CaptainHulk

I see 1994 as a welcome break because 1993 (2nd best season) had enough sadness. It's probably because I was 10 at the time, I appreciated more laidback stories and comedy. It just seemed more warm/personable/for everyone.

When an actor wants out of soap while young, 90% of the time, the killing off is *their* idea (i.e. Kristian Schmid, all of 17 in 1992, when he was done playing Todd on Neighbours after 4.5yrs, he wanted to do other things and by his own admission was playing himself on TV, he suggested being killed off instead of ditching Phoebe with the baby and running back to Adelaide)

Something similar did happen in ep 760 to Maz. She's up a ladder at the store, catches Matt basically "checking her out" and is like "Matthew!" and his face is like "Damn! Fair cop!"

I suppose she could have deferred and gone to Uni in 1990 as a new directon following the end of her marriage to Frank. But Bobby probably would have still wound up mixed up with Chris and Geoff and her path may as well have lead her to Sam and Greg, too.

Debra, Being a rather tall Woman, it would have been too hard for her to hide the bump behind the counter and her climbing ladders would have been out of the question. Plus her performances of Pippa's irritation at that time were legit due to hormones/exhaustion/et al, directors figured "let's use it".

^ Bobby being a battler *wouldn't* go *quietly*, so no car exit for her. Nicole liked the fame and the money but she was liked "I've been doing this for 6yrs and enough is enough" wanted to be a parent to her boys and a character like Bobby would be remembered as long as Don, Ailsa and Sam were around. And like Elaine Smith on Neighbours Nicolle didn't want to be a series lifer and was only in her 20s. Greg lost a lot of sympathy with his hatred toward Adam (who WAS at fault, but still)

Bit Rich from Don who did the deed with Morag (wasn't all one way traffic) but I suppsoe he had to stand by his daughter. Also, Most soap Towns/Streets/Villages are often hypocritical and in backwaters like Summer Bay... As for Irene, I still think and she and Ken could have gone the distance (Realistically there'd be the odd wobble both having issues with the bottle) They wanted to lull us into a false sense of security by having everything be "rosy" before the boat trip. And in Greg's (wafer thin) defence, He and Jackie WERE kids when they had Sam (parallels of Joe/Noeline/Toby on Neighbours)

Yes. The other eps up for the were the two eps based around The Riff Raff Musical climax of the Tug/Shane feud.

Presenter was Emma Lee. Wonder whatever happened to her? (Too lazy to IMDB/Google her tonight lol) Greg/Fiona was disgusting, not only cheating but in his own FIL's house, FFS. (We know they were testing out Don's work surfaces et al!)

Frank was established as 19 and aged out of the system but opted to stay with the Fletchers until he moved into the Store Flat.

Cut and paste with Vicki not long after. Both had their offsiders/2ICs

"Lester Palmer, You get that distasteful notion out of your head at once!" "Fair go Ceils! I *am* shipping out tomorrow!"

Yes. Played by Noel Trevarthen (Neighbours' Malcolm Clarke in another life, a far better role most would say) God August-September 1989 was an idiotic month for H&A with the Bunyip crap.

They were roughly the same Height (Dennis probably slightly smaller) but ya, I get you.

Casting Seb down the track was a master stroke though. (Depends on who you ask)

Shockingly, Even as late 2009 we had Trey Palmer making "kung fu" noises at Jai.

It was a slow change. By the 80s, Beckindale was the focus more than Emmerdale Farm and the cast had ballooned from the 9 they started with and ⅔ were Male at!

Well, they got beats for it.

Sally basically kept his memory alive for the best part of 20s years, when the real deal bowled up we got flashbacks of them aged 3 and Sal being unable to say Miles' name properly despite coaxing from Diana, the nickname just stuck. Miles himself told Sal.

Aaron took Miles "outside the system" after deciding that Sal was better off with the Fletchers. And as far as the Fletchers/DOCS knew Derek, Diana and and Granny Keating were all Sally had (before Diane's brother, Ross and his wife Louise bowled up) before they all died. Bobby died before she found out she was related to the Smarts (Lance and Colleen anyway)

Hey, Like Isobel said he was "born 50" lol

She was at least 28 when she married Don. Based on this exchange in 96 Don: I wish I'd known Marilyn 20 years ago. Pippa: She would have been about 8, Don! ?

I think they would have fizzled anyhow due to feeling too much like siblings like Haydn and Sophie.

As we touched on before, Neighbours was in transition in 1988. Reg handed the reigns to Don, Kylie's star was soaring, Vivian Gray had had enough as Mrs Mangel due to the backlash from the public and Elaine Smith didn't want to be a series lifer so Daph dies not long after her father. We had Harold and Henry and later Joe for laughs. Also H&A was the shiny new toy and dealt with issues that made Neighbours seem a bit "Toytown" (though Bev's accidental overdosing of Margaret Brown, then later miscarrying after a mugging were anything but)

"You're not too big to go over my knee!" LBH, Carly would test Gandhi's patience at times but then show me a teen that doesn't??