Ok, it’s on Twitter, but still:

@homeandawayie Will miss her dearly…

— Shane Withington (@ripperriver) May 23, 2013

Gina’s dead? It’s her own fault for saying how great things were going yesterday. What are John and Jett going to do now? Will he still adopt the kid? Marilyn is being a great help, she’s a trooper in times like this.

Will any of her sons turn up for the funeral? They said Xavier is on his way but no mention of Bandicoot and Hugo’s on the run. It would be class if Hugo and Martha came back for the funeral, I miss Martha and her simpleton ways.

As for cause of death she suffered an aneurysm and that was it. At first I thought it might have been the brain explosion that Hugo was talking about all those years ago.

Casey will be a relieved man now I’d imagine, he won’t have to worry about avoiding Gina anymore, she was always trying to get him to come back to school for his HSC.

Spencer and Maddy are having Chris sized problems. He keeps poking his nose in whenever they get some alone time. That chap can’t take a hint at all. They were about to get into the bone zone but he is interrupting their attempts, will they ever get to the next level?

Ooh, the writers of Home and Away are toying with our emotions, and no mistake. The Family Palmer were as happy as possible, and Jett was being as cute as possible, so of course something had to go wrong. Gina had some class of aneurysm. You know things are bad when you start seeing yourself as an apparition.

At least she remembered one of her other sons before disaster struck. I was half-expecting her to answer the phone with a “Xavier who?”. Poor Bandicoot and Hugo don’t get a look in.

Marilyn foresaw it all, of course. She’ll be feeling mega-guilty for days now.

Dex felt bad for taking it to the next level in the hospital. He’s obviously never seen Grey’s Anatomy. April, spurred on by the positive-thinking-vibes of her recent girls’ night, confronted him and wished him luck in the future. He just looked confused.

Is Chris the Iago of the Bay? He’s managed to set Maddy and Spencer against each other, convincing each that the other person is mad with them. The gullible pair fell for his lies unsurprisingly. Roo said enough is enough and it was time to interfere; they set them up on a picnic so they could sort things out. They chatted and realised that Chris set them up, the fools. All sorted now anyway, well done Roo and Harvey. They told Chris to shove it until he sobbed about having too much expectations from the oldies, so Spencer told him to stick around, which he’s going to do. Can’t say I’m too happy about that, he’s a pretty annoying character.

Sasha is being a good mate to Rosie but it’s a tough burden for her young shoulders. She needs to see a counsellor but is unwilling to do so. April suggested that she talk to Bianca given that she was “attacked” before. Rosie’s solution was to get pizza and have a girls night, which isn’t quite the same thing but a start I suppose.

Heath is coming up with a new plan to get custody of Darcy. He needs to get a DNA test to show that he is the father but they need Connie to agree to it, which will be tough going. Heath is now great mates with Zac after they punched and made up on Friday. He’s the brains of the operation as he managed to convince Heath not to put in false allegations against Connie. Heath got a new tattoo that says “Darcy nipple Rocco”, but he’s going to leave his daughter be with Connie for now, she can come to look for him when she’s ready.

For some mad reason, Casey and Kyle went out to the Bush to sort out their differences. They agreed they are better off without Danny THE DOG, and Kyle swore off Tamara. They returned to the Bay after a night hitching, because Casey locked the keys in Indi’s gym car.

Indi fired Casey; she’s sick of being abandoned. Casey ignored the firing and showed up for work as usual. Luckily Indi didn’t argue, as she is going mad with grief.

Brax, now that all the Braxtons are sorted, told Ricky he likes her. Cue disaster, and possible appearance of Ghost-Charlie at long last.

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Indi is finding it hard to face up to life on her own. She’s still not talking to Sid and wasn’t very forthcoming when April called into her for a heart-to-heart in the gym. She rang his phone and left him a voicemail saying she wants to be there for him. Will he return to die?

Kyle and Tamara had a tete-a-tete in his house, getting it all off their chests, but left the door open while doing it. Unfortunately for them, Brax was listening to the entire exchange. He leaned on various fixtures and fittings and gave Kyle a serve. Tamara is afraid to tell Casey about the illicit kiss, who knows what crazy eyed Casey will do? Brax talked to Tamara, still trying to solve other people’s problems. He suggested sending Casey to him for a box if there were any issues, great solution. Tamara told her fella the truth and he went postal for a few minutes before she calmed him down, she has no interest in the newest Braxton bro. Brax kicked Kyle out for his actions, sentencing him to a few weeks in a van.

John is afraid to get a medical check from Sid as it might mean he has health problems and can’t adopt Jett. John is impatient to get his results but wants Sid to gloss over his cardiac issues. I can’t see Sid bending the rules to suit John.

I might be getting my gods mixed up here, but I can hear it now:

“By the Hammer of Thor…OI!”

See more about Brax in Hercules here.

P.S. Thanks Nicola for the correction!

After bursting into Bianca’s class with this great idea, Heath got Darcy’s Granny around to show off how mature he has become. She couldn’t believe he’s going to counselling. When she was leaving, I thought to myself “River Granny’s a bit shook there”.

Next thing Heath knew, Granny Connie had whisked Darcy away, “inter-state”. Uh-oh.

Tamara stuck her nose into the Rosie storyline, and wanted to give Mullens a bollocking. Kyle stopped her, then approached Mullens himself, with a very, very, River Boy, “Oi”. Kyle is as strange as Casey when he’s trying to be threatening, except he’s all lower teeth instead of eyes.

Speaking of eyes, Casey’s are going to full-on burst out of his head when he finds out that Kyle kissed Tamara. And that, despite her initial panic, she liked being the jam in a River Boy sandwich.

Something’s gone awry with Jett’s adoption. Of course it has, that crowd were far too happy.

Sid had his collar way up, a la Ross O’Carroll-Kelly.

Ricky and Brax were in the diner when when Natalie and Zac arrived in and it was all a bit awkward. Brax and Nat are definitely getting back together at some stage but he’s having fun with Ricky at the moment. They slept together again but she’s keeping it very casual for now.

Heath is making progress in his counselling and apologised to Connie which means he can see Darcy again. Bianca met Ricky and thought she and Brax were perfect for each other, don’t know how she made her mind up on that after a 30 second conversation. Bianca then decided to bake a cake as Darcy and Heath were coming over but it was a disaster. Is she ever going to move out of Irene’s house? Connie changed her mind about letting Heath see Darcy but he managed to keep his temper, he not the Hulk anymore.

Mullins is back at school and confronted Rosie and Sasha. Gina intervened and separated them but told Sasha to keep her distance from Mullins and not lose her temper. The cops showed up at school to talk to Rosie, Mullins is a free man as the cops didn’t believe Rosie’s story. He confronted the girls in the corridor again and Sasha bashed him in the mouth, so she’s suspended now.