Luigi Severus Fletcher

There was a lack of air vents on some of the sets. I was looking for some on some of the public area sets when rewatching 1988. They stood out like a sore thumb in Prisoner for some reason.

Heck, you could say the revamp of the Bayside Diner was a sign of the times. I saw the episode where Ailsa dies and it didn't feel like 1988 - 1996. 2018 - now feels more like 1988 - 1996, even though the original format is long gone. It's not like 1988 - 1996, but there's a similar feeling, I can't explain it though.

IMO, I'd say 2000, Ailsa's death was the icing on the cake where the show just felt different. Fostering was on it's way out by then, especially since Pippa left. There was still fostering, but wasn't it just like how Irene, Alf and Ailsa had troubled teens living with them and not being officially fostered like Pippa and Tom/Michael did?

I had hoped they'd add a season every six months or at least every year, but alas, no... I absolutely love the current show, but it does lack that charm the Early Years had.

So, skipped a few and saw 183, 184 and 185 due to 7Plus removing it later tonight for the Walter Bertram hermit story and the abandoned house scenes. The latter was pretty cool and gave off the same vibes I get when listening to stories about abandoned houses (most of them being online horror stories known as "Creepypastas"). Plus, it sucks that Walter had to hide away due to small town Summer Bay residents possibly harming him.

Like when I rewatched Prisoner in 2017 - 2018 with Meg Morris and Reb Kean, Ailsa's becoming a character I am liking more the second time I'm watching Home and Away.

Just watched Episodes 27 and 28... I forgot how nasty and vindictive Roo was... Celia being told she has a mouth like Luna Park and Alf going off at her for blabbing about the stake out at the Pappas' farm... And that letter sent by the "Nutter" to Ailsa... Nasty.

Weren't they just living with Roo and Harvey and not officially fostered? IIRC, John and Marilyn went through the proper channels to officially foster Jett?

Alf seemed to be seen as the "grouchy old man" from 2000 - 2008 (maybe earlier?) and that was it. I know he'd tell someone off from 1988 - Ailsa's death, but he had more storylines then and sometimes, his anger would be due to some dimwitted mistake one of the teens or Lance, Martin and Adam made.

Facts! Like I stated earlier, unless we get a rehashed Fletcher storyline, I don't want anyone else moving into Summer Bay House, unless related to Alf in some way or a they're a classic character like Sally. Alf could always be the live-in landlord when the new foster family arrives to rent the house, I mean, houses are more expensive to purchase these days than they were in 1988.

Did the walls of the sets ever wobble when a character was run into them? Or was that a Prisoner-only thing?