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I thought it was especially awkward because Susan had just been on the phone to Angela, who is anti-trans (she's had disagreements in the past with Susan over that), and then she got off the phone and immediately told Mackenzie that she was selfish for wanting to discuss her surgery. (Obviously she didn't know that's what the conversation was going to be about, though.) I don't think it was wrong for Harlow to ask Paul to take her to the doctor, it was more just weird that she'd be comfortable with her ragey grandpa being there. I mean, she can't drive herself there, and her parents aren't around, so who else is going to take her? Paul is the closest relative she has. And presumably his entire reason for being worried about the sleepovers was that she might accidentally get pregnant, so why shouldn't he be part of the solution? It's not like she made him come in and watch it being "installed" (which is what I thought she was going to do), so basically I think it just comes down to the fact that it's completely reasonable to ask your guardian to take you to a medical appointment. And if anything, he has been the one trying to involve himself into her sex life by trying to control her and make decisions about it. He wasn't even invited to her initial post-sex discussion with Roxy and Terese, but he chose to eavesdrop and act on what he overhead.

Umm, but her voice is the actor's actual voice. And she's only about 4 years older than Harlow, and Kyle and Shane aren't teenagers, and she's had plenty of adult conversations. Seems like you're only noticing what you want to notice! 😛 She's not having tantrums every five seconds or depending on guys for her existence or drinking constantly anymore, so she's definitely grown up since she first came to Erinsborough, IMO.

How is she annoying? I don't find her annoying at all.

Really?! Nooo, I love Roxy! Such a great actress, IMO. And I think there's so much complexity to her character that they haven't fully explored yet.

Ohh, sorry, just re-read your post and I get it now. I think I'd be shocked if someone accused me of murder, even if intellectually I understood how it might've looked like I did it, just because it would feel so crazy to be accused of something so extreme that I know I'd never do. But I don't know if that applies to Elly because she apparently did want to kill him. 😛 I agree about the ridiculousness of letting Mark question Elly, especially when HE DOESN'T EVEN WORK THERE!? They clearly overlooked that because they called in Sky saying that they wanted someone from interstate, but Mark is already from interstate. The other part that made no sense was that Sky rocked up to work wearing her uniform, including a gun, even though she only originally travelled to Erinsborough for her wedding so she wouldn't have brought that stuff. I can't remember what happened with Sheila and Terese, but Gary was friends with Terese so I'm sure they all just eventually got over it (as people do in Erinsborough when it's convenient for the plot).

Agree about Gary. 😞 I think Elly did check that Finn was dead. She lifted up his head and felt the pulse in his neck. And his body presumably felt lifeless. What I don't understand is how everyone managed to have compassion on Finn because they thought his trauma caused his evilness, but when his memories came back, they somehow lost that compassion even though his trauma was still causing his evilness. (This is proved by the fact that he was always nice when he couldn't remember the trauma.) It just didn't make complete sense to me that Elly would actually want to kill him, or that she'd see him dead and then immediately start talking about how much she hates him and hopes he suffered. I mean, she was in love with him the day before, and then all of a sudden she sounded a bit like a psychopath herself. But maybe I'm just underestimating how I'd feel if I was in her situation. EDIT: Just remembered that Finn was first introduced as some guy that Elly once tried to run over (or did run over?), so maybe it is consistent with her character. But I don't see how she expected to be able to kill him this time without a car.

Yes! Like when she was literally just standing behind a pole, and Terese and Paul were talking on the other side of it. As if you would have that much unawareness of who was around you in your own home. Yeah, the existence of Mackenzie is definitely freshening things up, because for once they aren't just reusing the same typical soap storylines. I haven't really heard many comments from trans viewers, but Mackenzie is in that category of trans people who aren't automatically "outed by their appearance", and so I've been wondering how trans viewers who aren't in that category feel (e.g. about the whole "you outed me and now I'll be bullied" subplot). I guess people understand that you can't cater for every audience member with every character, so hopefully it's okay.

I know the whole storyline is ridiculous anyway so it doesn't make sense for me to nitpick like this, but I literally screamed "AS IF!" at my screen when Scarlett managed to put a blanket over Ned AND lie next to him AND put his arm around her without waking him up. Like, c'mon. Yashvi would still have jumped to the same conclusion even if Scarlett had just taken her shirt off and stayed where she was, and then she could've avoided risking waking Ned up. Also, I don't really think it's consistent with Yashvi's character to have just quietly walked away rather than yelling at them both immediately. I liked the subtle(?) shoutout on Friday to the Kennedys' 25th anniversary of joining the show. 🙂 The Fay/Chloe situation is so sad. 😞

Oh, I didn't think of that. How unusual! I like that.

It's definitely clear because they showed her having the one-night stand with him. Maybe you missed that scene? The scene made no sense to me at the time because it wasn't clear that they didn't already know each other, so I couldn't work out why she was even talking to him. I thought I remembered a scene where Elly met him last time he was on the show, but I guess I just invented that in my head. Still, I think it would've been clearer if they had mentioned at some point recently that Elly hadn't met Finn's brother and didn't want to, because it's natural to assume that she would've, since he was hanging out at the Kennedy's house last time he was on the show, and Susan and Bea met with him multiple times.

I liked that Dipi actually questioned why Elly's job interview would be held in the café. Elly's explanation didn't really make sense though, because she said it was to protect her privacy, but the interview was being held in a public place. Still, it obviously set up a reason for Elly to ask Dipi to do a reading for her, and presumably this is how she'll start to suspect that she's pregnant.

LOL at this bit of Thursday's episode: Paul: "You look happy with yourself ... find a dollar down the back of the couch, did you?" Gary: "Haha, yeah, you've always got something clever to say, haven't ya?" Paul: "Yeah, one of the benefits of having a brain."

Yes, I agree about wanting to minimise what the child actor has to experience. For instance, they didn't tell her that Sonya had died on-screen either. Also, I've heard that child actors can only work for about an hour a week, so she can't really appear in too many scenes anyway. I've heard that which I think is why they put Gary and Amy together in the first place.

And Gary dating Amy, who previously dated Kyle (Gary's son). Was nice to see so many old characters come back for Sonya's funeral. I still can't work out why they arranged her death scene so that her kids missed out on seeing her only because they didn't turn around and walk 50 metres.

I loved that scene where Nell was pretending to be a dog last Monday. :D She's the best! <3 I'm also liking the Cassius story, and the way that they didn't make it too obvious that he was suspicious when he first joined the show.

It's not that much of a rehash, because Susan actually did hit Bridget, right? I found the pacing of the storyline a bit weird, because Finn has been around for ages doing all these odd little things that now make much more sense, and his plans were careful and detailed enough for it to seem pretty clear that Elly was responsible for hitting Xanthe, but then before they had much chance to explore Elly's struggle to convince everyone that she was innocent, Elly bumped into Finn and the mystery was basically solved all in a single episode.

As if Elly would be allowed to drive around in search of Bea when she was on bail for a hit-and-run. And AS IF you would run into that container with Finn around and not even guard the door. Soooooo ridiculous. And why are they all sitting so calmly waiting to be rescued when no one has a clue where they are except for Finn?

To be honest, it wasn't actually obvious to me that David was doing anything wrong. He just seemed a bit awkward and was stuttering and stuff, but Cassius had never met him before, so I don't know why he would assume that he was checking him out. Did I miss something?

Her "sexism against men doesn't exist because they're privileged" excuse didn't make any sense in that context at all. It's not Cassius' fault that he was born male, so why would it be fine to objectify him?

Yes! I thought the same thing. It made no sense, especially since the first thing she screamed when she found out she'd been drugged was that she could've been killed, so clearly she knew that it was potentially dangerous.

Yes, I was thinking about that the other day too. I love how they have kept the same actress playing Nell ever since she was born. It's so special. :) Ryan and Eve must love her. ♥︎ I actually dread the day that she leaves the show. :( :P

Do these sorts of scans also increase the risk of cancer, or is that just a myth?

They mentioned Liam stealing from the Rebecchis in today's episode, which I'd forgotten about. But I googled it and it was back when Toadie was in a wheelchair after the jumping castle accident. He couldn't work, so he and Sonya were low on money, and then Imogen organised a fundraising benefit event for the family. But then later when they went to use the money, they discovered that it had been stolen, and eventually it came out that it was Liam who took it. I didn't really remember him being in more than a few episodes, but there's actually a fair bit of stuff about him on his Perfect Blend page: http://perfectblend.net/neighbourhood/bio/barnett-liam.htm

Yes, I guess I was more concerned about the message the show is sending, rather than whether or not it happens to be realistic. I mean, racism is common, so it would be realistic for the show to have characters making racist comments, but that doesn't mean I would support the show sending racist messages. I'm sure it is quite common for doctors to misdiagnose people and to prescribe medication as an "easy fix". Sorry to hear that this happened to you. :(

I'm very confused about why Piper needs medication. It seems like Neighbours is just trying to make the point that it's not shameful to be on medication, but they are going about it in a weird way. Steph's use of medication makes sense because she actually loses control when she stops taking it. But Piper is clearly depressed due to extremely bad life circumstances over the last while; for instance, Tyler going to gaol, Piper being kidnapped, nearly drowning and then having panic attacks, and earlier on, her parents getting divorced, and Josh and Doug dying. As if a good doctor would just immediately prescribe her medication when they haven't even tried using therapy to change her thought patterns. How irresponsible, when the medication could potentially have other worse side effects, and she will probably get bad withdrawal symptoms if she ever does come off the medication. Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, and I could be wrong about all of the above, but I just really thought it seemed like a bad idea to immediately get Piper to depend on medication for her happiness, when actually it's perfectly natural for her to be grieving right now. And I think it's potentially harmful for Neighbours to be perpetuating the idea that drugs are an easy and ideal solution to grief.