After 14 months away, the Aussie soap returns with new, potentially disruptive characters among the old, instantly recognisable faces
The perfect blend of old and new also includes American actress Mischa Barton, for whom domestic disputes against sun-kissed streets are familiar territory – she is most famous for playing Marissa Cooper on teen drama. Her so-far enigmatic character, Reece Sinclair, makes an entrance of which Alexis Colby would be proud and promptly seduces Byron the bell boy.
Fortunately, his mother Jane Harris is far too distracted blowing Facetime kisses at her reclaimed teenage sweetheart Mike . The dialogue is a curious mix. Most of it assumes we all know exactly who all these characters are, who they once loved and with whom they have ongoing beef. But huge efforts have also been made to shoehorn in some background context for, hopefully, all the new viewers, as well as those of us caught napping at the back.
From wedding day jitters to snatched kisses to Lassiters somehow staying in business, everything that madeso watchable for 37 years appears to be clear and present. And it’s fair to say it returns with a traditionally soapy bang, the very first episode delivering a delicious twist so audacious I laughed out loud in delight and was tempted to rewind and watch it all over again.
The whole fallout from this jaw-dropping turn of events, plus some clanging cliffhangers – why is Susan hiding her new bracelet from her husband? What “troubles in Werribee” are the new family running away from? What’s Mischa Barton really doing here? – should keep the wheel turning. Perhaps not for another 37 years, but hopefully for a while yet.
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