There’s a lot of shock and suspicion going on this week at Home and Abroad. Though Christian (Ditch Davey) and Tori’s (Penny McNamee) engagement should be a happy occasion, Justin (James Stewart) and Leah (Ada Nicodemou) soon discover that their views on marriage are vastly different. Will they be able to recover after a series of heated arguments?
In the meantime, Christian feels responsible when his patient dies suddenly, and Lewis (Luke Arnold) takes this as proof that he is incompetent. Plus, Bella (Courtney Miller) still struggles as she is denied admission to prison – and the letter she gets from Colby flips her world upside down.
Elsewhere, Kieran (Rick Donald) keeps falling back into his bad habits, but Ryder (Lukas Radovich) and Roo (Georgie Parker) are on him. Grabbing Martha (Belinda Giblin), Roo asks her to help break into his van and turn it upside down for proof – but Kieran himself is rumbling.
Here’s what’s going on at Home and Away this week.
Tori and Christian’s whirlwind relationship led to mixed reviews in the Summer Bay culture – with the main dissenting views coming from Leah and Justin. Although Leah is pleased with them, Justin is worried that they’re rushing into it. As Leah asks him more about his opinion, she learns that he puts great emphasis on marriage. Doubt creeps into Leah’s mind when she starts to believe that he’s not very happy with their decision as a couple to never get married. Is Justin’s lifeview too different from hers to keep the relationship going?
Christian left devastated over a  sudden death
Although Christian is content with his new fiancee, Lewis is nothing but that. He watches Christian in the hospital like a hawk, and he takes the first chance to go through his medical records. Jasmine asks him what his problem is, and Lewis admits that his wife Anna died after she had been operated by Christian. Though Jasmine is trying to persuade him that Christian is doing a good job, he falls on deaf ears. To make matters worse, Christian is thrown away when one of his post-op patients dies suddenly. Although Tori reassures him that death may have been caused by a variety of causes, Lewis overhears and turns to Jasmine – this is evidence of Christian’s incompetence.
A new arrival makes an enemy of Ryder
Ryder is back from his resort placement and happily wearing a blue badge he received for cocktail making. Left in charge for the day, he faces a new customer who asks for a Negroni. But she doesn’t have an ID, so Ryder refuses to serve her. She asks him to give up, but he’s not going to change his mind. Refusing to withdraw, she sits down at the table and proceeds to fight with Ryder. She orders a pizza, then goes back to the bar to give Ryder some unwelcome tips on making a cocktail.
Ari’s history is coming back to haunt him
Ari and Mac are in a good spot, and he convinces her to take the rest of the day off and spend it with him. He’s distracted by Nikau’s return from New Zealand, and then he drops a bomb—his stepdaughter, Chloe, is in town, and she wants to see him. Ari is in the news – he hasn’t seen Chloe in eight years. In the meantime, Mac vents to Ziggy in Salt—she didn’t even know he had a stepdaughter. Ziggy says his past relationship must have been serious if he sees Chloe as a stepdaughter – and this doesn’t help Mac’s sudden vulnerability…
Colby’s fate has been revealed
Colby was recently sent to jail following a trip to the hospital. Bella is concerned for his safety following the savage beating he took from his fellow prisoners. After some push from John, Dean knows he’s going to have to follow Bella to prison. However, they are told that Colby doesn’t get visits – he’s in solitary confinement.
Bella will receive a letter from Colby later. In it, he reveals that he can’t let her continue to visit him in prison. They’ve got to break ties for good, so she can be free. In the middle of his heartbreaking speech, we see him in a brawl with the biggest inmate, and he takes out a knife.
Kieran’s heading down the dark road again
Although Martha is thrilled that her son is pursuing a rocky history, the rest of the family are wary of him. Unfortunately, their instinct turns out to be right, as we see Kieran taking daily breaks during his new work at the gym to drink a hip flask stabbed in his backpack.
If he runs out of drinking, he goes to Salt and asks for vodka and soda. But Ryder pops up behind Mac, and he hastily corrects himself, saying he asked for a club soda. Though Mac is apologetic, thinking that she misheard him, Ryder isn’t so easily fooled.
Mackenzie walks in on Tane and Ziggy
Ziggy is trying to believe that there’s nothing between her and Tane, but she’s proved wrong when they bang into each other. Falling asleep later, she finds herself having a very heavy dream of what she could get up to with him. She sees Tane again as she heads back out, and he ropes her to join him at the gym. It’s not long until she’s flustered and leaves. Later, she agrees that she’s held on for long enough and asks him to hop over as soon as he enters.
Later, Mac goes into the house, and sees the pair on the sofa under a blanket, making it out. She hurriedly hides in the hallway to process her shock.
Kieran’s going to catch Roo and Martha in his van
Roo informs Martha about her fear that Kieran might be drinking again, and says that they’re both talking to him. But Martha doesn’t want Kieran to feel like he’s being ganged up. She agrees to speak to him alone, but Kieran expertly manipulates her to assume that he is sober. Not buying it, Roo persuades Martha that they need to take matters into their own hands – and they’re going to Kieran’s van to get through his belongings for evidence.
But they’re not keeping an eye on the door and they’re having a nasty surprise when Kieran shows up to see his mother and sister squinting through his things…
