Neighbours: Toad's evaluating his life choices after a dark night of the soul in the desert, but what happens to the kids, once he remembers them? Will there be a reunion for Paul and Terese, or are they going to stay good friends? NO SPOILERS

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Nice new thread for when the old one wears out.

In all the previous discussions assuming Chelsea was coming back pregnant, I forgot she was Cara’s sister.

So parallel to the is it/isn’t it Paul’s, we’ve got “Cara can’t have another but wants one and Chelsea’s got one she doesn’t want” heartbreak.

anyone seeing the obvious solution here? 😆

Called it!

I assumed rather than Chelsea not wanting the baby it would be that she doesn't care much, leading to conflict because Cara will want to step in/take over but Chelsea will do just enough to not accept her intervention.

Poor Vera, it's been a sad couple of episodes for her.

Poor Holly! But I'm so drained of her being at the centre of all the drama. The script writers should give her a break, give someone else a chance.

Disappointed not to have had a Wendy Christmas return moment!

Amazed Jane cooked a whole turkey in half an hour. In reality, that size bird would have needed several hours!

My dream for 2025 is that we get to see the cooking facilities in the penthouse! That was a heck of a spread. How on earth did they manage it with the invisible kitchen?

I just realised I don’t think there are any vegans or vegetarians on Neighbours. In fact, does anyone have any dietary requirements?

I thought Harold was vegetarian, but then he mentioned his famous coronation chicken, so I don't know.

Maybe Chelsea will die in childbirth, so Cara and Remi will adopt the baby. I really hope it's not Paul's.

Perhaps the Lassiters kitchen cooked it all

Yes ridiculous about Jane's turkey

There have been some vegetarians, Kerry back in the day, Skye, Sonya was perhaps vegan, Harold definitely used to be vegetarian. Levi had some dietary restrictions because there was a storyline about Sheila making him keto diet meals.

I know there have been historical but what are the chances that right now no one has any requirements or anything? Like a whole street and they all eat everything no issues lol.

Gary’s cauliflower pizza bases would never have longevity

Diidn't everyone make faces at the thought of Harold's Coronation chicken, so maybe it's famously made with reconstituted soya and macrame, or something suitable veggie?
I might have to stop watching again if Chelsea is back. Why are all the villains nowadays young-ish blonde model-like females?

And Trevor was nowhere to be seen after he stole the turkey!

Nicolette badly needs bra intervention

Apart from being fed up with all the Holly story lines and just wanting the whole Yaz side of things to go away, which I wish it would. Are we supposed to think of her as a baddie or not? She seems to think her brother is innocent and has been deliberately killed, so obviously in those circumstances you'd want to know what happened and the person responsible to get in trouble for it. It's just that we know Holly is innocent. It is also weird if he kind of changed personality though.

I like to imagine Trevor is still zonked out in a turkey coma somewhere in Jane's back garden.

I think it will be a storyline that plays with the viewers empathy which will be interesting for neighbours if they get it right.

He is not going to have a happy tummy…

I'm assuming we're meant to be conflicted about Yaz. On the one hand she's falling for Noc and just wants to avenge her brother but she's also a scheming cow who's torturing poor Holly.

Assuming Lassiters Kitchen as it magically extended to add in Therese and then Jane, Nic, Yaz, Byron, Sadie and titch.

It is an interesting one with Yaz. Going to have to wait 2 weeks to find out though. I do find myself feeling a bit mixed. I just feel like Holly has been through enough now.

I thought when yaz first went out with Nicolette, it was only because she realised that nic knew holly, I wasn’t even sure that Yaz was gay, I wondered if it was all just to get close and find out more about Holly. I’m not sure now.

@ImNotThereAmI I thought the same with Yaz and Nicolette. I was really surprised when they kissed because I assumed Yaz was using her for inside info.

Soya and macrame coronation chicken made me laugh ( I'm a veggie too).

I don't know what to make of Yaz now. She definitely only went on the first date to find out about Holly. Maybe she's getting feelings for Nic now, but it's not obvious. They haven't done the usual wistful camera shots showing her gazing at Nic lovingly from a distance, which is the normal unsubtle way of telling us that she's not just a baddie, she's got feelings too!

Watching Jurassic Dominion and Katya Kinski is in it

I remember Zele and Rachel kinski?

I wasn't watching much at the time, but Wiki says:
Storylines. Rachel is the youngest daughter of Alex Kinski (Andrew Clarke) and Francesca Sangmu and the sister of Zeke (Matthew Werkmeister) and Katya (Dichen Lachman). When she was younger Rachel had an appetite for knowledge and was an excellent student. She and Zeke were both home-schooled by her parents.

I missed a lot round then and never quite understood how they ended up with the Kennedys.

I don’t know what happened to them mum but the kids lived with Susan and the dad, as she had married him during one of her and Karl’s splits, but then he died and the kids stayed with her.