4 September 2015

"You'll soon be rid of me"

Out in the farmyard, Cadno tells DJ, “Don’t worry, I’ve only got bail – I shall be charged next week, then you’ll be rid of me!”   DJ protests that he does not want to get rid of her, but she continues, “Only you and Garry knew about the gun.   Didn’t you think about the kids when you blabbed?   What do you think I’ll get?   A few hours community service?”

"I could say it's my gun"

“You won’t – if I say it was my gun,” suggests DJ, and Cadno is highly surprised.   

Cadno tells Eifion

Then Eifion arrives, so she tells him of DJ’s generous offer;  

"He's got less to lose than me"

“He’s got less to lose than me.   I want the best for the kids,” says Cadno, but Eifion is very doubtful about the idea.

Gemma is happy this morning . . .

Sioned has not been sleeping well, but Gemma, who is still with them says she has had a good night.   “Spending a whole two days outside the unit will do me good,” she insists, 

. . . which pleases Ed

and Ed is glad she enjoys being there.

They open the post . . .

Angela is opening the post, and Eifion finds an envelope which has been hand-delivered.   

. . . and Eifion finds something which amuses him

He laughs when he sees the contents and shows it to Angela.   

Angela reads out the threat

“Change your foul attitude or you’ll regret it!” she reads, and warns Eifion that this is serious.   He, however, is convinced he knows who sent it, and goes to confront them.

"This is not going to work"

DJ has been having second thoughts, telling Cadno that the plan is not realistic and the police are not stupid.   This angers Cadno;  “I haven’t confessed, and if we stick to this story . . .” she insists, but DJ is convinced it will not work, and is sorry he mentioned it.

"Well, who shopped me then?"

“Well, who shopped me then?” demands Cadno, and DJ tells her it could not be Garry, for he would have nothing to gain by so doing.

Eifion shows the message to Jim

Jim is busy in APD when Eifion comes in, asking, “Do you know something about this?” and brandishes the letter.

"I'm not the only driver you've upset!"

Jim replies, “Why ask me?   I’m not the only driver you’ve upset.   What about Ed, DJ, Angela, Eileen, all the taxi boys – and how many have you upset in Llanarthur?”

Then Eifion has another bright idea

Eifion then again realises who is the culprit;  “Of course, I know who sent it – it’s perfectly obvious, given her mental state!” and off he goes again.  

"Think of me, while I'm rotting in jail!"

On his way, he meets Cadno, who tells him she has no idea who told the police about the gun.   “DJ has withdrawn his offer – so think of me, while I’m rotting in jail!”

"Who do you think you are?"

Then Eifion sees Ed and Gemma outside the Deri, so he rushes over, demanding, “Who do you think you are, sending threatening letters?   I don’t know what upset you so much, but this is unacceptable!   Maybe a matter for the police.”

Ed threatens Eifion

Ed warns him he may be talking to the police for upsetting a girl who is not well, and takes Gemma back inside.   Angela comes to see what the fuss is about, 

Angela admonishes Eifion

and berates Eifion for the way he treated a vulnerable girl.

"No sane person would send this"

Eifion protests, “Well, no sane person would send this because of a parking ticket!”

"Did you tell the cops?"

Sioned is eating in the Deri when DJ finds her, asking, “Did you tell the cops about the gun?”   

Sioned denies it

When she tells him she did not, he continues, “That is the wrong answer!   Don’t you have a heart at all?”   Sioned admits she may have mentioned the gun, but is adamant that Cadno deserves everything she gets.

"What's she done to you?"

DJ adds, “What’s she done to you?   You can play Florence Nightingale with Gemma, but do you know what this will do to Cadno?   I know exactly what you are!”

"You're smothering me!"

Upstairs, Gemma is protesting to Ed, “I know you’re doing your best, but you are embarrassing me, smothering me, making me feel different.    The way you treat me reminds me of my illness every minute you’re with me.   I want to be treated like a person, not a patient.”

"What am I supposed to do?"

Ed feels helpless;  “What am I supposed to do, Gemma?   Whatever I try is wrong – there’s no pleasing you.”   When Gemma thinks that she should not have come back, he agrees with her, and offers to return her to the hospital.

Downstairs, Jim is having a pint when Eifion and Angela come in;  

Ed tears Eifion off a strip . . .

Ed rants at Eifion for what he said, and telling him that Gemma is going back to hospital because of him.   Eifion shows him the note, and demands, “Would you like to receive that?   It wouldn’t be the first time she’s done something like this!”

. . . and it looks as if they may come to blows . . .

Ed tells him he needs sorting out, and it looks as if a brawl is about to break out when Jim confesses, 

. . . when Jim admits, "I sent it!"

“I sent it!”   Eifion walks out in disgust, followed by Angela.   

"I didn't think it would lead to this!"

Jim admits, “I didn’t think it would lead to this – I’m very sorry, Gemma.”

Ed naïvely thinks this will solve everything, but Gemma corrects him;  

"Everyone has labelled me 'Gemma the Nutter'!"

“Eifion is only the beginning – everyone in Cwmderi has labelled me, ‘Gemma the nutter’!   I’ll never be able to be myself here.”

Sioned tries to change Gemma's mind

Sioned has returned by this time, and tries to persuade Gemma not to give up, and that she has to take things one step at a time.   She takes Gemma’s bag back upstairs.

Angela tells Eifion a thing or two

Back at home, Angela gives Eifion a dressing-down about the way he has been behaving.   He is repentant, and reveals to Angela that he suffered from depression when problems at the farm got too much for him.   

"Men don't like to admit weakness"

The reason he has not told her this before is that, “Men don’t like to admit weakness.”

Cadno apologises to DJ . . .

Cadno apologises for accusing DJ, and he tells her, 

. . . but when he tells her it was Sioned . . .

“It was Sioned!” and admits that she knew about the gun because he told her, which causes Cadno to go off the deep end again.   

. . . she flies off the handle again

“I’m going to jail because of your big mouth!”

"You're giving up too easily"

As Sioned is admonishing Ed for giving up so easily on Gemma, Eifion comes in to make his apologies, both for today’s outburst and for what he said yesterday.   

Abject apology from Eifion

“I’m ashamed!   I don’t want you to judge the rest of the village by my stupid behaviour,” and he leaves very sheepishly.

"I didn't want to drag Gemma into it"

Jim tells Angela that he never intended Gemma to get dragged into it, and pleads with her not to tell Eileen.   Eifion reports that he has apologised, and he and Jim agree that they have not come out of this very well.   

Jim and Eifion bury their differences

They shake hands, and Jim buys them both a pint.

"I am on your side"

Ed admits to Gemma, I know I’ve made things harder for you, not easier.   While you need my help, I shall be here for you.   If you can be patient with me, I can be patient with you – I am on your side!”

"Can I come back next week?"

“Can I come back next week?” asks Gemma, “Thanks for not giving up on me.”   They leave for the hospital, and Sioned orders a large white wine.

Cadno is on the warpath

However, before she can drink it, Cadno appears in the doorway and marches towards her;

"You ruined my hopes of running the café !"

“Don’t try denying that you told the police!   Do you hate me that much?”

Sioned replies, “You ruined my hopes of running the café!”

"Just because of a café?"

“And that’s worth sending me to jail?” demands Cadno, “Leaving two little boys without a mother – just because of a café?”   

Cadno takes no notice of her apology

Sioned says that she is sorry, but Cadno is not convinced.

"I've got useful information!"

“No you’re not – but you will be!   I’ve got useful information about the quad that was stolen, and about money paid to me to keep quiet!   I might not be able to prove anything, but then police are cleverer than me.   Maybe the quad is only the beginning – who knows what else they’ll find?   What have I got to lose?   

Sioned seems rather anxious

“If I go to jail, I’m taking you with me!”