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What an agonising start - Ann telling Bobbie she'd better sit down and prepare herself for some big news, then taking forever to get to the point. And then to have Stan and Edie walk in, all smiles and crimpolene, offering to whisk her and her hair away to a new life where industrial cranes seem to feature heavily. Wow, it was a bit unexpected I guess.
Once again we got to have a peep into Joan's house, where I'm sure I noticed a wide-rimmed cowboy hat hanging on her coat hooks. Maybe it was for all that country and western music she liked, or for her line dancing at the weekend. Erm, or maybe that would be just a bit too stereotyped. On the phone, she told Jason Donovan's dad that she'd take Shane to school, then come over to their place "about 9.30". So it was lucky she worked shifts, and they obviously didn't go out to work at all.
When she did get to the school, I was puzzled by the long and lingering shot of the kid on a bike, and was waiting to see what important plotline was going to centre around him after all that screen time. In the end, apart from appearing to be twice Shane's age, there was nothing of interest with his school chums.
Strange camera angle at the Taylor's house, filmed from the ceiling, as if by a security camera. Anyone else almost throw up when Shane was referred to as "the same loveable child"..?
I was interested to see yet another new extra, this time talking silently to Frank. Then Lou came along immediately after, and stood in the same place, and we could hear everything she said perfectly. Obviously the first poor dear has some kind of serious throat infection.
Judy was still insisting on wearing that pink thing round her neck, and I'm sure if the colour wasn't quite right on your television, you'd swear it was another chin.
We learned about Geoff and his anti-drugs feelings. Now there was something that wasn't exactly a great shock. "You know what you can do with that," he told a sneering Frank, after being offered drugs. I'm just waiting for him to reveal a daughter who’d got into drug problems now.
The camera with the missing pixel (top right of the screen) was back in use today, and I couldn't help but notice it - or should I say, get totally distracted by it. It was particularly noticeable in the scene of Bobbie having a bad 'trip' (where it managed to steal most of the dramatic impact for me).
The infamous and mysterious pink garment was still in evidence in the laundry, where it was hung up behind the sewing machines. Presumably ready to be sewn yet again, before being hung up between the dryers, ready to be taken down and sewn again later. Actually, I did think Lexie was wearing it later in the programme, until I saw it hanging up behind her. Crikey, don't they know it's not meant to leave the laundry?
It amazes me how liberal they were in Wentworth with staff attendance, especially when there were only about 6 officers. Ann told Meg she "should have taken the day off", a phrase which seems to be said almost as frequently as "we're so short staffed as it is".
I was quite surprised at the scene between Lou and Frank, and how violent it was! It was exciting and shocking, and well done, but for a peak-time viewing slot (as I understood Prisoner was originally scheduled in Australia) I was pretty amazed.
The solicitor told Yemil "This witness has saved your bacon!" which I thought was a wonderfully tactless thing to say to someone who was probably a Muslim!
Yet another strange camera angle, this time looking up at Matt and Geoff while in the rec room, as if the cameraman was on the floor.
And that touching scene, where the women smashed the glass window in the rec room. I bet all the potential suicides were delighted with that.
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