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Post by UmbrellaGirl on Aug 14, 2020 7:44:45 GMT -5
In the episode, “The Hawk”, both Cora Beth and Erin were very attracted to the new Pastor (Hank), and are very obvious about it. Hank is simply friendly, but nothing inappropriate from him that I could see.
Yet it is later implied that HE did something wrong, that he did something to encourage Cora Beth to flirt with him. But I didn’t see that he did anything wrong at all. Cora Beth was the one who showed up at his house with the choir robe excuse. But NOTHING inappropriate happened between them, and he was still ready to leave town, as if something scandalous had taken place between them. Yet when Erin saw them thru the window talking, she reacted as if she’d found them in bed! It made no sense to me...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2020 9:48:54 GMT -5
I think things got a little too Puritan on WM at times. This was one of those times. Another time was when Erin was babysitting for a widower.
But why Hank would apologize makes no sense unless it was simply a political apology. Organized religion can be very political.
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Post by tommyc on Aug 14, 2020 9:53:28 GMT -5
I agree. I never understood Erin's reaction. Hope Pastor Hank learned to put up curtains you can't see through in order to keep away the prying eyes of nosy neighbors  |
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Post by Easton on Aug 14, 2020 10:04:14 GMT -5
To put it bluntly, and this is only my humble opinion, Hank Buchanan was the most masculine male on the show. He was stereotypically 'tall, dark, and handsome'. He was 'every woman's fantasy', and he was off limits. He was the opposite of everything a minister was expected to be. I think it was genius of the producers to cast Peter Fox as the new minister. He brought a whole new dynamic to the show and introduced a few interesting and entertaining story lines, especially bringing his 'date', Marcia Woolery (dressed in one of the most revealing outfits to be seen on the show), to the Walton home for the mortgage burning.
I don't know why Peter left early in Season 7, but I suspect it had something to do with him being cast as a regular in 'Delta House' which was broadcast a year later.
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Post by whisper on Aug 14, 2020 13:12:00 GMT -5
To put it bluntly, and this is only my humble opinion, Hank Buchanan was the most masculine male on the show. He was stereotypically 'tall, dark, and handsome'. He was 'every woman's fantasy', and he was off limits. He was the opposite of everything a minister was expected to be. I think it was genius of the producers to cast Peter Fox as the new minister. He brought a whole new dynamic to the show and introduced a few interesting and entertaining story lines, especially bringing his 'date', Marcia Woolery (dressed in one of the most revealing outfits to be seen on the show), to the Walton home for the mortgage burning.
I don't know why Peter left early in Season 7, but I suspect it had something to do with him being cast as a regular in 'Delta House' which was broadcast a year later.
Undoubtedly good looking, but I think John senior was far more masculine  |
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Post by Brenda on Aug 14, 2020 14:13:20 GMT -5
I’ve wondered if he was initially brought into the cast to be a husband for Erin, but for some unknown reason the storyline changed. The first thing Erin asked Olivia about him was, “Is he single?” Hank and Erin were obviously attracted to one another from the first episode he appeared in. Then when he showed up with the skimpily-clad Marcia, Erin hinted to Mary Ellen that she “knew” who Hank was going to marry, and it would not be Marcia. He would be an obvious choice for Erin to marry. A Baptist preacher? Olivia would certainly approve. And even though John wasn’t a church-goer, he liked Hank and would give his approval as well. So I wonder what happened that caused him to exit The Waltons.
Does anyone else think that was the original plan?
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Post by whisper on Aug 14, 2020 14:42:31 GMT -5
I’ve wondered if he was initially brought into the cast to be a husband for Erin, but for some unknown reason the storyline changed. The first thing Erin asked Olivia about him was, “Is he single?” Hank and Erin were obviously attracted to one another from the first episode he appeared in. Then when he showed up with the skimpily-clad Marcia, Erin hinted to Mary Ellen that she “knew” who Hank was going to marry, and it would not be Marcia. He would be an obvious choice for Erin to marry. A Baptist preacher? Olivia would certainly approve. And even though John wasn’t a church-goer, he liked Hank and would give his approval as well. So I wonder what happened that caused him to exit The Waltons. Does anyone else think that was the original plan? That sounds very plausible to me. I wish they had married. |
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Post by UmbrellaGirl on Aug 14, 2020 15:13:22 GMT -5
To put it bluntly, and this is only my humble opinion, Hank Buchanan was the most masculine male on the show. He was stereotypically 'tall, dark, and handsome'. He was 'every woman's fantasy', and he was off limits. He was the opposite of everything a minister was expected to be. I think it was genius of the producers to cast Peter Fox as the new minister. He brought a whole new dynamic to the show and introduced a few interesting and entertaining story lines, especially bringing his 'date', Marcia Woolery (dressed in one of the most revealing outfits to be seen on the show), to the Walton home for the mortgage burning.
I don't know why Peter left early in Season 7, but I suspect it had something to do with him being cast as a regular in 'Delta House' which was broadcast a year later.
True, Hank was physically attractive and had charisma, but being single, he really wasn’t off limits to all of the women, at least not the single ones, such as Erin. He was off limits to Cora Beth, of course. Yet even so, I still don’t see what exactly Hank did that was wrong in that episode, and made him want to leave town. Not once did he encourage Cora Beth’s flirting. That was all HER doing. And he never indicated any attraction to her, whatsoever. I would imagine that Cora Beth was far too uptight for most men to be drawn to her, in my opinion. She was physically attractive, but her constant uppity attitude would be a turn-off for most men, I’m guessing. Just my 2 cents’ worth... |
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Post by UmbrellaGirl on Aug 14, 2020 15:16:04 GMT -5
Curt was a “man’s man”, too, one of the things I liked about him. He wasn’t “handsome”, but I still thought he had a certain attractiveness of his own.
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Post by UmbrellaGirl on Aug 14, 2020 15:20:53 GMT -5
And Erin was immature and ridiculous as usual, getting mad and running off simply because she saw Cora Beth talking with Hank at his house...as if she found them kissing or in bed. But that’s Erin the Drama Queen for ya!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2020 16:09:20 GMT -5
And Erin was immature and ridiculous as usual, getting mad and running off simply because she saw Cora Beth talking with Hank at his house...as if she found them kissing or in bed. That could also be the Puritan thing. Back in the day women were not allowed to be in a group of other women without a man present because they might say/do things that could cause evil in the world like Eve did. In that world, Cora was sailing close to the window of corrupting Hank. Hank never should have let her in... Look what kind of miserable married life Erin ended up with? Cora ruined it all. Evil, evil woman don't ya know.  |
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Post by Zedxclon on Aug 14, 2020 16:38:48 GMT -5
My take on it is that Erin was simply irrationally jealous. I think it's important to remember that she is a teenage girl and as teenagers, we're all prone to irrational jealousy. Hank didn't do anything wrong, but I think he wanted to leave because he simply felt uncomfortable with the situation which had developed. Also, I think he probably started to wonder if he had unwittingly lead Corabeth on and may have felt guilty about that (not that he should have felt guilty about other people misunderstanding him!)
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Post by UmbrellaGirl on Aug 14, 2020 17:30:23 GMT -5
My take on it is that Erin was simply irrationally jealous. I think it's important to remember that she is a teenage girl and as teenagers, we're all prone to irrational jealousy. Hank didn't do anything wrong, but I think he wanted to leave because he simply felt uncomfortable with the situation which had developed. Also, I think he probably started to wonder if he had unwittingly lead Corabeth on and may have felt guilty about that (not that he should have felt guilty about other people misunderstanding him!) Good insight! |
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Post by UmbrellaGirl on Aug 14, 2020 18:08:09 GMT -5
And Erin was immature and ridiculous as usual, getting mad and running off simply because she saw Cora Beth talking with Hank at his house...as if she found them kissing or in bed. That could also be the Puritan thing. Back in the day women were not allowed to be in a group of other women without a man present because they might say/do things that could cause evil in the world like Eve did. In that world, Cora was sailing close to the window of corrupting Hank. Hank never should have let her in... Look what kind of miserable married life Erin ended up with? Cora ruined it all. Evil, evil woman don't ya know. But was that Puritan mindset still in force in the 1930’s? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2020 18:32:07 GMT -5
That could also be the Puritan thing. Back in the day women were not allowed to be in a group of other women without a man present because they might say/do things that could cause evil in the world like Eve did. In that world, Cora was sailing close to the window of corrupting Hank. Hank never should have let her in... Look what kind of miserable married life Erin ended up with? Cora ruined it all. Evil, evil woman don't ya know. But was that Puritan mindset still in force in the 1930’s? I think that they picked and choosed what they wanted and what they didn't want. Heck, people do that today. |
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