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So we've been watching the edited, safe-for-release in Victoria episodes. We may be the only people in Victoria (with the exception of mine and Dean's parents) who haven't seen the DVDs. Still. Even we could work out who the blurred person was. And they weren't even wearing a blurred wig!

Thoughts so far (up to ep3):

Carl Williams being referred to as "Fatboy" keeps cracking us up. No wonder he (allegedly) shot the Morans.

Witness Protection sucks. Geez, a caravan in Warrnambool? Twice? They couldn't even spring for a bloody motel?

That Roberta Williams is one classy chick. *snerk*

And I got half way through last night's episode and remembered what happened to Tracy Seymour. Then spent the rest of the episode hoping like hell I'd remembered the wrong case. But I hadn't. *sigh* (Although the details I remember - with one, fairly major exception - are different to what was portrayed, which makes me wonder how much was fictionalised about that particular case. The one detail though, wasn't one you're likely to forget. And having googled slightly, I'm pretty sure that they based her predominantly on the case I remember.)

Other thoughts: It amazes me how much of an expectation that they should be allowed to do what they bloody well want these guys have/had. Tracy Seymour didn't ask to be put in the position of having to choose whether to lie for her ex or testify, she was forced into it by her ex-husband. The people in the nightclub didn't ask to be witnesses, they were forced into by Gangitano and Moran's alleged actions. But all of them were pressured to not testify, so as the Carlton Crew and Seymour's ex-husband could "win" against the police. It did occur to me that the police almost needed to make sure the witnesses in the nightclub case were able to interact as a group - because individually they were very open to pressure whereas in a group they might not have been. Yeah I know there are evidence problems with that.

I do wonder what effect all this has had on the various kids. Pretty much all the Crew had kids, Seymour had a child, Barbaro and Moran were murdered at an Auskick event, either in front of or near their kids (we're not up to that episode yet).

And geez that Roberta Williams is one classy chick. *snerk*