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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 203955" data-attributes="member: 23"><p><u><span style="font-size: 22px">Episodes 273-274</span></u> <em>(...continued)</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>If there was any doubt that <em>Home and Away</em> is The Seven Network’s spiritual successor to <em>Sons and Daughters</em>, there’s the whole saga of Bobby’s parents in general and Episode 274 in particular. The ingredients that made the earlier series so addictively juicy are all present here, and working for the benefit of the show. There’s the snobby, affluent long-lost mother out to publicly humiliate the gauche, working class offspring she abandoned decades ago. There are the layered interactions between characters where one has knowledge about their relationship that the other doesn’t. There’s the social event attended by most of the cast in their finery, no matter where they fall on the social spectrum. There are threats. There are speeches. There are life-altering revelations.</p><p></p><p>At the end of the previous episode, Roo was in the dark as to the identity of Bobby’s father. By the beginning of the next episode, she’s been enlightened. And this is just the start:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And that’s where Lance and Steven’s radio contact becomes an honest to goodness key plot device. The first of the Fletcher kids to learn the truth about Bobby’s father is Steven, and it’s happened because one of the hired help at Morag’s party chose to move Lance’s wired-up jacket to within earshot of Roo and Morag’s conversation.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/a9urtQ.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/mzYFQN.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/gBcQGd.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/ZDeX07.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Let’s talk about Morag. There are times when it’s difficult not to watch her and not see Patricia Hamilton. There’s no doubting that she’s given the series a healthy injection of intrigue, upper middle class glamour and bitchery - qualities the two have in common. But it’s her relationships with Donald and Bobby where the parallels are most obvious. I’ve also commented that there’s something of the Dee Morrell about Morag (Dee being Cornelia Frances’s S&D character's mother, lest we forget). There are some scenes in which, intentional or not, she seems to dance between the most riveting qualities of these two women. Such a scene comes five minutes into #274, where Morag calls the room to order and asks for her guests' attention, before launching into a fantastic diatribe, orchestrated to create impact and brutally damage to those who have wronged her in the sensationally theatrical manner for which her career as a high court judge has equipped her:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/LKTvXc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/nIQ0ew.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/eN9zoR.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/7IKFy3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/8VlFDd.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/oUR5SO.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/gymI28.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/9DrMhf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/r1Y3f3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>As is, it’s a terrifically meaty piece of writing, with some of the series’ ugliest dialogue yet. What really sets this scene apart though is the layering of dialogue. In previous revelations, we’ve had a revelation and then a response to it. Here, we get both side by side. Even as we lead up to the revelation, characters are seen reacting to it. So Morag’s spiel fades into the background as we hear Roo telling Nigel that she think’s Morag’s lost it; or hear Steven trying to contact Lance by radio; or hear Tom and Pippa’s concern given voice:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It’s easy to miss important pieces of dialogue because more than one conversation is taking place at the same time. It’s rare that characters in soaps speak this way. Most TV series and films have lots of breathing space and one person speaking at a time. <em>Jaws</em> had a fair bit of this naturalistic layered style of dialogue, and it was all to the good. Having it here is an incredibly ballsy move, because it’s a pivotal moment. The audience is asked to assimilate an incredible amount of information in a very short space of time, and in a way that is rarely seen in a series of this kind. At certain times we’re getting twice the story compacted into half the time.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Morag’s coup de grâce is denied when Lance feigns illness at Steven’s request. And while everyone else runs to his aid (again, somehow reminiscent of <em>Jaws</em> - this time the shark-induced panic on the beach) Morag and Bobby stand firm amid the chaos and stare each other out meaningfully.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/MW7dFm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/TwatKE.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></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: 203955, member: 23"] [U][SIZE=6]Episodes 273-274[/SIZE][/U] [I](...continued)[/I] If there was any doubt that [I]Home and Away[/I] is The Seven Network’s spiritual successor to [I]Sons and Daughters[/I], there’s the whole saga of Bobby’s parents in general and Episode 274 in particular. The ingredients that made the earlier series so addictively juicy are all present here, and working for the benefit of the show. There’s the snobby, affluent long-lost mother out to publicly humiliate the gauche, working class offspring she abandoned decades ago. There are the layered interactions between characters where one has knowledge about their relationship that the other doesn’t. There’s the social event attended by most of the cast in their finery, no matter where they fall on the social spectrum. There are threats. There are speeches. There are life-altering revelations. At the end of the previous episode, Roo was in the dark as to the identity of Bobby’s father. By the beginning of the next episode, she’s been enlightened. And this is just the start: And that’s where Lance and Steven’s radio contact becomes an honest to goodness key plot device. The first of the Fletcher kids to learn the truth about Bobby’s father is Steven, and it’s happened because one of the hired help at Morag’s party chose to move Lance’s wired-up jacket to within earshot of Roo and Morag’s conversation. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/a9urtQ.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/mzYFQN.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/gBcQGd.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/ZDeX07.jpg[/IMG] Let’s talk about Morag. There are times when it’s difficult not to watch her and not see Patricia Hamilton. There’s no doubting that she’s given the series a healthy injection of intrigue, upper middle class glamour and bitchery - qualities the two have in common. But it’s her relationships with Donald and Bobby where the parallels are most obvious. I’ve also commented that there’s something of the Dee Morrell about Morag (Dee being Cornelia Frances’s S&D character's mother, lest we forget). There are some scenes in which, intentional or not, she seems to dance between the most riveting qualities of these two women. Such a scene comes five minutes into #274, where Morag calls the room to order and asks for her guests' attention, before launching into a fantastic diatribe, orchestrated to create impact and brutally damage to those who have wronged her in the sensationally theatrical manner for which her career as a high court judge has equipped her: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/LKTvXc.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/nIQ0ew.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/eN9zoR.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/7IKFy3.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/8VlFDd.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/oUR5SO.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/gymI28.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/9DrMhf.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/r1Y3f3.jpg[/IMG] As is, it’s a terrifically meaty piece of writing, with some of the series’ ugliest dialogue yet. What really sets this scene apart though is the layering of dialogue. In previous revelations, we’ve had a revelation and then a response to it. Here, we get both side by side. Even as we lead up to the revelation, characters are seen reacting to it. So Morag’s spiel fades into the background as we hear Roo telling Nigel that she think’s Morag’s lost it; or hear Steven trying to contact Lance by radio; or hear Tom and Pippa’s concern given voice: It’s easy to miss important pieces of dialogue because more than one conversation is taking place at the same time. It’s rare that characters in soaps speak this way. Most TV series and films have lots of breathing space and one person speaking at a time. [I]Jaws[/I] had a fair bit of this naturalistic layered style of dialogue, and it was all to the good. Having it here is an incredibly ballsy move, because it’s a pivotal moment. The audience is asked to assimilate an incredible amount of information in a very short space of time, and in a way that is rarely seen in a series of this kind. At certain times we’re getting twice the story compacted into half the time. Morag’s coup de grâce is denied when Lance feigns illness at Steven’s request. And while everyone else runs to his aid (again, somehow reminiscent of [I]Jaws[/I] - this time the shark-induced panic on the beach) Morag and Bobby stand firm amid the chaos and stare each other out meaningfully. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/MW7dFm.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/TwatKE.jpg[/IMG] [RIGHT][I]continued...[/I][/RIGHT] [/QUOTE]
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