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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 200240" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>I enjoyed going straight from 'Swan Song' to 'Return to Camelot'. Seeing what flowed seamlessly and what didn't was all part of the fun - a bit like the normal difference between the end of one season and the start of the next where there's usually some shift in feel or emphasis and some of the actors have returned with a new haircut, only more so. I think I might have been a little disappointed if there hadn't been <em>any</em> discernible differences between one season and another.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, there's just that line from Pam to Bobby later on in the season, "Mark is gone." I don't mind the unexplained sadness of that at all. My assumption is that Mark was in Hong Kong, that he was on the other end of that phone, but that he then died.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Practically speaking, the average viewer back in '86 would most likely have forgotten most of the details of the Naldo murder plot and there probably didn't seem a lot of point in going over old ground, so yes, I think we're left to assume that Katherine was behind it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There's a scene just before the dream where Clayton advises Dusty to stay away from Sue Ellen so I guess he listened to his daddy for once.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sue Ellen's "road to sobriety" storyline during the dream season felt a bit pious and dull to me so I kind of like the way 'Return to Camelot' stuck two fingers up to all that and allowed her to remain her good old dysfunctional self. "Hating you the way I do's enough to keep me sober!"</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, suddenly Mandy's condo has a jacuzzi! I kind of liked that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It means we skip Mandy becoming JR's doormat in the dream - "I'll be your wife or your mistress or anything else" - and she retains her independence. I quite like that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've never watched the dream in isolation - that might be interesting! I watched it as part of the whole series during my last re-watch and it was kind of nice to see it again after so long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James from London, post: 200240, member: 22"] I enjoyed going straight from 'Swan Song' to 'Return to Camelot'. Seeing what flowed seamlessly and what didn't was all part of the fun - a bit like the normal difference between the end of one season and the start of the next where there's usually some shift in feel or emphasis and some of the actors have returned with a new haircut, only more so. I think I might have been a little disappointed if there hadn't been [I]any[/I] discernible differences between one season and another. No, there's just that line from Pam to Bobby later on in the season, "Mark is gone." I don't mind the unexplained sadness of that at all. My assumption is that Mark was in Hong Kong, that he was on the other end of that phone, but that he then died. Practically speaking, the average viewer back in '86 would most likely have forgotten most of the details of the Naldo murder plot and there probably didn't seem a lot of point in going over old ground, so yes, I think we're left to assume that Katherine was behind it. There's a scene just before the dream where Clayton advises Dusty to stay away from Sue Ellen so I guess he listened to his daddy for once. Sue Ellen's "road to sobriety" storyline during the dream season felt a bit pious and dull to me so I kind of like the way 'Return to Camelot' stuck two fingers up to all that and allowed her to remain her good old dysfunctional self. "Hating you the way I do's enough to keep me sober!" Yes, suddenly Mandy's condo has a jacuzzi! I kind of liked that. It means we skip Mandy becoming JR's doormat in the dream - "I'll be your wife or your mistress or anything else" - and she retains her independence. I quite like that. I've never watched the dream in isolation - that might be interesting! I watched it as part of the whole series during my last re-watch and it was kind of nice to see it again after so long. [/QUOTE]
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