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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 250948" data-attributes="member: 22">Well, I wasn&#039;t so much defending the story, just saying what I like about it -- but, d&#039;oh, I forgot the thing I like most! Mavis Anderson’s lovely final scene which brings her character full circle. Prompted by Miss Ellie confiding her suspicions about Clayton’s infidelity, she reveals that Punk also once had an affair with a younger woman and that she knew about it but never said anything. “It was shortly after Jock’s death,” she explains. “In fact, I’m pretty sure that’s what caused it.” This timeline puts the affair at around the same time Mavis first appeared onscreen as Ellie’s confidante encouraging her to resume public life following the loss of her husband. To think that Mavis would have been silently dealing with her own turmoil at the same time! We never knew, of course, because her function has always been to act as a sounding board for Miss Ellie’s problems. It’s only now, at the end, where we finally get a glimpse into her inner life. What&#039;s interesting about the way the scene does play out is that instead of the show putting the emphasis on Laurel and her suffering and telling us how we&#039;re supposed to feel about it, that responsibility is put back onto the individual viewer. &quot;As I&#039;m watching JR chuckling away, how do I feel about the violent crime he&#039;s just committed and got away with scot-free? Do I even care?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James from London, post: 250948, member: 22"] Well, I wasn't so much defending the story, just saying what I like about it -- but, d'oh, I forgot the thing I like most! Mavis Anderson’s lovely final scene which brings her character full circle. Prompted by Miss Ellie confiding her suspicions about Clayton’s infidelity, she reveals that Punk also once had an affair with a younger woman and that she knew about it but never said anything. “It was shortly after Jock’s death,” she explains. “In fact, I’m pretty sure that’s what caused it.” This timeline puts the affair at around the same time Mavis first appeared onscreen as Ellie’s confidante encouraging her to resume public life following the loss of her husband. To think that Mavis would have been silently dealing with her own turmoil at the same time! We never knew, of course, because her function has always been to act as a sounding board for Miss Ellie’s problems. It’s only now, at the end, where we finally get a glimpse into her inner life. What's interesting about the way the scene does play out is that instead of the show putting the emphasis on Laurel and her suffering and telling us how we're supposed to feel about it, that responsibility is put back onto the individual viewer. "As I'm watching JR chuckling away, how do[I] I[/I] feel about the violent crime he's just committed and got away with scot-free? Do I even care?" [/QUOTE]

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