Last week I revelled in the fact that we avoided a long, boring pregnancy storyline. This week was all about the looming of a different, and altogether worse, kind of storyline: the prison sentence. With Susan Kinski (Neighbours) and the Human Carrot (Cassie, Home and Away) both facing charges of negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, I have reason to worry a little. In the case of Cassie I'm just worried I'll have to watch her in prison, but in the case of Susan I'm genuinely horrified by the prospect for her sake (because I am such a sucker). Thankfully, by the end of the week it looked like Susan might escape jail time. Regretfully, it looked like she might have some terrible disease. I'll wait to see how that pans out before commenting further but I will say this much: if Susan ever dies I am going to drop to my knees, rip my shirt open and scream to the heavens in the rain, such will be my dismay. "Damn you, God! Whyyy?!! Whhyyyyyyyyyy!?!!?!?!?!?!?" - the whole bit. Either that or I'll firebomb the Neighbours offices.
Continuing the Ric-Matilda-Viv saga, however, Viv is apparently pregnant and, no, I am not fazed by it because she's not a regular character and therefore the chances of this "pregnancy" amounting to anything are nil. So, what will happen to Viv and Ric's baby? Miscarriage? Abortion? The whole thing being a work to begin with? I'm going to go with the latter for now. Loved Ric's reaction, though; that was a truly convincing "holy shit!" face. Props to Matilda, too, for defending her reactionary sluttiness by throwing Tony's man-whore phase right back in his face. That's two instances of good arguing in two weeks. Home and Away is on a roll.
Elsewhere, a lot of this week's other action seemed to be based around mental health issues; Ringo struggling with his eating disorder, Toadie having severe panic attacks and Jack still choosing to marry Sam. Honestly I only feel sorry for Toadie. Ringo's "manorexia" came on so suddenly and bizarrely that it only makes me realise why girls seem to hate other girls with eating disorders so much (because they are jealous), while Jack's complete lack of spine almost makes me wish a life of Sam upon him, were I capable of such cruelty.
Finally, Dr. Rachel is now the #1 target of Summer Bay's latest stalker, the misogynist maniac medic. He left a note for her that said, "what did you did with your baby?". Taken at a glance that's pretty disturbing; taken very literally it's completely disgusting. Thank you, Home and Away, for that carefully-crafted scarring mental image. What a very nice way to end the week.
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