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20 hours ago, DRW50 said:

With that said, I do think the choice to have this become about a Maori woman wanting to cast out all the white devils is in very poor taste, and feels oddly  tone deaf for the show. 

Yeah, particularly since the Maori Health Authority is actually a real thing due to become live on July 1 and Te Rongopai seems to embody all the fears and negative stereotypes about it.

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3 hours ago, Dion said:

Yeah, particularly since the Maori Health Authority is actually a real thing due to become live on July 1 and Te Rongopai seems to embody all the fears and negative stereotypes about it.

I was going to ask if there'd been any complaints but I'm not sure if Shortland Street has as much impact in NZ now compared to past years?

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11 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I was going to ask if there'd been any complaints but I'm not sure if Shortland Street has as much impact in NZ now compared to past years?

Not this time around I don't think, but there were a couple of complaints during Te Rongopai's first stint on the show back in 2018

https://thespinoff.co.nz/tv/24-05-2022/rude-well-show-you-rude-30-years-of-shortland-street-viewer-complaints (scroll down)

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47 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Not surprised that 2000 is ranked as the lowest, although the blurb gets it a little wrong here as both the 14 characters exiting and the hospital becoming public happened in 2001 (I think the clinic becoming a public hospital is often conflated with the clinic shifting premises after the liquefaction of the old clinic which did happen in 2000).

Not surprised 2007 is ranked the highest, that set off a ratings renaissance that lasted for about 5 - 6 years.

I thought 1994 was better than 95 or 96 so surprised to see them ranked so highly

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Harpers mental breakdown was well acted and I kinda like the Harper story but Marty as CEO replacement for a few days? Ugh

I think Shorty became quiet uneven. 

Who gives a damn about TK and his long lost sister story? Like seriously? Who?

Damo and his plot was shocking and I never saw that coming. I feel sorry for Desi .

That Viliami/Jojo plot is so boring.

I’m more into HAA right now. Shorty really doesn’t know how to hit the nerves right now. I wouldn’t say it’s a snoozefest but it kinda is

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44 minutes ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

Harpers mental breakdown was well acted and I kinda like the Harper story but Marty as CEO replacement for a few days? Ugh

I think Shorty became quiet uneven. 

Who gives a damn about TK and his long lost sister story? Like seriously? Who?

Damo and his plot was shocking and I never saw that coming. I feel sorry for Desi .

That Viliami/Jojo plot is so boring.

I’m more into HAA right now. Shorty really doesn’t know how to hit the nerves right now. I wouldn’t say it’s a snoozefest but it kinda is

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. 

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6 hours ago, DRW50 said:

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. 

Yeah of course. I love sharing my thoughts on my favorite shows. 

TK and his cancer story was something I was looking forward too. But just coz the actor stated somewhere last year that he felt bored by his storys and thought about leaving. I really thought this would be like a exit story. But then they bring in some random sister. Ugh

I don’t know. This show has way too many characters without a real story or purpose going on. It’s worse than the 100 characters on General Hospital lol

The 30th Anniversary was kinda dissapointing too. Hell even the 25th anniversary was better. What a shame. Such hype and teasing for nothing really

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14 hours ago, DRW50 said:

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. 

Another mass suicide in the Shortland Street carpark, like TK's brother's cult back in 2018 perhaps

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21 minutes ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

Thursday’s episode is one hell of a ride. Shorty at it‘s best!

jojo died :(

I guess this is why she came back...

It's too bad, as I liked the actress. And also one of the only black women to be on the show for a while, from what I've read. Died so that Viliami and Madonna can get back together, I guess. 

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I‘m quiet split when it comes down to TK‘s character lately. He was one of my well liked ones but he gets on my nerves for a while now.

Marty on the other hand started off annoying and has become one of my favorites right now.

Nicole/Maeve.. I was rooting for them but Maeve has become such an irritating character and what‘s with that kiss with Harper… ugh

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