Home Fires ep 4
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shallownessFebruary 1940
I feel a little cheated of the WI’s Christmas, but instead they’re concerned about building a communal air-raid shelter, taped-up windows and ration books – and I think I saw a bit of someone painting over a signpost. I’m still loving the sisters Frances and Sarah’s relationship and by-play, and of course loved that Frances beat Joyce Cameron in this round.
Mrs Carmichael turned spy – justified as the horrible Bob was adding spite to his abuse of Pat. Don’t know that doping is a long-term solution, but I will say that the blues in this episode were really popping out – in the ‘tonic’ bottle and in characters' eyes and clothes. In other instances of WI members stepping in to help each other, Teresa was more of a teacher than a lesbian. Now, if someone could just step in for Alison and free her from these profiteering men who are blackmailing her...
While we saw David become a man, Stan is still a boy (who looks like George Michael Bluth). Indeed, he’s even credited as Little Stan.
But mainly this was really predictable, from how very happy the newly weds were onwards, although the way they used the choir to emulate an air raid at the inevitable news of Jack’s death was really effective. I'm not bitterly complaining about the predictability, btw, although it is a high-gloss version of the home front of WW2. Sunday night viewing has its requirements.
Ugh, I went to the effort of catching up on that episode last night so that I could watch the next episode live and then realised Britain’s Got Talent’s final was on. If I had posted this then, my mood would have been 'disgruntled'.
I feel a little cheated of the WI’s Christmas, but instead they’re concerned about building a communal air-raid shelter, taped-up windows and ration books – and I think I saw a bit of someone painting over a signpost. I’m still loving the sisters Frances and Sarah’s relationship and by-play, and of course loved that Frances beat Joyce Cameron in this round.
Mrs Carmichael turned spy – justified as the horrible Bob was adding spite to his abuse of Pat. Don’t know that doping is a long-term solution, but I will say that the blues in this episode were really popping out – in the ‘tonic’ bottle and in characters' eyes and clothes. In other instances of WI members stepping in to help each other, Teresa was more of a teacher than a lesbian. Now, if someone could just step in for Alison and free her from these profiteering men who are blackmailing her...
While we saw David become a man, Stan is still a boy (who looks like George Michael Bluth). Indeed, he’s even credited as Little Stan.
But mainly this was really predictable, from how very happy the newly weds were onwards, although the way they used the choir to emulate an air raid at the inevitable news of Jack’s death was really effective. I'm not bitterly complaining about the predictability, btw, although it is a high-gloss version of the home front of WW2. Sunday night viewing has its requirements.
Ugh, I went to the effort of catching up on that episode last night so that I could watch the next episode live and then realised Britain’s Got Talent’s final was on. If I had posted this then, my mood would have been 'disgruntled'.
