Loveday Writing

This episode was all about the Hoddle Street Massacre, ethical dilemmas, and judgement calls. The episode kicks off with Lindsay, Dale, Helen, Rob, and Gerry having dinner at Charlie’s house on 9 August 1987, where they talk about the upcoming Bicentennial. Charlie unveils a new promo for it, and Lindsay reveals that Dale will cover pageantry, and Helen will cover

The job of a season premiere is to establish new story arcs for the season and continue any that were established in the previous season’s finale. This premiere definitely did a great job. The previous season ended in April 1986, with Helen and Dale’s personal and professional relationship uncertain, Geoff leaving the network and burning the bridges he spent over

The job of a season finale is to wrap up the season’s story arcs and establish new ones for the next season (if there is one). I felt that this finale mostly did its job. I’m going to review the finale character by character. Helen and Dale – Helen and Dale are dealing with the fallout of Dale’s revelation at

I’m going to review the penultimate episode of the season character by character. Helen and Dale – Helen tells Dale that Lindsay finally approved her story on Caroline Gibson, a single mother who contracted HIV after receiving a blood transfusion, which Helen mentioned in the pilot. Helen also tells Dale that she feels he should interview her as it will

This episode was all about the Russell Street Police Station explosion, the impending royal wedding, and family. I’ll be reviewing this episode character by character. Geoff – The episode kicks off with Geoff looking for antacid to take in the middle of the night, only to end up vomiting. The next day, Evelyn has their doctor come to see Geoff.

This episode focuses on Lindy Chamberlain’s release from prison and the nature of cheque-book journalism. Once again, I’ll be reviewing this episode character by character. Dale and Helen – This episode picks up the morning after Geoff’s birthday party, on 2 February 1986. Dale and Helen wake up, with Dale getting up and dressed. Helen asks him if he’s panicking

Now that the pilot has established the show’s premise and characters, the fun can really begin. This episode focuses on the return of Halley’s Comet, Geoff’s career, and Dale and Helen’s developing relationship, both in and out of the office. I’m going to review this episode character by character. Dale and Helen – Dale and Helen’s developing relationship, specifically Helen

The job of a pilot is to establish a show’s premise and characters. This pilot did its job perfectly. I’m going to review this pilot character by character. Dale – I’m going to start with Dale (Sam Reid) as the pilot starts with him and his perspective. We kick off on Friday 24 January 1986 with Dale watching a Paul