I’m going to warn you that I’ve been very angry about non-Neighbours-related things all week, and that might have coloured some of my opinions on the antics in Erinsborough. So, apologies if I’m a bit ranty in my round-up this week.
It’s Never a Mannequin
I watch a lot of true crime shows, and people who discover bodies almost always say that at first glance they thought it was a mannequin. Props to Jane, because she instantly knows that what she’s seeing floating in the lake by the jetty is a dead body, Seb’s dead body to be exact. Of all the people in the street who had to discover the murder victim it would have to be the one with the disposition of a particularly nervous chihuahua. Poor Jane.
We don’t know how he ended up in there, but I’m going to stick to my guns and say that my money is still on Fallon.
Krista is Having a Pretty Bad Week
Krista returns home from her disaster of a honeymoon to immediately find out that the woman who killed her unborn baby is back in town. Chelsea even comes round to see Krista and apologise for what happened to baby Hope. More on that in a second.
As Krista is begging Leo for forgiveness for sleeping with Seb, Andrew waltzes right in (of course he does, because anyone can just ride the lift up into that apartment without being buzzed in) to tell them both that Seb has been found dead in the lake.
Leo and Krista go down to the scene and Fallon arrives just in time to see Seb being dragged from the water. Of course, Krista, Leo and Fallon are all quite high on the list of people to be interviewed, and they all immediately start lying to the detective, which is pretty bold of them when they haven’t had a chance to get their stories straight with each other.
It’s been quite an eventful few days for Krista – she cheated on Leo the night before the wedding, married him anyway, confessed on the honeymoon and had her husband storm home early, then she’s come home herself to find out that her ex-best friend’s body has been dragged out of the lake, the woman who killed her baby is trundling around without a care in the world with her own kid, and now her husband’s been arrested for Seb’s murder. It’s a lot!
Leo is Also Having a Pretty Bad Week
Leo keeps his trap shut about having been in a shoving match with Seb, Krista doesn’t say anything about sleeping with Seb and Fallon gives a false alibi, saying she was watching a movie with Taye when Seb was killed. Aaron, who is rapidly becoming a less morally dubious version of John Wong (he seems to be on top of every mystery!), saw Leo getting into it with Seb and calls Leo out for lying to the police. Leo asks Aaron to lie for him, to which he reluctantly agrees, but when the police confront Aaron with CCTV footage of him jogging in the area, he simply cannot lie and drops Leo right in it.
Leo shoots straight to the top of the list of subjects, especially when it all comes out about Krista and Seb getting together the night before their wedding. He’s arrested and charged with Seb’s murder, although he does manage to get bail somehow.
However, I simply refuse to accept that a man with those dimples could do a murder.
Chelsea is the Most Clueless Woman on Earth
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again – I have absolutely no idea why everyone is being so chill about Chelsea being back in town, just strolling around as if there are no possible issues stemming from the fact that she assaulted a pregnant woman so badly that her baby died. Why has she not been arrested? Chelsea seemed to be saying that it was up to Krista to decide whether to press charges or not, but the woman killed a baby, surely she should automatically be facing legal consequences? But instead, everyone’s just playing nice with her.
Well, almost everyone. Leo doesn’t want anything to do with her, and I can’t say I blame him. Why on earth would Chelsea think Leo would want to meet the baby that sprung forth from the crotch of the woman who caused the death of his wife’s baby? And why the heck did she think it was a good idea to go and see Krista? Krista was a lot calmer than most people would have been, Chelsea is lucky she didn’t knock her out on the spot.
On top of all this, she is busy trying to play happy families with Paul and Terese, with very little regard for how Terese might feel about her rocking up with Paul’s surprise baby. She is so sickly sweet to Terese, and it tips Terese over the edge – she gives Chelsea both barrels about how fake she is and how Terese isn’t falling for her act. Yes, Terese! I almost cheered her on.
Chelsea is not being any less clueless at home either. Having just heard Remi telling her how much she’s looking forward to having a spa date with Cara, when Cara offers to give her place to Chelsea and stay home with the baby, Chelsea accepts without even questioning it. Why is this woman so clueless to everything that’s going on around her? I can’t wait for her to crawl back under whatever rock she’s come from, she’s driving me mad.
We Have a New Sassy Detective
The detective investigating Seb’s murder is new to the show and quite sassy. He also loves a bit of prop work in his interviews, he’s either fiddling with a pen or snacking on something while he’s trying to get to the bottom of how Seb ended up in the lake. I don’t like him one bit, but he’s quite entertaining nonetheless. He’s really gunning for Leo though, and it’s not surprising after Leo lied directly to his face. Will this tanned sass master get to the bottom of it? I’d say he has a better chance than useless Andrew would.
Darcy Catches Karl
Darcy has been back for all of five minutes, and he’s already cottoned on to the fact that Karl has some sort of painkiller addiction. He spots Karl hurriedly popping pills a couple of times and confronts him about it, offering to help him get off the medication without telling Susan.
Karl is a little bit suspicious of Darcy’s intentions, but Darcy insists that he’s here to do good – he wants to help Karl and he wants to open some sort of medical centre. It’s frankly quite boring, and I’m going to be really disappointed if Darcy really isn’t a villain any more, I very much want him to be back to cause some havoc, otherwise, what on earth is the point?
JJ Auditions For a Role on Who Do You Think You Are?
JJ simply cannot leave Agnes alone, and when Max and Harold persuade her to come to Eirini to look through some family documents, JJ goes full Who Do You Think You Are? and sets about trying to discover if there’s any connection between Agnes and the Ramsays.
I followed his crazy board for all of about ten seconds before rapidly losing the will to live, and just tuning back in when the two of them came to the conclusion that Agnes is Madge’s second cousin once removed. Agnes is even in the title sequence now, which I wasn’t expecting.
I can see where they’re going with this one, I think they want to give Harold a chance to recapture something of the true love he had with Madge before his departure from the show due to Ian Smith’s health issues, but it’s so daft I just can’t get on board with it. It’s silly even by Neighbours standards.
A Few Random Notes
As usual, here are a few random notes I took while watching Neighbours this week:
- Of course Aaron-tha Christie saw Leo taking to Seb. He knew that Fallon was up to something, and now he knows Leo is lying.
- “Have you heard of knocking?” says Karl to Darcy. No, Karl. Nobody in Erinsborough has.
- “How are you feeling about all the Agnes stuff?” is quite the way to ask Harold how he feels about seeing his dead wife’s doppelgänger.
- Did the wedding makeup artist do Leo’s lawyer’s blusher as well?
