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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 358013" data-attributes="member: 23">Oh, thanks. I&#039;m on the last disc of Box One now. I really didn&#039;t think Xrds would be this easy and enjoyable to soak up. Oh darn. I must be too late as it says &quot;video no longer available&quot;. Ah well. Considering how controlling he is in the kitchen, I&#039;ve found it good to see a more vulnerable side to him with Helen. Yes, he&#039;s still controlling in his marriage, but there&#039;s an undercurrent that he feels protective or responsible for her, and Helen enables it because it&#039;s convenient for her to do so with him whisking her away from her old life and setting her up with quite a nice job at the motel. I&#039;m not sure how much you&#039;ll have seen, but there&#039;s a business involving a pen where he makes himself look quite foolish by covering up for something she&#039;s done. It comes across that he&#039;s really putting her interests above his own. There&#039;s a gallantry to it, but I can understand why she&#039;d grow to resent the situation because it&#039;s diminished her independence and taken choices out of her hands. It&#039;s one of those situations where I can see both sides, and I see two flawed people. Ha ha. I&#039;ve just watched an episode where their penchant for twin beds is commented upon when they&#039;re staying away &quot;You Southerners. Married couples wanting twin beds. No wonder you&#039;re a dying breed&quot;. I thought the confrontation in the surgery was really good. I must confess I thought he had a gun or something when he walked in with his hand in the pocket of his overcoat. I wonder if we were meant to think that. Incidentally, that episode has some Easter Eggs before it. There are ten minutes of alternative takes of Mr Bailey&#039;s scenes at the surgery, which I found rather fascinating. Aha. That would explain it. I thought it was a lovely touch... a bit like Jackanory for adults. And I wouldn&#039;t have minded more of this, Oh my. I&#039;d forgotten all about this but it came straight back to me when it started playing. It&#039;s not as catchy as the original, but perhaps it just needs a Wings electric guitar cover to make it fly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 358013, member: 23"] Oh, thanks. I'm on the last disc of Box One now. I really didn't think [I]Xrds[/I] would be this easy and enjoyable to soak up. Oh darn. I must be too late as it says "video no longer available". Ah well. Considering how controlling he is in the kitchen, I've found it good to see a more vulnerable side to him with Helen. Yes, he's still controlling in his marriage, but there's an undercurrent that he feels protective or responsible for her, and Helen enables it because it's convenient for her to do so with him whisking her away from her old life and setting her up with quite a nice job at the motel. I'm not sure how much you'll have seen, but there's a business involving a pen where he makes himself look quite foolish by covering up for something she's done. It comes across that he's really putting her interests above his own. There's a gallantry to it, but I can understand why she'd grow to resent the situation because it's diminished her independence and taken choices out of her hands. It's one of those situations where I can see both sides, and I see two flawed people. Ha ha. I've just watched an episode where their penchant for twin beds is commented upon when they're staying away "You Southerners. Married couples wanting twin beds. No wonder you're a dying breed". I thought the confrontation in the surgery was really good. I must confess I thought he had a gun or something when he walked in with his hand in the pocket of his overcoat. I wonder if we were [U][I]meant[/I][/U] to think that. Incidentally, that episode has some Easter Eggs before it. There are ten minutes of alternative takes of Mr Bailey's scenes at the surgery, which I found rather fascinating. Aha. That would explain it. I thought it was a lovely touch... a bit like [I]Jackanory[/I] for adults. And I wouldn't have minded more of this, Oh my. I'd forgotten all about this but it came straight back to me when it started playing. It's not as catchy as the original, but perhaps it just needs a Wings electric guitar cover to make it fly. [/QUOTE]

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