On next week’s Neighbours in the UK, Ned devises a cunning scheme to seize Amy for himself, while Hendrix’s attempt to provide Mackenzie with the perfect night goes horribly wrong.
Ned’s (Ben Hall) suggestion that he, Amy (Jacinta Stapleton), and Levi (Richie Morris) look into a polyamorous relationship, in which Amy has two lovers at the same time, was meant to be a simple solution to the problem of deciding which of the lads Amy should date.
However, it has only caused issues for the trio: Sheila (Colette Mann) has hurled insults at Levi and Amy, Ned believes Amy has spent too much time on Levi, and now Amy is being accused of hypocrisy after being envious of Levi’s burgeoning love for newcomer Felicity (Isabella Giovinazzo).
After all, if she can have two boyfriends, why can’t he have two girlfriends?
However, it seems like Felicity may not be a problem for long
Amy accidentally revealed that Levi already has a girlfriend this week, and Felicity was furious that she had been kept in the dark about his polyamory.
Amy approached Felicity at the end of this week’s shows and tried to persuade her to give Levi another chance. She’s attempting to make things right and re-enter Levi’s good graces before being pushed aside.
However, Amy’s words make no difference, as Felicity has already decided that she doesn’t want to pursue anything with Levi. She’s strictly a “one guy kinda girl”, and likes her guys to be “a one girl kinda guy.”
In her opinion, having a partner who is only interested in her isn’t a huge deal, and after only two dates (or, more accurately, one and a half dates) with Levi, she’s content to break things off and move on with her life.
While Amy may not have been able to persuade Felicity to give Levi another chance, Ned is confident that he can. He sees an opportunity to make everyone’s lives a little bit simpler, especially his own, next week.
While he was the one who first offered a polyamorous relationship, he only did so to avoid losing Amy, not because it was something he desired. He’s only starting to come to terms with the reality of their ‘V-shaped’ connection, and it’s proving to be a lot more difficult than he anticipated.
While he and Levi have managed to split their time with Amy rather well, with neither becoming unduly envious of the other, he secretly wishes he could have Amy to himself and is tired of sharing her love.
Amy hasn’t been able to get her and Levi’s growing romance off her mind since Felicity arrived on the scene, and it’s starting to impair her relationship with Ned. She only talks about Levi and thinks about Levi, which makes Ned feel unwelcome.
As a result, when he runs with Felicity at The Waterhole, he chooses to get involved. She’s hesitant to talk to him at first, knowing that he’s Amy’s “other lover,” but she eventually gives him the benefit of the doubt – “if it means you’ll leave me alone!”
“I don’t think Levi’s as into our arrangement as you think he is,” he begins. She’s confused why he’d tell her that, but he assures her that Levi is a mate and he simply wants him to be happy. He explains that he also wants Amy to be happy…
“And you think she’d be happy with just you?” asks Felicity, quickly seeing what he’s getting at.
Ned adds that if she gives Levi another chance, all four of them have a decent chance of getting what they want. That’s Amy all to himself for Ned. “I suppose I’m asking for your assistance.”
Soon after, Amy is taken aback when she discovers Felicity and Levi on their third date together. She appears happy, and she believes it was her brief conversation with Felicity that made the difference. Her other boyfriend, unbeknownst to her, worked behind her back to make it happen.
Ned then organizes for Amy to interrupt the date, taking his plot to the next level. She’d already decided that she wanted to get to know Felicity better – after all, he and Levi are friends, so it’s only natural that Amy and Felicity be friends as well – and Ned provides the ideal opportunity.
“You should go and say hello,” he tells her, encouraging her to crash yet another of their dates. “You know how it’d look? It’d look like you’re okay with them being together!”
In truth, he believes that by interrupting their third date, Amy would enrage Levi and force him to realize that he can’t reasonably date Felicity while Amy is there. While Felicity is annoyed by Amy’s over-friendliness, Levi is impressed by the work she is putting in!
His first girlfriend, in his opinion, is finally warming around to the concept of his dating two people at the same time.
Will Ned succeed in getting what he wants, or is his plan about to backfire spectacularly?
Hendrix, on the other hand, goes all out to prepare No. 30 for his and Mackenzie’s romantic night. They’ve finally brought up the issue of sex after weeks of tiptoeing around one other, and they’ve agreed that they’re both ready.
Mackenzie explains that getting swept off her feet is every girl’s fantasy, and she wants it for herself. Hendrix gladly accepts the invitation and spends the afternoon lighting candles, mixing elegant cocktails, and preparing a charcuterie platter.
Everything’s perfect, and he texts Mackenzie to tell her that all she needs to bring is “your beautiful self”.
Yet despite all his hard work, disaster is just around the corner!
He loses his balance as he slowly traverses the room with his freshly created flame drinks, spilling them and setting the tablecloth on fire!
His big night goes down in flames, but what happens to the erstwhile House of Trouser? Is it possible to save No. 30?
These episodes will begin airing on Monday, November 8th