Bobbie Fisher

**Barbara 'Bobbie' Fisher** is a main character from **South Bay**, the American version of the popular Australian soap opera Southland. She is the youngest daughter of Eileen Andrews and her second husband Greg Fisher, who died when Bobbie was a child. She is the younger half sister of Luke and Karen Andrews.

She made her first appearance as a baby on July 29th, 1984 when she was born on screen. Initially named Barbara Andrews, she was later revealed to be the biological daughter of Eileen's second husband Robert. Robert returned and Eileen left with him to raise Bobbie. Bobbie would make her second appearance following the death of her father and Eileen's reunion with Bernie in 1998, before leaving again later that year.

She would return as main character in February 2002, departing in 2005. She made a longer return in 2009 before departing for what seemed to be the final time in 2018 when she was sent to prison. In 2023 she made another return.

Bobbie is currently portrayed by Bridget Regan.

## Early Life

Bobbie was born on July 14, 1986. She was the third child of Eileen Fisher, but the first of whom she had with her second husband Greg. When Bobbie was four, her father died in what she was always told was an accident. Though it would later be uncovered that he had taken his own life by crashing his car deliberately, with Bobbie inside.

After the death of her father, Bobbie always felt left out as her half-siblings were both older than her and had a father still. This lead to her becoming resentful of her mother and acting out as a teenager. She would drink, party and get into trouble with boys, causing a lot of stress for her mother.

## 2002-2004: Arrival and Causing Trouble

Bobbie arrived in South Bay on August 2nd, 2002 at the age of 16. She first appeared at Jed Baker's house party, flirting with Jed and making his girlfriend Amy jealous. Though she didn't reveal who she was. She then proceeded to get drunk. Her sister Karen would show up to complain about the noise, discovering Bobbie inside. After throwing up on her shoes, Karen took Bobbie to her house to sleep it off. In the morning, Bobbie tried to lie to Karen and Luke and say that their mother knew she was there, but they'd already spoken to Eileen and knew she'd ran away. Though initially it was planned she would return home, Bobbie lied to them about being bullied and convinced them to let her stay.

Bobbie was a troublesome teenage girl, wanting a lot of attention. She quickly became friends with Jed and Amy, getting them into trouble. She also developed a crush on Jed, whilst they were acting in a school play together. In January 2003, she schemed to break Jed and Amy up, making Jed think that Amy was cheating on him. Jed, who was already insecure about the fact Amy didn't want to sleep with him. Jed and Bobbie would then share a kiss. However, Bobbie's schemes would be revealed when Amy figured out it was her behind the lies and she called her out in front of everyone. The girls would fight, Bobbie being the stronger one but Bobbie messed up by admitting she's the one who spray painted graffiti about Amy on the wall. Unbeknownst to Bobbie, the principal was standing behind her and she was called to the office. As a result of Bobbie getting in trouble, Eileen arrived and decided to stay to keep an eye on her

Grounded and seen as a 'bitch' by her classmates, Bobbie struggled with fitting in. In September 2003, she would begin getting close with her English teacher Mr. Johnson. He saw a talent in her for theater. She enjoyed the attention and developed a crush on him and the two began a secret affair. Frustrated when Bobbie started receiving higher English grades, Amy became suspicious and discovered the relationship. Amy threatened to report them, which Bobbie relayed to Mr. Johnson. Mr Johnson then went to the principal and told her that Bobbie was harassing him, before resigning. Bobbie attempted to tell the truth but wasn't believed. This made her reputation worse. She started smoking and drinking.

In January 2004, Bobbie would then prey on the issues Amy and Jed were having after Amy decided to terminate her pregnancy. Her and Jed slept together, something she was happy to tell Amy. Amy slapped Bobbie. After a lecture from her mother, Bobbie falsely reported Eileen to child services, though was eventually Eileen was able to convince her that she loved her and the matter was dropped. After this, Bobbie realised there was too many memories in Southland and decided to go stay with her aunt.

She left in June 2004.

## 2009-2010: Return and Prostitution

On February 8th, 2009, Bobbie returned to Southland to pursue a career as an actress. She quickly made herself known, taunting Jed and Amy, as well as disapproving of her mother's new relationship with husband Alan, who she feared had replaced her father. However, she assured everyone she had turned over a new leaf. Her family were impressed by her change and welcomed her with open arms.

In May 2009, Bobbie was struggling for work as an actress. Eventually, struggling financially, she got a local theatre audition, but the director said she didn’t have star quality. That evening, she was mistaken for a prostitute and decided to go with the man. She continued to work as a sex worker until Luke caught her. She promised to stop, getting a job at the pub, but when things got tight again, she kept doing what she was doing before. In September 2009, her brother exposed her at her mother's birthday party and her family were stunned by her actions. Bobbie fled from her family, continuing what she was doing until she was arrested and called her mother for help. She got out of this work and they helped support her. She even got a job at the bar.

In March 2010, Bobbie began getting weird messages from a guy and discovered one of her old clients was stalking her. Luke helped her handle this guy and get her life back on track. Around this time, Bobbie also had a brief relationship with a man named Liam, until Amy outed her as a prostitute to him, prompting Bobbie to throw a drink at her.

## 2010-2012: Assault and Legal Action

Things would be good for the first time between Bobbie and her family until October 2010 when she was assaulted by her sister's husband Sam. No one believed Bobbie and the aftermath saw her losing her job after a physical altercation with Karen in the bar. She was soon resorting back to her old ways, drinking heavily. Bobbie made no attempt to hide this and showed up at her family Christmas dinner, gleefully showing what she bought with her 'whore' money. She then left on a vacation.

That same day, Sam would hit Karen after she said something that embarrassed him. Eventually, Karen went to the police about Sam and he was arrested. Bobbie returned to South Bay in January 2011 and heard about what had happened. Karen tried to make amends with Bobbie, as did the rest of the family. Bobbie would agree but secretly harboured resentment for them.

In early 2011, it seemed to most like Bobbie had really turned over a new leaf. She even helped Amy figure out whether Jed had been cheating on her again, after Amy initially accused Bobbie. Her relationship with her family was also better than ever. She was struggling financially though and not wanting to go back to prostitution, she began to con her mother out of her savings online. In November 2011, Alan discovered this and confronted her, but had a stroke. Bobbie left him and didn't call for help. Months later, in April 2012, Alan eventually remembered this incident, but Bobbie panicked and fled before she could be confronted by her family, stealing her mother's money in the process.

## 2014-2016: Shock Return and Roy's Murder

In August 2014, Bobbie made a shocking return to Southland as the new girlfriend of Roy Palmer, who she'd allegedly met whilst on vacation. Bobbie's family were stunned to see her with him and accused her of being with him for his money. She made no attempt to reconcile with them, saying she had a new life to look forward to. However, it would turn out that Bobbie and Roy were not in fact in a relationship and that Roy was paying her to make his ex-wife jealous.

The sham relationship continued, with Bobbie constantly demanding more money from Roy and threatening to blow up his entire plan. Bobbie soon became bored with Roy, pushing his buttons. In March 2015, when Roy confessed to Jane about the relationship being fake and kicked Bobbie out.

In the aftermath of the relationship breakdown, Bobbie's family weren't surprised by her actions and refused to support her. Bobbie soon developed a friendship with Michael, sleeping with him out of anger for his father.

This all reached a peak in July 2015 when, at the Palmer's charity event, Roy caught Bobbie looking for Michael. She confronted him about losing everything, to which he physically attacked her and called her a "slut". In a panic, Bobbie beat him over the head with a statue and left the room.This would not be revealed until much later. In the aftermath, James and Michael's debt collector would get the blame, but Bobbie avoided suspicion by leaving town.

## 2015-2017:

Bobbie returned after the drama surrounding Roy's death subsided, she appeared to be a much more put together woman. Her mother soon called her out, revealing she knew Bobbie had killed Roy. Eileen promised to protect her as she did when she disposed of the statue.

## 2018-2019: Bree's Death, The Fire & Arrest

In September 2018, Bobbie began looking into her father’s death after finding her mother had kept things from her about the circumstances. She got a lawyer involved, accusing her mother of having something to do with his death. In November, Bobbie finally learned the truth, whilst holding her mother hostage in her house. Her mother revealed her father had killed himself, driving into traffic with Bobbie in the back of the car. Bobbie was devastated by this and ran off in a state. Driving erratically, she hit Bree Novak with her car, before driving off. She went to her mother's house, who promised to protect her.

Wracked with guilt, Bobbie tried to pretend it hadn’t happened. But she had run into Bree’s ex-boyfriend Henry, who had seen her with blood on her hands. Desperate to protect herself, Bobbie manipulated Henry, who suffered from schizophrenia, even changing his meds to cause him to think he had killed Bree. He was arrested, pending investigation.

In February 2019, Bree’s sister Kristen arrived, who Bobbie took a liking to. They started to get close, before Bobbie knew she was Bree’s sister. The pair began a relationship, but Bobbie found herself plagued with guilt, especially when she discovered that Kristen was Bree’s sister. She confessed what she had done to her mother, who was stunned but did her best to help Bobbie, pleading with her to end things with Kristen. But Bobbie couldn’t, caring deeply for her. In June 2019, Kristen soon discovered Bobbie’s guilt when she spoke to Henry, who remembered seeing a woman in beige coat. Kristen found this coat, still with blood stains on it, in Bobbie’s possessions and confronted her. Bobbie confessed the truth to Kristen, begging her not to go to the police. In a panic, Bobbie locked Kristen in a storage cupboard in the club and attempted to dispose of the evidence by burning it, but the fire caught and set the club alight. Realising Kristen was still inside, Bobbie ran in to get her out. However, Sean MacPherson was killed in the blaze.

As police investigated the fire, Bobbie knew she was in trouble and tried to hide her guilt, but she was too upset by what had happened and wasn’t thinking straight. Haunted by her guilt for all three deaths she caused, Bobbie struggled mentally. Meanwhile, Kathleen found evidence linking her to the fire and she was arrested at Sean's memorial. She was sentenced off-screen to five years in prison for her actions, after pleading guilty.

## 2023: Return and Eileen's Illness

In February 2023, Eileen revealed to her son that she was dying of cancer and wanted all her children around her. Luke reluctantly agreed to write a letter of support and Bobbie was released on parole. She made her official return to South Bay on March 21st

## Trivia

* Bobbie was responsible for three deaths during her time in South Bay. Including Roy Palmer, Bree Novak and Sean McPherson (indirectly)
	+ She also almost killed Alan Rhodes when she left him for dead.