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| Gwyneth is encouraging defibrillator training |
At Maes-y-Deri, Gwyneth is exhorting the benefits of the defibrillator and encourages the Joneses to get involved with learning how it works;
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| "I couldn't stand the thought of seeing a dead body!" |
“I can’t stand the thought of seeing a dead body,” objects Debbie.
Gwyneth explains that the whole point of having the defib in the village is to avoid seeing a dead body; “To help while we wait for an ambulance.”
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| "I think it's a great idea, Gwyneth" |
Mark considers it a great idea,
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| "I'll do the course" |
and Ricky volunteers to go on the course, but Debbie wonders why a youngster like him would want to do that.
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| "It's important that local people can use it" |
“To help,” he replies, “It’s important that people who work for local businesses can use it, or what’s the point?” Gwyneth will be in touch with him, to inform him of the first meeting.
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| "You need your head read!" |
Debbie considers that Ricky needs his head read, and goes upstairs.
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| Mark is going to organise a party |
Mark tells him, “I’m going to organise a surprise party for Mam in the Glyndwr – she’s 50 before long, isn’t she? As she rejected the proposal on Tuesday – I asked her to marry me again – we’ll have a party instead.”
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| "She didn't refuse you again?" |
Ricky is very disappointed that she refused to marry him once more,
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| "No point crying about it, is there?" |
but Mark’s reply is that there is no point crying about it – they just have to move on.
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| "You're back, are you?" |
In the Deri, Kath is sitting at the bar with Brenda when Cassie walks in; “You’re back, are you?” says Kath,
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| "At least look as if you're pleased to see me' |
and Cassie tells her to smile as if she is happy to see her.
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| "Who's she, then?" |
Brenda wonders who she is, and Kath promises to explain some other time.
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| "The gin night doesn't start for another couple of hours." |
Garry remarks that they are a bit early; “The gin night doesn’t start for another two hours.” This comes as news to Brenda, so Cassie explains to them that for £10 pounds a head, they can taste four different gins, and she promises their lives will never be the same.
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| "That's a lot of money!" |
Kath considers that £10 is a lot of money, but is told, “Worth every penny, Kathleen Pearl!” They deliberate whether to go to this, and Kath adds that she could tell Brenda a few things about Cassie
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| "The Sisterhood meeting tonight . . ." |
Megan rushes in, and asks if everything is ready for the Sisterhood meeting tonight;
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| ". . . the cheese and wine night for new members" |
“The cheese and wine night for new members.”
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| "I'll be there, Megan" |
Kath assures her that she will be there,
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| "She'll never miss me" |
but Brenda reminds her that she cannot be in two places at once.
Britt returns to the flat, where we can see that the plug of the fridge-freezer is lying on the floor,
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| Britt looks at the slashed picture . . . |
and looks up at the slashed picture,
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| . . . which Aaron has done his best to repair . . . |
which is back in place, having been stuck together with Sellotape. She mutters, “Oh, Aaron!”
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| . . . then finds she is walking in water |
then realises that she is walking in water, and sees the plug.
When she opens the freezer, more water drips out,
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| This is too much for Britt |
and she is reduced to a panic-stricken wreck.
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| Debbie is becoming emotional over Romeo and Juliet |
Debbie is watching a romantic film, and Ricky complains that it is too loud;
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| "You know how it ends, Mam!" |
“You’re so weird with Romeo and Juliet – you know how it ends!” She regards herself as a true romantic, and wants it to be happy ever after.
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| "You refused to marry Dad – again!" |
Ricky sneers, “You – romantic? You refused to marry Dad – again! He told me – that’s not the point, anyway – the point is, you won’t marry him.”
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| "Not that film again!" |
At this point Mark comes in, and is dismayed to see that she is watching that same film again. She urges them both to go away, as they are driving her up the wall.
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| "Did you unplug the fridge-freezer?" |
When Aaron returns from school, he finds his mother on her hands and knees, with bags of frozen food in front of her; she asks, “Did you unplug the fridge-freezer? Someone has, because it’s been off all day. Look at the food – we shall have to throw it all away.” She bursts into tears, and hopes that Garry can help,
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| "Go and sit down, and I'll sort it out" |
but Aaron tells her there is no need for that; she should sit down and he will sort it out.
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| "We have to show we can do this – you and me!" |
“Look, Mam, we have to show that we can do this – just you and me, or people will start to worry that you’re ill again, and you can’t look after me,
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| "Do you understand?" |
“do you understand?”
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| Britt picks up the wet plug . . . |
She is about to do as he suggests, but picks up the plug from the wet floor,
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| . . . and is about to put it in the socket |
and is about to insert it in the socket when he stops her;
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| "No, Mam! Not until everything's dry" |
“Not until everything’s dry, Mam, OK? Just go and sit down please.”
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| He wonders if he is equal to this task |
He does not know how he is going to cope.
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| "Madge tells me there's a gin night" |
In the Deri, Diane has heard from Madge that there is a gin night tonight; “Can anyone come?” she asks.
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| Cassie tells her all about it |
Cassie tells that it is for over 50s; “£10 a head, and there won’t be any men in here, apart from Garry, and his name’s above the door!”
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| "You fit into that category, Gwyneth" |
He ponders the idea of the Deri, full of a lot of middle-aged women, and tells Gwyneth that she fits into that category.
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| "Sorry I'm missing the defibrillator course" |
Then Megan approaches her; “Sorry I’m missing the defibrillator course – it’s an excellent idea. Are you busy tonight?
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| "We're hoping to welcome new members" |
“I thought you might like to come over to the Sisters’ cheese and wine evening – we’re hoping to welcome new members.
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| "Not really my scene, Megan" |
In the background, Garry can be seen, smiling broadly, as Gwyneth replies, “I don’t think that’s my scene, but thanks for thinking of me.” Garry wonders what will be next – perhaps a bridge club –
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| "Shut up, Garry!" |
and Gwyneth tells him to shut up.
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| "So you're not going to Megan's shindig, either?" |
Diane can see that Kath is not going to Megan’s shindig either, and she is told, “We have to support this gin night, don’t we? It’s a local venture.” Then Kath asks, “Hey, Cassie, when is this party starting? I’m gasping over here – I want to try some gin.”
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| Aaron is sorting out the food . . . |
Aaron is sorting through the food from the freezer,
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| . . . and is now evaluating the mince |
and his mother tells him that he has dealt with it quickly; “These aren’t OK, but I’m checking the mince now.” Her answer to this is that they should have some chips,
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| "We had chips last night" |
but he insists, “We had chips last night – we’re not having the same again!”
She once more bursts into tears,
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| "You go and sit down, Mam" |
so he tells her to go and sit down and he will sort it out, and she does as she is told.
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| "You're not your usual self, Debs" |
In the Deri, Iori is trying to talk to Debbie, who says she is not in the mood;
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| "He asked me to marry him – again" |
“Don’t laugh, but Mark asked me to marry him again this week.” Iori is very pleased to learn of this, but she continues, “I didn’t say yes!”
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| "Is there someone else?" |
He assumes that there must be someone else, but she vehemently denies that, so he feel sorry for Mark; “I’m sure he feels like a fool, being rejected twice in two months –
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| "I bet Mark feels stupid!" |
“he might say he’s fine, Debbie, but I bet he feels stupid. It’s your round now – get the cash out.”
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| "Let it tickle your tonsils, ladies" |
Cassie invites the ladies at the gin night to sample their first glass; “Let it tickle your tonsils –
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| "What do you taste?" |
“what do you taste? Sea salt?” Kath replies that it tastes like bathwater, but Brenda quite likes it.
Kath enquires, “What are these black things?”
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| "Juniper berries – don't you watch any television?" |
and Diane immediately informs her that they are juniper berries, and asks whether she watches any television. It appears that Kath’s tv-watching consists solely of ‘Police Camera Action’, and she remarks that there is no gin in that.
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| "That's all cider and marijuana!" |
Brenda comments that it is all cider and marijuana.
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| Aaron's unconventional meal . . . |
Aaron has prepared their meal, which appears to consist of mince, spaghetti and brussels sprouts;
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| . . . which actually tastes very nice |
he tells his mother, “You have to eat, especially the vegetables, because it will do you good.” She finds that it actually tastes quite nice, and he says that he followed a recipé online;
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| "You'll get a good night's sleep with a full stomach" |
“Come on, Mam, eat it – you’ll get a good night’s sleep with a full stomach.”
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| Iori complains about all these women |
In the Deri, Iori is complaining, “You come out for a couple of pints, and find yourself surrounded by hens!” Cassie likens him to the cockerel in amongst them.
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| "This gin is very special" |
Then she turns to her gin club ladies, and enquires if they are starting to relax; “The gin in front of you now is very special – not many people have had the chance to taste this. What can you taste?” Kath suggests orange, but Cassie is looking for something more exotic,
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| "Is it cardamom?" |
and Diane thinks she can detect some cardamom, which is, apparently, the correct answer.
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| "You swot, Diane!" |
Kath calls her a swot, and Diane responds, “I can’t help it if I know the answer! I have a very good palate, good girl.”
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| "Bloomin' beautiful!" |
Then she notices that Brenda seems to be enjoying it, and is well on the way to becoming inebriated.
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| "Are you having a good time, Kath Jones?" |
Megan walks in and asks Kath if she is having a good time; Diane says she did not realise that she was double-booked for this evening.
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| "I'm disappointed in you!" |
“I’m disappointed in you,” Megan tells them. Brenda looks as if she is ready to doze off.
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| "Dani told you, did she?" |
Cassie asks Garry how Britt is, and he realises that Dani has told her; “I texted her earlier, and she says she’s OK.”
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| "Go and see her – I'll be fine here" |
Cassie encourages him to go and see her, as she will be fine in the pub; his place is with his sister. He agrees to go over there later when things have quietened down.
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| "That downpayment would pay for a secondhand car!" |
Ricky asks his father, “Are you sure you can afford the Glyndwr? That down-payment would pay for a second-hand car!
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| "You don't want to get into debt" |
“Don’t go over the top – you don’t want to go into debt.”
Mark wonders which one of them is the father,
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| "Cat got your tongues, or what?" |
and then Debbie arrives home; “Has the cat got your tongues, or what?” she demands, as they sit there, silently.
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| "I'll go and put the bins out" |
Mark will go and put the bins out, or they will be there for another week.
“Is your father all right?” she asks Ricky, “Because I won’t marry him?
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| "He's upset, Rick, I can tell" |
“He’s upset, Rick, I can tell.”
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| "Well, talk to him, then" |
She is told that the only way to find out is by talking to him.
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| "Sorry, Megan, I didn't know you had something orgaised" |
Megan is feeling rather sorry for herself in the Deri, when Cassie comes over to apologise, as she did not realise that Megan had something organised tonight.
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| "You're not the one who let me down" |
Megan replies, “You’re not the one who let me down – they are! They promise time after time that they will support me.”
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| "Here, have this gin" |
Cassie swaps her cup of coffee for a gin.
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| "You should have texted" |
When he goes over to the chippy flat, Garry moans at Britt, “You should have texted if there was a problem with the fridge – I would have phoned Iolo or something.”
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| "Mam sorted it out" |
Aaron assures him that Mam sorted it out.
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| "When are you coming over for dinner?" |
“When are you coming over to the Deri for dinner, so I can organise it with Dani?” Garry asks.
Britt replies that they will sort something out and then walks away;
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| "How is your mother?" |
Garry asks Aaron how his mother is.
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| "She's getting better" |
He is informed that Britt is getting better, and Garry is naïve enough to take this at face value; “Remember to phone if there’s a problem – like the fridge,” he reminds Aaron,
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| "We're only across the road" |
“We’re only across the road.” Aaron dutifully replies that he will do so.
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| Now she is starting on Mark's chips |
As they eat their meal in front of the television, Debbie purloins one of Mark’s chips;
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| "I'm sorry if I upset you the other day" |
“I’m sorry if I upset you the other day,” she says, but he tells her that if she does not want to marry him, that is fair enough – he is not going to force her.
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| "If you did, you'd be breaking the law!" |
“If you did, I think you’d be breaking the law!” she jokes, “I am happy with you, you know – and there’s no-one else, or anything like that!”
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| "Why would I think that?" |
He wonders why he would think that, and she is suddenly offended;
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| "I'm very desirable!" |
“I don’t know why that’s funny – I’m very desirable!” she insists, before pinching another chip.
Megan has polished off her gin, and is about to leave;
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| Brebda has dropped off, and Kath . . . |
Kath, in a rather slurred voice, asks Cassie if she wants some help clearing up,
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| . . . is confused by the sleeve of her coat |
and appears to be having trouble finding exactly where to put her arms in her coat. Brenda is by now fast asleep, and Diane is impressed by Cassie’s encyclopaedic knowledge of gin.
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| "That was a good night, Cassie . . ." |
Garry pronounces it a good night, and Cassie advises that if he and Dani want her to do a shift some time – if they are stuck – she is available.
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| ". . . of course you can come back!" |
“Cassie, the till has been pinging all night – of course you can come back,” Garry assures her,
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| "You can stay here now, if you want" |
“You can stay here if you want, now that Britt has moved out, and host a regular gin club – you know you want to!”
He thinks that he will now have a gin, now that he knows that Britt is all right in the flat.
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| Britt is consumed by her Chester fixation |
Britt is looking at photographs of Chester on her phone, and becoming very upset;
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| "What's the matter, Mam?" |
Aaron finds her in tears, but is told that nothing is wrong.
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| "What if he's in trouble?" |
“What if Chester’s not all right?” she sobs, “What if he’s in trouble? I worry so much about him!”
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| "Do you worry about Catrin?' |
He wonders if she worries about Catrin, but is told, “There’s no need to worry about Catrin – she can look after herself.
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| "There's no telling how Chester is!" |
“But Chester, there’s no telling how he is – what if he’s run out of money?”
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| "Come on, calm down, Mam" |
She begins to show the signs of a panic attack, but Aaron does his best to comfort her.
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| "Chester is OK" |
“Chester is OK,” he stresses, “Do you understand? Close your eyes, Mam,
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| "Breathe slowly, like Dani said" |
“breathe slowly, just like Dani said last week, remember? You’re doing well.”
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| Garry really has no idea |
Then he receives a text from Garry; “So glad everything is going so well with Mam. Brilliant,” but Aaron knows that is not the truth.
