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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 204835" data-attributes="member: 23">Episodes 281-285On the surface, the second week of March 1989 is a pretty unexciting one. After recent explosions of twisting plot which has in turn delivered character-driven emotion, we seem to have returned to the more typical day-to-day Aussie soap fodder, which is entertaining but somewhat predictable. Scratch that surface, though, and it becomes apparent that beneath even the most shallow of stories is a clear understanding of history - both character and series. Take the series’ most beige current couple, Philip and Stacey. They go through a less than riveting series of standard soap events this week, and each twist seems more underwhelming than the last. Gooey happiness is usually a drag in soap. There’s little more cloying than seeing a loved-up couple gushing over an engagement ring, and even more so when there’s evidently more chemistry on the page than the screen. But that’s what we get in the glamorously beige setting of the flat behind the store:<img src="https://i.vgy.me/esRcRb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The ring is too small, but it’s quickly re-sized and given an outing to the beach where the beaming continues. <img src="https://i.vgy.me/zhcUpP.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Thankfully, there’s always bad news around the corner. First, Stacey is sacked by her own father, finding out the news in the most zeitgeisty way possible: via a fax message sent to Tom, Frank and Roo:The next lot of bad news comes with a silver lining:And just like that, things are well on the way to being reset. Losing her job has also meant the threat of homelessness for Stacey. Twice. First She was asked to vacate the flat at the Macklin office. So she’s moved into the flat with Philip, Frank and Bobby, driving the latter mad by channelling all her energies into compulsive tidying that threatens to reach Beryl Palmer proportions. Celia isn’t happy about the situation at all:<img src="https://i.vgy.me/qgDUNO.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Celia then appraises Betty Falwell of the situation in a highly enjoyable meeting of small town minds that makes a bland house share sound like Sodom and Gomorrah. <img src="https://i.vgy.me/5hvGv2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Betty borderline hysterical shrieking about the proximity to shoppers and children never fails to make me smile. It’s so Helen Lovejoy. Celia’s entry to the proceedings is where history begins to influence this story. Word of the situation reaches Nigel, and he makes it his business to  persuade Celia to do the right thing. He goes about this by asking questions and getting to understand Celia: The Person. Then he uses this information to bring about the desired result. He begins by inviting the delighted Celia to join him for a cuppa and the subject turns to music:<img src="https://i.vgy.me/a01q33.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Needless to say, the tenants get to stay. But the chemistry between Nigel and Celia seems quite real. There’s been further physical contact when they literally bumped into one another:<img src="https://i.vgy.me/0cU2Pp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Nigel's M.O. of using information to make his case is present in another of his relationships this week. With even more revealing consequences.continued...</blockquote>

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