Fair City [News, Spoilers and Discussion v8] Read Post #1 Before Contributing

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

The cult story is good and realistic enough. This is how such groups work. Everyone in that group apart from Oakley is vulnerable in some way. Oakley knows how to manipulate people and set them against each other. What makes this group different to many real ones is the lack of a religious element. More often than not, realworld cults hold bible study meetings (or their equivalent in non-Christian ones like Scientology cults) once a week and brainwash people into feeling they have to go to them. I know of people who go to these type of things and they become different people. I can understand well why Emmett has changed from what he used to be.

Good point. It is an interesting and realistic storyline. Look at the massive mental health and suicide issues we have in this country. On the need to address this, you have mental health, wellness, meditation etc etc. It was interesting of FC to show the much darker side to this of exploitation and manipulation of members and turning the gatherings into a devoted cult where violence and worse are coming down the road. I think its a great storyline.

It doesn't have to be religious to be a cult. Here we have a group of vulnerable people devoting their mind-set and life to a false god (Manson or Oakley) and who will stop at nothing to get their way. Plus don't forget that not everyone falls for the cult, just like real life. Pete and Carol and Bob know exactly what's going on and wont be persuaded.

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

A break from what? The character is a useless dinosaur who does nothing but walk up and down the street looking down on others and being a general waste of space. Shame they didn't kill her off with that cancer storyline, at least that's realistic.

I thought she was going to have an affair with Ronan but that storyline went nowhere.

I could never see Caoimhe getting to do medicine in Ireland now. To the best of my knowledge a big part of the Hpat exam is logical reasoning and understanding peoples and I don't think shed pass.

How does Oakley manage to work as a doctor while living in an attic? Does anyone in the group have a job for that matter? They seem to just sit around and hold hands all day.

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

The player crashed so missed the last few minutes - last I saw was Caoimhe and Tommy coming into the pub. Anything else happen?

Oakley drank his own piss in the attic.

More than a bit off topic...but just watching the news...

Doesn't simon harris minister for health have a look of doctor oakley?

Just catching up on +1 that door Caomhe is hitting is very weak!

tototoe wrote: »

Because its fair city, he could have lepped from one end of the Center to the other in a pink tutu and most of the characters wouldn't have batted an eyelid.

Logic and Reality don't exist in Carrigstown

Sorry - or course you're right - Oakley in a tutu the image is somewhat both comical and disturbing! But after I've watched the other soaps - though granted; can be far fetched at times, zoning back to RTE 1 and Fair City, I sometimes forget momentarily that it's a pile of auld cobblers!

I was just thinking of the current characters and I don't think anybody is really intelligent or even slightly intelligent. All I can think of is Junior he was great at finding Dermot/Niamh(The Plan) money!

farmerwifelet wrote: »

for once fair city is right - its "abduction" if a father takes a child but if a mother takes a baby away from a dad its grand.

My brother was sadly in the same position as Damo a few years back when his ex was going to take his son out of the country for good with her new unreliable BF. As he had no Legal Guardianship, he hadn't a leg to stand on, but unlike Damian, he didn't resort to desperate measures. Instead Legal Aid was contacted, and everything was done through the solicitors and the courts. He has equal Guardianship of his son now, and she cannot remove him from the jurisdiction without good reason, a holiday, or somesuch, without his permission. The judge granted him Guardianship in less than five minutes, and moved swiftly along to the next case.

Damo should have held back on the impulse to do what he did, and he'd be entitled to similar.... It's not easy seeing a devoted dad - real life experience talking here - almost have a breakdown because his ex is behaving unreasonably.

Isn't it a bit lazy to have someone up in the attic again watching people? How does Oakley get in and out of there? Go to the toilet etc? Why do I watch this rubbish?