2024 Season - UK Episode Discussion

[Sb boy]

I agree Kirby is defo the most attractive out of the current girls in the bay

[H&Alover]

18 hours ago, Foellfan said:

Ah Carry On Summer Bay! 

Eden, no, no, no 1000000000000000000000000000 x NO! You never read something personal like that, even if it's laid out, that is not okay.

Leah certainly shut down Yarvis.

But that is what  happens in soaps and dramas, people always read something they shouldn't. It's the law. 

Edited Thursday at 13:34 by H&Alover

[H&Alover]

Quite a bit going on and yes it was a bad move for Eden to read Abigail's journal, but it is soap law for people to do that, it was writ in large letters that would happen, same as  Abigail's comments about Eden, her comments about her mum were  written but her comments about Eden were all in caps, It's SHOUTING in print, maybe have got a lot of anger out.  I notice we didn't see what she had written about her dad and Levi.    It's like eavesdropping that that you never hear something good.  I know people on here keep banging on about Abigail's attitude but as was written in the book and she told Eden her feelings weren't taken into consideration when it all went down.  I'm guessing maybe it was the old "Oh she's only a kid and wouldn't understand".    She, from what she  said was close to her dad, but felt she couldn't say anything because of how Eden and her mum were feeling.  Would Tim be able to counsel both of them, would that be ethical or  a conflict of interest?   

Abigail does like Mali he's a new person so no history with him.  It was a good 'slogan' if you can call it that she came up with.  OK we know Kirby can get carried away but really that pair we saw on those photos the agency sent were so OTT. As Mali said they'd probably never even picked up a board, well she wouldn't, be too afraid of chipping a perfect nail.  Why not use regular surfers,  Kirby would be a very good poster girl, am I allowed to say that? for the board shop, if Nik had still been around, he would have been ideal,  he was good looking, a good bod and could surf. 

That was a tad out of the blue from Xander and any future babies he and Dana may have.  I suppose whatever she and Harper went through with their mum and dad would be difficult to talk about, it's only been touched on a couple of times.   It's a reverse of Felicity and Tane, him having a happy childhood, even though he found out later his dad wasn't that a good dad to - dare I say her name - Jasmine.  But they have only been going out for  a few months so  not like they are walking down the aisle, not that they have to,  so a way ahead yet. 

Another out of the blue announcement - Cash is leaving!  They couldn't really have had two  Senior Constables in one small cop shop, very vague him saying it's a rural station.   Rather tense moment there between Cash and Eden when he told her. 

Well we needed some fun which we had curtesy of  Leah & Justin.   Have we seen that place where they stayed before?  It looked like where Heather held Maz, Roo, Alf and Irene.   It certainly looked very swish, how is it being paid for, it's only Theo looking after the garage and does the Diner really bring in that much?   Justin is not cowboy material.   They were skirting round 'the' problem.   Those skinny dipping scenes were great fun, bet  James and Ada enjoyed them.    OK not exactly what the hotel intended but at least new guests could get a real idea of the facilities provided.   Leah thought quick on her feet by telling Yarvis  there wasn't any warning sign about the CCTV which we saw had fallen over and was hidden.  Very good grovelling by him and Leah wangled another day there from him. 

[Red Ranger 1]

Well, there was a lot of back and forth with everyone trying to herd Abby around town.Eden did the wrong thing by trying to gatecrash the session but she did seem to be trying to put things right and get Abigail and Tim together.It was amusing when Mackenzie made it clear she was chucking both Eden and Levi out.It seems a rather odd tactic for Tim to propose exactly what made Abigail cancel the session in the first place, hopefully he knows what he's doing.Abigail didn't make the best first impression on Theo but fair play to her for apologising.

Meanwhile, Justin and Leah are back indulging in their favourite past-time instead of talking.I don't know if Leah's final assessment, that talking isn't going to change anything and the best thing they can do is just get on with things day by day, will stick or not.

[H&Alover]

I thought that about Abby and her attitude towards Theo, but like you said Red she did have the grace to apologise to him later.  He seemed to understand about her saying it was family troubles, did he mean his own parents or Leah & Justin?   I wonder they could be a couple at some time?  Tim is a brave soul taking them all on, but he must have clocked  it was a family problem so it needed all of them there. 

We don't know what the age differences are between Levi, Eden and Abby are but that could affect the way they took their father's leaving so differently.   Levi, I'm guessing was about to go to med school, Eden was a teenager and Abby a child who may have been a daddy's girl and at that age they do tend to blame themselves for a parent leaving.  There may have also been problems between mum and dad they didn't know anything about.

Levi did seem taken aback when Mac also threw him out.  To be fair how could Eden and Levi have known Abby and Tim were at Salt which caused Abby to think they were ganging up on her.  As an aside I hope Mac does have the insurance agreement , now she's sole owner, next on her to-do list. 

It could be seen as Justin was pushing for him and Leah  to talk about 'the' problem when she kept putting it off is a good idea or not.  Maybe Leah could go to that retreat and talk it over and get an independent view on it.  

 

[Red Ranger 1]

5 hours ago, H&Alover said:

To be fair how could Eden and Levi have known Abby and Tim were at Salt

It was Abby and Levi (and Mackenzie) who were at Salt and Eden and Tim who turned up. And they did seem to know they were there.

Episode counts this week:Rose was only in one, although she was credited on Wednesday for no appearance.

Well, any credit Abigail's gained over the past few weeks was well and truly used up here, as she seemed determined to hurt Eden as much as possible.The difference in the way she treats her siblings is quite staggering and even Levi wasn't having any of it.Hopefully his words sank in and Abigail will stop being so mardy.But anyway, Eden and Tim having an awkward moment isn't going to help things.

I'd have said that needing to renew your vows after only six months was a cause for concern, not something to be proud of, but there you go. (It's hardly a record though, especially in soaps.Goodness knows what was going on with Alf and Ailsa in the first season.) At least it works as a symbolic way to give Leah and Justin a full stop and fresh start, so there's that.John and Marilyn actually worked quite well as a Greek chorus, especially when they thought they were being asked to get married as well.("That ship has sailed!"/"And then it sank.")

John was also offering his own unique brand of help to Kirby and Mali, and I loved his apology in advance.Kirby's request wasn't an unreasonable one and seems to have put John's warnings aside.

[Foellfan]

Leah: I'd like you two to make a vow

Marilyn: Oh no, no that ship has sailed

John: That ship has sunk!

[H&Alover]

OK wrong way round, but still how could Eden and Tim know Levi, Abby were there, could have been at the Diner.  It does seem to be a soap thing where people air their dirty linen in public so Mac made the right choice to throw them all out. 

Even Tim seemed shocked Eden had read Abby's journal.  Tim as I said before is a brave soul holding the family counselling session. Nearly worked when Eden and Levi were spelling out Abby's strong  points, think it surprised her. Abby has never felt able or given the chance to say what she had been bottling up all these years.   They were wise words from Levi about Abby maybe forgiving Eden a little bit.  But Eden didn't help herself by storming off.   Awkward chat with Eden and Cash about his leaving. 

I may be getting ahead of myself but wouldn't Eden getting together with Tim be a proverbial  case of a rebound relationship?  I'm taking it Eden isn't an actual patient of his so he wouldn't be breaking any ethical codes. 

The Leah and Justin scenes were actually light hearted after the Fowler scenes.  John seemed a tad disappointed he wasn't officiating but just being there as a witness. Is it only six months - sorry but it did get mentioned quite  a few times.      I know I'm going back a  bit but Justin hasn't always been up front with Leah about what he has been doing, such as buying the van for Lyrik, sponsoring them using his and Leah's money before he'd even asked her, but he had never cheated.  The 'vow' that Leah asked John and Maz promise to keep to tell them if they seemed to be slipping in their renewed vows.    A real sign John and Maz are comfortable with the way they are when they could joke about their  ship sailing and sinking. 

John has been  a busy boy,  helping in the only way John does, offering advice which isn't always welcomed.    OK Kirby was being Kirby pushing Mali to  be the poster boy for his board shop, he's good looking, though that shouldn't be the main reason, but he can surf and it is his board shop he's promoting so makes total sense.  Theo could be roped in, he maybe not be an unbaised customer as he knows them both but he  knows the good work Mali does on his boards. 

 

[pembie]

I don’t know is it just because Tim is handsome because what the heck Eden called him a bad influence and he said he would take that 

People have said that to me but they haven’t become instantly attracted to me I have said this before but the women in this show are very easy to impress unbelievable doesn’t even cover it 

Edited Sunday at 16:36 by pembie

[Slade]

Harper purposely didn't remind Tane about the scan in the hope he would tell her he was going so she would feel better about herself.  I keep sounding like a broken record but she really has it bad.  Her Cheshire cat smile when he said he was going and reaffirmed his commitment to the baby highlights that.  Also, ditching Dana (ouch) just so she could have some alone time with Tane.

Can't really say I was that interested in Dana's reaction and the sob story with Xander though.

Thought the Justin/Leah stuff for the most part was meh particularly the renewal of the vowels, although I did enjoy how Leah managed to squeeze a freebie out of the hotel manager and the late check out.  I do agree that renewing after six months of marriage is a concern and it feels like they're trying to prove to each other everything's good.

I didn't like the way Abigail spoke to Theo but at least she apologised.  I was definitely on Abigail's side with Eden when went through her journal and the thing is Abigail was right about her.  Eden not backing off as Abigail requested and acting like a dog with a bone just reaffirms Abigail's main gripes with her.  I loved it when they were having the mediation session and Eden made the point about Abigail slating her but when it came to Levi, it was nothing that praise, with Eden storming off and Abigail saying Eden was making it about her again.

Not sure how I feel about Cash leaving although apart from Eden there's nothing really for him in Summer Bay TBH.