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Thanks for that - to be honest sounds like a load of nonsense!

Will read back over some of the posts from that time. I'd love to get back into it but don't have a clue who half the characters are.

In the last episode I started laughing when John Joe was giving Caolfhionn a load of stick. All I could think was Dee was let off very lightly and she was his daughter. Then soon after Caolfhionn suddenly acted as a narrator and pointed out his hypocrisy.

ms.c wrote: »

Ok, so i have read back from page 101ish to date and I am delighted that I am - some great summaries of the new characters and i have a feel for what's going on.

I last stopped watching around the time Mack and Dee got married and i had read bits and pieces.

thanks to going back through the last 60ish pages I have found all of season 24 (starting with Katy in hospital) and the current season so that's my mission for the next while. Hopefully they don't get removed soon.

My time is limited - working full time, just moved into a new house and also working towards ACCA but every chance i get I'll try to catch up. I know why Katy was in hospital now so hopefully i havent missed toooooo much between her affair and her ending up in hospital

Delighted

Katy has not appeared since she went away from RnR. Dublin was the line given I think I am not sure. I have a feeling the writers will not have her back for a while. They really ended up tying themselves in knots in that storyline and it went on way longer than it should have. Most of it made no sense and stretched the bounds of believability.

Dee (Katy's sister) was not sent away from RnR she just ran away. I also doubt the writers will have her back anytime soon as well. She now only gets a mention when Mack suddenly realises again that his daughter is somewhere thousands of miles away. Or we are told by O'Shea that the Gardai are powerless to help, I cannot remember whether they were told of the email contacts or not. There was not even any questioning of Dee's immediate family by the Gardai from what I remember.

Noreen (Katy's mother) does not seem to want to do anything about it. Ferdia (Noreen's partner) seems gormless and not much help. John Joe sits there and shrugs his shoulders and looks exasperated. There was no apology to Katy from anyone in the family.

O'Shea and the Gardai seem to brush aside incompetence and failing to find a kidnapped child by claiming to be powerless. They obviously have no way of liaising with a forensic IT department or interpol in RnR. And O'Shea's sole focus is the Frances murder which has been going along for a while.
Briain one of the prime suspects on the Frances murder a good while ago, never seemed to be properly followed up on. Also Colm and Mo's conflicting story about seeing Andy the night of Frances murder was proven to be false and never followed up on properly.

If I was in the RnR community I would have contacted the Garda Ombudsman a long time ago!

They should put Tony in temporary charge while there is an enquiry, that would make a great storyline.

Holmer wrote: »

I've had the guilty pleasure of RNR for 7/8 years now, but I'm finding it increasingly frustrating for the reasons you stated. Whole storylines don't get resolved for better or worse, they just stop. Katy, Dee, Briain's violence, the hit & run...it's like the writers get themselves stuck, then just hope the viewers will forget. It used to be able to do really dark storylines which would come to a head at the end of the series. Now they more often than not just send them abroad, or up to Dublin

Or worse they are sent to Fair City!
In fairness to them it must be an extremely difficult thing to tie all strands of stories together. Particularly when it seems to be a lot of different writers. Some seem to just appear as writers for a short while then suddenly it moves on to another writer.

They have so many strands of stories you really would need constant meetings with writers or an obsessive level to detail like the writers in Breaking Bad for example who managed to work a prequel. While not only getting the continuity in but even leave little small details all over the place that are nods to other events.

Off the top my head my favourite RnR fairly recent episode was Mo and Colm's wedding. They tied every sort of strand of story brilliantly. Colm getting locked in the toilet. David having to marry them at short notice because they forgot the priest. I remember been glued to that one, it was 90 mile an hour, plausible and kept simple.

Frances death storyline could have been great as well, they had done all the hard work great build up, and ruined it.

I've discovered i can go all the way back to Season 21 and even though I saw all or most of that i've started from there. So far i'm enjoying it

Kauto0709 wrote: »

Malachi has just appeared in the old series....only he's called Pascal! Still Tadhg's solicitot though. They must have just changed his name?

I have not caught up on the latest 'old episodes'. I will be looking out for it.

Maybe Pascal got disbarred?? If the RnR writers give this type of thing a back story they could have great fun with it.

Kauto0709 wrote: »

Malachi has just appeared in the old series....only he's called Pascal! Still Tadhg's solicitot though. They must have just changed his name?

Evil twin?

branie2 wrote: »

What a dramatic ending to tonight's episode!

It looks like it is set up for Briain to get the blame for Frances murder as well as getting caught for Luke's attack/murder. That guilty head on him will get him done for Luke's anyway! Plus I noticed in the pub Sorcha was laughing at Brian's reaction to Berni and Luke in the pub - in the background.

Brilliant episode on Thursday night. This series really has been excellent!

I still think Briain had something to do with Francis' murder. And he is so evil! Another crime to add to the list.

branie2 wrote: »

Mo killed Frances, not Briain.

Yes, I know she killed Francis but I think Briain might have something to do with it. Like finding her still alive and finishing it.

maureencol wrote: »

Yes, I know she killed Francis but I think Briain might have something to do with it. Like finding her still alive and finishing it.

Ah there is a theory, well done on that one!

New fella on RnR half brother of Michelle, apparently

He has a leather jacket so that must mean trouble!

I think this is back up and running now! Although can't say I'm mad about the new layout.

What did ye think of the finale? Yer man Briain really is such a creep. I hope he survives this and lives to face his comeuppance. I bet Berni finds herself pregnant now, I'm sure they were leading up to that when David found out Briain hadn't really had the vasectomy.

Ros Na Run Quiz part 3