16 July 2015

Colin wants to do some more electioneering

Colin is in the shop and anxious to get out for some last-minute canvassing.   Eileen tells Angela she is happy he has gone;  

"He's been driving me mad!"

“He’s been driving me mad!   I had to vote at lunchtime to shut him up.”

Then she asks Angela if she can borrow the key for Penrhewl’s gates, as she needs to water her exhibition vegetables for the Royal Welsh Show, and does not fancy climbing over the gates.   

"That key is for emergencies only"

Angela stresses, “It is for emergency use only – I don’t want to make Cadno angry – she’s bad enough as it is!”

Gwen is given a "Vote for Colin" sticker

Colin comes into the café, exhorting the customers to vote for him, and applies a sticker to Gwen, which she immediately peels off.   He gets short shrift from Debbie, who accuses him of hassling her customers and ejects him from the premises.   Then she leaves Gwen in charge as she goes off to do some electioneering.

"Good afternoon!"

“Good afternoon,” says Gethin, as Ffion emerges from the bedroom at 3:00pm.   He tells her that Arwen is in the charge of Britt and Siôn, who have been told that Ffion’s flu is worse.   

"I tried to stop you!"

She cannot remember much of last night, so Gethin reminds her;  “It’s your own fault – I tried to stop you!   Do these ring any bells?   

"Do these four bottles jog your memory?"

“Four empty wine bottles?   This has to stop now, Ffion!”

"I will stop this time!"

When she assures him that she will stop this time, he asks, “How many times have I heard that?   I’m not going anywhere, and neither are you.   Someone has to take responsibility – if you won’t, I shall have to.”   Ffion protests that he cannot keep her prisoner in her own home, but he replies, “That’s just what I’ll do until you come to your senses.”

This blog should definitely have audio!

She vomits loudly into the sink.

Colin thinks he has secured this vote . . .

Colin assures Eifion that, if elected, he will look after his friends, and buys him a pint.   

. . . despite Debbie's talk of bribery . . .

Debbie describes this as bribery, then Eifion shocks both of them;  

. . . but Eifion will not vote at all

“The answer’s easy – don’t vote at all!   I mean it!”

Colin is suffering from nerves, telling Diane, 

"My stomach's like a trampoline"

“My stomach’s like a trampoline!”   Diane assures him that she will do whatever she can to help, at this late stage.

Here comes trouble!

As Eileen uses the borrowed key to get into Penrhewl, she is caught by Cadno;  “I don’t want people coming in and out!” she rages, 

"My vegetables are important!"

but Eileen responds that she is not “people”, and that her show vegetables are important.   

"Give the key here!"

Cadno continues, “I don’t care about your vegetables!   Give the key here!” and Eileen eventually complies.

Ffion, suffering from alcohol poisoning

Gethin puts the empty bottles away in a cupboard, sees that Ffion is shaking and covers her with a blanket.   

Very convincing sounds, again

As he makes a cup of tea, she vomits, similarly loudly, into a green bowl.

Diane has a plan

Outside the polling station, Diane tells Dai, “If you don’t want Debbie to win, go and get the list of APD’s customers.   We’ll check if they’re on the electoral roll, and get them to vote for Colin.”

Colin lets slip that Eifion borrowed the metal detector

Outside the Deri, Colin secures Ed’s vote and mentions, “Eifion’s not going to vote;  he’s so selfish – didn’t even clean the metal detector before he gave it back to me!”   

"I'm Colin, friend of the valley!"

Then he accosts a passing woman;  “I’m Colin, friend of the valley!” he beams.

"Could I borrow the key?"

Eileen is carrying a box of vegetables when she goes into the farm kitchen;  “It would be a great help if I could borrow the key,” she says.    Cadno replies that Angela had no business giving it to her, and adds, 

"You two are only playing at farming!"

“You’re more worried about your veg than Jim was about the turkeys!   You two are only playing at farming.”

Eileen suggests that they try to be reasonable, as this is affecting Marian’s health;  

"Will you withdraw the complaint"

Cadno demands, “Will you withdraw the complaint?”   Eileen in turn asks Cadno if she will apologise, and finally concludes, “I just can’t talk to you.”

"Will you open the gates?"

“You might as well leave, then,” Cadno tells her, and refuses to unlock the gates, as she has not finished her washing-up.

"It's up to £200 already"

Eifion is watching the progress of the sale on his laptop, announcing that it has reached £200, but he will leave it for a while to see if there is a higher offer.   He puts down the machine as he nips upstairs to the loo, 

Ed pays a visit . . .

and of course this is when Ed pays a visit.   Angela offers to make a cup of tea, and while she is in the kitchen, 

. . . and notices something familiar on the laptop

Ed notices the website, with his watch for sale.   He makes a quick search of the room, and finds the watch; 

Ed tells her the whole story

 Angela catches him putting it into his pocket, and shouts, “Put that back!”   Ed explains the story of how he was given the watch by Sioned, and how Eifion threw it in a temper.

"It's so bonkers, it has to be true!"

Angela answers, “I believe you.   It’s so bonkers, it has to be true!” and then shouts upstairs, “Eifion, downstairs, now!”   

"I was only checking out its value"

He comes up with a tale about checking to see how much the watch was worth in case Ed needed the cash.   Ed stresses that his life would not be worth living if he lost it, and tells Eifion he needs to sort himself out.

"I'm sorry you have to live with him!"

As Ed leaves, he tells Angela, “I’m sorry you have to live with him!”   Eifion tries to call it “a bit of fun,” but Angela is having none of it.   

"You make me sick!"

“You’ve gone too far!   You make me sick!   You sit around all day, doing nothing;  how many time have I begged you to get a proper job?   From now on, I’ll make sure you’ve got a proper job!”

Gethin has had a grocery delivery

Gethin has had two bags of groceries delivered to the flat, and tells Ffion there is enough for a few days.   

"This food is turning my stomach – and so are you!"

“I hope you’re long gone by then,” she tells him, “I’m going to lie down – this food is turning my stomach – and so are you!”

"Don't worry, Eifion will pay for what he did!"

In the street, Angela assures Ed that Eifion will pay for what he did, then when she arrives home, she finds Cadno waiting for her, and demanding, 

"Give it to her again, and I'll change the locks"

“What right did you have to give Eileen the key?   Give it to her again, and I’ll change the locks!”

When Cadno has stormed off, 

"I'm not doing that – people would laugh at me!"

Angela tell Eifion she has made a job application on his behalf, and shows him the laptop.   He responds, “You’re joking!   I’m not doing that – people would laugh at me!”

Angela issues an ultimatum

Angela gives him an ultimatum;  “You either go for interview and do your best, or you’re out on your backside and it’s all over between us!   I mean it – I’ve had enough!”

The less than efficient returning officer

The returning officer announces there were two spoiled papers, and gives the result as, “Collins, Deborah, 119; Evans, Colin, 124.”   Colin is incredulous, and Debbie shouts about a miscount.

"Hang on, we haven't counted these!"

Then one of the tellers points out that a pile of votes has not been counted, so the result is postponed.

"I feel, much better, and you can go home"

Ffion returns from the bedroom, insisting that she feels much better and there is now no need for Gethin to stay.   “Why are you shaking, then?” he asks, “You haven’t had anything to drink all day – no wonder you’re so shaky!   I bought you this earlier – green smoothie, full of goodness.”

Gethin pours the unappetising liquid . . .

Ffion tells him that all she wants is to be left alone.   As he pours the viscous green liquid into a glass and urges Ffion to take a sip, 

. . . and it is thrown at him

she picks up the glass and throws the contents over him.

“It will take more than that to get rid of me,” he tells her, and she angrily retires to the bedroom again.

The electorate wait, with bated breath

The amended result of the election is given;  Debbie 140, Colin 132.   Diane enquires which ward’s votes were not counted before, as is told, “Maes y Deri.”   

"They shouldn't be given the vote!"

Dai comments, "Half the people living there shouldn’t be given the vote!   The best man lost!” 

Colin congratulates Debbie

However, Colin is magnanimous in defeat, and shakes Debbie’s hand, saying, “Councillor, congratulations!” as Gwynfor, standing in the background, shakes his head.