Home and Away, fancy a pizza and a beer at Salt? We can set the Bay to rights on the balcony...

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So Zig and Dean have left, leaving lonely Mack with just Mali to walk in on in the bathroom. Remi loves Bree and Cash loves Eden, Tane married Flic and Leah hasn't dumped Justin yet. Kirby loves Theo and that's about it.

But who'll love who by page 40....

Oh yes, Ricky. I always thought her and Ziggy looked very similar as well

That’s amazing knowledge!
didn't remember any of that.

In the programme, Roo has gone on a cruise - her nephew Ryder works on a cruise ship and got her a free ticket or something.

In real life, the actor who plays her took some time out to do a play and then have a surgical procedure (she has scoliosis). They often write these long breaks into the script for the old-timers (they’ve done it for Alf and Leah previously, and that’s why Irene’s off-screen right now) to give them chance to do other stuff. They also did it for Mac when the actor was on DWTS.

Doctor Sid lived there before the Maguires, with his family (the farmhouse).

Oh I remember him! He went off to be a Flying Doctor after some heartbreak, didn't he?.
(Daughter actress was in the movie, Old" I think....)
I must have had a phase of not watching because I still cannot remember the Maguires.

Yes flying doctors is ringing a bell! And the heartbreak but I can’t remember who that was. I remember him dating both Roo and Marilyn but I think he left long after that.
The Maguires were Zac and his niece/nephew Evie and Oscar and his sister in law Hannah. I also remember there being a house share at the farm house at one point with a few girls - Hannah, Denny and can’t remember who the others were. Denny was killed there. I remember being really shocked at that, someone whacked her over the head. Was it Hunter’s mum? 🤔
I miss those high drama times, it’s so mundane now compared to then, there used to be so much action.

Zac was also married to Leah, a rare husband of hers that wasn't killed.

I miss those high drama times, it’s so mundane now compared to then, there used to be so much action.

Leah and Justin kidnapped and left for dead by the cult, Stevie the actress being shot, Dana being kidnapped, the River Boys gang being arrested, Flick dying - just a few high-drama storylines from not that long ago.

It's no wonder Bree has PTSD, with almost everyone she's ever known ending up in hospital with her in charge at some point.

UK starts its Christmas Home and Away break on November 15th, btw - it’ll be off air until some time in January. So enjoy the last couple of weeks!

That’s too soon!

Oh wow, the Christmas break always starts so early

Went to watch at 145 and it wasn’t on! They’ve moved it to 1pm to make way for two Xmas films. Wish they’d mentioned it last week.

@ThomasThorne I missed all of that. I must hand in my Loyal Viewer badge.
And I am probably making up the Dr Sid heartbreak as well.....

Are we assuming that Michelle is a scammer?

Oh, there's a thought......
It is pointing towards it.

Surely they can't run two health scams in a matter of months (Irene and?? Can't think of her name!)

Hmm oh I suppose that’s a good point. But it can’t be the real recipient .. I know I used “real” about a soap.

Bronte. I actually don't think Michelle is a scammer, it's just a recipe for disaster Cash meeting Felicity's organ recipient and I think that will be the storyline. I miss Flick, she was a breath of fresh air, although I am warming up to Abby as a new character so maybe she will fill the gap a little. Gutted we're heading for the Christmas break so soon, I'd forgotten they do that 🙁

Can't believe we're already at the Christmas break, it feels really early this year.

How many loose ends have we got to remember until January??? And why is Justin, again, caught up in a kidnap plot??

Bree losing it
Alf's heart
Perri/Tane/Perri's dad
Justin and Claudia/Leah
Cash/Eden/transplant girl
Abby staying clean
Zander and (not) buying into Salt
Harper's pregnancy (especially if Tane gets arrested)
Rose, Mali, Kirby, Remi, John, Levi, Mac, Marilyn, Dana, Theo...

Just watched today's, so that's it now till January?

Yup

How annoying. Way too early for a Christmas break