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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 360407" data-attributes="member: 23">3 April - 6 May 1980 3291 - 3304Happily, it seems there isn’t a standard Xrds wedding template. Meg and Hugh had the real time documentary feel akin to watching a Royal Wedding. At the other extreme, Mac and Trina’s wedding was offscreen and shown to us in a budget-saving series of Polaroids. Spring’s event of the season - David and Barbara’s Easter wedding - falls somewhere in between the two. There’s not the pomp and grandiosity of Birmingham cathedral and the cheering throngs, but the Hunters’ nuptials is far more organically soapy thanks to the story unfolding onscreen.The fallout from the shooting still resonates, with Rosemary escaping the sanatorium in order to watch the wedding, sneaking into the church and seen only by Chris who agrees not to tell anyone she was there. This is especially satisfying. Since I’m so used to everything getting blown out into the open and discussed among all the characters, this sense of collusion feels quite electric.Rosemary’s journey towards some kind of redemption has been a fascinating one. The shooting would seem to be the point of no return for her character and I like that the psychology has been explored beyond that. It’s not the first time the series has surprised me by continuing a story beyond its natural denouement (the story with John Clegg stalking Diane springs to mind), and I like being surprised this way.Both David and Barbara have gone on a belated honeymoon after some drama over David having to work at the motel and Barbara wanting to do a pre-arranged publicity tour, both of which coincided with the honeymoon dates.We’ve had a month or so of a very watchable Alison, with her quietly growing in confidence while working for the Hunters. There was a nice series of scenes where she wears a new dress she’s bought to look smart for work. It’s a modest knee-length dress, but Reg forbids her to wear the “shameful” lilac article due to the split at the side which threatens to show some leg , and I couldn’t help smiling at the irony that  he seems to have no problem at all with the almost constant nipplage on display due to her apparent aversion to bras.For me, there’s a fine line between standing up for herself and getting into very self-centred territory with Alison’s treatment of Reg. Her defiance of him to continue wearing the dress felt somehow right. But the way in which she chose to move off the farm felt like her getting into significantly more selfish behaviour.When David and Barbara ask her to move into the coach house to keep the home fires burning while they’re away, Alison insists “I must ask uncle”. But when she asks him and he does not immediately agree, she basically tells him tough titties, saying she’s already promised to do so, and off she strops.I’m unclear if she’s meant to be confused or something, but it does feel like the writing for Alison is quite bipolar at times. There’s the overly-humble ingenue. Then there’s the Alison who does exactly what she wants no matter what the cost to someone else. I suppose there’s a truth to that, since everyone has different facets, but it makes it difficult to root for her at times, since both extremes seem to be a way of avoiding responsibility. continued…</blockquote>

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