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Thanks for the health care explanation.

Clementine sure is a pain in the neck.

Ratings are a problem now, as you pointed out, there are other platforms. I've been watching online and I'm not even "entitled" to see it as I am in the U.S.

I thought NZ had national health care, so what's with no coverage for minors, even if older minors, that is, the Pixie story?

Caleb is a disaster.

Bella liking Jimmy is strange. Though I guess she has a taste for older or less attractive men, remembering Luke. She had Dallas but didn't manage to keep that going!

Victoria is another walking disaster, but making progress. She goes from being unable to handle bowel tumors to being so realistic about them that she over negatively advises patients! You have to think doctors can handle conditions, no matter who they personally know who has them and might even look on it as a chance to defeat that condition, so it seems like Victoria just can't be a doctor. Not able to put personal issues aside.

Wendy and Nate don't owe Kane anything. Weird he feels entitled to judge them like that. Jimmy wants to go to an ATM? For his own money, or Kane's?

Dana's father - I'm curious. He's apparently even worse, as she did not believe he would ever talk to her.

So Harry has a girl now, lol. The dumbest thing he ever did - drink that leaf tea that almost killed him? Now he falls off a ladder. What a disaster that kid is.

I liked Lucy and Clementine going after those boys. Lucy takes no crap!

This is pretty cool. Reunion!

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s15/home-and-away/news/a633914/former-home-and-away-actors-hold-reunion-in-la-and-post-class-photo.html#~p6m1CPPr7A1fQr

That was pretty cool. I hope they are getting work in Hollywood.

What is wrong with that idiot Nick? OMG. What a horrible thing to do to another person. Even Paul Robinson doesn't deserve it.

I despise Kane. What a horrid character. Always negative and always giving others a hard time. And playing the victim. Total downer.

When Brooke was with TK, that was well before Bree. I remember having the thought she was kind of good for him. She looked out for him. She knew when he was getting messed with and backed him up. They complimented well. I miss her - what a great character.

Had to laugh at the idea that a baby with two nurses for parents has them grossed out by baby poo.

Boyd has learned from his ex Queen Brooke. Scheming by telling the patients to spread the word about the free clinic, lol.

It is nice to have TK back. Harper is obvious but she likes Boyd now.

Garrett and Rachel is interesting in that how can Bella be a cow to Rachel?

If the house Kylie owns with Emma and Lana has gone up so much in value, couldn't she get a loan to fix the bathroom? Though she's better off selling and using the capital gain as a down payment on a place where she can afford the payments. And without having to rent out to others, though that is always part of the Shortland Street plot - people have to live together!

No Brooke! But it looks like she could come back one day. They didn't kill her off, and the couple might return to NZ.

Lucy is not a replacement! A schemer, though.

Evan likes his older women. This Marnie is a flake. We can safely assume Nicole's giving birth will have complications.

Thanks for that link. Very informative. I wonder if they will use this to create a new set - tornado destroys one of the houses.

The story of Sarah's death was appropriate to the character, though quite unrealistic in the way she got the disease. The Ministry comes off badly in the story. The way they went through the garbage was absurd - the Ministry would have people in hazmat suits doing that. The disease sounds just like Ebola.

Knowing she had MS, Sarah should not have been looking through the trash like that - TK's anger is quite understandable and realistic.

LOL. Are there tornados in Australia? Haven't heard of that before.

Boyd is a real moron. Ava over Brooke? Ava's not in the least attractive IMO with her ugly hairstyle. And she's a criminal. There must be a reason the governments don't want her trials going on.

I'm afraid Rachel's going to get that disease. I hope Ava goes off to jail. Rachel needs to quit being judgmental of others' mistakes after this caper.

Are Emma and Toby gone? It looked like it could be more of a break, as they could come back after the trial.

I see Ula moving in with Kylie though. Very large anvils on that.

Little Tilly actually had a line, "they kissed." Or maybe the kid just said it.

It's kind of too bad Emma's gone, as she's one of the rare nice females on the show. The show tends to think being "tough" is good, but in reality or too much can get irritating - Wendy and Rachel are too much at times. Rachel is bothersome right now. So she fires Brooke for taking care of that contract in a way she didn't like, but now she's using illegal botox or whatever it is. When she gets caught, I hope she gets knocked off her high horse.

B&B? The actress who played Kate is now on Bold & Beautiful?

Nicole having a baby. Bad idea. She breaks up with her love interests at the first sign of trouble. Wonder what it will be like when she realizes she can't just break up with a baby.

It's been nice to get a break from the Brett story.

Rachel is not really all that likable. She did go off on vacation and didn't deal with that contract. Maybe they should have called her. But she would have been complaining had Boyd just taken the rise in the price too.

The story line with the Parliamentary candidate and the former gang member husband of a patient is a good idea.

An actor going to writing - interesting.

Nicole needs to go away. I am just not rooting for her and Vinnie. Amazing they expect us to again. May they all please go to London where they can let that brat Michael run their lives.

Michael is a serious pain in the ass. Adults appear to fail in their ability to stand up to him. His demands are outrageous and yet they cater to him. And I see they are setting Jemima up as bad guy. She's probably cheating on her husband.

Oh great, Sarah's back. Nicole's mother was wrong, but I think Rachel was sensible about it. Naturally Sarah has to make it go over the top.

Vinnie is the dumbest guy on the planet. And that kid seemed to bright to not realize the difference between a visit and moving. Jemima could have fixed that with a three way call. Very realistic though. That's the crap people do in those situations. But what Vinnie said to the kid was plain stupid.

Toby did not hear out the other side of the story from Brett, though I suppose he will eventually.

The Coopers and Cane were a nice bit.

The show is giving Emma a whole new story. The father will mix things up. It sounds like they are promoting him and the next evil baddie from the previews.

Nicole sure likes breaking up with people. She's already broken up with Harper once and Vinnie perhaps more than once. Then there was Bonnie. And herself, lol.

Poor Emma, getting the same treatment again. Sam I think really likes her so he's doing this because he knows Vasa is more appropriate. The bad thing about this is it lets that brat Honour win. She's as annoying as Ula used to be (who is see is on the back burner right now).

Sarah back, yelling at Harper for moving in on TK, which would not have been possible had she let TK go with her as he wanted to.