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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 195002" data-attributes="member: 23"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><u>Episodes 120-122</u></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Alan Fisher has arrived. Appropriately enough, we first saw him on the crest of a wave.</p><p></p><p>Some adolescents have an epiphanic awakening on seeing Ursula Andress emerge from the sea. For me it was Alan Fisher exiting the ocean and stripping off his wetsuit watched by Bobby and Narelle as they fondled sausage rolls.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/jSDl8W.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/bbHBzJ.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>I love the chemistry between Bobby and Narelle. They’re both so lively together and I believe this friendship.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/9Ngabq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Narelle is now ensconced at the flat behind Ailsa’s shop and working at Alf’s shop where she gets up Celia’s nose. So that’s all promising. I really like Narelle. Her narration as Alan dries off is so enjoyably sexist.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/sGHy9y.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/sUni4l.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/9zvLCH.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/NpqKeb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/EEvNpC.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/dl3FAh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>As though he’s heard her, Alan does spend half of his first episode in a state of undress. And while to my current eyes he's a fairly generic twink, it’s easy to see why my high school self had a major crush.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/HK5lbt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/FLF5cp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/DC7lYh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/AtqOAC.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>He also keeps his identity a mystery until the end of the first episode. His initial scenes play up Bobby’s dumb surfie stereotype. Right down to a window sticker that would horrify both MeToo zealots <em>and</em> sticklers for good grammar (not to mention fathers).</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/PfvL6h.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>He knows Bobby, but she doesn’t recognise him. Until the end of the episode when he tries to jog her memory with a playful kiss... only for his long lost father to walk in.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/4SvrS9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/5EbfpP.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>And just like that, Alan goes from clown to antagonistic know-all bratty son, giving out righteous anger.</p><p></p><p>In fact, Alan’s something of a chameleon. We see different sides to him depending on whom he’s interacting with. He also has a Big Secret, so far disclosed to only Barbara offscreen, but it’s fairly easy to read between the lines:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>After Donald’s endearingly awkward interactions with Barbara and Ailsa, Alan’s presence is once again showing us the critical parent we’ve come to know, and I suspect now as then, my loyalties will shift from scene to scene.</p><p></p><p>The expanded - albeit disparate - Fisher family is proving good for integration in the series, strengthening the links between the Stewart and Fisher families. And then there’s Alan and Bobby. As well as Bobby motivated by making Frank envious, they share a desire to irritate Donald:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/sErNoA.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>But their true motives are still unclear. Perhaps as much to them as us. And the ties that truly bind them are yet further away, the benefit of hindsight making the current situation slightly icky.</p><p></p><p>There’s a significant line from Ailsa on that note:</p><p></p><p></p><p>In other news, Morag is scheming with Brett behind the scenes. Alf’s given Brett a bop on the nose. And Frank’s been left alone watching the wedding video in Lance’s caravan. So their goony antics at the wedding have an element of Chekov’s gun. Surely this is the reward for perseverance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 195002, member: 23"] [SIZE=6][U]Episodes 120-122[/U][/SIZE] Alan Fisher has arrived. Appropriately enough, we first saw him on the crest of a wave. Some adolescents have an epiphanic awakening on seeing Ursula Andress emerge from the sea. For me it was Alan Fisher exiting the ocean and stripping off his wetsuit watched by Bobby and Narelle as they fondled sausage rolls. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/jSDl8W.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/bbHBzJ.jpg[/IMG] I love the chemistry between Bobby and Narelle. They’re both so lively together and I believe this friendship. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/9Ngabq.jpg[/IMG] Narelle is now ensconced at the flat behind Ailsa’s shop and working at Alf’s shop where she gets up Celia’s nose. So that’s all promising. I really like Narelle. Her narration as Alan dries off is so enjoyably sexist. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/sGHy9y.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/sUni4l.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/9zvLCH.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/NpqKeb.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/EEvNpC.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/dl3FAh.jpg[/IMG] As though he’s heard her, Alan does spend half of his first episode in a state of undress. And while to my current eyes he's a fairly generic twink, it’s easy to see why my high school self had a major crush. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/HK5lbt.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/FLF5cp.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/DC7lYh.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/AtqOAC.jpg[/IMG] He also keeps his identity a mystery until the end of the first episode. His initial scenes play up Bobby’s dumb surfie stereotype. Right down to a window sticker that would horrify both MeToo zealots [I]and[/I] sticklers for good grammar (not to mention fathers). [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/PfvL6h.jpg[/IMG] He knows Bobby, but she doesn’t recognise him. Until the end of the episode when he tries to jog her memory with a playful kiss... only for his long lost father to walk in. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/4SvrS9.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/5EbfpP.jpg[/IMG] And just like that, Alan goes from clown to antagonistic know-all bratty son, giving out righteous anger. In fact, Alan’s something of a chameleon. We see different sides to him depending on whom he’s interacting with. He also has a Big Secret, so far disclosed to only Barbara offscreen, but it’s fairly easy to read between the lines: After Donald’s endearingly awkward interactions with Barbara and Ailsa, Alan’s presence is once again showing us the critical parent we’ve come to know, and I suspect now as then, my loyalties will shift from scene to scene. The expanded - albeit disparate - Fisher family is proving good for integration in the series, strengthening the links between the Stewart and Fisher families. And then there’s Alan and Bobby. As well as Bobby motivated by making Frank envious, they share a desire to irritate Donald: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/sErNoA.jpg[/IMG] But their true motives are still unclear. Perhaps as much to them as us. And the ties that truly bind them are yet further away, the benefit of hindsight making the current situation slightly icky. There’s a significant line from Ailsa on that note: In other news, Morag is scheming with Brett behind the scenes. Alf’s given Brett a bop on the nose. And Frank’s been left alone watching the wedding video in Lance’s caravan. So their goony antics at the wedding have an element of Chekov’s gun. Surely this is the reward for perseverance. [/QUOTE]
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