26 August 2016

"Can you do this washing for me?"

Debbie is running around the café kitchen when Mark arrives, asking her to do his washing, as he is not feeling well.   “Living in that house is no joke when you’re feeling dodgy!” he says, 

"It's no joke having Dol here!"

and she concurs that it is also no joke having Dol living with her.   They cannot work out how they can make APD drop the price.

Bad news for Courtney

Courtney has had some bad news:  “Zone 4 has closed, and I’ve lost my job!” she tells Eileen, 

"How am I going to pay for Matilda?"

“The manager told me not to bother coming in tomorrow – How am I going to pay for Matilda?   I relied on the wages to pay Eifion – there’s £100 due next week, and I can’t let him down!”

"I'm sure your father will help you out"

Eileen is sure that her father will help her out, until she finds another job, but when he arrives, he is of a different opinion.   

"I'm not paying for that heap of junk!"

“No!   I pay all the bills already – I’m not paying for that heap of junk – it’s a matter of principle!

Hello, Siôn – we're back!"

Gwyneth and Gwern are back from the motorbike festival, and are surprised that Siôn is not waiting for them at Y Felin.   

"I don't know where he is!"

Gwyneth says that he should have been working by now, and must have overslept.   

"Shall we go and wake him?"

She suggests they should go and wake him;  Gwern answers, “Yeah!” and they head upstairs.

Jim once again gets vociferous

Jim is still ranting, “You wouldn’t be in this mess if you’d picked the car I bought you.   Life can be hard, so don’t expect me to pick up the pieces!”  

"You're so tight-fisted!"

When Courtney calls him tight-fisted, he reminds her, “I pay for the driving lessons and insurance – you’ll have to stand on your own two feet.   

"You should be with your family!"

Perhaps you should move back home – you should be with your family!”

Eileen insists that this is not the place to discuss it, but he continues, “I don’t like you being in that house on your own.”  

"You said I've got to stand on my own feet"

Courtney points out he has just said she should stand on her own two feet.   He goes on, regardless, “It’s silly paying bills for that house when you could be living with us – and if you cant afford Matilda, you should consider selling her!”

Courtney is adamant that she will find another job, grabs her coat and storms out.   

"Well done, Jim!"

Eileen sighs, “Well done, Jim!”

"Siôn, what is going on?"

Gwyneth, unable to find Siôn, phones his mobile and leaves a message;  “Siôn, where are you?   We’re back from Tumble and your clothes have gone – what is going on?”

That box proves too much for Mark

Jason has just booked a haircut at the salon when Mark struggles in with a large, heavy box.  

"It's the new baby gym!"

Sheryl exclaims, “The new baby gym has arrived!”   Jason asks if the Olympics have inspired Esther.   They are concerned about Mark, as he is breathless, but he insists that he is all right.

Hywel has been promised a biscuit

When Hywel comes in, he is told, “You can build it this afternoon – I’ll make the tea, and you might get a biscuit if you’re lucky.   There are no appointments, so I’m closing.”   

"She's got you wrapped round her little finger"

Mark comments that she has him wrapped around her little finger.

Courtney searches for a job

Debbie calls at Eifion’s house to find Courtney searching for a job online.   “I heard you and your father arguing,” she says, and Courtney remarks that everyone else heard too.   

"Do you want to work in the café?"

“I’ll come straight to the point – do you want to work in the café?   I’m busy in the holidays – but it is minimum wage!”   Courtney is overjoyed and asks when she can start;  “Now!” replies Debbie, 

Courtney is very enthusiastic

and receives a hug.

A letter arrives for Hywel and Sheryl 

A letter, addressed to Hywel and Sheryl, comes through the door of the salon and lands on the mat.

"Have you seen Siôn?"

Gwyneth is still trying to phone;   she asks Jim if he has seen Siôn.   

"Perhaps he's done a runner!"

“No, sorry – perhaps he got fed up with translation and did a runner,” he jokes, but Gwyneth does not regard it as funny.   

Mark has his suspicions

She also asks Mark, and he looks concerned.

Debbie buys black sacks

Debbie buys some black sacks in APD and asks Jim “Have you spoken to Courtney since the argument?   I’ve given her a job in the café.”   

"Er . . . thanks, Debbie"

Jim mumbles his subdued thanks to her, and she continues, “I did it as a favour to you – I knew you’d be upset, after that argument.   I’m the same when I argue with Ricky, so I thought I’d help you.   

"Now you can do me a favour"

“Seeing as I helped you, you can help me – by doing the work at Mark’s place at a fair price.”

"Don't try to manipulate me!"

“So that’s why you gave Courtney a job!” roars Jim, “I’m not reducing the price, and don’t try to manipulate me!   We won’t come near that place, after Dol’s antics with Dai.”   Debbie pleads that she is desperate to get rid of Dol, but Jim is unmoved;  

"Not my problem – forget it!"

“Not my problem – forget it!”

Hywel does not like what he reads . . .

Hywel finds the letter on the doormat, reads it and looks very concerned;  rushing out, the only person he can see is Eileen, so he confronts her.   

. . . and he accuses Eileen 

“Did you put this poison through the door?   It says we have no right to take Esther away from her family in Uganda!   

"You should be ashamed!"

“You should be ashamed – you gave your baby away!”

"Hang on a minute, Hywel!"

Jason comes along, and is told by Eileen, “He’s accusing me of writing a letter I know nothing about!”   

"You can't go shouting at people with no evidence!"

Jason points out that he cannot go shouting at people in the street with no evidence, and leads him off to the Deri.

"Did you see her post it?"

There Jason reads the letter and asks, “Did you see her post it?   Why would she?   Eileen is a decent woman, you know that as well as I do.   You lashed out at the first person you saw.   

"The writer has succeeded"

“The writer simply wants to annoy you – and succeeded – just forget it!”

"We were just trying to do the right thing"

Hywel maintains that they were just trying to do the right thing, and wonders what he is going to tell Sheryl.   Jason’s advice is, “Don’t tell her – she was so happy earlier.”   Hywel says that they promised to be honest with each other.   

"There's honest and there's honest!"

“Well, there’s honest, and there’s honest,” is Jason’s reply, “I would keep quiet and throw that in the bin.”

"I told you I'd find another job!"

Courtney is flustered in the café kitchen, as she has just overdone a toastie, when Jim walks in, but she proudly announces, “I told you I’d find another job!   Just so as you know, I’m not selling Matilda, 

"I can pay Eifion now – so deal with it!"

“because I can pay Eifion now – so deal with it!”

"You're a liability!"

Jim is getting angry again;  “She only gave you the job to get me to drop the price for the work in Mark’s house!” he rages, “You don’t have enough experience to get a job here!   You have no idea how to use that machine – you’re a liability!”

"No, you're not – you're kind and good with customers"

Courtney looks downcast until Debbie comes to the rescue, telling her, “You’ve got potential – you’re kind and good with customers.   You’re only new here – forget your father!”

"Have you finished shouting now?"

When Eileen brings a box of vegetables into the Deri, she asks Hywel, “Have you finished shouting now?   There was no evidence I’d done anything.”   

Hywel apologises

He sheepishly admits he was wrong.   She adds, “I think what you’re doing is commendable, 

"She'd be terrified to see her father like that!"

but Esther would have been terrified to see her father like that!”

"Ed took him in the taxi to Carmarthen"

Gwyneth comes in, still looking for Siôn;  Eileen remarks, “Ed took him in a taxi to Carmarthen station last night.”   

"Oh, yes, the simultaneous translation"

Gwyneth pretends he is doing some simultaneous translation and she had forgotten about it.

"Did you get the allen key?"

Hywel returns to the salon, and is reminded by Sheryl that he went out for an allen key, so he goes straight to APD.

Jim eats some humble pie

Jim sees Debbie by the cashpoint, and thanks her for helping Courtney save face.   “You should never knock her confidence like that!” Debbie replies.

"I'll do it with a 30% discount"

He repentantly concedes, “I will finish the work on Mark’s house – with a 30% discount – but I will need paying immediately the work is done!”   

Mark hears the good tidings

Mark is passing, so he is told the good news;  “I’ll be over on Monday morning – and leave Dai to me!” Jim assures them.

"I should never have said that"

Jim then goes and knocks on the café door;  he tells Courtney, “I’m sorry – you’re not a liability.   I should never have said it, and I’d like to make it up to you – I’ll pay for Matilda.”

Courtney turns down his offer

She declines his kind offer;  “I’m all right – as you said, I have to stand on my own two feet now, but thank you for saying sorry.”   She goes back inside.

Gwyneth still cannot find Siôn 

Gwyneth has still been unable to contact Siôn;  Mark arrives with a parcel, and she signs for it. 

"I think he's done a runner!"

She admits, “I’m really worried about Siôn.   I think he’s done a runner.   He’ll come a cropper if he doesn’t show up in court.   I came home to find his wardrobe empty, he’s not answering calls, and Ed took him to Carmarthen station.”

"It may be my fault"

Mark points out that he may have made matters worse;  “He asked me about prison yesterday – and I told him to stay out of trouble.   

"You don't think he'd do anything stupid, do you?"

“Sorry Gwyn – you don’t think he’d do anything stupid, do you?   You hear about people losing the plot!”

This figure looks vaguely familiar . . .

Meanwhile, in the car park of a Cash and Carry warehouse somewhere, a figure in a dayglo jacket 

. . . disposing of his identification 

is disposing of credit cards and other identification into a bin, followed by the wallet itself.   Someone asks, “All right, John?   Do the trolleys now.”

"OK, fine, no problem"

Siôn, for it is he, and now clean-shaven, turns, replies, “OK, fine, no problem,” 

He sorts out the trolleys

and begins rounding up the trolleys.