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But on car that Ari was driving the number plate said NSW if memory serves correctly?. .

Irene once again has change her personality overnight she now back to being written as meek character like she was around 2010-2012. I noticed Irene character changers her temperament every few years as for few years she is hot headed and brash and she changers to more meek and softer temperament and for better example Irene being more like Lynne.

At least characters in there 20s in recent years had personality. Problem with early years it was so obvious when character was underused like Nick/Matt/McPhee’s /Roxy. Normal at least in current show characters are in background when they are long term and therefore you can understand why they won’t get storyline’s every minute or if character be around for few years and is on there way out.

Nick was very nice guy but like lot of younger characters back in that era they were all bit too bland and not didit have much personality.

Because they lost interest in his character and more interested in his brother.

I have completely forgotten who she was?. Can someone please re fresh my memory?.

I rewatched Ailsa death episode and despite both Ailsa and Irene being in episode and both being at event being held they didn’t share screen together . Does anyone know what Ailsa and Irene final screen together was in 2000?. Ailsa and Irene is my favourite friendship on show and they would had so much potential in later years .

I don’t like her as she is very rude and has very bitter outlook on life.

Is Matt Wilson considered official original character as I know Matt appears in Pilot briefly but he doesn’t appear in original cast photo and yet Celia and Roo are in photo despite not appearing in pilot?.

Irene was cleared and so they would be destroyed. Besides why would Irene rob her own business.

But even if they do bring back her daughter Martha, she will be in the spotlight for about 10 minutes either Martha will leave again after the guest role or even if Martha did return as regular and once Martha settled back into the Bay and then she'd just be Martha's listening ear with Martha's latest love drama. As for bringing in a new husband or even bringing back Frank then it just becomes like it was with Roo and Harvey became the couple in the background and eventually her husband would either leave in a box or by leaving the Summer Bay sign whether by choice or inside a Police van. By no means saying I want Roo to leave but just saying I think there’s better stories for Roo as an individual. I'd like Roo to get a new foster child as Roo bonding so well with Maddy.

These days people are staying at home until their 30s with rent being so expensive and if they have disabilities.

I just mean that so often when a character comes back on a soap they are either written nothing like they were before or their character's history is rewritten. Other than Alison being a school mate of Roo I don’t see any reason for her to return.

History is just messy anyway its better to just leave it as normally just makes history get more messy anyway.

I hated how producers didn’t bring back Pippa's parents for an episode as it just shows how the PTB at the time had little interest in older characters.

Sally had three weddings but two ended at the altar.!

I actually like Pippa most durning 1996-1998 as we just seemed to really get in touch with Pippa character in her unhappiness in Bay and still trying to be best mum she can be to kids and I am not saying I like Pippa being unhappy and she wasn’t unhappy whole time after Michael death but just made Pippa such real character in being fed with life in Bay. But I do hate to think how fed up Pippa would be if she stayed other ten or twenty. But unfortunately her last episode was badly written as we didn’t even get proper goodbye screen with Sally and all we got was Pippa given Sally kiss as if she would be back in couple days. I think we very lucky Pippa came back many times and I can understand why she’s hasn’t returned since her main reason for returning was due to Sally and if Sally had stayed I think she would kept on returning more and if Sally had left earlier we probably wouldn’t of had as many Pippa returns.

Only people that seemed to not get annoyed with Colleen were Ailsa, Max and Leah in early days.

Colleen is a character thats grown on me over years as one those characters gives show are big influence like all other mainstay characters despite not getting lot huge storylines as used be rather indifferent too Colleen. I think Colleen could better written character if PTB had put more effort into her character as unfortunately her character was just too silly and even more silly form around 2004. Lyn Collingwood i think was fine actress when she was given something decent to work with like her breast cancer storyline and her long lost daughter and episode when they thought Alf and Colleen were getting married was one of most funny episodes ever and i really think actors were generally laughing in episode. Colleen was decent lady deep down but she had her manly flaws such as Colleen could be bully at times giving people hard time like Gypsy and Marilyn in 2010 and not caring about people feelings and spreading rumors about people.

Rachel and Leah always were suppose to be childhood best friends and yet is so funny on how Leah never mention her on screen before Rachel arrive and Leah already be on show for six years before Rachel arrive and Leah never mention her again in ten years since she left. I remember Leah talking to Rachel in her first episode about Vinnie being in witness protection as thought they only just sure each other yesterday. Okay in fairness i guest most characters are not normally mention ever again once they leave and it wasn't really need plot wise for Leah to mention her friends before she moved to bay.

But thing is if everything was fine with Bella and Colby could cope then there wouldn’t be storyline’!.

I hope Martha gets some scenes away from Alf and her own storyline’s .

I think if Celia had stayed long term they probably would have made her a more well rounded character and taken in couple teens and I think if she was still around in 1999 they probably would not bought back Colleen as regular as you really only need have one those type of characters as regular. But unfortunately I think reason why producers were more interested in younger characters in 90s was because they thought more younger people would watch it as you just had to look at what made Neighbours such great ratings winner once it move ten was teenage couple Scott and Charlene and I guess they thought if want to be ratings winner we need to do same at that’s why moved most of tension to younger characters. By no means I am saying older characters were completely annoyed. But I mean Pippa and Michael and Alf and Alisa were relevant as parents characters and then Donald being principal and later Irene would parent character and other home to teens. Whereas characters like Neville and Floss and Morag were axed because they weren’t relevant characters in direction they wanted to take show. And guess that explains why they didn’t replace Celia with a new older female character as at time other older female character wasn’t relevant due to direction show was taken.

But Colby is only young himself and he basically is no more mature than most people his age in real life especially when dealing with a very mentally troubled young girl.

I guess the closest thing Ailsa had to a storyline during 1990-1995 was respecting Alf was having affair at one stage with Meg mum and fighting to stop Morag taking Sam after Bobby death. Closet storyline Celia had after she come back form her holiday in Europe was clearing Morag house and thinking it was hunted after Emma and Viv making it scary and running hot dog stand with Martin and Lance.