This week on Home and Away in Australia, Leah struggles with Justin’s mollycoddling as she returns home, while Theo may have got himself a stalker.
Even though Home and Away has only been back on Australian television for a few weeks, a lot has already transpired.
The first episode back saw the lives of Felicity (Jacqui Purvis), Eden (Stephanie Panozzo), Justin (James Stewart), and Leah (Ada Nicodemou) turned upside down following a spectacular automobile crash. Cash (Nicholas Cartwright), who initially blamed Justin, quickly realized that the crash was due to him.
The ute that Flick and Eden were operating had had its brake lines severed by the Death Adders biker group, and Cash was their intended victim. Eden drove the car instead of him due to a last-minute alteration in the original plan.
The final clash, called “End Game,” will take place the next week when Cash confronts Tex (Lucas Linehan), a recently released prisoner thirsty for vengeance. On that, read more here.
But this week, it’s the crash victims and their loved ones who are in trouble.
Leah is finally released from the hospital and goes back to Summer Bay after spending two weeks in the hospital getting better from her wounds. She sustained serious injuries in the collision, necessitating emergency surgery in order to save her, making her unsteady on her feet.
Ada says in a statement to TV Week about the shocking crash: “Fortunately she survived, but [she] is very fragile. The road to recovery is long.
Leah is happy to be back and grateful that the doctors were able to save her life, but it doesn’t take her long to start missing the quiet atmosphere of Northern Districts Hospital.
She wants to feel at home in the bay with her boyfriend Justin and nephew Theo (Matt Evans), but Justin’s coddling soon rubs her the wrong way. She receives attention from the couple as soon as she leaves the hospital, and Justin in especially won’t let her take care of herself.
Ada explains, “Justin is definitely overly protective of Leah. She finds it challenging because he doesn’t give her privacy so soon after returning home from the hospital, despite how romantic it initially seems.
Leah is another person on whom Justin wishes to focus. When Ziggy (Sophie Dillman) requests to begin her maternity leave earlier than planned, he threatens to close the garage while disregarding Theo’s inquiries concerning the band.
Justin only wants to assist and doesn’t realize that doing so is causing Leah to feel constricted. Alf must compel him to leave the house in order to give Leah time with Roo because he is unwilling to allow anybody to see her. Gregory Parker
Eventually, Leah snaps at him, telling him she needs space!
The two have already been through so much; can they get through this latest issue?
Elsewhere, Felicity continues to turn to booze to cope with her own trauma.
She blames herself for the crash. She had cold feet on the morning of the wedding, meaning the delay put her and Eden on a collision path with Justin and Leah. Cash hasn’t yet told her the real reason for the crash, so she thinks it was all her fault.
She despises the fact that Cash had to leave the Parata residence, and her guilt is exacerbated by her inability to contact her brother.
Tane can sense that something is wrong, but he is unaware of how bad things have gotten because she has been drinking whiskey from the Salt store cabinet.
Will someone notice before Felicity’s drinking gets out of control?
Also this week, Theo has a problem on his hands as his super fan sends him a gift – but how does she know his address?!
Theo has a significant social media following, which helped Lyrik ultimately gain their big break. He and Kirby (Angelina Thomson) uploaded a video of themselves singing, which rapidly caught Tully Dixon’s attention—a music critic for the web publication Music World—and things took off from there.
Theo has a significant social media following, which helped Lyrik ultimately gain their big break. He and Kirby (Angelina Thomson) uploaded a video of themselves singing, which rapidly caught Tully Dixon’s attention—a music critic for the web publication Music World—and things took off from there.
Before they knew it, their video had millions of viewers, and they were booked for shows all down the coast.
Social media has been beneficial for the band, but it also gives fans a direct line to Theo, and it didn’t take long for him to acquire a devoted following.
The fan’s texts have continued this week. It doesn’t take long for Theo to receive a response to his message informing fans that the band has to postpone certain gigs due to Eden and Remi’s difficulties, but it’s not the one he was hoping for.
At the Surf Club, Ziggy drops around a package which had been delivered to the garage. It’s addressed to Theo, and inside is a painting of him, with the same drawing a fan had previously sent him on social media.
“I saw your post about Lyrik,” reads the message which accompanies the painting. “I hope it cheers you up.”
Theo is thrilled, but John wonders how they knew to send it to the garage, and Kirby is also concerned by John’s query. The fan may be a little too close for comfort.
Theo ponders the situation and assures Kirby that “it’s only a painting, nothing to worry about”
Later that week, as Theo indulges his fan’s addiction by sharing the photo on social media, we find her at home, surrounded by pictures and meticulously crafted artwork of her favorite musician.
Has Theo got himself a stalker, and does he need to be worried?