27 August 2014

Gemma is tempted to get up to her old "dating" tricks

As Gemma eats her toast she receives a CnocCnoc message from Bryn, then Mark comes in, saying he has a day off, so she makes as if to drag him off upstairs.   

Mark is reluctant to get seduced into bed

He instead suggests that they go out somewhere.

Ed is back, but things are not looking rosy

As Sioned pores over the pub’s books, suddenly Ed is standing in the doorway, sporting a black eye, which he received during a brawl “on the rigs.”   He hopes that, “Things aren’t that bad, but we shall sort it out;”  however, after looking at the accounts he soon changes his mind.

"You've sacked half the profits!"

“So you let DJ and Gwyneth run the place?” he says incredulously, and Sioned proudly tells him that she sacked them both.   “Do you realise how much we make on meals?” Ed asks, “You’ve sacked half the profits!   We won’t be able to open the place at this rate!   You have no idea what you’ve done!”

Jim waits anxiously for Eileen to return from the bank, and when she does, she announces that it has all gone through.  

Jim seems exceedingly pleased at the news

Jim is triumphant;  “This place, APD and now the farm – we’ll soon be running Cwmderi!   This is the first thing we’ve done as husband and wife.”

Colin hears of the proposed name change

Dani tells Colin in the shop that as she will be changing everything to the name “Monk”, she might as well change to “Chardonnay” at the same time.   Colin is certain he has heard the name “Chardonnay Monk” before somewhere.

Gwyneth somewhat displeased at losing her job

Siôn also comes in and sees Gwyneth there, who is somewhat dejected since Sioned sacked her, and after she leaves, Colin says that the job was the only thing keeping her going.

"All right, Shar?" says Mark

Debbie in the café ridicules Dani’s idea, saying she will refer to her as “Oi!” or possibly “Blondie”.   Then Mark comes in, with Gemma, and addresses Dani, “All right, Shar?”   Gaynor comes in to arrange a meeting about Ricky, and Debbie tells her, “Three this afternoon, upstairs!”

Gemma, once again aggrieved that she is not the centre of attention

Gemma complains that she wanted to go out somewhere, but Mark says that Ricky is the most important thing at the moment.

Eileen has texted Sioned, asking her to come round, and when she does, she asks her mother to lend her and Ed a couple of thousand pounds.   

"You put everyone else before me – again!"

Of course, when she hears that all her mother’s money has gone on buying Eifion’s share of Penrhewl, she starts her customary whinging, “I can’t believe you put everyone else before me again!   Two people need your help – one not even a relative and one your daughter!   I don’t know why I expected anything different.”   As she flounces off, Jim tells Eileen that she has done the right thing.

Gwyneth, hoping to catch a glimpse of Gwern

Siôn joins Gwyneth, sitting outside the Deri, looking up at the flat above the chippy, hoping to get a glimpse of Gwern.   She tells Siôn this is worse than prison – he is within reach, but she cannot touch him.   “I sometimes think leaving is the best thing for him and me,” she says.

Jim and Eileen deliver the good tidings that Cadno had hoped for

Cadno is in the farm kitchen when Jim and Eileen arrive with the good news that her home is safe, and she is overjoyed;  when she says the outside tap is broken, Jim assures her that the new investor can fix that.   

Still no reply from Sioned

Meanwhile, Eileen tries unsuccessfully to contact Sioned.

Sioned arrives back at the Deri without the loan, and Ed greets the news with, “You’re no good at fixing problems, only creating them!”   When Sioned says she tried hard to get the money, he retorts, “As hard as stealing that £20,000 of my money?   The few thousand I earned on the rigs won’t solve the mess you made.   

"If I had the money, I wouldn't have come back!"

If I had the money I wouldn’t have come back!”

Siôn finds a "Knitting Tutor" job for Gwyneth

Outside the Deri, Siôn looks through the job adverts and suggests to Gwyneth a “Knitting Classes Tutor for the Elderly”, which causes amusement.   “Something will turn up,” he assures her.

When Mark arrives for the meeting with Gaynor, he has Gemma in tow;  she does not like it when he sends her home.   

Gaynor promises wondrous things to keep Debbie happy

Gaynor assures Debbie that Ricky will have personal supervision for the next two years, and any problems will immediately be brought to Debbie’s attention.   

Debbie smugly thinks she has "got one over" on the headmistress

This satisfies her, and after Gaynor has gone, she tells Mark she never intended to take Ricky from the school, but, “It’s nice having the head pandering to us!”

Dani is looking for a photogenic field, with cows and sheep

Dani arrives at the farm, having had the idea of wedding photos being taken in a field, preferably with cows and sheep in the background;  investor Jim tells her different fields have different prices.

Poor neglected Gemma thinks about another date

Mark arrives home, after a few cans with Debbie, bringing some chips as he does not fancy going out;  this displeases Gemma, and she toys with the idea of sending a CnocCnoc message to this Bryn.

Sioned announces that the debt has been paid

Colin takes an envelope to Sioned in the Deri, settling the bill she gave to Gwyneth, then Gwyneth herself comes in, with Siôn of course, and is told that the debt has been paid.   Colin tells her that a lot of people have contributed, as they had taken advantage of her at the bar.

"Thank you, Siôn!"

She turns to Siôn and says, “Thank you!”