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| "There's no bread!" |
Dol discovers that all the bread has gone,
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| "That's why I'm making lumpy porridge" |
which is why Vicky is attempting to make porridge for breakfast.
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| "Break-in at the surgery last night!" |
Mark arrives with the news that the surgery was broken into last night, and there is glass and police all over the place; “Probably looking for drugs!” he comments,
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| "Was that you?" |
and Dol looks pointedly at Kath.
Vicky finds that the porridge, already lumpy, has now stuck to the pan; Kath moans, “Stop making so much noise – I can’t hear myself think!” Vicky advises her to stop thinking; Kath protests, “I’ve had about enough of you!”
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| "A bitter old witch!" |
Vicky responds, “Mark’s been talking about you as if you were some kind of legend – you’re nothing more than a bitter old witch!”
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| "Aargh! My hand!" |
Kath advances towards her and she backs away, burning her hand on the stove.
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| Mark puts Vicky's hand under the cold tap |
As Mark runs cold water on Vicky’s hand, he urges them all to calm down. “This is all getting out of control,” says Dol,
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| "Kath's a drug addict!" |
and apologising to Kath, tells Mark, “She’s not well – she’s a drug addict!”
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| "If it's not true, why are you shaking?" |
Kath vehemently denies this, but Mark asks, in that case, why she is shaking.
Dol decides she should take Vicky to the surgery,
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| "What's happened to you, Mam?" |
and Mark demands, “What’s happened to you, Mam?”
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| Ricky hides something away |
Debbie finds Ricky sitting on the seat by APD, and is told that he is not going to school today.
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| "I haven't opened it" |
He has received a St Dwynwen’s Day card, which he has not opened, so Debbie opens it, to reveal that she sent it, as she does every year.
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| "It's not from Courtney" |
He tells her, “It’s not from Courtney, so I didn’t want to open it – I’m scared, Mam! I want to go to the cemetery, but . . .” Debbie agrees to go with him.
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| "I want to know what's going on" |
Mark and his mother sit down with a cup of tea; “You will have to talk to me eventually – I just want to know what’s going on,” he says, “What have you been taking? Tablets, cocaine?”
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| "Other people's pills" |
She admits that it is other people’s prescription pills.
Mark goes on, “You’ve been taking them for a while –
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| "Why didn't I see what was happening?" |
“why didn’t I see what was happening right under my nose?”
“I’ve made a mess again,” she admits, “I’ve been so lonely, and the drugs are the only thing keeping me going.” Mark reminds her that the family is there for her, and of their old motto, ‘The Jones family against the world!’
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| "I haven't felt like that for years" |
“I haven’t felt like that for years,” she sighs, “You’ve got your own family, and I don’t know where that leaves me.”
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| "I'm nervous – is that normal?" |
As Ricky comes out of the shop, carrying flowers, he confesses to his mother, “I’m nervous – is that normal?” Vicky and Dol approach, on their way back from the surgery,
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| Debbie is alarmed by Vicky's bandaged hand |
and explain to Debbie what happened at Maes-y-Deri.
“I know she’s your Gran, Ricky, but she’s horrible!” snarls Vicky.
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| "Kath's had a few problems with drugs" |
Dol explains that Kath has been having a few problems with drugs, and she had been trying to help, but when it got out of hand she had to tell Mark.
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| "I've got something important to do" |
Debbie is adamant, “That can wait – I’ve got something more important to do,” and she walks away with Ricky,
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| "Let's go over to the Deri!" |
while Dol and Vicky decide to go to the Deri.
Owing to the early hour, Dan the barman informs them they can have only coffee,
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| Vicky is pleased to see Mathew's alleged text |
then Vicky reads the text allegedly sent by Mathew, and smiles.
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| "Remember when we were kicked off the train?" |
Mark reminisces, “Remember the time we were kicked off a train when Dad said Stacey and I were under ten to get cheap tickets?” Kath remarks that it worked a treat until he opened his mouth. “We were stuck in Pontypool for hours,” Mark recalls.
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| "The last time I was really happy" |
“I think a lot about those days,” replies Kath, “That was the last time I was really happy. Us Joneses were a team – I knew who I was, and liked who I was,
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| "When I lost your father" |
“but since I lost Dyff, I feel that I’ve slowly lost myself. I keep hoping that something will come to fill the gap – but nothing fits.”
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| "You're always welcome here" |
Mark reminds her that she is always welcome here, and that this is her house; she admits, “All I can see now is an old woman – a pathetic addict! The old Kath disappeared years ago.”
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| "Why are you always sticking up for Kath?" |
In the Deri, Vicky complains that Dol is always sticking up for Kath, but she is told, “I’ve seen people die of their addictions – I didn’t hide her problem as I was determined to save Kath –
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| "I failed Kirsty, my best friend" |
“because I failed Kirsty, my best friend. She died, and I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if the same thing happened again!
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| Ricky at Courtney's grave |
Ricky places the flowers on Courtney’s grave
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| "If I move on, aren't I letting her down?" |
and tells his mother, “I didn’t open the St Dwynwen’s Day card, as I was afraid I’d be happy with whoever sent it – and I’m not supposed to think like that! If I move on, aren’t I letting her down? I don’t want to do that – or let Jim down – he needs me!”
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| "You're not letting down anyone" |
Debbie assures him that he is not letting anyone down,
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| "I'm proud of you, Ricky!" |
and that she is proud of him.
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| "I should never have come back!" |
“I should never have come back here,” reflects Kath, “Life was a lot easier out of your way – I could at least take the tablets without feeling anything. What is there here for me?” Mark reminds her that he also misses his Dad, but she insists, “No-one has suffered as much as me over the years!”
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| "If life's so hard, just go!" |
Mark stresses, “If life’s so hard, just go – get out of here!”
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| "Don't turn your back on me!" |
She begs him not to turn his back on her; “You have to make the choice – the drugs or us!” he says, and she insists that she is getting better already, with Dol helping her.
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| "Dol knew about this?" |
He is amazed that Dol knew about this before today; she boasts that she is down to one a day, and is confident that she can stop completely.
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| "What is there in it for her?" |
“Dol doesn’t do anything unless there is something in it for her!” roars Mark, “She knows she can control you – I know her better than you, and I shall deal with this!”
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| "I'm scared to go back and face things!" |
Dol informs Vicky that the day she left Ponty last time was the day Kirsty died; “I’m scared to go back and face things – reality is scarier that the bailiffs! I knew she was an addict, and I tried to make her see sense – I should have locked her in the house and kept her safe.
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| "Saving Kath is my last chance" |
“Saving Kath is my last chance to make up for Kirsty! Telling Mark was for her own good.” Vicky reassures her that Mark will be grateful.
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| Mark appears keen to get rid of Dol |
But Mark has just come downstairs with Dol’s case;
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| "You won't get better with her here!" |
“She doesn’t know what she’s doing – you won’t get better with her here!”
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| "You could have killed Mam!" |
When Dol returns, she is told to get her stuff and leave; “You should have told me weeks ago – you could have killed Mam!”
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| "Kath is the junkie – she should go!" |
Vicky argues that Kath is the junkie and should go,
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| "If it will make Kath better, I'll go!" |
but Dol acquiesces, maintaining, “If leaving will make Kath better, then I’ll go!” Vicky shouts that thanks to Kath and the mess that she has created, she is going to lose her Gran.
In the cemetery, Debbie asks, “How did I have such a mature son?”
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| "I just do the opposite of what you say" |
He jokingly replies that he just does the opposite of what she tells him, then says he would like a minute on his own, so his mother waits a short distance away.
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| Ricky talks to Courtney |
He kneels by the grave and says, “I know you think it’s only sad and soppy people who celebrate St Dwynwen’s Day, but I’ve brought you a card – I knew you’d be angry if I didn’t!
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| "I'm still thinking of you" |
“I want you to know I’m still thinking of you. Jim’s not been dealing with things very well, but I’m trying to stay strong for both of us. I’ll look after him, and he’ll be all right, I promise. I might not be back for a while – this place is creepy – but I don’t need to see the grave to remember you or think about you. Whether I move on or not, I’ll never forget you.”
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| "I love you, Courtney" |
As he places the card by the flowers, he whispers, “I love you, Courtney.”
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| "I thought I was helping" |
Dol hands over the bag of drugs to Mark, assuring him that she meant no harm, but thought she was helping. Vicky asks where she will go,
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| "They'll look after me at Ponty" |
and Dol replies, “Ponty of course – they’ll look after me. I’ll call at the café on the way to the bus stop and see your Mam – I’m not going for ever, and anyway, you’ve got a new Gran to look after now.”
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| "I'm not related to HER!" |
Vicky is quite emphatic, “I’m not related to HER!”
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| "Do it for your family" |
Dol rather emotionally tells Kath, “If you can’t get better for yourself, then do it for your family. The next time I’m here, I shall want to see the old Kath!”
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| A parting hug |
They hug, and as Dol leaves,
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| "I'm going to do this, Mark!" |
Kath vows to Mark that she is going to do this.
