The BooBoos need their own kid, Shane needs to go to rehab, who wants naked Ned pics, who WILL Levi snog, and will Susan be usurped by plain Jane, super brain? It must be Neighbours...

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Yo. No spoilers. Go to the spoilers thread for that kinda chat.

Yeah the older women are finally getting their hot totty

Maybe I'm being oversensitive but I'm not impressed with the Kyle storyline and all the horror and you're scaring people, don't sit by the bar etc because of his face. What does that say to people who actually have a visible physical disability, facial scaring etc? AIBU?

Have Melanie and Jane been in a scene together yet? Melanie is her ex-aunt I think - she was married to Joe Mangel, who was Mrs Mangel's son, and Jane is her granddaughter.

I'm glad Amy is back, although not a fan of all the massive ruffles she wears.

And Harlow is ridiculous. She's angry he avoided jail, having it on his record etc by joining the army because she wants to be able to visit him!

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Have Melanie and Jane been in a scene together yet? Melanie is her ex-aunt I think - she was married to Joe Mangel, who was Mrs Mangel's son, and Jane is her granddaughter.

I'm glad Amy is back, although not a fan of all the massive ruffles she wears.

Good point about Jane & Melanie

I hate Amy's fashion sense

Yep the Brent storyline is daft, it’s ok he stole all that stuff in the past he was on the streets and desperate. You’d also think despite Paul’s interference that they would have looked at the series of break ins in the area and seen how many they could pin on Holden and therefore Brent. Regardless of Paul’s actions the police would not have only pinned that one on them.

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And Harlow is ridiculous. She's angry he avoided jail, having it on his record etc by joining the army because she wants to be able to visit him!

Yes, you’d think she’d be some kind of relived/happy for him. Plus, what happens during his leave times? Where does he go then? I know it will be a while off but no one seems to have considered it.

And yes, the Kyle storyline is bizarre set next to how they are trying to be more woke. I think as it as temporary thing they feel they ca be like that but he doesn’t look that bad. They could have had Nell draw on him with a marker pen or something for the exact same plot with non of the shaming for your body’s reaction to something.

It’s one thing him being self conscious but another for him to be seen as hideous and so distracting you lose a volleyball match.

I assume as it's in lieu of jail that leave would be have to be taken whilst he loves on base, so no work but kinda day release? Presumably if the actress needs time out, Harow will suddenly be able to visit.

I know I am probably missing the point but Levi presented A MUSTANG car to Bea for her roadtrip. At her age I would have given my eyeteeth for such a gesture (mentioned and now not referred to again)
Confession I had a 1969 ford Mustang 351 when I lived in Canada in the 1970s - I loved it so much I wanted to bring it back to this country but the cost was prohibitive and the wheel was on the wrong side (that would be true of Australia too )
It annoys me in soaps when they bring in an interesting artifact/person and then no more is done with it/them

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Yep the Brent storyline is daft, it’s ok he stole all that stuff in the past he was on the streets and desperate. You’d also think despite Paul’s interference that they would have looked at the series of break ins in the area and seen how many they could pin on Holden and therefore Brent. Regardless of Paul’s actions the police would not have only pinned that one on them.

Surely as well there'd Have to be some proof that Brent was responsible for all the breakins. They wouldn't just take the word of another con?

Thelma and Louise in a Mustang not a T-bird.
Actually it would have cost Levi a bomb to buy!

So it's news to me that you could go out the back of Harold's?! Like some Narnia thing...through the toilets to a big field area.

So sorry y’all! Wrong fucking thread!

Harlow managed to make it all about herself didn't she! Did she even ask Brent how he felt about joining the army? I hope she becomes more likeable soon.

The Harold's change is a bit abrupt.

I also don't understand the point of Kyle's face injury!

Yes, she's gone a bit BeaMackenzie over it. How dare you try to get your life together, get a qualification, some discipline into your life, be able to text and call me, come back in a few years solid and reliable, I want you to go to jail so I can visit you once a week until I get bored then twice a year whilst you spiral downwards and get used to transfer drugs, coming out in a few years having lost all hope.

i hate the harlow/brent story line. she has been with him how long? and half of that he was missing. yet she is so self absorbed about him.

now I hope I don't get flamed by asking this. but hendrix/mackenzie.
why does no one have a conversation about the fact M has not always been Mackenzie. seems odd that he didn't even wonder about his own sexuality, or am I missing something.

Well I guess he's attracted to Mackenzie as a female, who is also post surgery so he's attracted to women? So I don't think that would pull into question his heterosexuality? Same with blonde ex. They're both straight guys attracted to female Mackenzie

Mackenzie isn't female though and they all know that. The writers are falling over themselves to make Mackenzie fancied by very straight guys whereas IRL this wouldn't be the case. It's well known that being trans vastly reduces the number of people that want to date you.

Sprry my terminology might not be correct but my point is they're attracted to her "presenting"? her being a female, as a trans female rather than her looking like a male. And she's post surgery so doesn't have male genitalia, has feminine breasts. I mean I have no idea how cool teens are with dating peers who are trans, my kids are tiny,
If my nephew came home with a girlfriend who was post surgery trans i wouldn't think he was bi or gay

but surely someone would mention it. it just seems to be glossed over.
would someone not ask? i mean this is fiction I know. but the idea that
not one person says anything.

What would they ask though? Everyone knows Mackenzie's journey and that she's had surgery so there's no "do you understand where M is?" kinda conversation. They're too young to be worrying about what if you want kids etc, I wonder if the sexes were reversed if they'd more likely cover the fertility thing but we tend to not worry about teenage boys wanting kids. I'd assume Susan would have a sex chat with him when she finds out but it's not even common knowledge is it, I mean they're barely a thing?