#shortland street spoilers

[this-geek]

Ros came back! She said goodbye and it broke my heart but she came back 😭

[goodobservationshirley]

this is about shortland street

me: oooh the drama is gonna be that the cheating will be revealed, forcing everyone to make a choice

the drama: there's an earthquake and one of them has to choose between cutting the other's arm off with a kitchen knife or leaving her to die before the building collapses

[sarahlancashire]

i'm extremely upset about what the shortland street writers have done to leanne and rosalyn.

ros cheating on leanne is antithetical to her character; besides which, they were madly, head over heels in love. and now, apparently, the same woman who told leanne she'd love her until her dying day, who proposed to her in front of everyone she cares about, was having an affair only months later? really???

it really hurts me that rosalyn is being treated this way, because i love her so much. she's honestly one of my most favourite sapphic characters that i've ever come across, and they're doing her such a disservice by making her out to be the kind of person that would do this.

what also bothers me is the way this parallels what the holby writers did to bernie and serena. serena, another character i loved very deeply, whose philandering husband had broken her heart, and who was so fiercely loyal and deeply in love with bernie, who would have given up her whole life to move across the world with her, told her she chose her over everything else, would never have cheated on her, but, apparently, when tv writers want a plot device to break a couple up, characterisation goes out of the window!!!!

unsurprisingly, the whole ros / leanne breakup is happening while ros remains offscreen. i understand that theresa was a guest cast member, but really, this is another knife in the back. they're telling us ros has left leanne, but they're not even letting us see her, hear it from her, try to make sense of it; but that's part of the problem, isn't it, because it doesn't make any sense. and, in the same way that bernie died offscreen, another sapphic character is destroyed from behind the scenes.

i realise that bernie was revealed not to have died eventually, and that she and serena reunited, and, yes, i am glad, but that doesn't make up for their having broken them up in that way or having killed her off in the first place. it doesn't ameliorate the damage which had already been done, and it doesn't mean they didn't conform to the bury your gays trope after what they'd already done with elinor's death.

so, is this what we're doing now, soap writers, when we want to break up two women? just deciding, arbitrarily, that one of them has an affair, and / or making something awful happen offscreen, where the viewers can't see it?

because that doesn't help. it doesn't make it better. it still hurts, very deeply, even if we can't see where the pain is coming from.

[rivertalesien]

Spoilers ahead.

So I want to talk a little about Black Widow, how it's a film that definitely should have been made years ago, how it borrows heavily (and well) from CAaTWS, the Jason Bourne films, and Salt, how Florence Pugh really shines in this, how I liked that the Black Widows were just badasses and not used for sexual sport or seduction, David Barbour in that suit, Rachel Weisz in *that* suit, the lack of any other Avengers or related characters (save General Ross), but mostly just how this wasn't really a Black Widow movie, brought us nothing we didn't already know at least a little or guess a little of, and didn't really connect with Natasha Romanoff's ending, excepting the post-credits scene (adding in all those BWs and a Russian super soldier who were no-shows in Endgame and never-mentions throughout the film series really puts this film far outside of where it should have/could have been).

The Natasha we knew over the course of all the Avenger's films and a few side gigs for Iron Man and Captain America was summed up in one line from CAaTWS: "Who do you want me to be?" She is the ultimate token female super agent/spy/warrior who never exists for herself, but only in service of someone else's story.

In this film, it might be her service to Pugh's Yelena, Natasha's younger "sister" from The Red Room, after she is freed from a mind control experiment to go on and become her own kind of superhero. She doesn't really become Natasha's protégé, ala Tony Stark/Peter Parker (a story development that really didn't need to happen, either), but she does have Natasha around as a sort of shepherd, giving her hope for redemption and a new start (along with a new franchise addition, no doubt).

While we are introduced to figures from Natasha's past (Weisz and Barbour are so much fun to watch), and she is allowed a (very cool) moment to free herself from an emotional burden we never really got to see her carry before (thus negating its impact), the best bits really belong to Pugh, so once again, Natasha is basically a token character on someone else's ride. And none of the Wonder Boys from her previous films even show up to give her some support. Eh.

If this film had come out right after Civil War (where it belongs in the canon), it would have been a welcome reprieve from the Wonder Boy's Club, and would have given us some characters who might have worked well in Infinity War/Endgame and given Natasha a greater emotional connection, people who care about her beyond looking Sad (tm) after her sacrifice. But it's hard not to see how even in a cinematic sense, Natasha was always something of an afterthought.

The film is a hoot though, and Pugh, again, really stands out (as she should), with Johannson taking a mostly graceful step back. Big of her, really, considering how Natasha was used throughout the Avenger's run.

From the post-credits scene it's pretty clear Pugh will be taking over the Black Widow title , but it looks, for now, that her next appointment is likely only in support for a Hawkeye film, not her own adventure.

It's a tradition.

[generousgirlfriend]

gg just added Nicole x Zara from Shortland Street to her fleet 😄

[weekendwarriorblog]

Review: BLACK WIDOW Finally Gives Scarlett Johansson’s Character the Storytelling to Truly Blossom

It’s actually nice when you can go into a Marvel movie these days with very few expectations, and a lot of surprises still intact, and what do you know? Marvel has done it again with Black Widow, a movie that finally shines enough of the spotlight on Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff to really flesh out the character in ways that’s hardly seems possible when she’s competing for screen time against a Downey, two (sometimes, three) Chrises, and a Hulk.

Even believing that I know quite a lot about Black Widow's history from the comics, I still don’t think I was quite ready for what we end up getting, since Black Widow still managed to be very different from what I expected after watching the trailers. It’s actually pretty cool that a Marvel movie can be delayed a whole year, but not feel like you’ve seen every cool thing in the advance marketing.

The Cliff Notes synopsis is that this takes place sometime earlier during Avengers history (my guess is after Captain America: Civil War), but it forces Natasha Romanoff to revisit her past being trained and conditioned in the Russian Red Room where she learned all her specialized killing skills. She also wasn’t alone, as the Red Room, run by Ray Winstone’s Dreykov, has spent the past few decades plucking young girls off the streets and away from their parents to turn them into similarly conditioned fighting machines.

But first, we begin in an idyllic Ohio setting in 1995 as we see Natasha’s family during happier times -- actually, placed in the USA as sleeper agents -- before Natasha and her younger sister Yelena were taken away by Dreykov. We reconnect with Yelena twenty years later when Yelena (as played by Florence Pugh) is on a field mission to retrieve vials containing a glowing red substance that turns out to be the one thing that can break the control Dreykov has over his Black Widow agents. It’s not long before we reconnect with Natasha, who is in hiding, because the Avengers are on the lam from the government due to the events in Civil War or maybe Age of Ultron. Honestly, it doesn’t really matter.

What it comes down to is that Natasha has learned that the Red Room is still operational, and she vows to destroy it with Yelena. But first, they have to free their father, former Russian superhero Red Guardian (David Harbour), who has been languishing in a Russian jail for the past 20 years, betrayed by his own government. Since he doesn’t have a clue where the Red Room is, they go to find the girl’s “mother” Melina (Rachel Weisz), who might be able to help them.

And honestly, that’s probably all that I want to say about the plot, because a lot of what happens after the family from the opening sequence is reunited goes so far into spoiler territory that I hesitate to say much more. So I won’t.

What makes the first half of Black Widow so intriguing is that you kind of are trying to figure out what is happening, because nothing is quite as cut and dry as other Marvel movies. In many ways, it’s more like a Bourne movie with Natasha and Yelena trying to revisit their past and save others from suffering a similar fate. While doing so, they fight a number of similarly-trained agents, as well as Taskmaster, a seemingly robotic killer that’s able to replicate anyone’s skills or fighting moves.

I will jump in here and say that I’ve ALWAYS loved Taskmaster as a villain from the comics, and seeing him on the big screen made me a little bummed, because I still have deep seller’s remorse from having to get rid of my entire 40-year comic book collection a few years back for way less than it was worth. Among those tens of thousands of comics was a long run of Avengers issues, including the one that introduced Taskmaster, and how couldn’t you love a character that looked so cool and could replicate everything the Avengers could do, whether it’s shooting arrows like Hawkeye or throwing a shield like Captain America? It doesn’t take long before we have a great fight between Taskmaster and Natasha early on, but then there’s an even better one involving an amazing chase through the streets of Budapest when Natasha and Yelena are reunited.

Black Widow will probably remind you of the Bourne movies, but one of the reasons is because there are so many global locations one after another bam, bam, bam… we’re in Morocco and then Norway and then Budapest… and if you pay attention during the end credits, you’ll see that they actually went to all those places. I could give another obvious reference (flagrantry teased earlier in the movie), but that would indeed be a HUGE spoiler. I will say that this is one of Marvel’s stronger “solo” movies since Captain America: Winter Soldier, probably because it deals in similar spy/political thriller territory, just in a grittier and more visceral way, while also touching upon the mind control over the Winter Soldier character.

For those that Black Widow will be their first experience with a film directed by Cate Shortland, she’s an Australian filmmaker who started out with indies like Somersault and Lore. Like Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins, she hasn’t made a ton of movies before Black Widow -- exactly three in 15 years. But clearly, that formula seems to work, because there’s nothing in Shortland’s previous movies that could have informed me that she would be capable of doing a movie as big and full of jaw-dropping action as this one.

More than anything, it’s kind of nice to have a movie that mostly stands alone, and doesn’t really have anything to do with Thanos or Infinity Stones or anything but casual mentions of the Avengers. The movie acts exactly as it’s meant to in giving Johansson’s character who was killed in Avengers: Infinity War, a chance to really show how much more there is to her than we’ve seen previously.

The main four actors are great as they’re brought together, but it’s really Johansson and Pugh -- the latter having never really shown a proclivity for humor on screen -- whose chemistry makes up the core of the character dynamics. Harbour brings something else entirely, which is much bigger comedy relief, and then Weisz’s character… well, she’s just a great mystery from the second we’re reintroduced to her during the second half. When the four of them are together, the film does get slightly more emotional, but it’s also the first time when things slow down, and you can feel it.

Because I’m not reviewing for Below the Line, I won’t get into all the amazing work by Shortland’s team, but I do want to give special attention to the soundtrack by Lorne Balfe, who also provided the music for another movie I really liked, actually hitting streaming this week. I’m definitely becoming a fan.

Black Widow is an excellent return to theaters for Marvel, showing that the initial casting of Johannson and the weight put on Shortland’s shoulders to deliver a worthy Marvel action movie were both fully warranted. Maybe we won’t be seeing this Black Widow again, but a new world in the MCU has been revealed with this movie that builds upon the MCU’s proven ability to flow freely between genres.

Listen, I will say this, just as I’ve said in many reviews over the past few months: Black Widow was made by thousands of skilled people on both sides of the camera. You will see all their names go past as you wait for the inevitable end credits tag (and it’s a good one!). You’ll definitely enjoy watching their work in a theater more than watching it on any size television or projection screen. Sure, $30 is not that much money to watch the movie in the comforts of your own home, but Marvel makes these movies so that people can react and interact with others. So do them all a favor, and get off your couch and go see Black Widow in a theater.

Rating: 8.5/10

[thejayranicverses]

Crazy Ex Girlfriend : Season One

DON’T READ FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT SPOILERS OK

(I had a LOT to say about this show so I’m splitting it into seasons)

Crazy Ex Girlfriend is a musical TV series that follows a mercurial lawyer’s journey towards managing her own mental health and developing more functional attachments to others. Rebecca Bunch impulsively moves to West Covina after finding out that ex-boyfriend Josh Chan is now living there, under the impression that if she can win him back, she will find true happiness. 

Is this kind of crazy? Yes

But is it the kind of thing that often shows up in romance movies where everyone lives happily ever after? Also yes. 

This is what makes this show so enjoyably subversive. So many of the things that could have been played off as harmless zany fun in a 2000s love story (trying to stalk a guy who’s already with someone else because you KNOW he should really be with you! Staging a fake break-in at your house to get him to come and see you! Trying to engineer other people’s relationships!) would indicate mental instability at the very least. 

Crazy Ex Girlfriend goes on to demonstrate how many of our ideals like The One and Happily Ever After actually give romantic love a job it can never really do, and can even lead people into unhealthy attachment patterns. You can’t expect to meet someone who is 100% perfect for you, who will solve all your problems and you’ll always be happy with them, but that is what Disney told us in the 90s! So the questions is posed: is Rebecca really crazy or has she just watched too many movies? What can we fairly expect out of our interpersonal relationships with others? How do we navigate the gulfs between ideals and reality with our family, friendships and romantic partners? And it’s ALL SET TO MUSIC. OFTEN REALLY GOOD MUSIC.  

Now, I know a lot of people categorically do not like musicals. ”But people don’t just get up and start singing and dancing in real life!” they cry. 

Well, first of all, yes sometimes it does happen in real life even if only a bit!

Second of all, there’s plenty of nonrealism in science fiction, historical fiction, comedy, horror, police dramas, you name it and there is unrealistic stuff going on. Look at all the people in historical dramas with perfect teeth, no armpit hair and no smallpox scars! Look at how during that one episode of The IT Crowd they basically cancel all work to do a sexy calendar photoshoot in the office! Look how whenever someone calls a landline, the person picking up is the person they wanted to talk to! No “hey I gotta speak to the other person in your house” moment. No one has to run to the toilet. And do NOT get me started on hospital dramas like Shortland Street. (Spoiler: it bears very little resemblance to anything that happens in a real hospital) 

Thirdly, and probably most importantly: the musical genre is the perfect format to tell this story. A lot of the songs are really fun and catchy. They also frequently serve the vital purpose of reflecting a character’s inner dialogue. Given that mental health becomes so important to this show, this is a brilliant move.

Perhaps the opening theme songs highlight this the most cleanly. In Season One’s opening, disembodied voices cheerily sing, “She’s the crazy ex-girlfriend! She’s so broken insiiiide”. The crazy ex-girlfriend is another regular fixture of romantic storylines: lurking in the shadows, plotting her revenge, a caricature of the woman scorned. But rarely does a protagonist experience herself as a crazy ex-girlfriend. She’s usually just there to threaten someone else’s happily ever after. 

These mocking “she’s the crazy ex girlfriend!” voices start up just after Rebecca explains her situation: she was unhappy in New York, moved to West Covina which happens to be where her ex Josh Chan lives but no of course she didn’t follow him or anything! 

As the series unfolds and gets both crazier and more serious, the audience gradually comes to realise that the whole theme song is really Rebecca speaking to herself. On the surface, she’s got her cover story that she’s just moving to West Covina for a new job and this decision has absolutely nothing to do with Josh Chan who just coincidentally happens to live there. But of course, she knows this isn’t the truth and she knows she’s really stalking him, despite frequent denials (”That would be crazy, and I am not crazy”). The other voices are coming from her own mind, trying to make her confront her crazy tendencies but not really knowing how best to go about it. Rebecca’s argumentative dialogue with these voices (”What? No, that’s a sexist term! The situation’s a lot more nuanced than that!”) becomes a really neat hint showing that Rebecca’s relationship with herself is the one she most needs to repair, and ultimately the one that becomes the main focal point. 

Overall: 10/10, would recommend this first season. Very smart, very funny, and SONGS.

[ober-affen-geil]

Honestly, with two singular exceptions (who happened to be dating each other and thus from one peice of media) and were grey ace (one demi, one grey) I can't think of a single ace chapter who wasn't "cured".

Yeah. It’s....a problem. There are a few though, I can give a rundown:

Todd from BoJack Horseman - Explicitly self-identifies as ace from season 4 episode 1 onward, all of his arc in season 3 is building up to it. Season 6 just dropped and I haven’t had a chance to watch it, but this is honestly the best ace rep I have ever seen so I trust the writers. Research the show before you watch it, it has very dark themes and addresses them pretty head on so please be safe. Watch it on Netflix.

Varys from Game of Thrones - Doesn’t explicitly use the word “asexual” but does state that he’s never been sexually attracted to anyone while having a conversation with a bi man. In the negative column, *SPOILERS* he dies in the last season. Watch it on HBO.

Gerald from Shortland Street - Explicitly self-identifies as ace and has an arc dedicated to his coming out process. It’s a soap though, so DRAMA abounds. It’s also like, ten years old so it’s a little dated, but a good effort. Watch it on YouTube.

Rafael from Shadowhunters - Doesn’t explicitly use the word “asexual”, but clearly states that he does not experience sexual attraction. The creators have confirmed he is ace. I don’t super follow the show but *SPOILERS* I’m pretty sure he dies? Watch it on Hulu.

Jughead from Archie Comics - Explicitly self-identifies as ace in the “Jughead” comic run released in 2016. This one is cute and fun, and really great rep in my opinion. He is honestly able to be interpreted as ace in a lot of the comic’s run over the decades tbh, check them out online if you can find them.

Liv from Emmerdale - Has not yet explicitly used the word “asexual”, but is in the middle of a discovery/coming out arc. Has stated that she doesn’t experience sexual attraction and the creators/actor has confirmed she is ace. Another soap so DRAMA abounds again. Not sure where to watch this one tbh, but ask around, it’s popular.

Hope this helps!

[this-geek]

Can't believe I've been sucked back into Shortland Street only to have my heart broken....I swear to god if Ros and leanne don't make up before it's too late. I know actors work and have busy schedules by why even bring her up this much if she can't be on screen! (Spoilers under the cut)

If Leanne dies without seeing Ros one last time I am gonna be so fucking ragin'. Like wtf Leanne pretending to have an affair just so you don't have to be sick in front of the woman you love! You are so dramatic, but I love you but holy shit of all the things you could have done...like she (Ros) went back to her ex husband!

Low-key hoping there's some miracle cure for her but I don't think there is and I don't know if I'm ready for her to die, she's the reason I started watching the show.

[malevawitch]

Dean O'Gorman on why remaking Goodbye Pork Pie is important

Regardless of what you think about whether or not they should have remade Goodbye Pork Pie, there’s no question that, like the original, Pork Pie is a “very Kiwi” film.

And like the movie he stars in, Pork Pie lead Dean O'Gorman, a veteran of screens both big and small for more than a quarter-century now, has had a “very Kiwi” career path as an actor.

He ticks the big three boxes – Shortland Street, Peter Jackson blockbuster (The Hobbit movies), TV drama scripted by James Griffin and Rachel Lang (The Almighty Johnsons).

He also had roles on Hercules and Xena: Warrior Princess, something else that was practically mandatory for a Kiwi actor of his generation. (Apologies if that phrase makes Dean sound old but hey, the guy’s in his 40s now)

And like Pork Pie co-star James Rolleston, O'Gorman even got his start as a professional actor fresh out of school. Admittedly, that’s maybe not your typical Kiwi actor’s start, but to me it still seems like a very Kiwi way to get going in the business.

But back to Pork Pie

I don’t think it’s a spoiler to mention this, given it happens within the first few minutes of the movie, but O'Gorman’s first line in Pork Pie – before we even see him on screen in fact – is a fart.

I mean, come on – how Kiwi is that?

Asked if he knows whether this flatulent first impression is a cinematic first or not, O'Gorman disavows all knowledge.

“It wasn’t my fart though. I don’t know whose it was,” he riffs. “It was very windy that day though.”

It wasn’t quite a year ago that O'Gorman travelled the length and breadth of New Zealand to make Pork Pie, and now he’s doing the same thing again to promote it.

When I talk to him, the 40-year-old has a full day of publicity engagements, most of them alongside Pork Pie co-stars Rolleston and Ashleigh Cummings.

We’ve just finished a Facebook Live chat for the Stuff website, taking questions from all and sundry online, and there’s a couple in particular that keep coming up again and again.

The first, and perhaps the most vociferously expressed, is a plain-and-simple – “why?” Why remake a film that is not only considered a Kiwi classic, but also very much a product of its time?

What, to put it bluntly, is the point of Pork Pie?

Quite rightly, O'Gorman can’t really answer this, replying that it’s more a question for the film’s creator, writer-director Matt Murphy, son of Goodbye Pork Pie writer-director Geoff Murphy.

He does make an interesting point on the subject however.

“You know, regardless of what people think about remaking or rebooting an old New Zealand classic, I think it ultimately says good things about our industry in that we have enough film now, and we’ve created enough of a history, to be able to go back to do a remake, you know what I mean?

“People have their opinion and stuff, but for me the main positive thing is that there’s work being generated, and it’s our own local content that we’re exploring. We’re now starting to remake our own stuff. Which I think is a sign of a growing and healthy industry.”

It’s a point well made, but as an actor, was there any trepidation in taking on a project with such a weight of Kiwi cinematic history behind it – and one that would inevitably draw comparison with its source material?

“No, no more than doing any film, and thinking, ‘God, I hope this film works’,” says O'Gorman.

“I mean, this has the name that New Zealanders recognise, so I guess maybe there might be more attention than if it was just a film that people hadn’t heard of, but essentially you’re putting yourself up there to be judged, whether it’s for a film that people are comparing to another film, or if it’s just a film based on its own merits.

"You always stand to be judged by people and that’s just something as an actor that you have to get used to.”

For O'Gorman at least, the appeal of Pork Pie had nothing to do with its history and everything to do with three simple questions – questions the actor asks himself before taking on any new job.

“Do I like the script? Do I want to work with these people? And will it be a fun job? Those are my criteria,” he says.

“And outside of that – you know, ‘will it be liked?’ – you can’t really ask yourself that question because, (a) you don’t know and, (b) I think trying to be liked can be quite detrimental to the creative process sometimes.

"Because if you’re asking yourself, 'What do I need to do to be liked?’, you’re asking yourself, 'what do people want to see?’ – and I don’t know what people want to see. I just do what I do, and hopefully it resonates with people, you know?”

Pork Pie (M) opens in New Zealand cinemas on February 2.

http://i.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/88915468/dean-ogorman-on-why-remaking-goodbye-pork-pie-is-important

[grimbarkcoffee]

Feelings rant sorry

Mentions of death, rape and stuff below oh and shortland street spoilers

(mobile doesn't let me put a read more link)

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HHHH I FEEL SO EMOTIONALLY ATTACKED WHAT THE FUCK SHORTLAND STREET THIS ISNT FAIR I HAVE TO WAIT 26 DAYS TO FIND OUT IF JACK FUCKING LIVES??? AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON MOE, HES STUBBORN AND IF HE HADN'T LET CHRIS HELP HIM HE WOULDN'T HAVE DIED (?) FROM INTERNAL BLEEDING. OH AND EHAT THE FUCK ARLIE???? PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TELL DAWN THAT YOU HAVE FUCJING BRAIN CANCER IM GOINH TO LOSE MY SHIT YOU HAVE A FUCKING CHILD.

AND IM SO SORRY KYLIE HAD TO GO THROUGH SO FUCKING MUCH THAT YOU MENTSLLY SNAPPED AND KILLED THAT HORRIBLE RAPIST (MAYBE WE STILL AREN'T SHRE BUT YOU'RE WEARING THE SAME HOODIE), AND YOUR HUSBAND WHO KILLED 3 WOMEN (THE 3RD WOMAN WAS KYLIES SISTER WHO WAS ALSO CARRYING KYLIES CHILD BC SHE WAS A SURROGATE FOR HER) AND BEFORE KILLING HIM HAD TO EXPERIENCE ALMOST DYING FROM YOUR HUSBAND BEFORE MANAGING TO SPIN THE WHEEL, CRASH THE CAR ON HIS SIDE SO YOU WOULDN'T DIE LIKE HOW THE OTHER WOMEN DID, AND THEN HAD THE HEART TO SAVE HIM FROM THE BURNING CAR (EVEN IF YOU KILLED HIM IN HOSPITAL LATER).

I CANT EVEN IMAGINE HOW LINCOHN FEELS KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT HOW JACK IS, SINCE NPT ANSEERING WHEN HE WAS SUPPOSED TO LAND (THEY CRASHED) LIKE, HE'S PRIBABLY GONNA BE SHOCKED AND CRUSBED TO SEE JACK WHEELED INTO TJE EMERGENCY ROOM, ONLY TO SEE JACKS FATHER, MOE, WHO IM PRETTY SURE IS DEAD, WITH KATE SOBBING AND CLINGING TO HER DEAD HUSBAND AKHSSKHDIF HHHH AND YOU KNOE EHAT? ON TOP OF THAY, LINCOLN AND JACKS SURROGATE LOST HRR FUCKING MARBLES WHEN HER RAPIST TURNED UP IN ER, AFTER BEING STABBED IN JAIL. LIKE, THIS POOR FUCKING GIRL, HAVING TO FACE HER RAPIET, ANF BE TOLD TO HELP HEAL HIM WHEN HE FUCKING RAPED HER! RAPED HER! IM-

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[gabrielarndell]

Is it the end of the road for this beloved Shortland Street character?

Warning: contains spoilers for Tuesday night’s Shortland Street episode.

[sorenkingsley]

I'm wondering if those Shortland Street spoilers have something to do with Jack's scholarship. He's due to start Uni properly next week I think and all this Mason Cootes stuff is going down. If there are investigations into his assets then maybe all his finances will be called into question, including his charitable foundation (which is prbly for laundering money in reality). Jack could lose his scholarship which would be a pretty big blow. The spoilers are always so overdramatic and vague tho

Something with his scholarship will definitely go down but I don’t think so just yet (but god IDK because VAGUE AS HELL SPOILERS AHHHFUISHFUIdhgiu)