My random jottings on season 8.
Lou and Reb were brilliant new additions and made the series for me. Not enough mention in these reviews of Reb, think I may have ended up with a bit of a crush on him (that smile!)
Loved the relationship between Marie and Reb, with Marie having lost a son (we can feel for her despite what we know about him). Marie didn't have much to do this series action-wise, but was still a firm favourite and some great acting.
Back to Lou and Reb, the revelations through the series about the clinic/cult led to a conclusion I really should have seen coming, of course Lou was the one who burned down the place!
As a longstanding Prisoner fan, I love seeing how each character is reimagined / mentioned / how their back stories differ. So Joan becoming Kath Maxwell was great fun.
Ann Reynolds was an odd one, I was never quite sure how her role worked in the prison (she seemed more like one of 'the department' but spent all her time at Wentworth bossing around the governor). As a character she was thoroughly dislikeable but she certainly helped move the plot along.
Some willing suspension of disbelief was needed with Allie as top dog, mostly because of her character in previous seasons being weaker than she showed here, but looking past that, she played a great part, showing she could chop off a finger with the best of em. All the old gang were great, officers and prisoners alike, and who could not love Boomer.
Judy Bryant started for me with the weakest storyline, (and possibly had the least in common with her Prisoner counterpart we've had yet) but in the later episodes as she shows her true colours, became far more interesting, leading to something of a Game Of Thrones style twist.
Can't wait for season 9!!
Lou and Reb were brilliant new additions and made the series for me. Not enough mention in these reviews of Reb, think I may have ended up with a bit of a crush on him (that smile!)
Loved the relationship between Marie and Reb, with Marie having lost a son (we can feel for her despite what we know about him). Marie didn't have much to do this series action-wise, but was still a firm favourite and some great acting.
Back to Lou and Reb, the revelations through the series about the clinic/cult led to a conclusion I really should have seen coming, of course Lou was the one who burned down the place!
As a longstanding Prisoner fan, I love seeing how each character is reimagined / mentioned / how their back stories differ. So Joan becoming Kath Maxwell was great fun.
Ann Reynolds was an odd one, I was never quite sure how her role worked in the prison (she seemed more like one of 'the department' but spent all her time at Wentworth bossing around the governor). As a character she was thoroughly dislikeable but she certainly helped move the plot along.
Some willing suspension of disbelief was needed with Allie as top dog, mostly because of her character in previous seasons being weaker than she showed here, but looking past that, she played a great part, showing she could chop off a finger with the best of em. All the old gang were great, officers and prisoners alike, and who could not love Boomer.
Judy Bryant started for me with the weakest storyline, (and possibly had the least in common with her Prisoner counterpart we've had yet) but in the later episodes as she shows her true colours, became far more interesting, leading to something of a Game Of Thrones style twist.
Can't wait for season 9!!
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