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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 208940" data-attributes="member: 8"><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/d8a4cb16549eceedddba00edf6e48009/97ca500b183d6264-2a/s500x750/9789d7e41a96a90a3c21cba8b541770fd97c5cba.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Ann Hammond is a properly miserable soap wife, and it's funny that Brian's almost-affair woman, Pamela, has become involved with the Hammond marriage again.But there's a good reason, because Pamela isn't married and therefore far more objective and helpful in Ann's self-analysis.I find it all very mesmerizing, and to be honest I had not expected the writing for the women to be this good.The animosity between Mary Hammond and Jennifer Kingsley erupts into a very emotional argument - interestingly, most of the aggression comes from Jennifer, the mistress.It's a wonderfully surprising scene, and eventhough it's purely interpretable I feel there's something metaphorical about the heated argument.I think it's too easy to say that Jennifer hates Mary just because Mary hates her. She's clever enough to understand that the wife would never accept the mistress, and certainly not as a future daughter-in-law (!)And yet she accuses Mary of being an evil woman, and that's not at all how I see it.It's all good and well to take it on the chin and say "je ne regrette rien", but I wonder if there are some hidden feelings of guilt and shame being triggered by Robert Hammond's widow.Jennifer and Edward rekindle their friendship/love/friendship, it's that typical soapy to-and-fro situation, and if they would marry he'd become the stepfather of his half-sister.As the oldest son who had been working with his father since he was a boy, he had expected to inherit the business, or at least have total control over the company.He was the one who opposed to the idea of sharing Hammond Transport Services with his brothers and the secretary/oops! mistress.This may sound like a familiar scenario, but he's actually the most likeable Brother.Youngest brother and ex-bon vivant David Hammond treats his lovely wife very badly, and Jill's friend Julie Lane still openly chases after David. She even tells David's mother during their argument. "He happens to be the one I want".Brian is also no longer as naive and laid-back as he was in series 1 and 2. He's become jealous and pushy, but he's also the one who makes me laugh.It's such a joy to watch all these vibrant characters so I don't really care where the story takes me.Ah, and there's a face I recognize.[ATTACH=full]20434[/ATTACH]But I had to wait for the end credits to see his name. Yes, I ought to be ashamed of myself.As per usual with these old TV productions, the location scenes look much grittier than the scenes that were filmed in the studio.But this has never bothered me, and it's kind of how I remember those faded colours.<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/8e86e1cf2738292cb8d8cf8e98538980/5afe502f2f31b2c4-79/s500x750/8b24de52dfd4d7fa6194b9cc108c519dfdc4ba74.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This is from a Dover-Boulogne episode, I think it's also the first (*cough-cough*) action-packed storyline.[ATTACH=full]20435[/ATTACH]Oh I hate it when people put names on their bourgeois houses. I wouldn't call it pretentious, but it shows an imagination that isn't imaginative at all.Every time I see it, and there are lots where I live, it just makes me cringe.The pop hits so far:Peace Train - Cat StevensHere Comes The Sun - The BeatlesWhere Do You Go To (My Lovely) - Peter SarstedtAnd I think there was another one by Cat Stevens, a psychedelic-tribal party tune for Jill's pseudo-bohemian friends.My personal The Brothers tune of the week:[MEDIA=youtube]ocUrQDXSLVI[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

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