1 May 2015

Dai tries to cope alone in the shop

Dai is busy on the phone when DJ comes into APD for a couple of fence posts;  

"You could have Diane back if you apologised!"

DJ comments, “You don’t do yourself any favours, sending Diane away when Jim is off!”   Dai maintains that Diane is too stubborn to come back, but DJ’s diagnosis is, “You’re as bad as each other!   Why struggle?    You could have Diane back if you just apologised.”

"One day all this might be yours"

Dai persuades him to help until Rhys gets back, reminding him, “One day all this might be yours – you are family!”

Rhys returns Courtney's coat

Meanwhile Rhys is returning Courtney’s coat and apologising for the scene in the Deri;  

"It was all Mam's fault!"

she assures him that it was all her mother’s fault, and when he has to go back to APD, she seems convinced that he still fancies her.

"You must stop calling at Cysgod y Glyn!"

Ffion walks into number 7 and insists that Gethin stops calling at Cysgod y Glyn.   “I’m not stupid – your games have to stop here!”

"Wouldn't Jinx find that odd?"

“Wouldn’t Jinx find that odd, if I never came to the flat again?” he enquires, but Ffion is adamant;  

"Just me and Jinx and the children!"

“You’ve got to accept that Jinx and I are going to have another child, and it’s our home, just me and Jinx and the children!”   As she leaves he warns him that it is time he sorted things out.

"This has not been washed properly!"

Sheryl brings her towels back to APD, complaining that they have not been washed properly, and she, in her pregnant state, cannot do the salon’s washing.   DJ tells her that Dai cannot cope on his own, but Dai vehemently disagrees, 

Off goes DJ with his fence posts

so DJ grabs his fence posts and leaves.   Sheryl expects her towels to be ready tomorrow morning.

"No, I'm not telling you where I've been!"

Then Rhys returns, and will not tell Dai where he has been, though Dai suspects that a woman is involved, and recalls his younger days;  

Dai reminisces about his young days

“All the girls loved me – full head of hair and muscular arms!” 

"You left early and forgot your lunch . . ."

Sheryl takes Hywel’s lunch to him at CwmFM, remarking that he left early, 

". . . because you had one of these"

and concluding that it was because he received an envelope like hers from Gaynor’s solicitor.   He appears to be concerned that Sheryl was named in the divorce petition, but Sheryl seems quite happy about it.

"Is divorce something to be celebrated?"

“Is divorce something to be celebrated?” he asks, but she replies that it is rather late to change his mind now, and that they have to look to the future.   

"This is the future!"

“Those papers are the past – this is the future,” she says, patting her stomach, and reminds him that the scan is next week.

Diane insists it is great, being at home alone

Diane is in the shop, telling Eileen how she is enjoying being at home on her own;  “Listening to the radio, and reading.”   Then she asks, “Did I see Sheryl with a bag of laundry?”   When Eileen reports that it had not been washed properly, Diane gloats, “The washing and ironing is not going too well then,” 

"Won't APD lose business?"

and when Eileen points out that APD may be losing business, she adds, “If they are starting to miss me – tough!   I don’t miss them at all.”

As the 4x4 leaves, Gethin makes a phone call

As DJ and Cadno drive off in the 4x4, with fence posts in the back, Gethin is making a phone call.   “I’d like a word about a couple who are trying to adopt through you.   Huw Jenkins and Ffion Llywelyn – it’s very important – I’m not sure how to say this, but feel I have to say it before it’s too late.   

"Ffion and I are having an affair"

“Ffion and I are having an affair – for months now.   I’d rather not give my name at the moment.”

Ffion is disturbed that Gethin is in the flat . . .

 Shortly afterwards, Ffion is surprised to find Gethin in the flat, playing with Arwen;  

. . . playing with Arwen . . .

with a dog glove puppet, apparently named Smwtyn, he begins to tell the story of a princess who lives in a castle.   

. . . so she says it is bedtime . . .

Ffion puts a stop to this by telling Jinx it is time Arwen went to bed, 

. . . and kisses Arwen goodnight

and as soon as he takes her, Ffion demands, 

"I told you not to come!"

“What are you doing here?   I told you not to come here!”

"Everything is under control," promises Gethin

Gethin explains, “You were right that I had to sort things out.   Everything is under control now.   I just want you to be happy!”

Courtney tells Elliw her troubles

Courtney has gone to visit Elliw, and tells her, “Mam doesn’t trust me!   It was so embarrassing!   She tried to spoil things between me and Rhys, but it’s obvious he still fancies me.   He gave me a lift, bought me a drink in the Deri, brought back my coat and talked to me.”

"Are you sure Rhys is interested?"

Elliw is sceptical about her claims;  “Are you sure that Rhys is interested?   Your mother talks to me, but that doesn’t mean she fancies me!”

Diane and Eileen gossip about Hywel

In the Deri, Eileen sees Hywel alone at the bar and comments to Diane, “He’s on his own, despite the shenanigans with Sheryl.”   Diane agrees that a man like that never learns his lesson, then she rather sadly admits that actually the days can be long and that she misses being in the middle of things.   

"Dai doesn't want me back there"

“Dai has made it clear that he doesn’t want me back there,” she says, but Eileen tells her, 

"APD is going down the pan"

“We both know that APD is going down the pan.   Get him to accept that – and apologise – and he’ll want you back.”

"Boys that age have only one thing on their mind!"

As Elliw nurses baby Gethin Llywelyn, she listens to Courtney’s fanciful ideas of what she and Rhys will do together;  “You think that’s all he will want?   Boys that age have only one thing on their mind – do you think the stork brought Lois Evans a baby?   

"What if you ended up like me?"

“What if you ended up like me?   He wouldn’t want to know then!   It’s hard, and at times it’s rubbish!   You’re lucky – enjoy being single;  there’s plenty of time to think about boyfriends and babies!”

"You can do this at home"

Dai presents Rhys with a pile of ironing to do at home, and expects him in at eight tomorrow morning to start on Mrs Hopkin’s wall.   Rhys has different ideas;  “I’m not coming in tomorrow, I don’t work weekends!”

Dai orders him, “You work when I tell you!” 

Rhys has had enough

so Rhys takes off his APD fleece and walks out, with Dai shouting after him, “Don’t think you’re resigning!   I’m sacking you!” 

"They're watching us," says Sheryl

In the Deri, Sheryl kisses Hywel, for the benfit of Diane and Eileen, who are watching.   Then she tells Hywel, 

"I'm fine"

“You think I should be upset at being named on the divorce papers?   I’m fine, glad even – she’s accepted that you and I are together.”

"You should be at home, cooking my dinner"

Dai comes in and is surprised to see Diane there, rather than cooking his dinner;  he says they could eat there, 

"APD doing so well?"

and Diane remarks, “APD doing so well that we can afford to eat out?”   Eileen adds, “So you’re not missing Diane doing the washing and ironing?”

Dai then announces that a new strategy has begun today;  

"APD is no longer doing washing and ironing"

“APD is no longer doing washing and ironing – so we can concentrate fully on construction.”

Ffion is on the phone

Ffion is on the phone, scheduling a visit from the adoption assessor next Tuesday.   She admits to Jinx, 

She has an admission to make . . .

“I’ve been keeping something from you;  I had a warning from school over helping Elliw with her project, and they must have found out about it.”

. . . and Jinx accuses her of sabotaging his pet project

Jinx, who considers the adoption the most important thing in his life, is furious.   “Thanks for being so selfish – again!   I told you to stay away from Elliw – how could you ruin the whole process?   I can’t believe you’ve done this again – you might have destroyed our dream!”

"Sometimes I think it would be easier if you were back on the bottle!"

Then he comes out with the really vicious observation, “Sometimes I think it would be easier if you were back on the bottle!   At least then you’d only be ruining your own life!”

Ffion is left stunned and disillusioned