I don’t know if I’ve just been in a foul mood all week (a bad back and a migraine will do that to a person), or if everyone in Erinsborough is just being really annoying, but I have a feeling most of this week’s round-up is just going to be me moaning about all the people who wound me up. Let’s get on with it so I can go back to sulking.
Toadie is Still Being a Tool
Toadie reacts quite badly to the fact that Nell isn’t keen on moving to Colac, and when he goes to talk to her about it, he finds her and JJ kissing. He’s then upset that Nell didn’t tell him they were together. Gee, Toadie, I wonder why she didn’t? Maybe it’s because you’ve been acting like a big dumb caveman around all the females in your life lately?
Toadie goes to talk to Terese about something or other (no idea what, I glazed over), and she ends up snapping at him and telling him that the best thing he can do is stay away from her, which Nell overhears, and it prompts her to do an about face and change her mind about the move. So poor JJ is dropped like a hot potato, just so Terese can have a bit of a break from Toadie being utterly infuriating.
The other person caught up in the whole Nell/JJ drama is Dex, who is obviously not pleased to find out they’re together, but a half-hearted punch and a game of basketball later and they’re all good again.
Incidentally, JJ’s rancid shirt and the revolting dress Nell wears to the wedding couldn’t have clashed more horribly. I daren’t hope that Toadie is taking Nell with him, because I’m scared I’m going to be disappointed if she decides to stay. I need a break from whiny teenage characters, please.
Hackenzie Say Goodbye
Haz and Mackenzie have one of the most uneventful weddings in Neighbours history, when they say their vows without anything going wrong, and are then saved from disaster when the Varga-Murphys buy Haz’s deathtrap car. They leave in a really boring rental car (if someone is renting a car for you to leave your wedding, it should at least be something fun), and that’s it – the end of the share house gang.
Mackenzie looks gorgeous in her boho dress, and Haz is also there.
Felix Has Found God
Felix is insufferable since he found God in prison, and now he talks in cliches and publicly prays for people. I’m not knocking religion if it’s your bag, but I’m always dubious of people who find God in prison, as are most of the residents of Ramsay Street. Andrew and Remi are starting to come around though, because Felix overhears Wade scheming about getting revenge on Haz and does the right thing, for once.
Despite saying he’s no snitch, Felix dobs on Wade IMMEDIATELY, so security is apparently stepped up for Haz and Mackenzie’s wedding, but not enough for anyone to catch someone doing something nefarious to Haz’s old car, which the Varga-Murphys have just bought for JJ. Felix has told Andrew of Wade’s revenge plot, and they discover brake fluid all over the floor near where the car was parked. Rather than spring into action, they just stand around talking about brake fluid and who might be driving the car for far too long before, I don’t know, calling emergency services. I know Andrew is a cop, but he’s also a bit useless.
They eventually track the car down, and it’s been in an accident with Terese at the wheel. Terese is injured and taken to hospital, where she asks Paul to come with her. Toadie turns up, even though Terese explicitly told him she didn’t want to see him, and also told everyone else she didn’t want Toadie to come in and see her. Toadie is most put out, but honestly, how thick can you get? How many times does he need to be told that she wants him to stay away? If the writers are trying to make sure we don’t miss Toadie after he leaves then they’re doing a stellar job.
Krista Is Being a Pain
Krista thinks that battling with Paul is the way to earn his respect now that she’s his equal in the hotel hierarchy. What she’s actually doing is being irritating, making decisions without his input and which she knows he’s going to be annoyed about. It is about time they didn’t have to share a desk, which has always been frankly ludicrous, but making them a brand new office without running it past Paul is just bizarre. Maybe he doesn’t like teal, Krista, did you think about that?
Paul hits back at Krista by hiring Nicolette to manage the coffee shop, because Nicolette is possibly the last person on earth that Krista would have chosen for this job. Krista needs to grow up and learn how to work with Paul properly. Just because Terese and Paul’s dynamic was antagonistic doesn’t mean that’s going to be her vibe with him as well.
Jane and Aaron Still Getting On My Nerves
Some more people rubbing me up the wrong way this week are Aaron and Jane, who are still keeping Nicolette away from her child because she made a note on her phone. I honestly can’t with this storyline, I’m beyond frustrated with it.
When Isla has a tantrum, Aaron gets Nicolette to come over and sort her out, which is a bit rich since they’ve exiled her to the share house.
“Now, every time she wakes up she’s going to expect her mum to be here,” says Aaron. It is not unreasonable for a child to expect that, Aaron.
Aaron decides he wants to protect himself by legally adopting Isla which is fair enough, but I don’t really understand why they didn’t do all that when Isla was a baby and they first decided they were all going to co-parent. Nicolette agrees to this, assuming that if she does she might be allowed back into her own home to live with her own child, but no. Aaron and Jane are still enforcing this ridiculous separation, and I’m very annoyed with them both.
Wendy Farts At Yoga
Wendy has sworn off seeing her uni friend Quinn, who she had “a moment” with, but things are still awkward between her and Andrew. They decide to do a meditation class together during which Wendy farts, and there’s apparently nothing better than a public fart to bring a couple back together, as they are straight back to holding hands and being mushy afterwards. Or at least they are until Quinn texts Wendy and she goes to meet him in secret. Except, it’s not in secret, is it Wendy? It’s at the tram, owned by one of your neighbours and frequented by everyone you know. Sure enough, Byron spots her, so this is set to be the shortest marriage reconciliation in the history of humankind.
Clumsy Janet Andrewartha “Tribute”
I learned this week that sadly Janet Andrewartha, who played Lyn Scully, has died. It seems the Neighbours writers decided to write in a little nod to Lyn this week by having Lyn’s fellow hair stylist Gino move into Eirini Rising. But what could have been a really sweet little tribute to her ended up being decidedly weird, with Gino and Susan talking about Lyn’s “latest voyage” and rolling their eyes. Is it me or is that a really weird direction to go in with this?
A Few Random Notes
As usual, here are a few random notes I took while watching Neighbours this week:
- Does Haz own any clothing that isn’t from the spectrum of brown?
- They’re playing Big Moon again! That song wouldn’t have been my choice for a wedding though.
- Mack’s flowers are straight off a petrol station forecourt.
- This is a bit of a crap reception.
- That meditation teacher isn’t very chilled.
