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It really annoyed me that both those celebrations went by with a whimper l, especially as they contained the 7000th and 8000th episodes. That alone was enough to celebrate, especially given it was a milestone year.

The Braxton house used to be Sally and Flynn's. I think Sally lived there with others - maybe Shauna, Charlotte and Gypsy? Fiynn and Sally swapped it with the Hunters who combined it later with the Holdens. I think Tony and Rachel still owned it when they left which mainly consisted of the Braxton and their extended clan living there. It returned a few years ago and Lyric have been staying there. When was Johns house last seen? I see a few people mention that. I wonder how many years it's been. The Morgans were the first in that house ..I think.

Good question. I imagine it must not rate as well- or at least it didn't up until the got rid of Fridays showings like 12-13 years ago. They could always trial it again. I guess with streaming, they might feel it's less likely it'll rate well.

I dunno if David will be long term. Others have said that Jeremy has been doing a lot of things until recent and he kinda alluded to it wasn't the typical three year contract (can't find the quote). It sounds like it was shorter though. That doesn't mean a whole lot though as he could stay longer anyway. Unless they have long term plans with him (setting him up with Roo or Marilyn), it'll just be him in the beach house. They could have Marilyn or whoever move in with him. John has been living alone for 5 years now so they could always do the same with David when the girls eventually move out.

You're right. I've no idea why they don't do this. I'm pretty sure NZ is a week behind Aus. So they're definitely able to manage. NZ being geographically closer to Aus should make no difference in this day and age so I've no idea why they don't do it.

The only other time I can recall is early 2005 when we had two Scotts. Scott Hunter was on the show two years and Scott Phillips had briefly returned but they show did well (as far as I remember) to distinguish them. Tbf I think SP only returned for an ep or 2 but was referenced a bit as Gus Phillips was back and had set up Kane. The conversations re: SP didn't get confusing (again as far as I can recall) because it was usually between Kane and Kirstie and in context with their storyline.

Sonny is my favourite new character in years. I really like Dana too.

And baby Harry was on the show a year -which is longer than most.

It is interesting how they both were portrayed. Brody was having an affair and seemed to not really care, while stringing them both along until he got caught and stayed with Simone. Zac and Leah were going through rocky patches and she kept pushing him away. It got worse after Billies death. He felt guilty when he cheated, confessed and really wanted to fix the marriage. Then found out Hunter wasn't his biological son when he was already down in the dumps. Even before he cheated, the marriage seemed over and only he was the one trying to fix it. There was no hope after that.

Maybe many have blocked it from their minds lol. I think it was one of the worst exits in the whole show from any character. I'd argue it's probably the worst for a regular.

Interesting it took so long there but nice it's every episode. Strange how it's only the upbeat version -which is my favourite too

I'm assuming they meant Robert Robertson. Peter was only a guest for his first stint.

Theu could easily explain that he was mistaken/ Vinnie had it set up so Leah could move on, he had to fake it yet agai

It is..I meant weddings. Bianca has has 4 despite being married twice. Sally has 3 but was only married once.

Pippa gave birth twice. Also yeah I think 4 weddings is the most. Alf, Jack and John are three characters I can recall that were married three times...though Alf and Jack married the same person twice and John and Alf were married offscreen. I don't think anyone has had three successful marriages.

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Also added to Colby's trauma, the abuse he and his mother suffered from Ross. He tried to do the 'right' thing by leaving it up to the police, even joining the force to help them rescue Bella and bring Ross to justice. But even that failed. He only found them with Dean's help when they went rogue - and they were staying nearby the whole time..he put his faith in the system but time and time again it failed. Even when Bella was rescued, Ross still got away yet again. He kidnapped the girls and was planning on murdering them(Willow was lucky to survive), he was not remorseful and was going to get away with it yet again.