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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 203959" 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></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Mirroring the night that Morag was revealed to be Bobby’s mother, the events of one evening are spread over more than one episode. So far, two thirds of episode 273 and the whole of #274 have been dedicated to this single evening, and it looks very likely to continue into #275.</p><p></p><p>By the last act of #274, the events of the first act - with Morag’s monologue - seem so far away it’s as though a couple of episodes have passed. It’s been an exhausting twenty minutes. With the two main families’ newfound knowledge, a counsel of war is called at Summer Bay House. In attendance are Tom, Pippa, Alf and Celia. Frank is summoned and asked to come without Bobby. We don’t see Frank given the news, but we see his immediate response to it. Within 25 seconds of Frank taking on the news about Donald, Donald himself walks through the door, to be told by Tom and Pippa that it’s time to tell Bobby.</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/rIVCmB.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></p><p></p><p></p><p>Everyone is brutally blunt in the conversation, and I found myself feeling for Donald in the scenario. Perhaps this is deliberate. Over the months, the story has shifted to the point where now we’re seeing it almost from his side rather than Bobby’s. We know that he’s trusted Pippa with a confidence that’s within a matter of days has been broken. Frank can seem so unlikeable sometimes that what he says could just as easily be motivated by a love of drama as concern for Bobby. It’s an impressive feat of storytelling that Donald has by default become the protagonist of the piece. The others may have valid points, but it’s Donald who elicits my empathy here.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The glamour - everyone is still in their party frocks and suits - feels very fitting for such a dramatic sequence as they decide that Donald should be the one to tell Bobby. And it gets still more glamorously dramatic when more guests arrive. And we know they’re fish out of water because they enter through the front door:</p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/YCpZfz.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/MKmvwn.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/u8xHAB.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></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/pe5boM.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/Smknmb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/zioyro.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>That disembodied voice from behind Frank is another example of the series giving us a dramatic reveal, but quite unlike any expectations we may have had. The fact that Bobby is concealed in the doorway, hidden behind Frank as he speaks is a great piece of direction. It’s kind of like a reversed version of Edmund leaving the Beavers’ den in <em>The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe</em>. We don’t know how long she’s been there, or how much she’s heard. And it almost doesn’t matter. Because we know she’s heard enough. Even though I knew it was coming this time round, it still felt satisfyingly surprising because there’s so much going on to create interest in the scene leading up to Bobby’s line. Frank learning the truth; Donald's sense of betrayal; Morag and Roo’s unexpected arrival; the intense discussion itself. Bobby being there is the cherry on the icing of a deliciously rich cake.</p><p></p><p>The fact that she’s in that doorway and excluded from such an important discussion feels very significant. It echoes the Pilot where she watched the Fletchers from the same spot, craving a family but scared of what that implied. Now she’s watching the same people - ones she now calls her own family - discussing her future with the bioligical parents for whom she’s spent so long hopefully searching. Little wonder her response, as Donald approaches her, is one of anger:</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/8YYMna.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/d6oab4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 203959, member: 23"] [U][SIZE=6]Episodes 273-274[/SIZE][/U] [I](...continued)[/I] Mirroring the night that Morag was revealed to be Bobby’s mother, the events of one evening are spread over more than one episode. So far, two thirds of episode 273 and the whole of #274 have been dedicated to this single evening, and it looks very likely to continue into #275. By the last act of #274, the events of the first act - with Morag’s monologue - seem so far away it’s as though a couple of episodes have passed. It’s been an exhausting twenty minutes. With the two main families’ newfound knowledge, a counsel of war is called at Summer Bay House. In attendance are Tom, Pippa, Alf and Celia. Frank is summoned and asked to come without Bobby. We don’t see Frank given the news, but we see his immediate response to it. Within 25 seconds of Frank taking on the news about Donald, Donald himself walks through the door, to be told by Tom and Pippa that it’s time to tell Bobby. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/rIVCmB.jpg[/IMG] Everyone is brutally blunt in the conversation, and I found myself feeling for Donald in the scenario. Perhaps this is deliberate. Over the months, the story has shifted to the point where now we’re seeing it almost from his side rather than Bobby’s. We know that he’s trusted Pippa with a confidence that’s within a matter of days has been broken. Frank can seem so unlikeable sometimes that what he says could just as easily be motivated by a love of drama as concern for Bobby. It’s an impressive feat of storytelling that Donald has by default become the protagonist of the piece. The others may have valid points, but it’s Donald who elicits my empathy here. The glamour - everyone is still in their party frocks and suits - feels very fitting for such a dramatic sequence as they decide that Donald should be the one to tell Bobby. And it gets still more glamorously dramatic when more guests arrive. And we know they’re fish out of water because they enter through the front door: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/YCpZfz.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/MKmvwn.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/u8xHAB.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/pe5boM.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/Smknmb.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/zioyro.jpg[/IMG] That disembodied voice from behind Frank is another example of the series giving us a dramatic reveal, but quite unlike any expectations we may have had. The fact that Bobby is concealed in the doorway, hidden behind Frank as he speaks is a great piece of direction. It’s kind of like a reversed version of Edmund leaving the Beavers’ den in [I]The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe[/I]. We don’t know how long she’s been there, or how much she’s heard. And it almost doesn’t matter. Because we know she’s heard enough. Even though I knew it was coming this time round, it still felt satisfyingly surprising because there’s so much going on to create interest in the scene leading up to Bobby’s line. Frank learning the truth; Donald's sense of betrayal; Morag and Roo’s unexpected arrival; the intense discussion itself. Bobby being there is the cherry on the icing of a deliciously rich cake. The fact that she’s in that doorway and excluded from such an important discussion feels very significant. It echoes the Pilot where she watched the Fletchers from the same spot, craving a family but scared of what that implied. Now she’s watching the same people - ones she now calls her own family - discussing her future with the bioligical parents for whom she’s spent so long hopefully searching. Little wonder her response, as Donald approaches her, is one of anger: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/8YYMna.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/d6oab4.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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