Home and Away: Discussion Thread

[Rakesh]

Anyone watching? I just started today.

[Drew]

not since the awful pre-olympic episodes. Home and Away has really fallen apart.

They did at one point have a very strong younger cast, with people that could actually act. The already mentioned Chris Egan, Bec Hewitt, Beau Brady, Tammin Sursok, Ben Unwin. Then we had the people who played Tom, Vinnie (True Blood's Jason Stackhouse), Shauna, Tasha, Robbie, Lucas, Kit, Scott, Drew, Rocco and Cassie who were also great. And the amazing Kimberley Cooper and her portryal of bad girl with the tortured soul, Gypsy Nash. The only young people worth watching were Belle and Aiden.

The show just hasnt been good since 2006.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTOfHwH1cuM

Edited November 4, 2008 by Drew

[Drew]

well Rakesh, any thoughts or insights on the current state of H&A?

[Rakesh]

I totally forgot about this thread. lol

Thanks for the clip, Drew. I'll have to take a look at it.

This show is alright I guess... Its kinda boring sometimes but they are storylines that makes you tune in. Like this Thursday, at the end, Martha went to get something and we saw when she opened her hands that they were hair on them. Her hair is falling off. I feel so bad for her.

Then on Friday, the doctor thought maybe this guy was beating his son and that is why she saw bruises on him. She later found out the kids has bone cancer.

Its getting good.

[Drew]

The one thing I cant get over lately is the cheesiness of the show and its stories. I guess its the best they can do, being forced to be rated G almost every day, only getting X number of PG episodes a year, the show's basically a tween soap. They seemed to handle this better in the past, characters and stories packed more of a punch.

[Rakesh]

What a shame! I want to see some good dramatic stuff.

[Drew]

yea they're pretty agressive with their censorship over there. Australia's one of the big reasons why alot of the 60s episodes of Doctor Who are available today - recovering episodes and clips from their censorship board.

[YRBB]

I tried watching again a few weeks back and I found it utterly impossible. I didn't recognize half of the cast, and I just gave up.

[SnCCorinthos4ever]

Looks like H&A may do a lesiban storyline with Charlie and Joey

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...5006022,00.html

Shaking my head.

So it is ok for shows to have teenage pregnancie's, kid's hooked on drugs and selling them, alcoholism and not cause a stir, but the moment a gay storyline is put on the table then moral groups are up in arms.

[Toups]

Thanks for telling me about this storyline. I haven't watch H&A in years, but I'll definitely be watching this storyline. Charlie is pretty hot! And Joey's not bad either, so yeah, I'm down with this. How old are Charlie and Joey?

Part 1:

Part 2:

SnC, I shake my head to at the uproar. I really dislike "parent/conservative" groups.

[Toups]

Woah, I just read that Jack's dead. What? Poor Martha. I gotta find those episodes now.

[Toups]

Found it! What an awesome episode!

4771 part 1:

4771 part 2:

How come nobody posted H&A got exciting!?

[SnCCorinthos4ever]

Wait till you see Tony after he finds out that Angelo was the one that shot Jack

I watch H&A on and off, hate that Master Chef is on at the same time and since I can only watch one channel as my cable goes through my VCR I can't tape one and watch the other.

Here are some things that you may or may not have already seen so I have put them in spoiler tags.

Edited March 18, 2009 by SnCCorinthos4ever

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Nevermind.

Edited March 23, 2009 by Y&RWorldTurner

[Ben]

An update on the Charlie/Joey "controversy"

But... Back to the Bay, are now reporting that the kiss won't be cut... Roll on Tuesday!