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anna8625 — 9 years ago(November 12, 2016 07:10 PM)
@justavictim24 : You're right, I thought she was there.
Yeah Hester Sue probably told her that Alice had used Mary's baby to break the window. I don't recall her mentioned her best friend's name afterward, like she had never existed. -
liamforeman — 9 years ago(January 13, 2017 10:14 PM)
At least we know that Baby AdamJr wasn't killed by the fire, but by Alice Garvey smashing windows with his head. I also really wouldn't grieve the loss of Alice, because Hester Sue was always up on everyone's business and obviously told Caroline that Alice used him as a battering ram. Hester Sue was soooo annoying, I wouldn't have minded her getting grilled to a crisp in the fire too.
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Sjbradford — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 10:31 AM)
Alice Garvey was an awful person. She was always so sour looking. Remember how poorly she treated her own son when he was struggling in schoool? Like he was an embarasssment. And then don't get me started about how she used Mary's baby to break windows when she was trapped in the blind school fire.
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shadaif — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 08:40 AM)
It's been a while since I've seen this episode, but why was Alice there to begin with? Was she teaching there? The fire was at night wasn't it. Of course 30+ years ago I doubt TV writers would have ever imagined that a forum would exist for fans to pick apart every inconsistency.
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deem_bastille — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 10:22 AM)
They had just had a party/ fundraiser to collect money for their plight. she was there late cleaning up since dishwashing machines didn't exist back then.
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Sjbradford — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 04:41 PM)
Not only did Hester Sue help the fire spread more quickly (how about closing that basement door, Hester Sue, or maybe not open it in the first place when there's smoke billowing out of it?), but the least she could have done was stand under the window and encourage Alice to throw the baby to her.
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deem_bastille — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 06:21 PM)
I will go to my grave never understanding why
SHE WENT TO THE SECOND FLOOR TO TEND TO THE COFFEE LEFT ON THE THOUSAND POUND STOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She was halfway up the stairs when she saw the smoke coming from the basement door! moron!
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Sjbradford — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 09:14 AM)
Everyone took their stupid pills in that one. Like Mary would have EVER left her baby. Maternal instinct would have kicked in and she would have grabbed that baby without even thinking. Especially since Mary as a blind woman could not see how bad the fire was, so she would have assumed the worst. And then she and Adam are chilling on the lawn outside the burning house and don't start asking about the baby until they hear the glass breaking. Like Mary wouldn't have been asking about her baby every single second until she had him back in her arms?
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adestabeth — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 10:07 AM)
The original scene didn't go that way. It's shown that way in broadcasts (and even on some dvd's apparently) because the full episodes are too long to fit in one hour including adverts. In every episode there is at least one scene cut.
Here in The Netherlands they always air the full, uncut versions. After Hester Sue and the others at the table smell something, Hester Sue heads to the kitchen and we see her checking the coffee kettle. She then returns to the others, but then they remark that they still smell something and Hester Sue goes checking out the rest of the house. It's only then that she goes upstairs.
Because they cut the scene where Hester Sue is in the kitchen and then returns, it looks like she went upstairs to check the coffee on the stove, but this is an error caused by the deletion of a scene; the original scene makes more sense.