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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 247499" data-attributes="member: 23">A third of the way through Season Two and Snowy River continues to flow gently along, remaining consistent despite occasional changes to the scenery.Kathleen now has a finger in every pie, from the newspaper to the railroad. With a sideline in sleuthing in order to help out Matt in his duty as an MP. A scene where a train was held up probably best described Kathleen's penchant for making everything her business When the train stopped, others waited patiently while Kathleen immediately stuck her head out of the window and demanded the driver tell her what was going on. Seeing there was danger, the driver instructed her to stay inside the train. Kathleen moved back inside the train just long enough to tell her companions "I'm going to see what's happening", before opening the door and stepping out. And the irony is that the train was held up specifically to prevent Kathleen from interfering by getting crucial papers to Matt.Later on, with armed men outside telling everyone to stay in the carriage, Kathleen leaves again. She steps onto the ground and a shot is fired, landing near her feet. She pauses, then takes another step or two. Another shot is fired. She pulls a face resembling Mrs Slocombe when asked for a refund, hoists up her skirt and continues walking. And so it goes. Her stubborn attitude could be viewed as bravery under desperation. Or it could just be seen as someone who just can't help getting involved, no matter what the situation and no matter what the risk to others.She's not alone. Colin was also on board the train and got himself shot by stepping out himself, trying to negotiate and not heeding warnings to get back (to be fair, Colin's ethereal mousy wife was pregnant and experiencing some pain. She ended up miscarrying). People get shot a fair bit on this series. Just an episode or so earlier, Colin had removed pellets from Rob's backside (in a mildly homoerotic scene) when Rob had been shot by Victoria.Frank Blackwood is very much the Wayne Hamilton of the piece. A spoilt, privileged brat who smirks a lot and is generally nasty to everyone. Now there's no Oliver, Frank is on the verge of becoming a tyrant.I haven't missed Oliver as much as I'd thought I would.  And there hasn't really been time to miss Luke either. I've been too busy playing "spot the guest star". There was whiny Julie Webb from Sons and Daughters, playing a whiny single mother; there was Dr Clive the Gorillagram from Neighbours playing an ex-con who's also an expert douser, sniffing out water during a drought the way Digger Barnes claimed to sniff oil (it's to the series' credit that, despite me anticipating a Clive/Mike reunion when I first saw him, by the time they interacted later in the episode I was too invested in the story for the significance to register); there's Al the hologram from Quantum Leap as a blind professor who turned out to be neither, but actually a con artist who attempted to turn over the bank. And just arrived is Olivia Newton-John herself, as a mysterious woman looking for her father who turned up in time to help young Michael spread the word about the train hold up.</blockquote>

Verification: Who played JR Ewing?