Neighbours – Ramsay Street Round-Up (27th – 30th October)

This may well be a slightly shorter round-up than usual because my team at work was responsible for organising the office-wide Halloween party, and it’s going to take me 8-10 business days to recover from it. I don’t think my brain was fully-functioning when I was watching Neighbours this week, and my notes are also a bit scant. I will do my best to cover the big stuff though!

Nicolette Goes To Get a Bun Put In Her Oven

It’s full steam ahead for Krista, Leo and Nicolette with the life-changing process of entering into a co-parenting situation, which they decided to do about two minutes ago. They all go to the hospital for the insemination, so now they just have to wait and see if Nicolette falls pregnant.

Despite saying she was 100% on board, Krista has definitely been wearing some “I’m not quite sure about this” looks whenever she’s been around Nicolette, it already seems like she’s struggling to prioritise family over work, and also that she might be feeling a little bit like Nicolette is stealing Leo’s attention – all great reasons why you don’t enter into a co-parenting agreement having thought about it for about thirty seconds.

Whether Nicolette is pregnant or not this time, I feel like Krista is about to do a 180° and change her mind about this whole enterprise, which is going to cause fireworks all round, and a great big “I told you so” from Paul.

Krista Gets Way Too Involved With Addison

She doesn’t seem to be able to juggle her marriage and her job, but Krista does seem to be able to find the time to get incredibly involved with troubled teen, Addison. After finding her sleeping rough again, Krista starts digging into Addison’s background and finds out that Addison’s mum is her old drug dealer. She goes against Leo’s wishes and sets up a fake drug deal in order to lure Shannon out and quiz her about why the hell her kid is sleeping behind some bins.

Krista attempts to take the “I know where you’re coming from” approach with Shannon, having been an addict herself, but dealing with an addiction when you’re the heiress to a multi-million dollar fortune is a bit different to when you’re selling drugs out of your car in order to get by. Despite her clumsy attempt to bond with Shannon, Krista does get her to agree to come and meet with Addison and talk about her current situation, but Shannon never turns up, leaving Addison heartbroken once again.

Krista feels so bad that the meet-up ended up hurting Addison even more that she invites her to stay with her and Leo, without asking Leo first. It’s really out of order to spring a whole-ass child on Leo without asking him, especially since he can’t say no when she’s right there in front of him. 

Krista eventually manages to get some more info out of Shannon – the identity of Addison’s dad. It turns out to be none other than Jane’s old squeeze, the literature-loving, cleaning material-stealing Clint. They set up a meeting between him and Addison, and it seems to go well, so perhaps she might have a future with him instead of couch-surfing or sleeping rough.

I still think it would have been better if she’d have been connected to the Linwells and had a forbidden romance with JJ, the son of their mortal enemy.

Paul and Elle’s New Business Is A Flop

Despite having spent most of his working career in hospitality, Paul shows remarkable hubris and ignorance in thinking that taking over a city bar will be an absolute doddle. It isn’t, and their opening couple of nights are extremely lacklustre, leaving him and Elle feeling rather deflated about their new business venture. I can’t believe they’re trying to market their bar at Gen Z, the generation who are famously drinking much less alcohol than their predecessors. Everything about their venture is stupid, if you ask me. But then, I don’t know who is more delusional: Paul and Elle, or Taye for thinking that getting hired to work at their bar is the answer to his money troubles.

Taye is in financial trouble after his skincare brand tanked, so he takes the opportunity of Paul and Ellle’s rather rubbish opening night to try to humiliate them into hiring him as a manager. Paul is reluctant at first, but eventually relents and not only takes him on but agrees to let him host a sort of launch event. Even with Taye taking a percentage of the event profits, it’s going to take a miracle for him to pay off his debts with a minimum wage job. Having said that, I am desperate to see Paul and Taye’s relationship develop, because I think they’re going to be a hilarious odd couple.

Sadie Can’t Keep Her Mouth Shut

Sadie has discovered that Holly is pregnant, and despite swearing to keep it secret, she’s not doing a very good job of hiding the fact that there’s something major going on with Holly. Taye is suspicious because Holly is acting really weirdly and the two of them never seem to be doing what Sadie tells him they’re doing. Sadie predictably puts her foot in it and lets slip that Holly is pregnant.

Meanwhile, people keep giving Max the hint that there might be a future between him and Holly, despite there being absolutely no evidence to support this. Sadie and Taye are both assuming that Max is the father of Holly’s baby, when we all know that there’s probably more of a chance of it being Andrew’s, and it looks like Sadie and Taye might be about to tell Max about the baby, which he will also assume belongs to him.

I can see what’s going to happen here – Holly is going to like the idea of letting Max think the baby is his, because he is a decent guy and he will step up to support them. She might even get back together with him in order to try to be a family, which is going to really suck for Max if he finds out about her affair. Max being the father is also a whole lot less complicated than it being Andrew, but is Andrew going to be willing to stay on the sidelines once news gets out that Holly is pregnant? Because he is going to know there’s a good chance the baby is his.

This storyline feels like it’s been going on since about 1876, so I would like it to reach a climax very soon please.

A Few Random Notes

As usual, here are a few random notes I took while watching Neighbours this week:

• NO! Nicolette’s disgusting green leather coat is back. 
• “Are they going to take her from me?” Shannon asks, despite not having seen her kid in weeks. Ma’am, you don’t have her to be taken from you. 
• Why is the V Bar bartender dressed like a health visitor?