2 December 2025

Colin is making the first coffee of the day

Colin is making himself an early morning cup of coffee when Britt  comes in, still in her dressing gown;

"Café au Lait to tea?"

  she goes to the fridge to get something as he asks her, “Café au Lait or a cup of tea?”

"I don't want either"

She replies that she does not want either, because she takes a bottle of Bucks Fizz from the fridge.   

"It's not even December yet" — oh yes it is!

“You must be joking – it’s not even December yet!” he says, proving that this episode was intended to be broadcast last week.

"It's not against the law"

“It’s not against the law to drink Bucks Fizz in November, Col!” she reprimands him.   He thinks he will go to the deli to get some smoked salmon to go with it, 

"It's not for sharing with you!"

but she reveals that the drink is not for sharing with him.   She reminds him that she is going to Swansea with the girls.

“Not another Beaujolais event, is it?” he groans, 

"You're to going to Swansea in your dressing gown?"

then adds, “You’re not going to Swansea in your dressing gown?”   However she is already disappearing down the stairs.

"Have you got a minute, Hywel?"

Outside the deli, Ieuan catches up with Hywel, asking if he has a minute and explains that it is hard to find time with Anita when the work is piling up.   

"Let's have a coffee in the deli"

He asks if Hywel has time for a drink in the deli.  

They notice Britt . . .

 Just then they notice Britt, 

. . . heading towards the Deri

hurrying across the road with her bottle and a large bag, towards the Deri.

"Do you want a photo, boys?"

She shouts to them, “Do you want a photo?” so they wonder what is going on. 

Indeg is apparently a make-up expert

Up in the Deri flat, Eileen and Cassie are being given a make-over by someone, who it transpires is Indeg, the grand-daughter of Ieuan Griffiths.   “Classic true autumn if I ever saw one,” says Indeg, “I’ve used these dark pinks on the eye sockets – it really highlights the colour of your eyes – beautiful!”

"After I've been wearing blue all my life"

Cassie mutters that she has been wearing blue eyeshadow all her life, but is informed that it is wrong on all levels;  

"And that gorgeous red hair!"

“Earthy tones all the way with your complexion – and that gorgeous red hair!”

Meanwhile, Eileen is sitting with a worried look on her face, 

"I'm just nervous about seeing Bedwyr"

explaining that she is just nervous about seeing Bedwyr.  

Then they hear Britt’s voice, who wants to know where the glasses are for that Bucks Fizz.

Indeg wants to know who this Bedwyr is, but Eileen is not keen to say anything.   

"He's a scumbag!"

Cassie replies, “A scumbag who will find out what’s what when we find him!”   Indeg now is eager to find out what he did.

Britt takes up the story, “You could call it a little fling, couldn’t you, Eileen.”   

"Sticky situation, is it?" 

Indeg can see that it is a sticky situation and promises that her lips are sealed.

"They want to know about Dan Llywelyn – er, Dad"

In the deli, Ieuan explains that someone from the council wants to write a piece about the history of the council;  they want to know about Dan Llywelyn.   Hywel recalls that the council meant everything to his father;  “He spent more time there than he did with us!   

"He slept in his office sometimes"

“He slept in his office sometimes and Mam began to suspect that he was having an affair with the secretary, but he wasn’t.”

"That's real dedication"

Ieuan regards that as real dedication, 

"But not much of a life, though"

but Hywel adds, “Not much of a life, though.”   Ieuan says that is the way it is;  people work long hours and before they turn round, it is gone.

"Full Welsh, please, with all the trimmings"

Colin comes in and orders, “A full Welsh, please, with all the trimmings.”  

"Life's too short to have muesli every day"

Then he turns to Ieuan and Hywel;  “Life’s too short to have muesli every day, isn’t it?”

"You can afford to wear bright colours"

Now Indeg is dealing with Britt;  “So, as you’re True Summer, you can afford to wear bright colours like purple, red, blue.”   

The bottle is already empty

Cassie finds that the bottle is already empty so will go downstairs to get another bottle of Prosecco.

"I must stop now"

Eileen thinks that she must stop drinking now or she will end up in Glangwili Hospital;  she will see the others by the taxi in three-quarters of an hour.   Britt is convinced that they are going to have a fantastic day.

Siôn is studying the laptop

Siôn is busy on the laptop in the shop flat when Eileen returns;  

"You look fantastic"

he compliments her on her appearance, but she says that she feels like a fool.   “You look fantastic,” he tells her.

Eileen sneers, “You men, you’re so shallow!”

"You're not going to have another wild night?"

He wonders what she means by ‘you men’.   “I have to ask – you’re not going to have another wild night?”   

"Of course not, Siôn" 

She replies that of course she is not;  she has already told him that she regrets that so much, but he just wanted to make sure.   

"Where did you say you were going?"

“Where did you say you were going?”

"Plas Gwyn, Wind Street"

Eileen answers, “Plas Gwyn, Wind [pronounced ‘whined’] Street [just along the road from Wetherspoon’s ‘The Bank Statement’] – don’t worry – 

"I'm so lucky to have you"

“I’m so lucky to have you.”   

Eileen kisses him . . .

She kisses him, 

. . . but the guilt remains

but there is still that look of guilt on her face.

Ffion brings flowers

Ffion arrives at Llwyncelyn with some flowers for Gaynor 

"Is there any news about Tom?"

and asks if there is any news about Tom.   

"You can ask him yourself"

“You can ask him yourself,” Gaynor replies, as he has just come downstairs.   Ffion is very relieved to see him.

"I'm still here – despite everything"

He casually says, “Well, I’m still here – despite everything.”   Then he tells Gaynor that he still smells of the hospital a bit, 

"Could you run me a bath?"

so asks her to run him a bath;  “I feel like I need one after the last 24 hours.”   

"Ffion can take over"

He assures her that he will be fine;  Ffion can take over.  

The two of them . . .

He 

. . . eye each other

and Ffion look at each other.

"My feet are killing me!"

The ‘girls’ arrive at the venue in Swansea, with Cassie’s shoes already killing her.   

"There he is – over there"

Eileen immediately notices Bedwyr 

He has also seen them . . .

and that he has seen them;  

. . . and they head in his direction

the three of them walk confidently towards him.

"What else was I supposed to say?"

At Llwyncelyn, Ffion demands, “What else was I supposed to say?”   Tom realises that she is going to spend Christmas in North Wales and she agrees that she will have to, now.   He wants to know how long she will be away, but she does not know the answer to that.

He hopes that it will not be too long, 

"It will be too much for this little heart" — eurgh!

nauseatingly informing her, “Being apart will be too much for this little heart!”

She reveals that she hardly slept last night as she was so worried about him.   She is so sorry and should never have put him in that position;  “No wonder you had a stroke.”   

"It could be much worse"

He points out that it was a mini stroke, but he is getting better now;  “It could be much worse,” she realises, “Just because I was . . .”

"You were jealous"

Tom fills in the missing word, “Jealous?   You want me to yourself, don’t you?”

"This was never supposed to be long-term"

Ffion reminds him that this was never supposed to be something long-term and he understands that it is difficult.   

"I didn't expect to fall in love with you"

However, he was not expecting to fall in love with her, “But that is what happens when you find the right person.”

"This has to stop"

She is adamant, once again, that this has to stop;  “We agreed that it would end before the wedding.”   

"It doesn't have to end, does it?"

He argues that it does not have to end, maintaining that Ffion is the best thing that has ever happened to him – and he does not want to lose her.

She agrees that she does not want to lose him, either, 

"But I can't do this any more!"

“But I can’t do this any more!”   

"Please don't contact me again"

As she gets up from her chair, she warns him, “Please don’t contact me again!” and walks out of the house.   

He looks exasperated

He looks exasperated by this.

"I don't understand the problem"

Bedwyr maintains that he does not understand, so Britt spells it out to him;  

"We want our money back, OK?"

“We want our money back, OK?   Or we’ll tell everyone what you’ve done!”

"You don't want everyone to know"

Cassie continues, “And you don’t want everyone here to know what a scumbag you are!”

"I don't know what you're talking about"

When he says that he does not know what they are talking about, Britt adds, “Listen, there’s no point playing dumb with us, good boy.”

“Sorry, I have no idea what you’re talking about,” replies Bedwyr, so Eileen steps forward and says she is sorry for hurting him, but describes this as ‘fraud’.

"You told me you were cancelling the Beaujolais order"

You told me you’d cancelled the Beaujolais order, but you were only throwing dust in my eyes – that’s disgusting!”

He tells her to stop there, insisting that he did cancel the order, 

"£1,000 has left my account!"

but she informs him that £1,000 has left her account.

"Nefi wen!"

This seems to change his attitude, as he exclaims, “Nefi wen!   There has been a mistake somewhere – a young lad has just started in the accounts department and, between you and me, he has a lot to learn.   

"Don't worry – I'll sort it out"

“Don’t worry – I’ll sort it out,” he tells the ladies as he gets out his phone.   

They just hope that he does

They do not yet know whether their troubles are over or not.

Ieuan is looking at a spreadsheet

Ieuan is looking at a spreadsheet on his laptop when there is a knock at the door of number 7.   

"Is Kelly around?"

Hywel and Siôn come in, enquiring whether Kelly is around.   Apparently, she will be home in a quarter of an hour.

"You need a break – and I know just the place!"

Hywel tells Ieuan that he deserves a break, and Siôn knows just the place;  

"When was the last time you didn't look after Anita?"

“When was the last time you did anything other than look after Anita and slave away on that laptop?”

"We don't want to end up like Dad"

Hywel reminds his brother that they do not want to end up like their father.   

"And you like red wine"

Siôn further alleges that Ieuan likes red wine.

"So it was all a mistake"

At Swansea, as they take advantage of the red wine, Eileen cannot believe that it was all a mistake, but Cassie wants to forget about that now.     

"All you can drink here"

“We’ve got the money back, Christmas is coming – and all-you-can-drink here!”

Cassie quite likes this Beaujolais, maintaining that it has more flavour, 

Cassie calls for another one

then she calls, “Mademoiselle, encore par favor!”   

"That's Spanish"

Eileen points out that is Spanish, but Cassie already knows that;  

"It sounds better than 'can I have another one?'"

“It sounds better than ‘can I have another one?’”

Siôn, Hywel and Ieuan arrive

All of a sudden they see Siôn, Ieuan and Hywel approaching, who seem to have got in without all the shenanigans which the ladies had to go through.

"Siôn wanted to surprise Eileen"

“Well, well, well – what are you doing here?” asks Siôn.   Hywel says that Siôn wanted to surprise Eileen – 

He has certainly done that

and she certainly does look surprised.   “You said I need to make more of effort,” Siôn continues, then asks Eileen if something is wrong.   

"I've got a bit of a headache"

She maintains that she has a bit of a headache and would like to go home.

"Whitey?"

Bedwyr comes across;  “Whitey?” he exclaims.

"Beds!"

Siôn is amazed;  “Beds!” he gasps 

"He was in college with me"

 explains to Eileen that Bedwyr Morgan was in college with him and that Eileen is his partner.   

"To apologise for the misunderstanding"

Bedwyr had come over to apologise to the ladies for the misunderstanding;  he has brought a bottle across for them in case they have had enough of the Beaujolais.

"What misunderstanding was that?"

Siôn enquires about the ‘misunderstanding’, and Bedwyr improvises that their names were not down at the door for some reason – 

"A problem with ticketing"

a problem with the ticketing.   He is eager to get away and will catch up with Siôn another time.   

Eileen wishes she was somewhere else

Eileen by now is feeling very awkward.

Tom is looking miserable

Tom is sitting on the sofa, looking very sorry for himself when Gaynor comes downstairs, surprised that Ffion has gone.   

"Lasagne and chips"

She tells him that the bath is ready for him and then she thought she would make dinner for him – lasagne and chips.

"Do you think that's a good idea?"

“Do you think that’s a good idea just after I’ve had a stroke?” he demands, “I won’t be better for days now – and you think fatty food is going to help?”

"Sorry – I didn't think"

She apologises that she did not think.

"No, obviously!"

“No, obviously!” he snarls.   She can see that something has happened so she asks if everything is all right.

"I'm still waiting for an apology from you"

He turns to face her and continues, “I’m still waiting for an apology from you, too.   For talking to Ffion, instead of your future husband – you’ve been talking more with her recently than you have with me!”

"I'm not the only one who's been talking to her!"

Gaynor this time retaliates with, “Well, I’m not the only one who’s been talking to her – you said you discussed my drink problem.”

"I have not!"

Tom denies that, but she can clearly remember that is what happened.

'That vivid imagination is playing tricks on you"

“I didn’t, Gaynor,” he alleges, “That vivid imagination is playing tricks on you again.”   

"No, I remember it"

This time she is absolutely sure of what she remembers.

"Are you going to put these in a  vase or what?"

He picks up the flowers brought by Ffion;  “Are you going to put these in a vase or what?” 

He flings them on the floor

then flings them to the floor and goes upstairs.

Bedwyr is still circulating

Bedwyr is still circulating and looking across at Eileen, 

"It's turning onto a migraine"

so she informs Siôn that the headache is turning into a migraine and she would like to go home.   He asks the others to excuse them, 

Then Indeg appears

but just at that moment, Indeg appears, telling them that they look stunning and wondering who did their make-up.

"I wangled an invite"

Cassie had not realised that she would be there tonight, but is told, “Hearing you talking about it made me want to come, so I wangled an invite and here I am!   

"Red wine makes me sick"

“Don’t tell anyone, but red wine makes me sick – this is snake-bite and black!”  [lager and hard cider, with blackcurrant syrup]   It sounds as if she has already put away a few of them.

“Who are these handsome men, then?”   

"She's only a quarter of your age!"

Hywel is unaware who she is, but Cassie points out that Indeg is a quarter of his age.

"The fling – Bedwyr something"

In her drunken state, Indeg recalls, “It was one of these – the fling – Bedwyr something!”   Cassie tries to deflect any trouble by insisting that she was the one who had the fling with Bedwyr, 

The truth dawns on Siôn 

but the truth has now dawned on Siôn.

"Ah, Tycs!"

Ieuan returns to the table and Indeg greets him with a hug , “Ah, Tycs!”   He wonders what she is doing there, 

Eileen is getting out of there

but Eileen and Siôn are making a hasty exit.

"Siôn – I'm so, so sorry!"

Siôn!” calls Eileen, “I’m so, so sorry!”   

"So that is why you wanted to come . . ."

He realises that is why she wanted to come there, dressed like that – she wanted another wild night with Bedwyr Morgan, of all people.

". . . and you didn't want me to come"

“You didn’t want me to come – you said as much – you knew he was going to be here!”   Eileen admits that she did know but insist that she was not going to . . . it is a long story.   

"It didn't mean anything to me"

She emphasises that it did not mean anything to her.

"Well, it meant something to me!"

“Well, it meant something to me!” Siôn assures her and he walks off, 

Eileen is in tears

leaving her in tears.

As Gaynor picks up the battered flowers . . .

At Llwyncelyn, Gaynor is picking up the remains of the flowers from the floor 

. . . and notices something under the sofa

when she reaches under the sofa for a leaf and notices something else – 

A piece of curved glass . . .

a curved piece of glass.

. . . although the snow globe is intact

She immediately looks up at the snow globe ornament on the sideboard, which, as we have already established, is intact, coming to the conclusion that he performed his ‘smashing’ act with another one.

Siôn is packing his bags

When Eileen makes her way home to the shop flat, she finds Siôn packing his belongings for his return to Y Felin.   

"Where are you going?"

“Where are you going?” she asks and he wonders whether it matters.

"Don't pretend you care!"

“Don’t pretend you care!”   Eileen wants to talk about this, but he maintains that there is nothing to talk about.   When she maintains that this situation is stupid, 

"At last we agree on something!"

he growls, “At least we agree on something!”

"We've been through so much together"

She pleads with him, “Siôn, we’ve been through so much together.”

"Yes – that's why the betrayal is so painful"

“Yes – that’s why the betrayal is so painful – who came to see you in prison?   Who believed in you?   Who supported you and thought you deserved a second chance?   Do you remember after you sold Penrhewl, we were sitting in the Deri and you said you were going to use the money to buy freedom?   

"Enjoy your life with Bedwyr!"

“Well, that’s exactly what I’m giving you now– we’re over, Eileen!   Enjoy your life with Bedwyr!”

Eileen is left alone

As he leaves the flat, she is sobbing piteously.