12 July 2011

Ffion is on sick leave because of her alcoholism.  Gaynor pays her a visit, and says that she needs to provide a doctor's note by Thursday, or she'll face a disciplinary.  Ffion feels threatened, so Gaynor says she doesn't intend to be threatening but there are wider implications to her illness.

Unfortunately for Ffion, word of her drunkenness at school spreads to her landlord Sheryl, who gives Ffion an ultimatum - sort yourself out or I'll make your life hell and you'll have to leave the house.  She has her son, Wil, to think about, so rationality goes temporarily out of the window.  Ffion is clearly shocked, but her resistance is low, and she later scours the house for a bottle of vodka.

Dani has her heart set on some second-hand kitchen furniture from Norman's renovation.  Norman finds out and decides to *sell* it to him.  Dani meanwhile is making colour swatches and thinking about redecorating their flat above the fish and chip shop.

Sioned tries hard to engage with Macs, but he continues to be rude and distant. Macs is clearly stiill suffering from his rape 6 weeks ago.  He is asked by Gaynor to go for an end-of-year drink, and feels obligated to go.  However when a young bathroom salesman turns up, at Sioned's request, Macs is clearly very uncomfortable at a man being in such close proximity, and he runs off.  It seems he's almost at the point where he accepts he has to ask for help.  However, things with Sioned end in an argument, and she is upset, understandably.

11 July 2011

American Frank runs into Marian at the cemetery, and the two of them talk about village life.  He seems keen to find a present-day link to his ancestors.  Frank later talks to Meic in Y Deri, and they talk about Wales.

Later, he agrees to be interviewed by Jinx for Cwm FM, and talks about his ancestors moving to America.

Macs is still being distant with Sioned, and she is finding it difficult to cope.  When she goes to the school to find him, he is initially hostile, then a little defensive, but she can't get to the bottom of what she has supposedly done wrong.

Colin and Anita's continued association is hard on Meic, but Colin seems oblivious to Anita's feelings, which are bordering on nostalgia for something lost.

Leighton gives Sion some sound advice, to respect Huw's intentions to stand by Lois and the baby, or risk ruining his paternal relationship with Huw for ever.  Sion has much to think about.

8 July 2011

Norman is still annoying Brandon, he keeps changing his mind about what he wants, yet then also criticising the apparently slow progress of the building work.  People like him are impossible.

Eileen's plans for a night out with Norman are dashed, when Frank, a ghastly American man from Ohio turns up.  He speaks Welsh extremely competently but with a shocking American accent, yet nobody seems to mind or even notice.

Gethin tries to convince her sister Dani to come clean to Brandon that she doesn't want a baby, but she is frightened of the confrontation.  She is worried that Brandon's affections will fall away, and she is not prepared to take the risk.

Probert is being very polite to Debbie, which annoys her and makes her more suspicious of him.  She starts to think that Probert is responsible for the burglary, but she has no evidence against him.

Angela is trying to make a case against Probert having custody, and hints at something unhealthy in his relationship with his daughter Courtney.  Angela seems very insecure, and there is definitely more to this story than meets the eye.

7 July 2011

Things at the jumble sale take an interesting turn, when little Ricky starts finding his own books, and a rugby ball that belongs to him but was taken in the burglary.  Debbie tries to find out who brought that box, but nobody seems to know.  It's great that they were able to get some things back, but Debbie remains thoughtful about who could have burgled their house in the first place and why.

Were the things brought to the jumble sale because the person responsible felt guilty, and wanted Debbie and Mark to have them back?

Probert turns to the courts and to Yvonne, who is his case worker.  Probert wants to secure access to his daughter Courtney, because his estranged wife, Angela, is preventing access.  Courtney tells Yvonne that she misses her Dad, and she doesn’t want to call Phil, Angela’s new partner, Dad.

6 July 2011

Dai and Brandon are working on Norman’s gastropub, but things are not moving as quickly as they could be, because Norman keeps changing his mind on which room will be which.  Norman is unforgiving however and has them both on a tight leash, demanding that they work harder and faster.

Dani takes Brandi, their ratty little dog, to be sterlised.  Just as well, horrible little thing.

Meic and Denzil have moved in together, and having tidied up Colin’s left behind mess, the place is starting to look like home.

Meic comes back to Y Deri to collect some things, but he walks in at precisely the wrong moment, when Colin and Anita are having a kiss.  He vows to come back another day, and refers to Colin as the cuckoo in his nest.

5 July 2011

Gaynor is furious with Ffion, who turns up to work as bold as brass, as if nothing had happened.  Gaynor takes Ffion to her office and gives her a choice, either get a doctor’s note and she can have the time off to get better, or a governor’s meeting will be called, and she’ll be sacked.

Leighton offers Sioned and Macs a free holiday at his place in South Africa, as a wedding present.  Sioned tries to talk about weddings, but Macs changes the subject.  Sioned says she is very worried, that Macs has been like this for weeks and she’s having trouble sleeping as a result.  When she suggests that he doesn’t want to be with her, he reacts emotionally and says that once the school year is over, things will be different.  He clearly finally realises that his reaction to being raped by Scott, about which Sioned knows nothing, is hurting Sioned badly.  All seems well, until Gaynor lets it slip that Macs left work at 3.30pm that day -- Macs had told Sioned that he was working late!

Sion tells Jinx and Hywel that he knows the Cwm FM programme about monks was made up, as there have been no people living on the island since the 12th century.

4 July 2011

Ricky goes with some other children to Ysgol Y Mynach, which will be his new secondary school.   After Gaynor ingratiates herself on them, Ffion gives them a taste of sport.  However, she decides that she needs her vodka.  She puts poor Jinx in charge of the children, who is there to record a radio programme.  He barely knows what to do.  Ffion rushes back to grab her 'water bottle' filled with vodka, and in the meantime, the children rummage through the sports supplies, and emerge with a variety of sporting equipment, including javelins.

Ffion comes back, sees the children with the javelins, reacts extremely angrily, and shouts at them.  Mark (Ricky's father) remonstrates with her and realises that she's intoxicated, and guesses that she wasn't ill in Cardiff, but intoxicated then also.

Gaynor arrives, and she is furious.  She frog-marches Ffion into her office.  She tells Fiion that she is an alcoholic, and that she will never get the opportunity to behave like that again.  She starts making all sorts of threats about the board of governors.

Jinx has been recording the whole thing for Cwm FM, but his boss Hywel is anxious to protect Gaynor from scandal, and says it won't be broadcast.  Jinx is angry that Hywel will allow false programmes (such as the one about the monks) to be broadcast but not the truth.

Meanwhile, Iolo is trying to reach out to Macs, but Macs is not interested in engaging.  Sioned is becoming increasingly unhappy.