Seasons & episodes

Its the morning after the combined hensbucks party and everyone is in good spirits, especially a loved up Imogen who spent the night with Daniel but when Brad emerges with Lauren, Imogens bliss turns to shock when she learns the couple have reunited and are moving back in together. Brad tries to hose her down, revealing he loves Lauren and wants to make things work with her.

Knowing Lyns outside with Charlie, Stephs ready to charge out to see him, but Toadie stops her. She cant go out there not until she knows whether Charlie has permission to be in Erinsborough.

Charlie and Steph find themselves face to face. Charlies upset the last time they met, she told him to go away. She tries to reason with him that she was ill, but he doesnt want to hear it. Later, after a talk with Susan, Charlie agrees to hear Steph out. Toadie warns Steph against any further contact, but she insists she has to make this right with her son.

After turning up to discover his nuptials are about to take place, an in shock Mark pulls out his cuffs and arrests Paige. Brad and Lauren follow them onto Ramsay Street in horror, as a silent Mark takes her away.

Arriving home in the wake of her confrontation with Mark, Paige is immediately greeted with the reminders of a future that may never be now. Shes also greeted with her mother, who has arrived as a surprise for the wedding. Quickly realising something is very wrong, Mary counsels patience, but Paige is beyond that, eager to move on.

Piper learns that her misinformed muckraking video has gone viral. Not only is Sonya is livid with Piper for posting the video against her wishes, but Tyler is angry because shes embarrassed and humiliated Courtney.

Lyn returns to Erinsborough and is shocked to discover Steph is going into business with Paul. Lyn thinks Steph is making a huge mistake but Steph is convinced this deal with Paul is an opportunity to set herself up financially, for both herself and Charlie. Lyn tells Karl that she has an instinct that Pauls up to something dodgy and Steph could lose everything.

Pauls plans for the hotel development hit a major hurdle when hes confronted with Dougs cheque. Paul insists that Doug is a willing investor, but when Brad finds out he is furious that Paul apparently took advantage of his vulnerable father. He tears the cheque up, and Steph also pulls out of the deal.

With a health inspector arriving that afternoon to check on the motel, Paul and Steph rally Doug and Josh to help with the clean-up. Steph ropes in Amy, whos reluctant at first, but agrees to help once she sees how desperate Steph is. The group work together to clean up the motel and they pass the inspection.

Attempting to help him forget his troubles, Aaron and Kyle take Mark out on a boys night. Waking the next morning in the motel, Mark has no memory of the night before and neither do the rest of the boys.

Paige is excited about going to university, and she tags along with Imogen to her first class gender studies. Paige is confident shell ace the subject, but after making a gaffe in the tutorial, coupled with some thoughtless remarks from Courtney, Paige is left insecure about what shes doing. When Mark comes across an upset Paige, he cant help but offer her support.

After discovering she was elected Mayor, Sonya isnt sure what to make of it how is she going to juggle everything. Toadie tries to reassure, but as demands and meeting times start flooding in before shes even on the clock Sonya knows shes in for a rollercoaster ride.

Steph is put in a difficult position when Philippa arrives, having discovered that Charlie had made his way to Erinsborough. Shes not happy, and although she sees the growing bond between Steph and Charlie, she takes Charlie away. Steph has no idea when she is going to see her son again. Philippa, though, gently probes Charlie as to Stephs condition, then asks to see Lyn.

Sheilas trying to crack down on Xanthe with tough love, after the fiasco with the stolen exam. But Xanthes complaining every step of the wayespecially when she gets a job offer from Paul for his new motel and Sheila shuts it down in favour of making Xanthe do chores.

The heatwave continues. Convinced shes caused Sheilas collapse, a desperate and guilty Xanthe calls on Piper for help. First aid training kicking in, Piper calms a distressed Sheila. As the girls wait on news of Sheila at the hospital, Piper makes it clear that she will stand by Xanthe.

Its another blazing hot summer day in Erinsborough and the residents of Ramsay Street are feeling hot under the collar for more reasons than one.

Paul and Terese are trapped in the storeroom at Robinsons with no power and consequently, no air conditioning. With no one to hear their cries for help and with the only window covered with bars they are well and truly stuck together. When the oppressive heat becomes unbearable, Paul suggests they disrobe.

Steph and Toadie prepare for the mediation session with Philippa and Stephs erratic behaviour triggers concerns for Toadie. Having missed a dose of her medication, and unknowingly suffering from heat exhaustion, Steph tries to keep herself in control. However the stress of the mediation compounded by the days heat sees Steph lose it, little by little.

Susan is rushed into hospital suffering from heatstroke and severe dehydration. Worried Karl quickly guesses that shes been suffering from MS symptoms and keeping them from him. They both agree that she had a lucky escape, but it doesnt take long before Karls attentiveness and fussing begins to make Susan feel hemmed in.

Xanthe returns home to learn Sheila has been rushed to the hospital, having suffered a suspected and genuine heart attack. She races to Sheilas bedside to find a furious Kyle, who accuses her of leaving Sheila for dead and tries to eject her from the room.

Worried about Sheila, Kyle tries his best to prevent her from finding out that Xanthe has gone into care by getting Xanthe to come back home before Sheila wakes up. He arranges a meeting with the DHS case worker in which he and Amy try to impress her with their family attitudes.

Pipers determined to cover up the fact that Doug was aggressive with her, but Lauren finds out whats going on and encourages the kids to tell Brad. Brad consults their doctor who has advised it may be time to consider putting Doug into a home. No one wants that, but it seems to be the only option.

Steph tries to apologise to Paul after her bikie mates took sweet revenge out on him. But hes not happy and lashes out at Steph. Already fragile, she declares she shouldnt be in this business, she has a poison hand shes out. When Mark finds out from Paul about what happened, he goes to check up on Steph, under the ruse of getting her help fixing a motorbike carburettor.

Steph and Marks kiss ends awkwardly when Mark isnt sure about taking it further. Feeling rejected, Steph tells Mark to leave. Confused, Mark confides in Tyler who warns his big brother that Steph is not the sort of girl you rebound with too much baggage. When Sonya finds out what happened she encourages Steph to make peace with Mark.