Adam Cameron - Mat Stevenson

[Stewarts Point]

What was good about Adam was that he represented the larrikin interest post Martin and Lance, and balanced out the young adults who were often old before their time (Ben) or righteously upstanding (Nick, Grant, Luke).

It was interesting that he was generally portrayed positively (no one thought beyond his sloth that he was a baddie), and he generally managed to get on with everyone, even turning the other cheek when he had been wronged. That he was portrayed thus when he was openly workshy and lazy was quite interesting.

I think being handsome and having a murcurual charm helped him and made him a likeable character. He had many an amusing set tos with Alf and Donald and was great as a pairing with Maz. 

Matt bringing pizza, beer and a playboy mag into his hopistal bed when Marylin wasn't looking was a humerous example.

[cymbaline]

Adam is someone who could have done well for himself in many fields if only he didn't have that crooked, workshy streak running through him. It really was his own personal self-destruct button. If you ask the "Where is he now?" question, he'll either be living in a mansion somewhere or has blown it all (again!) and doesn't have two coins to rub together. The locals mostly had the measure of him, though there were still times when you'd wonder why they trusted him so much. He's the sort of person who's a bit of fun to pass the time with down the pub but you wouldn't seek to have a deeper friendship with. Having said that, he could be decent at times. He was mostly a good friend to Marilyn and he handled the aftermath of Karen's car crash well. Mercurial is the right word indeed! 

I think Adam had passed his sell-by date by the time he left. There are only so many times the writers could go to the well with the "Adam is broke, Adam has a new scam which won't work" shtick. He was at his most interesting when he was given better material, such as when Karen developed a crush on him, being shunned after Bobby's death and saving Sam.