By and large I agree with your thoughts.
Christina - what a woman
I love how she is about 25 years younger than all the others, and is just a good time girl. However, she is actually also rather intelligent and as you said, an unexpected voice of reason throughout. The Mia story line is just fantastically batshit as well!
Reiko - What a lovely woman. She is the standard 'sensible' one and not exactly screen gold, but it's nice to have that cornerstone there to show a bit of normality.
Jody - what an absolute monster! She's like Andrea with NEEDING HER APOLOGY and she really is an absolute thundercunt! Issuing the papers on Mary - like how utterly shameless over a fucking comment! However, she is highly entertaining and a total villian.
Ronnie - I've come back around to Ronnie. At the start I wasn't fussed as I thought the whole fight with Mary was a bit of a copout from her. Along the lines of 'yes, if I want a drink I'll ask for one and you CANT say a THING Mary. However, if you offer me one, you're an enabler
'. There wasn't alot of responsibility being taken by her for her actions. However, she is now back to being much more fabulous later in the season.
Mary - I'm sorry babe, I disagree. Maybe she has some victim tendencies, but I genuinely think she is pretty lovely and the attacks on her have been pretty extreme. Getting served the court papers for one comment (that Christina actually said?) is ridiculous; the whole 'you said we weren't Jewish' fiasco which I think was actually Ronnie (or certainly was towards the end) and poking attack; Ronnie blaming her for her own drinking when Ronnie showed up absolutely twatted to Mary's and demanded wine etc - she has been a bit of a punching bag and I still think has dealt with it with an air of class that some of the others do not have. I'm sure she's not completely innocent but I don't think she is really much at fault.