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Part of me would like Lucy Mallon to be behind the cult story line!

Sparko wrote: »

Miriam's storyline to me is just another example of Fair City's inability to manage long term storylines. Like the 2 most recent examples before it, Dermot/Paul etc and the Katy kidnapping; it just meanders on and gets more ridiculous as it goes, and the revolving door of writers involved only serve to introduce mass contradictions and continuity errors.

Very true. With so many writers, long term storylines can lack consistency when writers 30-46 take over from 1-30 and theres no one definite theme running through it. When Katy was first kidnapped, the cell seemed like a sinister steel fortress and by February it turned into a shed with a roof you could easily break through! When this cult story started it really felt like it had potential- you had several vulnerable characters agreeing to this naïve and scam-like mindset, it could have gone places.

I still like the storyline but I don't think the current plot was ever in the original blueprint- its like some random producer said "No no our audience wouldn't be able for a cult that preys on modern fears and mental illness for the purposes of spreading an evil message.". In our PC-mad world you cant open your mouth anymore for fear of offending gay, straight, alien, human, foreign, or animal species so I'm not surprised the cult story is getting diluted, albeit its still disappointing. I mean, do they really think months and months of Damien being a thug and tucking in his neck or Kerri Ann boring the whole country with her Raymond bolloxs is actually an entertaining alternative. Jesus, FC, show some balls for once. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

braxen5 wrote: »

Paul was married to Nicola and while she was pregnant with Oisin, he had a fling with Helen which resulted in her getting pregnant with Rachel.

Then when Yvonne was pregnant no-one knew who the Daddy was until she was marrying Connie and it came out that it was Paul.

There was also the Christy - Louis - Carol and baby Jack's paternity..

Then there was Harry - Dolores - Frank and baby Jessica's paternity.

Wasn't there some ambiguity over the paternity of Shannon Dowling as well? Was Dean her half brother or her Daddy?

From memory, the FIRST who's the Daddy storyline involved Barry O'Hanlon and his then wife Linda and the bould Bela Doyle. The baby - Alice - later died.

Paul had a rival in the "most fertile man in Ireland" stakes when Brendan Daly got his wife (Heather) and his secretary (Deirdre) pregnant at-same time with Eleanor and Ben respectively.

I'm sure there's been another few...

Keeping up traditions but Kerri-Ann will be even more insufferable than usual.:([/quote]

Wasn't there a hint of suspicion that Neasa Dillon might be Lukes not Tommys? I digress...

Praying the won't do a hyperemesis gravidarum (severe morning sickness) storyline with Kerri Ann she's definitely bad enough without that!

I know Decco is far from the sharpest tool in the box but he's been away so surely he must know it can't be his!

Jaysus Mondo is turning into Paul Brennan at this rate - he only has to look at a girl and she gets pregnant!!!!

coolhull wrote: »

I'm thinking of starting up a protest group to liberate Dermot. Maybe involving Amnesty International.
I've already made my poster.
"Free the Carrigstown One Million".

Where did all that money ever end up? Is it still resting in someone's account?

"I know you killed your daddy" fcuking evil bastard! Oakley makes my skin crawl, the scenes with him and Charlotte are actually genuinely uncomfortable to watch, credit to the writers tonight. And the real question is, when Manson finds out, I suspect shes not going to do a thing, Manson is as bad as Oakley, even though he is taking the spotlight right now. Very good story I must say. :eek:

I'm starting to think that there is no ''cult'' storyline and never was; that it was all a device to introduce Oakley, as it's basically a Miriam vs Oakley storyline. The cult aspect, I think, was just to throw viewers off the scent, and was - quite possibly - the initial idea of the writers/producers, but they changed their minds when they came up with what they believed a better storyline. Yeah, I think some bad things will happen, but not because of anything remotely ''cultish'' - all casualties will be a result of the Miriam/Oakley (one-sided at the moment) feud. Thats just my revised opinion, based on the past couple of episodes.

braxen5 wrote: »

Who was the baby? Was it Rachel or Oisin?
I'm sure my mam will know, she's been watching it from the start.

I think Rachel (Helen's child) arrived before Oisin. (I always thought Helen was a lovely character and I don't think Fair City was the same when she left it. Hannah Finnegan (r.i.p) and all those real Dubs brought something special to the show).[/QUOTE]
Thanks for that. I watched that anniversary special first episode of FC and the characters and sets seemed a hell of a lot more realistic than they are now. And I couldn't get over Charlie's accent. Also, I liked his best mate Paddy, did the actor who played him leave or pass away?

Charlie Roberts is the name of the actor who played Paddy Clarke in Fair City in those days. The actor died in 2005.

Why did Oakley become a doctor? What a creep! I wouldn't be able to stay in the same room as him.

The actor plays him well though. Very convincing villain.

How to shut down the cult in one step, just ring the council and tell them Eoghan has about 12 people living in the house

pookiesboo wrote: »

How to shut down the cult in one step, just ring the council and tell them Eoghan has about 12 people living in the house

It's really ****edup, the way Eoghan has no problem with the the house been used as HQ, who's paying the rent? where does he live.? Why is Katy not involved with this house of evil seen as they magicaly brought her back to normal?

Jurgen Klopp wrote: »

Is it not still Paul Brennans house that was being rented by then since day one

Yea. Paul bought if off Barry