30 July 2014 (1st)

Courtney seems happy that Eifion has moved in

Courtney tells Angela that she is happy with Eifion living with them, as she gets on well with him.   However she does ask how long he is likely to be there, and Angela says she will tell her when she knows.   Eifion is glad he is not under such pressure now.

Colin relates the details of his "date"

At the back of the shop, Colin tells Mark of his disastrous date, but is glad that he saw through Tessa before it cost him even more.   He tells Mark it may take a while to repay the £50, then adds, “I might not be the only one with worries,” which puzzles Mark.

Dani offers advice to Gwyneth

Dani goes to see Gwyneth, who asks, “Are you here to pressure me?”   Dani replies that she had almost persuaded Garry to come to his senses, and that solicitor’s letter has done a lot of damage.   “If you backed down from court action, I’m sure Garry would too,” she advises Gwyneth.   

Dani picks up Gwern's card, before noticing something significant

When Gwyneth makes a cup of tea, Dani sees a card which Gwern has made, then notices the corner of a passport;  she pulls out the plastic file and finds a flight confirmation.   She secretes them in her bag and leaves hurriedly, warning, “Think about what I said – no-one wants a tug of war with Gwern in the middle!”

Angela wants help with Eifion;  Cadno wants to be rid of him

Angela sees Cadno in the café, and says that Eifion is acting rashly.   “That what Eifion is like,” replies Cadno, “Two kids, an affair with Sioned, now he’s with you.”   Angela wants Cadno to stop him selling his share of Penrhewl, but gets no co-operation from her.   “The timing may be awkward, but getting Eifion out of Penrhewl is like manna from heaven,” Cadno says.

Postman Mark delivers to Betty

As Mark delivers a parcel to Betty, Colin approaches and asks if Gemma said anything about seeing him in the restaurant last night.   “She was with some bloke, and said she’d been for an interview, but he had his arm round her.”   

Mark is offended by Colin's insinuation

Mark will not listen;  “I don’t like what you’re suggesting!   I trust her one hundred per cent!”

Now Dani has the evidence

Dani gets home and looks at the passport and flight confirmation;  she tries to ring Garry, but gets no reply.   

I fear that a cereal packet is not the ideal hiding place

Shortly afterwards, Gwyneth rings the buzzer, so Dani hides the documents in a cereal packet.   

Gwyneth shouts, “You’ve stolen something from me!” but Dani says she is a fine one to talk about stealing.   “You were planning to take him to Spain,” accuses Dani, while Gwyneth looks around for the passport.

Dani is about to call the police

“OK, I’ll call the police – I’ve got enough evidence now to put you back in prison.”   As Gwyneth is arguing that she changed her mind and did not abduct Gwern, Garry rings back, but Dani does not tell him what happened.   She tells Gwyneth, “I want you to leave Cwmderi;  now you had better go, as Garry will be back.”

At the farm, Eifion is feeling much more relaxed, and wonders why he did not go months ago;  Cadno hopes he will remember her co-operation when they set a price for his share of the farm.   

"Love?   Is that what it is?" says Cadno

He muses, “Love does strange things to people,” and she replies, cynically, “Is that what it is?”

Ffion is very subdued about her row with Jinx

Gaynor visits Ffion to say what a relief it is to be going back to school in September, but Ffion is preoccupied.   She admits that she and Jinx have argued about adoption, and it is her fault.   Gaynor asks why they do not try for a baby themselves, but Ffion does not answer.

Gwern boasts that he beat Garry 9 – 6

When Garry gets back with Gwern, he tells Dani they have been playing football;  “Who won?” asks Dani, and Gwern proudly answers, “Me!  9 – 6 to me!”   Garry suggests they could go to Y Wenallt and take a picnic.

Where is Colin going to find £50 at short notice?

Mark rings Colin, demanding repayment of his £50 by Friday, but Colin does not know where he can find the money.   Mark also emphatically tells him what he can do with his Eisteddfod – “Stuff it!”   Colin suspects that doing a double-act on his own might be difficult.

Dani lays down the rules for Gwyneth

Dani goes to Gwyneth and informs her that Garry has not been told, asking “When will you be leaving?”   Gwyneth says that leaving the village will be like going back to prison, and does not object when Dani says she will tell Garry.   “Right, I’ll go back to jail, but I’ll be out some time.”

"Don't forget – I control everything!"

She admits that she will do anything – supervised visits are OK, but begs Dani not to show that file to anyone.   Dani makes it very clear that she will control everything, and is pleased that now Gwyneth cannot upset her relationship with Garry.   Gwyneth agrees to contact her solicitor tomorrow.

Cadno bring a box of Eifion's bits and pieces

As Angela is cooking, Eifion is revelling in his new life;  “You’ll soon get used to me being around,” he says.   Then Cadno arrives with a box of his belongings, and says, “It looks very homely here!”  

"It looks very homely here!"

Angela seems particularly unimpressed.

29 July 2014

Hywel is in serious pain – could it be a liver problem?

Hywel is tinkering with some electronic equipment when he is suddenly doubled up with pain;  Gaynor , who has been complaining that she feels flat about going back to teaching, rushes to his side and insists that she take him to hospital immediately.

Angela is at Penrhewl, telling Eifion that she can see why he is angry, but he got it wrong;  “Andrew and I are old news,” she tells him, but he says nothing as he mends a cupboard door handle.   She says it is easy to misunderstand each other with him at the farm and her in the village.

Cadno comes in and urges him to get the fence mended so the lame lambs can come down from the top field.   

Eifion is reprimanded by Cadno for leaving dangerous tools around

She finds a pair of cutters on the kitchen table and berates Eifion, “What if Bobi got hold of them?   They should be kept in the shed!”

"I'm moving out — I've had enough!"

Eifion informs her, “I’m moving out, leaving Penrhewl!   I’ve had enough!   I don’t know why I keep slaving here every day – this place makes me sick.   I’ll keep working until you find someone to help.   You can have my share of the farm for a fair price.   I’m moving out tonight to live with Angela.”

Mark meets Colin and urges him to ring Tessa;  when Colin does so, telling her he is coming to terms with Auntie Renée’s death, he is told that it is her birthday, and would he meet her at The Red Dragon.   Mark looks it up on his phone and finds it an expensive place.   Colin asks Mark to lend him £50.

Iolo is having problems leaving the house

Meanwhile, Iolo has come out of his front door, looked around furtively and gone back inside twice while they have been talking.   

Iolo studies the "Help with HIV" website

When Colin goes home, he tells Iolo about his date, but Iolo is absorbed by a website about HIV.

Gemma is rather perturbed by Mark's interest in her job

Gemma is once again applying makeup, and tells Mark that is what is expected at work.   Mark says, “Maybe I’ll come to see what sort of place it is;  I’d like to meet your boss, to see if it’s safe there.”   This gets her flustered and he is suspicious.   

Cadno has come to the conclusion that people are odd

Later he meets Cadno in the Deri;  she remarks that people are odd, and once you accept that, life becomes easier.

Gaynor orders Hywel to have plenty of rest

Hywel is back from the hospital, having been diagnosed as having Gastritis, for which antacid tablets should eventually help.   When Gaynor asks why he did not tell her weeks ago, he says she was too busy having a mid-life crisis.

Iolo phones Dr Gwyn, “I have an appointment this afternoon – I can’t make it.”

Rowena and Tessa with Colin

Colin, in a suit and pink tie, meets Tessa at The Red Dragon, surprised that she has brought her mate Rowena with her, but she says she cannot be too careful on a first date.   

They appear to be having a good time

The meal goes quite well, with the girls laughing raucously at Colin’s jokes, but suddenly he looks round and sees Gemma with a man.   

Colin wonders what Gemma is up to

Gemma looks somewhat embarrassed, and escapes as soon as she can.   

Colin realises he is being taken for an expensive ride

When Colin is presented with the bill, his mood changes, and he says he is not paying for Rowena.   They try to make a joke of it, but Colin asserts, “You may think I’m a clown, but I’m no fool!   

"There's my contribution," says Colin, and leaves

There’s my contribution to the bill – you pay the rest,” and he puts down the £50 which Mark lent him.

Eifion brings Angela the good news that he is moving in with her

Angela is surprised when Eifion arrives at her house and tells her he has moved out of Penrhewl;  “This is the beginning of something new and exciting, under the same roof as you,” he says.   Her response is that this is a big step, but he is enthusiastic;  “Penrhewl will never come between us again.   I’m going to sell my share, so I can be with you, and I’ve brought a bottle to celebrate.”

Angela does not like what is happening

Angela forces herself to say, “Lovely!”   Although she tells him this is happening too fast, he announces, “I’ve realised that I love you!”   

She does not seem to share his enthusiasm

As he embraces her she does not look radiantly happy.

Gaynor tells Hywel not to keep these things to himself, and he comments that she is her old strong self again.   “That’s the Gaynor I love – in the middle of things.”   “Like a head teacher,” she adds.

Mark is waiting up when Gemma gets home;  he says he understands and it is all right if she wants to stay out late at night.   He thought it rather odd that she did not want him there, but he is OK with it.

Iolo's obsessive cleanliness and Colin's bad judgment

Colin gets home in the early hours and finds Iolo scrubbing the kitchen floor;  “Why, at this time of the morning?” he asks.   He also tells Iolo that he is terrible at judging people, and feels he has been thoroughly used.

28 July 2014

This radio programme is preying on Jim's mind

In the café, Jim is not happy, but Debbie tells him she is looking forward to his cooking programme, warning him that everyone will be taking notes.   Gemma, whose hair has changed colour, invites Sioned out clubbing tonight.

Gwern looks remarkably well-adjusted.   "Hiya!" he says

Dani is worried that Gwern may be upset at not seeing his mother very often, but he looks quite happy when he says, “Hiya!” to Garry.   Garry tells Dani that he will explain if Gwern says anything.   Dani is convinced they should not have gone to the solicitor, but he assures her they have to stand firm.

This time it is Gwyneth painting squares on the wall 

Meanwhile Gwyneth is testing paint colours on her wall;  she tells Cadno that she has talked to her solicitor, and hopes the solicitor’s threat will knock some sense into Garry.   “I can play dirty, too,” she says, but Cadno warns that courts are expensive.

Andrew invites Angela for a meal of rabbit

Andrew has been to Carmarthen market and tells Angela he is cooking rabbit for supper, inviting her to the meal.   He also tells her that he will not be getting the money back, and it has destroyed his relationship with Ed.   

"Well, I'm going clubbing, so change your plans!"

However, when he arrives at the Deri, Sioned announces she is going clubbing, and will not change her mind, so he has to phone Ows to cover.   

Dani looks at Gwyneth's demands

Garry receives the letter from Gwyneth’s solicitor, and is incensed;  she wants full custody, with Garry only allowed access once a fortnight.   “She’ll regret this, “ he fumes, “See, she’s still the same old Gwyneth;  she’s gone too far this time!”

Back view of Sioned's figure-hugging green dress

When Sioned is ready to go, in her rather fetching green dress, Andrew tells her that the police have informed him there is no chance of getting the money back.   Sioned’s rather callous reply is, “What do you expect when you give strangers thousands of pounds?”   Then Angela arrives for her supper date.

Sioned, not being particularly polite to Jim

When Sioned comes downstairs, Gemma is waiting for her, and Jim is still worrying about his programme, telling Sioned he is not used to chatting.   “Don’t worry – you can’t shut your mouth usually,” she replies.

Nice cosy little tête á tête over the supper table

Upstairs Angela enjoys a lovely meal, and Andrew says that with rabbit, you must keep things simple;  his life is anything but simple lately, and he doubts that things will ever be the same with Ed.

Angela assures him that he will get through this – it showed what sort of man he was when he took the blame for Gemma.   He jokes, “And if I stayed in Cwmderi, I might be with you now.”

Gemma's identity crisis – is she Kylie or Gloria?

Sioned and Gemma are at a club, drinking Paradise cocktails.   A blonde passes and greets Gemma, “Hiya, Kylie!”   Sioned is surprised, and Gemma tells her, “That’s who I was last time I was here.   I like being a different person, it’s fun.”

Surely there must be something wrong with her

Then she turns to the barman and asks, “Do you have gigs here?   Im a jazz singer, Gloria Davies.   I had a gig at Ronnie Scott’s in London last year.”

"I was right about you – you haven't changed a bit."

In the Deri, Gwyneth and Cadno come in, to be greeted by Garry;  “What’s the matter, Gwyneth, can’t you look me in the eye?”   He tells her that Gwern is safe with someone who loves him, and continues, “That letter proves I was right about you – you haven’t changed a bit!”   

"See you in court!"

Other customers are watching as he tells her, “See you in court!”   Cadno remarks, “If I were you, I’d drag him through the courts too.”

When they have left, Dani agrees with Garry that she needs to be taught a lesson;  “Who does she think she is, throwing her weight around?”

Sioned, posing as Jasmine, the restauranteur

In the club, Sioned is getting into the swing of things, telling people that she has a restaurant in the Swansea Valley, and hopes to open a chain of them.   

Sioned tries to ring Ed;  that other girl looks rather "out of it"

Then she suddenly has an attack of conscience, hides in a corner and leaves a message on Ed’s phone:  “Ed, I’m so, so sorry.   Everything is such a mess.”   She tells Gemma that in the morning there will be no restaurant, no Ed and she will be in debt.   She cries on Gemma’s shoulder.

Downstairs in the Deri, Eifion is again trying to ring Angela;  he tells Jim he does not know where she is.   

"Angela?   She was at the bottom of the stairs just now."

Jim helpfully says that she was in the pub earlier, at the bottom of the stairs.

Eifion’s mind whirs into action, and he rushes upstairs, followed by Ows and Jim.   

Eifion is extremely irate at what he sees

Just as Angela is telling Andrew that she is always there for him – he is not on his own, and they embrace, Eifion bursts in.   “What the hell are you doing?” he shouts.   Only Ows and Jim hanging on to his arms prevents him from attacking Andrew.

Restrained by Ows and Jim, Eifion despairs

“I knew there was something going on,” Eifion shouts;  Angela tells him nothing is going on, and urges him not to make a fool of himself.   “You’ve done that for me!” he retorts, and goes back downstairs.