We haven’t had one of these for a while, not since the days of Angie.  Prior to that, "Who killed Josh?" was the question on the lips of every Summer Bay resident.

It goes like this:

• loads of people have contact with the deceased in the hours before s/he dies
• everyone is cross-examined like Billy-o by the SBPD aka Lara Fitzy and the fat Sarge
• a few incriminating facts are revealed in the process, just before
• the culprit comes clean or is revealed in a most dramatic fashion

Who killed Sam?  Vote in our poll!

That’s that.  Sally is no longer a Summer Bay resident; she left because, eh, because she lost her job I think.  Feck’s sake, suck it up!

So, the Sam/Jack/Martha storyline is coming to a head next.  Look at this clip on youtube - those Aussie previews are amazing.  Sam is like something out of a horror film now - standing staring on the beach, saying "Hello Martha" in a really menacing voice.  Creepy wagon.

Back to the Bay have set up an admirable Sally tribute site.

So sit back and reminisce about Sally’s loves (many) and terrible injuries at the hands of crook folk (also many).

Look here, they have the FULL SCRIPT from the episode where Alf has his near-death experience.

Words cannot describe how excited I am. Well done Back to the Bay! Here’s the description of the episode.

Episode #3445 - Fri 14/2/03
Alf has a harrowing premonition of the future, as he teeters on the edge of the after-life.
AILSA STEWART (JUDY NUNN) – Final episode.

ABORIGINAL MAN (DAVID NGOOMBUJARRA) – Appearance used by Alf in his hallucinations during his near-death experience. Appears again later on in Episode #3520 as a Land Council Inspector….

Quality Quote from the episode:

AILSA

It’s Summer Bay in the future without Alf Stewart.

ALF

Strike me roan.

Right, there were about a million storylines in that episode.

1. Sam says what we’ve all been thinking about Jack - "You’re the worst cop I’ve ever met"
2. Floss shows up and demonstrates Professor Charles Xavier-type mental powers by deducing that Aidan aka The Troublemaker is in trouble.
3. Aidan gets squished by a beam but gets rescued thanks to Floss’s mad skillz.  His story must be the first case of paedophilia to hit the Bay.
4. Sally is momentarily upset by finding Aidan prone and helpless in the Diner but soon gets over that to declare it one of the best days of her life.
5. Sam and Jack have a shouty row and then she keels over and loses the baby.  Sad.  He goes to the cops and she does a runner oooooh.
6. Pippa, Stephen and Carly show up.  Pippa is no surprise as she’s in Home and Away every second week.  Carly is looking well.  We wonder if Stephen and Selina are still an item?
7. Alf sits in the crowd at Sally’s farewell looking like he’s on some fairly heavy medication.  Annie is wearing weird dreamcatcher earrings and her hair needs a good wash.
8. Cassie and Matilda go on a girly road trip.  Cassie’s baby kicks in protest at leaving the Bay.  Alf promotes the "only bad girls get AIDS" stereotype by telling Cassie to "be good - it’s never too late to start".

Strewth.  That was a lot to take in.

“Earth to Bugalugs.” Rick was taken aback at the news to Coleen being his great aunt.

Isabel Lucas, aka Tasha the nudey mermaid, will be appearing in Transformers 2, it has been reported.

Just as I was getting over the fact that Morag is a regular whiz with a pool cue, up pops Colleen with the news that she’s the Stewarts’ sister! Strewth.

If she’s their sister though, how come they don’t do that unusual bobbing up and down when they get animated?

(picture from www.voote.com
animation by homeandawayireland.com)

By the by, Colleen’s on MySpace now.

(So is Johnny , Jack , Tony , Alf , Amanda , Dani , Rocco Cooper , Vinnie , the Stalker , Morag the Awesome , Irene , Sally , Leah , Matilda , Little Pippa , Barry Hyde , and oh, bleedin’ millions of others.)

She won most Most Popular Personality On TV and Most Popular Actress at the Logies. Geoff got Most Popular New Male Talent and Home and Away won Most Popular Australian Drama.

Great timing there for Sam. Now Jack is having a baby - with a murderer!
Plus, isn’t Jazz some harlot?