Home and Away

Roman is forced into dangerous exploits to help him see again.
Belle is in turmoil when Liam wants to start a relationship.
Gardy hits on Nicole, while Trey is avoiding her.

Roman and Gardy

Roman fights Gardy about jumping off the bridge with a parachute.  In the end Gardy pushes him off the bridge and he falls into the water just below – he’s fine.  Gardy swims out and rescues him.  Roman’s furious with Gardy but Gardy says he was just trying to help him.  Roman still can’t see. 

Roman yells at Gardy to leave his house but later Gardy gives him some liquor and gets back in his good books. 

Later, Gardy creepily flirts with Nicole which makes her really uncomfortable.

Leah and Miles worry about Roman.

Nicole’s unhappy to find Roman and Gardy drunk when she gets home.

Aden, Belle and Liam

Aden worries that something’s going on between Belle and Liam. 

Liam tells Belle he’s not in love with Chelsea any more – he wants to be with her!  Belle freaks out and leaves. 

Liam tells Aden that Belle needs a fresh start without her.  Angry, Aden finds Belle and tells her it’s over. 

Belle tells Liam he needs to go back to rehab, they’re not good for each other.

Belle asks for her old job back and Leah asks her to start straight away.   She struggles a bit with the pressure of the job.

Nicole and Trey

Nicole wonders if Trey is a mistake as he’s avoiding her.  She tries to find out what’s going on but Trey doesn’t tell her.

Monday May 18 – Ep 4856

Irene is accused of Lou’s murder.
Roman starts to fall under Gardy’s spell.
Hugo avoids getting close to Martha.

Martha and Hugo

Martha tries to reassure Hugo that people do believe his story about the shark. 

Hugo’s worried about his business, so Martha comes up with some ways to promote it for him with a website and other things but he doesn’t seem too interested in them. 

Roman and Gardy

Nicole’s not impressed when a very drunk Roman and Gardy don’t come home, worried that something happened to him.  She’s even more disapproving when she learns about the bar fight.  Meanwhile, Roman and Gardy seem to be in the best of moods around each other. 

Nicole isn’t happy when Roman says Gardy can stay as long as he wants.  She tells Miles she feels really uncomfortable around Gardy. 

Roman tells Miles that he owes Gardy and he’s the only one who can help him. 

When Roman gets down, Gardy orders him around like he’s a solider still to get him out of his mood. 

Gardy takes Roman to a bridge and tells him to jump off with a parachute as a way to shock him into seeing again! 

The missing hand

The hand that washed up belongs to someone in their 20s.

Irene

Lou’s estranged wife comes forward to the police with some information.  She tells them about their divorce settlement problems and a letter Lou sent to her lawyers – he changed his will less than a month ago so that Irene would inherit half his wealth – which would be millions!  Irene has no idea. 

When Irene see’s Lou’s wife, she faints and is taken to hospital to rest. 

Bail is denied for Irene and she’s charged with Lou’s murder!

Belle, Liam and Aden

Aden worries about Belle having Liam staying with her, because he’s still a junkie. 

Liam offers to pay for a good lawyer for Irene. 

Australian air date: Friday May 15 – Ep 4855

Hugo finds out John Palmer started the rumour, leading to a massive brawl.
Trey freaks out when Ruby sees him topless.
Roman wants to confess his crimes, but Gardy persuades him not to.

Roman, Miles and Gardy

Roman tells Gardy he should confess to killing Mark.  Gardy says covering it up was the right thing to do and there’s no point saying it now.  Roman says he thinks the guilt is the reason why he’s blind and needs to deal with it. Gardy says he’ll think of a solution.

Gardy hassles Miles but Miles doesn’t let it bother him.

Nicole and Trey

Nicole and Trey continue to fool around together, but Nicole doesn’t want to sleep with him yet. Trey gets in a bad mood when Ruby sees Trey topless… but why?!

Hugo and John

John keeps winding up Hugo over his shark story.

When Hugo, Roman, Miles and Gardy end up together after having a lot of drinks together, John starts a fight with Hugo – saying he’s a fraud and a liar and everyone knows it. Gardy throws a punch at John and then suddenly everyone is fighting!  There’s a massive brawl at the the bar!

Australian air date: Thursday May 14 – Episode 4854

An old friend of Roman’s reveals a dark secret from Roman’s past.
Doubts are raised about Hugo’s shark story.
Nicole’s attraction towards Trey increases.

Irene

Alf can’t believe Irene was charged with attempted murder of a police officer.  

Roman and Gardy

Gardy turns up in town and gets Charlie’s attention by driving his motorcycle too fast deliberately so he could flirt with her.

He then goes over to Roman’s place and Nicole and Ruby freak out when they see him there.

Roman introduces Gardy to the girls, he’s an old SAS friend.  Roman’s so happy to have him there, after he called and asked him to come visit.

Roman tells him about his nightmares he’s been having about Afghanistan since the accident.   He says he didn’t tell Mark’s brother the whole story about Mark – that he killed him.  Gardy says it’s ancient history.  Roman says he has to come clean.

Nicole and Trey

Nicole and Trey hang out and end up kissing.

Hugo and Xavier

News of Hugo’s shark story spreads and Xavier thinks there could be lots of money in shark diving tours in cages. Madge, Trey, John and others question Hugo’s story which upsets Xavier.

Australian air date: Wednesday May 13 – Ep 4853

Charlie helps Tony deal with his anger over Angelo.
Angelo’s treatment of Irene and Belle triggers a backlash from the town.
Aden tries to distract himself from Belle by playing football.

Belle, Liam and Aden

Aden talks to Angelo about Belle’s recent drug abuse and says she’s only just got out of rehab.  He’s worried that if she’s charged, she’ll go back to square one. 

Charlie lets Belle go free – just before Angelo does.

Liam calls Belle upset – he’s lost his record deal and comes to visit Belle. Of course Aden comes to see her and isn’t impressed.

Aden

Aden asks to be back on Tony’s team, the Stingers. 

Irene

Irene tells Belle that she felt like she was meant to be with Lou, and now there’s just a big empty hole. 

The officer Irene shot will be ok.

Lou’s blood is found on the boat and so Irene is charged!

Charlie, Tony and Rachel

Tony’s angry that Angelo is back in the Bay and has a go at Charlie, even though she has no say over it.  Later he apologises to her and says he needs to learn how to cope with it. 

The severed hand

There’s still no match on who the hand that washed up belongs to.

Australian air date: Tuesday May 12 – Ep 4852

Aden can’t help being jealous of Liam.
Blood alcohol tests reveal Irene was drinking on the boat.
Angelo charges both Irene and Belle with assault.

Belle and Liam

A story in the paper alleges that Belle and Liam are having an affair.  Liam asks Belle to talk to his wife to say the story isn’t true but Belle has enough stresses to deal with right now. 

Irene is interviewed by the police

An intoxicated Irene is taken to hospital saying “whoever got him wasn’t going to get me… he’s dead, he must be dead”.  Everyone is really confused that she’d shoot at a police officer and she hasn’t had a drink in 15 years.  Lou is nowhere to be found. 

Irene is interviewed by Angelo about what happened.  She says after they got a letter from Belle about being in rehab, they decided to come back to the Bay.  Lou sailed through the night.  Irene took a couple of sleeping tablets and fell asleep watching a DVD.  She woke up in the middle of the night hearing a noise – possibly a gunshot or something in the DVD but then drifted back to sleep.

In the morning, went up on deck and couldn’t find Lou anywhere.  The radio didn’t work and she couldn’t find a flare or stop the engine.  For days she drifted out in sea.  She kept Lou’s gun for protection.  She turned to drinking in desperation and fired the gun because she was scared and confused.  She didn’t mean to hurt anyone. 

When Angelo learns Irene once was a violent drunk, he alleges she was violent towards Lou and killed him – then arrests her!

When Belle finds out, Belle has a go at Angelo and says he loves to ruin people’s lives.  Belle lashes out at him and hits him and is also arrested!

Australian air date: Monday May 11 – Ep 4851

Roman takes the first step in dealing with his trauma.
Belle gets out of rehab and returns to the Bay.
Angelo rescues a missing boat and makes a shocking discovery.

Belle and Aden

Belle’s home from rehab and thanks Aden for visiting her.  Belle says she’s not quite ready to try again with him, she needs to focus on getting better.  Aden reiterates he wants to be there for her and she’s the only one for him.

Aden assures Belle nothing’s going on with him and Nicole any more.

A photographer takes photos of Belle and Aden because Belle was supposedly with Liam.  Aden throws his camera into the surf!

Liam leaves rehab and visits Belle – which annoys Aden.

Angelo

Miles tells Angelo he deserves a second chance.

Roman and VJ

Roman starts drinking and is in a bad way mentally.

VJ is afraid of getting in the water, after finding the severed hand.  Leah takes him to a counsellor and then to see Roman.  They have a heart-to-heart which seems to help Roman and VJ.

The shark attack

The shark attacks get into the newspaper, which worried Alf about business.  The winter Surf Carnival has been cancelled.

There’s a missing person report.. and when Angelo and the team goes out to investigate, they’re shot at by Irene!!!

Australian air date: Friday May 8 – Ep 4850

Martha finds the strength to confront Angelo.
Roman is plagued by nightmares and dreams.
Hugo makes it into hospital just in time.

Hugo

Hugo covers his wound and struggles to walk off the boat and get home.  He collapses on the floor of Martha’s place. 

Colleen knocks on the door and Hugo hides his injury from her.  Colleen fills him in about the shark and Angelo being back in town.

Hugo then goes to hospital in a bad way, and collapses yet again.  Did he go to hospital purely because he could use the shark attack as an excuse for his injury?  Hugo’s explanation is that he didn’t want bad publicity for his business so that’s why he didn’t go straight to hospital.  Rachel doesn’t think the injury was caused by a shark. 

Angelo and Martha

Angelo continues to spy outside Martha’s house.  Is he actually spying on Martha, or is he investigating Hugo?

Xavier and Tony find Martha asleep in the shed on the farm and realise she’s hiding from Angelo.  Martha says she’s scared of everything and feels sick in the stomach.

Xavier tells Angelo to get the hell of out the town.

Angelo finds Martha and says she doesn’t need to feel scared of him, and he’s so sorry for what he did.  Martha breaks down in tears.  Later, she tells Angelo that his apology means nothing to her and he makes her sick. 

Roman, Nicole and Trey

Nicole’s tired of Roman’s grumpiness and goes against his wishes and brings Trey home.  Jai’s not happy that Nicole’s friends with Trey.

Roman has another nightmare and mentions Gardy.

Australian air date: Thursday May 7 – Ep 4849

Angelo’s return to the Bay is met with hostility.
Xavier worries about the safety of his brother.
Martha is gutted to learn the killer of her husband is back.

Angelo

Charlie’s so unhappy that Angelo is back in the Bay working on the severed hand investigation.  Angelo doesn’t want to be there either but has no choice.

Tony’s not happy to see Angelo and tells him to stay away from them. Tony tells Martha and she’s understandably distressed.

At night, Angelo goes to Martha’s house but she’s out at the farm.

Hugo

Xavier really worries for Hugo who is still away diving and not answering his phone or radio.

Geoff and Claudia

Geoff and Claudia continue to hang out.

Australian air date: Wednesday May 6 – Ep 4848

Shark attack rumours hit the Bay.
Hugo grows uneasy as he realises how much Martha depends on him.
Is there romance brewing for Nicole and Trey?

The severed hand investigation

The police investigate the severed hand washed up on the beach which is confirmed to be bitten off by a shark.

As the news spreads, there’s real worry that the Surf Carnival and businesses will all go under.

Miles feels sorry for Charlie as everyone is giving her a hard time over the investigation.

Charlie is shocked to see Angelo back in the Bay, he’s heading the marine investigation team!

Martha and Hugo

Hugo helps Martha out on the farm. Hugo tells her he needs more dive customers or find another job.  He wonders about running night dives as a unique opportunity.

Hugo sees Martha in her bra and undies accidentally and takes off to go diving.  When Martha hears about the shark, she’s worried for Hugo.

Nicole and Trey

Nicole and Trey talk about problems with their dads and end up hanging out.  Will they be the next Summer Bay couple?

Australian air date Tuesday May 5 – Ep 4847