2025 Season - UK Episode Discussion

[H&Alover]

Leah recovered her near blunder at the coffee cart when she said to David, I've met Lacey by saying she'd been in the Diner.  Irene wisely kept her mouth shut.  Then doing the same when she met Jo.  Leah was again showing her good side when she spoke to Lacey after asking Theo to leave them alone to talk so is keeping Lacey's secret and she did warn her she'd met her sister. 

Then later, of course they did meet and didn't have the warmest of reunions.  That is going to be a very interesting backstory, it explained why David forgave the driver.  It seemed from what we saw, there had been a crash, Jo was driving, mum got killed, but wouldn't the cops who were first on scene done a BT on Jo.  Jo 'says' she doesn't remember what happened.  David will be getting a real shock when Cash brings in both his  daughters  under arrest for affray OK he doesn't yet know Jo is David's daughter.  It certainly seems to have festered for Lacey, has Jo been away from home wherever that is.  

David has met three of the Bay's stalwarts then - Alf, Leah  and Irene, only John and Marilyn to go.  Both Alf and Irene seemed to think he was a good guy, Leah, of course, knows his other side. I do get the feeling Alf and David will be clashing at some point.  Love to see David and John meeting. May seem a  silly question but how far away is Yabbie Creek from the bay, did he really drive there just to get a cup of coffee?  With Cash, it's kind of his beat so he would be there more.

I'm supposing David and Jo had agreed to meet up in the bay at some time which was why she was heading there, only for her to break down.  

Yes, Jo is a good looking woman but I like to think Tane would stop and help even if it had been a man or older woman.  He wasn't invading her personal space, just asking if he could  help, he kindly offered the use of his First aid kit but backed off when she insisted she was OK. Her ranting at her car was funny but at least she didn't grab a branch off  the nearest tree and give it a good thrashing. She was also muttering to herself about  "Yeh, yeh I know I should keep my phone on charge". 'Talking' to dad' obviously as it sounded like the kind of thing he'd drum into  both his girls.  

I thought it was where Jo left it and was it the next day?  Jo did mention it was the fan belt and the bonnet had been left open and it wasn't going anywhere was it. After sending him away with a  flea  in his ear, David did have to grudgingly admit Tane had done a good job. OK I wouldn't know how to put one on but it's not rocket science.   Anyone remember the good old days when it could be fixed by using a pair of tights or going even further back a  stocking. 

 Completely off topic but I did like Jo's jacket/blouse. 

Lacey it seems is finding it tough working at Reefton Park and Leah has re-offered that she can work at the Diner but if dad is likely to be popping in it would be tricky.   Theo has offered to give her some money when he sells his car, which he had been thinking of since he got it back.  He loved the car, but it was used to  nearly kill him.  She rightly refused saying she wants to be independent - , but then he offered it as a loan once he'd paid off the money he owes.  He should get a god price, it hadn't been driven that much and there was no damage done to it. 

Cash, for some reason can't catch a break with David, he does seem the kind of cop who keeps his private life completely separate from his cop life.   Though saying that Eden suddenly breezing to whine about her problems wouldn't have gone down well with any new sargeant.  All those who at present who do that will have to be told to stop.  They have let things slip that way, folks just dropping in, dropping lunch off, wanting to have a chat, mainly it has to be said to Cash - It is a cop shop. 

That road trip of Eden and Abby's will be an interesting one.   Will Eden be abandoned at the roadside?  Do have to say, going back an episode, Eden chucking all of Jimmy's Birthday presents to Abby  in the bin was NOT on, so good for Abby getting them back out again.   Eden does need to hear it from Debra in person that she has forgiven Jimmy. 

Mali's taking on surfing lessons did take over his first business, he was too good at it.  

 

[Red Ranger 1]

David is definitely proving to be the person Lacey claimed he is: Totally by the book until it's his family drama, at which point he's happy to ignore the rules and expects other officers to play ball. This is, of course, ameliorated by the fact that David and Jo are listed as regulars (even if they're still not on the opening credits!) suggesting that they're meant to be broadly sympathetic characters and around long-term, so if David is keeping a secret then it's probably not going to be too earth-shattering.

I find my sympathy is mainly with Kirby here. If Remi wants to be on Avalon's album, that's up to him, but he made a commitment to Kirby and he's not keeping to it. I wasn't keen on the way Avalon convinced him to stand his ground with Kirby, it just felt like stirring up trouble.

Alf and John both had a word with Mali but didn't really get a satisfactory response.On the one hand, Dean did kind of drag Mali away from his old boarding shaping business to run the board shop.On the other hand, as Alf and John point out, he's worked hard to make it a success.

[H&Alover]

Well that was a bit of a faff. Had there been any warning?

There was Cash thinking he was doing the right thing by arresting both daughters following David's orders to go by the book but still got blasted by him, I'm guessing Cash found out Jo was David's other daughter and not a random woman when he took her name at the scene.  David  did kind of back down, but still bent his own rules.   Not making excuses but any cop would have that double standard problem when it's family. 

I can't see  David  covering up something really bad, don't forget Jo and Lacey didn't just lose their mum David lost his wife in that accident.

We did find out more about what happened from Jo's flashbacks and her talk with dad.  Cops did the right thing it seems, did a BT and Drugs test on her,  checked if there were skids marks indicating she'd swerved to avoid something.  She does claim she can't remember anything but maybe she had blacked out for some reason - an undiagnosed illness like epilepsy.  A lot of people on the H&A FB pages hate them, but I think there is  a lot more to them.  I wonder if maybe Jo had been away form home and only just returned six months ago which prompted Lacey to leave.    

I liked the fact Lacey opened up to Cash, she grew to trust and like him when under his care.  Does she really think her dad would cover up for Jo or still hurting from her mum's death and not properly grieved. 

The one I'm definitely NOT liking is Avalon, she just casually walks up to Kirby and lets her think Remi is working on her album as in  producing not as we all know playing on it. Remi's not exactly 'cheating' on Kirby but as Justin pointed out he can't give her 100% as he's stretching himself too far.  Justin, of course, also got it in the neck as he knew what Remi was doing and didn't say anything.    She is a wind up merchant and it looks like she may be leading him down the wrong path - DON'T GO THERE REMI. 

It does seem Mali is having a   tough time,  Alf was a lot more easier on him than John was - btw I like how John very wisely stepped away when I think it was Jo and Lacey  when they were having their spat.  Mali had been very happy just making and shaping his boards which he then sold onto Dean and before him Ben.  It was his choice to move to the bay and break away from his family to be independent and was able to sell his boards direct to the public and take orders for new ones, but over time things have  overtaken his original business, maybe he's missing it?