Jheez have you not been watching any episodes lately? Please tell me where you see bratty behaviour and don't bring any past staff up.
Excuse me? Why exactly are past events off limits? Sorry i'm not gullible enough to fall for the old "give the character not liked/not working a life threatening illness" routine
Well that's the reason you hate her right? Because you base it on her past behaviour but characters have growth and improve and I've seen that a lot with Maddy. So what exactly makes her selfish right now?
I think the problem is that at the moment (and as others, I am on UK pace), Maddy hasn't really done anything to make me believe that she is changing for the better except develop a potentially life threatening illness. I think the problem is that the writers decide one day that a character is now likeable and then ram that down the audience's throats rather than good storytelling and character development let the audience come to their own conclusions. I have made similar criticisms of the writing of Andy.
I guess it's because we are at different paces as I'm keeping up with the Australian episodes. From what I've seen lately there has been some beautiful scenes especially with her and Alf. I won't spoil it for you and just let you see it when it comes back on in the uk.