Dan F Posted November 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 I thought the same about Lynn looking into the camera - maybe she did it once too often and it was that reason she was let go..... You really can't imagine today's show dedicating this amount of episodes to such mellow storylines as a stray dog - though really it's just setting us up for the first 'Summer Bay Stalker' type storyline if you will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan F Posted November 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 For discussion of the following eps: Wednesday 18th - Episode 11 Thursday 19th - Episode 12 Friday 20th - Episode 13 Monday 23rd - Episode 14 Tuesday 24th - Episode 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 I have to say that that dog seems a pretty handy actor, from all I know of acting dogs. Unless they tranquilised it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 I thought the same about Lynn looking into the camera - maybe she did it once too often and it was that reason she was let go..... You really can't imagine today's show dedicating this amount of episodes to such mellow storylines as a stray dog - though really it's just setting us up for the first 'Summer Bay Stalker' type storyline if you will I wonder when they killed Eric the Dog that they had this storyline in mind or if it was just to have Lynn running away at the end of Episode 10. Episode Count: Pippa and Tom appeared in every episode this week, Alf and Eric the Dog appeared in four, though Alf is a fair way down the Scene Count chart which will be on the site within the next few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Look out this week for Entire scenes conducted in Greek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ter06 Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 I've been casually watching these episodes and looking back I don't know how the show was ever commissioned - it;s awful! But I suppose it was over twenty years ago when TV was a lot calmer in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Bevan Lee has alluded to this in interview, after Sons and Daughters which was very much a soap of it's time with huge power-hungry warring families, they tried to do away with the melodrama, but they cut it down too much. They also apparently and I think I read this in Andrew Mercado's book, they tried to make each week self-contained or something and after a few weeks they realise this wasn't working and so they did away with it. I think the show is supposed to really take off about Episode 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan F Posted November 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 That's right - Bevan mentioned in the book that they wanted to 'de-soapify' it with storylines which could conclude each week, but they then found that there was nothing to draw people back in the following week - the show came close to being axed but Alan Bateman managed to keep it going for long enough to gain some stability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ter06 Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Episode 40 is 8 weeks in, I am surprised it lasted that long at the pace it's been going! The pilot was good enough as it was an introduction to the characters. Kate Ritchie is the one person that stands out in the first few weeks - the school scene where she is being picked on over Milco (which we saw again in that montage 20 years later) really stands out. Even Roo seems tame the first few times we see her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.laur5 Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I loved the scenes between Sally and Pippa in this episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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