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Something Rich and Strange

Episode Number: 1 Season Num: 1 First Aired: Tuesday May 5, 1998 Prod Code: 1x01

Laura Gibson, corporate lawyer, appears to have it all - until one fine day her life starts a downward spiral. Her son, Rupert, gets expelled; she almost kills the family cat; her husband goes to jail for fraud; she loses out on the partnership; and her sister Trudi has been having an affair with Laura's husband. Deciding it is time for a change, Laura accepts a friends offer for a job as a magistrate. With her children Rupert and Miranda, Laura moves to the small seaside town of Pearl Bay to start a new life. Meeting the charming but strange "Diver" Dan; the Pearl Bay encyclopaedia Meredith and the scheming real estate agent Bob, the Gibsons discover their house isn't all it was cracked up to be…

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Writer:	Andrew Knight

Director:	Michael Carson

Star:	Cassandra Magrath (Miranda Gibson), Sigrid Thornton (Laura Gibson), Kate Atkinson (Karen Miller), Jill Forster (Meredith Monahan), Kevin Harrington (Kevin Findlay), Tom Long (Angus Kabiri), Kane McNay (Rupert Gibson), Bryony Price (Jules Jelly), John Howard (II) (Robert "Bob" Jelly)

Recurring Role:	Fiona Corke (Trudi Dawson)

Guest Star:	Bruce Myles (Tony Garstairs), Wilhelma Stracke (Vet), Luke Bexley (Young Rupert), Tarah Burns (Young Miranda), Christine Earle (Gwenda), Peter Fargo (Gavin), Dalys Timpanaro (Vet Nurse), Jazmin Westup (Bob's secretary), John Higginson (Simon), Paul English (Jack Gibson)

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Music:- "Come Said The Boy" by Mondo Rock
- "I’ll Be Gone" by Spectrum (edit)

Even though the SeaChange series has many characters, the only stars to appear in this episode are Sigrid Thornton, Cassandra McGrath, Kane McNay, John Howard, David Wenham and Jill Forster. (edit)

Quotes

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Laura: What is that scratching noise?
Diver Dan: Oh, mud crabs. I've got five beauties in the bucket!
Laura: Well can they escape?
Diver Dan I wouldn't brake suddenly. (edit)

Trivia

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SeaChange was originally developed to be filmed in the tropics, hence the local pub was named accordingly - The Tropical Star. However, when it was decided the series would be set elsewhere, the name didn't seem entirely appropriate, which is why it stuck. (edit)

Allusions

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Something Rich and Strange

This comes from a play called The Tempest it is sung by a girl named Ariel:

Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell

Notice also that she uses the phrase Full fathom five which is the name of the next episode (edit)

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