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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 437972" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Episodes 807 - 836</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>16 July -21 September 1990</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>continued</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Even as their final episode began, no real mention had been made of Sheila and Billy leaving, other than Billy suggesting Sheila and Claire should leave for a while to stay with Margaret (Sheila’s sister, not the Farnhams’ nanny) and I was beginning to wonder if I’d confused my episodes. The headstone through the window being the clincher required some suspension of disbelief. Both Billy and Sheila had been through too much for this to seem a dealbreaker to them living on the Close. As Barry commented, Godden is small fry compared with Tommy McArdle.</p><p></p><p>There’s also a suggestion that Billy and Sheila’s exit might just be temporary, as though trying to pacify the audience until they adjust to the idea. This approach has been used a number of times in recent years. Harry is the most glaring example, but not the only one. As a choice it feels a little too safe for this series.</p><p></p><p>Still, though, considering the times, Billy and Sheila’s departure was really best case scenario in terms of giving me some closure to my viewing. I’d feared they might simply fade from view two-thirds of the way into an episode, leaving things even more open-ended. As it was, Sheila and Billy were given some closure at the end of the episode waved off by Tracy, Jimmy and Barry, with Barry and Billy even shaking hands. There was a mini cliffhanger tagged on to the end with Barry telling Jimmy they were going after Godden, but I’m choosing to interpret this as a sign that life in the Close will go on even as I stroll off in the happy couple’s wake, quietly choking on the fumes of Billy’s Datsun Sunny.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[SPOILER="Departure by Datsun"]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/VZ6bhl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 533px" /> <img src="https://i.vgy.me/lJXqGd.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 531px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/WPgwY7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 530px" /> <img src="https://i.vgy.me/EMLWaQ.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 527px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/rlgNPO.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 527px" /> <img src="https://i.vgy.me/iYrbi2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 530px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/yNVKAV.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 526px" /> <img src="https://i.vgy.me/4KfaD5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 530px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/M0bWXR.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 569px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/Mc8Xwg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 527px" /> <img src="https://i.vgy.me/o2COTT.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 525px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/BxsN6q.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 577px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/OELwe9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 526px" /> <img src="https://i.vgy.me/HaXnTm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 526px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/IvOoyT.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 529px" /> <img src="https://i.vgy.me/ncIP9v.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 530px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.vgy.me/kVRR7Y.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 528px" /> <img src="https://i.vgy.me/1CSkR4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 532px" />[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 437972, member: 23"] [CENTER] [B][SIZE=5]Episodes 807 - 836[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=5][B]16 July -21 September 1990[/B][/SIZE] [I]continued[/I][/CENTER] Even as their final episode began, no real mention had been made of Sheila and Billy leaving, other than Billy suggesting Sheila and Claire should leave for a while to stay with Margaret (Sheila’s sister, not the Farnhams’ nanny) and I was beginning to wonder if I’d confused my episodes. The headstone through the window being the clincher required some suspension of disbelief. Both Billy and Sheila had been through too much for this to seem a dealbreaker to them living on the Close. As Barry commented, Godden is small fry compared with Tommy McArdle. There’s also a suggestion that Billy and Sheila’s exit might just be temporary, as though trying to pacify the audience until they adjust to the idea. This approach has been used a number of times in recent years. Harry is the most glaring example, but not the only one. As a choice it feels a little too safe for this series. Still, though, considering the times, Billy and Sheila’s departure was really best case scenario in terms of giving me some closure to my viewing. I’d feared they might simply fade from view two-thirds of the way into an episode, leaving things even more open-ended. As it was, Sheila and Billy were given some closure at the end of the episode waved off by Tracy, Jimmy and Barry, with Barry and Billy even shaking hands. There was a mini cliffhanger tagged on to the end with Barry telling Jimmy they were going after Godden, but I’m choosing to interpret this as a sign that life in the Close will go on even as I stroll off in the happy couple’s wake, quietly choking on the fumes of Billy’s Datsun Sunny. [CENTER][SPOILER="Departure by Datsun"] [IMG width="533px"]https://i.vgy.me/VZ6bhl.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="531px"]https://i.vgy.me/lJXqGd.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="530px"]https://i.vgy.me/WPgwY7.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="527px"]https://i.vgy.me/EMLWaQ.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="527px"]https://i.vgy.me/rlgNPO.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="530px"]https://i.vgy.me/iYrbi2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="526px"]https://i.vgy.me/yNVKAV.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="530px"]https://i.vgy.me/4KfaD5.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="569px"]https://i.vgy.me/M0bWXR.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="527px"]https://i.vgy.me/Mc8Xwg.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="525px"]https://i.vgy.me/o2COTT.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="577px"]https://i.vgy.me/BxsN6q.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="526px"]https://i.vgy.me/OELwe9.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="526px"]https://i.vgy.me/HaXnTm.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="529px"]https://i.vgy.me/IvOoyT.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="530px"]https://i.vgy.me/ncIP9v.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="528px"]https://i.vgy.me/kVRR7Y.jpg[/IMG] [IMG width="532px"]https://i.vgy.me/1CSkR4.jpg[/IMG][/SPOILER][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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