I'm so sorry if there's a thread already started for the show but I just had to say how much I'm loving this show! It's honestly like Always Greener - I loved that show! ... why'd they ever cancel that anyway? They're not shows you talk about at work every week but it doesn't mean you don't look forward to them being on - if that makes sense?? lol

Anyway, I love aussie shows like this... comedy / dramas based on average boring australians and how simple we look at things or how we cope with something dramatic through humour. I love them and I can't be the only one from the ratings I saw a min ago.  

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It's honestly like Always Greener - I loved that show! ... why'd they ever cancel that anyway?

Yeah why did they cancel that? That was a horrible decision.

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I love them and I can't be the only one from the ratings I saw a min ago.  

Sorry, it's just you!

Actually... I am a fan as well... wasn't going to even give this a chance, until a friend wouldn't stop raving about the first episode & made me download and watch

I reckon its pretty good also

I love it as well, I just hope that ch7 keeps it going.

Its just one of those feel good shows

I never watched Always Greener but really like this show.

Great cast and is well written.

Seems to draw in viewers of all ages as well. I am in my 20's and thoroughly enjoy it and know my mother in her 50's watches it as well.

yeah its the same for me bigange

It probably seems a lot like Always Greener because it comes from the same writer.

I thought this was going to be pretty average but I have been pleasantly surprised because it's actually quite good. Nice mix of drama, humour and darker bits, will definitely continue watching.

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Quite a few explanations in last night's episode... the death of the grandmother was quite shocking!

Up until now, I wasn't keen on the new bride character... now, she is awesome

Agreed. I thought she was a stuck up spoilt b****, and Nathan a little prick. After last nights ep they actually seemed human and likable. The characterisation on this show is excellent.

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Agreed. I thought she was a stuck up spoilt b****, and Nathan a little prick. After last nights ep they actually seemed human and likable. The characterisation on this show is excellent.

in complete agreement, especially about the characterisation... except, personally I still think he is a little prick get better now he has revealed everything to the parents... credit card debt is extremely popular nowadays, if I understand the horror stories on today tonight and a current affair.

In last week's episode, the roommate nurse passing wind in the toilet?  Relatively funny  

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Up until now, I wasn't keen on the new bride character... now, she is awesome

very likable  

I have to say I didn't like this at all when it first started but this last weeks episode was good and I think I'll look forward to next weeks instalment.

Great to see Rebecca Gibney win the Gold Logie. She has had a long history on Aussie TV. Well deserved win!!  

hear hear  

Can't wait till the premiere tonight, the ad is pretty funny with the porridge stuff. Its great that it is back tonight.

Love this show, and yes was also a fan of always greener as well

How good was the last episode! Really well done!

There's only three episodes left this season. I wonder if it'll finish on a cliffhanger...did Julie lose the baby?

Yeah, I sort of hope not .. I don't like big cliff hangers BUT I do always hold out and tune back in as soon as I can..   and only 3 eps left.. I liked seeing them do their own christmas last year so it will be good to see that again this year..

Just to mention - I've seen a fair few tv weddings but Packed to the Rafters was hands down the best! Not fake, not too dramatic... just simple, funny, honest and beautiful.  

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Yeah, I sort of hope not .. I don't like big cliff hangers BUT I do always hold out and tune back in as soon as I can..   and only 3 eps left.. I liked seeing them do their own christmas last year so it will be good to see that again this year..

Just to mention - I've seen a fair few tv weddings but Packed to the Rafters was hands down the best! Not fake, not too dramatic... just simple, funny, honest and beautiful.  

Yeah, it was very well written.

I'm quite surprised they went down the wedding route for Ben and Melissa, since they already have a young married couple on the show with Nathan and Sammy. There might be a bit of a double up of story lines in the future.

I watched this last night only because I was on my PC and couldn't be bothered to change channels. It drove me nuts. I got up before the end of the double episode and went to bed. Honestly... I wanted to give it a go especially because there was a new baby in the house. I wanted to scream and strangle the new mother, Rebecca Gibney, who had done it (had babies) three times before this one and raised them to adult hood. Then the wildly annoying European bloke/friend (Italian I think he is meant to be) needs to be booted off the show. OMG I was ready to kill him and put everyone out of their misery. I'm sorry but I will not be watching this show ever again. Repeats of NCIS would of been better to watch.  

I think you're referring to the Greek character there, SuziH.

I've watched the first three episodes of the series and I couldn't bring myself to watch any further. I loathed it. Utterly dumb sentimentalistic sh*t that panders to the sensibilities of their target audience. Episode 2: Father sticks up for abused daughter; episode 3: Grandson is there for grandfather as he's about to attempt suicide; episode 4: a f#$%ing flashback episode showing how the grandmother died not long prior to the series' canon. Really?! A flashback episode?! This soon?! When the characters haven't even been properly established yet? Why not just begin the series with this episode?! God, it seems they go out of their way to make EVERY episode a tearjerker. Pass me a bucket or a chamber pot, because tears are certainly not the fluid of choice for this body to be secreting in reaction to this god-awful show.

On top of the poor, unconvincing attempts by the writers in constructing a tight-knit family, the characters' "quirks" are so tacked on. Ugh! I don't believe anything about this show. It's so theatrical and contrived.

Plus... the narrations!!! There's no depth to the plot as it is! What the hell possessed the creators of the show in giving us a narration to explain the most mundane, obvious details that are occurring on the show. For instance, rather than the characters verbally expressing their bemusement in any given situation with an audible "ugh" by the narrator, the audience should be able to see that emotion ON THEIR FACES. Are the actors so limited in their ability to emote that we need their emotions and thoughts explained to us? If there's one thing I hate in television/film, it's those that suck out the ambiguity of the characters' motives and intentions. Plus, I'm not a f%#$ing moron, I can see exactly what's going on on-screen. I don't need it spelled out for me.

Rarely does a show outrage me so, but there you go.

I. HATE. THIS. SHOW. -.-

I've given the show another chance in series 2 I believe, and I saw absolutely no improvement in the quality of the series. I'll stick with the ABC and SBS for quality locally made programming, thanks.

I am so happy to hear it is just not me, Thanks Silly!

You have impeccable taste, Suzi.

Thank you! (the cheque is in the mail)

You promised you'd keep this under the rug!

I must admit I agree with you, Silly.
I recorded it on tuesday as I really used to enjoy it and started to watch it this evening. I gave it away after 15 minutes.
Either it has turned to crappy mush or my tastes are changing..............

Thank God the Tour de France is starting in a few days.................

I've been longing for a locally made family drama for quite some time, but sadly, this didn't cut it for me.

If I wanted to watch a show about fantastically ideal white people, I'd watch *shudders* 7th Heaven or The Brady Bunch. *barf*

The Street on ABC 2 is pretty good, its not local but it is English, and well made.