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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 339253" data-attributes="member: 23">Aha. It&#039;s now become clear. First Kiss did close both shows respective first seasons/series.Looking at the airdates, Requiem was evidently a Christmas special, airing on 27th December 1990. This was some four months after First Kiss was first shown, and less than two months before Series Two began.While it&#039;s included in with Series One in the DVD set and in Wikipedia&#039;s episode list, IMDb classes it as Series Two. Obviously it falls in between the two, but I&#039;d feel confident in saying it was shot either as part of or very close to Series Two&#039;s run of episodes. The Who&#039;s The Boss? version doesn&#039;t have this same problem, since its TV season ran from September to April, so its Christmas-set episode fell mid Season One.Tuning in to Requiem, Caroline&#039;s now got a shorter, more coiffed Princess Diana kind of hairdo, while Charlie&#039;s hair has grown into the beginnings of a scruffy Nineties mullet. Watching this the day after First Kiss, the differences in appearance are a little jarring. However, watching Requiem back-to-back with the first Series Two episode, as I did, it&#039;s pretty seamless.Aesthetics aside, there&#039;s a different energy in Series Two. The entire cast seem somehow more relaxed and confident. I&#039;d put it down to the success factor. Series One had aired by this time and I&#039;d think was very well-received (receiving a Christmas special in its first year seems even more of an accolade that the order for Series Two). I&#039;m sure this success (and probably members of the public now treating them differently in Waitrose and coffee shops) would have impacted on each of the actors as individuals and on the cast dynamics.Laura seems much cattier in these two episodes, her quips now including some openly denigrating comments about Caroline&#039;s awkward schooldays. I wonder if that&#039;s a choice on the part of the UK production or if Mona was equally so.Perhaps the latter change comes from Series Two&#039;s first episode being based on a script beyond Season One one of Who&#039;s The Boss?&nbsp; Common Entrance is, in fact, based on the WTB episode Daddy&#039;s Little Montague Girl. It&#039;s a good episode, but I can&#039;t help wondering why a script from a later season was used to springboard this new series. Perhaps it&#039;s considered a classic.And already, she&#039;s appeared in my next consecutive sitcom. Following on from the public school theme of&nbsp; A.J. Wentworth, B.A., she played a teacher at Jo’s prospective exclusive school (and Caroline&#039;s former school), enthusiastically giving a slideshow about school life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 339253, member: 23"] Aha. It's now become clear. [I]First Kiss[/I] [U]did[/U] close both shows respective first seasons/series. Looking at the airdates, [I]Requiem[/I] was evidently a Christmas special, airing on 27th December 1990. This was some four months after [I]First Kiss[/I] was first shown, and less than two months before Series Two began. While it's included in with Series One in the DVD set and in Wikipedia's episode list, IMDb classes it as Series Two. Obviously it falls in between the two, but I'd feel confident in saying it was shot either as part of or very close to Series Two's run of episodes. The [I]Who's The Boss? [/I]version doesn't have this same problem, since its TV season ran from September to April, so its Christmas-set episode fell mid Season One. Tuning in to [I]Requiem[/I], Caroline's now got a shorter, more coiffed Princess Diana kind of hairdo, while Charlie's hair has grown into the beginnings of a scruffy Nineties mullet. Watching this the day after [I]First Kiss[/I], the differences in appearance are a little jarring. However, watching [I]Requiem[/I] back-to-back with the first Series Two episode, as I did, it's pretty seamless. Aesthetics aside, there's a different energy in Series Two. The entire cast seem somehow more relaxed and confident. I'd put it down to the success factor. Series One had aired by this time and I'd think was very well-received (receiving a Christmas special in its first year seems even more of an accolade that the order for Series Two). I'm sure this success (and probably members of the public now treating them differently in Waitrose and coffee shops) would have impacted on each of the actors as individuals and on the cast dynamics. Laura seems much cattier in these two episodes, her quips now including some openly denigrating comments about Caroline's awkward schooldays. I wonder if that's a choice on the part of the UK production or if Mona was equally so. Perhaps the latter change comes from Series Two's first episode being based on a script beyond Season One one of [I]Who's The Boss? Common Entrance [/I]is, in fact, based on the [I]WTB[/I] episode [I]Daddy's Little Montague Girl.[/I] It's a good episode, but I can't help wondering why a script from a later season was used to springboard this new series. Perhaps it's considered a classic. And already, she's appeared in my next consecutive sitcom. Following on from the public school theme of [I]A.J. Wentworth, B.A., [/I]she played a teacher at Jo’s prospective exclusive school (and Caroline's former school), enthusiastically giving a slideshow about school life. [/QUOTE]

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