Seasons & episodes

Lisa's friend Gemma shares rumours about Lisa's parents splitting up. On a tight deadline, Frannie is desperate for help with her school newsletter. Zac clashes with Maurie at the bakery dredging up an old family feud. Neville is excited to get a new company car but it is soon damaged. Neville is surprised to learn his new boss is Daniel Blake.

After Frannie's newsletter fails to sell, Dean comes up with the radical idea of giving away a free condom with each issue landing her in hot water with the school principal. Shelley advises Dave not to feed into Frannie's crush by being so nice to her. Lisa admits to damaging her father's new car. Having had enough of Daniel's insinuations, Neville quits.

Hopper is furious to learn Neville will be working at the Shed after quitting his job. Coral wants to spend more time with her daughter but Belinda isn't thrilled at being the third wheel on her date with Hopper. Dean suggests Frannie breathe some new life into her boring newsletter by taking it underground but Frannie is upset her friends veto her thoughtful story ideas in favour of cheap gossip.

Trish insists to Hopper that Neville will only be working at the Shed until he finds another job. Daniel tries to embarrass Neville by bringing his former coworkers to the Shed for a corporate lunch. When the group's demands get too much for him, Neville walks out. Edwina is jealous of how Dave is always taking Shelley out somewhere nice so Zac wants to surprise her by making dinner. Dave agrees to draw Shelley's portrait. Gordon and Holly attempt to announce their engagement again.

Neville and Trish become increasingly worried about Lisa's behaviour. Questioned, Lisa expresses her feelings about being left in the dark about family matters. Gordon and Holly put off their engagement announcement yet again. Zac and Edwina's night is nearly ruined when she spends the entire night venting about Holly. Holly clears the air with Edwina who has been lying about being okay with about her and Gordon's relationship. Narelle's bruiser of an ex-husband shows up on Darcy's doorstep looking for his wife.

Dean's plan of profiting from the newspaper seems to have worked but his article accusing two teachers of having an affair brings Frannie a visit from the school principal demanding. Frannie has words with Daniel Blake after Neville accuses him of sabotaging his job search and learns about her father providing evidence against Daniel after his parent's murders. Neville lands a new sales job with a pharmaceutical company.

Frannie's friends come forward to take the blame after Frannie is suspended from school as a result of Dean's scandalous article. After discovering an old photo of Neville in his parents' house, Daniel hires a private investigator to uncover the truth behind Neville's relationship with his mother. Belinda walks in on Coral and Hopper after he stays the night. Hopper reveals Neville's infidelities to Daniel. Dave draws Shelley's portrait.

Dave is angry that Shelley has broken her promise and shown his sketch of her to Marty and breaks up with her. Maurie talks to Hopper in a roundabout way about treating Coral properly. After another confrontation with Daniel, Neville comes clean to Trish about Sarah Blake lending him money which he never repaid after her death and now owes to Daniel. In turn, Trish reveals the money Hopper borrowed to buy out Neville's share of the Shed came from Daniel Blake. Trish tells Daniel about the debt and promises to repay every cent but his repayment plan is crippling. After a telling off from Marty, Dave gets back together with Shelley.

Dave is in a panic after Shelley told him she's falling in love with him. Edwina plans on staying away from home to avoid her father and Holly's engagement announcement but things get complicated when she sees Holly with another man. Neville is upset with Trish for telling Daniel about the debt. Zac and Dave unearth human remains when Daniel hires them to dig some flower beds in his yard. Frannie pays her respects to her teacher whose partner has died from AIDS and Dean apologises to him for the article.

Zac and Dave report their discovery to the police who search Daniel's property while the local rumour mill spins up and onlookers gather. Edwina debates telling her father about seeing Holly with another man. The skull found on Daniel's property turns out to be an old dental model that has been in the ground for 50 years. Coral asks Hopper not to bring up the subject of Belinda's father when talking with her. Zac tries to apologise to Daniel who doesn't appreciate Zac's rush to judgement and the resulting perpetuation of the rumour that he killed his parents. Dean agrees to help a young woman escape her abusive boyfriend.

Belinda presses her mother for more information about her father. With Coral unwilling to talk, Frannie encourages Belinda to search her mother's bedroom but Frannie is shocked by what she finds out about Belinda's past. A lovestruck Dean finds himself unwittingly committing a robbery. When Darcy and Zac realises Dean has been conned, they help him return the stolen goods. Edwina is shocked when Holly's mysterious man shows up at the engagement party.

Coral chastises Belinda for going through her things in search of information about her father. Edwina humiliates herself at the engagement party when she accuses Holly of having an affair with Peter — who Holly reveals to be a friend she's asked to design a ring for Gordon. Dave admits to Shelley things between them are moving too fast. Dean thinks his luck's changed when he's seduced by an older woman. Learning from Edwina's mistakes, Frannie shows Belinda her birth certificate.

Belinda confronts her mother with her birth certificate which doesn't list her father's name. Frannie's parents are livid when she announces she wants to leave school. Dave discovers someone is growing marijuana at the garden centre. Belinda goes to see her father's grave. Dave and Shelley discover Marty owns the dope found at Gordon's but when they go to dispose of it, the plants are gone.

Frannie helps Belinda track down Coral's estranged parents so she can learn more about her father. Marty comes clean to Gordon believing the pot plants were delivered to Sgt Murray. Later, Gordon admits to Holly he got rid of the plants himself. 17-year-old Dean has a hot date with the 23-year-old Gillian. Gordon sentences Marty to hard labour for his dope experiment.

Edwina is frustrated at not being able to find time to be alone with Zac. Dean and Gillian bail on their lunch at a posh restaurant in favour of an intimate dinner at her place that evening. Edwina gives Frannie a short-lived attention-grabbing makeover. Zac gives his father permission to end the birthday traditions that were started by his mother. Frannie admits she was wrong and decides to go back to school.

Maurie is attacked at the Bakery, leaving his confidence shattered. Dean is all smiles after spending the night with Gillian. He thinks it could be the start of something special — until he finds her with another man. Darcy hits a run of good luck as he lands a job in Echo Point and wins a free vacation for two. When the winning ticket goes missing, Edwina is eager to find it so she and Zac can go away together. A woman claiming to be working on the history of Echo Point seeks out Neville — in reality she is a private investigator hired by Daniel Blake.

Having told her father she is spending the weekend at Frannie's studying, Edwina begs Holly not to tell Gordon about her plan to go away for the weekend with Zac when she learns the truth. Shelley confronts Dave about his unwillingness to commit to their relationship. Maurie continues to deal with the trauma of his attack and decides to retire from the bakery. Belinda receives a letter from her grandmother asking to meet.

Belinda asks for Frannie's help in organising to meet her gran. Edwina resorts to doing her maths homework to avoid telling her father about her weekend plans. Marty thinks Belinda has gone off him. Maurie's struggles continue as he holes up at the O'Connors. Edwina finally tells her father the truth about her plan to go to a hotel with Zac for the weekend. He doesn't react well initially and objects to her going but doesn't stand in her way.

Hoping to uses his free holiday after his work plans change, Darcy learns Zac has already claimed the prize but lets him go away with Edwina leaving the house free for himself and Narelle. Shelley breaks up with Dave over his unwillingness to commit. Holly helps Maurie deal with his panic attacks, encouraging him to seek professional help. Dean tries to help Dave get over the breakup but Dave still only has eyes for Shelley and sabotages Dean's hopes for a double date. Zac and Edwina leave for their romantic weekend away.

Belinda is unable to go through with meeting her grandmother, believing there must be a reason her mother hasn't contacted her in 15 years. Zac and Edwina's plans get sidetracked after they come to the aid of an elderly man having car trouble. Frannie takes up her father's offer to do her work experience at his company and meets her father's boss, Clive McInery.

Daniel's private investigator, Iris Delaney, starts looking into his parents' murders and begins by speaking to Gordon and Darcy. Zac and Edwina salvage what they can of their holiday after being forced to spend the night in their car. Belinda's grandmother tracks her down and Belinda begins to learn more about her family.

Dave offers Shelley a relationship on his terms. Run off her feet managing the bakery by herself, Coral offers Maurie his old job back on a part time basis. Belinda's grandmother, Elizabeth, asks her not to tell Coral they've met and the pair exchange family photos. Private Investigator Iris Delaney discovers Darcy has the matching half of a distinct shell Daniel owns that belonged to his mother. Coral sees a glimpse of her mother outside the bakery.

Holly is annoyed by the double standards Gordon and Darcy have about Zac and Edwina's relationship. Frannie and Belinda have lots of questions for Edwina about her weekend with Zac. Dean's lack of wheels affects his social life. Gordon blames Zac for Edwina having the idea of doing her work experience at the garden centre. Maurie rethinks his retirement and resumes managing the bakery much to Coral's delight. Belinda comes clean to Coral about meeting her grandmother.

Daniel Blake questions Darcy about the link between their two families. Darcy denies knowing them well but admits his ex-wife, Rita, worked for Daniel's father briefly. Coral is furious with Belinda for going behind her back and the pair get into a fight resulting in Belinda going to her grandmother's house. Coral admits to Hopper she lied to Belinda about her father's identity and fears her mother will reveal the truth to Belinda. Needing money for a car, Dean fast talks hs way into a job at the Bakery. After Hopper helps her bring Belinda home, Coral agrees to reach out to her mother.