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Edward has always been one of my favourites too. His diagnosis meant he couldn't stay forever, but it would have been nice to see him for another couple of years. A number of good characters were wiped out as part of that cast overhaul, but Edward was definitely the one I felt shortchanged with the most.

Celia still thought it was 1958 or earlier with some of her ways

The 2000 season will always be special to me for one reason only - Edward Dunglass. I found him to be one of the most fascinating characters the show ever had and his storyline was genuinely interesting and unique at the time. I truly feel like we will never ever see a character like him on the show again. Aside from his storyline with the Huntington's disease, I also found his romance with Peta (another good character) very sweet and despite the fact they were only teenagers I found their devotion to each other very wholesome. I would love to get my hands on the episodes that feature the both of them again.

Nice to see upstairs at Summer Bay House again, although I guess it’s nice just to see Summer Bay House these days.

Flynn didn't die until 2006, though. If you're going for "long-term" departures, Kirsty had been around for longer than Flynn's two incarnations. I did really enjoy 2005 at the time (especially the first half). The stalker was super exciting (though I did think Zoe was pretty obvious), and the family set-up with Sally/Flynn/Ric/Cassie was great (I didn't even care that the age differences were so unbelievable). Still, in many ways, this was the beginning of the end for me. There was just so much excitement and drama - and the success of the stalker seemed to make the producers feel they needed to replicate it over and over again, leading to the years of life-threatening disasters every week (they lose their impact when they're that frequent). It started to flag in the second half of the year with the ongoing Scott/Hayley/Kim paternity drama. I was definitely addicted for most of the year, though.