| Prediction | Correct? | Outcome |
| Holly (town newcomer renovating a B&B) will realise she is being a selfish bitch by moving to the Bay when she should be supporting her husband Andrew (property developer who loves making money, ruining natural treasures and shagging his mistress) in Sydney. | No | Holly leaves Andrew and shacks up with her builder Mitchell. I am disgusted by this plot resolution. Do modern writers have no moral compass? |
| Holly returns to Sydney and does a leadlighting course to fulfil herself (turns out this is plenty). | No | Holly is emotionally and sexually fulfilled in her mutually supportive relationship with Mitchell. What kind of message does this send out? |
| Holly tries to be more alluring to keep her husband from straying. | No | See above. |
| Tina (spunky earnest lighthouse ranger) and Eddie (spunky earnest documentary maker) will get it on. Possibly on the lighthouse stairs. | Yes | Actually it was at a waterfall and then in the lighthouse. |
| Billy (possibly not gay hairdresser) and Amber (makes soap, hates her mother) will shack up. Soap and hair make for a great business opportunity. | No | Apparently Billy is not gay but happily married. Amber becomes even more successful at making soap and it is implied that she will become a millionaire. No man! |
| Kimberley (concerned mother) either doesn't need a man, or Ashok (Kimberley’s husband who went to India) will return and revert to being Tim, or whatever he was called before. | Yes | Ashok comes home. Still called Ashok though. Kimberley becomes more assertive by getting a job at the council and breeching public service values by blabbing confidential information to her friends. This is considered fine. |
| Bonnie (went crazy when her husband left her for his secretary. Has a daughter and a shop) will get a man who hasn't been introduced yet. | No | No man! Bonnie becomes less crazy and uses this new skill to help other people be less crazy too. |
| Bonnie will start being nicer to her shop (too late for daughter). | Yes | Daughter burnt to a crisp in a house-fire. Bonnie is sad but soon feels strong enough to start being nice to her shop on a part time basis. |
That's only 3/8 but no wonder I was confused. Not everyone gets a man! Very confronting stuff.
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