alexx Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 I'm a bit confused about who Stan is in regards to Colleen and Les. Did they change his name in later episodes or was Les a man she got with later? - I've never heard her talk about Stan before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyw1 Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Hmm, not sure... OUCH Barbara! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Yeah, they changed his name later. This is the only episode we see Stan/Les until he turns up in 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beau_t Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 I think when they brought him back in 2000, they may have got the name of Colleen's ex confused with Celia's. Celia's fiance that was killed in was called Les and she talks about him a lot. The writers of the "Les" episodes in 2000 may have thought they remembered correctly, but were actually thinking about Celia's ex. Didn't they make a similar mistake that year by saying Colleen's maiden name was O'Rourke? That was in fact Ailsa's real maiden name. Colleen's was Hickey. It was probably the same writer again thinking they remembered correctly, but not getting it quite right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 I think you're right, and IIRC at the same time Ailsa went back to her childhood home, her neighbour mentioned "Ailsa Hogan", which was Ailsa's name after she left prison. Like in 2008, it was nice that they were intertwining the history of the show in with the present, it's just a shame that they occasionally made a few errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameTime Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Yeah I thought that was a bit odd too. A decent week but a bit below that of recent standards IMO. I agree that Narelle is a great character and wasn't it nice to see Colleen!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylover Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 You really can tell these are the early years sometimes, can't you? As much as I'm really enjoying them, some of the dialogue is incredibly clunky und unnatural, i.e. Barbara telling Donald that the thought of them falling in love again "revolts" her! Having said that, I really think they had a brilliant character in Donald. He has everyone's best interests at heart, and says what he thinks, but he just really gets on the wrong side of people. Having seen these early years, I can now understand why he was the way he was whe he returned to the show back in 2007 - it turns out that his behaviour which I considered out of character was actually very in-character. I'd really like to know why this unhealthy relationship has devloped between Alan and Fisher. Obviously we've seen that they don't get on, but we've never actually been told why. It's funny looking back and seeing Alan and Bobby scheming against Fisher when it eventually turns out that they're both his children! Another thing - does anyone else think it was mighty weird to see them using type-writers in episode 139? It's a very strange thought that back in 1988 the writers and storyliners must have had to use type-writers to produce storylines and scripts, that must have been a real pain! I still feel as though Floss and Neville are bit-parts - I think the scene where Floss broke down to Neville about Pippa's predicament proved this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyw1 Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 You really can tell these are the early years sometimes, can't you? As much as I'm really enjoying them, some of the dialogue is incredibly clunky und unnatural, i.e. Barbara telling Donald that the thought of them falling in love again "revolts" her! Er, sorry, but I really fail to see anything clunky or unnatural about that at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old H&A Fan Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 .......Barbara telling Donald that the thought of them falling in love again "revolts" her!...... That was a cruel and demeaning thing for her to say to her (ex) husband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyw1 Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 It certainly hit the spot, there's no doubt about it! I remember watching an ep of Press Gang in the early 00s, and how new and shocking the newsroom getting a computer with a modem was. I was like It made me feel old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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