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I'm sorry but I don't even care about Casey getting with Tamara after dumping Sasha. She was clearly in love with him, for whatever reason, and he allowed it to get that far and slept with her despite not actually having any feelings for her. He was a dirt bag before Tamara ever showed up in the Bay. Maddy had the right idea the other week when Casey tried to kiss her and she told him that he didn't get to use her to feel better about himself, which is exactly what he did to Sasha.

I hardly think Maddy having one drink and going to a club is comparable with what Casey's been doing.

When Casey does what?

Dan is coming back to Ireland in September. I thought that was weird so soon after they'd had their production break that he'd be off again.

Well, to apply other's logic about things.... just like it wasn't Casey's fault he shot Pa Braxton, it's not Kyle's fault Tamara wondered into the middle of his evil scheme. He was just protecting himself by stopping her from calling for help.

^ I was getting a bit dick of Maddy's attitude to Spencer and Sasha but at the same time I assumed it was more a case of her being angry at herself for throwing away what she had with Spencer but was refusing to acknowledge it was her own fault. She shifted the blame onto them. And in the end she did get to the right place. However! It's Roo I have an issue with in so far as Maddy is concerned. She is constantly treating her 1 - like she's made of glass and 2 - like she's the most brilliant awesome cool person ever! It's so annoying. Maddy would be so much better off with someone else looking out for her. I was honestly surprised Maddy ever got to the right decision about her behaviour with Roo in her ear with the worst advise every turn around.

Genuinely no idea what you're talking about?

I'd assume she'll remember everything now that it's started coming back to her. Whether or not they'll actually show it is another matter. The one thing I wanted from this memory loss story was that she'd get to know Kyle properly and then when her memories came back she'd have a hard time connecting her old memories and impressions with her new ones and to see her deal with that. So I hope they do show it and not just have her flip straight back to Casey when she does remember it.

I quite like Tamara. I might be in the minority there. The character hasn't had a lot to do up until this recent story line but I like the actress, she's been really good with the whole memory loss and conflicted emotions and what not. Natalie was a permanent cast member though wasn't she? And she only hung around for a little over a year.

Yeah, I understand what you're saying. I might have gotten confused

Your right, Casey hasn't lost every thing but if I discovered in a couple of seconds, like Casey did, that a loved one had forgotten me, I don't know how I would handle it as it's just such a sad situation and I would probably think I had lost every thing. Casey acting the way he is, is an example of how one person might act in this situation, while others might act differently. And as for people walking on egg shells around him, it is wrong but I think people do that because they don't know what else to do and they don't want to hurt that person more, so they do that That's a good point, but I think that you can only do that for so long, and have it thrown back in your face so many times before you have to forget about hurting them and be harsh with them. That's why I liked Indi just telling Casey exactly what she thought of his behavior last week. It's just a shame that he paid no attention to it. As for Rickie, I don't particularly like her but as far as Casey feeling put out I don't think she's to blame there. Obviously she's to blame for what she did for Adam, but after that it was Brax who pushed it.

I don't really see the need to compare Maddy and Kyle. Their situations are nothing alike. You might as well compare Maddy and Alf. You can dislike Kyle, if you want, but I don't see how anyone can compare their behaviors or actions. Personally I feel Maddy and Casey is a much better character comparison as they're both in kind of similar situations and are both behaving like little children about it.

I suppose they were always a two income family as well, so he'd be missing Gina's salary coming in there too. Although would he not get a widows pension? Or would Gina not have had life insurance or something?

Rickie was the one that didn't even want to pursue a relationship with Brax after Adam was stopped. She physically left him! How much slower could she go? Brax is the one that pushed her, Brax is the one that moved her in, Brax is the one that put himself and his happiness first, Brax is the one that let Casey move out. How is any of that Rickie's doing. As for Casey losing everything, I disagree. He lost his girlfriend, and that might not even be a permanent thing. He still has his job, a job I feel he doesn't deserve with his recent behaviour, he still has his family, he chooses not to be a part of it. He still has the whole community lining up to help him and defending him and walking on egg shells around him.

It certainly seemed that way, and like they gave him a massive personality transplant. Everyone hated him at first. It really did feel like he was supposed to be the big bad for a while and then bugger off. Have to admit he has grown on me. I enjoy his and Roo's relationship, they're both so casual about it.

Exactly, and while it would make perfect sense for her to be worried about Spencer being hurt by Sasha after she left and come back, I saw those scenes more as Maddy having gotten Spencer all to herself again being annoyed and jealous that Sasha was back in their lives again.

Bit weird they didn't even mention her when Brax was shot.

To me it feels like that's all Rickie has done lately. It's Brax that keeps telling her to stop thinking about his brothers and let them sulk if they want. That said, I wouldn't care if she did move out, or get sent to jail. I'm actually hoping Casey lays it on thick in court to get her sent down. Bet he won't though.

Her heart was in the right place treating Spencer like her own personal property and treating Sasha like she was the worst person in the world? No, she was worried she would hurt him again. Being protective isn't wrong. Maybe in the most recent episode when Sasha came back from Broken Hill Maddy was worried Spencer would be hurt again, but that's not what she was doing all the times before.

Her heart was in the right place treating Spencer like her own personal property and treating Sasha like she was the worst person in the world?

They may not have been best friends or anything but what would you call someone that you socialise with in and out of school and invite round to your house? Yeah, okay, they were becoming friends, but people are acting like Sasha has known Maddy and Spencer as long as they've known each other. They've been friends for about 5 minutes. Like I said, if she was taking it out on Spencer I could just about understand it, but even she's acting like Sasha was her BFF for life or something. As for excusing it because she's 16. Bull poop! People (posters and characters on the show) excuse Casey's behaviour because he's "been through a lot", they excuse Maddy's because "she's only 16", they excuse Heath because "at least he's not a drug dealer anymore" etc. etc. People need to take responsibility for and be judged on their actions. Keep making excuses for them and they'll keep doing it. Look at Maddy when Sasha left. Oh, lets just go back to being best friends again Spencer, it was all Sasha's fault that I was a complete cow to you before you even got with her, but now she's gone I'm nice again! Please. Someone needs to tell her to grow up. Maybe I'm out of the loop, maybe that's how teenagers work these days. You speak to someone once you're automatically best friends. I don't know.

^ Personally I still don't buy Maddy and Sasha as friends. They shared a few scenes here and there. You could just about justify her being angry with Spencer, but I don't get why she's taking it out on Sasha.

Was this show not on a few years ago? Why is he getting an award for it now?

Yeah, I think you're right. Tamara came looking for him at the Braxton's in today's episode.

Surely some of Leah's lodgers could move in with Irene? I know Leah's always had a few people living with her but at the moment she's got herself and VJ, Zac, and now Kyle and Tamara too.