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I am very slack on the H&A watching these days, but I did catch it today. It was a good one.

It went like this:

Irene: Come back and see us soon, Spencer.
Spencer: I will, yeah.

Then Roo and the Doc busted Alf out of hospital (am unsure why he’s there) and they all went to some class of military memorial service.

And Alf unwisely got his feet very wet spreading ashes in the sea. I’d say the Doc is v. unimpressed.

Lads, I only got ten out of fifteen…

The hardest Home and Away quiz ever via the Daily Edge

I don’t know who this creepy blonde lad is, but I do know he needs to improve his makeup removal technique, he’s dragging the skin something shocking here.

Alf has copped on to himself and got a bar job in Sober Lane in Cork. All those years honing his customer service skills in the Bait Shop have finally paid off.

We have suffered a terrible bereavement here at Home and Away Ireland HQ (worse than the Braxtons), so we may be out of action for some time. Thanks for understanding.

Chris is continuing his one man demolition job on Irene’s gaff. Not only did he wreck the oven, he then destroyed all of her cupboards and presses trying to remodel the kitchen. Irene is a saint and said she will let him continue with the project and update it whatever way he wants to. She said she has complete faith him, that’s asking for trouble.

Marilyn used the dark arts to look into Phoebe’s future and found out that there is big success on the horizon for her. Kyle won’t be happy if it means more gigs out of town, he gets jealous very quickly. Marilyn is lucky that she lives in Summer Bay, not Salem or she’d but up on trial for witchcraft.

Leah was manipulated into kissing Zac by Sasha and Matt. Seriously, she’s a grown woman, it shouldn’t have been that easy to convince her to do it. Anyway, she fessed up to him that she is into him when they got back home. Is he fully over Hannah now and ready for a new relationship?

Sasha is planning a formal and bullying the citizens of Summer Bay into helping her. Chris (who is back from ??) threw a spanner in the works when he wrecked Irene’s kitchen, which had been earmarked for making sausage rolls. Sasha nearly had a rage stroke. Matt is going to save the day though.

Pure determination

Dr. Accent had to convince his wife that he wasn’t having an affair with Hannah. Snore. Sure who’d have an affair with Hannah? She is zero crack, plus you’d have Andy Barrett after you.

Leah has the mega hots for Zac, and is awkwardly avoiding him as a consequence. Here’s hoping she gets locked at the formal and pukes on him.

Did ye see the slow-mo bit with Zac jogging? Amazing. Not since Miles imagined Kirsty in her bra have I seen such cheesiness.

Ah lads, this is hard to watch. Poor simple Andy Barrett thinks Jake is his new best mate, and is hanging on his every word. THE BLEEDIN DOPE.

We in H&AI HQ were nearly feeling sorry for lovelorn Maddie there, until she was a total wagon to Evie.

Everyone’s keeping an eye on Oscar since his exercise coma, that’ll get tiresome quick.

Brax and Ricky don’t seem to bother going to their jobs on a regular basis.

This is not work