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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 137317" data-attributes="member: 27">The only question in my mind is how they get her onto the horse in the first place.&nbsp; Pregnant women on soaps ought to know by now to avoid horses.&nbsp; And staircases.&nbsp; And cars.&nbsp; And especially arguments while riding in cars.&nbsp; They probably should just go into seclusion.I did not like Fallon and Steven&#039;s seeming non-concern for their father&#039;s emotional state upon his return.&nbsp; There was an obvious writers&#039; choice for that to happen (the writers wanted an excuse for Blake to &#039;unload&#039; on his kids during that party), but I think such non-concern over their father&#039;s condition (especially when he returned &quot;looking like death warmed over&quot; as my grandma used to say) created the genuine sense that they do not really love him or empathize with him on a human level.&nbsp; They gave lip service to their own sadness over what happened to Celia-Cristal, though they made it feel as if the fire had happened six months or a year ago--not one short month.&nbsp; Only Sam and Blake were behaving as if the events were still fresh in their minds, making their scene more meaningful.As the scenes played out in this episode, the writing made it appear that Fallon and Steven barely cared that Celia-Cristal died, and cared even less that their father lost his wife after less than a year of marriage and was an emotional wreck.&nbsp; It especially was not a good look for Steven, since Celia-Cristal brought Sam into Steven&#039;s life and was a great champion for their relationship.&nbsp; Celia-Cristal was generous and supportive of Steven like a proper stepmother.&nbsp; The woman died at his wedding reception, for Christ&#039;s sake.&nbsp; Fallon always gives off a self-obsessed vibe (even if it can be seen as a defense mechanism most of the time) so her glossing over such an event isn&#039;t too surprising, but I expected more out of Steven.&nbsp; Steven and Fallon both failed their father when Blake returned, and Blake of course paid them back handsomely at the party.&nbsp; So they hurt him and he hurt them back.&nbsp; This was predictable, but I really wish they had gone the less-predictable route and let us see some genuine father-daughter-son scenes for once.&nbsp; They can stab each other in the back anytime, but this was a situation where they ought to have been there for one another.&nbsp; If such an event can&#039;t bring them together, what can?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 137317, member: 27"] The only question in my mind is how they get her onto the horse in the first place. Pregnant women on soaps ought to know by now to avoid horses. And staircases. And cars. And especially arguments while riding in cars. They probably should just go into seclusion. I did not like Fallon and Steven's seeming non-concern for their father's emotional state upon his return. There was an obvious writers' choice for that to happen (the writers wanted an excuse for Blake to 'unload' on his kids during that party), but I think such non-concern over their father's condition (especially when he returned "looking like death warmed over" as my grandma used to say) created the genuine sense that they do not really love him or empathize with him on a human level. They gave lip service to their own sadness over what happened to Celia-Cristal, though they made it feel as if the fire had happened six months or a year ago--not one short month. Only Sam and Blake were behaving as if the events were still fresh in their minds, making their scene more meaningful. As the scenes played out in this episode, the writing made it appear that Fallon and Steven barely cared that Celia-Cristal died, and cared even less that their father lost his wife after less than a year of marriage and was an emotional wreck. It especially was not a good look for Steven, since Celia-Cristal brought Sam into Steven's life and was a great champion for their relationship. Celia-Cristal was generous and supportive of Steven like a proper stepmother. The woman [I]died at his wedding reception[/I], for Christ's sake. Fallon always gives off a self-obsessed vibe (even if it can be seen as a defense mechanism most of the time) so her glossing over such an event isn't too surprising, but I expected more out of Steven. Steven and Fallon both failed their father when Blake returned, and Blake of course paid them back handsomely at the party. So they hurt him and he hurt them back. This was predictable, but I really wish they had gone the less-predictable route and let us see some genuine father-daughter-son scenes for once. They can stab each other in the back anytime, but this was a situation where they ought to have been there for one another. If such an event can't bring them together, what can? [/QUOTE]

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