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| Mark tries some West Country cider |
Mark has arrived in Bristol; he drinks a pint of cider and phones an unknown person to advise that he is there. Then he is told that someone is looking for, “Mr Jones,” but is aghast to see that it is Gemma, who tells him, “I thought you’d like some company.” He responds, “I wanted some peace! How many more times must I tell you it’s over?”
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| Just what Mark could have done without — more Gemma! |
As he gets up to leave, she starts to make a scene by going down on her knees, so to keep the peace, he agrees to listen to what she has to say.
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| Jinx wants to interview Meic |
While Meic is cleaning his car, Jinx asks if he can do an interview about the Venture, and is surprised to hear that Meic and Debbie are no longer together.
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| "This is not the sandwich I ordered" |
In the café, Debbie has given the wrong sandwich to Anita, and throws it in the bin; “The customer is always right, and I’m always wrong,” she says.
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| "I can manage on my own today" insists Debbie |
She then sends Meic away, saying she will manage on her own. Dani buys a cream slice for Iolo, and has a phone call from Garry.
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| Iolo is given his cream slice |
She has an idea, and goes to see Gethin, wanting him to keep an eye on the flat, as next week she intends going to Germany to surprise Garry. Gethin tries to put her off the idea with a number of excuses. “How will you find him?” he asks.
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| "There's this wonderful invention – the mobile phone!" |
She says she will just ring and say, “Guess where I am?”
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| "That's a shame — I'm in China!" |
When she has left, Gethin says to Iolo, “Surprise, I’m in Germany! — That’s a shame, I’m in China!”
Gemma gets the menu for lunch; “Don’t you listen to anything I say?” says Mark, exasperated, “I’m not here to have lunch with you – or a holiday!”
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| Champagne? Things are getting out of hand! |
At this point the waiter brings champagne, and Mark is becoming angry.
“I just want you to believe that it’s you I want to be with,” continues Gemma, “And I’ll do anything to prove it!”
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| What a stupid, undernourished guitar! |
Then a chap with a ridiculously small guitar approaches, singing (in English, as this is Bristol), “Hey baby, I think I’m going to marry you!”
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| Gemma has definitely gone round the bend |
Mark tells her, “Whoa! Please, don’t!” but Gemma produces a box, containing two rings. “Will you marry me?” says Gemma, and in order to save further embarrassment, Mark mumbles, “All right,” and the other customers applaud.
Gwyneth asks for a coffee at the café; “I’ve only got ten pairs of hands!” snaps Debbie, and, after dropping a whole container full of cutlery, bursts into tears.
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| Anita is astonished that Meic has dumped Debbie |
In the kitchen she tells Anita that Meic has finished with her, and Anita resolves to work in the café for the rest of the day.
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| How can Mark get through to her? |
Mark decisively shuts the box and states, “I don’t want to marry you, Gem. Your farce didn’t mean a thing – it was so embarrassing – why would I want to marry you?
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| "I'll never be able to love you after what you've done!" |
You’ve told one lie after another; this was nothing to do with a break – just more lies! I don’t love you, I’ll never be able to love you after what you’ve done!”
In a rage, Gemma jumps up,
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| Gemma on her wrecking spree |
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| "You'll have to pay" |
As the waiter says, in broad Bristol, “You’ll have to pay – she’s your guest!” Mark sees Liam arrive in the doorway.
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| Liam settles the matter with twenty quid |
Liam addresses the waiter, “Twenty pounds, is it?” adding, “And he’s checking out – I’m not having my old man staying in a place where the staff are rude!” The waiter says, “You’ll have to pay a cancellation fee, mind,” and Liam replies, “You’ll have to sue him for it!”
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| Debbie says she now cannot trust herself |
Anita closes the café, and Debbie wonders how she got it so wrong, adding that as well as not being able to trust men, now she cannot trust herself either.
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| Gethin explains his money-making scheme |
Gethin announces to Iolo that he has bought a last-minute holiday for Dani and himself, as “family bonding”, explaining that this way, everyone wins. “Dani gets her Prince Charming, I keep my job, and a chance to make some money.” Iolo is doubtful about the whole idea.
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| Dani is won over by her persuasive brother |
When Dani calls, he manages to persuade her to accompany him, although she had wanted to go and see Garry
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| Meic reminisces about his years at the Deri |
Jinx interviews Meic about his 40-year relationship with the Deri, as customer and owner; Meic remembers that the best times were running it with Anita. He admits that if he had won the lottery, he would have bought the Deri.
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| Yes, it does look like serious drinking! |
At the White Lion on Colston Avenue, Bristol,Mark and Liam do some serious drinking.
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| You don't see many of these in Cwmderi |
When they walk out on to the Centre, Mark is unsteady on his feet.
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| Round the corner into Small Street . . . |
Turning the corner into Small Street, Mark looks for a place to throw up, going into an alley.
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| . . . into a convenient alleyway, actually Leonard Lane . . . |
A hooded stranger follows him and grabs his bag; when Mark fights back, he is smashed against the wall and falls to the ground.
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| . . . and, in Leonard Lane, he looks as if he is breathing his last! |
Liam runs to his aid, but is too late, as the assailant flees.
At home, Meic confides to Anita that although he was happy with Debbie, he feels too old for her. Anita says that people hang on to relationships as they are afraid of being alone.
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| Meic thinks that Debbie deserves some happiness |
Meic muses, “If anyone deserves happiness, it’s her.”
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| What is assumed to be the mortal remains of the late Mark Jones |
Back in the centre of Bristol, two police officers wheel a body bag on a trolley; they place it in a van, and close the doors.
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