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branie2

Thank you very much

CollyFlower

How did Doug and Erica manage to just move back to the flat ¿?

Flowergirl201

CollyFlower wrote: »

How did Doug and Erica manage to just move back to the flat ¿?

Yea didn't even ask to see if it was available or if they could get the keys back. If I was Erica I wouldn't live there either. Pete judging every little thing.

branie2

I don;t know how Dolores puts up with Pete

Flowergirl201

branie2 wrote: »

I don;t know how Dolores puts up with Pete

She has her moments too

JP Liz V1

Flowergirl201 wrote: »

She has her moments too

True but Pete has become so unlikeable

Flowergirl201

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

True but Pete has become so unlikeable

He has, although I'm not sure why but I remember really not liking him a while back. It might have been around the time him and Damo were fighting, around the time they had the diy shop together.
Sure it gives us something to comment on

Arduach

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

True but Pete has become so unlikeable

I never liked him Liz. Contankerous oul yoke. Awful oul chip on his shoulder.

Very few 'manly' men in FC. Bob is like an oul granny. Alpha Male, Paul, is a bollocks. Hughie is alright, Dean fairly sound too. Leo is ok now but back in the 90s, when he was in his 40s having the fling with Niamh, about 18 and paying for her abortion, he was sleazy, like Bella. Cristiano is ok. Enough said about Will! Doug is getting there, more of a chap than a man. Darragh after a good start, has turned loopy. Lee is a worm.

Damien, I think it was the poster Fin made a good point. He treats sounder women worse. Wayne, has had a colourful career, suppose not the worst. Cass, all he's missing is a jester's hat. The Ram.. would you trust him with your daughters, sisters, mother or grandmother.

Nokia6230i

Sundays synopsis.

The Doug/Erica + Pete scenes are actually fairly decent.

The whole Juliet/Ruth combo was always gonna result in a Tik-Tok & Insta storyline; at least it's given both actresses a storyline & Ruth was quite good in her pushback v Paul.

But if FC do PSB'ing right they'll spin this as "How the Internet can be bad" storyline involving Ruth being exploited in some way, possibly by Juliette deliberately or accidentally/carelessly maybe?

Loving how Doug & Erica can just go back to the flat above the Pig alright; I prefer the decor if we're being honest with ourselves here.

Dearbhla & Cian; the actor'd wanna watch out; his storylines look to be petering out if Dearbhlas wandering eyes're leading anywhere with Damien; there's another few weeks til Easter to spin this storyline yet but inevitably Wedding Eve sees a break-up perhaps and Maireads OCD going into over-drive & have a breakdown?

Meanwhile in steps Will & down the line he avoids a custodial cause he has to care for her?

Do want to see FC put some effort into the Juliette/Ruth combo; they've never played many scenes before that I've noticed; you'd barely know they were cousins.

Paul's being a fuddy-duddy I guess but she is what, 11 at best in character terms so he's bang on to pull rank.

Think Erica, Doug & Ruth had the best scenes & lines in tonights episode; like the scene with Mondo & Juliette at the end where he said she's all grown up too; probably the warmest they've been since filming resumed.

Max Headroom

The whole show is a bit meh at the moment..someone needs to kidnap Paul and lock him in the Bistro freezer....:P

JP Liz V1

Has Dean left after Allie? I thought if Brows would cheat it be with him not Damo

Max Headroom

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Has Dean left after Allie? I thought if Brows would cheat it be with him not Damo

Very limited supply of "hunks" in Ctown....:P

Galwayguy35

Real edge of your seat episode, Mairead cleaning the kitchen counter and Doug putting batteries in a remote.

fin12

Brilliant choice of film from Erica, I absolutely love Titanic. I know all the lines in it I’ve watched it that much.

My favoutite part of Fair city is when Paul starts ranting and raving around the place.

apollo95

I have to say, Brows looked amazing tonight.
And Juliet finally seems to have gotten acting lessons.

Nokia6230i

apollo95 wrote: »

I have to say, Brows looked amazing tonight.
And Juliet finally seems to have gotten acting lessons.

Was gonna go with both opinions myself; Juliet has certainly toned down the over-enunciating every word possible.

Love the flat above the Pig; savage decor; what now for Petes Place? Can't imagine Sean moving back in; get the feeling that character is done with Fair City?

Again the actress playing Ruth is shining apart from some of the others; t'was like during the Summer FC decided finally to give her some decent lines & scenes & she's flying.

Juliets little dig @ Mondo after Paul confronted her (was gonna say them but Mondo just stood back & didn't intervene....) "I've always been this grown up; you just weren't paying attention" was well delivered; no reaction from Mondo; FC SWs could've done something with that; he also said something similar to her in the beer garden of Sundays episode.

She seems to have a bit of an American accent I think?

The scene with Paul was good mind; think if it was a match he might've just ewualised with the last goal of the game with his last line; she seemed crestfallen when he didn't apologise.

The scene with her & Ruth at the laundrette was good too; maybe that's what it'll take to continue improving her as an actress; FC has started to pick up the pace a bit lately but some dull enough scenes at times with other characters.

Dearbhla defo copped Mairead chucking the magazine was down to Mairead spraying it beforehand but not wanting her to notice right?

Wonder will Dearbhla make a play for Damien before the Easter Nuptials; Cian was a bit too accepting when he came into the shop; I'd've dumped her to the kerb.

Cian looks slick in the suit in fairness but his character isn't gonna last much longer; he's only barely in it as it is.

The Pete-Doug-Erica thing; in fairness to them all they're playing the scenes very well.

Til Thursday then......

Flowergirl201

Where did Sean move to after Pete bought the house?

Curlysue76

Flowergirl201 wrote: »

Where did Sean move to after Pete bought the house?

Don’t know, haven’t seen him for a while now. He could have moved in with Orla, especially after she’d been burgled. He doesn’t seem to mix with his remaining family though at all.

Max Headroom

Nokia6230i wrote: »

Was gonna go with both opinions myself; Juliet has certainly toned down the over-enunciating every word possible.
She seems to have a bit of an American accent I think? ...

Yeah...its seems to be the voice a lot of kids are going for ....is she acting..?? who knows..
She'll probably start saying "Mom" and "like" too much soon...i hope the writers will resist this awful trend...
be proud of your Dublin accent....

jos28

So Doug and Erica are back in the flat. Who paid for all the renovations that Doug did before Erica moved in ? I'm sure Pete didn't pay for all the furnishings

Sparko

I noticed Juliet said she has spent weeks with Ruth - they literally interacted for the first time this week.

pjohnson

Feck off Dearbhla, Damien was dead right.

freshpopcorn

pjohnson wrote: »

Feck off Dearbhla, Damien was dead right.

Don't worry, I've a feeling Damien and Darbhla are going to make up.

JP Liz V1

jos28 wrote: »

So Doug and Erica are back in the flat. Who paid for all the renovations that Doug did before Erica moved in ? I'm sure Pete didn't pay for all the furnishings

What has interior designers Bob, Carol and Tommy have to say after all their work?

Max Headroom

Sparko wrote: »

I noticed Juliet said she has spent weeks with Ruth - they literally interacted for the first time this week.

The more lines she gets the more annoying that american accent is becoming...

bazermc

I can’t bear the suspense anymore did Doug go to Galway or not?

pjohnson

Is this episode out of sync?


What the fùck marriage over.


Waynes blown all the money?


What?

glenfieldman

How many handy men does a small village need, and PR people

mr_edge_to_you

pjohnson wrote: »

Is this episode out of sync?


What the fùck marriage over.


Waynes blown all the money?


What?

Solar powered cars!

RobertKK

The solar powered cars and the debt, I guess I was not suppose to laugh :pac:

glenfieldman

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

Solar powered cars!

That dont work if it cloudy ?
WTF, its not 1980s tech

pjohnson

glenfieldman wrote: »

That dont work if it cloudy ?
WTF, its not 1980s tech

Well its Wayne so probably 1970s tech.

mr_edge_to_you

glenfieldman wrote: »

That dont work if it cloudy ?
WTF, its not 1980s tech

Could you imagine Ray and Doug doing repairs and servicing on those machines?

bazermc

Yawn. Need to bring Will back. Liven things up a bit.

bazermc

Paul and Juliette to have an underage affair.

Nokia6230i

bazermc wrote: »

Paul and Juliette to have an underage affair.

Character's not underage; think she's in college and "working" at being an influencer.....

But that was my first inkling; babysit for Pauls kid/s & the cliched affair/relationship occurs; hackneyed so hoping it doesn't happen!

Sparko

pjohnson wrote: »

Is this episode out of sync?


What the fùck marriage over.


Waynes blown all the money?


What?

I assume the actor is in the US because he spends a chunk of the year there usually so they're trying to work around that but wow what a character assassination. They should have just said he was home and he could spend months being off screen - upstairs, in the garage etc. Sure the characters go missing for months on end anyway.

Flowergirl201

Sparko wrote: »

I assume the actor is in the US because he spends a chunk of the year there usually so they're trying to work around that but wow what a character assassination. They should have just said he was home and he could spend months being off screen - upstairs, in the garage etc. Sure the characters go missing for months on end anyway.

But now we can have more of orla wailing and shouting wearing her scratchy jumpers. Do ya remember years ago she was a real party girl. Oh how times have changed.

Has there been any sightings of Laura since filming resumed? Or is she upstairs all the time too?

CollyFlower

That relevation from Orla was really out of the blue.. but she'll be grand, she'll be moved into the house that Doug and Erica moved out of.

Arduach

Flowergirl201 wrote: »

But now we can have more of orla wailing and shouting wearing her scratchy jumpers. Do ya remember years ago she was a real party girl. Oh how times have changed.

Has there been any sightings of Laura since filming resumed? Or is she upstairs all the time too?

The McAleer days around 2005. She had him, in his 50s and a young lad on the go. She was about 25.

freshpopcorn

Arduach wrote: »

The McAleer days around 2005. She had him, in his 50s and a young lad on the go. She was about 25.

Orla was a wild thing back then, the William guy who she had the affair with has aged a good bit.

Nokia6230i

Where to start......

Brand Juliette O'Connell.....?

As it happens the actress behind the character was in "the papers" recently about doing a mental health (wellness & mental health're all the one to me!) blog so the truth stranger than fiction might apply to that scenario.

Dolores interogating the young lad; mentioning "Bertha" to Orla at one stage; all that line was short of was adding "Big" before Bertha!

So dipping into the life savings, cleaning it out actually & then mining down even further to get €200 Grand into debt.....

You'd've thought now, when booking flights to "Germany" that she'd've twigged something; FC SWs could've surely worked that into storyline before she left; "I have to go to sort this out" etc.; indeed it could've been tagged on to the Darragh storyline?

As an aside she did a video in May 2020 in which she said that normally FC films 6 weeks in advance; that standard enough practice in soap opera world?

She's Kildare too; so that accent she puts on is seriously acted; over-acted even but at least it's been toned down last few episodes & I'm glad FC're going an "Influencer" storyline including about that absolute charlatans that most of these f*****s are with their juice diets & magic pills to s***e yourself thin.

Hopefully they do this storyline right & expose the quackery & fakery.

Alexs character; getting boring; they need to give him something else; he's no longer Brand Brewzers it seems; just study, study, study.

Orla & Dolores going into the Pig & telling Bob they'll have 2 Coffees but later/not right now? To f**k with that; you'll buy if you're gonna sit down, this ain't a public park.

Wonder does MacLean Burke work out? Bulked up a bit for sure; suits him despite what's been said about his shape & "fat" head on here; he's well proportioned to be fair.

Also ye know in the Station where the 3 were sitting? That's literally the outer limit of that room on set.....

Interesting seeing inside of the Halpin house again; it's been a while.

Bosco with his 1 Line in the shop about Renee bringing the Valentines Day cardboard (from card stands, promotional stuff I presume); absolutely stealing a living he is!

Like when you look at it, Juliete, Alex & Phoebe & to a lesser extent Ellie & Junior & Olivia; the rest of them, Bosco & Rose apart, have been on it for quite a bit relatively speaking; Bosco the actors pension etc.'s sorted; it's important to bring in new characters to develop new talent; the actors will move on in most cases but the long-termers've done very well out of it; it's put a few through college & paid mortgates etc. I'd imagine.

The debt storyline will be interesting; Dolores saying she'll help Orla out (Orlas Ma/Da; did they ever feature or was she only introduced as Niamhs cousin?) but to tune of €200k? Not so sure about that; the auld inheritance be running out now with the house purchase.....or was that purely Petes money?
But defo they're getting that gaffe & probably paying rent too.


Think I've covered everything from tonights show so til Wednesday...........

happyday

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

Could you imagine Ray and Doug doing repairs and servicing on those machines?

And what about the garage? It didn't get a mention in all of this.

What a crazy out of the blue storyline!

Max Headroom

Enter Darragh...........

Love the solar car story..it shows what a pure knob Wayne is, even when he's not in it...in a few months it would have been Pure Mars sand....dope..

So Ray and Doug on the dole...

yaknowski

Nokia6230i wrote: »

Where to start......
Wonder does MacLean Burke work out? Bulked up a bit for sure; suits him despite what's been said about his shape & "fat" head on here; he's well proportioned to be fair.

According to the oul Instagram, yeah he's being working out regularly now for the last 18 months.

JP Liz V1

Did Wayne take out a loan against his Irish garage in Germany?

They live in Paul's house

happyday

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Did Wayne take out a loan against his Irish garage in Germany?

They live in Paul's house

And how is Orla liable for his loan if she didn't sign her name to it. It doesn't make any sense... and I know I shouldn't expect it to.

bazermc

Brows and no neck. Can’t wait.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0223/1198823-fair-city-goes-bonkers-with-damien-dearbhla-hook-up/

Foggy Jew

Wayne, the astute business man investing in solar powered cars???? Seriously?????

Max Headroom

Remember he said he had a meeting with some German guy..he meant Dutch...Lex Hoefsloot....:p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEjQkkrsY5Y