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I'm so glad they made Ben contract cast. I love Ben and Ciara together. I'm also really glad they brought back Marci as Abi.

I'm loving Marlena's story!!

I hope they do move over to streaming. Seeing Days looking this way just makes you wonder if it's best if they put it out of its misery. They just can't do it justice anymore and that's a real shame. I wish I was around to see the height of American soaps from the 60s to 80s.

The audiences are very different between US and UK. I don't think Americans mind the artificial look of US soaps that much? The incidental music is just awful though. I get it's a big part of the US soaps but if they can't afford to it properly I think they'd definitely be better cutting their losses. I have noticed the lighting is better in some sets than it used to be - the hospital set looks more naturally lit than when I was last watching around 2018. Would it make much of a difference? They clearly don't have the money. I don't know if a change in producer would help unless they literally want to gut out the show from top to bottom. I really miss the real conversations characters had. I remember watching a scene between Alice and Jennifer and it just felt so real and honest. Jennifer said she always makes mistakes and Alice replied that it's not making mistakes that's the problem, it's how you choose to respond to those mistakes. This is a kind of conversation I just couldn't imagine current Days being able to do. Thank you

Seriously, when is Days going to get rid of this cheap incidental music? They should just scrap it altogether, have no background music and let the scenes/actors speak for themselves. I want to like the show but it looks more cheap than a high school production. There are so many ways they could modernise the show and make it feel less cheap. It's sad watching old episodes and seeing how good it used to be until the 90s. I wish it could be that good again.

Thank you!

Hot!! What episode was this please?

Marlena possessed again 😍 The new Jonny DiMera is so fit.

Unfortunately there have been further allegations, this time written a lot more coherently and reliably. I think we all know who the main perpetrator is (if you're a Neighbours fan). I expect they'll be fired shortly.

This video is also interesting and explains in more detail.

That Indigenous actress didn't report the facts accurately. She said the N word was used on set, indicating that the show was very racist. What she failed to mention was the very important context that the actor who used the N word was a person of colour (many speculating it was more specifically a black actor) reciting rap lyrics which makes the use of the word considerably less problematic. It's still highly unprofessional, but not racist. I don't trust the actress. That, however, doesn't negate the other actors who have come forward with their own experiences. I'm more inclined to believe them. However, I don't believe racism is a rampant issue on Neighbours as that actress seems to want everyone to believe. They absolutely do need to address whatever issues there may be behind the scenes though to make sure people are comfortable and things like this don't happen again.

Aw Jane looks so young!

I can. It gets about 100,000 viewers daily in Australia. In the UK, last week it had a boost and was getting close to 1.7m daily. Uusally it gets about 1.4-1.6m daily in the UK.

They're always bad there but it's on a digital channel there, I don't often check the Australian ratings.

The ratings are up in the UK at the moment.

Neighbours is an all-year round soap now.

The sad thing is they have a pretty good cast in place. But as has been said, not even one single good storyline. No good couples, no good friendships. It really is awful.

I'm not that bothered about him not having a proper love interest yet. I think Moritz is a great character regardless, although it will be nice when they do get to that stage. I wonder if Nihat was the straight character they were going to explore that with?

Thanks Huntress, I might watch that. I had to laugh when Moritz was sick from smoking a cigar. Up to this point we've been led to believe he's this quite street-wise lad, so that storyline felt a bit at odds with his character.

That's good I used to really dislike Jonas but he's grown on me quite a lot. He can be quite comical. Stupid Erik for faking the break in at W&L.

Sunny's annoying.

I haven't watched this since Christmas but Phil and Kat are having sex? The show really has got bad Nearly every pairing is awful, Max/Linda, Phil/Kat, Honey/Jay. Nothing I hear makes me want to tune in.

If there's anything you missed that needs explaining I'm happy to, other than the above about why Moritz started selling stolen watches as I don't know what happened there. I've pretty much been constantly watching GZSZ to catch up. I just watched the final episode of December so January for me tomorrow! In terms of the storyline - Felix and Laura kidnapped Rosa and framed Moritz for it. They orchestrated it so that Jo would hide the 'evidence' against Moritz and used it all to blackmail Jo and Katrin into getting the business. But then Jo realised that Felix was behind the kidnap and got him to sign the business over to him. Yvonne is amazing!! She's my favourite character in the show, but I love Jo and Moritz too, and Emily. And Katrin, actually. The actress who plays Yvonne has been so good recently. I loved the episodes when Yvonne found out about Felix and Laura framing Moritz for Rosa's kidnap. And the confrontation between Yvonne and Laura was great. As if Laura had the hide to tell Yvonne she didn't need a mother like her. Moritz was stupid for getting involved in selling the stolen watches but I was glad Jo agreed to represent him and that things were sorted between Jo, Yvonne and Moritz for Christmas. Don't know if you've seen it but Nihat nearly got into trouble because the stolen watches Moritz was selling were found at the cafe by the police and Moritz hid the fact that they were his watches, so Nihat could have gone to prison. I imagine Nihat has distanced himself from Moritz since then maybe(?). If anyone could please explain what this return storyline is (with all those flashbacks etc) for Sunny please I'd be really grateful. I wasn't watching when she left I don't think. The less said about Eric the better I just find him so annoying. Eric and Jonas are easily the weakest characters in the show. I haven't seen this yet but I'm looking forward to it! Did you see the scene where she nearly got in the shower with John thinking it was Philip? Yuck, haha!