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“Welcome to Summer Bay”: Rewatching the early years.
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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 199408" data-attributes="member: 23"><p><u><span style="font-size: 22px">Episodes 213-215</span></u> <em>(...continued)</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>Perhaps my earlier wish that Gary’s arrival would flesh out Jeff in some way is being fulfilled. Well, technically, it’s Gary’s <em>departure</em> that’s doing this, but since he had to arrive in order to depart it’s close enough.</p><p></p><p>For a start, Jeff’s made his sincere amends to Craig:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/Gwsdtd.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>In the aftermath of the news of his brother’s death, we see a couple of scenes of Jeff alone and clearly trying to suppress his pain. First he looks over the newspaper headline for a few seconds. And as his lip starts to quiver he angrily crushes the paper up and stands up. Then he spots a framed picture of Gary, walks an picks it up, looks as though he’s about to cry and then angrily smashes the photo. It’s an interesting little scene with no dialogue that shows us very effectively that Jeff is even harder on himself that he was his students.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/VGsxMp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/g0j6gU.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/RkZfBI.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Carly, Bobby and Roo (and I guess Alison and Alyce) have now all but finished at Summer Bay High, having completed their HSCs. I <em>think</em> Steven still has another year or two, though I’ve lost track. I’m quite the fan of the scenes in the corridors at the school, so feel a little sad that perhaps I’ve seen the end of that era with this particular group.</p><p></p><p>To celebrate, Frank hires a chauffeur driven Rolls-Royce and sweeps Bobby off her feet and away into the countryside where a table is set for silver service.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/cUWBRj.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>He lifts the lid off the platter to reveal:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/2iAlK9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/vZBIfy.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It’s a memorable exchange that could have been made between David and Beryl Palmer. Or David Palmer and Patricia Hamilton during one of their lovey-dovey affairs (before reality set in for Patricia). But it does feel a little off and contrived here. It occurs to me that Frank is a yuppie of kinds here. He wears a suit to work, is getting confident at his job and I get the sense he now has aspirations. At this point, I don’t see him envisaging a life of fish and chips for himself. It may have been said in humility or self deprecation, or simply to hit the right romantic notes. But it didn’t feel truthful. </p><p></p><p>In general, I find the Bobby/Frank romance saccharine and twee (though, fortunately, not <em>quite</em> as saccharine and twee as I remembered it). This sequence probably highlights everything I enjoy and everything I don’t enjoy about their whole storyline. It straddles the line between over the top idealised romance and earthy rebellion, but it doesn’t really get the balance right in any way that I can stomach.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 199408, member: 23"] [U][SIZE=6]Episodes 213-215[/SIZE][/U] [I](...continued)[/I] Perhaps my earlier wish that Gary’s arrival would flesh out Jeff in some way is being fulfilled. Well, technically, it’s Gary’s [I]departure[/I] that’s doing this, but since he had to arrive in order to depart it’s close enough. For a start, Jeff’s made his sincere amends to Craig: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/Gwsdtd.jpg[/IMG] In the aftermath of the news of his brother’s death, we see a couple of scenes of Jeff alone and clearly trying to suppress his pain. First he looks over the newspaper headline for a few seconds. And as his lip starts to quiver he angrily crushes the paper up and stands up. Then he spots a framed picture of Gary, walks an picks it up, looks as though he’s about to cry and then angrily smashes the photo. It’s an interesting little scene with no dialogue that shows us very effectively that Jeff is even harder on himself that he was his students. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/VGsxMp.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/g0j6gU.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/RkZfBI.jpg[/IMG] Carly, Bobby and Roo (and I guess Alison and Alyce) have now all but finished at Summer Bay High, having completed their HSCs. I [I]think[/I] Steven still has another year or two, though I’ve lost track. I’m quite the fan of the scenes in the corridors at the school, so feel a little sad that perhaps I’ve seen the end of that era with this particular group. To celebrate, Frank hires a chauffeur driven Rolls-Royce and sweeps Bobby off her feet and away into the countryside where a table is set for silver service. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/cUWBRj.jpg[/IMG] He lifts the lid off the platter to reveal: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/2iAlK9.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/vZBIfy.jpg[/IMG] It’s a memorable exchange that could have been made between David and Beryl Palmer. Or David Palmer and Patricia Hamilton during one of their lovey-dovey affairs (before reality set in for Patricia). But it does feel a little off and contrived here. It occurs to me that Frank is a yuppie of kinds here. He wears a suit to work, is getting confident at his job and I get the sense he now has aspirations. At this point, I don’t see him envisaging a life of fish and chips for himself. It may have been said in humility or self deprecation, or simply to hit the right romantic notes. But it didn’t feel truthful. In general, I find the Bobby/Frank romance saccharine and twee (though, fortunately, not [I]quite[/I] as saccharine and twee as I remembered it). This sequence probably highlights everything I enjoy and everything I don’t enjoy about their whole storyline. It straddles the line between over the top idealised romance and earthy rebellion, but it doesn’t really get the balance right in any way that I can stomach. [/QUOTE]
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