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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 366960" data-attributes="member: 23">Oh God, yes. Losing Bobby and Sheila at once would have been awful*, so I understand why it was written this way.Looking back on it, though, the whole scenario reminds me of what Melrose Place was doing half a decade later: pairing up random characters and shuffling them between different houses like chess pieces. I think that kind of thing is easier to buy with characters like Barry or Terry - and even Billy - but Sheila's so intrinsically connected to No. 5 as the series' heart for me that everything felt a bit off kilter for me once she was transplanted. It's especially hard for me to contemplate it watching these early episodes as it would be unimaginable for her to cross that threshold. Still, at least the series acknowledged this with (if I'm remembering correctly) Sheila struggling with the new setup for a while.* Actually, part of me feels that both Bobby and Sheila going would have helped give The Golden Years an even more clearly defined ending. Oh, great stuff!!This is intriguing. I really want to know why Shelagh O'Hara is hiding here. Has she had enough? Is she not  ready? Is it just larking round?This set of shots always feels really special to me. There's something very wintry and otherworldly about them... especially the ones that are taken from above. They also really capture a time and place really well. Danny Webb's presence almost certainly helps since he was only there for a couple of months.Oh my..  on first glance I thought Gizzmo was on the right. It took me a few moments to realise it was Phil Redmond. And while I was processing this, it was only afterwards that I finally noticed that Gizzmo is there on the left!Yes - that has to be a read-through, but I wonder where they are?As far as I know, the production offices and conference suites were in the houses to the left of the Taylor house so that's where I'd have assumed these things would happen... certainly by the time Michelle was on the series. Or if not there, in the canteen, which I believe was the house to the right of the Grants' house. But this is clearly neither of those.It looks like a school hall or old community centre. Or could it be the working men's club they featured a few times? I suppose if they're hiring a larger space to film a few scenes with a lot of the cast, it makes sense that they'd make use of it to get some business done. Looking at the decor, it's around Christmas time, and Tracy Jay being there puts it at 1983 or 1984. I'm in November 1983, so I'll keep an eye out to see if I spot this hall in the next couple of months.  I do like a good mystery.</blockquote>

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