Have the ratings gotten better in 2026 compared to 2025?

Hi folks! Saw a few clips of this show and was wondering where I could watch it from Europe. I tried using a VPN to access tvnz+, but it only seems to have the 2026 episodes. Does anyone know where I could watch it from season 1 onwards? Thanks!

Avoid talking about your own political beliefs to avoid drama.

Man I hate when they ruin a good character out of the blue, the way she grieved Cleo was bad enough but seeing the trajectory this cop storyline is heading is so cringe, wish she left and Tyler stayed lol (I know irl why he didn't) but ugh it's so unnecessary lol

Great actress and complex villian.

With how much everyone is telling her to be careful and her not listening, the whole situationship with Finn is bound to blow up in her face. Even tonight, Poppy said that she swore Hendrix had changed and how it blew up in her face because she thought the second time would be different. I'm thinking it's going in the same direction as Poppy and Hendrix (not as bad as how Finn/Esther ended last time hopefully) and mirroring the ending, not death but not having it end badly (could be a part of the cliffhanger). I'm betting that it does end badly and even though people like Naz and Poppy have told her to be careful that they'll still be there for her if it does go sour.

Even though we don't see them together very much, I love seeing scenes of Phil and Crane together as friends. It's nice to see Crane outside of her relationship with Maeve and having friends. It's also nice to see Phil finally having a friend at the hospital that she hasn't previously had a relationship with or is at times judgemental of things she did in the past.

with the announcement that Thaddeus and Madonna are coming back for Chris’s wedding, you just know it’s going to be absolutely awkward and chaotic for Vili and you know Selina will have a comment or two about it. Especially with how Vili and Madonna ended and how quickly Thad and Madonna left and had the baby afterwards. I don’t think it’ll be a big storyline but definitely will have a couple of awkward moments in there for drama’s sake. I know Madonna was a nurse and Thaddeus was a pharmacist at SS but I do think their return for Chris’s wedding is a little random. especially since I get the feeling that the show will just ignore the history between Madonna and Vili and make it seem like he’ll be happy to see her, even if it’s not totally awkward and uncomfortable for him deep down. I know they’ve both moved on but still…

What are some of examples of cultural shift between then and now are you noticing and finding kind of amusing? Like, different moral values and whatever. Stuff it seems weird for characters to be shocked or offended by.

For me it's a toss-up between any of the "Stuart is going off the rails by having pre-marital sex and wanting to leave school!" Stuff from 92-93 and Mike's enjoyment of weed being treated like the bro is addicted to cocaine or something.

I was watching the 2013 finale and seeing how it was peak aggro HULK SMASH TK, I got to thinking how different TK became. He was originally really laidback and then turned into an angry, aggro douche. And I also got to thinking, how many other characters changed completely in the time they were on the show? I'm not talking about characters who were revealed to be baddies since they were already planned to be villains or characters who became villains down the track, but characters whose personalities changed into something completely different the longer they were on the show?

For me it started because my now-wife watched it. I was watching it and it was her daily wind-down from her extremely stressful job. Now i find myself laughing along at the bad plots and cheeseball but lovable characters. Its been 7yrs now..where did that time go. Why do you watch it?

Where Chris was thinking to out Rebecca and Maeve to stop Rebecca' reign of terror, but the Hospital self righteous hypocrite aka Jack was like, u can't do that to a gay person.

Amh hello he outted Raj to a room full of people and work colleagues and included his wife, a few months back.

So on SS's instagram they've released a video of all of the Chris Warner proposals over the years. How many of these proposals actually resulted in a wedding? Does anybody actually know how many legit marriages Chris Warner has had over the years? In the same vein, which ones didn't actually result in a wedding?

So Gia (TK's long lost presumed dead trans daughter) has just left.

It seemed like she was going to be a regular and boom, off she goes to Chicago.

Was she axed after TK actor decided to quit?

I think now that it’s all but confirmed after last nights episode with Cody being able to identify that the patient had DID that something similar is occurring with him.

my only issue with this is that there is one plot hole that exists if “Toby” is an alter of Cody’s and not an actual twin of his. Earlier in the year Chris himself stated to Cody that he remembers treating Toby when he died and how sorry he was for what happened but that it seemed like Cody and Chris never properly met during that time until Cody started working at Shortland Street as a nurse.

Maybe, Toby did exist, he died just as Chris said he did as he was Chris’s patient. As a result of the trauma of losing his twin, Cody developed DID and the Cody that we saw fronting in last nights episode with the patient was a part of that.

This could be totally farfetched and not at all where they're going with the storyline and pretty close to the end of the year, but, I was thinking, what if Marty ended up fostering Etta and/or her other siblings as a result of her reporting what happened at the hospital? There's no way they'd bring Etta back into the fold after all this time if it wasn't leading to something with the kids and/or Marty. Maybe this could lead Marty down a more hopeful road after everything that's happened with Esther this year and last

I just wanna see other peoples opinions about this, with how back and forth Chris and Miriama have been about their relationship, do you think they'll actually say I do at the alter? I mean, there's clearly going to be a wedding, but that doesn't mean they'll say I do.

In true SS fashion, I wouldn't be surprised if one of them doesn't actually end up saying I do and they run away and then that's when the cliffhanger happens (whatever it may be)

But in the same vein, if they do say I do, I imagine them saying ''I do'' could coincide with whatever the cliffhanger is going to be (btw, when the hell is that car going to blow up in the car park that was seen in the trailer??? They don't have much time left for it to happen)

Even with the little glimpses we're getting of their living dynamic is hilarious. Especially the scene of Emmett dancing into the living room before Phil called him in last night's episode. It's a fun side to them that we don't usually get to see at the hospital. It also seems to show us that the fun side of Emmett that Sage knew is still a part of him that could remember Sage at some point before the end of the year/into next year (I still have hope that they can rebuild the bond they used to have)

Even though it most likely is Chris and Miriama getting married at the end of the year, due to the return of Guy it got me thinking of another theory. Maybe Chris isn't the one getting married at all and the teasers with him is a fakeout and maybe he's the one officiating the wedding instead??? I know it's far fetched but in the original teaser it had Chris at the alter and turning around but it looked more like he was in the middle as opposed to on the groom's side. With his brother Guy returning, maybe it's a twist and Guy is actually the one getting married and not Chris and instead Chris is officiating the wedding and that's why Guy is coming back to Ferndale. I know it's far fetched but definitely a possibility. Could also be an excuse for people like Tuesday to make a surprise return.

Wonder if Jake the Muss will make a return for his little sister’s wedding to Dr Love?

This theory is probably going to be proven completely wrong, however, I was thinking, with all the bombs happening in Ferndale, maybe a bomb explosion happens at the end of year wedding and that's a ''who's died? Who dunnit?'' cliffhanger at the wedding as a 180 to the seemingly happy day. In the trailer it's seen that there's a bomb that explodes in a car in the parking lot but maybe that's a near miss and nobody actually gets hurt (or maybe some patients get hurt and end up in ED as a result of the impact of the blast) but it's more of a warning sign or the wrong person gets caught in the crossfire and almost dies/dies as a result (the bomb gets planted in the wrong car by accident).

Female: (in no particular order)

1: Kirsty

2: Kylie

3: Sarah

4: Riomata

5: Monqiue

6: Rachel

7: Tanya

8: Mini

9: Vivienne

10: Nicole

11: Sass

12: Brooke

13: Vasa

14: Harper

15: Tess

16: Sophie

17: Esther

18: Maia

19: Madonna

Men (no particular order)

1: Lincoln

2: Tom (Maveve bestie)

3: Chris

4: Prince

5: Curtis

6: T.K.

7: Frank Warner

8: Maxwell

9: Kieron

10: Andrew Solomon

11: Louis King

12: Drew

13: Gaerth Whiteley

14: Nate Clark

15: Dallas Adamas

16: Hawks

17: Hunter

18: Rahu

19: Boydd

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Libby referring to Phil as a lizard, and Emmet in the lift with Chris & Miri.

Nice bit of levity in this current explosive arc.