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| All is quiet |
The episode begins with no title sequence or music, but the camera scanning round a hospital room in semi-darkness.
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| Anita wakes up . . . |
Anita is in a bed and looks at her hands to find that they are no longer shaking;
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| . . . to find she is fully dressed |
she is most surprised to find that she is fully dressed and gets out of the bed.
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| She finds the door leads into the street . . . |
There is a knock at the distant door, so she walks towards it. Upon opening the door, she finds herself in Cwmderi High Street,
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| . . . with quite a few people about |
with more people than usual about.
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| She looks all around . . . |
She looks all around her as everyone is going about their business,
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| . . . enjoying the fresh air |
glad to be out in the fresh air and birdsong.
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| Sheryl appears |
Then Sheryl (who was killed by Gethin in 2018) emerges from a nearby door, just inside which she was battered on the head with a metal doorstop.
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| "You can't be late, can you?" |
“There you are – at last,” says Sheryl, as she helps Anita on with her coat, “You can’t be late, can you?
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| "Here's your ticket" |
“Right, here’s your ticket – don’t lose it, OK?”
Anita has no idea what the ticket is for, but is urged to hurry up.
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| Amanda approaches |
Then Anita sees her sister Amanda coming round the corner, who asks whether she is ready;
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| "You're off on the big trip" |
“You’re off today, aren’t you? The big trip!”
Anita replies that, to the contrary, she is at APD today and has a shift; she says that she cannot let Mathew down, as we see someone who appears to be Gwynfor on the zebra crossing
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| "Thinking of everyone before yourself" |
“Oh, Anita – thinking of everyone else before yourself, as usual,” Amanda continues,
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| "I need to get changed" |
“I need to go home to get changed. I hope you haven’t packed too much.”
Anita accuses her of talking nonsense, then her sister goes into the shop,
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| "Sorry, can't stop, Anita" |
but Mathew comes out of the alley, apologising that he is unable to stop as he has loads to do today. When Anita says that she is. on her way to APD now,
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| "No, you're not working today" |
he corrects her that she is not working today, as she has booked the time off. Anita wonders what is wrong with everyone today.
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| Then van is driven by Jason |
The APD van arrives, in which we find contains Jason (currently in prison) and DJ (who has fled to Ireland to escape justice).
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| "Your time off has been in the calendar for months" |
Mathew returns to inform Anita that her time off has been in the calendar for months
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| Ieuan has not noticed her |
and at that moment Ieuan Griffiths walks past, apparently not noticing her.
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| "Shouldn't you be at the station now?" |
Mathew had been under the impression that Anita should be at the station now.
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| "We shall all support each other" |
She wonders how they are going to cope without her and he replies that there are plenty of them there; they will all support each other. Anita insists, “Don’t be soft – you need me. You need me to keep you in line.”
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| "We're fine – don't worry about us" |
Howard replies, “We’re fine – don’t worry about us,”
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| All the jobs are up to date |
as she grabs some paperwork from DJ. They report that the job at the golf club is all finished as well as the toilets in the Deri,
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| "The plumbing's done" |
which is confirmed by Iolo.
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| "You must go, or you'll be late" |
Mathew urges her to go or she will be late, but she replies that she does not know where she is going;
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| "You've got a ticket, haven't you?" |
“You’ve got a ticket, haven’t you?” Iolo points out and Jason encourages her to just go.
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| "I don't want to go on my own" |
She is worried about going on her own, but all Mathew can tell her is that she is not working today. “Look, I can’t tell you how important you are as a member of the company and as a friend, but we will get through this, I promise you.
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| "Do you want a lift to the station?" |
“Do you want a lift to the station? We are going that way.”
Anita refuses the offer and the van is reversed out,
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| "The phone's ringing, boys!" |
just as she can hear the phone ringing;
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| Someone else picks it up . . . |
before she can get there, it is answered by her son, Darren, (who now lives in Canada)
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| . . . Anita's son, Darren |
who presents her with flowers.
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| "I would never have missed your big day" |
“I would never have missed today, Mam – your big day,” he tells his mother.
She compliments him on being so smart,
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| "You always were a handsome boy" |
“But then, you always were a handsome boy. Mind, that smile has hidden a lot of mischief, hasn’t it?
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| "The happiest days of my life" |
“Bringing you and Dwayne up were the happiest days of my life.”
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| "Apart from today, of course" |
Apart from today of course,” he adds , then asks if she is ready.
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| They walk through the curtains |
Some curtains open and they walk into what appears to be the pharmacy in a replay of Anita’s and Ieuan’s wedding as a song is playing.
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| Ieuan is standing there . . . |
♫“On my own, tonight I have no patience
With the troubles of the world,
But the night escapes.”♫
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| . . . but metamorphoses into Hywel |
Then she turns and finds that Ieuan has turned into his brother Hywel, who apologises that he is not there.
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| "He's supposed to be here" |
“He’s supposed to be here – I remember he was here,” protests Anita.
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| "Dp you want a lift to the station?" |
Mathew asks again if she wants a lift to the station as they are going there now, so she asks Darren where Ieuan is; “I want Ieuan!”
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| Two medical staff are at the back |
Behind all the people watching are a couple of medical personnel in masks.
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| Sheryl indicates the time . . . |
Sheryl gets up, looking at her watch, but Anita insists that she is not ready
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| . . . and Anita escapes into the street . . . |
and runs outside into the street, looking up to the sky.
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| . . . where a cyclist is passing |
A cyclist is passing and rings his bell.
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| A familiar face approaches . . . |
Then from the direction of the shop comes a familiar figure, Gwynfor,
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| . . . Gwynfor Roberts |
who for many years was part of the furniture in the Deri and he greets her.
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| "Where did you get to?" |
Inside the shop, Sheryl is sitting on the counter and asks where she got to just now. Anita says that she needs to have a word with Ieuan,
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| "You need to catch this train" |
but Sheryl is insistent that she needs to catch this train.
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| "It's hard keeping you in line" |
“It’s hard keeping you in line – now, come on.”
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| "Not until I've said goodbye" |
refuses to go until she has had a chance to say goodbye.
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| Sheryl shuts the door . . . |
There is the distant sound of a train whistle and Sheryl shuts the door of the shop,
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| . . . so Anita dashes out of the back . . . |
so Anita escapes out the back way, shouting, “Ieuan, where are you?
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| . . . in search of Ieuan |
“Where are you, love?”
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| Sheryl is there to block her way . . . |
Now Sheryl is approaching along the back street,
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| . . . so she goes through the alley |
so Anita hurries through the alley as she can see Ieuan flanked by two people in medical uniforms, going across towards Tamed, but he takes no notice of her.
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| Again Sheryl is blocking her way |
She begs Sheryl for just five minutes, which is all she is asking; “You know yourself how difficult it is to leave.”
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| "Remember the clock is ticking" |
Sheryl agrees but reminds her that the clock is ticking.
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| Diane is inside |
She goes into Tamed, but can only see Diane, who is being served with a cup of tea.
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| "Do you remember reading tea leaves?" |
“Do you remember us reading tea leaves years ago?” she asks, “Would you like to see what they have to say?”
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| Anita pours it back into the pot |
Anita takes one sip of the tea and declares it to be terrible, pouring most of it back into the pot.
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| "The cold one you gave me in the Awelon Club" |
Diane comments, “It’s better than the cold one you once gave me in the Awelon Club,” but Anita recalls that her mind was not quite . . .
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| "The signs were clear, weren't they?" |
Diane was only pulling her leg, but Anita realises that the signs were clear, looking back. “That’s not what I remember when I look back,” Diane assures her,
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| "I remember a strong businesswoman" |
“I remember a strong businesswoman – I was afraid of you when you first came to the valley. When you worked here.”
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| "Oh, Caffi Meic!" |
Anita looks around her and recalls Caffi Meic; Diane goes on, “I was worried you were going to steal Reg away from me – you came to Cwmderi like a tornado – I’d never met anyone like you
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| "I'm glad we got to know each other so well" |
“and I’m so glad that we got to know each other so well.”
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| Anita agrees |
Anita agrees with that.
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| She looks at the tea leaves |
She looks at the tea leaves in her cup, but maintains that it is not clear and does not make sense;
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| "None of today makes sense" |
“None of today makes sense.”
Diane explains that it is simple enough; “You are going on a journey,”
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| "When am I coming back?" |
but Anita wants to know where she is going and when she is coming back.
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| "You've got a one-way ticket" |
“Well, you’ve got a one-way ticket.”
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| Anita looks at the ticket |
Anita looks down at it
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| "I can't leave you" |
and says that she cannot leave Diane,
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| "We have a whole host of memories" |
but is assured that she should not worry about them; they will be all all right – they have memories, a whole host of them.
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| "That's my train!" |
“Not everyone has left their mark on the village like you, Anita.” Again there is the sound of a train whistle and Anita realises that it is her train, but she does not want to go.
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| Now Anita is watching a scren |
The scene changes to Anita looking at a large screen where she can see herself and Meic enjoying a meal. She says that she has never tasted anything like that before, but he is not eating his meal.
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| "What's wrong, Meic?" |
She wonders what is wrong; he says that he is just leaving room for the rest.
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| "We should have done more of this" |
She maintains that he will like the steak next and regrets not doing more of this together; “Travelling and seeing the world together.”
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| "Where would you like to have gone?" |
He asks where she would have liked to have gone and she suggests somewhere completely different; “Somewhere like Japan.”
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| "I never went" |
As she watches the screen, Anita comments, “I never went.”
Meic continues, “When I’m gone. I don’t want you to stay in the house on your own all the time. I want you to go places, do things, go to Japan if you want –
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| "I want you to find a new man" |
“and I want you to find a new man. I’ve seen how other men look at you – you’re a smart woman.
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| "You're the most beautiful woman" |
“You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen.”
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| "I agree with that!" |
From the row behind, Ieuan agrees with that and she realises that she has at last found him.
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| "I was lost in the darkness for so long" |
“I was lost in the darkness for so long before you arrived, you know.”
Anita agrees that she was too, but he continues, “At Christmas 2021, it was the best present I’d ever had and you filled my world with a galaxy full of light. Even when the darkness did its best to extinguish everything again, we fought back, didn’t we?”
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| "Little moments of light" |
“With those little moments of light,” she recalls,
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| "We couldn't keep our hands to ourselves" |
“Oh, look at us – like two teenagers, we couldn’t keep our hands to ourselves. Ieuan, I know who you are – I know you –
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| She kisses him |
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| But we didn't get enough time" |
“But we didn’t get enough time, did we?”
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| "You measure time by its worth" |
Ieuan informs her, “You measure time by its worth, not its length,” as there is the sound of a train screeching to a halt.
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| "It's time, Anita" |
Sheryl appears behind them, telling Anita that it is time
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| "You must go, love" |
and Ieuan agrees that it is time for her to go. “The train is waiting,” says Sheryl.
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| Anita tears up the ticket |
In a panic, Anita tears up the ticket, insisting that she does not want to go.
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| Apparently the wake, after the funeral |
Next we find ourselves in Tamed, where Bleddyn Matthews (apparently last seen in 2004) is talking to Derek Jones, a character we have not seen for many years
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| "Can I have your attention?" |
Bleddyn would like to say a few words; “Friends, can I have your attention?
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| "Thanks for coming to Meic's old café" |
“Thank you all for coming today to Meic’s old café to remember a very special friend – and before we move on to the Deri where Cassie and Kath have prepared a buffet for us,
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| "Friendliest, funniest, most determined" |
“I’d like to raise a toast to the friendliest, funniest most determined and strongest woman I’ve ever – we’ve ever met.
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| "Anita – rest in peace, love" |
“To Anita – rest in peace, love.”
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| "It was a lovely service" |
Derek comments that it was a lovely service and Diane agrees that it was perfect.
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| "I'm still here, aren't I?" |
Anita, who has been watching all this, protests, “I’m still here, aren’t I?” as she looks at the photo of herself which is displayed, “Oh, Sheryl!”
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| "You weren't supposed to see this" |
“You weren’t supposed to see this,” Sheryl tells her and she backs away,
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| She imagines him as Paul |
seeing someone who she somehow recognises as Paul (although he was not born to Kelly until 2019)
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| "I'm saying goodbye" |
He goes into the kitchen at Tamed and she follows him; “What are you doing here?” she demands and he replies that he is saying goodbye. “Does your mother know you’re here?”
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| "You shouldn't have come!" |
He tells her not to worry as he is not going to cause any trouble, but she insists that he should not have come, not to Cwmderi, in case anyone sees him. He maintains that he could not stay away and says that he is going to miss Anita,
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| "You shouldn't be here!" |
but she is still insistent that he should not have come.
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| Tamed is now deserted . . . |
When she goes back into Tamed, the place is empty,
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| . . . and so is the High Street . . . |
so she goes out into the street, shouting Kelly’s name,
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| . . . in both directions |
but now there is no sign of anyone out there.
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| Medical staff converge on her . . . |
Suddenly, several medical personnel
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| . . . from all directions . . . |
approach from all directions
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| . . . causing Anita to panic . . . |
and she is panic-stricken.
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| . . . but then they all disappear |
But suddenly, she is alone again in the street and she looks up into the sky,
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| Kelly approaches |
then Kelly appears from behind her; “Auntie Neet!”
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| She embraces Auntie Neet |
and embraces Anita, attempting to console her.
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| "Everything is all right" |
“Everything is all right,” she says, but still Anita does not want to go.
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| "I don't want to to have to fight any more" |
“No-one wants you to go, but I don’t want you to have to fight any more –
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| "You deserve to rest now" |
“you deserve to rest now.”
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| "I am exhausted" |
Anita confesses that she is exhausted and Kelly describes her as, “Such a warrior!
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| "A chance for you to rest – to be free" |
“Listen, this trip is a chance for you to rest – to be free – and I hate to say this,
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| "I'd jump on that train" |
“but, if I were you, I’d jump on that train and I’d never look back.”
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| "You mean everything to me . . ." |
As they stand in the middle of the road, Anita comments, “You mean everything to me, you know.
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| ". . . I don't know what I would have done without you" |
“I don’t know what I would have done without you.”
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| A taxi is coming |
A taxi has come round the corner and pulled up by them.
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| "You and me for ever" |
“You and me, Auntie Neet – you and me for ever,” says Kelly.
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| Sheryl has a replacement ticket |
Sheryl comes forward with a replacement ticket and now Anita is finally ready.
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| Ieuan joins them |
She is joined by Ieuan and they go to the taxi as again a train whistle can be heard;
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| "Everything is packed" |
he assures her that everything is packed.
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| Darren opens the door |
Darren opens the door for his mother and Ieuan puts the case in the back. He is joined by Hywel and Amanda.
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| "I've packed your sun hat" |
Ieuan tells Anita that he has packed her sun hat for the journey
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| Anita kisses him |
and she kisses him.
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| "I love you all" |
“Thank you for everything – thank you for being there for me – I love you all,” she says
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| Ieuan closes the door |
as Ieuan closes the taxi door.
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| Kelly is in tears |
Kelly is in tears and as the taxi is about to move off,
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| They stand behind the taxi |
they all stand behind it, as in a funeral cortège.
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| "Here we go, then" |
“Here we go, then,” says Sheryl.
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| Anita ponders on all their words . . . |
Anita remembers what they have been saying to her;
“Look, I can’t tell you how important you are.”
“I’d never have missed today, Mam, your big day.”
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| . . . as the taxi leaves the village |
“Don’t worry about us – we’ll be all right – we’ve got memories.”
“You filled my world with a galaxy full of light.”
“You and me, Auntie Neet, you and me for ever.”
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| "I'm a very lucky woman" |
Sheryl comments to her, “It’s a nice feeling, isn’t it? Leaving in a sea of love.” Anita agrees that she is a very lucky woman, but Sheryl maintains that they are the lucky ones, because they got to do it all with her.
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| "Do you know where the train is going?" |
“Do you know where this train is going?” Anita asks; she is told that she is going to love the place. Eira will be there – and Dwayne.
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| "Everyone is looking forward to seeing you" |
“Everyone is looking forward to seeing you,” says Sheryl.
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| "Turn the sound up" |
Music is playing on the radio, and Anita asks for it to be turned up.
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| She has experienced those words |
♫“Battling through the long hours
Without an hour of sleep,
Fighting, tossing and turning through the long hours
Without seeing the end of yesterday
Or an end to the journey.”♫
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| Things are changing . . . |
Then she realises that things have changed;
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| . . . she is on a bench – with Meic |
she is no longer in the taxi but is sitting on a bench, next to someone, who she discovers is Meic.
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| "I said I would wait for you, didn't I?" |
She takes his hand and he reminds her that he said he would wait for her.
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| Rest In Peace, Anita Pierce |
♫“And remembering the romance,
My eyelids close, when the night is long.”♫
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