Loveday Writing

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 feel that this finale mostly did its job and I’m going to review it character by character. Dale and Gerry – The episode kicks off with Dale being interviewed solo on Gerry’s show

This episode is all about Kay Walters and again lives up to its title. This episode picks up where we were left off by kicking off the day after the events of the previous one. Helen and Dale are on-air interviewing Kylie Minogue as part of a special feature. After they go off air, the tension can definitely be seen

This episode touched on the Indigenous perspective of the Bicentennial, gave an insight into Kay’s drug addiction and early life, and Dale planning an elaborate marriage proposal to Helen. The episode kicks off on 4 December 1987, with the News at Six crew rehearsing a song-and-dance number to promote their upcoming Bicentennial coverage. We then move forward to 12 December

This episode certainly lived up to its title. The episode kicks off with Helen and Dale going to Gerry’s house on 17 October 1987, where they meet his wife, Carla, and their daughter, Alison. It’s there that Helen and Dale find out that Gerry and Carla met on a cruise ship, and that Carla knows about Gerry’s bisexuality. Carla also

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