This goo was worth a point in May 2025.

publication date: Thursday, May 1, 2025 (part of May 2025)

category: Television

clue: In her home country of Australia, she gained fame for starring in a long-running soap opera while still a teenager. Since moving away, she has hunted for better roles, from thieves using aliases first, to a patient in treatment for a short heartbeat, to a mother who (twice) slapped mosquitoes on a coast.

explanation: George was in the primary cast of the TV shows Home and Away, Hunted, Thieves, Alias, The First, In Treatment, the short-lived series Heartbeat, The Slap and its American remake of the same title, and The Mosquito Coast. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky

Up the Long Ladder: Climbing the longest ladder that's ever been is the same as climbing a short one: Just take it one step at a time. It only makes sense to take them in order, right?

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