Loveday Writing

This episode explored the issue of male-female friendship. The male-female friendship debate was well played out with tension and good points during the tense dinner scene. I believe the tension between Ryan, Phoebe, Justin & Lucy was well-played out, as well as the tension between Damo, Lewis and Gemma, as well as Lewis and everyone due to his intoxication. The

This episode was all about discoveries. There was the discovery of new characters with Gemma’s childhood friend, Damo (Craig McLachlan), who is also the son of her father’s mistress and Ryan, Phoebe’s love interest. Damo is clearly around to cause trouble for Gemma and Lewis. I personally felt that the scene of them riding their BMX bikes was a little

I personally felt this episode was a little weak. I felt the dynamic between Gemma and her father was cliched and fell flat, almost forced. That being said I felt for Gemma once she was done, as she put it, doing her father’s dirty work. It was nice to see Gemma’s mother bounce back a little, especially since she clearly

The premiere of the second season could not contrast further from the premiere of the first. This is a compliment rather than an insult, the first season premiere was filled with over-the-top drama and negativity in regards to Justin and Nicola. This premiere has turned the characters and the House Husbands world in general completely on its head and I

This episode served its purpose as a season finale–wrapping up the first season’s plots and subsequently opening the door for the second season. I’m more than happy that the Rodney & Nicola relationship finally ended, not to mention that Nicola finally if not slowly saw Rodney for who he really is. The fact that it was now made obvious by

This episode was jam-packed with revelations, tension and bad behaviour. I felt Lewis summed up the whole Mark-kissing-the-teacher situation, “kissing the teacher isn’t normal.” However I believe the tension displayed by Miss Nadir was played brilliantly, I couldn’t wait for her to finally and inevitably crack. I had only previously seen Kate Jenkinson in The Wedge, so it was nice

In contrast to the previous episode, this episode was one of the strongest. Again it starts in media res with some sort of school get-together with the kiddies looking crustacean-ably (yes I know that’s not a word) adorable. The transition from Zac running around as a jellyfish near Mark, to Mark mistaking him for another jellyfish-dressed child, therefore revealing the

This episode is by far the one that I have liked the least all season. The main reason for this was due to the unrealistic nature of the A story. As evil as Rodney is supposed to be, the scam of how he both starts and ruins players’ careers was far-fetched even for him. Justin’s confrontation was lacklustre as he

This episode introduced a new and interesting character, Phoebe. Lewis and Gemma’s wedding is only days away, Abi wants to plan a hens night, so naturally drama needs to come along and possibly mess it all up. Phoebe shocks Lewis by not only showing up out of the blue, but by revealing that she’s also pregnant at sixteen. Phoebe is

Once again, another school event tying everyone together—the school’s soccer grand final. This episode took a different approach and decided to be serious and sombre. The episode started with Lucy and Justin trying to spend time together, ending abruptly with the possibility of Angie swallowing a key ring charm. Rodney grabbing the key ring charm and later showing it to