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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisSumner" data-source="post: 382159" data-attributes="member: 759">I&#039;m a new viewer, but I&#039;ll give my perspecive. I had never seen Neighbours prior to the move to FreeVee. I was interested because the American soaps are dreadful the past few years and I wanted a replacement. I started with the Classic Episode collection and then I watched scattered episodes from 2012-2022 as FreeVee uploaded them. I wasn&#039;t able to get into the 2012-2022 episodes as much as I wanted to. My original goal was to watch the full years, but I found the drama to be very minimal and I just couldn&#039;t find an era that worked for me.When it came time for the reboot I decided to start fresh and give it another go. I think they did a great job of setting it up as a new and familiar show. Starting out with the new Varga-Murphy family was smart because as a new viewer I felt like I got to be introduced to the show as these characters were integrated. The Rodwell family was also fairly new, as well as characters like Reese, Haz and Byron, so there wasn&#039;t a ton of backstory to learn to understand what was going on. When it came to the characters they brought back, I think it helped that they limited the number at the outset which gave them enough time to establish them in a way that I could pick up what was going on as a new viewer.I think the first few months of the show felt like the first chapter of a book. They did a solid job of establishing the current cast while dropping hints about the mystery of where Melanie had gone and what happened to Krista Sinclair. By the time they did the flashback week and filled in the gap I felt like I was ready for the other characters like Nicollette, Melanie, David, etc. to return and get weaved into the story. Now it feels like we&#039;re delving into chapter two of the story.I do at times wish the drama could be heavier, but I&#039;ve accepted thats just not what they do on this show. But I will say it has been very entertaining and well plotted. This is a great example of how a reboot should be done and I hope FreeVee sees this and decides to add to their soap lineup.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ChrisSumner, post: 382159, member: 759"] I'm a new viewer, but I'll give my perspecive. I had never seen Neighbours prior to the move to FreeVee. I was interested because the American soaps are dreadful the past few years and I wanted a replacement. I started with the Classic Episode collection and then I watched scattered episodes from 2012-2022 as FreeVee uploaded them. I wasn't able to get into the 2012-2022 episodes as much as I wanted to. My original goal was to watch the full years, but I found the drama to be very minimal and I just couldn't find an era that worked for me. When it came time for the reboot I decided to start fresh and give it another go. I think they did a great job of setting it up as a new and familiar show. Starting out with the new Varga-Murphy family was smart because as a new viewer I felt like I got to be introduced to the show as these characters were integrated. The Rodwell family was also fairly new, as well as characters like Reese, Haz and Byron, so there wasn't a ton of backstory to learn to understand what was going on. When it came to the characters they brought back, I think it helped that they limited the number at the outset which gave them enough time to establish them in a way that I could pick up what was going on as a new viewer. I think the first few months of the show felt like the first chapter of a book. They did a solid job of establishing the current cast while dropping hints about the mystery of where Melanie had gone and what happened to Krista Sinclair. By the time they did the flashback week and filled in the gap I felt like I was ready for the other characters like Nicollette, Melanie, David, etc. to return and get weaved into the story. Now it feels like we're delving into chapter two of the story. I do at times wish the drama could be heavier, but I've accepted thats just not what they do on this show. But I will say it has been very entertaining and well plotted. This is a great example of how a reboot should be done and I hope FreeVee sees this and decides to add to their soap lineup. [/QUOTE]

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