30 April 2015

Courtney is trying to impress someone . . .

Angela is surprised to see Courtney applying makeup, and asks, “Meeting someone special?”   Courtney says she is not, just going to see Ricky, 

. . . but will not tell her mother who it is

“But he’ll never be a boyfriend – he’s too young.”   

Off she goes, to avoid further questioning

She wants her mother to leave her alone, and leaves.   Angela, being suspicious, also leaves the house shortly after.

"When you have a little brother or sister . . ."

Jinx, playing with Arwen, tells her, “When you have a little brother or sister, we can play together all the time.   We can go to the park with a new double buggy, and stop at Eileen’s shop for some sweets.” 

"You need a gobstopper!"

Ffion, trying to work, comments, “You need a gobstopper, to give me some peace!” but Jinx warns her there will be no peace when the new baby arrives.

An inscribed slate photo frame

Then Gethin visits, bringing them a gift to congratulate them – a slate photo frame, inscribed “Teulu” (family).   

"I'm sure you'll all be very happy!"

He looks Ffion in the eye as he says, “I’m sure you’ll all be very happy!”

"She's in love with Rhys!"

Ricky is at home alone when Angela calls, looking for Courtney;  he tells her that everything is far from all right between them, as she is in love with Rhys.   

"She's been seeing a lot of him"

“She’s been seeing a lot of him, and even missed my birthday.”   

Angela suspected something

When Angela says she thought something was going on, he tells her, 

"I bet they're together in his new car!"

“I bet they’re together now, in his new car!” and looks quite satisfied that he has stirred up some trouble.

Eifion warns Rhys about Dai

Eifion is in the Deri, warning Rhys that Dai can be a bully at APD, especially now that Diane is not there to control him, and reckoning that leaving there was the best thing he has done.   

"Is Courtney leaving you alone now?"

He asks, “Is Courtney leaving you alone now?”   Rhys reveals that now he has given her a lift to town and back, she thinks he is keen on her.   “I have to tell her, but don’t want to upset her.”   

Courtney cannot take her eyes off Rhys

Then Courtney arrives.

"I hope what I heard isn't true!"

Angela, walking down the street, leaves a message on Courtney’s phone;  “I don’t know where you are, but you’re not with Ricky!   I hope what I heard isn’t true.”   

What are the road works all about?

Then she sees Rhys’s car outside the Deri, 

She sees something in the car . . .

peers into it, 

. . . which she finds disturbing

and sees something which disturbs her.

Inside the Deri, Courtney insists on applying a plaster to Rhys’s cut finger, and he tells her, “By the way, your coat is in the back of the car.”   

"The thing is . . ."

As he is about to break the news to her, “The thing is . . .” Angela arrives and starts, “Holding hands with him, after saying you were with Ricky?”

Alcohol detection

Then Angela sniffs Courtney’s orange juice, trying to detect alcohol.   Eifion tells her to calm down, as nothing is going on, but Rhys only gave her a lift.   Angela rages, “You didn’t tell me about it – and your clothes are in the back of his car!

"I forgot my coat – big deal!"

“I forgot my coat – big deal!” replies Courtney.   Angela’s voice grows in volume as she pontificates, “You’re too young for this – you’re not even on the pill!”   

Angela publicises Courtney's private details . . .

Courtney is by now extremely upset, as all the pub customers are listening, 

. . . and Rhys's denials have no effect . . .

and even Rhys’s assurance that she had a crush on him, and is just a schoolgirl, make no difference.

. . . she just keeps on with the accusations

Angela is by now into her stride;  “Where else have you been together?   Courtney is much too young for you;  she’s not old enough to ignore her mother, or to have a sexual relationship!   Home, now!”

Eifion is disappointed by her attitude . . .

Eifion tries to defuse Angela’s anger after Courtney has left, totally embarrassed, asking why she has to jump in, feet first.   

. . . and Rhys says he was about to let her down gently

Rhys tells her, “If she were still here, I would have the chance to let her down gently, to tell her without hurting her,” and Eifion continues, accusingly, “But he didn’t get the chance, did he?”

Rhys is at his wits’ end;  “For the last time, there is no relationship, and all you’ve done is upset Courtney!”   He turns and orders another pint from Ows.

Gaynor wants to get back at Hywel

In the café, Gaynor tells Colin about the May Day celebration at the Deri, and how Hywel will be there, “Showing off like a dandy cockerel!”   She wants to find someone else, a celebrity.

"Leave it to me – I have contacts"

“To upstage Hywel,” says Colin, “Leave it to me – I have contacts on the showbiz circuit,” 

Gaynor does not think much of the names in Colin's book

but Gaynor is not impressed with the names in his little address book.   Then he suddenly remembers someone, and dashes off to find a telephone number he has got somewhere.

Jinx is doodling

Ffion is cooking, Jinx doodles a sketch of another child on a photo of the three of them, which she regards as “childish.”   

He reflects on Gethin's family, or lack of it

He comments, “It must have been difficult for Gethin to give us a present like that – his family is all over the place.   His father ran away, and he hardly ever sees his son.”

"Grow up, Jinx!"

When he puts his doctored photo into the frame, Ffion urges him, “Grow up, Jinx!”

Colin knows it is here somewhere

At number 7, Colin looks through a shoebox, trying to find a beermat, 

He tells Gethin the story

bearing the phone number of Bonnie Tyler, who he met in the 80s at a gig in Swansea.   

"Think she'll want to come and listen to Siôn Whites poetry?"

when he finds it, Gethin points out, “Think it through –  you want to invite her to Cwmderi, to listen to Siôn White’s poetry?   And have you got the money to pay her?”   

"No, it was rather a stupid idea!"

Colin then comes to the realisation that the idea was rather far-fetched.

Back home, Angela has scarcely calmed down;  “I’m trying to look after her, and she lied about where she was!”   

"You have to treat Courtney like a mature young person"

Eifion tells her that was no reason to make up stories about her in the Deri.   “You have to treat Courtney like a mature young person.   I get on well with her.”

“She can twist you round her little finger,” is Angela’s reply, and then Courtney comes downstairs.   

"I'm going to Elliw's – if that's all right with you!"

“I’m going to Elliw’s house – if that’s all right with you!” she tells her mother.

Angela tries to explain;  “I had you when I was too young, and I don’t want you in the same situation.”   

"Regret it, do you?"

Courtney’s response is, “Regret it, do you?” and she leaves the house.

Rhys plans the meal

Rhys arrives home and finds some ingredients in the fridge with which to cook dinner;  

"Why do parents have to stick their noses in"

he asks Gaynor, “Why do parents have to stick their noses in?”   She tells him that they cannot stop worrying about their children 

Gethin looks at a website

Gethin is looking at the Carmarthenshire Adopting Service website.   

Colin tells him of an even better celebrity

Colin tells him that he has found a replacement for Bonnie, who will do the job for the cost of his petrol and something to eat, but will not reveal who it is.

Gethin makes a note of the phone number

Gethin returns to the website, and writes down the telephone number.