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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 436079" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Episodes 762 - 806</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">14 February - 13 July 1990</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em></em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>continued</em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em></em></p><p></p><p></p><p>As the last Collins standing it was left to Paul to wrap things up a little more definitively. I had hoped he’d pop across to say goodbye to Sheila - who appeared in his final episode - but they didn’t interact at all. Most of Paul’s final moments were with Jonathan and the Rogers family, with his final scene being a one-to-one with little Katie Rogers (as well as Monty II and the puppies, with Paul taking a one-sided phone call from Harry demanding him to drop them off with Harry in St Helens). Paul was at his most avuncular in this scene, firmly-but-kindly telling Katie it would't be a good idea for her to take the puppies home if her parents had already said she can't have a dog.</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/sYAj7h.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 645px" /></p><p></p><p>In nostalgic closure terms, we did see him sorting out his shed and smiling fondly at a skeleton he found (a throwback, I’m assuming, to Gordon Mk.1’s final appearance and that Hallowe’en party, almost six years earlier).</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/CGCdQr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 643px" /></p><p></p><p>I also find myself wondering if the red rolll of fake tile on the shelf is of significance. Paul had picked it up just before the skeleton. Was it part of the family's decor at one point?</p><p></p><p>Paul also mused (to unhearing removal men) about his almost eight years on the Close, and looked back meaningfully at his house, deep in thought, as the camera did a 360° pan around him. It occurred to me how this feels like a bookend, echoing scenes of the Collinses leaving their "posh house in the Wirral" back in Episode One.</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/zHiapM.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 603px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/Kzyhyb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 529px" /> <img src="https://i.vgy.me/iNMPgS.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 529px" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's quite moving to see him closing his soapy window for the last time. As he disappears behind the net curtain, the SSAFA sticker remains as a reminder of past glories.</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/ipRG36.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 561px" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.vgy.me/wdHQ96.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 535px" /> <img src="https://i.vgy.me/yx3wcq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 529px" /></p><p></p><p>The last we see of Paul is his Austin Maestro departing the Close in the background, unseen, as Barry tries to persuade Tracy to talk to him about the abortion she's considering. Intentionally or otherwise, it's a symbol of the way Paul had carried on reliably focussing on the everyday, keeping things grounded while those around him had increasingly engaged in more attention-grabbing dramatics.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/nZxkBv.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 645px" /></p><p></p><p>I’ll greatly miss the family, and particularly Paul who I feel could have continued to appear in a reduced capacity (perhaps if they let out the house rather than selling it, he’d have had reason to pop in regularly). But I’ll take what I had and, all things considered, it’s better to leave while still associated strongly with <em>Brookside’s</em> imperial era.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><em>continued…</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 436079, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=5]Episodes 762 - 806 14 February - 13 July 1990[/SIZE][/B] [I] continued [/I][/CENTER] As the last Collins standing it was left to Paul to wrap things up a little more definitively. I had hoped he’d pop across to say goodbye to Sheila - who appeared in his final episode - but they didn’t interact at all. Most of Paul’s final moments were with Jonathan and the Rogers family, with his final scene being a one-to-one with little Katie Rogers (as well as Monty II and the puppies, with Paul taking a one-sided phone call from Harry demanding him to drop them off with Harry in St Helens). Paul was at his most avuncular in this scene, firmly-but-kindly telling Katie it would't be a good idea for her to take the puppies home if her parents had already said she can't have a dog. [CENTER] [IMG width="645px"]https://i.vgy.me/sYAj7h.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] In nostalgic closure terms, we did see him sorting out his shed and smiling fondly at a skeleton he found (a throwback, I’m assuming, to Gordon Mk.1’s final appearance and that Hallowe’en party, almost six years earlier). [CENTER] [IMG width="643px"]https://i.vgy.me/CGCdQr.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] I also find myself wondering if the red rolll of fake tile on the shelf is of significance. Paul had picked it up just before the skeleton. Was it part of the family's decor at one point? Paul also mused (to unhearing removal men) about his almost eight years on the Close, and looked back meaningfully at his house, deep in thought, as the camera did a 360° pan around him. It occurred to me how this feels like a bookend, echoing scenes of the Collinses leaving their "posh house in the Wirral" back in Episode One. [CENTER] [IMG width="603px"]https://i.vgy.me/zHiapM.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="529px"]https://i.vgy.me/Kzyhyb.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="529px"]https://i.vgy.me/iNMPgS.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] It's quite moving to see him closing his soapy window for the last time. As he disappears behind the net curtain, the SSAFA sticker remains as a reminder of past glories. [CENTER] [IMG width="561px"]https://i.vgy.me/ipRG36.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [IMG width="535px"]https://i.vgy.me/wdHQ96.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="529px"]https://i.vgy.me/yx3wcq.jpg[/IMG] The last we see of Paul is his Austin Maestro departing the Close in the background, unseen, as Barry tries to persuade Tracy to talk to him about the abortion she's considering. Intentionally or otherwise, it's a symbol of the way Paul had carried on reliably focussing on the everyday, keeping things grounded while those around him had increasingly engaged in more attention-grabbing dramatics. [CENTER][IMG width="645px"]https://i.vgy.me/nZxkBv.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] I’ll greatly miss the family, and particularly Paul who I feel could have continued to appear in a reduced capacity (perhaps if they let out the house rather than selling it, he’d have had reason to pop in regularly). But I’ll take what I had and, all things considered, it’s better to leave while still associated strongly with [I]Brookside’s[/I] imperial era. [CENTER][I]continued…[/I][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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