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After being told he’s responsible for Kate’s death, Paul slips into depression and Daniel starts to worry. Mindful of how Paul reacted the last time he tried to reach out, Daniel cautiously checks in on him but Paul shuts him down. Meanwhile, Terese has yet to hear back from the Council with approval for extending the trading hours at Lassiters, admitting she’s half tempted to ask Paul to bump...

Brennan is doing his best to move on, but when he encounters Paul seemingly without a care in the world, he becomes angry and frustrated and desires revenge. He goes to Matt and pressures him to re-open the Gus Cleary case with the aim of convicting Paul of murder. Matt doesn’t feel this is possible without any new evidence but Brennan convinces him to question Paul again nonetheless.

Lauren’s worried about the way Matt’s handling Bailey’s drinking problem, especially when she discovers Matt’s busying himself at work to avoid having to deal with the issue. Lauren confronts him, saying that the ‘bury your head in the sand’ approach is not one that’s going to work.

Furious that her parents lied to her, Libby vents to Ben about whether or not they should stay in Erinsborough. Knowing that his mother’s enjoyed teaching at the high school, Ben tells her what he thinks she wants to hear, rather than letting her know that he’s not enjoying being here. Thinking this means Ben wants to stay, Libby tells her parents she will be remaining in Erinsborough, for her...

Amber and Daniel’s feelings for each other intensify, Amber admitting she can truly be herself around Daniel. But when Josh gives her an amazing gift – three photos of their most precious memories together, complete with hand-made photo frames – Amber is overcome with guilt. Though she longs to be with Daniel, she abandons her plans to break up with Josh.

Still feeling guilty over trashing Harold's Store, Paige is further alarmed when her brother, Ethan, turns up for a surprise visit. Charming and easy-going, Ethan is keen to learn more about Paige’s new family and is concerned when he realises that things aren't going smoothly for his adopted sister.

Sonya encourages Brennan to host a housewarming party, and he finds himself reluctantly going along with it. Meanwhile Paige is alarmed when Ethan encourages the idea. She’s worried about him being seen by Brad, but Ethan assures her he’ll stay under the radar, and that looking out for Paige is his first priority.

Amber’s gutted by Paige and Daniel’s kiss and tells him how hurt and angry she is. However, he becomes frustrated with her when she refuses to listen when he tells her Paige kissed him, and not the other way around. Meanwhile Paige has decided to help her secret half-brother by blowing Amber and Daniel’s secret wide open.

Terese is having a day from hell. She’s reeling from the news that Imogen wagged school and has been stripped of her school captaincy as a result – and all due to a friend of Paige’s. She also has to juggle her usual Lassiters duties, plus handle Paul’s mayoral tasks while he remains deeply depressed.

Toadie and Sonya struggle to spend quality time together when Bailey interrupts the end of their dinner. Feeling guilty, Bailey offers to baby-sit to make it up to them. An excited Toadie plans a day with his wife, only to learn she has to relieve Josie at the Nursery, and the two end up in a fight, witnessed by Georgia and a privately thrilled Naomi.

Naomi checks in with Toadie after learning Sonya’s gone away with Nell for the weekend, and Toadie’s glib brave-facing convinces her he’s pleased Sonya’s gone. While everyone else is reeling at Sonya and Toadie’s marital woes, she insinuates herself into Toadie’s house by bringing him a wrestling DVD and nachos.

Rudely interrupted after kissing Toadie - initially by Sonya calling on his phone - Naomi’s further thwarted from unpacking the kiss by the arrival of Sheila, who after finding a receipt for lingerie, barges into Toadie’s house. Dragged home under the pretence of an emergency, Sheila confronts Naomi with her suspicions: that Naomi was about to seduce Toadie. But Naomi vehemently denies it.

After learning that Sheila has secretly blamed Naomi for her father’s death these past five years, Naomi is devastated. Despite Kyle and Georgia’s best attempts to reconcile the two women, the hurt and anger runs too deep on both sides, with Sheila accusing Naomi of being a daddy’s girl and Naomi accusing Sheila of always trying to poison her father against her. Ultimately the mother/daughter ...

Amber and Daniel’s love grows by the day, but Amber wrestles with how and when to break up with Joshua. Meanwhile a boy from school, Jayden, has admired the skate stunts Joshua’s filmed and put online, and even though Joshua doesn’t really like Jayden, he enjoys the adulation. Jayden later shows up seriously injured after trying to copy one of Josh’s stunts. Just as Amber’s summoned the courag...

After Josh returns from the police station, Amber makes her escape to Daniel in the dark room. She confesses to him that she hasn’t been able to work up the courage to tell Joshua of their affair. When they’re nearly caught together by Josh, Daniel urges her to tell him the truth. Later, after Amber confesses to Lauren she no longer loves Josh, Lauren also advises her to come clean.

When Paul discovers he’s being investigated by the council after leaving a secure document in the open, he’s confused, questioning Terese, who was the only one who knew about the mistake. Immediately realising that it was in fact Karl who blabbed, Terese confronts him. When he offers to withdraw the complaint if she’ll give him assurance that Paul is fine, she advises him to examine his own...

Following Paul’s very public meltdown at the art exhibition, Terese blames Karl for putting pressure on Paul after his complaint to the council. But Karl surprises her when he maintains that the issue of the mayoral position is no longer his focus – he’s genuinely worried about Paul’s mental health. Meanwhile, Daniel feels overwhelmed when a dishevelled Paul breaks down into sobs a short time ...

Sonya runs to Brennan, desperate to debrief about slapping Naomi, but is shocked to learn that Naomi is staying at Brennan’s house. Thwarted, Sonya heads for home, preparing to tell Toadie about the slap, but Nell has just come down with gastro, putting Sonya’s confession on hold. It’s only when Sheila confronts Sonya about slapping her daughter that Toadie finds out the truth.

It’s Brad’s first day teaching at Erinsborough High, and despite putting on a happy face for Terese, he’s not looking forward to it. Things get off to a poor start when Paige gives a blunt appraisal of Brad’s unlikeliness as a teacher, which agitates Brad into justifying himself. Lauren encourages Brad to make the most of his less-than-ideal situation, so Brad attempts to hit the ground...

Despite trying to convince herself she can handle it, Lauren begins to struggle in the face of Kathy’s early arrival in town. So on Matt’s advice, Lauren lays down some strict boundaries, which leaves Kathy feeling hurt and excluded from the family. It’s Paige who comforts her with encouraging words, but Paige herself is conflicted, knowing Kathy is the one who gave her up.

Troubled by the hand portrait, Josh avoids going back to school, instead wagging with Imogen. Knowing Amber’s been immersing herself in the game Crash Words, he ropes Imogen into teaching him how to play. He eventually invites Amber’s friend, Scoop24, and is stunned to discover it’s Daniel. Searching out Amber for answers, he walks in on her with Daniel in the dark room - kissing.

Josh is in shock, the image of Amber kissing Daniel burnt into his brain. Feeling hurt and betrayed, he puts himself through a punishing exercise routine, in an attempt to distract himself from his emotional pain. When Amber finally hunts him down, he can barely even look at her, let alone accept her apologies.

Kathy sends flowers to a heartbroken Amber, but the gesture makes Lauren twitchy – she feels as though Kathy is trying to buy the kids’ love. Kathy assures her she’s only being supportive, but Lauren asks her to tone it down. Not wanting to aggravate the delicate situation, Kathy agrees, promising she’ll try to respect Lauren’s boundaries.

Susan’s been emailed an erotic short story, and claims she’s only reading it for intellectual purposes. It’s getting her pretty hot under the collar, though, and Toadie’s also affected after Susan shares the story with him. Toadie picked up on a few landmarks in the story, and wonders whether it could be Erinsborough?