Despite the best efforts of David Wenham's Fletcher, the Faraway Downs cattle make it to Darwin just in time to beat King Carney to the punch and earn the Army's contract to feed the soldiers serving overseas. Nice to see the good guys win one for a change, after the losses suffered in Chapter Three. Recreated Darwin looks fantastic. Lady Sarah offers the Drover a job as manager of Faraway Downs, but he doesn't appear interested at first, but the ball provides a backdrop for key events, including the appearance you knew for sure was going to happen, the Drover arriving fashionably late to stun everyone for various reasons. The long-awaited scene where the Drover and Lady Sarah consummate their relationship was well done. The chemistry between Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman makes it even more believable.
Then the big wet, and what imagery Baz Luhrmann treats us to: the montage is jaw-droppingly spectacular. What a brilliant advertisement for the Northern Territory.
We learn more about Fletcher's motivation and the source of some of his enmity towards Faraway Downs late in the episode. It is quite a jaw-dropper to end.
Only two chapters left. Part of me wants to watch them immediately, but another part wants to watch them at a much slower pace. What brilliant television this has been. Wish the series had twelve chapters!
Then the big wet, and what imagery Baz Luhrmann treats us to: the montage is jaw-droppingly spectacular. What a brilliant advertisement for the Northern Territory.
We learn more about Fletcher's motivation and the source of some of his enmity towards Faraway Downs late in the episode. It is quite a jaw-dropper to end.
Only two chapters left. Part of me wants to watch them immediately, but another part wants to watch them at a much slower pace. What brilliant television this has been. Wish the series had twelve chapters!
