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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 34531" data-attributes="member: 8">Rita Jacks takes the stand in Rodney Harrington&#039;s trial, and it feels like big payoff.Before they start, all people under the age of 21 are instructed to leave the courtroom, and to me (and the characters in that scene) this really built the anticipation!Not that I&#039;ve learned something new from her testimony, but after Steven Cord had made her put her past as Joe&#039;s gang chick in such detail, it became more tangible.Witnessing this from the picture-perfect &quot;town&#039;s&quot; point of view, it does indeed come across as a shocking and scandalous revelation, and it puts the previous events more into perspective, especially Ada Jacks&#039; concern for her daughter&#039;s status in the Peyton Place community.A town divided! But isn&#039;t that the purpose of these trials? In essence, there&#039;s no difference between the Harringtons and the Carringtons.After Rita&#039;s testimony, Norman (always a bit of a loose cannon) takes it out on Steven. &quot;Think about your brother&quot;, he says.&quot;Yeah...my brother!&quot;, is Norman&#039;s reply.It&#039;s very interesting how these events push the characters in different directions. The animosity between Betty and Stella has reached boiling point, although I don&#039;t expect a physical catfight between them.I&#039;m not really concerned about Rodney. As the romantic lead of this series, I don&#039;t think he will be convicted and spend the rest of his life in jail.But I&#039;m sure there&#039;s going to be an aftermath.Allison continues to be her own worst enemy by refusing to talk about the things she doesn&#039;t remember. Mia Farrow&#039;s performance is mesmerizing, not many shows would have gotten away with this very extended storyline.Nevertheless, it looks like Constance (the Lola-Constance) is losing her patience and it&#039;s refreshing to see her as her own person, rather than the fiercely protective mother.And now the Dorothy-Constance has returned, and at some point she&#039;s going to give birth to a baby...I must highlight a truly bizarre scene between Allison and Russ Gehring. She asks him to play the guitar for her but he says he has finished his job that day and is ready to leave.But then he does it anyway, eventhough he appears to be very annoyed and hostile. And it doesn&#039;t seem to bother Allison at all.[ATTACH=full]2178[/ATTACH]Steven Cord, alone in the arena, where 5 minutes ago one life has been sacrificed to save another. It&#039;s a very dirty job!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 34531, member: 8"] Rita Jacks takes the stand in Rodney Harrington's trial, and it feels like big payoff. Before they start, all people under the age of 21 are instructed to leave the courtroom, and to me (and the characters in that scene) this really built the anticipation! Not that I've learned something new from her testimony, but after Steven Cord had made her put her past as Joe's gang chick in such detail, it became more tangible. Witnessing this from the picture-perfect "town's" point of view, it does indeed come across as a shocking and scandalous revelation, and it puts the previous events more into perspective, especially Ada Jacks' concern for her daughter's status in the Peyton Place community. A town divided! But isn't that the purpose of these trials? In essence, there's no difference between the Harringtons and the Carringtons. After Rita's testimony, Norman (always a bit of a loose cannon) takes it out on Steven. "Think about your brother", he says. "Yeah...my [I]brother[/I]!", is Norman's reply. It's very interesting how these events push the characters in different directions. The animosity between Betty and Stella has reached boiling point, although I don't expect a physical catfight between them. I'm not really concerned about Rodney. As the romantic lead of this series, I don't think he will be convicted and spend the rest of his life in jail. But I'm sure there's going to be an aftermath. Allison continues to be her own worst enemy by refusing to talk about the things she doesn't remember. Mia Farrow's performance is mesmerizing, not many shows would have gotten away with this very extended storyline. Nevertheless, it looks like Constance (the Lola-Constance) is losing her patience and it's refreshing to see her as her own person, rather than the fiercely protective mother. And now the Dorothy-Constance has returned, and at some point she's going to give birth to a baby... I must highlight a truly bizarre scene between Allison and Russ Gehring. She asks him to play the guitar for her but he says he has finished his job that day and is ready to leave. But then he does it anyway, eventhough he appears to be very annoyed and hostile. And it doesn't seem to bother Allison [I]at all[/I]. [ATTACH=full]2178[/ATTACH] Steven Cord, alone in the arena, where 5 minutes ago one life has been sacrificed to save another. It's a very dirty job! [/QUOTE]

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