1x02 Episode 2 - The Thorn Birds Episode Guide

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The Thorn Birds

- Episode 01x02

Episode: 01x02
Title: Episode 2
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: N/A
First Aired: Mar. 28, 1983

Season 1 » Episode #02 - Episode 2

Summary: Having left Australia with a significant sum of holdings in hand willed to the Catholic Church by the wealthy socialite and sheep farmer Mary Carson, Father Ralph de Bricassart finds himself courted by power brokers within the Vatican. Meanwhile, the Drogheda Ranch suffers a devastating brush fire that spawns more tragedy in the Cleary family, and eventually leads to an uneasy reunion between Meggie and Father de Bricassart. However Meggie soon meets a young suitor who captures her heart.

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Guest Stars:

Frank Cleary	played by John Friedrich
Jack Cleary	played by Stephen W. Burns
Stuart Cleary	played by Dwier Brown
Sarah MacQueen	played by Antoinette Bower
Angus MacQueen	played by Bill Morey
Miss Carmichael	played by Holly Palance
Mary Carson	played by Barbara Stanwyck

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: When Paddy is riding around in the thunderstorm that leads to the fires, it clearly bright sunshine and a cloudless sky, as evidenced by the ground around him.
FAKE: SPOILER: When Ralph discovers Mary dead (with her eyes open), she flinches and closes her eyes before Ralph places his fingers on her eyelids to shut them.
CONT: During the scenes after the funerals of Paddy and Stu, when Ralph asks Fee to look after Meggie, she comes down the stairs and it looks as though her legs are bare. Later in the scene she walks out the front door wearing tights with a black seam running down the backs of her legs. In the next scene with Ralph and Meggie in the garden when she pricks her finger on the rose and runs away she is wearing black tights.
CONT: When the lawyer is reading the will to Ralph in the dining room, there is no chair by the table where he is standing. In the next shot, he sits down on a chair that has suddenly appeared.