I don't know.....Damien looks fat to me here

Someone should remind her of her own past affairs with priests, having a child with Frank whilst married to Harry. I sure there's lots more.

Dolores has always been a bit of an interfering busybody as far as Wayne is concerned. She should back off, especially as the guy is approaching middle age....who he's engaged to or not is not really her business.

Ugh! Callum's mother and her storyline bore me to tears.

There seems nothing on the horizon to be excited about...to bad the Bishop storyline didn't start a little later so it could have been the big Christmas event...looks like there is nothing that could build quick enough to qualify.

Guess I got spoiled with all the great buildup with the Bishops. I hope the writers can come up with something good and create another buzz like that.

Callum's mother moving in with the Brennans is bizarre (but then again, Callum himself moving in with them was equally bizarre......his only connection with Paul was that he was his biological son as the result of a one night stand, hardly enough grounds to move him permanently into the family home).

Fair City don't really do big christmas stories though, do they? Last years christmas ep was a bit gentle, with the only stand out thing I can remember being Cass cooking dinner for Yvonne and Bela, and them gorging on a box of chocolates because it was taking so long. :sleep:

But it looks like a lot of tedium on the horizon for the foreseeable. Agree about the Callum/Paul/Niamh/Callum's mum story being boring. It'll lead to the inevitable love triangle/her trying to con money out of them, and make zero sense when you think about it (why is she staying with them? And it's not just for one night either, because she's in it for the next while at least). Not too fussed about the new owner of the Station either, he hasn't impressed me with his acting. I'd like to see more of Caoimhe/Decco and the Ama/Damien situation, but it looks like those take a back seat to this crap. :sleep: :yawn:

edited to add: can't stand Delores since the Lucy storyline - she's been represented as an idiot since then, and she was never out-right stupid (although she was a bit of a busybody, as was pointed out ). She really should butt out of her grown up, middle aged son's love life. It's none of her business. At least she knows Orla, and knows what she's like. She didn't know Maeve at all and her judge of character for Lucy was appalling.

I find it odd that Callum is delivering an ultimatum about his mother to Paul. He's effectively a lodger in the house himself and not really a family member, despite the blood connection......Paul is under no obligation to put a roof over his head, and certainly not in the case of his mother who is a complete stranger.

I suppose Dolores is at a bit of a loose end these days and is so bored that she has to start meddling.

What's Pete doing that Dolores is at a loose end though? Is the actor doing other things?

Agree about Callum. It would be different if he was young, but he's an adult too, and he's only known Paul and Niamh a wet weekend. I feel sorry that he never had the chance to get to know his dad when he was younger, but it's a bit mad for him to hold the family to hostage over his mother, who he had no desire to see or speak to until a few days ago, because he didn't like her all that much. And it's even stranger that the rest of them bows to his will!

How can you not be exicted about

If Callum wanted Jane to stay, why didn't Niamh or Paul suggest their old house for a night or two instead of them all in the one house. Nothing was mentioned of them having sold it yet or of anyone being in there. As for Dolores, does she not have her own wedding to plan as well, the day Lucy comes back with Waynes child *not a spoiler*

I was shocked with Caoimhe told Laura about the possibility of losing her job over this guy taking over. We never see her working in there, I'd forgotten she ever did.

It appears both

Agree about Laura. Last time I remember her working there was back when Neassa first took over from Finn, and Caoimhe was trying to get a job and suggested a night where they had female go-go dancers/cage dancers, and Laura seemed delighted at the prospect. That was donkey's ago though!

Moving a biological offspring into your house who is the result of a one night stand strikes me as highly unconventional and moving his mother in after that even more so. The story would be a lot more plausible if Callum and Jane had simply moved to Carrigstown and established some contact with Paul.

We saw Pete a couple of weeks ago urging Callum not to do a runner but that was about all we've seen of him recently.

I've just had a look at the appearances lists. He's appeared 9 times in the last 3 and a half months. Some of those with Callum, some after the fire and one where he was seen and not heard. Appeared frequently in July but that was all to do with Doug and was absent for all of June.

He's not shared any proper scenes with Dolores since May. Anyone who started watching last summer would hardly know they were a couple. Perhaps Neil needs to return until we get to see Pete again.

Poor Pete. He must be off hanging out with Deegan.

Does Caoimhe's facial expression ever change? She's always doing that open mouth "sticking out her front teeth" thing

I don't know what to make of this Jane story.
She can't say anything with a straight face so I dunno is that meant to be part of her character or what.
As for Callum only being in the family a short while well Paul and Niamh looooooooove him despite his flouncing and he has to live with them forever because he's so troubled and needs looooooooove etc

However if Jane knocks Paul down a few pegs I would enjoy that although I don't hate him as much now he stopped being mean to poor Leo.

Jane is clearly a golddigger (despite claiming not to be one). Her eyes lit up when she saw Paul's bank statement last night.

As for Callum, it's quite bizarre that Paul moved him into the family home. He never had a relationship of any description with his mother and didn't even know of Callum's existence.....it's very unconventional that as a recently turned adult, Callum would move in with the family, seeing as they're all complete strangers to him (offering him a job would make sense alright).

I suppose with Callum theres an element of "making up for lost time" and you know that saying "you don't know someone until you live with them" so I can kind of let him showing up and moving in with some Home and Away style flouncing thrown in slide but the Jane stuff ... oh Paul no fool like an old fool and poor Niamh why is she putting up with this crap.
Oh dear oh dear.
Im really liking Orla and Wayne though even if its a bit syrupy

I think it's the case of them simply wanting to introduce a new young male character and tying him in with one of the families, but the actual storyline is very implausible : sure, he might want to begin to establish a relationship with his biological father but there's no way he would just move in with the family. Niamh should have put her foot down and pointed out that the idea of a complete stranger moving in permanently was bonkers.

I'm backing away from the Paul/Callum/Jane/Niamh thing. It's probably best to let that one resolve itself without getting invested in it: it makes too little sense. I will say this: I like the woman who plays Jane. She's grown on me, even if this storyline hasn't.

LOVE the Wayne/Orla relationship. It's brilliant, if a little sugary. There's been some cracking lines though.
"You've made a grown man-child happy."
"What's this about Wayne making men happy?"
Great stuff!

How many more times will Jane:
A-Turn what ever anyone says back on them making it their fault and not hers
and
B-talk her way out of or into what ever she wants?

Well I don't know about anyone else but I'm glad Charlie's bunions storyline has finally been resolved...it was riveting stuff
Actually, when Esther mentioned that it is normally young women in high heels that get them, I did wonder if we were being set up for a scene where Charlie is secretly squeezing into Esther's 6 inch stilettos...

I'd like to see Charlie in Esther's stilettos

I actually didn't watch tonight. There's nothing keeping me watching ATM, because I'm not interested in Jane/Paul etc. And why does she always have to have her hair in pigtails? I used to do that, during post primary school, but once I hit proper adulthood I stopped. Is it their subtle way of reminding us that she's younger than both Paul and Niamh? Because we don't need reminding: we know she was only 19 when she met Paul, and the actress looks ridiculously young! She doesn't need pigtails: she has great genes!

Esther and Charlie were sweet tonight. I thought it was nice but I think Cass should've been involved in that story somehow,

Any one else think it was weird Jo informed the parole officer the other day... I thought her and Niamh were friends? I would've expected it if it was Dolores coz of the history of her and Paul and also the Pete/Doug connection.

I miss Collie.

Not really...except for the affair, Jo is a real "by the books" kinda girl. Though Delores would have made more sense.