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The character of Oakley is ridiculous. He wanders around the place (Christmas morning for example he turned up at the house, then headed over to the hospital to discharge Pete before taking a wander over to the Community center, all before 11am. It's Christmas morning, has he nothing better to be doing?). Now he's hiding up in the bleedin' attic???? Are the hospital not concerned as to his whereabouts or does the national staffing crisis not affect Carrigstown??

That whole group thing has gone to hell in a handcart pretty damn fast. A few things the writers/producers should have made clear.

It appears as though the group itself isn't sinister at all, as Oakley and Emmet influenced by Oakley are the villains. It would be nice if it was actually clarified whether it is a cult, or a genuine self-help group.
Now, to my biggest bugbear/peeve/head scratcher of all: WHY does Oakley want revenge on Miriam??? Okay, so their baby died of cot death, but in no way, shape nor form does he ever infer that it was anything but. It isn't like he confronted her while they were alone and accused her of smothering the baby or being an abusive mother. Had Miriam killed/neglected the baby and no one quite believed him at the time, I could well understand his quest for revenge, or if it was a case of her leaving the baby home alone while he was at work, in order that she meet up with someone she was having an affair with at the time, and he returned home unexpectedly early and found baby Fiona dead and Miriam in absence, I could understand it too. Also, what in God's name happened to his day job??? I assume that he's a hospital consultant and it was implied that he was fairly wealthy, as he mentioned his yacht at one stage, earlier on in his first few episodes, to a colleague after the whole Hannah thing, when he was asking her if what had happened would effect his position at St.Catherine's. Why are the hospital not wondering where the eff he is? Did he take holidays or days owed just to destroy a self help group run by his ex - a group which consists of about only five or six people? And again; why? Does he resent Miriam for her breakdown? And why is it so important that he wreck her little group? Maybe that's one of the reasons why patients on trollies are lining the corridors in hospitals - hospital consultants are all hiding out in the attics of their ex's soon to be ex boyfriend's houses plotting revenge for God knows what:P
For God's sake, it's ridiculous, because in order to seek revenge you have to have a damn good reason for doing so, or else have a deep conviction that the other person has wronged you somehow. Yet, all that was mentioned was a child who died of natural causes, the nervous breakdown and self harm of the mother, and how he wanted to destroy her and get her out of the group, making you immediately feel more sympathetic towards Miriam whom you initially believed an evil, brainwashing cult leader.... It still doesn't explain his reasoning; it was her her child too, and she suffered enough.... Why is he doing any of it??? It makes about as much sense as THE PLAN did to me....

Max Headroom wrote: »

Its idiots like him have all those people on trolleys....

I'm beginning to suspect the same! :P

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#MiriamOut

I dont get this hate for the cult storyline. Its the best thing that has happened to FC in years. It seems some people are just not happy unless they are giving out.

To the people who seem to hate it, what exactly would there be if there wasn't this storyline? Exactly what would you be watching in FC if the cult storyline wasn't there- Orla and Wayne arguing about money? Paul having his 100th affair? Delores walking past Vinos arm in arm with Pete, both of them giving out about everyone else? Is that what you call entertainment??

AT least FC have tried something different with this storyline and although its not perfect, nothing is and I for one really appreciate their effort and think its a great storyline and actually very relevant to modern times, what with all the mental health campaigns that are ongoing.