Life and Death

Read no further if you wait until Sunday to watch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


He's dead, Jim. Or... Ashley. Fred, that is. How was it for you? The scenes between Fred and Audrey were touching, as they made their peace. Fred was gentle with Audrey, and honest. It seemed like he, as i thought, always held a torch for Audrey but it sounds like he finally was able to put it behind him when he met Bev. I think Audrey would have been the "fantasy" and it would have been very different if they'd actually married. Bev was the reality. I think she cares for Fred but i also think she was looking for security. Fred cares for Bev, but also, he was lonely and this was the first woman that actually wanted to be with him since Eve (who only wanted his money anyway).

But.

He didn't make it to the wedding. He collapsed at Audrey's. I'm not sure why she didn't call someone at the church, Gail, after calling for the ambulance. By the time they took the body away and she got to the church, it must have been a good half hour or more while they were all waiting at the church yet at the church, it seemed like they'd only been waiting an extra 15 minute or so. Isn't tv's space-time continuum great?

Bev knows now that Fred was with Audrey. Talk about rubbing salt in the wound. How is Audrey going to explain this one? Audrey is going to look like a scarlet woman after this, and in addition to that, she's got to deal with her own grief and probably guilt. The stress of it all had to have contributed but let's face it, Fred was a candidate for an early grave, with the weight, the smoking and the scotch and threat.

I'm going to miss Fred. He was a wonderful classic character.