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Yeah, it is bizzare. Karen killed Bobby's cousin after all!

Fin becomes basically a spare part this year apart from one or two stories. However, in 1994 she does get one last hurrah as a main character.

They producers probably had something in place but I guess Rebekah finished filming ahead of Les leaving/Belinda returning. It would have been more powerful if Soph and Karen had a walk on the beach and talked the whole thing through but timing screwed them.

^ It's a pet name like buggerluigs, or Girlie (for any given female under 30 she encounters) I see 1993 as a whole new era even before Blake leaves and Angel rocks up. It's a brighter sunnier look and the action moves at a slightly faster pace. We know what kind of stamp Des Monaghan left and what stamp Andrew Howie will put on the next two seasons.

^ New credits, New era. I like them.

Some people may have forgotten, okay. Sorry if it seems spoilerish, I'll be more mindful in future.

It was actually 5, according to dialogue. He must have either behaved or spent a great deal of time on remand before sentencing. Alf went to see his folks in 1995 after running over Angel. And c.2002. Morag mentioned their father Gordon had died of Alzheimers (or at least alluded to it) during Alf's brain tumour/Ailsa ghost story arc. Gordon was also mentioned by Colleen, wishing he was here and Morag saying he'd be about 90 if still alive. And does anyone else find it funny how Shane waxing his board in the titles segways into Luke rubbing suntan cream on Roxy?

In all fairness, Dodge had no clue Philip was home (not excusing what he did for one second).

Saw all of this week on Youtube a good while ago. Thompson really is an ogre, isn't he? And Irene smoking near the laundry, or trying to wasn't the brightest of moves!

Diff characters but I think Jeff Truman deliberately portrayed them similarly.

Back to Soph, she also tops the list in '91 with only Bobby even close to her.

Irene did have that relapse in 2009 but it was part of a crappy year to be honest (Overuse of Martha)

LOL @ 1135

Basically, they're worried in case Blake gets Fin up the pole ala Sophie. No danger of that as Blake buggers off in a matter of weeks! And in more recent (this week, UK) Alf did his block over Maddie/Josh Barrett (for those of us that bother with the current product), so not too much has changed!

Bear in mind Debra was pregnant for reals in the middle of a demanding story that required a lot of emotions and I think her real=life weariness comes out in scenes. And it was Michael that was willing to sling Fin out over the boy issue. John Adam was clearly cast for looks, he's not the worst actor but I don't recall *him* being up for a Logie in 1994! Oh come on, That's a bit extreme about Luke. I actually found the "Oi! Cut that out immediately!" and "Have you got a permit for that?!" and the "If I hear one more squawk outta that thing..." kind of funny. In Michael's defence, Luke's comments about 14yo girls really *didn't* help his case.

Only Alf comes second this year. Based on IMDB stats and we can take away credit-onlys.

According to data, Sophie appeared in the most episodes this year.

I'm back to run my mouth about this Season. It has a lot of resonance as I was like 9 around the time it went out in the UK and remember a helluva of the season. Especially the Shane/Tug grudge that culminated in the June 7th Musical incident. The retains the charm of the early years but it feels like they're hitting the reset button very soon, Blake and Soph are on borrowed time. Luke getting under Alf's skin was brilliant however (using the sax as a weapon) after the Bill storyline the character starts to lose momentum a bit...

Soph did my head in and all this week. Bobby and Greg to a lesser extent. Loved Irene/Fin/Damian. There's a payoff coming and it will be SWEEET! The series is entering its first millenium...

^ Let's not forget, she willingly surrendered herself to David. Also, The week of 986-90 has been pretty great. Jacquy does a good job as complete alkie bitch Irene and the scenes with Damo fleeing have been brilliant. The Surf club stuff is a nice little subplot that basically foreshadows the revamp it will get this season when the Rosses get more involved. Was laughing at the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang-esque car stunt and Alf mentioning "The Black and White Minstrel Show" (Which the BBC will NEVER live down to this day). I'm glad H&A '92 is slowly returning to somewhat comedic subplots after Blake/Meg dominated for like 6-8wks.

I'm actually rooting for Ryan. He livens up Nick and Lucinda, who let's face it, at best are a SUPER-boring couple.

1992 Two-faced Bastard Ryan has more going for him than 1991 one-dimensional limp noodle Ryan.

^ Think it's left open to interpretation. Having owned 975 and 976 and watched a ton of times, I skipped to 977 on youtube. The Hot Dog stuff was a good way to break up the misery. Corny but it worked and H&A was riding pretty high at the time and could get away with it!

Some people are closer to certain relatives more than others. Given Barbara lived in the city and Alan and Rebecca were farmed out to boarding school, I doubt they came to the Bay that often.

I sometimes wonder if you're a real-life Alf, Old H&A Fan. You seem to catch alight as quick as he does sometimes!