March 2013

Friday 1 March 2013

At breakfast time, Sioned has another silent call.   Diane visits Meic to thank him for listening to her.   Garry goes to Sion’s to tell him the replacement car is ready, and warns Sion that he will not be looked down upon;  “You owe me, so show some respect!”   Dai is at the cash machine when he sees Diane coming out of Meic’s house, and she kisses him.   

Later he asks Jim what he should do about Diane having an affair with Meic.   In the Deri several people are giving up this Village Saint business – Dai has spoilt it for everyone.   Sioned has a word with Gemma, telling her that it has happened again, and she feels scared when she is on her own;  she asks Gemma to go shopping with her.   Dai glares at Meic in the pub, and almost comes to blows with Colin when he is taunted. 

The award ceremony has arrived, and Sion announces the village saint to be someone who has not entered the contest — Garry Monk!   Garry wants to know what he is doing, and Sion replies they can both play games;  Garry advises him not to try stunts like that too often.   Meanwhile, Sioned’s door rattles and then some stones are thrown at the window;  she rushes next door to the Deri and tells Gemma that she is so frightened, and that she cannot stay in that house alone.   There is no evidence to report to the police.   

Colin is still baiting Dai;  “Sion saw through you,” he laughs, and Dai threatens him with a thump, when Diane walks in, asking what is going on.   Dai says loudly he knows what is going on — his wife is having an affair with him, pointing at Meic.   Diane is furious that he saw her coming out of Meic’s house and that leads him to make such an announcement in front of all the customers in the pub.   She demands that he apologise and orders him out of the Deri.

Sioned slips back out to the house next door, has difficulty getting her key in the lock, hears footsteps behind her and — it’s Eifion again!   She tells him she is moving out, but when he says that Cadno be glad to see her at Penrhewl, she reveals that she is going to stay with Gemma;  he looks crestfallen as she shuts the door in his face.

Monday 4 March 2013

Sioned arrives at the salon, with her suitcase, when Dani returns, so she has to stay somewhere else.   Sheryl tells Dani about Gethin;  she rushes to the hospital and talks to him.   The judging of the mythical greenest village is on Thursday: Megan enquires if the organisers have contacted anyone.   Jim contacts a friend, Elfed, to play the part of Howard Gibbons, the imaginary judge.   

Eifion is tired, but soon perks up when Sioned arrives, wanting to stay at the farm;  he says she is always welcome, but Cadno is not so pleased, reckoning that Sioned is still crazy.   She says she already has one baby, and doesn’t want someone who imagines stalkers and wants attention.   Marian is away in Scotland.

Dani goes to see Moc, demanding to know what happened;  he repeats that he has been framed, and says that Gethin went to see him to admit his allegations were all lies.   Dani just accuses him of lying to save his own skin, and hopes that he gets everything he deserves.

Diane and Meic are chatting in the café, when Dai sees them;  Meic say they were talking about Graham, but Dai still maintains Diane has a “dark secret”.   Eifion quickly volunteers to take Sioned back to Macs’ to collect the rest of her belongings, assuring her that she is not a bad person and deserves support.   Later, when she is preparing lunch, Eifion touches her arm and tells her to treat the place like home – while Cadno glowers at him.   

Dani goes to the Deri and is disappointed to find that Ed is in Tenerife;  Sheryl comes in and Dani wonders who would run Gethin down like that.   Iolo arrives and she asks him the same thing, making him rather nervous;  then Moc comes in, and Dani tells him she does not want to talk to him.   “My life was a lot easier before you turned up – now it’s a mess.   Do what you do best – disappear again!”

Tuesday 5 March 2013 (1st)

Dani is sitting by Gethin’s bedside, talking to him about their childhood, when Sheryl and Gwyneth come in;  Dani is blaming herself for being away.   “What if he never wakes up,” she says, and she has heard of people in a coma for years, when she notices his hand twitch.   

Diane receives a phone call and leaves APD without saying where she is going;  Dai and Jim follow her in the van, leaving Colin in charge, although he is supposed to be working at the shop.   They see her going into a building, and when Dai sees the word “Solicitor” on the window, he is convinced she wants a divorce.   Panicking, he says he is going to talk to her there and then, but Jim persuades him to return to APD, where they find that Colin has been selling everything at a discount, costing the firm a lot of money.   Dai’s new glasses are a cause of laughter, with Jim saying that the optician must have been blind to sell him those.   Just then, Dai has a phone call from Diane, wanting to see him, and fears the worst.

As Dani is just going to get a cup of tea, Gethin’s eyes open;  Sheryl immediately phones Moc, who hurries to the hospital with Anita;  she tries to persuade him to “tell the truth” about his father although he is not fully conscious.   He calls Dani to him, and admits it was all lies about what Moc had done;  he maintains that his father never touched him and that he had made it all up (which was what Moc had told him just before the accident).   Dani is distraught, as she had believed his story, and leaves;  meanwhile, Moc just looks cold and dispassionate, telling Gethin that there is no need to say sorry.

When Dai gets home, he starts going on about being sorry for accusing Diane of having an affair, but she silences him with the news that Graham left her £100,000 and a villa in Spain.   Dai immediately starts working out what to do with the money — Caribbean cruise, red sports car — but she insists it is her money, and he is not getting a penny!

 Tuesday 5 March 2013 (2nd)

Moc is still sitting with Gethin, and assures him that he is forgiven and they can start again.   Anita arrives, and Moc urges her to let her blame of Gethin drop.   Iolo is in the chip shop with Britt when Sheryl comes in to tell them about Gethin.   Britt tells him they must not give anything away, but he asks what if Gethin remembers something;  she snarls that he has to carry on as usual and keep quiet.   Sheryl tells Garry that Gethin admitted his allegations were all lies;  both of them are angry they have been involved, and Garry says that Gethin made a fool of him.   When Sion passes the chip shop, Britt tells him about Gethin, but he says Iolo must face what he has done.   Although Britt says that things are looking up, he reminds her that they are hiding the truth.   

In the Deri, Dani is drinking;  she apologises to Moc, but says she will never forgive Gethin for all the lies, both with his secret wife and child and now the abuse.   She hopes he suffers for what he has done to her;  he is not her brother any more.   

Iolo goes to the hospital and learns that Gethin cannot remember anything of the accident;  when he gets back to Sion’s, his father insists that he should do the right thing and take his punishment;  Iolo is adamant that he cannot face prison, and Britt reminds them they hid the car, so they are all in it together.   Sion urges him not to take the easy way out, but to face it like a man.   Despite Britt’s warning that keeping quiet is the best option, Sion says that if Iolo will not own up, he will — his mind is made up!

Wednesday 6 March 2013

Eifion moves some of Sioned’s belongings into her room;  she is still nervous, but Eifion, reassures her;  then there is another silent call (Eifion is downstairs, smiling).   Cadno returns from visiting Anti Meira and Eifion encourages her to take Bobi to see her, and stay overnight.   

Megan is worried that the Green Village judge has not arrived;  Dai reckons that Elfed is in a pub somewhere;  when Megan wants the phone number, Jim gives her his number, and waits out the back of APD for the call.   When she rings, he puts on a false voice, but Eileen hears him talking in the back yard, and the pair are caught redhanded.   Megan is furious and Eileen shocked;  they demand how much Dai has made from this scam.   

Iolo is scared that his father will confess to driving the car;  Britt tells him to pull himself together, and when she finds him about to go away for a few days, drags him back to her house.   Cadno goes off with Bobi, and Eifion cooks supper for Sioned.   During the meal he plies her with wine, and she reveals that she thought that she and Macs would be together forever;  she hopes to have the perfect life that he and Cadno have one day.   She is ashamed that money used to matter so much to her, but now she knows there are more important things.

A whole deputation of villagers descend on APD, find it closed, and go round to the back, where Dai and Jim are hiding, to demand their money back.   Dai refuses, saying he is not obliged to do anything, but when Diane arrives, she has different ideas, although Megan suspects her of being in on the scam.   

Britt shouts at Iolo that it is about time he grew up, he has no backbone and is pathetic;  she warns him he is not going anywhere.   Dai is forced to go to the Deri and publicly announce that he will refund any discontented customers.   Diane gives £200 to the Maenan Appeal.

Sioned has had too much wine, and wants to dance to the music that is playing;  when she falls backwards on to the sofa, Eifion lifts her up and kisses her;  when he apologises, she replies, “I don’t mind.”

Thursday 7 March 2013

Sioned comes downstairs at Penrhewl, looking sheepish, and tries to talk to Eifion about what happened last night, but he evades the subject;  she is visibly disturbed when Cadno returns to the farm.   Sion is still adamant about going to the police, so Britt calls Garry, asking for help.   

Gwyneth visit Gethin, telling him she wants him out of her house, but he replies, “At least, I haven’t murdered anyone,” to which she replies that no-one will believe him now.   Moc insists that Dani should see Gethin again, and when she does, she tells him she never wants to see him again, after all the lies.   He tells her he may never walk again, and asks her to imagine what is going on in his head;  he is no good to anyone.   She does not know whether to believe what he says.   When Britt hurries to the garage, Garry tells her, “I have someone lined up.”   

When Cadno goes upstairs to Bobi, Sioned seizes the chance to tell Eifion that she was drunk, and she regrets the whole thing, it was a mistake and will never happen again;  he seems offhand about the matter, but does not want Cadno to find out.   

After telling Iolo that if he will not take the blame, his father will, Sion arrives at the police station, and says he has information about the hit and run;  the constable replies that they have arrested someone, and Sion is dumbfounded.   He goes home and demands what has been going on, then Garry arrives, and at Sion’s insistence, reveals that John has confessed to the hit and run, which is a perfect alibi to a worse crime that he had really committed.   Sion is enraged at this, and orders Garry out, but is warned that now that Sion’s mess has now been sorted out, if he steps out of line, Garry will be on his case.   

Gwyneth tells Dani and Moc in the Deri that they will have to collect Gethin’s stuff, or it will be out in the street.   Sioned tells Gemma that she has has another call, and they both wish they could find out who is responsible, but Sioned does not reveal what else has happened.

Monday 11 March 2013

Wil is off on a school trip to France.   Ed is back from Tenerife and sees Angela, so he carries her shopping;  she has done a 12-hour shift.   He invites her back to the Deri, but she thinks it is only because of the baby;  he tells her he has always loved her, and that she should come back this week.   

Garry tells Britt he is afraid that Sheryl will want to be with Moc, now the lie that made them break up has been exposed.   He thinks that last time they were together, she would not have refused to marry him.   She tells him that only he can change things.   Gwyneth is getting all Gethin’s things together, and finds more copies of the DVD showing her starting the fire.   She hurries to the hospital and confronts him;  he says there are no more copies.   Moc goes to the salon for a haircut, flirting with her;  he suggests to Sheryl that she is not happy with Garry, and that men like him can’t change;  her answer makes him guess at therapy, and she pleads with him not to say anything.   

Sioned is going out to Swansea with Gemma, she wears an orange dress, and when she says they will first go to the Deri, Eifion persuades Cadno to go too.   When Garry gets home, he produces tickets to Rome while Wil is away;  Sheryl looks apprehensive, but says she loves him.   Moc and Anita dine at a posh restaurant, where he tells her she is the only woman who has ever understood him;  later he presents her with an engagement ring and asks her to marry him;  she is delighted.   

At the Deri, Gemma has texted some boys to meet them in Swansea, but Sioned is not keen;  left alone Eifion says she should not sell herself short.   Angrily she replies, “My private life is not your business!   Don’t judge me like that again!”   Then Garry and Sheryl arrive, followed by Moc and Anita, who announce they are getting married in the summer;  Garry looks at Sheryl, who forces a smile.

Tuesday 12 March 2013 (1st)

At the café, Dani says she will have to call Anita, “stepmother”;  Kevin asks Anita if she has told Meic, while Moc arranges with Ed for a party on Thursday.   Meic is far from happy about the engagement;  he does not want Anita to get hurt, and describes Moc as a “creep”, although he says he is not jealous.  

When Gemma finds Angela back with Ed, she is angry, and thinks the pregnancy is just a joke;  she refers to Angela as “the black widow,” and tells Ed he will regret it.   Moc is with Gethin at the hospital;  he tells his son that he will look after him, and that he will be a good dad.   Gethin replies that he is just trying to ease his conscience.   Later Moc tells Anita how worried he is about Gethin, and eventually she agrees to him living with them when he gets out of hospital.

Gwyneth tells Garry that she wants to sell some of Gethin’s things, as he owes her so much, “he cost me a fortune”, and Garry realises that Gethin was blackmailing her;  he has to know who killed Brandon.   Off he goes to the hospital, where Gethin tells him he wanted him and Dani to suspect each other to keep them apart;  he would hate to see his sister with Garry.   Then Garry turns menacing:  he tells Gethin he doesn’t know how much suffering he has caused, and promises that he has arranged for some lads to visit him in the middle of the night, when the nurse has been called away — “then you’ll suffer!”   Garry recalls when he wanted to die, at eight years old, Gethin has no idea of what he went through.   When he turns, he realises that Gwyneth and Sheryl have been listening;  he hurries away, but Sheryl follows.   He tells her that he has tried bottling it up and talking about it at Therapy, but neither do any good;  now she will just feel sorry for him.   Sheryl says she cannot do anything about what has happened, but he is still the same Garry.

All Anita’s things have been taken from Meic’s house, and Meic assures her that he is there for her;   she leaves with Moc, and Meic looks close to tears.

 Tuesday 12 March 2013 (2nd)

Angela announces to Mark that she is moving back to the Deri, much to his disappointment.   Eifion presents Cadno with a present, a top, but she says she will change it for a more suitable colour;  later he gives Sioned a blue top, too, to which she replies, “You know this is more than a present!   I’m not going to be the one who ruins your girlfriend, baby and home!”   He tells her he cannot stop thinking about her.   

Angela goes to see Gemma at APD, telling her about the pregnancy;  Gemma will not believe her, and they agree to do a pregnancy test that evening.   When Angela reaches the Deri, she tells Ed that pregnancy makes you tired, and Dani, sitting nearby, is shocked;  then Moc comes in, informing her of Gethin’s future living arrangements;  “Gethin always comes first,” she says, and walks out.   

Courtney tells Jim and Eileen the news, which makes Jim angry, but Courtney insists that keeping her Mum happy is the easiest course of action.   Angela reveals to Ed than Gemma suspects that he is not the father.

Mark has cooked a meal, but Angela does not return, and the food goes to waste.   Gemma talks to Ed about her distrust of Angela, then Angela performs the pregnancy test — result:  positive.   Gemma says she can understand why women like Angela go for men like Ed, but not why Ed should go for women like her.   

Eileen goes to Penrhewl to discuss vegetable supplies, and Sioned asks if she can stay in the flat, but Eileen replies there is not enough room, although sensing there is something wrong.

Gemma tells Dani that she would do anything to see Ed with someone like her;  Angela only uses Courtney to get her own way with Jim, and will do the same when the baby arrives to get what she wants with Ed.   

Sioned has something in her eye;  Eifion removes a hair, then smiles into her face and simpers, “You’re so pretty,” to which she replies, “Eifion, don’t!”   She announces that she is thinking of moving out;  Cadno agrees that the farm is not her style, but Eifion, as usual, says she can stay as long as she likes.

Wednesday 13 March 2013

Gwyneth learns from Garry that all Gethin’s identity documents are only worth about £30;  he advises that she borrow money, using the details, but not to use her own computer;  keep the details and dump the original documents, and offers her an address she can use.   In the Deri, a large group of young people, including Macs (and the cast of Cwmderi After Dark) are drinking, and preparing to go clubbing in Swansea.   Sheryl tells Gwyneth that Garry will talk to her about his past when he is ready.   Dani, having drunk too much, is sick in the toilet;  Garry checks she is all right and takes her home, assuring her that Ed is not worth it.

Ed is worried about Gemma going to Swansea with all the boys;  Macs compliments Gaynor on her dress, and Hywel says he should be saving money as he might not have a job.   Macs reminds her that Hywel lied throughout their relationship, and his son is the same — remember what he did to Lois.   Moc talks to Sheryl, and she drunkenly flirts with him, which irritates Garry.   Gwyneth asks Garry to come outside, and tells him she has found she can get £21,000 on the internet in Gethin’s name, and mentions Sheryl’s flirting.   Garry returns to the Deri and confronts Moc about putting Gethin before Dani, calling Moc a “kept man”, and pushing Sheryl away when she asks him for a dance.   

When Garry visits the toilet, Moc comes in, and is warned to stop sniffing around Sheryl;  when Garry confronts Moc, he replies that he thought he only hit women, but adds that he is glad Garry is “getting help”, which incenses him.   He rushes out of the pub, and when Sheryl follows him, he orders her back there, but she takes no notice.   

Once in his flat, she complains about him treating her like dirt in front of everyone;  he throws her across the kitchen, accusing her of telling Moc about the therapy and then flirting with him, then grabs her by the throat, choking her as he growls, “he just wants to sleep with you,” before releasing her and backing off, with a guilty look.

Thursday 14 March 2013

Sheryl, looking rather battered, is in her pyjamas when Wil rings from France;  she cries.   Garry eventually comes back, and she shouts at him that she was stupid enough to think he would change, and what if Wil had seen?   Garry says their relationship has to end, and he will move out.   

Anita is thinking about starting her own business, which gives Moc the opportunity to suggest she should admit to making the mistake about Gwyneth’s loan, so he could get his job back, and that would pay three times what she was earning.   When she refuses, thinking he just wants someone to look after Gethin, he tells her to forget the idea;  later in the Deri she asks what will happen if she admits the “mistake”;  she may be sacked, then he should get his job back, and if not he will sue for wrongful dismissal.   He says that Tomos ac Ellis have told him there is a buyer for his house, and says he is going to see them, but instead goes to see Sheryl, who shouts at him when he suggests she deserves better than Garry.   “Garry’s not seeing another woman behind my back;  Anita won’t be able to say that for long!”

Anita tells Dani that she has resigned from the bank, as she made a mistake involving a lot of money;  Dani is not taken in – and enquires if that is why her father lost his job, and whether he will get it back.

Sheryl goes to the garage to tell Garry that they cannot leave things as they are;  he has made progress, she says, as he is feeling so ashamed.   He says that the therapist has said his problem is that he cannot trust anyone, as a result of his childhood.   She tells him there are conditions – that he continues therapy, and that he does not shut her out.   He replies that he wants to become the man she has faith in, but cannot promise.

When Anita tells Moc she has resigned, he feigns surprise, but she says this is all about what we want as a family;  they won’t have to move out now, but she does want to look for a business tomorrow.

Monday 18 March 2013

Macs is worried about the hearing at 9.30am;  meanwhile Hywel is telling Rhys to stick to his story, and everything will be all right.   Rhys is having doubts, but Hywel says that to be nervous will make him look as if he is traumatised;  they will believe him and Macs will be punished.   At school the panel, headed by Gloria Davies, interview Gaynor first;  she is accused of failing to deal with the situation, as Macs contacted the police, and is suspected of being biased.   Rhys is outside in quite a state when Macs arrives with his union rep.   Rhys then tells the panel that Macs had been behaving oddly towards him, then hit him for no reason.

Angela is collecting more things from Maes y Deri when she is suddenly doubled up in pain;  she struggles to phone for an ambulance, but Mark arrives and drives her to the hospital.   After some medical attention, the doctor says he is terribly sorry, but she has lost the baby;  Mark tries to comfort her.   

After his questioning, Rhys tells his father that he finds it hard to lie, just as Gaynor approaches.   Macs is now being interviewed, and refers to the false allegation, as there were no witnesses, and he would never hit a pupil.   Without witnesses there was insufficient evidence for the police to proceed with Rhys’ allegation, and he reminds them that he was the one who called the police.   

After deliberation they call him back in and tell him they cannot ignore his record of violence.   His suspension will continue, and they will recommend that his employment be terminated as soon as possible.   He comes out and disconsolately walks past Hywel and Rhys;  when he has gone, Hywel suggests celebrating, Rhys wants nothing to do with it, and Gaynor thinks that losing a teacher and having the school under investigation is not something to celebrate.   She is then called back in, and expects “a lecture on how to run a school.”

Tuesday 19 March 2013

Jinx is in the Deri, showing off his baby photos;  Macs comes in, buying everyone drinks.   Dani sees Iolo and persuades him to accompany her to the Deri;  when there, an already drunk Macs persuades Jinx and Iolo to go to “town” with him.

Angela is back from hospital, and tells Mark she was longing to be a mother;  she wondered if she is being punished — perhaps they are not meant to have children.   Mark drives her to the Deri, where she pleads with him not to say anything;  once inside she is fussed over by Ed.

Rhys is depressed and sits on the bench outside APD;  Ffion sees him and invites him to share her Shepherd’s Pie.   She gets him to tell her everything, from the beginning, and the truth comes out, that he didn’t hit Macs, he was just doing his dad’s dirty work;  when Ffion asks how he got the bruises, and he admits that Hywel hit him, she is incredulous.   She immediately phones Jinx to come home and look after Arwen, so she can sort things out at Lwyncelyn.   She tells Rhys that the lies will eat at him till the bitter end, and he will not be able to rest until he comes clean.

At Swansea, Macs is not keen to go home, but Jinx and Iolo persuade him, as he has drunk too much;  however, on the way out, he sees Rachel, the pupil he was tutoring, and announces that he is not a teacher any more and she can call him “Macs”rather than “sir”.   She tells Iolo that Macs is staying with her, flutters her eyelids at him and makes the most of her opportunity.

As Hywel and Gaynor are worrying about Rhys, he comes home, with Ffion, who says she is there to make sure an innocent teacher gets justice, revealing what really happened.   Rhys admits that Macs never touched him, and when Gaynor asks Hywel if he was aware of it, Ffion shouts that it was his idea!   

For once, Macs had not done anything wrong;  Ffion also announces how Rhys got his bruises, administered by his father — when they have left, Gaynor will not listen to any explanation, but orders Hywel to the spare room.

Macs and Rachel alight unsteadily from the taxi, and go into his house, kissing as the door closes.

Wednesday 20 March 2013

Gaynor is not speaking to Hywel;  she goes to see Macs, but he is reluctant to let her in;  she pushes past him, and is surprised when Rachel, wearing only one of Macs’ shirts, comes downstairs, and says, “Hiya, Miss.”   

Gaynor asks her what she is doing there, and she replies, “What do you think?”   Gaynor demands that Macs comes to see her at school, and after she has gone, Macs calls Rachel “a naughty girl.”   She replies, “If I were a good girl, I wouldn’t be here.”

Ffion reassures Rhys that he has done the right thing, then Hywel arrives in an angry mood;  he accuses Ffion of meddling in Rhys’s life, but she says he has ruined an innocent teacher’s life.   When she goes to calm Arwen, Hywel tells Rhys he should have kept his mouth shut;  they had tricked the school and police, but Rhys says he has a conscience.   

At school, Macs insists he has done nothing wrong – he is not a teacher any more, but Gaynor tells him of the “new evidence” that has come to light.   He asks when she wants him to come back, but it is not that simple any more;  she cannot reinstate him, as he has been “sexually interfering with a pupil” and she does not want another scandal at the school.

When Gaynor gets home, she demands to know why Hywel set Macs up like this;  at first he says he was protecting Rhys, then admits that it was revenge for his sleeping with Gaynor;  this way he could get rid of Macs once and for all.   Gaynor accuses him of sleeping with half of Cwmderi, and says he married her to tie her down until he could get his revenge.   He says he wants to thump Macs every time he sees him, and calls Gaynor a “cold, hard woman.”   

After pointedly telling him she slept with Macs twice — the night before the wedding, in their bed — she orders him to leave, ignoring his grovelling pleas for “one more chance”.   As he leaves the house in the snow, she collapses to the floor, weeping. 

Thursday 21 March 2013

Hywel and Rhys are staying with Jinx and Ffion;  Jinx wants to know for how long, but Ffion says Hywel owns the flat.   Rhys is angry that he cannot go near the school because of what his father persuaded him to do.   He packs his bag and is going, by taxi and bus, to his grandmother’s in Aberystwyth;  “At least, she won’t force me to tell lies,” he tells his father.   Later he is leaving the café and sees Macs, who wants to know why Rhys accused him;  “Ask him,” says Rhys, pointing to his father.   Macs says, “Grandad can’t bear the fact that I slept with his wife.”   Hywel replies, “You lost your job — job done!”   Angela has taken Courtney to school, and Mark finds her sitting in the car, so tries to comfort her, and hugs her;  Gaynor sees them, and later shouts at him about school rules, threatening an official warning.

Ffion is buying extra food at the shop, and Jinx tells Colin that Gaynor has thrown Hywel out, with Colin naturally assuming that he must be after another woman.   Sion has heard from Iolo about Macs’ suspension, so goes to see him;  at first Macs proposes going travelling, and wonders why Sion seems to favour Iolo over him, but then Sion reveals that Iolo knocked down Gethin, and Macs changes his mind.   He is going to clear his name, as, unlike Iolo, he has done nothing wrong.   When Gaynor gets home, in the snow, Colin is waiting for her;  there must be a woman involved, he insists, and tells her she should not have married that toe-rag.   Gaynor tells him to mind his own business and shows him the door.   Colin, at the Deri, tells everyone about Hywel Llywelyn being “up to his old tricks.”

Macs visits Gaynor, and suggests she forgets seeing him with Rachel;  if not, he will tell the disciplinary panel why Rhys punched him.   He will explain that Hywel was stirring up trouble because Macs and Gaynor had a fling that went on for weeks;  he thinks the panel would love to hear that — the head sleeping with a younger teacher.   “Are you threatening me?” demands Gaynor.

“That is exactly what I’m doing,” he replies, “You’ve got until tomorrow to decide who talks to the panel, you or me.”

Friday 22 March 2013

Jinx is adamant he will not leave Arwen with Hywel, as he waits for Ffion to return from the school;  now Rhys has turned his back on his father, Hywel wants to take over another child.   When Ffion returns, he assures Hywel that unlike him, family is Jinx’s priority.   Gaynor visits Macs to tell him she has informed the panel about the new evidence, and Macs should be reinstated, but she warns him to keep to his side of the bargain.   

Patrolling the school, Mark finds Gaynor’s computer turned on, and an application form on the screen for a head teacher’s job in Denbighshire.   Inevitably, she catches him looking at it;  he accuses her of running away, and she tells him to close the door after him.   

Macs sees Hywel in the street, and gleefully tells him his plot has failed, as his reinstatement is sure, and wishes him luck in finding a school place for his “thug” son.   As Macs nears his front door he sees Rachel waiting outside, and hurries her in;  she cannot stop thinking about him, but he tells her it was a mistake.   She replies that he didn’t say that at the time, and adds that she knows exactly what she wants;  despite telling her that he has been reinstated, after a kiss, he changes his mind and they start removing each other’s clothes.

   

Mark goes to Ffion’s flat to tell Hywel about Gaynor’s plans;  Hywel rings Gaynor’s mobile, then landline, but she ignores both, so he goes round there.   She tells him there is nothing left for her in Cwmderi, and she cannot wait to leave.   Hywel again professes love for her, but she challenges him to go to North Wales with her, to which he hesitantly agrees.   

When Mark gets home, he finds Angela there, looking for a locket she had lost;  she reveals that is is not going to tell Ed of the miscarriage, but will get pregnant again as soon as she can, trying to deceive him, an idea which Mark describes as “crazy”.

Macs comes downstairs, buttoning his shirt, saying that Rachel has to go, and they must be more careful;  she must study, and they must play safe.   He looks outside, sees no-one about and kisses Rachel as she leaves.   However, from just along the street, Sion sees what is happening . . .

Monday 25 March 2013

Macs is back at school and Rachel flirts with him;  he tells her to stop it.   Gaynor tells him Ffion will be assessing him in his lesson;  after she does so, she only grades him as “satisfactory” as he was ignoring certain pupils, notably Rachel Mannings.   Later he goes to her flat and accuses Ffion of undermining him, and she tells him to do a better job.   When he tells her she is a good example of weaknesses and her life is a shambles, she points out that he shows more interest in flirting with pupils than teaching them.   There was Izzy, and she feels sorry for his next victim.

   

Then he starts getting personal, asking her if she remembers sleeping with him while she was an alcoholic.   She thinks it is a joke, until he recalls her falling in the bathroom and bruising her arm, and breaking the clasp on her chain, then she is scared , although he says he will not tell anyone.   Jinx comes back, and after Macs leaves remarks that Macs is strange sometimes.   Ffion replies that she prefers him, and asks that he never leave her;  she wants to get married, as there is no point in waiting, and he agrees.

Sion tells Iolo that he is a failure as a father with all three sons, now that he has caught Macs being too friendly with a pupil.   Iolo says he has a conscience of his own, and does not want another following him around, calling his father “a dark shadow, suffocating me.”   Iolo says that Sion sounds more like a preacher every day.

In the café, Macs tells Rachel about Ffion marking him down;  when he leaves he meets Sion who tells him what he saw, and Macs assures him nothing is going on.   Rachel tells Sion that she has had a card from Huw, who is happy.

At the Deri, the news is out about the forthcoming wedding in five or six weeks;  Ffion is making a list of people to invite:  Val, Nesta, Cai and Jinx’s grandfather, but Jinx is not keen to see him.   Gaynor remarks that they are arguing already — a perfect couple!   Macs cynically proposes a toast “to the big day!”

Tuesday 26 March 2013

Garry and Sheryl are talking about Wil needing outside interests, like football.   Ed calls at the salon for a haircut, making Dani feel uncomfortable;  after Sheryl has given him a trim, he finds Dani, telling her she is special, but the baby has changed things, and he kisses her.   On his way out, Sheryl says that Dani has been through enough without being used by him, and to concentrate on Angela, leaving Dani alone.   Afterwards, Dani tells her that she still feels the same about Ed — she wants him.

At the Deri, Cadno brings Angela the basket Bobi used to sleep in, Angela tries to look happy;  Gemma arrives with Easter eggs, followed by Ed with some more, but Angela says she has gone off chocolate and Courtney will only eat Fair trade.   Gemma says she will take them to APD;  Dai and Jim will be like two hyenas with a pound of sausages.   Courtney has put the baby’s scan picture in an album;  Angela tries to dissuade her, then hurries off, to Mark’s, where she tells him she has made such a mess.   

As Garry is working, a stray dog comes into the garage, and he chases it away;  later it comes back, and he thinks it might be the solution for Wil, but Wil quickly develops an allergy to the creature, making Sheryl banish it from the flat.   Angela tells Mark that everything is getting out of control, everyone talks of nothing but the baby, and it is now too late to tell the truth, but Mark says it is her only option

Garry calls at the salon, and the dog follows him in, with Dani immediately taking a liking to it.   Although Sheryl will not have it in the salon, Dani gives it a home in the flat, where she tells it to be quiet;  Sheryl smiles, as she sees Dani cheering up.

Wednesday 27 March 2013

Moc tries to persuade Anita to visit Gethin, but she is too busy;  when Moc goes alone, Gethin is sitting in a wheelchair, and manages to stand unsteadily – he may recover.   Sheryl is getting tired of the dog (called “Woof-Woof” by Dani) in the salon;  Dani takes it to the vet, finds it has no id chip, and buys a tartan lead:   when Sheryl finds it has chewed electric cable, she orders it into the back room.   

Britt wants the family to make home-made lemonade and spend Good Friday in the park;  meanwhile Megan is in the Deri bemoaning the fact that there will be no Good Friday service at Bethania.   When Sion comes in, she again begs him to lead the service, but again he declines, as he says he feels unworthy;  just then Britt comes in with a big bag of lemons and announces they are going to the park, so Megan is rather put out.   

When Sion gets home, Iolo tells him he ought to do what he would have done if the accident had never happened;  Sion says that he is not the same person, and while Gethin’s life is in pieces, he will feel guilty.

In the Deri, Moc tells Dani that Gethin may be able to walk, but she is not interested;  Iolo overhears the news and is very pleased, so goes home and tells Sion this is a new opportunity for him — he has not destroyed Gethin’s life and can start to forgive himself.   Sion finds Megan putting a notice on the Chapel door, and tells her he will preach, after all.   

Sheryl takes some photos of the dog with her phone, and later puts up posters, reading, “I’m lost – help me.”   Anita warns Moc that Dani will not forgive Gethin easily— forgiveness has to be earned.

Sion has made the lemonade from Leighton’s recipe, but when Britt learns that he will not be at the family get-together in the park, but rather will be preaching at Bethania, she launches into another tirade, accusing him of neglecting his family to lord it in Bethania’s pulpit, showing off as a performer.

Thursday 28 March 2013

Dani sees a poster in the bus shelter and removes it;  when she reaches the shop, there is another one, and Colin tells her that Sheryl has been putting them up.   

Britt sarcastically tells Sion that the picnic has been cancelled and she will leave him in peace.   Eifion is preparing a pen for the orphan lambs, and Sioned helps him;  he takes a photo of her;  later Cadno, who is going shopping in the village, says that they act as if she is not there, and Sioned smiles, wryly.   Eifion says that he has self-control, and can stop himself fancying Sioned.   

At APD, Sion sees Jim and asks the firm to donate paint to spruce up the vestry at Bethania, pointing out that it would be good publicity, with a write-up in CwmNi;  he even wants Dai and Jim to help with the painting, hinting that CwmFM might interview them, as Jinx and Ffion are due to be married there.   

Dani is spending all her time talking to the dog, now known as Rover while others are disparaging;  Kevin says it has given Wil “the Lurgy”, and it is not coming into the café.   Colin goes on about a place in Cornwall which pampers pets and their owners;  Dani finds the place, Doggie Heaven, and enthuses about it, saying Rover deserves to be spoilt.   Sheryl comes into the Deri to find Dani, who has missed two appointments at the Salon.   

Britt has not forgiven Sion, especially when the picnic cannot be moved to Saturday, Sunday or Monday, when the work at the chapel is supposed to take place;  she storms out, leaving him to iron his own shirt.

Back at the farm, Sioned and Eifion are in the barn again;  he arranges her on straw bales in a somewhat provocative pose, takes another photo, then hears Cadno calling, back from the shops

Friday 29 March 2013

Eifion shows Sioned the picture of her in the barn, then Cadno sees it and reminds him there is work to be done.   Later she asks Eifion to take Marian to the chapel, but he is too busy, so she will have to go;  Sioned smiles.   

Britt is still angry about Sion not putting the family first;  the children are in fancy dress.   Sion practises his sermon, and then is delivering it at Bethania;  he talks about forgiveness and sacrifice, the need to be honest with ourselves, at which point Ffion and Macs exchange glances, and honesty makes things better, giving a clean slate.   Britt leaves the children at the chip shop for a few minutes while she eavesdrops on the service, and Sion’s sermon apparently makes her think.

Sioned takes two cans out to the barn;  when they have drunk them, she asks him if he wants anything else;  he cannot keep his hands off and they kiss.   When they return to the farm kitchen, somewhat dishevelled, he is all over her again, until they hear the car return, so they try to act normally.   As Eifion goes to put the kettle on, he pinches Sioned’s bottom, and as soon as Cadno and Marian have gone upstairs, she rebukes him, but he says he can’t help it, to which she replies, “Try harder!”

Megan tells Sion it was a very good service, and invites him for a drink at the Deri later.   Iolo is full of praise for his father, and Macs says that the sermon made him think.   Iolo continues that we have to go through difficult times to reach better times, then we can move on.   He hugs his father, as Britt, just going into the café, watches.

February 2013

Friday 1 February 2013

Garry is at home, and wishes Sheryl happy birthday, but she is rather subdued;  he apologises, but she says it was too soon.   Garry promises he will never do “what he did” again.   At the Deri, Angela comes in, worried about Ed, but he says he will be all right, and Gemma takes him for the results.   Ffion arrives home, then realises that she has to see Hywel;  she demands why he told Rhys about Izzy, calling him selfish and irresponsible.   She says that whatever happens to Rhys is his fault, adding that Rhys did not tell the governors “your dirty little secrets.”

When Ed returns, after being given the “all clear”, he tells Angela she is not part of his life any more;  he wants to celebrate with Gemma, and start afresh, “without you.”   He demands her keys and tells her she does not work at the Deri any longer.   When Ffion gets back home, Jinx is convinced he is a bad father, letting Arwen get on his nerves;  Ffion says, “Just wait until she is crawling and walking.”   She assures him he is the best father possible.   

After Arwen is asleep, a message is played on CwmFM, dedicated to Jinx, the “nicest, kindest father.”   Ed goes to Dani’s to tell her the good news;  she reveals that she loves him, but is devastated by his reaction:  he says she misunderstood — he does not want a relationship with anyone.   Dani protests that she does not jump into bed with anyone.   Meanwhile Angela is telling Debbie that she has lost Ed, her job, home and car.   

When Megan and Mark arrive at the Deri after the investiture and show off her OBE (“heavy”, according to Gemma), Ed is giving free drinks all round.   Sheryl calls at Dani’s and hears the news that Ed does not want her;  wrong place, wrong time;  she is really hurt, but says she has been through worse.   

When Sheryl has gone, she gets out her cases from under the bed.   Garry has a phone call from the hotel;  he admits the damage he caused, and agrees to settle the bill in full;  “£2,500 is a small price to pay!”

Monday 4 February 2013

Garry is on the phone, confirming with the hotel that the police will not be involved and the matter is settled;  he gives Sheryl a wad of notes to buy something for herself, which she initially refuses.   

Sioned is going to look for a house, as she tells Gemma she is tired of having Macs around the house all day.   Sion is considering getting more involved at the chapel, possibly going into the ministry.   

Sheryl confides to Gwyneth that she turned Garry down, and he was upset;  Gethin comes in, looking for Dani, and Sheryl says Dani can look after herself.   At Penrhewl, Eifion is tired out with the lambing, and Cadno is doing paperwork when Macs arrives and offers his services;  he just wants to be out of the house.   

Sion bumps into Hywel in the shop and wants to talk about Macs and Rhys, but Hywel hurries off.   Iolo asks Sion if he can borrow his car;  he has met Josh and wants to go to Swansea, probably taking Macs with him.   In the chip shop, Garry tells Britt that Sheryl refused him and that he trashed the room;  she tells him he cannot do that every time he does not get his own way.

After Macs has gone, Eifion says he does not want him back – he is useless;  Cadno goes out to the lambing shed, leaving him to do the paperwork, but later comes back to find him asleep.   As Sioned is telling Gemma she does not want to live in Cwrtmynach, Gethin comes into the Deri, looking for Dani;  Ed says that Dani is “nothing” to him, but Gethin almost drags him over the counter, before storming off.   Macs and Iolo’s response to Sion’s idea of becoming a minister is that he should not expect them to listen to him preach.   Back in the Deri, Sioned has just lost the house she wanted;  Gemma assures Ed she is there for him to talk to.

At the nightclub in Swansea, Josh appears;  he is a trainee teacher, but Iolo steers his conversation with Macs away from teaching.   Sheryl has bought a gift for Wil with Garry’s money, which makes Garry raise his voice;  Sheryl senses that all is not well, and tells him to calm down.   “Are we all right?” she asks, and he replies, “Perfect.”

Tuesday 5 February 2013

When Jim reminds Angela the rent is due on Friday, she says she has no money, cannot get any hospital shifts and wants to come to “an arrangement”, reminding him of the good times.   After she kisses him, he quickly leaves, saying he is with Eileen now.   A class of children are at the cafe, doing a study about making the village “greener”.   

Britt walks into the garage, where Garry, wearing boxing gloves, is walloping a punchbag.   He does not want her telling him what to do, but she is worried, and tells him to get to the cause of his problem, not the symptoms;  it is not right, wanting to hit his girlfriend.   Later she returns with an “Anger Management” leaflet, and tells him he has “bottled things up” since childhood.   He agrees to go to the classes, if she will not tell anyone.

Jim tells Eileen that Angela has no money, so Eileen goes round to his house;  Angela hears the door, assuming it is Jim, and loosens her dressing gown.   Eileen tells her she will do anything to avoid paying;  the deadline is Friday – pay up or get out!   Angela replies that she knows better than anyone how to keep him sweet, which makes Eileen very angry.   She calls Jim to come immediately and tells him that something has to be done;  they go to his house while Angela is out and change the locks, so that when Angela comes back, she cannot get in.   As she bangs on the door, bags full of her clothes are thrown from the upstairs window;  she calls to Jim, “Make that cow let me in,” but he shouts, “No!” and advises her to find somewhere else to live.   

As Dai is hatching a plan to sell his surplus stock as “eco-friendly”, Angela arrives, trying to get Jim to change his mind;  he says Courtney can stay, but she is not welcome.   Just as Kevin and Debbie are about to leave to go to the cinema in Carmarthen, Angela and her bags arrive, and Debbie says she can stay there, much to Kevin’s annoyance.

Garry rings the number on the leaflet, and wants to start Anger Management classes as soon as possible.

Wednesday 6 February 2013

At Penrhewl, Bobi has a cough and Cadno will take him to the doctor;  Eifion tells Macs that the farm does not want to be associated with someone who has been suspended, and does not want him back.   Macs tells him to “get stuffed!”   

When Macs gets home there is a letter advising him of the tribunal next month, and he is not interested in Sioned’s news that she has found a cottage near Cwrtmynach;  she says it is about time she moved out.   In the flat above the cafe, things are crowded, and downstairs Kevin and Meic are complaining that Angela is getting under their feet, wondering when she will leave — and of course she hears all this.

Britt cannot keep the secret about Garry’s Anger Management, and tells Sion.   Meanwhile Garry is getting increasingly irritated at not being able to contact Sheryl.   Back from the doctor’s, Cadno is angry that Eifion has sacked Macs, and wants him reinstated.   “Sorry for safeguarding the farm’s reputation,” says Eifion.   

However he goes round to Macs’, where Sioned is in her silk dressing-gown, painting her toenails ready for clubbing in Swansea with Gemma;  when Macs gets home, she goes upstairs to change, saying, “Can’t go clubbing in the nude.”

Eifion tells Macs he was a bit hasty, but Macs calls it ungrateful, and wants to be treated as innocent until the tribunal.   He agrees to be back at the farm at seven in the morning.   A little later, Eifion returns, ostensibly to collect his hat (which he was not wearing), but in reality to get another look at the gorgeous Sioned, this time in her red dress;  unfortunately for him, Gemma is also there.   

When he gets back to the farm, Eifion looks at Cadno, in a somewhat dissatisfied way.   Angela admits to Debbie that she tried to seduce Jim into allowing her to stay;  Debbie offers her help.

Huw has arrived back at Y Felin, where all the family have gathered for Iolo’s 25th birthday;  they ask Huw questions, which he seems reluctant to answer, but then he reveals that he is getting married next week.   When everyone laughs, he assures them he is serious, but when they ask to whom, he says he has not met her yet — it has all been arranged.   There is a stunned silence around the table.

Thursday 7 February 2013

The arguments at the party continue;  the brothers joke at Huw’s expense, calling him crazy and insane, and Sion says that marriage should not be taken lightly.  Huw insists he knows what he is doing.   Garry is uptight because he thinks Sheryl is deliberately late;  when she at last arrives he is clearly unhappy with her and they soon leave.   Huw reveals that he met “Peter” in Cardiff, went to stay with him in London and then attended a course in Scotland;  he can now see everything clearly and wants to marry into “the family”.   Iolo argues that they are a cult, nutters, after his money, but Macs says he is able to make his own decision.

After having a few drinks at home, Sioned and Gemma have more at the Deri, before heading to Swansea;  Jinx cannot join them as he is on the 10pm to midnight slot on CwmFM.   Sioned is unsure about the Cwrtmynach house.

When Sheryl and Garry arrive home, they argue, Garry demanding that she apologise to Britt, but Sheryl says he sulks when he does not get his own way.   He furiously storms off, to be seen a few minutes later hitting the punchbag for all he is worth.   Later, he returns to Sheryl, pretending that everything is all right, but she suspects something.   

Huw tries to put his point of view;  that he has a new family of brothers and sisters who love him;  “And force you into marriage!” says Sion.   He asks if Huw wants to marry, or if he has been forced into it;  Iolo predicts that this “family” will ruin his life.   

At the club, the girls hook up with a couple of boys, and after they have been plied with more drinks, they are invited to the boys’ house.   Sioned refuses, and reveals to Gemma that she still has feelings for Macs, although they have parted;  they were intending to marry and have children, and she does not want a “one night stand,” although she enjoys freedom.   Later at home, drinking again, they agree they have had a “brill” night.   When Macs and Iolo have gone, Sion and Britt discuss how they can find out information about this “family” and thus deal with Huw’s cult, but he overhears them and demands what is the difference between his faith and his father’s.   “This is who I am,” he insists.

Friday 8 February 2013

The children, who are going somewhere for half-term, beg Huw to stay, but he says he cannot;  he is being picked up by this “Peter”, getting married on Thursday, then going to a “Faith Centre” in Sydney, Australia.   He says the “family” is spreading good news across the world;  despite Sion’s arguments, he insists that his faith will grow stronger.   

Megan is setting up a steering group for the new Greenest Village project, but Diane thinks she ought to be in charge, as a councillor;  “Mrs OBE” is trying to get all the credit;  Dai has to tell her it is all a scam to sell more flowerpots.   An actor friend of Jim’s will pretend to be the judge.   Jim tells Ed in the Deri that he has evicted Angela, as she “tried it on” with him.

Sion goes to the chapel, and meanwhile Britt shows Huw some old photos of him and the family, and seems to be making progress, but when Sion returns, Huw calls him “sad – trying to use her!” and refers to her going on about Brandon - blah, blah, blah!   Sion says he is glad Huw’s mother is not alive to see this, but Huw is adamant that “his faith will sustain him.”

When Angela goes to the Deri, Ed tells her he has heard about her trying to sell her body to her ex-husband, and says she cannot love anyone but herself;  getting rid of her is the best thing he has ever done.   

As Huw is about to leave, Britt says she hopes he and his wife will be happy and have children, then her voice changes to a snarl, as she hopes one of them will do to him what he has done to his father.   Saying he has never been happier, off he goes.

Monday 11 February 2013

In the flat above the café, Angela is being sick, then asks Ricky to go downstairs while she gets changed;  he packs his bag and goes back to his father’s as the place is so crowded;  Kevin would like to go with him.   When Debbie tells Kevin that Angela has a broken heart, he is more worried that he will have a broken sofa, and refers to “the YMCA upstairs.”   Angela says she has a stomach bug, and Kevin tells her not to breathe on his customers.   Diane intends to write a speech, beacause “Mrs OBE” will have one;  she only wants to get her picture in the papers.   Ffion and Jinx are short of money, but Ffion wants to work only part-time;  he confides to Gwyneth that he doesn’t know how they will make ends meet, and she suggests that he sort out some childcare.   

Angela’s pregnancy test is positive;  she is devastated, and tells Debbie, who has the idea of suggesting that she stays with Mark at Maes y Deri.   She also advises talking to Ed, who is the father, but Angela says she will tell him shen she is ready.   When Kevin hears that she is going, he shouts, “Hallelujah!”.   

Colin overhears that Jinx is looking for a babysitter, and says he has experience;  later he tells Megan that he has virtually got the job, and Megan then goes and tells Jinx that she will do it.   When Jinx informs Ffion that he has been looking at getting childcare, she replies that it is too soon, and to leave things alone for now

Tuesday 12 February 2013

At the farm Eifion tells Macs that things are strained between him and Cadno;  thye are sleeping in separate beds;  Macs suggests a birthday surprise.   Later he suggests going away somewhere at Easter, and Cadno asks what they will use for money.   

When Macs gets home he is disturbed by Sioned (in her pink shorts) and Gemma joking about who they would rather spend the night with — Dai or Colin.   When the boy from the nightclub texts Gemma, Sioned remarks, “They’re all the same in bed.”   

Jinx interviews Colin for the job, asking what he would do in case of fire;  later Megan sails through her interview and gets the job.   Debbie suggests a lodger to Mark, and he goes upstairs to see Angela, telling her they could “have a lot of fun together.”   She has secured three shifts at the hospital, and will look at the room tomorrow.   

Colin learns in the Deri that he did not get the job, but does not know who was successful; later as he and Megan are delivering her publicity leaflets, they meet Jinx, who reveals that Megan won, and Colin storms off angrily.   

Eifion goes to see Macs, but only Sioned is there;  he pours out his troubles to her over a glass or two of wine;  Cadno is never happy, she thinks he is no good, but Sioned assures him he is great with Bobi.   Sioned says that she is more shy than he thinks;  Eifion takes a picture of her, wearing ridiculous glasses, with his phone, and jokes about sending it to Cadno.   As they finish the bottle, he moans that he never even gets a cwtch, so Sioned naïvely offers, they hug, then it develops into a kiss, but she suddenly realises what she is doing and jumps back, apologetically.   As Eifion hurriedly leaves, Sioned has a horrified, “what have I done?” look on her face.

Wednesday 13 February 2013

Eifion at home looks at the photo of Sioned, then texts her;  when she receives it, she looks worried.   Moc is seen, lurking in an alley.   When Jinx tells Ffion that he has arranged for Megan to look after Arwen, she is angry, and says no, adding that he sometimes tries her patience;  after Ffion goes out, Megan arrives and Jinx leaves Arwen with her.   In the café, Sioned and Gemma are talking, when Eifion arrives, and Sioned, rather uncomfortable, makes a quick exit.   Jinx tells Hywel that Ffion is considering teaching part-time;  Hywel tells Gaynor, and she says she will go round to see Ffion.   Meanwhile, Ffion returns, and is shocked to see Megan there;  when Jinx returns, she is angry with him;  he says that he was only trying to help;  he will tell Megan that she is not required, but he will not help with arranging any more childcare.

After the speeches in the Deri, a vote is taken on who will be in charge of the “Green Village” initiative;  Megan wins, which does not go down well with Diane.  Sioned is in the Deri, and Eifion turns up again, apologising and hoping they can still be friends.  When Gaynor visits Ffion, she tells her that she has not made up her mind yet, and objects when Gaynor says she should have been consulted;  Ffion later tells Jinx that she may go part-time just to spite her – “Cow!”   They agree they must talk more to each other.   

Dai wants to cheer up Diane, but the only way is to “shoot Megan Harries!”   Back at the farm, Eifion looks again at the photo, with a rather childish grin on his face.

Moc is seen letting himself into his house, where the post has been piling up, and later, Anita receives a text;  she hurries out of the Deri and Moc approaches her;  “I had to see you,” he says.

Thursday 14 February 2013

Moc is at Anita’s;  he has a meeting with the Estate Agent, as he is moving away;  there is nothing for him in Cwmderi.   Meic returns home, shouts, “Nefi wen!” and bundles him out of the door, calling him the “lowest of the low.”   Along the street, Gethin sees him, and turns away.   Anita protests, but Meic says she is making a fool of herself – Moc has no conscience.   Sheryl tells Garry that Moc is back, but he will not get near Wil;  she wants lunch in the Deri, but Garry is busy at the garage.   Later Britt takes some chips round to the garage, and Garry says the Anger Management went well.  

Moc is packing boxes when he finds a picture of Gethin as a boy;  at the same time Gethin is looking at his phone, with “Dad” in the list of numbers.   As he leaves the house, Anita asks Meic if he is happy, now he has driven Moc away – he must be “over the moon.”   Sion is wondering what he did wrong for Huw to turn out like this, getting married today;  he goes to the Deri with Iolo.   While there, Josh texts Iolo, and he ups and leaves, borrowing Sion’s car keys.

When Gethin arrives at Moc’s house he is unexpected, and Moc tells him that now he has ruined his life, he is out of there.   Gethin says he still wants a dad, and a cwtch, so they hug, and Gethin says we may never get a chance again.   Moc closes the curtains and says he can forgive Gethin, and they are very much alike, but Gethin reveals that he can remember every detail of when he found his dad in bed with Claire, his then partner’s sister.   He remembers all the moving, from one single mother to another;  his father just wanted some new woman, always looking after himself.   Moc maintains he only “comforted” Gethin, and begins stroking his forehead, as Gethin remembers his father stole his girlfriend.   Then Moc admits, “It only happened once;  I’m not one of those monsters.”   Gethin jumps up, grabs the framed photo, and hits Moc with it, smashing the glass, and snarls, “I’m nothing like you!”

Iolo is driving in the dark, looking at the message on his phone, when there is a sudden thud;  he stops, looks in the mirror and sees someone lying in the road;  he drives away.   Moc, with blood streaming from his head, runs to the prone figure, shouting, “Gethin!” and phones for an ambulance.

Friday 15 February 2013

Iolo stops;  a police car speeds past, and he drives on;  when he arrives home he is in a terrible state.   When he explains, Sion wants to call the police, but Britt insists they have to keep it quiet.   She grabs Sion’s phone, saying Iolo cannot go to jail.

Cadno says she wants to sleep with Eifion tonight, but he says he must go and see Macs;  when he gets there, they discuss stock feed, Sioned comes downstairs and tells them Gemma is on another date.   When she complains about a loose shelf, Eifion says he will fix it.   Moc is at the hospital with Gethin, who is on life support;  the police arrive to interview him, as he is the only witness.   He later reports to Anita that they questioned him relentlessly, although he had nothing to do with it.   Meic comes in and demands, “which part of ‘get out’ don’t you understand?” before Anita tells him what happened to Gethin.

Iolo is sobbing, calling himself a murderer, and wishing it could all be like it was before.   Macs goes to bed, and Eifion tells Sioned that she is the nearest thing to family;  he tells her that Cadno wants to sleep with him, and Sioned reveals that she is going to an Ann Summers party.   However, when he tries to hold her hand, she jumps up;  he says she is like a little sister to him, and smirks childishly.   After he has fixed the shelf, Cadno rings him to say another lamb is on the way;  Sioned is glad when he has gone.

Meic tries to reason with Anita:  Moc is covered in blood, and Gethin has had an accident — coincidence?   Later Moc tells Anita an edited version of what happened between him and Gethin;  including Gethin’s admitting it was all lies;  Moc says that he didn’t deserve such a father.   When Eifion gets back to the farm, Cadno reveals that the sheep was just a ploy to get him home;  she has found a cottage in the Lleyn peninsular, where they can have a break;  they go upstairs.   

Iolo wants Britt to phone the hospital, but she insists it is too risky;  the police could trace the call.   When they think he cannot hear, Sion tells Britt he must be made to realise what he has done;  he does hear, and goes out, slamming the door.   Meanwhile, Gethin remains unconscious, surrounded by life support equipment.

Monday 18 February 2013

Sion is worrying about Iolo making things worse for himself;  he will not answer his phone, and Sion tries to put a message on his CnocCnoc page.   Britt insists that they have to act as if nothing has happened.   When Sion goes to the café, Mark wants Iolo to look at his leaking shower, but Sion says he is “working away.”  Ricky cannot understand why Mark is cleaning up the house — “It’s only Courtney’s mum,” he says, but Mark is hoping that she will cook for them.   At the hospital, Gwyneth is at Gethin’s bedside;  Angela asks Moc to leave the room, and a policeman takes him for further questioning.   Sion goes to the hospital, against Britt’s advice, and is horrified at what he sees.   

Angela arrives at Mark’s, accompanied by Debbie, and is given an excessive welcome;  he insists on taking Angela to the Deri for lunch, when he has mended the leak in the shower.   Sion gets home and is mortified that his son has caused such injuries;  Britt is only concerned about keeping the damaged car out of sight, and getting Garry to repair it – he will not say anything to the police, but Sion regards it as hiding the evidence.   Moc tells Anita that he is a failure as a father, and does not know what to do — Gethin comes first.

When Mark and Angela go into the Deri, Ed hopes they will be happy together, and Debbie almost spills the beans about Angela’s pregnancy.  When she says that Mark fancies his chances, Ed says he is welcome to her.   Britt again goes on to Sion about letting Garry fix the car, but he says that will makes matters more serious.

Tuesday 19 February 2013

Kevin is tidying up the rubbish in the flat when he finds a pregnancy test kit.   He tells Meic that Debbie will be there for a while, and shows him the evidence;  Ffion is in the café, with Arwen, who was 15 weeks old yesterday.   Sioned has a leaking washing machine, so calls Eifion to have a look;  “the Landlord” is in bed with a hangover, so she says.   They have some tea and toast, and as he asks where the stopcock is, an anonymous girl comes downstairs, saying (in English) “say goodbye to Macs for me,” and leaves.   Sioned says he is entertaining women lately to make a point.   Eifion thinks she ought to move out.

Mark went to school at six, and came back to cook Angela breakfast;  when he takes Ricky and Courtney to school, Angela cannot face the fried food.   Just as Garry has checked the time of his next Anger Management class, Sheryl wants him to keep an eye on Wil at football tomorrow, as Moc is back in the village;  he says that he is not available, and Sheryl tells Wil he cannot go.   She demands what Garry is going to do about Moc;  when she alleges that things would be different if Gwern were the one involved, he responds, “Is that all I am – the bloke who gets his hands dirty to sort out your problems?”   Debbie talks to Ed at the Deri, saying he must miss Angela;  he replies that he threw her out, and doesn’t care if he never sees her again!   “She’s pregnant, and you’re the father!” says Debbie, tactfully.   Angela is less than pleased when Debbie tells her what she has done.   

Meic asks Kevin what he is going to do about the situation;  it is a real mess;  Kevin’s head needs seeing to, and other parts of his body, too!   The washer fixed, Sioned takes Eifion to the Deri, where he invites her to stay at Penrhewl, but Danishe thinks she can put up with Macs for a couple more months, until she finds a house.   Sheryl is still whining to Garry about Moc;  he thinks he has done more than enough for her — putting those pictures on the laptop, and having to look at them.   When she accuses him of “losing his bottle”, he growls, “Don’t push me!”

Angela goes to see Ed, but he is far from receptive and regards her pregnancy as “very convenient”, telling her that she – and the baby – can “go to hell!”

Wednesday 20 February 2013

Colin is making a cup of tea when Iolo returns, saying he has been camping;  Colin tells him about the hit and run, thinking Moc is involved.   Iolo comes out of the door;  Sion sees him while Dai is trying to sell him “green” stock;  Iolo goes back in, but Sion gets in the back way, saying that he must go to the police.   Britt orders him to go home, before she does something she will regret;  she tells Iolo he must behave normally.

Sheryl wants to talk to Garry, but he has to hurry off;  later Britt tells her that he has gone to the Anger Management session, but warns her not to say anything.   Meic hopes that the pregnancy test is wrong, and wonders why she has not told Kevin;  Debbie fills up the FairTrade coffee tin with cheap coffee;  later, Dai complains that his coffee tastes like “sileage water” and the truth comes out.   Colin tells Moc to keep his dirty hands off the shop stock;  Anita says that Gethin admitted he had lied, but Colin replies that it is easy to say that when he is in a coma.

Britt cooks food for Iolo, who is still distraught;  when he goes back to face Sion, Britt says that locking him up will not help Gethin;  despite Sion’s insistence that he should confess and get a lawyer, Iolo says he could not face prison — he would rather kill himself.

When Garry gets back home, Sheryl apologises to him, then Anita arrives, saying that it might help Gethin to come round if Sheryl was to visit him, and alleging that Gethin admitted he was lying about the abuse.   Sheryl refuses, and Garry tells Anita to go.   Sion picks up the phone and dials;  while Britt and Iolo look aghast, expecting him to report the matter to the police, he actually asks Garry to repair the car, tomorrow, but admits he hates himself for doing this, to cover up the crime.

Thursday 21 February 2013

A shadowy figure is seen in the school after hours;  it is Macs, who surprises Gaynor in her office, demanding to know what is happening and protesting that he did not hit Rhys.   She orders him out, and Mark escorts him away.   Later, Gaynor asks Mark not to let Hywel know that she had the argument with Macs.   In the Deri, Hywel advises Ed not to feel sorry for himself, then Ed tells him of the pregnancy, when Hywel thinks they ought to get back together.   Ed goes to see Angela, apologising for what he said, and saying they should put the child first.   He tells her she and Courtney could move back to the Deri, but she makes a remark about him and Dani being in the master bedroom.   Ed leaves, telling her, “You know where I am.”   Dai is jubilant that profits have trebled at APD with the new “green” initiative, and suggests a romantic weekend to Diane.

Sioned and Gemma are off clubbing in Swansea again, and a taxi collects them from the Deri;  Eifion is there, and when Macs comes in, Eifion tells him to stop feeling guilty and asks if he fancies clubbing.   Mark goes to the shop for ingredients for spaghetti bolognese to serve up to Angela, together with a bottle of wine;  he is told that Jim is off on holiday, whereas actually he is hiding upstairs in the flat to get a rest from APD.   On reaching home, Mark finds a note from her, “Gone to the Deri,” which he finds disappointing.   When Angela arrives there, she asks, “Is Dani still here?”   Ed insists they can make it work for the sake of the child, and promises that it is all over with Dani.   Her scan is next week, but Ed is off to Tenerife, a treat from “the boys at the steelworks”.   They agree that she and Courtney will move back in after Ed returns.

At the nightclub, Sioned and Gemma are comparing the male talent, when Eifion appears, telling Sioned that Macs insisted on following her;  then he goes to Macs at the bar and tells him that Sioned is flirting to make him jealous.   Macs tells the two boys that the girls are with them, but Sioned threatens to get a bouncer to throw him out;  “You can’t bear to see me having a good time,” she says.   Macs replies, “Best thing I ever did was to dump you!” which leaves Sioned confused and disappointed.

Friday 22 February 2013

A policeman asks Garry if he has repaired any Mondeos lately;  fortunately Sion’s car is hidden under a sheet.   Eifion has stayed the night at Macs’ house, under the pretext of protecting Sioned from Macs turning nasty.   When Macs gets up he is afraid he made a fool of himself;  Sioned accuses him of spoiling her evening and he argues, while the boy Sioned brought home creeps down the stairs and leaves quietly.   Macs demands, “What’s your game, bringing a bloke back here?”   She replies that he is jealous, but he says it is his house;  he is going away for a few days, and when he returns he wants to find the house empty.

When Meic hears Debbie talking on the phone of “cravings” he tells Kevin to talk to her urgently.   Kevin skirts round the subject, but Debbie thinks he is suggesting marriage, and when she hears his suspicions, says she is on the pill;  the pregnancy test was Angela’s.   When Garry tells Britt that the car has been repaired, and informs them of the visit by the police, he learns that Iolo was the driver;  he tells them he will sell the car and get Sion a replacement, but they must make sure they keep their mouths shut.

Cadno catches Eifion having breakfast in the café, when she has been running the farm on her own, and orders him home;  Jinx, who is bottle-feeding Arwen, says that a baby is a full-time job.   Once back at the farm, Eifion tries to phone Sioned, but hangs up when Cadno comes in, demanding that he deals with the cows;  Sioned finds the silent call disturbing.   Moc again begs Sheryl to visit Gethin in the hospital, once more maintaining that Gethin made everything up, but she refuses, and Garry warns him to leave them alone.   While Kevin and Debbie are talking about the misunderstanding, Meic comes into the Deri, and Debbie tells him she is expecting twins, no, triplets, but Kevin tells his father the truth.

Monday 25 February 2013

Diane receives a phone call giving her bad news:  Graham, her first husband, has died;  she is late getting to APD, and Dai goes on at her, so she says nothing about the death, walks out and goes to Megan’s charity shop, to buy a black handbag for the funeral.   Anita is sitting by Gethin’s bedside when Gwyneth arrives and is disparaging about Moc, warning that he will ruin Anita’s life;  when Anita gets home Moc suggests the only way to trace Dani is for Anita to check her transactions on the bank computer.   Anita initially refuses, arguing that it is illegal, but he eventually persuades her to use his account.   As Moc is on his way to Tomos ac Ellis, he meets Sheryl and begs her again to see Gethin;  she refuses, and he is accosted by Garry, who was watching from the alley;  Garry does not have much more patience, and wants Moc out of Cwmderi by tomorrow.   Moc seems to be giving up hope.

When Sheryl visits the bank to pay in the salon cash, Anita is looking up Dani’s account, which reveals cash withdrawals in Blackpool;  when she tells Moc, he is determined to go to Blackpool to look for her.   In the Deri, Sheryl tells Garry that Moc and Anita both wanted her to see Gethin;  Garry says that when he saw Moc it was as if he wanted to be killed;  as if he is on death row, with not much time left.   At the Deri, Dai sees Iolo getting drunk, and tells him there is plumbing work to be done in Carmarthen, but Iolo tells him to get someone else.   The handbag, for which Diane paid £10, is found to contain £50 in cash, but bigmouth Dai tells Megan “finders keepers”, and that it will teach her to be more careful.   Megan accuses him of stealing, and Diane asks, “Why can’t you keep your big mouth shut for once in your life?”

As Moc is about to leave for Blackpool, Anita insists she will go with him, and they leave together.

Tuesday 26 February 2013

Dai comes home with a bunch of flowers, but Diane is not there;  she is getting out of her car at the graveyard.   At the shop, Colin and Kevin decide the village needs cheering up, and suggest a good deeds competition for St David’s day — Village Saint.   When Sion visits Iolo and mentions conscience and confessing, Iolo tell him that he knows where the door is.   After the funeral, Diane sits in the car, and Meic passes on his way back from Anglesey, stopping to see if she is all right.   They sit in the car, talking about grief;  how she has not seen Graham for years, and the only good thing was their son, Jason, who was not speaking to his father.   Meic says that he is still grieving for Anita, although they live in the same house.   If he heard that Nansi was dead, he would get out the champagne.   

Colin says that Iolo needs to get out of the house and go to the Deri;  Iolo tells him to shut up.   At the Deri, Kevin asks Meic how Anglesey was, and Meic replies, “Far away.”   He also says that £10 is too much to enter the Village Saint contest, although several others are up for it.   When Dai gets home again, Diane is there,  and after he says he was worried about her, she tells him of Graham’s sudden death.   Of course Dai goes overboard about not seeing him for years, and why lose any sleep over that “alky”.   Diane storms upstairs, telling him he does not understand, and it shows what sort of man he is.

At the Deri, Sion does not want to judge the competition, but Britt pressures him to do so, to keep up appearances.   Iolo arrives and gets a drink;  “Drinking again?” remarks Sion.   Iolo warns Britt to tell his father to stay away from him — “Mind your own business — Right?”

Wednesday 27 February 2013

Iolo, apparently much more in control, rings Dai to apologise and says he will do the job in Carmarthen;  outside, he is very hesitant about getting into the van.   Sioned receives a red envelope, hand-delivered with the post, containing a card saying, “I want to be with you.”   When Colin goes to APD, Dai asks him, as a divorcé, how he would feel if Gaynor died;  Colin wants to borrow some loppers, but Dai wants to sell or rent them.   Then Sioned comes to borrow a bucket;  she starts cleaning the café windows, but Dai slips some “pink finish” into the bucket, and she throws the water over the window, making a mess.   Eifion texts Sioned, asking if he can call in;  he tells Cadno he was texting Macs.   When he arrives at Sioned’s, he sees the card from a “secret admirer”, suggests it might be from Macs, and asks if she has had any strange texts or phone calls, putting the seeds of doubt into her mind.   She admits she had a “heavy breathing” call the other day, but tells him to throw the card away;  “What kind of idiot would send a card like that?”   She adds that Macs is in Manchester and wants her out of the house;  she is definite about not wanting to start a relationship.   When Eifion gets home, he agrees with Cadno that things have to change, and will stay in with her.

Sion goes to see Iolo, who says he has got himself together, and challenges him to visit Gethin, reckoning that he is too much of a coward.   When Colin finds Dai “helping out” in the shop he warns Dai that there can be only one outcome — war!   When Iolo goes to the hospital and sees Gethin, he goes to pieces again;  Anita advises him to talk to Gethin, but he does not know what to say.   Soon afterwards, he is cracking up at home again.   Colin tackles Dai at the Deri, accusing him of cheating, and putting the “pink finish” in Sioned’s bucket.

Meanwhile, Sioned has another “silent call” — yes, it’s that devious Eifion again.

Thursday 28 February 2013

Moc and Anita return from a fruitless trip to Blackpool, and Moc thinks this is the end, revealing that Garry wants him out of the village.   When they go to the café, Garry sees them and walks out;  he reports to Sheryl that “he’s back!” and warning her to let him know if Moc comes near her.   Gwyneth tells Anita to “open your eyes.”   Sioned receives another card, “I want to be with you,” followed by another silent call.   Later she tells Gemma that it is strange, being on her own, and mentions the silent calls.   When her phone rings, Gemma answers, and it is (or purports to be) someone from the phone company.   Gemma asks if she suspects anyone – Macs? or Eifion?   Sioned says she might fancy Eifion if he were younger, and single.   

Moc goes to the salon, begging Sheryl to go and see Gethin, as she is his last hope;  she again refuses, then he goes to the hospital, and Sheryl arrives, feeling guilty, and talks to Gethin, “Listen, Geth, I know you’re there, somewhere,” but with no response.   Meanwhile, Garry cannot find Sheryl and her phone is turned off;  as usual, he becomes angry.   When she arrives home, he interrogates her, his anger mounting, telling her she should have told him where she was going;  she apologises, expecting him to become violent, but he manages to control his feelings until he is down at the garage, where he puts on a CD and attacks the punchbag.

Sioned is walking down the dark street, when she hears a clattering in the alley, which startles and disturbs her;  then suddenly Eifion appears and offers to walk her home.   She feels embarrassed when she reaches home;  Eifion asks if she thinks its the same person who phones her, and assures her that if anything happens, she should just call him.   He also mentions that there’s room at Penrhewl, and adds, “You’ll be fine — I’ll make sure of that.”

Moc returns to Anita, tells her what happened at the hospital, and says that Sheryl was his last hope when they could not find Dani.   “My son is going to die,” he concludes.