Forgot the name again - we'll call it Davo's A Prick

I've gotta start writing the names of teh shows down. Sorry. I'm not remembering them the next day at work. Nonetheless, last night's ep was a pretty good one with a few revelations which we'll look at, namely...

1) Frazer should be able to walk. His spine's healed like the clappers, and the doc says there's nothign wrong with him, except obviously in a psycho-sematic way. I have no idea what the word actually is for that, but it's a mental issue. Hang on, I've just googled, and now I know everything. Psychosomatic: Pertaining to the relationship between mind and body, disorders that have a physiological component, but are thought to originate in emotions, are called psychosomatic. Thanks, computer, cos that's exactly what Frazer's got. It's another classic done-to-death soapie thing, but with someone as awesome as Frazer, they can easily get away with it. He cracked the shits, said it's crazy, the doctor's crazy, this whole stinkin place is crazy, but eventually Rosie helped him with it, and now he's all a bit confused. He was pretty upset by it, saying that he always thought he was pretty strong mentally, and could cope with anything life threw at him, and it was a pretty good framing of the plot - how does a hero champion dude like Frazer come to terms with the fact that there's some issue deep deep down that stopping him from walking of all things, so he's forced to confront it, when he doesn';t even really know what it is. Pepper thinks it's that R&F didn't really properly fall in smoochies til after teh accident, so subconsiously he fears that if he walks again the relationship will fall apart, but I don't reckon, Frazer's more confident than flaky ole Pep. It's gotta have something to do with his family or dark past, or gult about being a prick trying to cash in on the Cammeniti gold when he first turned up prospecting in Ramsay St. I dunno, but what it really made clear last night was how goddamn fucking gorgeous Rosie is, how much of an allround bloody ripper Frazer is, and how brilliant their relationship is. I was thinking about this yesterday, that I suspect when these characters were devised, they were supposed to be teh golden couple, the young ones to really rally for, and especially with Pepper as a bestie too, so I guess feeling this huge love for them all is what was always planned, and there's probably not that many people out there thinking Boyd's a real hero, but the actors have made Frazer, Rosie and Pepper so successful, so appealing and so real, they're great. Maybe the same thing was meant to happen for Will, Oliver or Camella, but not even close. With this theory in mind, that I feel about each character how the writers designed them to be initially, I'm very intriugued as to what the purpose behind Ned was. Hero? Villain? Oh, opportunity to stir the pasta. Thanks Neighbours!

2) Davo really is a fuckwit. this has been apparent from the beginning, but after the conspiracy with Susan to teach Karl a lesson, and Susan telling Pepper he really did seem like a catch, I thought maybe the actor was just a bit shit, and he was meant to be a nice cheeky guy. Nope, good acting after all, cos he's a total cock. First we found out that when he told Susan Karl hadn't told him the truth about Susan not being his slut older sister at all, so that Susan would rip through him, he was lying, "just for laughs". Bit nasty Davo, but still a bit cheeky I guess. But then he went on a date with Pepper, who's having a total freakout about attracting the wrong sort of guy, and again proving her scatterbrain theories true. He reeled out all the usual "ATTENTION: THIS MAN IS A CUNT" signifiers; a) a woman's place is in the home, b) he had a beloved pet put down because the $1000 vet bill was too much, c) he was a tool, d) his profesional name is Davo and he says BANG! a lot. You know, just a real wally wanker. But because Pepp's having all her insecurity shit, she didn't want to say anything and be mean, so she formed a system with Toad & Steph at teh bar, whereby the way she tossed her hair meant either "Help" or "This is teh orsum". Obviously they couldn;t tell the difference and dragged it out further for Pepp. But during this episode-length scene, another revelation happened...

3) And his name's Adam. He's a construction labourer, got a flat-out ole Brit boy accent, and looks to be a potential new cast mate. Steph's giving the Scarlet Bar a bit of a makeover, at least on the outside, and a new name too that's still a secret!!!, so there's a workcrew there, and the Bar will be closed for about a week. the only labourer paid for a speaknig role seems to Adam who's a bit rough, but seems to have his heart in the right place, although possibly not in as handy a place a his hair product. He'd have his lights punched out by now for looking that pretty onsite, surely. Anyways, he bumped into Pepper before the Davo drinks, she was mortified and flew off teh handle, he was a bit of a smartarse back, and so obvioulsy they'll be getting married by the end of the season. His speaking role kept coming all episode, clueing Steph & Toad into what Pepper's hand signals really meant because he's obvioulsy got some deep insight into her, and finally... Well, Steph saved Pepper by saying her Mum had called, she needs Pepper now cos she's sick, Pepper was making her excuses, Davo called her bluff, proposed they go back to one of their houses so he could dick her sumfin chronic, and Adam did some minor assault on him. I know he spun Davo round over the table with his arm behind his back, but he might have also smacked him one in the schnoz, cos that was pretty ugly the next day. Anyway, Steph barred Davo from the bar, Pepper was all "I can take care of myself, how dare you" while probably planning their first root, and I presume this was teh introduction of Adam to teh regular cast, at least until July 23 when nobody's safe. I don't think Davo will be there.

4) Elle has very few friends. There was a bit more about Paul last night, asking Harold whether he could trust Elle etc, and he wanted to call Gail. While Elle was off getting sandwiches in hospital (he's still in), he went through her handbag, found her mobile, which met with a "Well lookee here at teh future" snort, and called Gail,l, leaving a message for her to call him at the hospital. A couple fo revelations here. Elle doesn't lock her phone, cos the 1980s tech-savy Paul could just use it straight away, and I would have thought for a little schemestress like Elle, she would both carry her phone on her, and certinaly keep her security tight. And then there was the list of names in her phone, which a screen shot showed. The shot we saw had 4 names on the screen. Dad, Lassiters, Michael, Mum. Now, Elle might have many friends' numbers starting with A-C and M-Z, but nothign between Dad and Lassiters? Surely some business contacts! And who the fuck's Michael? Ooh, that could be interesting. Thinking however, of who else you'd expect to be in there, there are very few. On the Ramsay St side of things, Carmella's before, Oliver's after, Ned's after... She wouldn't have need for Karl's, Harold's, Lou's, Frazer's, Janae's or Janelle's. I would have thought she's still have Dylan's name in there, but then again they broke up so many times, and Elle is pretty proud, maybe she's deleted it. She probably wouldn't have Izzy's in there, granted, especailly cos of how Izzy kinda cut herself off from everyone. But then I thought of one today for sure - Glenn Forrest. Elle's best friend in the world. And sure, whether or not she calls her by her first or last name, Glenn has ridiculously appalling taste in men, but she's still Elle's BFF, and he name's not in her phone. She must have yet another dinky little nickname that Elle calls her. Hope they reveal it.

5)And finally, last night was teh Little Britain cameo, and it was certianly a cameo. During the Pepper-Davo rendezvous in the Scarlet Bar, a couple of unlikely strangers came into the bar, the dude with bad hair pushing the fat guy in teh wheelchair, which wikipedia reveals to me to be called Lou and Andy, names which I now recognise. Sorry. I've only seen one episode of teh show, twice, and it made me not laugh, so I haven't jumped on the bandwagon. Anyway, Lou wheeled Andy in, no speaking roles, and parked the chair towards the back of the bar while he went up towards the bar. Andy, as is the charcter's want I assume, got out of his chair and walked over to play the new SEGA motorbike game Steph's put into the bar. While Pepp and Davo made awkward conversation, you could just see Andy's bare shoulders steeringin the background. Lou meanwhile was talking to Harold, which I think is pretty cool now I know their names, silently, about something in a Salvos catalogue. Andy got back in his chair, Lou came back and they walked out again, brief but hopefully enough to please fans, and certainly not enough to piss off non-fans. James, I'll keep the episode for you in case you can't youtube it. The fact they were in the same episode as Frazer finding out he really can walk and doesn';t need teh wheelchair was a bit genius I think.

And that's about all I recall. I'm sure there were other bibs and bobs, and Pepper and Janelle's closeness, bonding about Pep's romantic retardedness like a Mum and daughter, was really sweet. But that's for another day. Love you.

Hope the flight today was fun and uneventful James and Susan.