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shallowness) wrote2016-04-14 07:46 am
shallowness) wrote2016-04-14 07:46 am
Entry tags:
- home fires,
- tv,
- uk
Air raids and audits
Home Fires Series 2, episode 2
Do ALL the episodes need to begin with Steph encountering a sign of the war in silence?
I’d forgotten about the Barderns’ blind evacuee. Sarah sitting outside with Frances during the air raid was a nice bit of sisterhood.
Claire joining Jenny (and Pat) as an operator is a bit convenient, no? I was surprised that she was still Frances’s maid as well.
Joyce Cameron’s return was spoiled by the fact they were crediting the actress last week, but things are clearly awry in her marriage and if her husband thinks she will yield, even if she’s now living in a pokier house, he’s an idiot. However, the scene with Frances was rather moving – mainly thanks to the acting.
Marek is...perceptive. I was able to play guess the next lines with him. (Didn’t Alison know Bob beat Pat? And was Theresa a member during the worst of Joyce’s bad behaviour?) Aaaaand hospitalised Bob was demanding enough to warrant Pat turning down the offer of chair and leaving it to Joyce. Yes, let’s blame Bob, not picnics. I think I'd have liked to see no Marek, although I appreciate they wanted to bring in an international perspective, but rather for Pat to be the chairwoman and gain confidence and then deal with a returning Bob.
Jenny is a bitch – you can see why they’ve kept the character around and given her lots. If they are mellowing Joyce, they may make her this series's antagonist, although there are signs that she's not happy withal.
Miriam standing up for Laura was nice, but she’s still fixated on David to the point where baby clothes that aren’t sixteen years old are an affront !?!? (although Big Stan is giving her a run for her money on the fixated front).
Bless Frances and Sarah for not assuming the 20 per cent in the will meant a mistress/lovechild like I did. Obviously, they put Allison on the case. (I fear the trust fund is for a child, because Frances and Peter had none.)
As I said before, if we’d known Tom in the first series, I think we’d care a little more about him and Laura, while Sarah and her Flight Commander, by being more of a slow-burn than Pat/Marek and this episode’s bed-moving, is drawing out the tension more. I literally found myself wondering why they didn’t do the famed shot from inside the typewriter as a flushed Pat moved it about.
So, we had a WI meeting (yay!) but mainly this episode was about Frances being sad (downer). However, it makes a change for one of the main characters to be the one being cheated on!
Do ALL the episodes need to begin with Steph encountering a sign of the war in silence?
I’d forgotten about the Barderns’ blind evacuee. Sarah sitting outside with Frances during the air raid was a nice bit of sisterhood.
Claire joining Jenny (and Pat) as an operator is a bit convenient, no? I was surprised that she was still Frances’s maid as well.
Joyce Cameron’s return was spoiled by the fact they were crediting the actress last week, but things are clearly awry in her marriage and if her husband thinks she will yield, even if she’s now living in a pokier house, he’s an idiot. However, the scene with Frances was rather moving – mainly thanks to the acting.
Marek is...perceptive. I was able to play guess the next lines with him. (Didn’t Alison know Bob beat Pat? And was Theresa a member during the worst of Joyce’s bad behaviour?) Aaaaand hospitalised Bob was demanding enough to warrant Pat turning down the offer of chair and leaving it to Joyce. Yes, let’s blame Bob, not picnics. I think I'd have liked to see no Marek, although I appreciate they wanted to bring in an international perspective, but rather for Pat to be the chairwoman and gain confidence and then deal with a returning Bob.
Jenny is a bitch – you can see why they’ve kept the character around and given her lots. If they are mellowing Joyce, they may make her this series's antagonist, although there are signs that she's not happy withal.
Miriam standing up for Laura was nice, but she’s still fixated on David to the point where baby clothes that aren’t sixteen years old are an affront !?!? (although Big Stan is giving her a run for her money on the fixated front).
Bless Frances and Sarah for not assuming the 20 per cent in the will meant a mistress/lovechild like I did. Obviously, they put Allison on the case. (I fear the trust fund is for a child, because Frances and Peter had none.)
As I said before, if we’d known Tom in the first series, I think we’d care a little more about him and Laura, while Sarah and her Flight Commander, by being more of a slow-burn than Pat/Marek and this episode’s bed-moving, is drawing out the tension more. I literally found myself wondering why they didn’t do the famed shot from inside the typewriter as a flushed Pat moved it about.
So, we had a WI meeting (yay!) but mainly this episode was about Frances being sad (downer). However, it makes a change for one of the main characters to be the one being cheated on!
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I hope they do something more with the blind evacuee -- I had forgotten about her too!
Joyce is so much better/nicer this time around. I do like that she suggested Pat take over the WI temporarily instead of putting herself forward (though even she knew that would've been a losing battle). And she's a lot more civil with Frances as well. I wonder what's going on in her marriage... and yes, her husband is definitely an idiot. He clearly doesn't know how strong she really is.
Pat should've taken the WI position and just left Bob in the hospital. Though it looks like he'll be home soon so that means more abuse will be heaped upon her. If we're lucky, he'll be confined to his room all day and can't move about without some for of help.
I read some possibly spoilery-things about Jenny over at the RadioTimes I think. If they're right, her character may be much improved by the end of the series. I hope so since she's so easy to dislike right now and that can just be so boring.
The mysterious trust fund I think is going to his love child with the secretary. That's what everything is pointing too though the writers could surprise us with something else. I can't possibly see any other logical reason based on what little we know about Frances' relationship with her husband.
Am trying to decide if the Doctor (I forget his name) will make it through the series, or if we'll be seeing his funeral soon.
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Joyce has definitely become more human, but will that stick when it comes to running the WI?
I think that Bob's injuries will limit the physical abuse, yes, but he seems to expect to be the tyrant of the house again. The change in his condition, Pat's confidence and Marek's presence on the scene should change the dynamics, but as of yet, I'm not sure how.
[Jenny's character may be much improved by the end of the series. I hope so since she's so easy to dislike right now and that can just be so boring.
I expect Jenny will change. The moment where Frances caught her being nasty about Claire was important, and you get the feeling that she's lashing out at young women like Claire and Laura because she thinks they're rivals, but it isn't making her happy e.g. that she doesn't have female friends and support. I saw a bit of naivete in how she talked about going after single officers and the experience of bartending might change her. So, I don't think she's entirely one note even now, and for the broader story, but not being in the WI and by being mean to the other characters she does cause tension.
Am trying to decide if the Doctor (I forget his name) will make it through the series, or if we'll be seeing his funeral soon.
I've been thinking about this and I'm no more certain than you. They may want to show the chemotherapy working or they may want to torture Erica. The fact that there is now a hospital in the vicinity doesn't mean anything, because his daughter could come back to work there.