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ok, Danielle scares me. She's like a character from a porn movie - one written and directed by and directed at men (and particularly UNenlightened men, at that). Next thing she's going to confess to having rape fantasies. I'm really disturbed by her.

I thought earlier in the show they were hinting at max being gay . I know he's very young but I thought that was the route they were going I suspect it's more that the actor playing Max might grow up to be a gay boy and that we've picked up on that. And so may the writers, who panicked. In this show all things gay (OG FH way more than this, of course, but still...) are there just for punchlines.

I am obviously a terrible human being for knowing this, but Kimmy's brother was mentioned in the original. We never saw him, but Kimmy, who was established as a very good driver (the only reason she was on this planet, as Danny opined - which nobody tried to counter) acted as a chauffeur for DJ and Stephanie in her brother's car, which was a souped-up multi-coloured neon horror with animal print seat covers. I'll go get my coat...

why, of course. how could I not realise?... on a nice side note, I looked up the actor playing Roy and he trained LAMDA, which is the other longstanding drama school in the UK and has been RADA's arch rival for 100 years or more (in fact, they famously have a two-way football tournament where RADA and LAMDA take their legendary grievances out on the pitch). that nice bit of real-life information tickled me (i'm easily pleased).

i had David's hair. i wanted to be David when I grew up. I got my ears pierced and imitated his hair style, dress sense and dance moves. i know. please forgive me, I knew not what I was doing.

I'm reluctantly forced to stick up for RADA, which is after all one of the most prestigious drama schools in the world. first of all, and I recognise this doesn't reflect well on them, their "prestigious" summer programme is nothing but. it has two functions - and I'm quoting a former vice-principal, who expressed this to me almost as follows (almost verbatim). first of all, it's meant to subsidise the flagship main three-year course, which is why they stuff it full of wealthy starstruck anglophile Americans willing to pay ridiculous amounts of money to spend a couple of months at RADA with their second-tier staff, not realising they're just cash cows (this is not intended as a side comment on American girls' physique, by the way). the second function of the course is - and again I quote - is to give the guys on their flagship course who are hanging round RADA during the summer working in the bar or at reception "something to fuck". so this is what Brenda was enrolled in. nobody would be offered a place on their main course based on that. those places would have been offered months and months earlier, the audition process - involving four or five rounds - would have started the previous September and concluded in the spring. I adore Brenda and miss her ridiculously (in fact, even though i kept watching BH 90210 for a few seasons after her departure, unlike with the first four seasons listening to the podcast I realised I couldn't remember a SINGLE plotline, whereas I have such clear memories of the four seasons, even though I haven't watched any of it since), but a full scholarship to RADA (which, as an overseas student she wouldn't get anyway)? come on!

it only occurred to me in this episode (the third or fourth, depending on how you count) that Nick is a really handsome dude. it may well be that i'm blind, but i think it's because he projects nothing and he's almost transparent.

i got that right, didn't i? one of the couples got matched because they both "love their mum"? well, that should form the basis for a deep connection...