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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 208607" data-attributes="member: 23"><p><u><span style="font-size: 22px">Episodes 341-350</span></u></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Since we last left Ailsa about to smother her own infant child with a cushion, it’s understandable that the fallout from this has dominated most of this two weeks’ worth of episodes.</p><p></p><p>Firstly, let me just reiterate how much I loathe the spoilers that come in the “Next On Home and Away” thingies at the end of each episode. Why have a cliffhanger that’s followed IMMEDIATELY by a preview of the resolution. And often followed by a clip of the final scene of the next episode. I know some people love spoilers, but I’m just not one of them. This is a rewatch of a series I’ve seen before and I still don’t want to know what’s coming up. Once again, thank God ITV didn’t include these when they originally aired the series.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, as anyone who glanced at a second or two of the preview attached to the cliffhanger will know, Alf arrived home at a very convenient moment:</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/lNrZln.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/qHU764.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Ray Meagher does a really nice job of appearing shaken. There’s a scene where Pippa comes over at his request and he can’t even tell her what’s happened, he just sends her in to speak to Ailsa and disappears into Duncan’s bedroom.</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/jbJyfQ.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It’s some time before Alf is able to tell Tom what’s happened:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/6AWVA7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I really like that the two main couples of the series bonding in this way. It feels quite Ewing/Mackenzie. And on a related note, some recent-ish episodes have featured a Knotsian cross cutting of conversations between two different conversations discussing the same topic from different angles. It works well for this series.</p><p></p><p>Coming into this, I remembered Alf and Ailsa as the solid married couple. I knew there were problems created by Roo and whatnot, but overall I’d forgotten how many times they’d separated or called things off in some way. This run of episodes is another example of Ailsa walking away. This time, though, is different. While it’s Ailsa who wants to get away, it’s Alf who paves the way by swallowing his pride and asking Morag if Ailsa can stay with her.</p><p></p><p>After Bobby hears about the move, she’s quick to march over for a confrontation, but finds herself forcibly removed by the mistress of the house:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/3x6dnN.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/W2ndE0.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As ever, the growing friendship between Ailsa and Morag feels very authentic and highly watchable. There’s a growing mutual respect, but the fact that each also challenges the other stops their scenes from feeling too gooey or warm.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/7XD700.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Their exchanges elicit a great deal of honesty from one another, and so the simplest of conversations can cover a wide range of topics, delving deep and sometimes escalating into heated disagreement. And all with a thread of mutual respect running throughout. One such example begins with Morag reading a frivolous magazine questionnaire on marriage that Ailsa gets twitchy about:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/pX08ao.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/WVCr35.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The reasoning behind Morag not terminating her pregnancy here is close to the one she "confessed" to Nigel (this time without the need to punish her confidante for witnessing her vulnerability. Progress, perhaps). Quite a different light was cast on the option during her housewarming attack on Bobby in which she claimed that she <em>would</em> have aborted had she been presented with it as an option. Despite the apparent contradiction, both feel accurate. It's likely that the story she tells Ailsa (and told Nigel) is very close to the truth as it happened in 1969: after all, her defences are down here. But what she said at the housewarming also felt true for her retrospective wishes at that particular time. The "couldn't do that" Morag might have won out. But humans are fickle creatures, given to decisions based on whims and fears. And Morag is most definitely human.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></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: 208607, member: 23"] [U][SIZE=6]Episodes 341-350[/SIZE][/U] Since we last left Ailsa about to smother her own infant child with a cushion, it’s understandable that the fallout from this has dominated most of this two weeks’ worth of episodes. Firstly, let me just reiterate how much I loathe the spoilers that come in the “Next On Home and Away” thingies at the end of each episode. Why have a cliffhanger that’s followed IMMEDIATELY by a preview of the resolution. And often followed by a clip of the final scene of the next episode. I know some people love spoilers, but I’m just not one of them. This is a rewatch of a series I’ve seen before and I still don’t want to know what’s coming up. Once again, thank God ITV didn’t include these when they originally aired the series. Anyway, as anyone who glanced at a second or two of the preview attached to the cliffhanger will know, Alf arrived home at a very convenient moment: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/lNrZln.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/qHU764.jpg[/IMG] Ray Meagher does a really nice job of appearing shaken. There’s a scene where Pippa comes over at his request and he can’t even tell her what’s happened, he just sends her in to speak to Ailsa and disappears into Duncan’s bedroom. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/jbJyfQ.jpg[/IMG] It’s some time before Alf is able to tell Tom what’s happened: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/6AWVA7.jpg[/IMG] I really like that the two main couples of the series bonding in this way. It feels quite Ewing/Mackenzie. And on a related note, some recent-ish episodes have featured a Knotsian cross cutting of conversations between two different conversations discussing the same topic from different angles. It works well for this series. Coming into this, I remembered Alf and Ailsa as the solid married couple. I knew there were problems created by Roo and whatnot, but overall I’d forgotten how many times they’d separated or called things off in some way. This run of episodes is another example of Ailsa walking away. This time, though, is different. While it’s Ailsa who wants to get away, it’s Alf who paves the way by swallowing his pride and asking Morag if Ailsa can stay with her. After Bobby hears about the move, she’s quick to march over for a confrontation, but finds herself forcibly removed by the mistress of the house: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/3x6dnN.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/W2ndE0.jpg[/IMG] As ever, the growing friendship between Ailsa and Morag feels very authentic and highly watchable. There’s a growing mutual respect, but the fact that each also challenges the other stops their scenes from feeling too gooey or warm. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/7XD700.jpg[/IMG] Their exchanges elicit a great deal of honesty from one another, and so the simplest of conversations can cover a wide range of topics, delving deep and sometimes escalating into heated disagreement. And all with a thread of mutual respect running throughout. One such example begins with Morag reading a frivolous magazine questionnaire on marriage that Ailsa gets twitchy about: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/pX08ao.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/WVCr35.jpg[/IMG] The reasoning behind Morag not terminating her pregnancy here is close to the one she "confessed" to Nigel (this time without the need to punish her confidante for witnessing her vulnerability. Progress, perhaps). Quite a different light was cast on the option during her housewarming attack on Bobby in which she claimed that she [I]would[/I] have aborted had she been presented with it as an option. Despite the apparent contradiction, both feel accurate. It's likely that the story she tells Ailsa (and told Nigel) is very close to the truth as it happened in 1969: after all, her defences are down here. But what she said at the housewarming also felt true for her retrospective wishes at that particular time. The "couldn't do that" Morag might have won out. But humans are fickle creatures, given to decisions based on whims and fears. And Morag is most definitely human. [RIGHT][I]continued...[/I][/RIGHT] [/QUOTE]
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