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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 198683" data-attributes="member: 23"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><u>Episodes 200-206</u></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You have to feel for Donald Fisher. He’s trying to keep his life as normal as possible but keeps walking into these soapy scenarios. In this case it’s quite literal. Like the viewer who’s missed a few consecutive episodes, he pops into the Fletchers after hearing about the amnesia, only to be told he’s behind the times. Voicing the obscene ridiculousness of it all serves as a pre-emptive strike to get the audience on the same side. Any “us” and “them” isn’t the between audience and characters. It can’t be if the characters are responding with the same incredulity we would.</p><p></p><p>As is evident from Donald’s neat little recap of just one character’s arc, things are moving very quickly in the Bay these days.</p><p></p><p>Behind almost every twist in the series at the moment is Gary Samuels. Like Alan Fisher before him, he is suddenly at the centre of things as the proponent of drama. Even more so, really. Even when not present, he’s a talking point for many and an obsession for some. And like Bobby Simpson and Nico Pappas, Gary has polarised the characters into pro and anti factions. And he revels in it. There’s a kind of mental chess game going on between Gary and Stacey Macklin at the moment. And he’s displaying the ego, charm and cruelty of someone clearly on the ASPD spectrum. He’s kind of Chip Roberts with a ponytail.</p><p></p><p>What makes Gary unique is that he’s created no end of great drama, conflict and interest without being particularly interesting to watch himself. He schemes, he uses, he boasts, he threatens, he makes phone calls to friends, he hangs out with his brother, he goes on dates. And for each scene he has exactly the same intonation, body language and expression. Lines are delivered in calm, hushed tones that are quite soporific.</p><p></p><p>One could theorise that Darius Perkins is bored or self conscious or phoning it in. And yet at the same time there’s something very right about it. He seems so mousy, unassuming and ordinary that it’s easy to understand why he’s got away with the scams he’s been running for years in the city. He seems so disinterested in people that it wouldn’t occur to most that playing head games is his thing. And we’ve been told he’s got a thing for younger women (Carly and Alison are part of this pattern), but he’s so boyish and timid that this hadn’t even registered with me until it was made a plot point. So it makes sense, too, that he’s got away with <em>that</em>. Perhaps, rather than Chip Roberts, Gary is Summer Bay’s answer to Tom Ripley. And perhaps nice, quiet Darius Perkins is perfectly cast.</p><p></p><p><em>Home and Away’s</em> unashamedly soapy amnesia storyline has come out of Gary’s presence. He’s the brains behind the 1988 Summer Bay Fun Run Burglaries, having provided maps for his friends to burgle all the homes of people he knew would be out attending the event, while attending the fun run with Carly to give himself a solid alibi since Stacey was keeping her eye on him after realising - but being unable to prove - that he stole and used the Macklin chequebook.</p><p></p><p>Bobby - who we’ve seen in training with Steven for months - was forced to stay at home after an orange juice related incident in which she fell and twisted her ankle. The OJ business - larking about with Tom and Carly - was a welcome moment in itself, since these three have been at it hammer and tongs in recent episodes. Tom vs. Carly. Carly vs. Bobby. Bobby vs. Tom. Due to Carly flouting the rules to be with Gary and Tom taking a job at Macklins after Frank was dismissed. Ugly words have been exchanged, with Bobby has even gone so far as to mock the suited Tom by asking him where his SS uniform was and then goose stepping, leading to a great outburst from Tom:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/MnVUAV.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>But all’s well again on the day of the fun run. Until the home invaders don’t count on Bobby being at home, leading to Bobby being thrown violently over the sofa and landing on her head. A stunt in which Nicolle Dickson clearly did a great deal (perhaps all) of the stunt work herself:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/oAYltv.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/gd9w4n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Notice on the right that Gary’s burglar friend, who Stacey found at a cocktail bar in the city, is none other than Adam Briscomb, AKA Charlie Bartlett’s son Adam Tate:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/juUl3D.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>After Bobby goes missing, Ailsa finds her staggering along in a fugue state and calls out to her, leading to an episode ending line worthy of middle years <em>Sons and Daughters</em>:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/pzUmMD.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/CjjqS7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/XaQjzq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></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: 198683, member: 23"] [SIZE=6][U]Episodes 200-206[/U][/SIZE] You have to feel for Donald Fisher. He’s trying to keep his life as normal as possible but keeps walking into these soapy scenarios. In this case it’s quite literal. Like the viewer who’s missed a few consecutive episodes, he pops into the Fletchers after hearing about the amnesia, only to be told he’s behind the times. Voicing the obscene ridiculousness of it all serves as a pre-emptive strike to get the audience on the same side. Any “us” and “them” isn’t the between audience and characters. It can’t be if the characters are responding with the same incredulity we would. As is evident from Donald’s neat little recap of just one character’s arc, things are moving very quickly in the Bay these days. Behind almost every twist in the series at the moment is Gary Samuels. Like Alan Fisher before him, he is suddenly at the centre of things as the proponent of drama. Even more so, really. Even when not present, he’s a talking point for many and an obsession for some. And like Bobby Simpson and Nico Pappas, Gary has polarised the characters into pro and anti factions. And he revels in it. There’s a kind of mental chess game going on between Gary and Stacey Macklin at the moment. And he’s displaying the ego, charm and cruelty of someone clearly on the ASPD spectrum. He’s kind of Chip Roberts with a ponytail. What makes Gary unique is that he’s created no end of great drama, conflict and interest without being particularly interesting to watch himself. He schemes, he uses, he boasts, he threatens, he makes phone calls to friends, he hangs out with his brother, he goes on dates. And for each scene he has exactly the same intonation, body language and expression. Lines are delivered in calm, hushed tones that are quite soporific. One could theorise that Darius Perkins is bored or self conscious or phoning it in. And yet at the same time there’s something very right about it. He seems so mousy, unassuming and ordinary that it’s easy to understand why he’s got away with the scams he’s been running for years in the city. He seems so disinterested in people that it wouldn’t occur to most that playing head games is his thing. And we’ve been told he’s got a thing for younger women (Carly and Alison are part of this pattern), but he’s so boyish and timid that this hadn’t even registered with me until it was made a plot point. So it makes sense, too, that he’s got away with [I]that[/I]. Perhaps, rather than Chip Roberts, Gary is Summer Bay’s answer to Tom Ripley. And perhaps nice, quiet Darius Perkins is perfectly cast. [I]Home and Away’s[/I] unashamedly soapy amnesia storyline has come out of Gary’s presence. He’s the brains behind the 1988 Summer Bay Fun Run Burglaries, having provided maps for his friends to burgle all the homes of people he knew would be out attending the event, while attending the fun run with Carly to give himself a solid alibi since Stacey was keeping her eye on him after realising - but being unable to prove - that he stole and used the Macklin chequebook. Bobby - who we’ve seen in training with Steven for months - was forced to stay at home after an orange juice related incident in which she fell and twisted her ankle. The OJ business - larking about with Tom and Carly - was a welcome moment in itself, since these three have been at it hammer and tongs in recent episodes. Tom vs. Carly. Carly vs. Bobby. Bobby vs. Tom. Due to Carly flouting the rules to be with Gary and Tom taking a job at Macklins after Frank was dismissed. Ugly words have been exchanged, with Bobby has even gone so far as to mock the suited Tom by asking him where his SS uniform was and then goose stepping, leading to a great outburst from Tom: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/MnVUAV.jpg[/IMG] But all’s well again on the day of the fun run. Until the home invaders don’t count on Bobby being at home, leading to Bobby being thrown violently over the sofa and landing on her head. A stunt in which Nicolle Dickson clearly did a great deal (perhaps all) of the stunt work herself: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/oAYltv.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/gd9w4n.jpg[/IMG] Notice on the right that Gary’s burglar friend, who Stacey found at a cocktail bar in the city, is none other than Adam Briscomb, AKA Charlie Bartlett’s son Adam Tate: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/juUl3D.jpg[/IMG] After Bobby goes missing, Ailsa finds her staggering along in a fugue state and calls out to her, leading to an episode ending line worthy of middle years [I]Sons and Daughters[/I]: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/pzUmMD.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/CjjqS7.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/XaQjzq.jpg[/IMG] [RIGHT][I]continued…[/I][/RIGHT] [/QUOTE]
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