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I think the show has had a very good year. However I do find it unsettling at how many decent new characters disappear after a few weeks or months, like what was the point? Eve was a star for me and they had to turn her into a murderer, will Hawks ever return? Debs has gone MIA even though now she should be cleared so I hope she'll return because there was tons of potential with her. I know it's a Shortland Street thing but still some of the more recent regulars stay on for good when they're not that interesting, such as Kate and Blue (the acting during Ashley's death...), Dawn isn't all that either so if she ends up disappearing after a while I won't care. Margaret was a good return but a few episodes and then gone. At least Curtis seems to be back for good, I wish they'd have done more with Mo's father. They gave a grown up son to TK and since then nothing, but I suppose there will be some follow up.
Leanne and Damo have been the MVPs for me, they struck gold with them.

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January 2018 Episode Rankings
A total of 11 episodes aired this month.

 

1. Jayden Daniels (Curtis Hannah) : 11

*. Grant Lobban (Damo Johnson) : 11

3. Sam Bunkall (Boyd Rolleston) : 10

*. Reuben Milner (Jack Hannah) : 10

*. Jarod Rawiri (Mo Hannah) : 10

*. Lionel Wellington (Leroy Raumati) : 10

7. Lauren Devenie (Kate Nathan) : 9

*. Kerry-Lee Dewing (Kylie Brown) : 9

9. Ben Barrington (Drew McCaskill) : 8

*. Jennifer Ludlam (Leanne Black) : 8

*. Pua Magasiva (Vinnie Kruse) : 8

*. Benjamin Mitchell (TK Samuels) : 8

13. Michael Galvin (Chris Warner) : 7

*. Lucy Lovegrove (Sass Warner) : 7

*. Sally Martin (Nicole Kruse-Miller) : 7

*. Ria Vandervis (Harper Whitley) : 7

*. Tane Williams-Accra (Ali Karim) : 7

18. Lukas Whiting (Finn Warner) : 6

19. Rebekah Palmer (Dawn Robinson) : 5

*. Luke Patrick (Frank Warner) : 5

*. Dylan Poihipi (Erza Whakapono) : 5

*. Sonny Tupu (Dion Tai) : 5

23. Serena Cotton (Virginia Laidlaw) : 4

*. Tash Keddy (Blue Nathan) : 4

*. Ngahuia Piripi (Esther Samuel) : 4

*. Aaron Ward (Adam Ross) : 4

*. Abigail Wilson (Lulu Karim) : 4

28. Ryan Lampp (Clint Allen) : 3

29. Feleti Peter Aulika (Pete Kruse-Miller) : 2

30. Zoe Fong (Lily Flores) : 1

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Sass was the future of this show

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Lucy Lovegrove quitting after less than two years is a huge blow. I would have given up her brothers first had it meant she'd stay. The worst thing that happened with Sass during her run was anything Mason Coutts, that I couldn't enjoy. At least she got a happy ending with an alive Hawks. I like Kate's sister but the sassy (no pun intended) CEO's assistant thing is a bit overdone at this point, Sass, Bella,... And poor Jack, his boyfriends never stick around which is just weird. Stick with one.

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Both Frank and Finn are gone as well now? How come?
I've had to let go of the show as the HQ version stopped being available but I still check the LQ from time to time and I'm a bit confused everytime with all these short-term characters fading in and out of the canvas, and I never trust them with Jack's boyfriends of the month, they always end up disappearing or dying. The new one slept with Nicole... Speaking of her, I'm not too sad Vinnie is gone as the domestic/money problem stories they always got were redundant.

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I just saw this news and I am dumbfounded, shocked, and saddened. Pua Magasiva, who played Vinnie Kruse from 2003-2006 + 2011-2018 has passed away at the age of 38. He was kind of the Ashley Taylor Dawson (Darren Osborne, HO) of Shorty in a way balancing between being a light, funny, stable, and charming presence, but always delivering in dramatic stories. I hope Sally Martin who worked with him heavily on this show and Power Rangers is coping alright with this news. And condolences, of course, to his family and friends who have to deal with such a tragic loss.

 

The article says there was no suspicious circumstances, but I know he dealt with some alcohol troubles that led to his ouster from the soap and his radio job. A gorgeous much loved man taken way, way too soon. 

 

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2019/05/shortland-street-actor-pua-magasiva-dies-aged-38.html

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