The River Boys are back in town...

[TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross]

@SleepingStandingUp, @CurbsideProphet et al - we filled up a Home and Away thread. This is unheard of. So here’s shiny new one - I know there are only a few of us, but keep the faith.

#bloodandsand

Robbo punching Ash in the face is better than any storyline, they don't need an actual plot.

They could do an entire spin off episode just for it.

Maggie is possibly the least annoying Astoni so I'm sorry she's the one who is ill.

The father is an angry and controling "punch first and punch later" sort of person (and if those punches aren't being thrown at Ash by Robbo I just don't care) and the 30 year old teenager just doesn't work for me. I still haven't made my mind up about the younger one.

Maggie's cancer storyline unfortunately reminds me very much of Flynn - sudden diagnosis and sudden decline

I too think Robbo is an undercover cop.
Also, I watched that crazy spin-off and I can't for the life of me remember where Kyle is! Did he get shot? Someone in the big chase round the prison got shot I think.

I think Leah is secretly poisoning Maggie so she can have Ben.

SleepingStandingUp Leah is very/overly involved with the Astoni family!

I've always assumed Robbo is an undercover cop, as it would all be a bit pointless if he actually is Beckett Reid and just goes to prison...

But didn't Kat try to find out if he was a cop? Maybe he's in the secret service! Oooo looking forward to the trial!

Wonder what ash will do if Robbo is an undercover cop...?!

If Robbo is deep undercover, the normal cop database thingy won’t flag him up. But what I know from my extensive reading of crime fiction and watching of Law and Order SVU is that her search for him should have raised some flags somewhere higher up. So I’m surprised no-one from the feds has emerged to see what he’s now up to.

Hmmm so who's that woman in court that the camera keeps going to? She must have something to do with it.

And everyone seems to have completely forgotten that he remembered his real name!!

Kids are in bed I'm off to watch tonight's 5* episode!!

It is weord how NO ONE not even Tori cares about NAME NO 3.

If he's deep undercover surely they should have intervened by now, no way would it go this far in SVU although I'm still reeling from what happened with Barba and now Amanda so SVU is a painful topic

I think that even when Robbo remembered his real name, he preferred to be called Robbo.

Did we ever find out who that woman and kids were in the picture? I know they died, and they considered that they might be his family, but I'm thinking they were his sister and neice and nephew rather than his wife and kids.

I think they said that his name wasn't on their birth certificates but I'm wondering if that's because he's their uncle not their father, and that their deaths might be the reason why he's deep undercover.

I am a bit behind on SVU but I know that Raul Esparza is leaving/has left? so I am gutted. He is one of my favourite TV characters ever.

Left :(

He has? That's such a shame! Do we actually all watch exactly the same programmes?!

Crazy theory - Robbo is a Russian sleeper agent. The woman is his handler & is trying to find out if he remembers his mission.

More likely theory - he's deep undercover/secret service. Kat's investigation did raise some flags & mystery woman has been sent to investigate. They're watching from afar for now on the basis that if he gets off they can quietly squirrel him away & tell him the truth & he can return to his job. If this is the case, Robbo will return to explain to Ash, who'll be entirely accepting, apologise to him for making everything so difficult & shake hands. All's well that ends well... Except for Kat & her baby...!

And no thumping! Yay.

I like victim oritented crime (svu) and hospital drama (holby, greys anatomy) and I get get both of those from H&A and Neighbours lol.

Alas my other tv viewing extends to Vampires, Pirates, Demons, Super Heroes, Mermaids and Zombies. There ar less of these than I'd like in both shows

Just caught up.

I wish I could watch H&A ftom the very beginning!

So Robbo was an undercover cop, possibly investigating internal corruption?

Vampires and superheroes, you say, Sleeping?

OK, I will confess to Buffy, Angel, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries and I have The Originals ready to watch. Just don’t mention that Twilight shite.

And I also have Arrow, Flash, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow.

I watch WAY too much TV.

Supernatural (hello Sammy, I love you I love you), Runaways, Shield, True Blood (hello Vinnie from Home and Away), Black Sails, Ash vs Living Dead, Timeless, Legion, The 100, Sirens.

Ok so we watch a couple of shows a night whilst we do other things and some of these are on series link.

Aussie soaps, police drama and medical drama I watch without DH.

Robbo is definitely connected to the previous crime story that led tori and her family to the bay.

Ooo tiffanys is that speculation or have you read a spoiler? I like the idea of that! I presume Ava's kidnapper is connected to the drug lords / corrup cops / witness protection, though I didn't recognise hee face...

Isn’t Ava a bit weird to think colouring in your room is fun and having dinner and a sleepover dvd night with a total stranger is ok.?

Yeah, presumably the person can't and got her out her room in the middle of the night / early morning too and she didn't batter an eyelid?? She's got Aunty Tori and Raffy, Uncle Brody and Mason, Ziggy and Willow as a bare minimum but she's ok with NONE of those being able to look after her?

Not seen today's yet... I did wonder if the mystery woman might be her maternal grandmother trying to prove that Justin shouldn't be left with Ava. It's the only logical explanation I can think of as to why Ava would look so comfortable with her.

I'm a bit freaked out that part of my silly storyline has turned up in an actual storyline - Ava runs off after feeling unloved taking nothing but her backpack. Later there's a shot of her backpack lying on the floor...

Choccy & Sleeping you didn't run over Ava, did you?!