OK,” she says, with little conviction, “I do believe you.”

"Is there any hope for us?"

“Is there any hope for us?” he asks, 

"It's important we can trust each other"

as she sits, looking dubious.   “Because it’s important that we can trust each other, isn’t it?   

"You shamelessly lied to my face"

“And it’s important that you’re honest with me, isn’t it?   Because, when I asked you if you told Siôn about the machines, you said no.  You shamelessly lied – right to my face – and you know what they call that, don’t you?   ‘Gaslighting’ – that’s what they call it.   

"Just like Cheryl used to"

“You ‘Gaslighted’ me, exactly like Cheryl used to – it’s true, isnt it?”

"I didn't mean it in that way"

Gaynor is looking confused, and denies that it is true, emphasising that she did not mean it in that way, but promises that it will never happen again.

"I'll make a meal for us"

He then suggests that he will make a meal to go with the wine;  then they can relax and watch a film or something.   

He opens the fridge door

As he opens the fridge door, 

Is she finally 'wising up'?

we see that perhaps Gaynor is getting a glimpse what is being done to her.

Sioned locks the door . . .

Sioned is very upset as she comes into the farmhouse and at that moment, her phone sounds;  

. . . reads the message from DJ . . .

she hurries in to look at it and discovers a message from mobile number 07700 900482, with a photograph of Lili.   The message reads, ‘Do you want to see Lili  again?   Not a word to anyone.’

. . . and is distraught

She is distraught.