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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: 204128" data-attributes="member: 23"><p><u><span style="font-size: 22px">Episode 275 </span></u> <em>(...continued)</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>Next door to Donald’s home is Summer Bay House, which represented safety to Bobby almost as much as Donald’s did to him. But while everything looks the same here, for Bobby everything’s changed. Not that she has time to think about that at the moment. She has a more pressing concern:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I love how interacting with Sally gives Bobby the chance to think out loud in a way she wouldn’t have been able to if speaking to Ailsa, Pippa or Frank. In place of advice, challenge or platitudes, she gets the space to explore her own feelings with minimal judgement. And the end result is progress.</p><p></p><p>In most episodes, the key story of the day runs side by side with other arcs that frequently contrast. More often than not, a lighter, humorous storyline will be interspersed in between the high drama. Not so with this episode. Ysabelle Dean makes the choice to continue the episode’s theme of a father and daughter on the journey towards making peace. And so after her angry words to Morag, Roo comes to see Alf. The scene begins with the surprised Alf offering Roo his sandwich (“It’s your favourite. Corned beef and salad”), which she politely declines.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/pplC1R.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/s70HWe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/x6Irrk.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/UtqvvI.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It’s a sweet little scene. “Little” being the operative word. Sandwiched as it is in between scenes of Bobby making discovery after discovery, it feels quite small and prosaic. But appropriately so. Even though the falling out between the Stewarts <em>was</em> a big storyline, it somehow doesn’t feel important anymore. Which is exactly why it’s so right that this resolution comes exactly when it does.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Equally unexpected, given the feeling of event surrounding their recent meetings, Bobby drops in on Morag. And while it ostensibly starts out as a scene about the difficult relationship between mother and daughter, in the context of this episode absolutely <em>everything</em> is about Bobby and Donald:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/wFnk1T.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/DnZKkf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Bobby and Morag are no further forward as a result of this scene. If it were simply about that it would be entirely unnecessary. Bobby and Donald, however are another matter. And this was really Bobby’s motive for coming. She needed to be around the natural parent who is unforgiving and unyielding to appreciate the one who has been shown to be open to the relationship in some way. By the time Morag is running down Bobby’s relationship with Donald we can see a light coming on for Bobby.</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: 204128, member: 23"] [U][SIZE=6]Episode 275 [/SIZE][/U] [I](...continued)[/I] Next door to Donald’s home is Summer Bay House, which represented safety to Bobby almost as much as Donald’s did to him. But while everything looks the same here, for Bobby everything’s changed. Not that she has time to think about that at the moment. She has a more pressing concern: I love how interacting with Sally gives Bobby the chance to think out loud in a way she wouldn’t have been able to if speaking to Ailsa, Pippa or Frank. In place of advice, challenge or platitudes, she gets the space to explore her own feelings with minimal judgement. And the end result is progress. In most episodes, the key story of the day runs side by side with other arcs that frequently contrast. More often than not, a lighter, humorous storyline will be interspersed in between the high drama. Not so with this episode. Ysabelle Dean makes the choice to continue the episode’s theme of a father and daughter on the journey towards making peace. And so after her angry words to Morag, Roo comes to see Alf. The scene begins with the surprised Alf offering Roo his sandwich (“It’s your favourite. Corned beef and salad”), which she politely declines. [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/pplC1R.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/s70HWe.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/x6Irrk.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/UtqvvI.jpg[/IMG] It’s a sweet little scene. “Little” being the operative word. Sandwiched as it is in between scenes of Bobby making discovery after discovery, it feels quite small and prosaic. But appropriately so. Even though the falling out between the Stewarts [I]was[/I] a big storyline, it somehow doesn’t feel important anymore. Which is exactly why it’s so right that this resolution comes exactly when it does. Equally unexpected, given the feeling of event surrounding their recent meetings, Bobby drops in on Morag. And while it ostensibly starts out as a scene about the difficult relationship between mother and daughter, in the context of this episode absolutely [I]everything[/I] is about Bobby and Donald: [IMG]https://i.vgy.me/wFnk1T.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://i.vgy.me/DnZKkf.jpg[/IMG] Bobby and Morag are no further forward as a result of this scene. If it were simply about that it would be entirely unnecessary. Bobby and Donald, however are another matter. And this was really Bobby’s motive for coming. She needed to be around the natural parent who is unforgiving and unyielding to appreciate the one who has been shown to be open to the relationship in some way. By the time Morag is running down Bobby’s relationship with Donald we can see a light coming on for Bobby. [RIGHT][I]continued...[/I][/RIGHT] [/QUOTE]
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