| "Surrender" : Analysis of the "Surrender" Arc of ABC-TV's Port Charles
(c) Alison Armstrong |
| An analysis of the "Surrender" episodes of the show Port Charles, formerly of ABC-TV. This site will focus on the scenes featuring the vampire character Caleb Morley/Stephen Clay (portrayed by actor Michael Easton). The character of Caleb Morley/Stephen Clay and any other characters relating to Port Charles are the property of ABC and their creators. This is a fan-run site and is not an official site, nor is it affiliated in any way with ABC, Port Charles, or the actors portraying any of the Port Charles characters. No copyright infringement is intended. The writings on this site are copyrighted by the author, Alison Armstrong, and may not be reproduced without the author's express permission. |
| "Surrender #3 (cont.) Unfortunately, since Port Charles was cancelled, all storyline potentials and character possibilities aborted, we may never exactly what Rafe or Caleb is capable of doing to protect the ones they love and satisfy their need for vengeance. However, given Rafe’s capacity for murder, deceit, and manipulation, glimpsed in his attempts to kill Caleb, his assaults on the band members, his dream-brainwashing of Alison, and his progressively heinous behavior throughout “Surrender” and the subsequent Port Charles arcs, we can see that Rafe is not the moral, virtuous man he may perceive himself to be. Nor is Caleb the “monster” Rafe, Lucy, and many of the other Port Charles residents believe him to be. Leaving the stalemated confrontation with Rafe, Caleb heads down the docks towards where Tess is drowning in the water. Sensing her presence, he dives into the icy depths and rescues her. “Sorry, my love,” he murmurs, gently placing her, freezing and unconscious, upon the docks. “The Slayer held me up. Everything is going to be OK. I’ll make it up to you. Everything.” |
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| Snappies of "Surrender" scenes taken by A. Armstrong |
| He carries her to the Villa and lays her upon the couch. “You can’t trust anyone these days, my love” he whispers, touching her face tenderly. “No one except me. You can always trust me.”
She is taken from the dark, frigid waters to the comforting, light-filled sensuality of Caleb’s romantic palace. In her the dark and the light shift and merge, fluctuating, as she succumbs to and resists Caleb’s intoxicating allure. In Caleb, Rafe, Ian, Kevin, Lucy, and the other Port Charles residents also, the darkness and the light oscillate and blend, an eternal dance of opposition and surrender. |