Series 9 Episode 1 discussion

[molecatcher]

Wow, that's more like it; a brilliant start to the new series. My heart sank in the first few minutes when H proposed but should have had more faith in the writers not to go down a sloppy happy ending route. My impression was that it was George's death that made R say no when she said something about H's recent decisions changing her mind about marrying him. H beginning to unravel was played superbly and I found it quite heartbreaking that he can't set himself free from his destiny. PF definitely gone up a notch if that's possible, along with the writers.

The scenes on the boat were graphic and shocking but realistic. Had me holding my breath. I'll miss Ros but good old Kudos seem to have found some great replacements.

Lucas/John or whoever is so much more of a rounded character now he's not playing a lovesick wimp and the fascinating last scene when he showed such fear had me feeling real concern for him for the first time.

I know it's only the first episode but it was just so enthralling I've a feeling we'll all be gripped throughout this series and my only bummer was the dvd recorder packed up halfway through so I don't have a copy to revisit. The air was blue I can tell you!