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A Magical Place |
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Elinor and Timothy Elkins, a middle-aged couple, revisit a house they rented as newlyweds to see if they can rekindle their marriage and find it for rent again. Shadows from the past bring life back to their dead marriage when they encounter another couple they can hear, but not see. |
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0516 |
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9 Responses to Episode 0516
couple seek out the memories of their youth by renting the cottage in which they spent their honeymoon. They hear voices of a younger couple apparently enjoying the place as they once did. Then the episode gets stupid. Paraphrased: Oh, dearest... I love you truly and deeply, but perhaps I don't and I have psychic powers that I never knew about before and those powers are causing me to move things with my mind without me knowing..." Blah, ridiculous episode.
Barry
What a fantastic story about losing touch with youth and trying desperately to capture it again. There are some stories that grab hold of my imagination and there are some that don't. A MAGICAL PLACE is one that I relate so much with. Putting the pieces back together and not losing the innocence that youth brings with it is one of the keys of staying young at heart.
Vinny Viola
Haha, I found all of the previous comments useful. First of all, the decadent Ford van would have suited the couple in the drama in their youth, haha. The episode did lapse into silliness, and I was disappointed---youth could not bear older people tampering with their "happiness." Yet, I did like the idea of actually remembering the way things really went . Now that I am closing in on 60, I do wonder about my memories and how accurate they really are. Probably not too accurate at all. It IS hard to recall how you felt and how impetuous you could be at an earlier age.
Nancy
Hmm, it did start out as a good story, but it did decline into nonsense at the end (as Barry stated and quoted). I thought it wasn't a very good one overall because of this (Elspeth was usually hit an miss with her stories). I did find the Ford van ad quite funny - "Yes, this is who I am". The description of the van makes me think of creepy people leering at women and trying to get them into the back of their van. Perhaps (?) it was viewed differently then, I don't quite remember.
Alec
Bob, your comment reminded me that I actually got to sit in one of those vans with bubble windows and shag carpet because it was on display at a car show at our ___ City Exposition building. I think it was even 1976 or 1975. It was so cool mainly because the carpet gave a rich sound to the powerful sound system which could rival a movie theater sound. The van's outside doors even had an oil painting that would rival Michelangelo or Matisse. Those were the days. I wonder if any of those vans are still around today.
D.C.
I got the underlying message. Not silly at all. As we live we gain somethings as we loose others. You live life only once, you cannot go back. You can cherish and bring back what you lost if you love it and love doesn't age only the body. To act out youth in love is only as close as rembering it. Fact remains old age is the second childhood. We relive in our hearts and minds in the golden years as we lived and felt it in youth. Good lesson in life between young and old. I loved it.
Bob