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Yeah every soap gets a bit of meaningless bullcrap subplot to distract from a major character's death. Same with Neighbours when they did the whole Amy/Lance/Jacinta mess when Helen died.

^ "Funky Junky" by Peter Andre (His earlier work that would probably make him shudder at the mere mention now). Both this show and Neighbours played the hell out of that track in '93.

Good luck getting Matt Doran (Onto "Bigger and Better" things) or Tina Thomsen (Retired) back.

The Exterior was shown from the '89 premiere but the interior was shown in episode 226.

Gosh that takes me back, I remember seeing H&A on the front of my grandma's Woman's Own quite frequently now you mention it. This particular one was Inside Soap, got the TV Times version too but this one was more relevant to the questions people were asking in the thread. The other side of the page was talking about Annie Sugden still being in a coma after the Emmerdale plane crash (Dec '93), which puts a bit of a perspective on the UK timeframe I'll try to post a few more in the future when the storylines approach. He actually said himself that, surprisingly, he didn't get any abuse at all. The worst he got was two blokes shouting "Bobby Killer" at him at a set of traffic lights. There were lots of claims about him becoming the most hated man in Australia in the press, but they weren't true. Is it weird I'm picturing it as a drive-by insult ala Family Guy?

*puts hands up* I often read Mum's Woman's Own for the H&A, Neighbours (Back when those two were getting mag covers) and Enders spoilers around that time period. H&A was probably the hottest thing on ITV at the point too.

I'd more want to know about her 1995 return and the fridge business! If she is anything like Bobby, she'd probably have found it funny!

I cheered when Shane stood up to Don too! I wonder if Mat Stevenson copped any abuse off the public (The kind of fans who can't tell real from make-believe) for this storyline...

While there was a Genuine loss loss, the ship managed a steady course without her and the Mid-90s were arguably Home and Away's peak period (in the UK anyway). Shane and Angel dominated the show from there but others like Jack, Curtis, Shannon and Selina got their time to shine.

Too Right. Gus Bishop, Joe Lynch and Scott Irwin, anyone?

I honestly thought he was gonna start blubbering when he read the journal but that would be too Un-Fisher-like... (Although in upcoming eps, he may shed more than a few tears).

It kind of feels like we're in the year of the stodgy parental figures.Don has suddenly decided to make Angel homeless for the heinous crime of having a boyfriend (his justification that she lied to him doesn't really hold water, since Shane and Angel tried to be upfront about it in the first place and he still threatened to kick her out):The fact that the other adults, bar Nick, seem fine with that is slightly worrying.And Pippa comes down hard on Sally for...nothing at all, really.Sure, Sally's taking advice from all the wrong people, and Fin's doing a good big sister act in trying to talk some sense into her, but all Pippa's seen is her dying her hair black.Which becomes slightly hilarious in hindsight when you recall Sally dyes her hair black around 2002 and no-one bats an eyelid. Well, a lot changes between 14 and 23.

Chafing? Restrictive? There's dirty jokes to be made out of those words in but I won't as this is a FAMILY forum... Anyhooo... Greg's quick decline reminded me of one of those early Simpsons eps where Homer is kicked out for a marital error! Tug was always on Team Bobby as she went to bat for him.

They'd have been the best of pals what with Irene fighting Damo's corner with a "Where do you get off..." speech? and Laura sympathizing about Mud leaving Irene High and dry with 3 kids.

I don't think Ryan (Sam) wanted to leave at that point. He did fit in with Pippa's bunch to a degree but he sort of lost ground when or just before Pip left town.

Was Debbie's last name confirmed as Langford?

More confirmation of Fin being a glorified extra, she had NO lines whatsoever in ep 1282!

At least characterization was still relatively consistent at this point.

Let's be honest, Red. Michelle is basically a $1 store Narelle clone but without the charm. And while I'm not judgemental, Smoking when it's being blown onto you is pretty blech. Bobby could have been better written, 2yrs ago she probably would have INSISTED Greg leave instead of taking Sam with her Don's had this happened. The Confirmed 1993 spare parts club: Adam, Nick and Fin.

I don't think Craig Beamer is mentally disabled.

I forgot about the baby thing too. Guess Shane and Angel overshadowed it (like they will do everything for the next 2.5 years).

I wouldn't estimate Don's current place having more than 5 rooms, presumably Bobby and Sam are sharing.

He still had an off-screen presence as late as 1999, The writers still had him live in town just not appear.

Kicking Greg out on his arse would be justified but withholding his right to see Sam is another thing (Yes Greg basically ditched him at every turn but he's still his son, FFS).

So basically we're all not on "Team Greg", but more Team "Bobby's Being an Unreasonable Cow"?