Matt

I tend to disagree with this statement. In fact, I think the best thing they could've done was to skip over the mourning and the grief. It's honestly the most boring thing to watch when it's all the time and as you noted, it would've been at least a third of the cast... And really, by skipping it all, it allowed for them to go back into normal storytelling as opposed to having to wait it out...

I have always thought that John and Marilyn would be much better off without each other. Both characters have immense potential, but not married to one another.

It more comes down to contractual obligations with paying actors.

Soon!

But bear in mind that the often ignorantly used statement encompasses a whole range of higher ups, but as Dan says, in the context it’s used here is in reference to the producers/writers

Voting opens amid criticism http://www.backtothebay.net/news/2018/03/08/logies-2018-voting-opens-amid-criticism/

Speculation. It played out on-screen as initially intended. It was the aftermath that didn't.

Alf Stewart - 12 Roo Stewart - 14 (+1) Marilyn Chambers - 12 Leah Patterson-Baker- 11 John Palmer - 10 Martin Ashford - 7 (-1) Hunter King - 11 Tori Morgan - 15 Justin Morgan - 11 Brody Morgan - 11 Mason Morgan - 4 Raffy Morrison - 10 Ziggy Astoni - 14 Ben Astoni - 10 Maggie Astoni - 11 Coco Astoni - 9 Phillip McCarthy - 10 Buddy the Dog - 11 Robbo - 12 Jennifer Dutton - 9 Ryder Jackson - 12 Axel Boyd - 3 Willow Harris - 12 Eliminated 24th place - Olivia Fraser-Richards

Alf Stewart - 12 Roo Stewart - 13 (+1) Marilyn Chambers - 12 Leah Patterson-Baker- 11 John Palmer - 10 Martin Ashford - 8 (-1) Hunter King - 11 Tori Morgan - 14 Justin Morgan - 11 Brody Morgan - 11 Mason Morgan - 4 Raffy Morrison - 10 Ziggy Astoni - 14 Ben Astoni - 10 Maggie Astoni - 11 Coco Astoni - 9 Phillip McCarthy - 10 Buddy the Dog - 11 Robbo - 12 Jennifer Dutton - 9 Ryder Jackson - 12 Axel Boyd - 4 Willow Harris - 12 Eliminated 24th place - Olivia Fraser-Richards

Alf Stewart - 12 Roo Stewart - 12 (+1) Marilyn Chambers - 10 Leah Patterson-Baker- 11 John Palmer - 10 Martin Ashford - 10 (-1) Hunter King - 11 Tori Morgan - 14 Justin Morgan - 11 Brody Morgan - 11 Mason Morgan - 7 Raffy Morrison - 9 Ziggy Astoni - 14 Ben Astoni - 10 Maggie Astoni - 11 Coco Astoni - 9 Phillip McCarthy - 10 Buddy the Dog - 11 Robbo - 12 Jennifer Dutton - 9 Ryder Jackson - 11 Axel Boyd - 5 Willow Harris - 11 Eliminated 24th place - Olivia Fraser-Richards

Alf Stewart - 12 Roo Stewart - 11 (+1) Marilyn Chambers - 10 Leah Patterson-Baker- 11 John Palmer - 10 Martin Ashford - 11 (-1) Hunter King - 11 Tori Morgan - 13 Justin Morgan - 11 Brody Morgan - 11 Mason Morgan - 8 Raffy Morrison - 9 Ziggy Astoni - 14 Ben Astoni - 10 Maggie Astoni - 11 Coco Astoni - 9 Phillip McCarthy - 10 Buddy the Dog - 10 Robbo - 12 Jennifer Dutton - 9 Ryder Jackson - 11 Axel Boyd - 6 Willow Harris - 11 Eliminated 24th place - Olivia Fraser-Richards

Alf Stewart - 11 Roo Stewart - 10 Marilyn Chambers - 10 John Palmer - 10 Martin Ashford - 12 (-1) Hunter King - 11 Tori Morgan - 13 Justin Morgan - 10 Brody Morgan - 11 Mason Morgan - 10 Raffy Morrison - 9 Ziggy Astoni - 14 Ben Astoni - 10 Maggie Astoni - 11 (+1) Coco Astoni - 10 Phillip McCarthy - 10 Buddy the Dog - 10 Robbo - 11 Jennifer Dutton - 10 Ryder Jackson - 11 Axel Boyd - 6 Willow Harris - 11 Eliminated 23rd place - Olivia Fraser-Richards

1. Not that I can remember - but I wasn't a religious viewer between 2010 and 2014 2. Brax was born in '84, and Casey in '94, with the other two somewhere in between. As for the Morgans, Justin in '84, Tori in '86, Brody in '92, Mason in '95, Raffy in '03 3. Barry Hyde killed him