Jamie!

Yes, I preferred her with her glasses and I too think that they were part of her character. They sort of made her stand out from everyone else. If it was the producers' decision for her not to have them any more, then I think that is a shame, particularly if it's because they thought she'd look more "attractive". They had Robbie Hunter wear glasses during his whole time on the show, and to my knowledge, Jason Smith who played him doesn't wear them, so they could easily have done the same with Skye.

I agree that Matt Little looks too old to play VJ. He's supposed to be the same age as Jett and when we've seen them both together, he does look a fair bit older than Jett. It also doesn't help that it feels like they only cast Matt Little due to nepotism, with him being related to Dan Ewing. After having Steve Peacocke's girlfriend join the show, it does certainly feel like that's why they chose him.

Yes he did unfortunately. It was actually going to be addressed in a scene during the episode but sadly it had to be cut for time - this is what I was told by the script producer: I didn't actually remember them ever sleeping together. I remember them having a brief relationship and going out on at least one date, but I didn't remember it going any further than that. The above note from the script producer must prove otherwise, but I could have sworn that it went no further. New question - can anyone remember what made Josh West turn bad? I've read in between the end of his first stint and when he came back, he had plans to demolish Summer Bay House. But the episode guide on this site says that in his last episode as a regular character in his first stint, episode 3497, This suggests that he had started to become corrupt before he turned into the villain that we know him for before he got killed. But what made him turn from a normal nice guy into the evil character he became? And why?

Why did Irene stop going to university? At around 2002-2003, she became a mature student but a few years later, ended up working in the Diner. I don't remember her graduating, so I presume she decided to stop going, but why? Also, back in 1988, it was revealed that Carly had an identical twin called Samantha. If I remember correctly, the reason that Carly was fostered was because her father used to beat her up. Did her father not beat Samantha up as well? And if not, why not? And also, could someone remind me about when he offered Carly the chance to be a model like Samantha - was it just to intentionally set her up when she watched the documentary of it later?

No, i think Fischer looks much younger than his age Why? don't just give a one word answer it's rather rude ;) the last time i saw Maz in around 2011 she seemed more mature and this is good as it's realistic I think Fischer looks young for his age, i watched a clip from 1995 when he was hit by Alf and he Didnt look a day over 50 Hehehe.. Look at. Marilyn in 1995, she looked certainly younger than in her 40's then. And you and I looked far younger than we do now. Why? Because it is 19 years ago. I think mr Coburn was in his mid fifties back then. But how they look doesn't really matter. It is also against forum rules to discuss the actors looks!!! But my my point is that I think the age difference between those two was too big. I did not belive in them as a couple. Some people here wish that Marilyn was written ditzy as she was in the mid 90's and think it is bad continuity and bad writing of the character when she isn't. She was ditzy when she came back in 2010, and I think that was bad continuity. Because Marilyn was not ditzy the last few years she was ib the show in the nineties. And I did not find the way she was in 2010 funny. I thought she was annoying, loud and rude. But now in 2013 season she is portrayed far too stupid. She does not feel funny or sweet, but less smart and almost like a person with cognitive problems. I wonder if she is meant to be ditzy and funny, but I find her cringeworthy and awful at times. Especially when she is pining after John, and Roo's involvement does not make it better. Maybe this changed towards the end of the year, but... I have liked her now and then the past couple of years, but it seems to me that the writers can't make up their mind of how they want to write her. And it is the same feeling I had when I watched late nineties episodes many years back. Marilyn was best until about mid nineties. This was because Marilyn had post natal depression after giving birth to Byron, so of course her ditziness wouldn't be shown as the show focused on Marilyn's depression. And then he got cancer, so she was obviously upset at that. And then, he died offscreen. We next saw her in 2001 in the London episodes, where she was still feeling depressed and nothing like her ditzy character. The reason she returned to Summer Bay, (although it wasn't revealed to us at the time), was because she'd been told by her psychic friend, Mitzi, that she was going to die soon. This made Marilyn decide to live her life to the full, which presumably made her bubbly and ditzy again. I remember reading somewhere a few years ago that when Marilyn returned, Emily Symons and Ray Meagher noticed that in the scripts, Marilyn was calling Alf by his name. They both remembered that during her previous two stints, she had always called him "Mr Stewart" and so changed the lines accordingly. If you've always called someone by a name like that, it seems like the more natural thing to do. I used to have two neighbours that lived on the other side of my road for the first 16 or so years of my life. I always referred to them as "Auntie (name)" and "Uncle (name)". And even today, when it's been twelve and a bit years since they moved away, I still refer to them by those names, as it wouldn't feel right calling them anything else. With Donald Fisher, she had fallen in love with him and so obviously called him "Donald" instead of "Mr Fisher" because of that. I don't remember the Celia name change though.

Does anyone know if Emily Symons has recently signed a new contract? She's been on for about three years, which I think is the usual length of a contract on the show.

I agree with this. I remember when Selina got involved with the cult and when Nick suffered under Angie's mind games, she would stop at nothing until they were okay and would be very fiercely protective over them. I remember a line Irene said to Angie - "I don't care if you're the deputy principal, or the Queen of Sheba. You make trouble for Nick, lady, I make trouble for you". I can't imagine Irene doing things like that with the teens that live with her nowadays. They don't feel like foster kids; they just feel like housemates, and that's it.

Kate said she would "live and die on the show if she could". But she said the show had changed a lot over the past 5 years and Sally might not fit in the show anymore. The show doesn't really have that close-knit, warmhearted feel any more. I think this is probably what Kate Ritchie meant.

I've read what you've put down for the first two weeks, Alexx, and I like what I read.

I've just had a look at it now, and you're right. It does look so pretty and it's reminded me of stock shots I had forgotten about. They hardly ever use stock shots on the houses now, if it all. Also, why do they sometimes decide not to use a particular location for a house any more and then try to pass it off as a different looking building? They did the same with the Caravan Park locations after the real life bushfire there.

Yes, that's what I meant. I said it on here before in a previous post, but if Donald Fisher ever did come back, (which I hope he does), then it should be after the bad things about the show have been dealt with first.

I think we can safely say that it will definitely not happen whilst Cameron Welsh is in charge.