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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 247741" data-attributes="member: 23">Oh - she did. And it was worked into the plot. Her character had to sing a secular version of The Rocking Carol like a siren to draw her long-lost young brother from a disused mineshaft where he was hiding, while his abusive stepfather - Martin Healy from Sons and Daughters - was threatening to bring it crashing down, despite being held at gunpoint.The scene took place away from Paterson&#039;s Ridge, so sadly there were no Martin/Peter reunions. Actually, Brett Climo hardly appeared in said episode at all. He was presumably gearing up for the following Colin-heavy episode in which interfering Kathleen brought a found baby to the house because she thought it would be good for Emily who had recently miscarried (God spare me from clueless fixers like Kathleen). At first the mother was thought to be the coach crash&#039;s only other survivor: Alison&#039;s messed up sister from Melrose Place (AKA Mrs Cole Gioberti. Formerly Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler&#039;s messed up screen daughter. Latterly the nun sidekick from the Father Dowling Mysteries) Nobody believed her denials. But then she wasn&#039;t the mother, so the baby was an orphan, and forced repeatedly onto Emily by Kathleen. Only for the real mother to show up after Emily had bonded, meaning Emily had to give him up. Nice work, Kathleen.The episode helped me appreciate the character of Emily who so far for much of the series has seemed a little insipid, mostly blending into the background. But I&#039;ve now seen parallels with Olivia from A Place To Call Home. She&#039;s newly married to a man she adores, but struggling to find her sense of place and purpose within the family as well as the world. But when she feels strongly about something, she can be impassioned. As seen in her outburst to the woman she thought had abandoned a child.It also gave us some very nice Brett Climo scenes. Like the wordless scene where he opens the drawer and takes out the booties that were ready for their baby and just gives a reflective little smile. And the scene where the aftermath of the coach crash and the found baby shook his faith again:[MEDIA=youtube]zghP7Mgl5Dk:20[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 247741, member: 23"] Oh - she did. And it was worked into the plot. Her character had to sing a secular version of [I]The Rocking Carol [/I]like a siren to draw her long-lost young brother from a disused mineshaft where he was hiding, while his abusive stepfather - Martin Healy from [I]Sons and Daughters[/I] - was threatening to bring it crashing down, despite being held at gunpoint. The scene took place away from Paterson's Ridge, so sadly there were no Martin/Peter reunions. Actually, Brett Climo hardly appeared in said episode at all. He was presumably gearing up for the following Colin-heavy episode in which interfering Kathleen brought a found baby to the house because she thought it would be good for Emily who had recently miscarried (God spare me from clueless fixers like Kathleen). At first the mother was thought to be the coach crash's only other survivor: Alison's messed up sister from [I]Melrose Place [/I](AKA Mrs Cole Gioberti. Formerly Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler's messed up screen daughter. Latterly the nun sidekick from the [I]Father Dowling Mysteries[/I]) Nobody believed her denials. But then she wasn't the mother, so the baby was an orphan, and forced repeatedly onto Emily by Kathleen. Only for the real mother to show up after Emily had bonded, meaning Emily had to give him up. Nice work, Kathleen. The episode helped me appreciate the character of Emily who so far for much of the series has seemed a little insipid, mostly blending into the background. But I've now seen parallels with Olivia from [I]A Place To Call Home[/I]. She's newly married to a man she adores, but struggling to find her sense of place and purpose within the family as well as the world. But when she feels strongly about something, she can be impassioned. As seen in her outburst to the woman she thought had abandoned a child. It also gave us some very nice Brett Climo scenes. Like the wordless scene where he opens the drawer and takes out the booties that were ready for their baby and just gives a reflective little smile. And the scene where the aftermath of the coach crash and the found baby shook his faith again: [MEDIA=youtube]zghP7Mgl5Dk:20[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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