I still think about Tully. I hadn't seen anything quite like that on TV before, the characters, the situation or the performances.
I think it's still very rare. Other shows would make that call to tell you how to feel about the characters. This one doesn't, which is part of why it packs the punch it does.
and I am torn between waiting for you to continue (the next assignment, at least) and going on my own rewatch.
What's wrong with both?
Sapphire and Steel was the series I became obsessed with after Twin Peaks, by coincidence
So noted! I am at present watching my way through the second season of Twin Peaks with rushthatspeaks, so I know the two shows appeal to similar audiences, but they do feel like different species to me.
I used to surreptitiously watch the episodes by myself with the sound turned down to avoid disturbing my parents, and I would then equally quietly sneak off to the phone in the spare room and call one particular friend (the fifth of sixth children; her parents had no concerns about calls after eleven as at least it meant that particular child was at home) to analyse it in glorious detail.
I think that's wonderful.
I only listened to one of the S&S ones, and the story was okay but it wasn't the same - I think it did have David Collings, but not the main two.
I can't imagine the show working without McCallum and Lumley. It's also difficult to imagine it without P.J. Hammond's involvement. I have not yet seen Assignment 5, which he didn't write, so the stories so far feel very unified. (I find it impossible to picture a series bible for Sapphire & Steel: the idea of pinning down anything about its universe seems totally against the point.)
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I think it's still very rare. Other shows would make that call to tell you how to feel about the characters. This one doesn't, which is part of why it packs the punch it does.
and I am torn between waiting for you to continue (the next assignment, at least) and going on my own rewatch.
What's wrong with both?
Sapphire and Steel was the series I became obsessed with after Twin Peaks, by coincidence
So noted! I am at present watching my way through the second season of Twin Peaks with
I used to surreptitiously watch the episodes by myself with the sound turned down to avoid disturbing my parents, and I would then equally quietly sneak off to the phone in the spare room and call one particular friend (the fifth of sixth children; her parents had no concerns about calls after eleven as at least it meant that particular child was at home) to analyse it in glorious detail.
I think that's wonderful.
I only listened to one of the S&S ones, and the story was okay but it wasn't the same - I think it did have David Collings, but not the main two.
I can't imagine the show working without McCallum and Lumley. It's also difficult to imagine it without P.J. Hammond's involvement. I have not yet seen Assignment 5, which he didn't write, so the stories so far feel very unified. (I find it impossible to picture a series bible for Sapphire & Steel: the idea of pinning down anything about its universe seems totally against the point.)