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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 202501" data-attributes="member: 23">Episodes 255-257      (...continued)This isn’t the first time Roo has fallen out with Alf. And certainly not with Ailsa. And these have been overcome. So it’s to the credit of writers and actors that this family rift comes with an air of finality. The tone was set with Frank’s earlier willingness to believe that Roo was responsible for the letter. And after being launched so firmly from her family home, it’s Frank that Roo tracks down and takes her frustration out on, along with a threat that he’ll get his.<img src="https://i.vgy.me/hKMBui.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/vLajem.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />But it’s the rift with Alf and Ailsa that really stings. And there’s no sign of a thaw. Ailsa discusses with Alf how sick it was of Roo to present her with toys and clothes for the baby while all the time writing disgustingly cruel letters. Celia, to her credit, does her best to mediate but finds she’s wasting her breath:<img src="https://i.vgy.me/hM8U4R.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />They’re the words of people who have been taken for fools having turned the other cheek more than once and have resorted to being cold and hard to protect their own feelings. This, I can easily imagine, is something of a regression for Ailsa who had been necessitated to cut herself off emotionally in order to survive the dysfunction and violence around her, first at home and later in prison. It feels very much as though their current words and actions are mantras to keep the walls up, lest they allow themselves and each other to be hurt further. Like the betrayed spouse, whose love turns to anger and a hatred that informs every interaction from that point on. it’s the other side of the coin. And Ailsa, most of all, has brought up her walls. Even as a viewer, this almost hurts because we’re back to where we were a year ago. This gives us complete empathy for Roo and allows us to feel simultaneously frustrated and invested in this new-but-familiar situation.When faced with a brick wall, Roo responds in kind and it just creates more misery. On seeing the returned gifts, she angrily says that they should go to charity as she never wants Ailsa to have them. More than anything else, it’s just incredibly sad.With Roo having no choice but to stay with her aunts, Morag has the gift of time. Which she uses to plant the seeds of acrimony, getting several birds with one stone:It’s enjoyably warped. Because the repercussions keep on rippling out and affecting more and more people. And Morag is the glue holding all the storylines  together. Until very recently, the Macklin development and the sale of the caravan park had seemed so separate from Bobby’s quest to find her parents. Which in turn was separate from the all-new Roo getting re-integrated into her community, or Ailsa’s pregnancy. Now there’s no telling where one ends and one begins. It’s like we’ve stepped back and seen how all of these smaller pieces - some of which seemed almost inconsequential at times - are part of a bigger picture that is filled with careful detail....continued</blockquote>

Verification: Who played JR Ewing?