Oh, nothing makes me madder than the pointless handling of "sensitive issues" in soap. Especially when the soap is too afraid to actually tackle the real issue.
Home and Away writers, are you listening? Yes, it's very honorable that you're doing a slow-burning anti-drugs storyline, but why are you doing it in such a faffy manner. Here's where you're going wrong...
1. Why introduce a new character purposely to be a drug addict. You perhaps don't want to sully any of your bronzed beauties with this plot, but it would make more of an impact if Ric or Jack had started snorting coke rather than bringing in comedy stoner James.
2. He's addicted to cannabis - which isn't really that addictive or that shocking. Yes, he's a nurse who should really avoid these things, but still. Not very dramatic.
3. The guy playing James looks like he's stumbled out of Dude, Where's My Car. He is such the archetypal pot-head, with sandals and a grandad shirt, should anyone really be surprised by his actions?
Admittedly, it's nice to have a storyline that doesn't involve kidnapping, stalking, murder or blackmail, but the James/Kit/Kim drugs plot just isn't very exciting. Please end it soon.
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