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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 357880" data-attributes="member: 23">14 November - 20 December 1978 3046 - 3067 Another month has come and gone and there’s a feeling of a series in its prime. Every plot and subplot is proving most enjoyable at the moment.One of the episodes circa #3060 has a fantastic Easter Egg hidden away at the beginning - even further back than than the VTR board. It has Noele Gordon speaking direct to camera as though we’re a guest who’s been away and reading from her notes about what’s been going on. It’s like a soapy Jackanory. I assume it aired before a significantly earlier episode since she ends by telling us about Doris Luke’s return and Mrs Bailey’s suicide.I’m extremely happy to say that Sharon and I have indeed clicked. And the thing that’s done it is that most archetypal of soap devices: the love triangle. As previously mentioned, she’s now an item with Victor Lee her boss at the garage, only for the return of his sister-in-law (and former lover) Adrienne "Rennie" Palmer" to threaten them.While I had my reservations about the garage becoming a part of the Xrds’ landscape again due to the limited dramatic scope, I’ve currently been enjoying these scenes where Rennie shows up at every opportunity to make goo-goo eyes at Victor when he’s there, and to have waspish and frosty exchanges with Sharon when he’s not. Their exchanges are abundant in what I recall Joan Collins once calling “soap-ease”. They're full of put downs and quips while also feeling rather stereotypical and daytime soap-ish… in the best way possible.Sharon’s capacity for getting to the heart of things is proving good for her character. While Rennie goes round the houses laying her traps, Sharon cuts straight through to the heart of things by tackling it head-on and speaking frankly. She’s also attempting to undermine Rennie’s attempts to undermine her(!) by pointing out her gameplay to Vic. While Sharon lays it on the line frankly, Rennie plays on Vic’s emotions by becoming emotional or upset, leading Sharon to ask him:Despite the unglamorous setting, Sharon - with her middle class airs - feels more at home in a bitchy exchange with a love rival than she does in her day to day life. There’s something rather Sons And Daughters about Sharon and Rennie’s scenes. Again, in the best way possible.Even more than this, I’ve even grown to like Sharon’s curt manner, such as the brevity of her speech at times, even to friends and colleagues with whom she gets along. Sharon seems to rarely say a complete sentence if it can be said in a clipped word or two, no matter how cold or rude the end result sounds. And I enjoy that.Things have come to a head with Sharon, Vic and Rennie at a dinner party where Sharon ended up pouring her wine over Vic and then sobbing to Diane after he left to take Rennie home. She’s nothing if not a drama queen, but the swings between her cool assessments and hot-headed reactions when provoked are proving very entertaining. continued</blockquote>

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