This one really made up for the previous one (which was kind of a tough watch).
Tess mentioned to Monica at the beginning that there was a dire family secret, so of course until we found out what it was, everything that happened seemed like it was about to be discovered!
When Chris opened the hat box in the dresser, I was thinking, "Oh boy! Here it comes!!" But no. It came out later in its own time.
They made great use of flashbacks to show various moments that each of the children had with their father as they were growing up to give you a feel for how each of them remembered him in the past.
This was a touching episode where everyone came together in the end, handled the secret and got to say goodbye to their beloved father/husband. And when they all sang the "family song" together one last time, well, that was really waterworks time!
So anyway... this one was good enough that I got an account so I can start commenting. So far, I really like this series. It's interesting that its original run (1994-2003) completely enclosed my marriage (1995-2002) and I had never seen it once. It's taken me over 20 years to give this series a try and I'm glad I did!
I heard Roma Downey on EWTN Radio recently with Raymond Arroyo and thought I'd give it a look-see. I needed something to replace Hunter after I watched all those! This is a bit more gentle than Hunter!! :-D
I'm sure you'll hear more from me here now. If you want to see obsessive commenting, go find Hunter (with Fred Dryer) on YouTube and you'll see my comments on just about every episode for 8 seasons!
Tess mentioned to Monica at the beginning that there was a dire family secret, so of course until we found out what it was, everything that happened seemed like it was about to be discovered!
When Chris opened the hat box in the dresser, I was thinking, "Oh boy! Here it comes!!" But no. It came out later in its own time.
They made great use of flashbacks to show various moments that each of the children had with their father as they were growing up to give you a feel for how each of them remembered him in the past.
This was a touching episode where everyone came together in the end, handled the secret and got to say goodbye to their beloved father/husband. And when they all sang the "family song" together one last time, well, that was really waterworks time!
So anyway... this one was good enough that I got an account so I can start commenting. So far, I really like this series. It's interesting that its original run (1994-2003) completely enclosed my marriage (1995-2002) and I had never seen it once. It's taken me over 20 years to give this series a try and I'm glad I did!
I heard Roma Downey on EWTN Radio recently with Raymond Arroyo and thought I'd give it a look-see. I needed something to replace Hunter after I watched all those! This is a bit more gentle than Hunter!! :-D
I'm sure you'll hear more from me here now. If you want to see obsessive commenting, go find Hunter (with Fred Dryer) on YouTube and you'll see my comments on just about every episode for 8 seasons!
