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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 391469" data-attributes="member: 23">I think Lynne's status on the series - a member of the main ensemble, but not as crucial as characters like Tom, Jan or Ken - gave the cliffhanger an edge because it made the outcome seem less certain. Lynne just might be viewed as secondary enough for The Powers That Be to view her as expendable. Absolutely. It echoes what had been done on series like Dallas and especially Knots Landing (albeit British viewers wouldn't have experienced upscaled Knots at that point), but it happens much earlier on in HW's run. Even so, to me it always felt organic and somehow appropriate. Reading this I had a distant recollection that actually they were shown back-to-back due to a prime time repeat of Series One right before Series Two launched. The ever-reliable Wikipedia confirms this:The change of haircuts to me felt very deliberate. It was a hallmark of the American prime time soaps for each season to give their characters a new look, and this felt like a nod to the influence of those series on this one. I can imagine Jan Harvey especially wanting to channel her inner Sue Ellen. When this first aired, I read so much into the first use of that theme song. Paired with that final line and Lynne's absence from the episode I assumed it had been written specifically to close that episode as an elegy to Lynne. Because of this I still get chills when I hear it. Well, you may not have heard the last of the upbeat version. In fact....   ....Well, I've already said too much, really. I love your specific charting of this relationship, and can't wait for updates on the Javril situation.</blockquote>

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