 Zoe MacAllistar arrived on
our screens as a bubbly happy go lucky nurse who seemed to
have a permanently sunny disposition. Her twisted behaviour
was not obvious to viewers until the final show down with
Sally. Until then the audience had no idea who "the Stalker"
was, although some thought Zoe was a bit too good to be
true. At the point of her denouement interest in her
character rocketed. Viewers who had previously seen Zoe as
no more that a ditzy, perky, slightly annoying character
suddenly sat up and took notice and saw the complexity and
the twisted psyche which existed beneath the surface. Who
can forget Clare and Peter discussing "Eve Jacobsen's" past
and how we began to learn about her chilling behaviour as a
child and towards her own family and her neighbours. It
seems five year old Eve had killed a bunny rabbit, her
character thus giving a whole new meaning to the phrase
bunny boiler.
All of Summer Bay having thought she had died in the
explosion which followed the revelation of her identity, but
like all good villains she rose from the dead, and Zoe/Eve
reappeared almost a year later, living next door to Peter.
Peter really is not the brightest of the cops who have lived
in Summer Bay. She proceeded to play games with Peters head,
and then to get blown up at Jack and Martha's wedding
reception. There are some who wished this catastrophic
occurrence had succeeded rather better than it did. The
victims of this blast were Zoe/Ever herself, her policewoman
lover, and of course the cake girl who brought in the
sparklers which set it all off and ruined the plan.
Zoe/Eve was played by Emily Perry who has acquired a legion
of fans due to an uncanny ability to convey insanity and
total sanity almost simultaneously
Here is what Zoe/Eve's creator, Daniel Bennett, script
producer 2005 - 2007, has to say about his creation:
"Creating and writing Zoe was an absolute blast. Because she
was devised specifically for the Stalker storyline, it was
important to all of us that she didn't immediately appear to
be suspicious - hence the 'bubbly' persona for the seemingly
happy (and sane!) nurse. It fooled some audience members
(sadly not all!) and made the denouement all the more
satisfying when we finally saw Zoe/Eve's true colours. The
success of the Stalker storyline laid in Zoe/Eve herself -
and, of course, in the sensational performance by the
(totally sane and lovely!) Emily Perry. I'm thrilled to hear
she struck such a chord with the viewers." |