Ros na Run

Promo for new season!

I hate the way they show men as having no control. Fiach and Emma??? It's not believable.

I see what you mean now just caught up with the latest episode. Fiach standing there like a helpless lost pup. Yet in another storyline he was integral in codding Dee with a fake memory stick to show Mack that she was poisoning Katy. He is supposed to be an intelligent single minded character.

Yet here he is folding and being manipulated by Emma.

Yes, I was wondering the same. But as bad as Rory is, he is seeing how much worse Emma is .. taking delight in destroying people's lives. I don't think he has stooped that low. And yeah! Briain has been found out. Wonder if they will get Sorcha to talk and then tell about the hit and run.

Dee is up to something for sure.

Season 4 episode 1 up on youtube tonight.

I think they are writing themselves into corners that Evan /Brian/Berni storyline was unbelievable. As is the storyline about Dee been welcomed back by her family.

It makes Evan seem like a moron all of a sudden. And seems uncharacteristic as he was always protective of his mother at the best of times.

Dee STILL seems to be able to do what she likes unchallenged by her family.

Particularly when contrasted with John Joes treatment of his other daughter Katy makes no sense. Especially when we were led to believe that in the past Dee was not close to her family and was more keen hanging out with the rich Kennedy neighbours in Donegal during her childhood.

I liked the Tadhg/Caoilfhionn/Rory dynamic though. That should be a good storyline. They did it well last episode with Rory shaking his head in the background when Caoilfhionn was working her basketball angle on Aine.

Great interview. I struggled to keep up through most of it, then bam! Near the end I had a couple of liofa moments.

'Double O' Tony

Retro RnR is almost driving me as spare as the current season. FFS Vanessa and Bernie: just rat Andy out!

Especially Bernie. She was working at Tadgh's when Andy popped up. If there's one thing lecherous, homophobic, misanthrope old Tadgh is good for it's bringing on a brutal kicking.

Current RnR is at least advancing some plots. It looks like Deirdre is getting delusional and misty eyed with the possibility of her and Mack getting back together. I see an attempt to murder whoever Mack is dating in the future.

BTW: what's the thread policy on spoilers? Not that is seems to matter. Things got pretty dead....

Re: Mack

Well, remember this is the woman who successfully gaslighted her sister as a crazed amphetamine addict and dangerous parent. I would not put it past Dee to kill Sonia and set it up in such a way to gaslight Mack.

If the writers are being consistent--big if sometimes-- the constant is Dee's emotional instability AND her feelings of entitlement, up to and including getting away with it. Because it's everyone else's fault she's not living her fairytale life a la Geena(Gina?) Kennedy.

Mack has been an obsessive dick in his time, especially when he was stalking Ali as a troubled teen. But these days when he breaks down, he's mostly stupid drunk and self destructive.

Now the writers have established he's reaching out for legal assistance, hopefully that scene is just a private" WTF Now Dee?" moment after some Dee cray-cray and not a sign he's really screwed himself.

I don't mind the writers picking up the "That Crazy Dee in RnR Part II" storyline as long as they don't drag it out past it's sell-buy like last time.

Yeah, I just caught up there. It was all very well acted nice little subtleties in it. Even though the Dee storyline is beyond stupid at this stage. They seemed to have Dee's character boxed into a corner and have no idea what to do with her now.

As another poster said it would be great to see Katy back, given how she was unjustly treated by so many characters in the show.

As for Briain here is my guess the village turns against him. But because the evidence was leaked it can no longer be used to prosecute him? I would be more interested in the Ceannfort O'Shea v Caolfhionn dynamic. O'Shea will no well it was her who leaked the evidence after a while and chatting with Tony. Then she has to make a decision whether to uphold the law, and prosecute her own daughter.

When Dee was walking in the water I thought it was a nice homage to Yvonne's character all those years ago in 1990's RnR when she walked into the sea. I was thinking they would have been better off to kill off Dee's character at this stage. The writers have completely ruined what was previously a well rounded and nuanced character in the show IMO. It is pantomime stuff now, just in time for Christmas!

They have done a great job on Briain's character though. very consistent and more subtle - believable

What is Greg up to with Vince??