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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Werewillie Oleson" data-source="post: 66082" data-attributes="member: 8">They sort of fixed that by using The Corrs' song "Breathless" in episode four's opening sequence. Suddenly it seems so old.I still haven't figured out what Heather Lane is all about. For a scheming gold digger she's behaving pretty reckless and cocky - and she makes it very easy for everyone to dislike her.She has no idea how she's going to handle the pregnancy, and she'd love to revive the romance with her lover from Hawaii, Chandler.Her biggest enemy Peter is still trying to court Samantha (who's in love with Chandler) and tells her that he has changed.It's funny that so many soap characters think that, just because they "have changed", everything and everyone else will change too. As if those magic words would open Aladdin's cave where all the treasure is hidden.Chandler decides that he can't live with the lies anymore and tells Heather that she has to tell Richard, or else he will.She decides to outfox Chandler and asks Richard if he's ready to start a family with her. He says "not yet!", which only complicates the situation because now she can't pull the surprise-pregnancy-stunt anymore. And that's what she should have done before she asked him, instead of telling Chandler that he's the father.Episode 5 has no sound, but I decided not to skip it. This was my first Silent Soap experience, and after 20 minutes or so I almost got used to it. I even forgot to take off my headphones, silly me.A few intertitles would have been nice though.[ATTACH=full]4196[/ATTACH]Somehow, Peter stumbles upon a surveillance tape from the Hawaiian hotel where Chandler and Hearther stayed during their romance.[ATTACH=full]4197[/ATTACH]He confronts her with the tape and forces her to sign something but I don't know what it was. But it wasn't relevant in the next episode..??Anyway, because of this evidence, combined with the inconvenient pregnancy, it looks like Heather Lane's game is over. If there was a game to begin with.But then...[ATTACH=full]4198[/ATTACH]...a very convenient soap tragedy strikes, as the person who should definitely not know what's going on around him dies.The first half of the sixth episode is all about the funeral and memories etc and I found it surprisingly touching, considering that I haven't seen many episodes and I haven't decided yet whether I should care for these characters or not.But perhaps that's the magic of soap: once you're in, you're in.The Williams brothers both make a little speech at their father's funeral. Chandler's speech was too pompous for my taste.I don't like to say negative things about the actors but, apart from being incredibly handsome, Casper van Dien doesn't have screen presence.I'm sure he loves to act, but it's just not there, no matter how hard I look for it.Peter's emotional speech was far more effective since he appeared rather untouched about his father's death in the scenes before the funeral.[ATTACH=full]4199[/ATTACH]Peter learns that Richard's will was updated 6 months before the wedding. He tells Heather that, if she tries to contest the will, the tape will prove that she's a fraud.But...that surveillance tape dates from a period before the wedding, she was still a single woman back then.<img src="http://yoursmiles.org/msmile/think/m1703.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":think:" title="Think    :think:" data-shortname=":think:" />Anyway, he sends her packing, with a cheque for one million dollars. But just when she's about to leave the house - "Lucille, could you open the door for me?"/"Do it yourself, madam!" - another lawyer shows up with a newly updated version of the will.Gosh, I actually cheered for Heather Lane!So, she does inherit an equal share in the company AND she can stay in the house.Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.The interesting part is that these characters, who have a reason to dislike eachother, now hate eachother for the wrong reasons.Gwen wrongfully blames Heather for Richard's death - and she's going to destroy! her, and then Heather tells Gwen that she's pregnant with Richard's child!I like it when things get a little messy, because that makes it less predictable.At this point, nobody seems to be sure of his/her position in this family war.</blockquote>

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