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I feel like Jaleesa would have been on the way out anyway, as the show was shifting toward a younger and younger focus (which is also why even Dwayne and Whitley end up feeling oddly out of place in season 6 at times, why Kim got less and less to do, etc.), but that marriage was just odd. Maybe one of the most random marriages I can remember on a TV show, especially one that wasn't meant to be random. I never believed Jaleesa would be interested in him.

So pathetic.

Another media darling down. You may remember him for grinning as Bill Maher spewed racial slurs, claiming to be against many things he then supported, or...this:

Until Kate Oates, among the most cynical and hollow producers on soaps, clears out, this isn't going to change. And even if she does, the worst, like Phil and Phil/Sharon, will never change. The stories are aimless and poorly put together, just don't make any sense - beyond the awful Janine story (so disappointing), I'd also ask why should we care about Keeble and her dead father, or the latest Phil arrest story that never goes anywhere? Why should we care about Freddie's paternity when we know Little Mo isn't coming back anything soon. Why should we care about the Panesars, with 5 characters added on, when I still don't even buy them as a family? Why should we care about Suki, a child abuser and child murderer, just because she is suddenly a lesbian? Worst of all, there remain no worthwhile couples or believable bonds.

@Vee I guess you were right. Musk must have known this was going to happen and only lied about wanting to buy it to get more publicity and distract from his Ukraine BS. And of course the media plays along.

More NYT propaganda, taking the side of toxic professors. I know the New York Post is trash, but I don't understand how the Washington Post (another trash paper) continues to not care about Taylor Lorenz being such a mess (and breaking their rules about getting into it with other employees online, surely).

@dc11786 Wonderful rundown. I have rarely watched this show as it doesn't appeal to me, but you make me curious.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. TK's stories have gone through lightning speed so far this year. Hard to believe he had cancer this year. I thought the woman he slept with might end up pregnant (she still could I guess). His sister seems to be there more for a rivalry with Esther and to bother Esther's love life. I have a feeling this church is going to be a big part of the Christmas finale - like some kind of suicide cult, I don't know.

That's interesting, as usually the person who is ganged up on and treated in an ugly way is less likely to win.

@AMCOLTLLover You should share some of your thoughts in the Shortland Street thread.

https://www.backtothebay.net/news/2022/09/29/channel-seven-announces-special-about-ray-meaghers-career/

Loretta had all the authenticity and heart that so many 'stars' of country in the last few decade are so allergic to. She was a face of the American experience, and her face never stopped telling a story.

I was coming here to alert you to this. Not much of a great writing choice (and it's literally overkill for Aaron), but I know some fans will see two dead Dingles as a good anniversary present.

Many are blocked, sadly.