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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 250262" data-attributes="member: 23">For a couple of episodes, he was using "all right", and I'd wondered if someone had had a quiet word with him about the "OK". But then in Duncan's final scene with Danni, he held her face and said "I care about you, 'kay?" and I almost exploded.Anyway, Duncan exited in the final moments of Episode Five*, and Rob returned in the opening scenes of Episode Six, which substantiates my theory that Jackman was standing in as the Guy Pearce type young heartthrob type.*At least, he was meant to have exited. But in his final scenes, Montana kissed him at the railway station and after she'd left he changed his mind about leaving and hopped off the train. But we never saw or heard from him again and he was said to have left. Some of the continuity is a little iffy, I think. Unless it was implied that he'd changed his mind about changing his mind and got back on the train. The romantic entanglements are very fast moving and seem very fluid depending who's around. Rob and Montana were sweethearts. But then Montana and Duncan fell for one another while Rob was out of town. When Rob returned after Duncan left, he proposed to Montana and she accepted. But then she travelled to the States to look after an unwell relative, promising to return. Victoria Blackwood returned an episode later and Rob proposed to her. But then Herbert Elliot proposed to Victoria and she accepted. Until she didn't. And then she left town. It's a little head-spinning.It was good to see Victoria return. Although, in true Snowy River fashion, her return is the first time it's officially acknowledged that she'd even left. She and Frank had simply stopped appearing and not been mentioned again. Now we're told that she and Frank had both left Paterson's Ridge, but had fallen out and Frank had never arranged for Victoria to receive her share of Oliver's estate. She'd fallen on hard times, and was being forced to work at Jessie's hotel after trying to leave without paying, leading to some fun banter from young Biddie who works there and who Victoria had treated shabbily while staying there (Biddie was one of the applicants for the housekeeper's job at Langara, turned down because she was completely unqualified and ditzy to say the least.The Victoria we meet in Season Four has changed and has more humility and less snobbery - something that the writing acknowledges. But she's still resourceful. She turned down Rob's proposal because she felt it was out of pity. But then she accepted Herbert's because he was solvent and she needed the security. But she came good in the end, even if she didn't stay to the very end of the series.I was a little surprised that Victoria was the only returnee of the main cast. I'd wondered if Kathleen and Michael might return for the final episode. Or even Montana, who left in the latter part of Season Four. But, no. By series' end, the core cast had dwindled significantly. But with enough key players to keep the series' voice authentic and consistent.The newer additions to the cast have worked. I really liked Montana. Danni Mk II has turned out to be perfectly serviceable. Young Josh is endearing enough.Even the supporting cast has shrunk. There have been so many that have been part of the fabric of the series. It seems right that Greg Parker is still there at the end, as he was in Season One. It seems so long, now, since he shot the bushranger and then gunned his sister down in panic. But he's still there, being frightfully charming and efficient and almost blending into the background in the best possible way. The new additions there, too, work well Karmen Raspovik as Miss Kira has been consistently likeable.Josephine Byrnes has been a breath of fresh air as Season Four's most significant addition, Jessie McClusky. She's charismatic and engaging, and the chemistry is great with all the other actors. In some ways she's filling the gap left by Kathleen, but she's so much more interesting and edgy as a character. Most importantly, her presence has added to the story. Her relationship with Emily throughout the season has been wonderful and shown some fascinating colours on Emily as well. I've been reminded a little of Valene and Lilimae on early Knots: the gentle homemaker and the mother who abandoned her to follow her dreams and her man, and all the consequences that come with that. Despite Snowy River's propensity for warm, fuzzy denouements, the journey of this relationship hasn't felt like an easy road. It's been difficult and at times has seemed hopeless. The connection they found by series end felt like one that had been earned.The Man From Snowy River has now wrapped up quietly. Well, reasonably quietly. There was a great deal of jeopardy in the final episodes, with Emily's carriage crashing after the wheel came off (the Paterson's ridge coachbuilders are pretty hopeless, it seems. This has happened numerous times now), and Emily stumbling into an isolated cabin that just happened to be occupied by an escaped mental patient. She, Matt (who came looking for her) and Dieter Brummer (a young police officer who came looking for the escaped patient) ended up being held hostage at gunpoint and Matt had to deliver Emily's baby when she went into labour.Simultaneously, a nasty man and his sons came to Paterson's Ridge for revenge against the absent Matt who had turned in his third son as a bushranger, leading to the son being hanged. They laid siege to the whole town, cutting off communication with the outside world and turned it into a ghost town, with everyone locked down and unable to leave their homes (how very relatable in 2020). The nasty man decided to duel with one of the McGregor boys, and it eventually came down to Colin (he went so far as to punch Rob unconscious to protect him from taking the risk). It seemed only fair, since Rob had been shot an episode or two before by someone who'd stolen their horses, prompting Matt to go after the man in question and give him a beating before turning him in.Anyway, Colin ended up being shot in the thigh, while Jessie took down the duelist with a shotgun when she realised he had two guns. Meanwhile, Dieter Brummer proposed to the escaped patient. As you do.I've thoroughly enjoyed the entire series. Far more than I'd thought I would when I first looked into watching it. I'm glad I took the opportunity to give it a go.</blockquote>

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