Seasons & episodes

Susan and Karl finally manage to encourage Zeke to share whatever it is he’s been keeping from them. Instead of being gay, as Karl had thought, Zeke reveals he’s engaged to marry Vic, a British woman he met in London. They both caution against a hasty union, which is exactly what Zeke had feared.

Brennan is determined to use Danni as bait to draw Stephen Montague out of hiding. Danni, however, is scared witless at the prospect. Danni, freaking out at what Brennan wants her to do, goes to Sonya for advice. Sonya tells her that she’s not to put herself in danger. Sonya convinces her to go and see Matt, who then confronts Brennan.

Josh worries about Doug, as he seems confused at the yard, leaving everything open when he went for lunch and being confused about where to deliver an order of sand. Josh raises his worries with Brad, but is given short shrift. Later, Doug is rattled when he learns the sand order was delivered to the wrong school, and they have to fix it first thing before anyone notices.

Chris is organising a drink with Will when Georgia catches him. He justifies it by saying Hudson hasn’t called him since their fight a week ago and he and Will are just friends. A concerned Georgia rings the prison and learns Hudson has had his phone privileges revoked after getting into a fight.

Georgia works quickly to get Chris to hospital in the wake of his collapse. Will offers reassurance when Karl reveals that Chris has suffered a life-threatening blood clot in his injured leg. Grateful for his care, Chris tries to apologise for standing him up that morning. Will shuts him down. But a moment of chemistry between them tells Chris that Will returns his feelings...

Naomi chooses to spend her evening with Paul, but after she arranges the sale of the painting, she ditches him in favour of a relaxing time with Toadie. However, their fun is cut short when Sonya arrives home, tired and stressed from dealing with Patricia. Nonetheless, Naomi is beginning to form a firm friendship with Toadie and he offers his support after she has a run-in with her mother.

Brennan comes out of the shower to find the door’s been busted in – Montague is there with a crowbar. Brennan realises his trap has worked, and quickly devises a plan. He agrees to Montague’s order to call Danni, but sneakily sets his phone to record and hides it in his pocket. He’s determined to get a confession out of Montague for killing Kate.

Montague remains at large and the Ramsay Street residents are on tenterhooks as the police search continues. Sonya is beside herself as she’s unable to locate Callum, unaware that he’s in fact, trapped with Montague. Thinking on his feet, Callum manages to convince him to head next door to Number 30, where he’s able to stun him and flee.

With Doug having been brought into the hospital, the Willis family rallies around him, deeply concerned about what happened. But contrary to his condition when found by Josh, Doug is now completely on the ball. It seems the stress of the day before caused his lapse in judgement. With everyone ready to accept this explanation, Josh is compelled to speak up, citing a number of recent memory...

Brennan is obsessed with finding Kate’s killer. He asks Toadie for information on a case he worked on, a client that Brennan had put away, but Toadie can’t oblige. Toadie and Sonya realise that Brennan is going through all his old cases, treating each criminal as potential suspects, and their concern for him deepens.

Sonya worries that Callum is still traumatised after Stephen Montague held him hostage. And her concern only deepens when Susan reports that Callum has thrown himself into creating a fantasy computer world. Callum admits that at first he was struggling, and the computer game gave him something else to focus on, but insists he’s fine.

An overworked Matt’s feeling guilty about neglecting Lauren. So when he hears her much anticipated art class has been cancelled after the model pulled out, he offers to take the day off work to take their place. He quickly discovers that the class is a life drawing class and he’d be modelling in the nude - but is surprised when everyone assumes he’s too straight-laced to go through with it.

With the opening of the new Charlie’s imminent, Paul still hasn’t come up with an appropriate name. Nothing Sheila or Terese can do convinces Paul to agree to a name change. Paul has a mental block and it’s linked to Kate’s death. When a package arrives addressed to Kate, Paul’s reminded that he asked her to think about new names for Charlie’s, before her death.

Amber blames Josh for jeopardising her job with photographer, Rick Blaine. Josh argues that deleting the photos of The Waterhole opening night to get even with Rick for humiliating Doug was justified. When Rick’s baby model cancels for a shoot, Amber aims to impress, and tees up Nell as a substitute to model a range of baby clothes for a backyard children’s designer.

Sonya queries Toadie about Sheila’s warning. Is Naomi trying to make a move on him? And did she deliberately sabotage the juice bar to cause friction between them? Toadie vehemently defends Naomi, claiming that Sheila has never forgiven Naomi for having an affair with a married man in the past. Meanwhile Imogen takes it upon herself to track down the cause of the juice bar sabotage.

Sienna arrives at Brennan’s house to explain herself. She’s here to tell the Police the truth – her alibi was fake, but she’s innocent. Her story convinces Mark to accompany her to the Police station. Paul sees she’s in town and harasses Matt, who he wants to arrest Sienna. But Matt doesn’t have the evidence.

Amber’s not feeling very much in the party mood, given Josh is going through so much with his Pop, Doug. Eager to do something to help him feel better, Lou inspires an idea in Amber after telling her about the memory book Josh made for Doug. At their birthday party she reveals a memory book she made for Josh - chronicling their relationship.

After his shock collapse, Josh is disoriented and his family’s confused about the cause. While being checked out in hospital, Doug and Pam stay with Imogen and try to help her enjoy her birthday. Later, Josh is dejected to learn he might be alcohol intolerant. The next day, while the family waits for his test results, Doug and Pam shock them with an announcement.

Terese is pleased to see Brad focusing on yoga and inspired to independently run classes, believing it’s his way of coping with his father’s diagnosis, unaware there’s more at play. When Brad seeks out Lauren, casually bringing up their missing daughter, Lauren offers Brad advice as to how she’s coping with her decision not to search for her.

Brennan continues to struggle in the aftermath of Kate’s death, but Susan urges him to take his recovery one day at a time, and to do whatever helps in the moment. Sienna continues to try and cheer him up as well as remain supportive, but she crosses the line when she initiates a kiss…

Reeling from his kiss with Sienna, Brennan makes a quick exit from the house, grappling with guilt, his grief over Kate only compounded by this error in judgment. When pressed by Imogen about what she’s done to upset Brennan so much, Sienna lashes out and cuts Imogen down.

Naomi is looking forward to her date with Charles, believing that he’ll bring the signed paperwork. Charles procrastinates, using his lawyer as an excuse. When Sheila realises Charles hit on Georgia that very day, she interrupts their date, confronting Charles. On learning that he still hasn’t delivered the paperwork, Sheila begs Naomi to see sense.

Brad continues holding yoga classes independent of the gym, in order to fund the search for his lost daughter. He downplays the success of his new business venture to Imogen in order to keep his search a secret. But a conversation with her makes him question whether keeping his pursuit secret from Terese is a good idea.

Bailey confides in Josh about his looming fight with Jayden, with Josh telling Bailey to use his head, not his fists. While helping Lou shift the ginger beer, Bailey gets the idea of giving some beer to Jayden in an attempt to buy him off. The plan works and Bailey is saved. In fact, Jayden has been so won over, he’s invited Bailey over to his house to party.