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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: 200252" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 26px">SEASON TWO</span></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><u><span style="font-size: 22px">Episodes 229-232</span></u></p><p></p><p></p><p>Back in 1989 the delineation of the<em> Home and Away</em> seasons wasn’t clear to UK viewers. Now that we’ve caught up with Australian episodes, the series takes a lengthy break over Christmas here as it does there. But back then, the first episode of Season Two simply aired on ITV the day after the Season One finale with no fanfare or promotion.</p><p></p><p>I remember spotting the text at the end that mentioned the year changed from 1988 to 1989 with this episode which gave me a pang of excitement as I was watching it in 1989 and so it made the series, characters and actors feel somehow more tangible. This was a new experience for me in Aussie half hour soap fandom. We were still well over a year behind <em>Neighbours</em>, so episodes never displayed the year in which I was watching it. And we were so far behind with <em>Sons and Daughters, Prisoner </em>and the other ITV non-syndicated ones that part of their charm was smiling at the fashions worn by the characters.</p><p></p><p>In 2020 as in 1989 I began Season Two the day after Season One ended (it’s ironic that the watershed between seasons is still unclear even though Amazon Prime groups <em>Home and Away</em> into “Seasons”. According to their numbering, “Season Two” began with episode 200).</p><p></p><p>It’s plain to see why it wouldn’t be clear that this is a new season to layviewers. It’s mostly business as usual. Most importantly, the opening credits remain unchanged and identical.</p><p></p><p>There’s now The Bayside Diner, but even that set debuted at the end of Season One. We have seen the outside for the first time though.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/5rKDB3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>There are subtle clues that there is a slightly new direction. There’s Philip’s haircut (ye gods, the man had a farewell sequence just a few episodes ago and now he’s made a dramatic return). Certain elements have been amped up. The two most noticeable examples being more physical “comedy” with Lance and Martin and Stacey’s new, tyrannical personality. Both are terrible, but the change in Stacey is perhaps more disappointing because watching Lance and Martin was already an endurance test. Stacey isn’t unwatchable. Just more one-dimensional.</p><p></p><p>Stacey now takes the hard line with business and is happy to screw over Summer Bay. Her latest scheme is a residential housing development in addition to the resort. Something nobody in town was aware of until it was announced.</p><p></p><p>In a nice touch, the opening scenes of the season were taken from a promotional video she’d put together to push Summer Bay as a resort for wealthy city folks to have holiday pads:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/MnGmQF.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/Sw1SeP.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I couldn’t help noticing that some of the images in the video looked familiar from establishing shots and possibly the opening credits. There was even apparently covert video of the montage when Alf went out on his motorised dingy when considering whether to back the project. Those sneaky Macklins.</p><p></p><p>Stacey spends most of her time these days chewing out Tom and Frank with demands and threats of the “You’ll do it if you want to keep your job” variety. It’s very pedestrian. But at least there’s been some classic Ailsa fury:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/b74wcX.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Philip, naturally is given a frosty reception from Stacey even though his Big Surprise is he wants to be the new GP at the resort’s practice. In turn, Stacey’s revealed her own Big Surprise: one Nick Walsh.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/QnB6vF.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Stacey and Philip are being pushed as this season’s romantic leads. The couple that we root for despite all the obstacles that come this way. It’s a little like Alf and Ailsa were for much of Season One, but without the charisma and substance.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: right"><em>continued...</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 200252, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=7]SEASON TWO[/SIZE][/B][/CENTER] [U][SIZE=6]Episodes 229-232[/SIZE][/U] Back in 1989 the delineation of the[I] Home and Away[/I] seasons wasn’t clear to UK viewers. Now that we’ve caught up with Australian episodes, the series takes a lengthy break over Christmas here as it does there. But back then, the first episode of Season Two simply aired on ITV the day after the Season One finale with no fanfare or promotion. I remember spotting the text at the end that mentioned the year changed from 1988 to 1989 with this episode which gave me a pang of excitement as I was watching it in 1989 and so it made the series, characters and actors feel somehow more tangible. This was a new experience for me in Aussie half hour soap fandom. We were still well over a year behind [I]Neighbours[/I], so episodes never displayed the year in which I was watching it. And we were so far behind with [I]Sons and Daughters, Prisoner [/I]and the other ITV non-syndicated ones that part of their charm was smiling at the fashions worn by the characters. In 2020 as in 1989 I began Season Two the day after Season One ended (it’s ironic that the watershed between seasons is still unclear even though Amazon Prime groups [I]Home and Away[/I] into “Seasons”. According to their numbering, “Season Two” began with episode 200). It’s plain to see why it wouldn’t be clear that this is a new season to layviewers. It’s mostly business as usual. Most importantly, the opening credits remain unchanged and identical. There’s now The Bayside Diner, but even that set debuted at the end of Season One. We have seen the outside for the first time though. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/5rKDB3.jpg[/IMG] There are subtle clues that there is a slightly new direction. There’s Philip’s haircut (ye gods, the man had a farewell sequence just a few episodes ago and now he’s made a dramatic return). Certain elements have been amped up. The two most noticeable examples being more physical “comedy” with Lance and Martin and Stacey’s new, tyrannical personality. Both are terrible, but the change in Stacey is perhaps more disappointing because watching Lance and Martin was already an endurance test. Stacey isn’t unwatchable. Just more one-dimensional. Stacey now takes the hard line with business and is happy to screw over Summer Bay. Her latest scheme is a residential housing development in addition to the resort. Something nobody in town was aware of until it was announced. In a nice touch, the opening scenes of the season were taken from a promotional video she’d put together to push Summer Bay as a resort for wealthy city folks to have holiday pads: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/MnGmQF.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/Sw1SeP.jpg[/IMG] I couldn’t help noticing that some of the images in the video looked familiar from establishing shots and possibly the opening credits. There was even apparently covert video of the montage when Alf went out on his motorised dingy when considering whether to back the project. Those sneaky Macklins. Stacey spends most of her time these days chewing out Tom and Frank with demands and threats of the “You’ll do it if you want to keep your job” variety. It’s very pedestrian. But at least there’s been some classic Ailsa fury: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/b74wcX.jpg[/IMG] Philip, naturally is given a frosty reception from Stacey even though his Big Surprise is he wants to be the new GP at the resort’s practice. In turn, Stacey’s revealed her own Big Surprise: one Nick Walsh. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/QnB6vF.jpg[/IMG] Stacey and Philip are being pushed as this season’s romantic leads. The couple that we root for despite all the obstacles that come this way. It’s a little like Alf and Ailsa were for much of Season One, but without the charisma and substance. [RIGHT][I]continued...[/I][/RIGHT] [/QUOTE]
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