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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 72451" data-attributes="member: 23">The short first series has now given way to the second and Happy Ever After continues to be consistently good.After discussing politics, other episodes so far have covered topics including life, death and sex. Some of these topics come during the Fletchers' bedtime conversations. They're typified by Terry's angst which is usually exacerbated by June's casual comments, and it's interesting to try and spot where June's disinterest ends and her teasing begins. The best example of this was during Terry's health kick when they spoke at length about what would happen to June if Terry died, leading to his horror at learning she might remarry and set herself up in a flat in Cannes.Discussions around sex, too, have been an interesting watch. They had a similarly paced conversation about their love affairs before they met which again ended with Terry aghast on learning that June's past was at least as colourful as his. It's a simple little device based around expectations not being met, but very difficult to pull off and adds to the play-like feel of the series.When it comes to sex, Terry has been shown to be a little seedy at times, which is to the credit of the show. In the am dram episode he showed great disinterest in the rehearsal June held in their living room until buxom, breathy Madeline Smith swept in as Sally (Smith being from the same school of Seventies starlets as Georgina Moon - see post #11). He then became interested in filling a role when he discovered that the character's main function in the play was to rip off Sally's dress and get all rapey. The casual discussion of the rape scene is certainly an eye opener to anyone who considers Terry & June paragons of safe tweeness - even more so when one consider's Terry's arousal at the prospect. Naturally, Terry offered to drive Sally home, and his smug belief that his attraction is reciprocal gave way to a very unexpected fantasy action scene on his drive home where Terry's Austin Maxi morphed into a Jaguar roadster and whisked him to a helicopter where he was then taken to a horse from which he rode to rescue Sally from a castle tower. At this point his clothes switched to karate whites and he threw some people round. And all accompanied by Laurie Johnson type action music. This sequence segued to Terry kicking the bedsheets off, waking up June. It was well done and probably not too cheap, and it captured so much of the underlying delusion and impending mid-life crisis that drives Terry's character (and perhaps a good percentage of the target viewers').Do tell, WB. When did you watch it, and what are your memories of the show? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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