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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 197133" data-attributes="member: 23"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><u>Episodes 161-166 </u></span> <em>…continued</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>The relationship between Barbara and Donald continues to be compelling viewing. As they deal with their grief, it’s quite a journey: from arriving home together in the aftermath to making funeral arrangements, to Barbara losing patience and destroying him in front of her family at her son’s will reading.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/htZods.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/iHWK7y.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Episode #162 - the same episode in which Barbara chews him out - shows Donald at his noblest. He is the driving force behind making two of Alan’s dreams a reality.</p><p></p><p>Alan’s left Donald his ashes. He also left Barbara the manuscript for an autobiographical novel in which, naturally, Donald is the villain of the piece. And she asks him to read it and let her know if she should publish it or not.</p><p></p><p>He watches Alan’s video, in which Alan asks him to hand his ashes to a surfer “to scatter them while riding on the face of a wave”.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/J2e6GB.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>We then see Donald flicking through the manuscript and hear fragments of the content in Alan’s voice.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/eFeuZU.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/2CoYOU.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/4iXxJe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Next we see Donald approach a bonfire with the video and the manuscript in his hands.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/ariNDz.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/v2lBfz.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/6YihdG.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Then we segue to the video on the smouldering remains of the bonfire and Donald watching reflectively. Bobby arrives and has a conversation with him. And it’s only when he stands to leave that he picks something up, walks off and then turns around to say something else and we see what he’s holding.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/yZd2YT.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>It’s a nice, understated reveal. It’s not cued in with music, nor is there a zoom. It’s just something that the audience can feel good about spotting if and when they do.</p><p></p><p>Watching the video in isolation. Burning something precious to him. Letting others' wills be carried out at the expense of his own happiness. It’s pure Greg Sumner.</p><p></p><p>Donald discusses the manuscript with Barbara:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And we see him carry out Alan’s wishes for his cremains. As with watching the video, reading the manuscript and the burning ceremony, Donald watches alone. A solitary figure on the beach, sharing the moment only with us.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/22U3HL.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Even after this he continues to be misunderstood. He’s absent from the next episode which features the party Alan asked for, but this is well used on his return when Barbara is furious about his non-attendance:</p><p></p><p>It’s a lovely little moment of insightful self-deprecation. And his acknowledging how others feel about him increases both his own isolation and our empathy towards him.</p><p></p><p>And he’s about to become lonelier still with the departure of Barbara:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/R3l2Bo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: right"><em>continued…</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 197133, member: 23"] [SIZE=6][U]Episodes 161-166 [/U][/SIZE] [I]…continued[/I] The relationship between Barbara and Donald continues to be compelling viewing. As they deal with their grief, it’s quite a journey: from arriving home together in the aftermath to making funeral arrangements, to Barbara losing patience and destroying him in front of her family at her son’s will reading. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/htZods.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/iHWK7y.jpg[/IMG] Episode #162 - the same episode in which Barbara chews him out - shows Donald at his noblest. He is the driving force behind making two of Alan’s dreams a reality. Alan’s left Donald his ashes. He also left Barbara the manuscript for an autobiographical novel in which, naturally, Donald is the villain of the piece. And she asks him to read it and let her know if she should publish it or not. He watches Alan’s video, in which Alan asks him to hand his ashes to a surfer “to scatter them while riding on the face of a wave”. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/J2e6GB.jpg[/IMG] We then see Donald flicking through the manuscript and hear fragments of the content in Alan’s voice. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/eFeuZU.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/2CoYOU.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/4iXxJe.jpg[/IMG] Next we see Donald approach a bonfire with the video and the manuscript in his hands. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/ariNDz.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/v2lBfz.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/6YihdG.jpg[/IMG] Then we segue to the video on the smouldering remains of the bonfire and Donald watching reflectively. Bobby arrives and has a conversation with him. And it’s only when he stands to leave that he picks something up, walks off and then turns around to say something else and we see what he’s holding. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/yZd2YT.jpg[/IMG] It’s a nice, understated reveal. It’s not cued in with music, nor is there a zoom. It’s just something that the audience can feel good about spotting if and when they do. Watching the video in isolation. Burning something precious to him. Letting others' wills be carried out at the expense of his own happiness. It’s pure Greg Sumner. Donald discusses the manuscript with Barbara: And we see him carry out Alan’s wishes for his cremains. As with watching the video, reading the manuscript and the burning ceremony, Donald watches alone. A solitary figure on the beach, sharing the moment only with us. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/22U3HL.jpg[/IMG] Even after this he continues to be misunderstood. He’s absent from the next episode which features the party Alan asked for, but this is well used on his return when Barbara is furious about his non-attendance: It’s a lovely little moment of insightful self-deprecation. And his acknowledging how others feel about him increases both his own isolation and our empathy towards him. And he’s about to become lonelier still with the departure of Barbara: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/R3l2Bo.jpg[/IMG] [RIGHT][I]continued…[/I][/RIGHT] [/QUOTE]
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