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Constable Matt helps Sheila bring unsuspecting sleepwalker Chris safely home, explaining he had experience with Bailey. Karl insists on referral to a therapist. Although Kyle doesn't mind, Georgia confronts Amali with the fact she wrote the song for him and gets the rights signed back, to found-out Paul's costly frustration. Paul is impressed by Bailey's application for his first scholarship and enjoys not helping Matt to keep his boy home, but Rani must admit that, as Callum suggested, she fell in love in India and doesn't want Bailey in London with her, preferring a 'new adventure'.

Chris notices Sheila's off behavior but believes the bar-experienced battle-ax's pose that she's though enough to cope. Lou fears he'll die shortly after his sixtieth birthday, like several ancestors, so he turns down a party. Sonya convinces him to choose for life, so he goes bug Kar for elaborate, pointless tests, which cheer him up, but then chance kicks in cruelly. Dumped by Rani, Bailey lost interest in the scholarship. He attempts making up with shot Messenger Callum, but Josie convinced him to accept nothing less then abject begging, as if he treated the rascal as his sidekick.

Josh and Amber sneak off Lou's birthday party to cuddle before his sports-only sabbatical and her new school year start, Mason enjoys meeting surprise guest Lolly and her theory that Kate wouldn't defend him to Paul unless still romantically interested. Party boy Lou, whom Karl could barely convince to attend after a near-fatal tree branch drop, realizes when presented his family tree that his age was falsified years ago to avoid conscription, so he already disproved the fatal sixty Carpenter men curse. A hospital charity event enables Georgia to perform her song for Kyle publicly in producer Bryan Robson's presence and scare Paul out of forbidding her to donate the proceeds.

Kyle accidentally spills coffee on newcomer Gemma Reeves and treats her to a better cup and his shirt, only to be rudely scolded as if a predator before they find out not being just strangers. Matt demands a parents meeting to coordinate resistance against teenager kids Josh and Amber 'going further', scared by her mishap with Johnno, but nobody else can seriously compare gentle Josh to such a fiend, so Josh gets off with a clearly hardly heartfelt paternal lecture. Paul has a subpoena for breech of contract drawn up by Tim and served to Georgia, but cancels it after hearing Jack Lassiter died, leaving not behind and alone.

Kyle is not amused to find out that Gemma is Georgia's favorite relative, an unemployed teacher, and pretended to him to be fictitious cool cosmopolitan adventurer Ursula, yet agrees to keep her secret. Kate and Georgia recommend her to Susan who has a sudden vacancy for science teacher. Paul still searches a pretext to fire Mason, but the hotel guest he 'seduced' testifies he was a helpful gentleman.

Chris is delighted to hear he finally gets permission to see incarcerated Hudson again. Bailey's initial relief that Callum finally makes up, albeit with a poor apology, soon turns sour, suspecting it's only for a joint school science assignment, and decides to do it alone. Susan hires Gemma, despite her previous headmaster's evasive attitude, ignoring that she's hiding grave allegations. Sheila is arrested for molesting the camera of Stavros Alkinos, whom she wrongly accused of stalking.

Chris is depressed when he hears his testimony isn't expected for Hudson's character defense. Chris finds another handsome swimmer, Manuel Juarez, to frolic in the hot-tub, and firmly rebukes hypocrite Kate's 'warning' against an 'atypical' one-night-stand, reminding her how shamelessly she cheated on Mason and Jade with Kyle, both in steady relationships. Gym customer Eric Edwards hurts his back on a malfunctioning fitness machine, the notice Brad hung on it having been removed. Josh shows no interest in Amber's vague yapping about school and career options. Cued by Brad, he still 'makes up' by arranging an internship at the hotel trough his mother and gets back on kissing terms.

Chris enjoyed a hot night with swimmer Manuel Juárez, whose name he didn't even ask, and moves on to Michael, desperate to forget about loosing Hudson. Kyle rebukes him for scaring off a client after Manuel claims in public to be straight. Josh and Amber rebuke their meddling mothers during preparations for Amber's internship at the hotel.

Josh is as startled as their parents to hear that while he believed Amber ready for the next physical step, she wants to wait months longer. Yet he even shows understanding for overprotective Matt's 'intimidating' uniformed tirade and soon kisses up with Amber. Kyle and Kate realize that Gemma is playing them, but she already spilled the beans to unamused Georgia. Brad gets Matt to admit it's out of their hands now Josh has used the l-word. Karl is bored and decides to jog with Brad and Matt as training for the hospital's charity run, but strains his ankle while cheating.

Kyle and Kate are appalled that Gemma shamelessly 'betrayed' them to Georgia to avoid her fair tar of the same brush, yet he keeps quiet and she only vaguely hints to Susan. Brad faces a hefty claims from injured gym client Eric Edwards, who hired Toadie. On her first day as his paralegal intern, Imogen perverts legal ethics by copying documents for her father, the opposite party. Unprepared Gemma builds up an intimidating regime in class, where brilliant Bailey is absurdly graded less then near-clueless Callum for the science assignment.

Paul finally wants his criminal record erased, found a sanity loophole and orders Mason to move his private files to lawyer Tim Collins. Matt mistrusts it and wants to peek at the appears, Mason just hopes to save his hotel job. Seeing even clueless Callum was graded higher, Bailey plans to report Gemma's incompetence to Susan, but hearing her scolded for 'rewarding the class' by playing Georgia's video, decides against it. Brad warns Imogen not to compromise her future to help him with Eric Edwards's back injury damage claim, but she finds out he may well have been injured skiing.

At the day of Hudson's involuntary homicide trial, Chris decides against attending and still seeks short-term distraction with gay gays. After the four years sentence, Chris hesitates to open a letter from Hudson delivered by Josh, despite firm pushing from Sheila for closure. Matt hoped to sabotage Paul's criminal record expurgation plans by flying in Rhiannon as witness in the municipal councilor bribery attempt, but Paul accepts to hire her instead. Fraudulent gym injury plaintiff Eric Edwards withdraws his claim against Brad, but Imogen, who illegally copied his file, is duly fired as Toadie's legal intern.

Chris still refuses to read Hudson's letter, however hard Sheila pushes for closure. Frustratated, he rather cruelly turns away gay date Miguel Fererer, whose scorned love bitterly transforms into vandalism of clients' cars. Mason and his family are shocked to hear that his bad news ex Rhiannon accepted a job from Paul and moves to Erinsborough, unsuspecting Karl offers to help her look for a home.

Kyle commiserates when he hears the garage boss gave Chris a second-of-three warning for not reporting lover Miguel as vandalism suspect and worries as the lovesick knave still refuses to cut down on flings. Maso is more amused then sympathetic to see haughty Imogen reduced to his mother's shop assistant. Getting more sympathy from Gemma then Callum over ex Rani's Internet-posted new London boyfriend. So he takes her side when Callum's girl Josie feels discriminated in class, as girl and wiseacre. Kate starts realizing Gemma is a manipulative liar, but Susan nor Georgia believe her.

Matt is pleased to find his former country home's missing drawing in a second hand shop, but pales when Sheila points out Brad's picture at the back. Kyle can hardly cope any more with Kate and Gemam's scheming behind Georgia's back. Lauren and Therese get dangerously jealous of each-other as their respective daughters seem to admire only th other, as mentor, so the men recruit 'bribed' siblings to help boost maternal moral.

Karl can't explain to Susan how Rhiannon managed to invite herself to stay with them for free, indefinitely, and turn their home into a pigsty, with angelic son Jackson, who sweetly volunteers domestic chores. Imogen can't convince Amber that she isn't even secretly interested in studly men, like plumber Phil North. In fact she dreams of Mason, but is appalled to see Rhiannon's familiar air with him. Matt angrily confronts Brad and Laurel with the portrait of his former rival framed with their country home drawing.

Crude Rhiannaon drives everyone crazy. Mason saves her bacon after she grossly insults rightly displeased regular guest Robert Hayes demanding the classy hotel's customary service from the lazy, incompetent maid. Hearing she'll never make it to reception without proper mastery of English, she asks Susan to teach her, while continuing to commandeer assistance with Jackson, without doing her domestic part.

When Karl and Susan find Jackson missing, Bailey mobilizes the whole neighborhood to look for the boy. Only Chris must decline, duly fearing for his job, but spots the runaway in Kyle's yard, calms and returns him. Although his neighbors' hero, he's deemed AWOL by his tyrant boss, grounds for dismissal. The press twisted an interview with Josh so as to focus not on his Olympic bid but on Chris's frustration over Hudson's fate. Josh goes explain and apologize to Chris, who explodes and decks him. Meeting falls gym damages claimant Eric's now homeless family, Sonya twists Toadie's arm to help them with medical expenses.

Chris burns Hudson's letter. Finding his son's jaw so badly hurt that he can't train for at least a week, Brad has Chris questioned by Matt, who has to arrest him after a spontaneous confession without excuse. Kyle is delighted when Georgia asks him to move in at the house she and Gemma plan to rent, but the jealous cousin secretly cancels it. Finding out Eric Edwards still didn't tell him the truth about his actually drunk ski accident, Toadie refuses to sue the ski instructor.

Seeing Ajay's house is still for rent, Kyle realizes Gemma lied as Kate suggested and tells Georgia, who gets a 'panic' confession. Toadie grudgingly allows Sionya to attempt mediation by inviting to Edwards couple to a vegetarian dinner. It sees both couples fight among themselves, yet brings Eric to his senses, so all lawsuits are abandoned. At school, only Imogen volunteers as class candidate for school captain, which Josh assures Amber she's likely to get whatever it takes, but Gemma encourages Amber to stand against her friend instead of being commandeered as campaign assistant.

The Mason kids notice grim tension between their parents, finds the sketch of young Brad, guess it stirred marital trouble bad enough to land Matt in the guest room and 'trick' them to a romantic dinner. Matt is ready to make up, but Laurel dares blame him for lack of unconditional trust. After speeching in class and consulting the home fronts, Amber, coached brilliantly by Bailey, and Imogen realize the school election isn't worth their friendship. Imogen offers to withdraw, but Amber calls her assumption of sure success arrogant and insist on a vote. Bailey dreams of a cultural exchange to China and jumps at Gemma's offer to tutor him in two scientific courses, but he thus notices that she is tampering with the ballot papers.

Mason does a great job as Jackson's substitute father, enjoyed by both boys and Rhiannon, but Karl, finding he spent the night with Rhiannon, warns him to pace it. Josh is not amused that Amber and Imogen each reproach him not to side against her electoral rival. During his science tutoring, Bailey discovers Gemma's fake ballot papers in Amber's favor and forces her to dispose of them, after which Imogen wins by a single vote.

After Josh is diagnosed healed enough to resume swim practice, Matt inquires whether the complaint against Chris can be dropped. Brad refuses, but after a plea from Kate, Josh gets him to agree to accept an apology instead. Chris refuses, although it's the only hope to save his job, so Sheila forces him to go along on a mystery 'last hope' trip with Kate. Although a street cricket episode completes Jackson's adoration for Mason, fears with him and Rhiannon how to handle their relationship make them draw back. Paul surprises Karl pleasantly and infuriates Therese by offering a generous donation to the hospital while refusing to 'invest' in the linen she proposes.

Surprised that Hudson agreed to a jail visit, Chris goes, is relieved he's still loved and not blamed, yet shattered when Hudson concludes they must break up as Chris shouldn't wait for him. Kyle is touched when Sheila offers him grandmother's wedding ring, yet warns it's far too soon to propose to Georgia and hides it for his lover, but dog Bossy stuffs it into the couch. Paul gets Therese to sign, within hours, a contract as general manager of Lassiter's group, just before imposing a parking fee which stirs a huge protest from Charlie's and Harold's stakeholders.