17 April 2015

Gaynor is "over the top" with her welcome

Lois arrives home, and Gaynor welcomes her too effusively;  when Lois can get a word in edgeways, she tells her mother, 

She finds that Lois already knows

“I know, I know everything – Rhys told me on his way to APD.   Why didn’t you ring me?”

First Dai adds butter to whatever is in that bowl . . .

Diane asks when the Jury Service will be ending;  “Who knows?” replies Dai.

. . . then a spoonful of sugar . . .

“I forgot, you’re deciding if O J Simpson is guilty!” objects Diane, “We should be having breakfast on the veranda.   I wouldn’t mind if you kept quiet then – it would be a bonus!”   

. . . the usual milk . . .

Meanwhile Dai is constructing his rather unorthodox breakfast.

. . . but tea, straight out of the pot?

“Right, stuff you and your breakfast,” says Diane, 

Whatever it is, it appears to taste nice!

“Enjoy your own company;  I’m going to the café for breakfast – I shall get some sensible conversation in there!”

Mark's scare stories about Tarantulas

Outside the shop, Mark scares Colin with his assertion that the fur on a Tarantula’s legs can get under the skin;  “And once it’s in your system, you’ve got three days!”

"Do you know where Ricky is?"

Debbie emerges from the café door, looking worried, and asks Mark where Ricky is;  he tells her he will be at school by now.   

Anita has a surprise for him later

Then Anita invites Mark over to her house after her shift at the Deri, as she has a surprise for him;  Colin overhears this.

"Pay the £5,000 that's left to the chapel!"

In the Deri flat, Britt pleads with Siôn to pay the remaining £5,000 into Bethania’s account.   

Then Britt turns threatening

“You’ll do this if your family means anything to you!   What you’ve done is going to come out, and it’s likely you’ll go to jail.   In order to look after the children, I’ll leave you and deny any knowledge of the fraud!”   This leaves Siôn somewhat shaken.

Gwen, Madge and Beti wonder what she is doing

The café customers are intrigued to see Debbie coming downstairs backwards, carefully scrutinising each step.   

Then DJ gets a surprise

Then she searches under DJ’s table, which he finds rather offputting.   She tells him she is looking for an earring.

You can tells her mind is not on Diane's order

When Diane arrives and orders black coffee and egg on toast, Debbie’s mind is obviously elsewhere.   Diane mentions that Colin told her Debbie has an interesting lodger;  “Bring it down here – I shall get more sense out of it!” she says.

"You're a good man, Siôn!"

Siôn comes out of the door of Bethania, when Mark sees him and thanks him for offering a helping hand to Anita.   “You’ve given her a boost – you’re a good man, Siôn!”   

That grey blur is the slate, just missing Siôn . . . 

As Siôn is about to unlock the vestry door, Mark calls him back to give him a bill, and at that very second a slate from the roof crashes down, 

. . . and shattering on the pavement

exactly where Siôn had been standing.

Mark comments, “Someone is looking after you – or trying to tell you something!”

Diane commiserates with Debbie . . . 

Diane reprimands Debbie for constantly fussing around the café, and Debbie replies that she is looking for someone, which Diane takes as meaning a man;  “Moving on is the best way forward,” she says.   

. . . while the arachnid is off on his travels

Unnoticed, the Tarantula crawls into Diane’s bag.

"Do you think Sheryl was the only one?"

Sitting at the table, Gaynor ponders, “Do you think Sheryl was the only one?   How many years was he making a fool of me – and with who?   I bet everyone in the village is laughing at me.”

Lois succinctly summarises Hywel

Lois orders her to stop it.   “Face facts – Hywel Llywelyn was always an old dog!   He was never good enough for you, and the sooner you realise, the better.   Don’t waste another second, feeling sad about that waster!”

"If you won't listen to me, listen to your God!"

In the Deri, Britt tells Siôn that he was lucky with the falling slate;  “Mysterious Ways, they say – if you won’t listen to me, listen to your God!”   

"It does put things into perspective"

Siôn replies that he knows what a coincidence is, but it does put things into perspective.

Colin is nosing, as usual . . .

Colin watches Anita go into her front door with Mark, 

. . . fails to see anything at the window . . .

and crosses the road to peer through the window.   

. . . creeps along to the door . . .

Being unable to see anything, he moves on all fours under the window, where he is noticed by Anita, eating salad with Mark.   Colin then looks through the glass panels of the door;  Llinos, who is passing, greets him, and he turns towards her, leaning on the door.   

. . . where he falls headlong . . .

At the same moment Anita opens the door, and Colin falls in through it.

. . . into Anita's house

“Sorry, Mark, our secret’s out,” says Anita, sarcastically;  “It was nice while it lasted,” he replies.   They emphasise to Colin that nothing is going on;  Anita adds, “You want it to be true, so you can get tongues wagging.   We’re just friends – I know it’s boring, but loneliness leads to finding friendship.”   

Anita diagnoses Colin as suffering from loneliness

She tells Colin that he is suffering as much as they are from loneliness.

Lois wants nothing to do with men

Gaynor asks Lois if there is anyone special in her life;  “That is the last thing I want – it’s a waste of time!” insists Lois.   A friend of hers is having a fling with a married man, “just a bit of fun,” but Lois is concerned about his wife and children.

“Life is a lot easier without men,” she says, but excludes her father from that statement.   Gaynor regrets that she started the separation between her and Colin, 

Gaynor becomes rather tearful . . .

and becomes quite emotional when Lois shows her the old photo that she always carries with her, calling it, 

. . . when she sees this old photograph

“The happiest period of my life – the four of us together as a family.”

"Have the Nuremberg Trials come to an end?"

As Dai eats his steak, Diane asks, “Have the Nuremberg Trials come to an end?” 

Dai remains tight-lipped

but he indicates he must keep his mouth zipped.   This angers Diane, and she tells him, 

"I'm going on holiday – without you!"

“Right, you’ve pushed me all week to do this, so don’t act surprised when I tell you you’re going to the bank tomorrow to withdraw the money for a week’s holiday for me.   Me and a person of my choice – which won’t be you!”

What is that, emerging from Diane's bag?"

As she holds forth, neither of them notice the progress out of her bag and across the table of the spider.   

Dai spots it – and squeals in panic

However, when Dai catches sight of it, he makes several panic-stricken squeaks, as we learn he is a sufferer from Arachnophobia.

Diane incarcerates the little fellow . . .

Diane, on the other hand, calmly takes the transparent cover from a serving dish and imprisons the creature, much to Dai’s relief.   

. . . and Dai breathes a sigh of relief

“Afraid of a little spider, are you?” she taunts.

DJ joins Debbie at the bar of the Deri, “Just as friends,” 

The curly horn makes a handy coat-hook

takes off his jacket and hangs it on the curly horn of the “ram” sculpture, much to Siôn’s displeasure.   Debbie tells him, 

DJ is amused by the reference to a Tarantula

“It’s one thing after another – I’m almost 45, going to be a grandmother, and don’t know what to do if I can’t find a Tarantula on the run.”   DJ thinks she is joking about the last of these.

Dai is ready to fend off the beast's attack

“You know how much I hate those things,” growls Dai, brandishing a brush to fend off the creature, “I was just doing my duty on the jury, and this is the thanks I get!”

"I'll bring him over in the morning"

Diane phones Debbie;  “I’ve got a visitor I think you’ll be glad to have back.   Haven’t you reported a ‘missing person’?   He’s safe and sound;  I’ll bring him over in the morning.”

Dai protests, “In the morning?” but Diane only has to raise the cover to have him cowering again.

That is a novelty – money going in the opposite direction

Britt is standing over Siôn as he transfers the £5,000 into Bethania’s bank account, and he questions how they will repay the rest.   

"My vision has become an obsession"

He admits that his vision has become an obsession.

"Now this place has to pay us back!"

Britt is gratified;  “We’re going in the right direction!   Now we have to roll up our sleeves, so this place starts paying us back!”   Siôn tells her that she is in charge of making decisions from now on, but Britt insists, “No – both of us together!”

Mal laughs at the ugly sculpture, minus one horn

DJ retrieves his jacket, and accidentally knocks the sculpture to the floor;   amid all his apologies, Britt assures him, “Don’t worry  I’ve been wanting to do that for days!   Siôn does not look entirely happy.

Britt will use the monstrosity as a reminder

Britt resolves to keep the sculpture out the back, “To remind you not to lose it again – this is your last chance!”