Aussie Soap Round-Up (w/e 23th May 2008)

I...umm...err....how 'bout dem Knicks, eh?

° I'm not sure Steph would describe it as idyllic, but from a personal standpoint Toadie and Steph's aborted wedding went as well as one could have ever hoped for. Almost literally ° I'm not sure Steph would describe it as idyllic, but from a personal standpoint Toadie and Steph's umming and ahhing when she was supposed to recite her vows, Toadie finally found the sense to call the whole thing off and leave Steph standing there racked with guilt about her embarrassing uncertainty and cowardice. It's actually been a really great story for Neighbours from the start and this was a worthy climax.

° Marco finally admitted to Carmella that he couldn't have children and there seems to be a mild undercurrent questioning whether he got together with Carmella purely because she was pregnant. That seems kind of crazy to me. I mean, I don't think that's the case anyway, but is that something a guy who couldn't have children would ever do? Hit on a pregnant chick to immediately fill that void? Very strange.

Elsewhere in Erinsborough: Ollie and Mia started sneaking around, Paul started flirting with Kirsten and Susan went away to an MS retreat having collapsed yet again. Rosie also collapsed (pregnancy, not MS) and Frazer ran over Bob.

° In Home and Away, Morag seems to have proven that Sam committed suicide with the intention of framing Jack and Martha for murder, thus ending the whole whodunnit drama in the space of a week. To say I am gobsmacked is an understatement. Since when does Home and Away deal with things quickly and efficiently??


I am Jack's smirking revenge

° Ric Dalby - or Lion-O as I have taken to calling him until he gets his hair cut - got a taste of bare-knuckle fighting and really enjoyed it. Home and Away did a good job in skipping the fight; actually seeing it would have made the idea that Ric could have beaten that guy even more unbelievable. Still, you can see there's plenty more to come in this story. Most likely: whiny Matilda.

Elsewhere in Summer Bay: The Pier Diner opened unrealistically quickly. Geoff verbally destroyed and humiliated the clingy Melody in front of loads of people at school and it was hilarious. Leah came up with the name "Idantity Crisis" for the new drop-in centre but thankfully got talked around by Miles, who instead suggested "The Den".