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Well Hugo is back big-stylee now. Martha took him straight back into her arms without a word about his people-smuggling. At least Gina gave him a dressing-down for being a massive criminal.
The Austins are surprisingly adept at fobbing off the bobbies. Love how Xavier said “It’s the cops” when Angelo and Charlie came to the door, as if he’d never met them before.  Anyway Gina cranked up her headmistress skills and YCPD were slinking out with their tails between their legs.
Gina was nice to Miles, though, even if she was delivering the bad news that he might not get his job back at the school. Bet he doesn’t think Rabbit was so deadly now.
Apparently Aden has left. I totally missed that; I must have been making a cup of tea or something. The exits are very swift these days. Nicole is totally over it though, Liam Murphy sorted her out with some bonza advice. By the by, they now have a ping-pong table in the caravan park. Bounce.
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May 26th, 2010
How did Houndini Hugo make the booty call to the farmhouse without supersleuth Charlie noticing ? Ok forget I even asked that. The entire population of Summer Bay could have strolled right on in Charlie wouldn’t see them.
Summer Bay exits are crap now. 2 second farewells and they are gone. Must be the cutbacks they made in order to pay for all extra cast in Miles’ dreams and visions.
May 27th, 2010
It is rather terrible. Aden was such a popular character in the show and he got a barely noticeable exit. Same with Annie and Jai – they go on foreign exchange and never return.
Martha’s next to leave the show. I suppose she’ll head out to The Farm and never be seen again!
May 29th, 2010
It looks like you’re poll in the sidebar has kind of being made redundant. Romeo’s name is Todd. Why would he be so afraid to use that name might I ask?
May 29th, 2010
What are the writers doing? I’ve never heard such weak and ridiculous story lines. What pathetic characters; Leah, Elijah, Jill, Romeo, John, Gina,Martha, Hugo, Xavier, Liam. Rachel, Tony, Miles and probably more that are so wet I’ve forgotten them I’m running out of patience. Is it only me?
May 30th, 2010
Here are my thoughts on the characters in Home & Away these days:
Alf Stewart: Mr. Stewart’s a legend! Although he is part of the furniture at the same time. Without his character, Home & Away would fall away into obscurity but it’s not like Alf has had a proper storyline since Ailsa died. The Bridget storyline didn’t count because it was BORING! Alf is iconic to the show but he works best as someone to blast out a load of Australian euphemism or give the towns people some advice.
Colleen Stewart: Coleen used to be a legend but not so much these days. Again she’s kind of iconic with the show but she has had absolutely no storylines. At least Alf can stick his nose into the business of Martha and the residents of Summer Bay House. Colleen just walks about grumbling in the Diner.
Irene Roberts: I would have preferred if Irene stayed a violent drunk. Okay, maybe not! But I find her transition from child beating alcoholic who lost ‘the love of (her) life’ back to Good Samaritan collecting derros of the street highly unrealistic…after one AA meeting. Lynne McGranger is clearly a good actress, they need to give her meatier storylines.
Miles Copeland: The character is just annoying with a capital A. All those stupid grimaces and eccentricities. I wish he’d tone it down a bit. People would not take him seriously in real life and he wouldn’t be able to attract so many hot women like Jazz, Kirsty and Leah in real life. At least the character has a personality unlike many others in Summer Bay.
Nicole Franklin: The character is just a piece of delicious eye candy. She may be as sexy as hell but she’s drippy and boring and her personality is interchangeable with Ruby’s. I wish she remained the spoiled socialite from earlier on.
Romeo ‘Todd’: There was such potential with this character…they could have made him a loveable rogue. Instead they make him an incredibly boring and cheesy character with a troubled family background…just like everyone else in Summer Bay.
Leah Poulos-Patterson-Baker-Robertson-Hassim-Elijah: No man is safe in Summer Bay while Leah’s around. Her character hasn’t had any storylines up until recently, apart from marrying men, watching them die and dating other men and forgetting about them a few days later after declaring her undying love for them. I do like her relationship with Elijah, it’s great to see the character so happy and carefree for once. There are some light comic moments between her and Elijah although I doubt they’ll last.
Reverend Elijah: He has the potential to be a comedic character and he’s not as annoyingly Christian as Geoff and Annie were before they discovered sex. He also has that kind of wise Pippa-ish air about him. Maybe Miles will join Rabbit, and Leah and Elijah will move into the caravan park and become the new Tom and Pippa.
Charlie Buckton: She should have stayed a lesbian. Otherwise her character is dull. Not as annoying as she used to be though now that she’s had counselling. Summer Bay’s solution to all problems/
Ruby Buckton: Like Nicole, she’s female eye candy. Like Nicole, she has the same personality and tends to whine a lot.
Liam Murphy: Again, the character, as a washed up rockstar, has plenty of potential but they turn him into an older lesser toned carbon copy of Romeo – a bland and boring character that whines over being in love with women.
The Austin/Holden Family: This whole family is probably what’s wrong with the show right now. Martha, Tony and Rachel are all leaving the show soon and hopefully they’ll take Gina, Xavier, John and Hugo with them (but not Brendan). The only time Martha was good was when she dressed like a cowgirl and had a brief stint as a pole dancer – she used to be gorgeous. But not so much anymore – she’s stick thin and her chest has shrunk, her skin is not so great and she looks permanently confused. She has a personality based on what the show writers want – she was fine for months after Hugo died and then she was suddenly having mental breakdowns about his death. She also suddenly get locked with the man who killed her husband and abandoned his body. Xavier is just an incredibly stupid character and not in a good way either, he’s just irritating and also as whiny as his girlfriend. I want to like Gina but her character is just dull and frowny. Hugo is also very frowny, uptight and lacks any humour. John said “bitching” the other day – it was shocking to hear him use that word when half the town use the word “sex” like there pushing out a turd. Apart from that, his character is obnoxious and unlikeable. Tony and Rachel, being the only married couple in the Bay, had potential but they ruined it with there dull personalities and unoriginal storylines. Another all healing doc will replace Rachel just as she replaced Flynn before her.
Angelo Rosetta: This character is just RIDICULOUS! Not only is he ruthless but there’s no way he’d stay in a town where he committed a murder and never owned up to it, let alone all the townspeople (including the murdered man’s wife and father) having a bout of amnesia and forgiving him. There’s no way, Charlie would give up her lesbian ways to get with him when he killed her friend and there’s no way the police department would assign him to YCPD in the first place. I would understand if the character was interesting but he’s just as dull and perfect as the rest of Summer Bay.
Marylin: Marylin is amazing for reasons we’ve already discussed. However, she’s dying so that sucks major balls.
May 30th, 2010
Great summary there. Marilyn is just deadly. I like the Miles/Alf combo too. I don’t know who I’d get rid of. Maybe they just need to move the focus a bit more, i.e. off Martha.
May 30th, 2010
Thanks Ailsa. Good to see that you’ve risen from the dead. Or perhaps I have a brain tumour and only I can see you.
Okay, I absolutely hate this but I need viewers and commenters so here I go…if you click on my name (Crazy Dingo), you should be directed to my blog. It’s not a rival Home and Away blog mind you, it’s a music one and I would really like people to tell me how I’m doing. In my latest post, I have a huge rant about the Eurovision and what we should do to win it! I think I’m bang on the money but I want to know what you guys think.
And sorry for doing this Home and Away Ireland, I feel so spammy.
May 30th, 2010
Ah no bother, must have a look!
May 31st, 2010
crazy dingo,I agree with all your character summaries. Each story-line is more ridiculous than the previous one and the characters are just boring. Martha is such an idiot. She seems to have totally forgotten the fact that Hugo is actually a baddie, plus she was only going out with the bloke for 6 months – is it just me or could you actually unconditionally love someone that much after 6 months?? What a sap….
May 31st, 2010
That whole “we’re in a long term relationship after 6 months” thing was RIDICULOUS. And, Martha didn’t do half as much mourning over her actual husband Jack who was killed. But a people smuggler is now suddenly the love of her life. Wasn’t she in love with Liam Murphy a few weeks ago??
I’m loving the Marilyn appreciation though.