5 June 2015

Hywel goes to see Jinx . . .

Hywel knocks on the door of number 10, wanting to speak to Jinx;  

. . . but comes up against a recalcitrant Kelly

Kelly emphatically tells him, “Jinx doesn’t want to talk to anyone, especially you!”   

Dai is not welcome, either

Then Dai arrives , looking for more signatures on his petition;  

She is just about to slam the door in their faces

Kelly looks at each of them in turn, then slams the door.    Hywel signs Dai’s paper, as he does not want to see Debbie on the Council any more than Dai does.

Angela appears to be in an inebriated state as she staggers towards the shop.   

Hywel rejects Gaynor's call

As she passes, Hywels phone rings, he sees that the caller is Gaynor and ignores it.   

Angela is suffering from a hangover

In the shop, Angela asks Colin for the strongest paracetamol they have for her hangover.   

Colin lets the cat out of the bag . . .

Colin comments, “Mark will have a head like a bucket this morning, after buying two bottles of plonk yesterday, one red and one white.   You shouldn’t mix wines, especially the cheap ones Eileen sells.”

. . . and Angela works out what has happened

Angela replies, “Mark was drinking my wine last night . . . unless . . . the cheeky swine!”

Kelly does not seem like the domesticated type

In a very domestic scene, Kelly is preparing vegetables;  she tells Anita she is making a stirfry for Jinx.   

"He hasn't eaten for days!"

“He hasn’t eaten for days,” she says, and when Anita argues that she has been helping at CwmFM to take the pressure off, Kelly comments, “That must have given him a boost – a supposed friend stealing his job from under his nose!”

"Jinx is going to live here for as long as necessary"

Kelly continues her lecturing;  “Jinx is going to live here for as long as necessary.   He’s in a dark place at the moment, and won’t get over it overnight.   Now he has somewhere to escape to, and someone to look after him.   What he needs now is complete rest.”

"You can stay as long as you like"

At this point Jinx comes downstairs and Anita compliantly tells him he can stay as long as he wants.   

Jinx is feeling terrible

When she goes out, Jinx tells Kelly that he feels terrible, and is surprised that he has slept until four in the afternoon.   She urges him to take a long soak in the bath while she makes dinner.

In the Deri, Debbie is discussing her idea of a Cwmderi Carnival with Diane, who prefers a Food Festival.   

The Food Festival is discussed, and Dai puts his oar in

Dai offers his opinion, “An ice cream van, hot dog van and a ginger beer tent,” but Diane is thinking in terms of Welsh cheese producers and local farmers selling meat.   

"It would attract a lot of visitors"

Debbie predicts that busloads of visitors would come to the village.

Mark's cheating is discovered

When Angela gets home, she peels off the label on the wine bottle and finds another underneath;  she is furious.

"This last week has felt like a year"

Jinx is not able to eat much, but thanks Kelly for everything;  “This last week has felt like a year.  I wake every morning, cursing the fact that I’m facing another day.   At night I lie there, worrying that I’m going to lose the court case and lose Arwen – at least I don’t have to worry about losing my job now!”

Jinx realises that Kelly rescued him

As Kelly assures him that she is there for him, he wonders what would have happened if she had not come to the studio.   “I tried persuading myself at I was all right, that I had a plan, that I could cope.   Strange, I tell you things I would never tell anyone else.”

"That's because I know you better than anyone else"

“That’s because I know you better than anyone else,” replies Kelly, “I know what it’s like, hitting rock bottom – I’m not letting you go there again!”

Jinx exclaims, “Nor am I!   I’ve got a little girl who needs me – I’ll never stop fighting for her!”

Angela is in no mood for excuses

Mark, who is getting laundry out of the washing machine, tries to explain to Angela that it was an innocent mistake, as Anita was expecting a parcel too.   Angela calls him devious, and maintains that the cheap plonk tasted like vinegar.

"That didn't stop you drinking it!"

Mark comments, “That didn’t stop you drinking it!”   She goes on about having such a hangover that she had to take a day off work, and her patients were left without a nurse.   

She dials a number . . .

“Why shouldn’t I report you to Royal Mail?” she demands, picks up her phone and dials a number.   

Mark is very nervous by this stage, but actually she has rung the wine merchant to order another case.   “Mr Mark Jones will make payment by card, she tells them,” 

. . . and insists Mark pays for another case

then hands the phone to Mark.   

"How much?"

“How much?” he exclaims, incredulously, when he is told the price.

"We just need one more name!"

At number 7, Colin and Dai need only one more name, and rack their brains who to ask.   

Dai uses hard-sell techniques on Iolo . . .

Then a voice from the kitchen says, “No-one has asked me to sign anything!”   Iolo is busy with apron and gloves, doing the washing-up after the barbecue.   

. . . but it is the prospect of Colin washing up for a week that swings it

Dai tells him that they want to stop Debbie being on the Community Council, and promises that Colin will do the washing-up for a week if he signs.

Colin prepares to wash up

This persuades him, and Colin dons the Marigolds, only to remove them again when Dai announces that the deadline is in twenty minutes at Carmarthen, so Colin dashes off with the paperwork.

Hywel and Sheryl look at the menuu

Hywel is fussing over Sheryl in the Deri, and while he goes to the bar, 

That Gaynor is harrassing Hywel again

his phone, left on the table, rings, and Gaynor’s name appears.   Sheryl rejects the call, then tells Hywel she has forgotten her vitamin pills, so will go home to fetch them;  “Order the chicken for me – I won’t be long,” she says.

Diane thinks Debbie is home and dry

Diane remarks to Debbie that the five o’clock deadline is past, so her seat on the Council is safe.   

Dai wonders whether Colin beat the deadline 

When Dai comes, in looking for Colin, Diane wonders why he is so agitated.

Gaynor does not appear happy

Gaynor is at home, drinking a glass of wine, when Sheryl visits, demanding, “This has to stop now!”   

Sheryl lays down the law to Gaynor

She produces the photo from her scan;  “This is all that matters now, not you or Ffion, or legal paperwork, but our future together as a family!”   She turns and leaves.

Colin reports mission accomplished

Colin returns to the Deri and announces to Dai that he got to Carmarthen just in time, and Dai is delighted by the good news.

Anita hears about Mark's experience

Mark comes in and tells Anita, “I never want to see Chateau what’s-its-name again!   Angela found out and made me pay for replacements – they cost a fortune!”   Anita offers to pay half, as she drank half the wine;  

"You drank more than half!"

“I’d say you drank more than half!” laughs Mark.

Sheryl returns to the Deri

Sheryl returns to the Deri, telling Hywel, “This baby is drowning in Essential Fatty Acids and vitamin D.”   

Gaynor phones her lawyer

Meanwhile, Gaynor is contemplating ringing Hywel again, then changes her mind and instead phones her lawyer.

“I want to go ahead with what we discussed earlier,” she says, “I know it’s extreme action, but it’s a step I want to take – the sooner, the better!”

Kellyt and Jinx watch a film and reminisce

Kelly and Jinx watch a film together, and recall watching it from the back seat of a cinema in Swansea.   Jinx remembers, “You were wearing purple fishnets!   It feels so long ago, it’s like another life.   So much has changed since then.”

"I'm still here for you"

Kelly reassures him that some things never change;  “Maybe we’re different people, but I’m still here for you, for as long as you need me.”

He strokes her hair, and she moves to kiss him, but he objects, “No, this isn’t a good idea.   I’m in pieces, and I don’t want to complicate matters with Ffion and Arwen.”

"You just have to be yourself"

“Being with me makes it harder to get custody?” asks Kelly, “What do we have?   Just a bunch of random memories and half a bag of popcorn.   You just have to be yourself!”

Jinx appears to be persuaded

He is convinced and leans forward to kiss her.