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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 200749" data-attributes="member: 23"><p><u><span style="font-size: 22px">Episodes 233-240</span></u> <em>(...continued)</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The poison pen letter wasn’t a one-off. Alf and Ailsa receive another:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/dRKVH5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>And then it’s the turn of Bobby:</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/DVJEtd.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Naturally, this reawakens the beast that Bobby had been trying to push to the side:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There’s a Scooby Doo deduction when Alf compares the two letters:</p><p></p><p>Who’d have guessed Alf would be so observant; or that he’d know so much about typewriters?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Luckily, Frank has been sent a typed letter from Alison’s milko father and Bobby quickly Nancy Drews that Alison sent the letter to her after Roo had alerted her to the fact that someone else was sending poison pen letters to Alf and Ailsa:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/SkmZrr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Incidentally, the note clearly says “Patt<strong>in</strong>sons Dairy”, while the previous exterior of the house called it “Summer Bay Dairy” with the proprietors being listed as “Patt<strong>er</strong>son”. Alison’s always been called Patterson as far as I know, so I’m assuming this is a typo on the part of the props department. Or perhaps Mr or Mrs Patterson.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The suggestion of Flathead Fisher being Bobby’s father at this point is quite an audacious move on the part of the writers. And while this is dangled briefly in front of us, can’t help but raise the question of “What if” to the audience during their next encounter in the diner:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/iwaDeG.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/XUAuJv.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>If anything, Bobby’s understating things greatly here. No character - or combination of characters - has suffered more soakings and general humiliation than Alison has in recent episodes.</p><p></p><p>The trend began in the penultimate episode of the first season when Lance and Martin laid out a fake treasure hunt that led her to a muddy payback for mistreating Lance:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/gswIjb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Then, after she made a snide comment to Carly who was on her way home, Episode 234 had an explicit callback to the Pilot episode. In case the shot-for-shot similarity was too subtle, Pippa directly referenced the previous event in dialogue as she gave Alison her next soaking:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/q14n1r.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/t4PD4J.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Just two episodes later, we got Summer Bay’s answer to the lily pond when Bobby dragged Alison into the ocean and held her head under to “convince” Alison that Carly was an alcoholic, not a drug addict:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/96GLha.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/1foFcV.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And three episodes on from that, we had Roo confronting Alison on a jetty about the letter to Alf. Even though Alison was innocent on that occasion, Roo couldn’t resist chucking her ice cream cornet, throwing Alison off balance:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/61vPza.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/tS3xPI.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>After all the drenching and near drowning, the jetty scene had the reveal that Alison can’t swim. Adding insult to injury, Roo simply told her to stand up, revealing that Alison had landed in waist-deep water.</p><p></p><p>Alison’s screen time has been creeping up and up as the months have gone on. I enjoy her as an antagonist, because she’s so unlikeable and shrewish. I know that her time on the series is heading to a close, so perhaps all the soakings are to give a satisfying kind of comeuppance after all the bile. I’m also curious to know if she’s given a proper exit from the series.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Incidentally, with the current episodes having their first UK airing in January 1990, we’re fast approaching a 30th anniversary tie-in of episodes. I’m more excited than I should be wondering which episode I will re-watch exactly three decades to the day of the first time I viewed it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 200749, member: 23"] [U][SIZE=6]Episodes 233-240[/SIZE][/U] [I](...continued)[/I] The poison pen letter wasn’t a one-off. Alf and Ailsa receive another: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/dRKVH5.jpg[/IMG] And then it’s the turn of Bobby: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/DVJEtd.jpg[/IMG] Naturally, this reawakens the beast that Bobby had been trying to push to the side: There’s a Scooby Doo deduction when Alf compares the two letters: Who’d have guessed Alf would be so observant; or that he’d know so much about typewriters? Luckily, Frank has been sent a typed letter from Alison’s milko father and Bobby quickly Nancy Drews that Alison sent the letter to her after Roo had alerted her to the fact that someone else was sending poison pen letters to Alf and Ailsa: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/SkmZrr.jpg[/IMG] Incidentally, the note clearly says “Patt[B]in[/B]sons Dairy”, while the previous exterior of the house called it “Summer Bay Dairy” with the proprietors being listed as “Patt[B]er[/B]son”. Alison’s always been called Patterson as far as I know, so I’m assuming this is a typo on the part of the props department. Or perhaps Mr or Mrs Patterson. The suggestion of Flathead Fisher being Bobby’s father at this point is quite an audacious move on the part of the writers. And while this is dangled briefly in front of us, can’t help but raise the question of “What if” to the audience during their next encounter in the diner: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/iwaDeG.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/XUAuJv.jpg[/IMG] If anything, Bobby’s understating things greatly here. No character - or combination of characters - has suffered more soakings and general humiliation than Alison has in recent episodes. The trend began in the penultimate episode of the first season when Lance and Martin laid out a fake treasure hunt that led her to a muddy payback for mistreating Lance: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/gswIjb.jpg[/IMG] Then, after she made a snide comment to Carly who was on her way home, Episode 234 had an explicit callback to the Pilot episode. In case the shot-for-shot similarity was too subtle, Pippa directly referenced the previous event in dialogue as she gave Alison her next soaking: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/q14n1r.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/t4PD4J.jpg[/IMG] Just two episodes later, we got Summer Bay’s answer to the lily pond when Bobby dragged Alison into the ocean and held her head under to “convince” Alison that Carly was an alcoholic, not a drug addict: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/96GLha.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/1foFcV.jpg[/IMG] And three episodes on from that, we had Roo confronting Alison on a jetty about the letter to Alf. Even though Alison was innocent on that occasion, Roo couldn’t resist chucking her ice cream cornet, throwing Alison off balance: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/61vPza.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/tS3xPI.jpg[/IMG] After all the drenching and near drowning, the jetty scene had the reveal that Alison can’t swim. Adding insult to injury, Roo simply told her to stand up, revealing that Alison had landed in waist-deep water. Alison’s screen time has been creeping up and up as the months have gone on. I enjoy her as an antagonist, because she’s so unlikeable and shrewish. I know that her time on the series is heading to a close, so perhaps all the soakings are to give a satisfying kind of comeuppance after all the bile. I’m also curious to know if she’s given a proper exit from the series. Incidentally, with the current episodes having their first UK airing in January 1990, we’re fast approaching a 30th anniversary tie-in of episodes. I’m more excited than I should be wondering which episode I will re-watch exactly three decades to the day of the first time I viewed it. [/QUOTE]
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