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ftrbestseller replied to your post “I don’t trust people who pronounce I-G-A as igga. I don’t trust them,…”

Uh, that’s the only way to pronounce it, tbh. And I worked at one for nearly 5 years.

I don’t trust you, I simply do not trust you and for good reason.

jimbyjimbo

Only time it's okay in WA is if it's a Nonna or Poppa saying it... Otherwise no deal!

hikerlady

5.5 Recap

This is for @seven-dragons since she did the same for me when I was in purgatory at my mom’s house out of town and did not have an Internet connection. In case the title does not make it obvious, this post is full of *SPOILERS*

The show starts off with Ethan Young, a Jehovah’s Witness knocking on doors, or ‘witnessing.’ Apparently, the hatred of having random people knock on your door in the middle of the day is universal. He keeps getting the door slammed in his face, which lets us see he has a bit of a temper. He runs into the victim and it is obvious they had planned to meet about something, but the victim tells him to come back later (he’s angry too). Some people, who turn out to be the victim’s niece and her husband stop by the house and find Ethan, covered in blood and kneeling over the victim’s body.

*Roll credits and awesome DBM theme song*

Lucien joins Charlie in the victim’s work shed. The victim’s name is Vern, and he is a retired carpenter who was stabbed repeatedly…as acted out by Lucien.

Back at the Police Station, Charlie and Lucien interview Ethan. Ethan tells them Vern was still breathing when he got there, and insists he tried to find something to stop the bleeding. When asked why he was looking all creepy and kneeling over Vern’s body when the niece found him, he tells them he was praying for Vern because he had not been able to convert him. He did tell a little lie during the interview, but it’s really not that important. I did learn more about the Jehovah’s Witnesses during this interview than I have ever learned before, so that’s something. This show is so educational.

Funny Scene - Alice is not in the morgue when Lucien gets there, so he starts without her. Alice is NOT happy. She actually seems wounded that he started his talking to the dead body bit and didn’t wait for her. Anyway, they find a weird fragment in one of the wounds. Lucien makes sure it is okay with Alice if he brings it home to test it, which is kind of sweet.

*Going to pick this up a bit or this will take forever*

Charlie and Lucien go to the niece’s house, where the main takeaway is that her husband is a hot tempered jerk.

Back at the police station, Ethan’s mother is having a meltdown. Her friend and ride to the station, a guy named Percy, tells Lawson that he worked with Vern. He also tells Lawson that Ethan is his apprentice. Ethan’s mother, who needs a serious intervention about her overuse of rollers for her bangs - is scaring the crap out of poor Ned. Important takeaway, Ethan’s mother is a bit on the high strung/pain in the ass side. She is not happy they are keeping her son locked up and insists on spending the night in the corridor.

Lucien visits Ethan in the cells to make sure he is okay. I love these scenes, where Lucien shows compassion to people who probably have not received much in their lives. Charlie interrupts them to say that Lucien “better come quick” because he is needed at home.

HUUUUH? What happened?

Jean burned her arm because she thought she saw someone outside….a hot potato accident. Lucien is concerned about her seeing this someone, but she just shakes her head and says she was not sure anyone was there. We get to see Lucien bandaging her arm, and Lucien apologizes and acknowledges that the divorce and the business with the church must be weighing heavily on her mind. Jean seems touched that he has noticed, but insists she’s fine and he needs to go back to work.

Lucien and Charlie are back at the scene of the crime to see if the killer could have murdered Vern and escaped in three minutes. The important thing about this scene is that Lucien has rubbed off on Charlie, who is now acting out the crime scenes too. Oh, the murderer could have killed Vern and escaped in time. Also, there are some discrepancies which leads them to believe that the killer looked for something that was hidden in the work shop. They do find a bag from a bakery and over 2000 pounds hidden all over the place.

This leads them to a secret gambling ring, which is this week’s red herring. It seems like Vern was murdered because everyone thought he was cheating them out of money. The big thing we learn is that gambling brings out the worst in people and the niece’s husband is still a big jerk. The most important thing we learn is that Lawson’s dad was a gambler and he was not much fun to live with as a boy.

Rose drops by the house and Jean’s spidey senses tell her that something is on Rose’s mind. Turns out Rose thinks she is pregnant with Charlie’s baby - it’s ultimately a false alarm. Rose isn’t exactly excited about something ruining her career. The BIG REVEAL - Jean was pregnant at 19 before she married Christopher. She had a miscarriage and it was a girl. She never told anyone else and felt her miscarriage was her punishment for their transgression against God. Will she tell Lucien at some point?????

Charlie gets hit with a tool box by the niece’s jerk husband, but the husband runs into Lucien who pushes him down like he is a feather lite bowling pin. I’m skipping over a bunch of gambling stuff.

Jean and Lucien are back in the lab and Jean is being all sciency again! I love how Lucien is teaching her all this lab stuff. They identify the fragment that was found in Vern’s neck as copper.

Uh Oh, Jean is talking to Father Emery again. Jean tells him the whole history of the Mei Lin ordeal and Father Emery seems to sympathize with their situation, but stands firm on the position of the church. Jean tells him she needs to hear him say it. He tells her she has to choose between Lucien and the church. When Jean says she doesn’t think she can make that choice, he tells her to ask God for guidance. Greeeaaaat. Thanks for the help Father! Actually, he does seem sad that Jean is in this position, but he kinda works for a company that has really strict policies, so his hands are tied.

Charlie and Lucien search Vern’s house again. They find a lot of things that lead them nowhere, but Lucien works out that Vern was illiterate (comes into play later). They also find a secret savings account for his niece.

Back to Ethan’s mom’s house. I was hoping they were interrupting the Rollers in the bangs intervention, but the people were just Jehovah’s Witnesses.

She tells them Ethan is working, which leads them to find him impaled and bleeding. Lucien has to assist in surgery, and uses saline instead of giving him a blood transfusion due to Ethan’s religious beliefs. I was surprised and a little impressed that a man who seems to have such little respect for religion, would still respect another’s beliefs so much. That’s our Lucien though. We also get to see Lucien in scrubs as a bonus.

Cute scene where Lawson helps out the niece. They thought she was skipping town, but she was actually running away from her jerk husband. Lawson, who understands what it’s like to live with a compulsive gambler, basically tells her to leave town while her hubby is locked up. He also gives her the bank account info so she has money for her and her kids.

Jean drinks Lucien’s whiskey again. And, Lucien kisses jean before leaving.

FINALLY! The scene we have been waiting for happens with 10 minutes left in the show. Lucien finds a patent for an electric drill that would have made Vern very rich. Percy shows up and Lucien does his big reveal about Percy being jealous. Percy thought he should be included on the patent too. Ethan told Percy he was helping Vern with he paperwork for the drill, which is why Percy tried to kill Ethan. He needed him out of the way. It’s just like the other episodes, where Lucien explains the mystery to the murderer. Buuuut, unlike the other times, there are no police officers waiting in the wings. Oops. Percy stabs Lucien, but Lucien bashes Percy over the head even after he was stabbed. Bravo Lucien. Lucien has to use his own pen as a chest tube to release the pressure of a tension pneumothorax. Just before blacking out, he sees the silhouette of a man in the doorway. First Jean, now Lucien. Munro perhaps?

Although I was really hoping we would see Jean find out about Lucien getting stabbed and see her all worried before he regained consciousness, the bedside scenes were very nice and intimate. When Lucien wakes up, he says, “Ah, Ive missed dinner haven’t I?” The best was Alice though. She was soooo excited about Lucien using his own pen as a chest draining tube and wants to ask a bunch of questions after he wakes up. The look Jean gives her is priceless.

Also, as Charlie is walking out, Lucien says goodnight. Charlie calls him boss. His reply is “Night boss.” Ha

Just when you think that Lucien is about to drop some serious bad news (music and all) after he tells Jean there is something he needs to tell her, he just says he is a throughly bad patient. They giggle and then Jean basically tells him he needs to be more careful, that she almost lost him that night. He basically says he will be more careful by replying, “Understood.” I am a thousand percent certain that he will not change at all.

All in all, this was another wonderful episode!

The End. Thank god.

seven-dragons

Thank you @hikerlady ! I will be able to try to watch in a day or so but the internet here is bad and I am not sure it will work.

missouiser-deactivated20210926

Actually, he does seem sad that Jean is in this position, but he kinda works for a company that has really strict policies, so his hands are tied. - @hikerlady on Father Emery

^Perfect description is perfect.

jimbyjimbo

I actually like the skipped worried Jean before he woke up part, like it was all lowkey, no big deal

hops-n-coffee-beans

@waitingforturnips posted something about Jean’s Catholic drama and why it is such a big deal. I wanted to respond, but a) didn’t want to hijack the post and b) ran out of characters…. so here’s my 2 cents. Read or disregard at your will.

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my-little-yellowbird

A truly excellent point, @hops-n-coffee-beans . The impact of conservative Catholicism is on all areas of life Add to the loss of community, Jean has been taught her entire life that the Church is her path to salvation. Lucien’s got a great butt, and all, but is it worth eternal damnation?

And! She’s a woman in a world that does not afford her the rights and freedoms necessary to live independently.

She has a very good idea what things will be like without the church. Is she as certain of what her life will be like with Lucien?

missouiser-deactivated20210926

Excellent thoughts, @hops-n-coffee-beans and @my-little-yellowbird. Jean probably believes that God can be found outside of church, but community is another matter. She’s a member of the Church dramatic society and the Church sewing circle. She bakes for the Church fete. It’s not just her religion, it is her recreation as well.

When I was growing up in the 1960s, my mother’s social life revolved around the Methodist church my ancestors helped to establish. In particular, there was the Womens’ Society, which held luncheons and ran the thrift shop and dozens of other things. The vast majority of her friends, and all her relatives, were also members. When my family left the church in the early 1970s, my mother cried for days. And she never established the same ties with the congregation of the evangelical church we settled in.

So, yeah, Jean would be giving up a lot.

pianosa2tothefighting8th

This is a lovely discussion. I feel so much for Jean, having been going through my own struggles with organized religion right now. It can be so frustrating to have this faith and belief in a good, just, merciful, and loving god, and to have the church you’ve devoted your life to take actions that don’t feel like what a loving god would want.

I just want to bundle Jean up in my arms and tell her she’s welcome and loved. And that she shouldn’t have to choose between loving a good man and her church.

waitingforturnips

Ooh yes, I didn’t mean to imply that Jean isn’t going to have a bad time of it, just that excommunication isn’t the right word for the situation (I got really stressed when I read that press release because obviously excommunication is a big deal. But I just don’t see how that can happen to her in this situation).

Having grown up in the Anglican church myself, I know how much of a community church is. It’s upsetting having to think of Jean losing all of her social activities and the community that has supported her for her whole life. I mean, they were probably the ones who were there for her after Christopher died. And now they’re going to abandon her because of who she loves.

Even if she isn’t asked to leave the congregation (and I still think that’s a dick move by Father Emery if it happens), I don’t know if you’d want to stay in that situation voluntarily, being excluded from certain sacraments and knowing that the church’s official position is that your marriage is invalid and that you’re living in sin. Especially with all those judgy ladies about (though I hope Jean has some allies in the church too).

Even if the situation is a little overdramatised on the show, it’s sadly not difficult to believe that this could actually happen. A few years ago a lady at my old church was kicked off parish council and banned from being a youth leader because the minister found out she wasn’t married to her partner. She wasn’t asked to leave but I’m pretty sure she left voluntarily because of the way she was treated. And this was the Anglican church in the 21st century. Of course, protestants have more options because you can just switch denominations if you want and no one bats an eyelid, whereas Catholicism is a more closed community and teaches that it’s the only true church, so changing denominations is a bigger deal (especially for someone like Jean, who is very Catholic).

Thanks for the excellent commentary everyone!

seven-dragons

Like you said, I am not sure they mean what they think when they say excommunication. Asked to leave the local congregation is not excommunication. That being said, I have known people whose relatives, both Catholic and Jewish, were kicked out of their congregations because of marriage issues as late as the 1940’s. and in both cases they were in small, tightly knit communities where the clergy ruled all things so they had to leave town.

jimbyjimbo

I really appreciate the insights. I hadn't been able to see why it was such a problem for Jean- like just do it, don't stress about a stupid church but I realise how I am seeing it like that because I have no church myself and brought up as its a choice you can make if you want- (my mum is an ex Catholic who upset my Grandad by not having me baptised) I've had a glimmer of understanding of how much more it is for her than a bit of mumbo jumbo

Yay!

Loved it! Go Charlie! Nice j+l moments without taking over the story. Lawson! Damn Alice is the bomb I forgot somehow how gold she is. Rock on to Ep 2 gonna be a long week. The fans have totally written this series

#tdbm ihopethisdoentrateasspoilers #the doctor blake mysteries

Blake Countdown!

A little behind here in the west, still a little longer to wait. Just ducked out to grab dinner and bottle of scotch to go with episode one! ENJOY EVERYONE!

#tdbm #the doctor blake mysteries #lucien #seriesfive #longestwaitever

fabulouslyphryne

I’m sorry this has taken so long for me to post. When @waitingforturnips and I went on a tour of the set, I was given this page from the series bible. They had heard and seen a lot of us trying to piece it all together and said I could share.

There were some fun little tricks that we learned:

* for all the scenes filmed at the front door, for the action/reaction shots that occur at the front door those scenes are actually filmed in two locations - 1) looking into the house filmed on set, 2) looking out of the house filmed at the real house in Ivanhoe. This is because three feet from the front of the set verandah is a wall.

* The staircase actually only goes up to the landing, where when Lucien is looking up and thinking about Jean I can imagine a small herd of cinematographers/grips/lighting/etc folks perched taking the shot.

* the second bedroom on the set functions as Mattie’s room/Jean’s room/Charlie’s room

* there is a corridor to nowhere. They call it the corridor to nowhere.

* There is a seekrit closet. Perfect for one or two people. It’s near the stairs.

* The doors to Genevieve’s painting study are also in the set. However, just like the front door… there is a plywood wall about two feet in front of them. Another great case of one sided conversations in the doorways!

* In the top corner is the Back Porch and the Atrium, this is where the Bathroom! and the Laundry! are supposed to be. So yes… when Lucien says he’s going to go wash up and we think he’s going outside.. he really is going to the imaginary bathroom!

It’s a little hard to read, but go and compare your version, it’s quite fun!! Let me know if you have questions and need clarity on what you see. @waitingforturnips did I miss anything??

waitingforturnips

I think you’ve covered just about everything!

Here’s a couple more things I remember from walking around the set:

Jean and Charlie sleep upstairs, Lucien and Mattie sleep downstairs (this is supposed to be because of “proprietary”, but I don’t understand why the genders are mixed and not separated, unless I misheard?)

We’re gonna see Charlie’s bedroom during S5 ;)

There’s a second bathroom upstairs

To add to your point about scenes filmed in two locations: in the scene where Lucien opens the door and sees Mei Lin standing on the porch, they’re not actually looking at each other because Craig is in the set and Ling Cooper Tang is at the Napier Waller House :o

Apparently the piano had recently been tuned, so maybe there’ll be more singalongs in the telemovie??? (or Lucien drunk playing late at night)

No one is allowed to sit on Lucien’s bed because it wrinkles the quilt cover and then they have to fix it

The production office is above the set and apparently the soundproofing isn’t very good so whenever they’re filming in the set these special lights come on upstairs and everyone has to freeze like musical statues

And finally, my favourite piece of trivia: the Chest of Pain wasn’t in Lucien’s bedroom because it was “having more things added to it”

fabulouslyphryne

Didn’t miss-hear - Charlie and Jean are theoretically upstairs, Mattie below. (This should make for all sorts of chaos in Seekrit relationships in Season 5) imagine what happens when “Malice” is in the mix!!

Oh the lights in the production office story was soooo good! Imagine having to get something off the printer and being stuck in midstride for 5-10 minutes. Lol. Darn those long takes!

And they call it the Chest of Pain, in the script, on the set!!!

Oh, and some of the writers who really are fanboys and fangirls on the inside, like to write little fun bits of fan homage into the scripts. ie. “Lucien and Jean drink from mismatched teacups” which makes George Adams yell “Take that out!” lol

waitingforturnips

I love that the Chest of Pain is officially in the script! They should go back and rewrite all the scripts using our excellent descriptions xD

jimbyjimbo

I love this. I have no difficulty believing the writers are secret fanboys and fangirls- everything we've seen for series 5 looks like it was written by you lot!

beingnico

I must say I love Jean in slacks

jimbyjimbo

Ummm is that a passport in her hand?

moiraxrose

#GOODBYE

slightlycomic-attitude

Ka. Thud.

waitingforturnips

Did they read my mind because this is everything I have ever wanted

missouiser-deactivated20210926

I just screamed. In the lab. Nursing supervisor stick her head in the door. Told her a huge spider dropped on my head. *thud*

jimbyjimbo

Smoochies in the trailer makes me nervous- what are we being set up for here??

seven-dragons

Objects in the Mirror: Tat

The Blake house is overrun with halls full of hall tables, floors covered in mismatched throw rugs that would make any college dorm proud, knickknacks, photographs that look like they came with the frame, and endless prints on any subject and nothing at all. It is a shrine to someone else’s life, so full of memories yet completely impersonal.

Or as Agnes Clasby calls it, “tat.”

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