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Police interview Daniel Blake who seems unconcerned, believing the police can now make progress towards finding his parents' killer. Neville, Hopper and Dean are all annoyed that Trish has being swayed by Father Patrick. With the police reopening the murder investigation, Coral warns Belinda that Daniel will once again be the subject of rumours but Belinda is ready to stand by him, confident her father will finally be vindicated. Trish talks Hopper into giving Nathan another shot at the café but Dean comes up with a foolproof plan to catch him out using a hidden camera and a $50 note. Zac remembers he also a jacket found with the gun. Belinda agrees to be interviewed by a journalist to tell Daniel's side of the story.

Reporter Robin Ollie questions Belinda about Daniel, suggesting Daniel's efforts with her have all been in service of convincing her of his innocence. Coral arrives home to find Belinda with the two reporters and shows them the door before cautioning her daughter about talking to the press. Police need evidence linking Daniel to the gun. Neville changes his tune with regard to Dave and Frannie. Trish is furious with Dean for driving Nathan off — until she sees the video of Nathan steeling. Zac brings the jacket to the police. They are able to link it to Daniel and he is arrested for his parents' murders — once again in front of Belinda.

Dean tries to comfort Belinda who is distraught after seeing Daniel arrested for murder. Daniel is questioned by the police and is confronted with the jacket. He is held in custody until his preliminary hearing. Darcy encourages Zac to talk to Edwina but he wants to pretend she doesn't exist. Edwina asks Dean to talk to Zac on her behalf and explain how much he still means to her. Zac gives Dean the green light to pursue Edwina again. Daniel insists there's nothing to worry about when Coral and Belinda visit him in jail. Hopper and Coral reconnect much to Belinda's annoyance as she accuses her mother of not caring about Daniel anymore. Zac returns to work a the garden centre under Edwina's watchful eye. Belinda is devastated on finding she's been misquoted in the paper as saying her father is a monster.

Daniel rehires private investigator Iris Delaney, directing her to his mother's writing box that he gave to Belinda. Coral asks Belinda to allow her to work out how she feels about Hopper. Frannie panics thinking Dave's cryptic "special plans" are a lead up to sex. Gordon fires Zac when he sees Edwina fall to the ground after Zac pushes past her during another argument. Shelley returns from the farm and tries to latch onto Zac. Daniel's preliminary hearing ends with him being committed to stand trial. Iris Delaney finds a receipt hidden in the writing box for an inscribed watch given to Neville from Daniel's mother. Hopper declines Coral's offer to move in, telling her he'd prefer to wait until after they are married. Frannie is shocked when her and Dave's evening is interrupted by a surprise visitor — his wife.

Dave's wife has sought him out hoping he will take some responsibility for his son. Iris Delaney goes to Neville looking for an explanation for the watch receipt, accusing him of having an affair with Sarah Blake. Dave seeks out Frannie to try to explain things but protective brother Dean drives him off. Dave unburdens himself to an unsympathetic Zac, explaining how he left his wife when she was pregnant. Neville retrieves the watch from his safety deposit box and sells it to a jeweller — all while being followed by Delaney.

Zac tries to tell a distraught Edwina that Shelley means nothing to him but he's crossed a line. Dean's first day working at the hospital sees him on bedpan duty — and reconnecting with nurse Gillian Power. Hopper and Coral announce their engagement. Belinda is less than pleased, still holding out hope for her parents to get back together. Zac is unimpressed by Dave's lack of interest in his wife and son while Dave is amused by Zac being Shelley's new obsession. Iris confronts Neville with the watch. He explains it was a gift from Sarah Blake for using him to counter her husband's affair. Neville advises Iris to shift her investigation to the woman Edward Blake was having an affair with. Zac tries to smooth things over with Edwina who won't even hear him out. Seeing Shelley come into the café and immediately being all over Zac, Edwina dumps a bowl of yoghourt on Shelley's head, much to her friends' delight. Frannie tells off Dave prompting him to contemplate leaving town.

Daniel is shook by Iris' revelation of his mother's infidelity — and again by Belinda telling him of Coral's engagement to Hopper. But he still tells Belinda she should be happy for her mother. Maurie is thrilled by the engagement news and begins planning the perfect wedding cake. Zac tells Shelley that he's still in love with Edwina. Seeing Dave packing his things, Darcy challenges him about repeating his pattern of running away when things get difficult. Lisa has a crush but her first attempt at talking to a boy doesn't go well. Trish seeks out her friend Darcy for advice after Neville's admission of having an affair with Sarah Blake. Dean earns Gillian's respect for how he handles the situation with the baby but he turns her down when she asks him out not wanting to be taken for a ride again. Trish returns home to find Neville packing his bags but refuses to let him walk out on the family. Overhearing Dave's plan to leave town, Shelley packs her things and joins him.

Trish, Maurie and Belinda are determined to give Coral and Hopper a grand wedding but they'd prefer a simple ceremony at the registry office. They decide to get married on the beach where they had their first date. Darcy informs Zac that Dave has left Echo Point, taking their truck with him, but paying out Zac's share. Frannie starts a petition, determined to save a tree from being cut down to make way for a car park. Darcy and Zac are surprised by Rita's sudden return after she walked out on them 12 years previously and are not prepared for her frank admission that she killed Edward and Sarah Blake after Edward ended their 4-year long affair. Her story triggers a memory for Zac who recalls being there and Rita drops one more bombshell — Edward Blake is Zac's father.

Zac and Darcy struggle in the aftermath of Rita's admissions. Zac tells Dean what has happened and he passes the news to Frannie, Edwina and Belinda who is over the moon and rushes off to tell Coral. A drunk Darcy shows up at the bakery to let Maurie, who has always blamed Darcy for driving his niece away, know it was Rita who killed the Blakes. Iris visits Daniel in jail to inform him Rita has confessed to the murders of his parents and he's to be released. He's shocked to learn Zac is his half brother but basks in the knowledge of the new family he has found. Edwina's friends convince her to go see Zac to try to comfort him. Dean suggests to Frannie that she chain herself to the tree to get some media attention. She takes him up on the idea only to run into Darcy who is sleeping off a bender under the tree.

Hopper in a panic after learning his friend has sold the boat intended for Hopper and Coral's honeymoon trip. Trish comforts Darcy who tells her all about Rita's affair with Edward Blake and Edward being Zac's father. Dean overhears their conversation and fetches Zac to come talk to his father. Narelle returns early from her vacation after being located by Grodon. With the wedding nearing, Frannie loses the key to the lock after chaining herself to the tree but Dean and Hopper come to her rescue. Hopper and Coral are married in a ceremony on the beach with all their friends and family present. Daniel reaches out to Zac, promising he'll get what's rightfully his from the family estate. Hopper and Coral receive a surprise wedding gift from Daniel who is the one who bought the boat from Hopper's friend. Coral and Hopper leave on their honeymoon allowing Daniel and Belinda to spend some time together as father and daughter.