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A Place To Call Home (Seven) General Discussion (Spoilers)

A Place To Call Home (Seven) General Discussion (Spoilers)


A Place To Call Home Premieres on Seven on April 28, 2013



From the creator of Packed to the Rafters comes the sweeping and romantic drama A Place To Call Home.

It tells the story of a mysterious woman perched between the harsh legacy of World War II and the hope of a new life in Australia and of a wealthy family forced by her to embrace the winds of social change.

It’s 1953 and the horrors of World War II are still raw and alive in many memories. Graceful yet enigmatic nurse Sarah Adams (Marta Dusseldorp) learns of the death of her half-brother and returns to Australia from London to care for her estranged mother.

She carries with her the secrets and scars of her wartime suffering. In returning, she finds another country from the one she left behind. She finds
an Australia perched on the verge of the social changes of the post-War boom.

Working her passage home aboard an ocean liner, Sarah becomes involved in the lives of the Blighs, a wealthy Australian pastoralist family.

She develops an immediate connection with gentle and charming widower George (Brett Climo), as well as his modern young daughter Anna (Abby Earl) and withdrawn daughter-in-law Olivia (Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood). But it is when Sarah unwittingly discovers a potentially scandalous Bligh family secret that her future becomes forever linked with theirs.

Only the uncompromising matriarch of the family, Elizabeth (Noni Hazlehurst), and her grandson James (David Berry), know Sarah has uncovered this family skeleton. Elizabeth is determined to keep it that way – and Sarah at arm’s length.

But Sarah’s involvement with the Blighs only intensifies when, after her attempt at reconciliation with her mother goes awry, she accepts an offer from George to come and work in Inverness, the picturesque country town near the beautiful estate of Ash Park where the family resides.

Ever fearful of the dark secret coming out, and George’s warm relationship with Sarah developing further, Elizabeth resolves to sabotage Sarah’s prospects of work at the local hospital.

Despite being able to circumvent the forces working against her and prove her worth to the laid-back head doctor Jack Duncan (Craig Hall), the feeling for Sarah of being set-against is an unwanted echo of her dark and haunted past.

But it is time for Sarah to face life again and begin her journey towards healing and hopefully finding a place to call home.

A Place to Call Home is created by Bevan Lee, the man behind iconic Australian shows such as Packed to the Rafters, Always Greener and more recently
Winners & Losers. Executive Producers are John Holmes and Channel Seven’s Head of Drama Julie McGauran with Chris Martin-Jones serving as Producer.

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1x01 The Prodigal Daughter

After the way Elizabeth treated Sarah it's ironic she was the one to stop her son James from committing suicide and the to be turned away by her mother must of been hard, Jack taking her to the most awkward patient because of Elizabeth's distaste for her was cruel but the the way she handled him was impressive but trying to bribe her to go was amusing as it backfired

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1x02 The Welcome Mat

Elizabeth wanting Sarah to keep quiet about James suicide was predictable but with her dislike for Sarah is making everyone suspicious and what a tragedy that Anna's house had to be put down after breaking a leg but snooping in Sarah's room was bound to get her annoyed

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1x03 Truth Will Out

I'm not surprised Sarah was pissed after her landlady went snooping in her room and then being questioned by Jack about the discovery that Sarah is not her real name was bound to make her angry, Sarah telling George about James was a great way to get back at his mother

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1x04 The Mona Lisa Smile

What a shock for Jack finding his army friend hanging but snapping at Sarah because he missed a day because he was looking for her was wrong and being short tempered with everyone was understandable, Olivia Unable to stop wondering about the woman James admitted to loving in Europe was interesting as the way he looked at the wedding album his lover was there but probable a man

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1x05 Day of Atonement

Sarah performing a spiritual cleansing in the local creek was bound to offend some people as it looked like she was skinny dipping and unfortunately she just happened to be witnessed by Doris, Sarah jumping in and stopping the assault was impressive

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1x06 That's Amore

Sarah walking into the bar and threatening to rearrange the guys testicles for beating his wife was great but you knew it would have consequences and you can understand why Olivia was struggling with the identity of James lover as she knows it's a guy and he married her for his mothers sake

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1x07 Boom!

Elizabeth revealing her darkest secret in the hope that it can help James and Olivia see that there is hope for their marriage as her husband was also gay was a surprise but it wouldn't surprise me if it turned out to be a lie as she is very manipulative and Sarah going to see her mother who is gravely ill was interesting as she once said she didn't want to see her again but at leased she got to see her before she died and what a cliffhanger with Elizabeth collapsing

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1x08 Worlds Apart

How unfortunate that Carla found Anna's contraception hidden in her room but confronting her son, Gino when she became suspicious was bound to make things awkward but that's what any mother would do

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1x09 Cane Toad

God help Sarah if Elizabeth found out about George and her having a secret affair and Anna also pushing her father towards Sarah was nice but blaming Elizabeth's smile on wind was amusing, Anna being sick would make you think she is pregnant with Gino's baby but what was the point of getting the contraceptive that was found in her draw

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1x10 Lest We Forget

Jack being a former Japanese POW and coming face to face with his first since the war was interesting but shaking his hand for the sake of the guests must of been hard and no surprise he got drunk afterwards

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1x11 True to Your Heart

Anna had very little choice in telling Gino she is expecting as she had tried everything except abortion to get rid of the baby and Elizabeth demanding George end it with Sarah was predictable but putting an ultimatum on it will make it interesting as she holds the purse strings and I can imagine he will marry her to spite her, Sarah hitting Regina was great as she deserved it for her foul tongue

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1x12 New Beginning

George telling his mother he's asked Sarah to marry him was great as she had just threatened to disinherit him for that and as that's backfired I'm not surprised she take a different approach, Anna having complications with her pregnancy was interesting as she first tried to get rid of it and now she's upset and Regina's face when Sarah grabbed her round the throat was great as what she said was evil

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1x13 Secret Love

Anna and Sarah both having a three month trial on their relationships is going to be interesting and could Jack be Anna's father but the dead body was about time as he was a wife beating blackmailer and he got what was coming

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2x01 No Secrets, Ever

Sarah and Anna starting their trial periods in their new homes was interesting but Sarah helping cover up Bert's death was surprising and James having electroshock treatment to make him straight was sickening

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