Paluu Eedeniin?

Olin ala-asteella kun se tuli. Eikö siinä se mies yrittänyt hukuttaa sen vaimon ja luulivat että krokotiili oli syönyt sen?

Siinä on se rikas nainen, joka joutuu krokotiilien ruhjomaksi ja mies luulee naisen kuolleen. muistelen että tuossa oli joku miehen järjestämä juttu taustalla, ts. naisen isä oli rikas ja naisella omaisuutta vaikka kuinka, ja mies halusi tämän takia naisesta eroon. Miehellä oli rakastajatar, jonka kanssa sitten alkoi elellä kun nainen "kuoli"



Naiselta jäi tyttö ja poika, jotka eivät muistaakseni oikein isäpuolestaan tykänneet. Nainen sitten uusilla kasvoila, upean näköisenä alkaa seurata miehen elämää sivusta ja juonii kostoa. kuitenkin oli aikanaan tosi hyvä sarja!



Milloin tuo nyt tulee ja miltä kanavalta?

Olin ala-asteella kun se tuli. Eikö siinä se mies yrittänyt hukuttaa sen vaimon ja luulivat että krokotiili oli syönyt sen?

ja oli Tapaus. Juonesta en sen kummemmin muista, mutta oliko se joku Stephanie se nainen...? Joka kuitenkin sitten ryhtyi makselemaan kalavelkoja miehelleen.

Koska?



Olen odottanut sitä kuin kuuta nousevaa :)

Stephanie Harperilla on kaikkea, mitä elämältä saattaa toivoa; kauneutta, rahaa ja onnellinen avioliitto - näin hän ainakin kuvittelee. Hänen tennistähti-aviomiehensä on petipuuhissa Stephanien parhaan ystävän kanssa suunnitelmissaan hoitaa vaimonsa pois päiväjärjestyksestä - lopullisesti.



Paluu Eedeniin on 1980-luvun tv-kulttisarja, joka piti miljoonat katsojat kautta maailman tiukasti television ääressä. Kauniiden ja rikkaiden elämää värittävät kielletyt romanssit, häikäilemättömät murhaajat ja julma kosto.

Koska? Olen odottanut sitä kuin kuuta nousevaa :)

ostin sen jo ja odotan vain sopivaa hetkeä kun saisi vaan löhöillä sohvalla ja katsoa.

dvd-mainoksen näin lehdessä. Kiitos valaistuksesta, nyt muistan sarjasta jotain. Taisi olla vielä sitä aikaa, kun Suomessa näkyi kaksi kanavaa, eli tällainen sarja oli Suuri Tapaus. Terv. ap

on jäänyt elävästi mieleen. Olin ala-asteella ja tappelin, että saisin katsoa sitä, vaikka tuli myöhään. Äidin kanssa sitten sovittiin, että otan videolle ja katson päivällä. Autraliassahan se tapahtui ja joku sheikkikin liittyi juoneen. Varmaan aikamoista saippuaa. :-) Pitääpä ostaa tuo DVD ja katsoa, mikä ruokki vilkasta mielikuvitusta lapsena.

Muistelen olleeni silloin vielä ala-asteella ja sain silti katsoa sen illalla äitini kanssa. Meillä oli muuten aika tiukat nukkumaanmenoajat, eikä saatu TV:stä katsoa mitään väkivaltaohjelmia tms. niin mietin, miksiköhän sain "Paluu Edeniin" katsoa. Mä muistan siitä vaan, että se oli tosi jännä ja sitten mulla on mielikuva jostain käärmeestä, mutta ehkä se oli se krokotiili/alligaattori.

Return to Eden was an Australian mini-series and subsequent weekly television series starring Rebecca Gilling, James Reyne, Wendy Hughes and James Smillie. The mini-series aired on Network Ten in 1983 whereas the weekly series aired in 1986.



Stephanie Harper (Rebecca Gilling), a dull, "plain jane" heiress, marries a handsome but unscrupulous tennis pro, Greg Marsden (James Reyne), who promptly begins an affair with Stephanie’s best friend Jilly Stewart (Wendy Hughes). Greg and Jilly then plot to murder Stephanie and lay claim to her fortune. Greg pushes Stephanie into a crocodile-infested river, and watches as she is apparently mauled to death. However, Stephanie survives and is found washed up on a beach. She meets Dave Wells (Bill Kerr) who nurses her back to health but she is horrifically scarred from her encounter with the crocodile. Dave gives her a fortune in precious jewels and she leaves to find someone who can restore her looks. She goes to an island and meets Dr. Dan Marshall (James Smillie), a brilliant plastic surgeon who uses his talents to repair her face and body. After the bandages are removed, Stephanie has been transformed into a beautiful woman. Using the alias Tara Welles, which Dave has given her, Stephanie returns to Sydney and becomes a glamorous supermodel, whilst plotting her revenge on Greg and Jilly and take back what is rightfully hers, particularly her beloved home. Hence the title "Return to Eden".



Such was the enormous success of the original mini-series that Return To Eden returned as an ongoing regular series in 1986. The series premiered on 11 February 1986 and had a run of 22 one-hour episodes. The events of the series took place seven years after the end of the mini-series. The opening episode featured Jilly's release from prison and ongoing storylines dealt with her ongoing rivalry with Stephanie, and Stephanie's continued attempts to keep control of the family company, Harper Mining, which Jake Sanders was trying to take away from her. Rebecca Gilling and James Smillie returned to reprise their roles from the original mini-series, while Peta Toppano took over the role of Jilly, playing her as a manic, petulant, scheming "superbitch", much in the style of Dynasty's Alexis. In the series first episode it was revealed that Jilly was actually Stephanie's half-sister, whilst her partner in her villainous schemes, Jake Sanders (Daniel Abineri), was ultimately revealed to be the brother of the late Greg Marsden.



The final episode screened in Australia concluded with a cliffhanger ending in anticipation of a second season. Closing scenes featured Dennis being knocked unconscious by an unseen assailant. Meanwhile, upstairs at Stephanie's mansion while a party went on down stairs, Jilly pulled a gun on Stephanie in yet another attempt to murder her. As Jake attempted to wrest the gun from Jilly it fired, fatally wounding Jake, and he careened into the hallway and down the stairs to die in view of the shocked party guests. Stephanie had snatched the gun away from Jilly and as Jake lay dying at the foot of the stairs, Jilly appeared to check on Jake, seeing the gun in Stephanie's hand she announced to the assembled guests that Stephanie had shot Jake.



The show's ratings had not been high enough to justify a renewal so this cliffhanger was never initially resolved for Australian audiences. The actors playing Stephanie, Jilly and Dennis were later brought back to film a hasty conclusion to the various unresolved story threads. Dennis' abductor, revealed as his half-brother and Stephanie's long-lost son Chris, quickly abandoned his plan to hold Dennis to ransom when he learned Stephanie had been arrested for Jake's murder. Chris had in fact been following Stephanie so had witnessed the shooting incident from the bedroom balcony, and what's more had photographs that proved what had really happened. He quickly cleared Stephanie who was released while Jilly was arrested for murder. This new ending was never seen in the original Australian run and only included in the version of the last episode that was sold internationally. Network 10 repeated the series twice in the 1990s and at least one screening contained the revised ending.



Return To Eden was screened in the UK on ITV where it was a huge hit during the summer of 1986. The 1986 transmission also ended with the original cliffhanger, as did the 1989 repeat screening. However, the newer ending was screened many years later when the series was repeated on UK satellite television, primarily the now defunct Granada Plus, which showed it twice.



The 1986 series of Return To Eden was clearly intended as an Antipodean answer to the glamorous American "supersoaps" Dallas and Dynasty, with the requisite ostentatious fashions, boardroom struggles, bedroom romps and outrageous storylines. It is fair to argue that Return To Eden successfully delivered all the stock soap pleasures with the Australian setting giving the show a certain ironic distance.



Both the original mini-series and the follow up weekly series have been made available on DVD in Australia.



Kaleidoscope Film has released the original 1983 mini-series as two "Region 0" discs. Unfortunately, even though the packaging states "Digitally Enhanced", the picture quality of the discs actually leaves a lot to be desired and certainly is reproduced from many generations of copies down from the master. Bonus extras on the discs include interviews with Rebecca Gilling and James Reyne in 2001.



The 1986 series was released as a six disc set by MRA Entertainment.