Seasons & episodes

It looks as if it's not just Rebecca who is keen to save PirateNet. The whole community wants to keep the radio station open, leaving Declan swimming against the tide. He knows that closing the station means his mum will be safe, but he has no way of telling people without Paul's dirty scams becoming common knowledge. Kate is annoyed Declan is being so negative, but he can't tell her the truth, and she is angry with him for pushing her away. Uh-oh, is another relationship doomed? Elsewhere, Libby and Michael are at war again, this time over a set of electronic whiteboards that Michael has installed without her knowledge. After hearing her criticising him, Michael decides to get revenge by making Libby do a demonstration on the new boards. But she links them up with her own laptop, and inadvertently reveals more than she intended.

The pressure of all the stresses in his life is getting on top of Toadie. The Erinsborough lawman is not only trying to hide Steph's secret but also, with Diana's help, masterminding a scheme to bring down Paul. Something is bound to give. And when Diana finds out about Toadie's affair with Sonya, she immediately understands Paul's hold over him. Is there anyone left who doesn't know the truth? The strain is also getting to Sonya, who doesn't much care for the underhanded side of Toadie. Meanwhile, Michael is stressed about his performance review, and is struggling to remove some embarrassing graffiti from one of the new boards. He had no choice to ask for Libby's help, but of course she isn't going to help him without anything in return. Looks like a ceasefire's on the cards.

Zeke's sponsoring plan works out trough a radio-marathon, spiked with a contestant which presenter is most popular, although Karl buys the title for himself. Toadie accepts to hand his evidence file against Paul over to Diane, who promises to shield his family. But they're overheard by Paul, who grabs the folder and publicly plays the recording of Steph phoning Dan to tell he's her baby's father.

Now Paul has exposed Steph's baby is Dan's, everyone turns on him viciously, discarding his claim he didn't even know what was on the tape. Rebecca even wants him out of his/their home stat, plausibly pending divorce proceedings. Fickle Libby rages at Steph like a fury, only to calm down and make up for no real reason either.

Declan grudgingly joins Ringo and their girls in a truth game. Mike braves blackmailer Libby, who insists on consultation on any many matter, by rebuking her shameless abuse of authority on pupils, even cooperative Summer, yet they both cheerfully join another collegial pub night. Dr. Doug Harris is getting fed up with date Libby's haughty arrogance and disrespect for medical procedure. Callum feels betrayed by dad's shocking lies and fake marriage.

Now even dad Paul is out of the picture, Andrew feels lonely, being replaced by Kyle as Tasha's date, and nostalgic about his party days. A sneer form Summer her Chris, who just got a lifeguard job to help pay for his basketball expenses; won't be his only mate inspires Andrew to organize a Hawaian pool party at that pool. Alas, Macca's bunch's vandalism turns it into a disaster, causing Chris to get fired and everyone to blame Andrew. Lucas withdraws into bachelor life and turns an Toadie, whose paternal credibility with Callum has hit rock-bottom.

Andrew gets all the blame from everyone, but is determined to make up at least with Chris. A low-pay porter job at Lassiter's doesn't work out because of Diane and the work itself. However Andrew gets Chris a job the gentle jock is really fit for, at the gym, winning him a mate. Lou is back and makes clear people shouldn't just bitterly side with Steph or Libby, even the Kennedys should ultimately choose reconciliation.

Now grateful Chris is his mate, Andrew decides to introduce the shy knave, who also gets ignored as 'traitor' by their exes, to advanced seduction. Praising Chris's romantic depth works to snap up two college girls, who invite them during school hours. It would have worked, Andrew even dodges Ringo's party's suspicion, but Susan reports them at school. Ben is sick of being denied the truth and turns to Steph, the only one who told him anything. Libby drags the boy home by vicious threat and ignores Steph's call for help because of cramps. In Hospital, she must turn to Doug's stand-in, Karl, who however remains professional.

Only thanks to Ringo and Karl's medical professionalism, Steph is diagnosed, the baby is OK. Todie complains Libby should at least spare Dan' innocent baby, but she hisses her revenge has barely begun, despite parental attempts to calm her down. Steph feels guilty and tries to make amends despite doctor's orders to rest, but Libby insanely throws her own returned wedding present in the trash. Lucas tries to reassure everyone, even tells Libby she could have come clean to him and Dan.

Paul intercepts Liby's slanderous piece in Susan's name against Steph and prevents it being printed, to her parents' yet uncourteous relief. Paul gets Libby to convince the school board they should buy PirateNet to return it to the community, against Michael's opinion. Diana tries to take credit at HQ and tells Paul she now wants to break him completely.

Paul manages to present PirateNet's sale to the school board on his front-page as if Rebecca were a major philanthropist and throws in a designer watch, yet she and especially Declan are determined to remain ingrates. Michael offers all pupils a shot at broadcasting, but stops Callum who brilliantly takes down Tash to level zero. Lucas and Callum discover Sonya knew and turn on her. Instead of publicly apologizing to Tash as ordered, Callum exposes adult lies, notably Toadie's, and reneges him as father.

Andrew helps Chris against Macca's bully bunch mates, then bonds further be recruiting Chris as gym workout assistant. Chris now stands up against Summer and Michael who object to his 'consorting' with the Robinson knave. Lou decides to buy back Gordon Davis's car dealership. The bid is frustratingly disturbed by Callum, who seemed to accept making apologies after a threat to be band from cupcakes, calling Lou a liar like all grown-ups in his life.

Andrew now treats gentle, shy Chris as a brotherly mate all the way, firmly warding off hostile chicks and bullies. Michael resists the temptation to turn on them. Realizing Chris must be suffering some worry, he initiates a project class-wide, everybody should confide a secret to some discrete medium. Chris feels targeted by the initiative, which Mike denies, and ultimately decide to speak his secret into Summer's iPod, only to try stealing it back before it gets played, only to see Libby confiscate it just when Andrew snatched it back from Macca's bully gang for Chris. Ringo forces Donna to admit how she really feels about a 'jock wedding' by pushing it to the limit. Mike tries to question Chris, who thinks his secret is betrayed and thus ends up giving away he has a gay interest in Andrew and furiously runs off, near tears.

Andrew still stands by Chris, trying in vain to stop Tash from making public there must be a gay classmate as dad Michael Googled the subject. Macca's bully gang rudely probes suspects, but Summer deliberately lets them guess it may be her. Feeling guilty, Chris outs himself. Andrew again confirms their mateship, but when Chris suddenly confesses he's the object of his romantic dreams, Andrew scares away. A wild cacetu inspires Lou to make it his mascot for the grand opening, but Karl is convinced the presumably escaped bird reacts to his chain-rattling because it's his lost pet Dahl.

Scared, Andrew keeps ignoring Chris, who tells Summer why. Her attempt to force Andrew rudely backfires, Mike has to pull her in line according to Chris's obvious wish to give it time. Desperate to make up with birthday boy (13) Callum, Toadie gets Sophie to find out he wants a flat-screen and a street party. Karl, who distributes notices for Dahl, refuses to attend, bitching Libby won't even consider allowing best mate Ben to go.

Even the flat-screen TV seems unable to save Callum's birthday party without buddy Ben. Her boy's bitter disappointment makes Libby join when it's in full go, but she quickly picks a fight with Sonya and drags the Kennedys back home, swearing never again to make a 'noble gesture'. Callum finally admits he can't remain bitter forever about pa's well-meant mistake. Paul shows he's determined to do almost anything to win Rebecca back and stars as barman, but she resorts to an insane demand: give up Lassiter's, his lifework, or 'our family'.

Ringo chose Declan as best man and asks Zeke as MC, but keeps suggesting to take his cue from Declan. Zeke is hurt he even has to hand over the bachelor party, but gets Declan to act as his frontman. Paul gets Rosemary to grant him a 6 months leave 'to patch up his marriage' and hopes to sell that plan by suggesting Declan would fill in for him. Declan reconsiders his initial refusal after Diane suggests it's the opportunity of a lifetime if he lets her 'help make it permanent'.

Andrew want to resign from Lassiter's because vain 'CEO' Declan enjoys ordering him around like a menial flunky. Pa Paul changes his mind be pointing out they need a spy empire which will be inside to watch the business be Andrew's share of the Robinson inheritance. Thus he gets wind of Diane remaining around, which makes Paul eager to stay around in person, although excuses start running out. Kate dumps Declan for 'becoming like Paul'. Lou fails to hide 'Dahl' for Karl and blames Lucas's 'ppor acting' for the unsatisfactory TV commercial.

Ringo's worries about more of a bachelor party then he agreed to seem coming almost true as a cop-uniformed stripper team arrives, but actually does when his ma arrives unexpectedly and again when Donna welcomes them in sexy underwear. Being dumped by Kate, Declan can't long resist temptation by her dancing rival on the strippers team, Candice. Karl is grateful that Toadie helped him find a cacetu-compromise with Lou which brings Dahl home, yet Libby remains blindly hostile.

Ringo hastily instructs Donna to play along for his ma's benefit, but her country-girl performance isn't great. Meanwhile Donna's completely different taste in music worries groom Ringo and MC Zeke. Michael reverses Libby's mean move to sabotage Tash's turn on air by shifting a detention. A public revenge on air is however duly punished, yet the spiteful bad loser calls a board meeting against Mike after he arranges Susan to lecture the pupils on media ethics, part of the while concept.

At Chris's first basketball match since his outing, his teammates refuse to play with him until Andrew, who still refuses to talk with his 'admirer', promises them a victory party. Chris stars, but when the opponents captain sneers they would rather be losers then gay, he snaps and starts a teams-fight. Board chairman David Whitaker is present, due to Libby's meddling, and forces Mike to break his promise Chris wouldn't be expelled. The knave leaves near tears, dreading his already irate bigot pa's utter wrath.

Summer continues to invest in Chris' problems as a way of avoiding her own feelings about his sexuality.

Paul is back at home but wastes no time in telling Declan that he knows all about the attempted coup with Diana. Meanwhile Prue and Nick cause an uncomfortable scene at the wedding rehearsal.

Through with the dramas of his family life, Declan focuses on his friends and throws himself into his Best Man duties. But what will Ringo do when he discovers Declan's fling with Candace?