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

He’s Andy’s new boss and the main man in Cody’s drug dealing ring. Him turning up can only mean one thing, trouble for the Braxtons. Casey and Brax are trying to give Andy a chance but he’s throwing it back in their faces by dealing away to his hearts content on the sly. The Bay must be awash with drugs by now, Amsterdam would have nothing on it.

While engaging in some classic leaning, Brax told Casey about himself and Ricky trying for a baby. Casey managed to persuade him to help Andy, he needs the support that the Braxton boys gave each other if he’s to turn his life around. Brax held out a hand of friendship to Andy but got it thrown back in his face. Andy got a job offer from Cody and lads who were threatening him last week, they were impressed with his drug selling abilities.

Jett was worried that he might get displaced now that John’s real child has arrived in town. John reassured him that this wasn’t a problem but as they were arguing in the garden they ended up soaking Marilyn with a garden hose, such laughs.

Oscar is still on his crazy fitness buzz. After his community service he got dropped off in the bush so he could run home. This wasn’t the best plan as he was on his own on a country path with the sun beating down. He got heat stroke and passed out. Will Zac and Hannah be able to find him in time?

In the space of one episode, Sasha went from failing her HSC to, um, not failing it. Zac was just acting the tough teacher for a while. Matt owned up to his amazing poetry skills, and all was well.

Oscar loves that oul’ gym. He can’t get enough. Or, maybe he can; 8 chest extensions had him staggering around the place like a drunk. He got pretty angry when Spencer and Maddie told him to ease off, look!

Oscar SMASH!

DJ phoebe is laying down some phat beats in Angelo’s, much to Kyle’s annoyance as she’s disturbed the lunchtime rush. Kyle was trying to give Ricky a handy day in work as he thought she might be pregnant. Phoebe noticed his completely obvious behaviour and he let it slip, the bleedin’ dope. He swore her to secrecy but that didn’t last.

Ricky was annoyed because herself and Brax have been trying for a baby for about a week and she’s not pregnant yet. She asked Nate but he told her not to worry, it’ll happen. When Ricky found out that Kyle and Phoebe knew they were trying she went mad. Brax is dead when she finds him.

Nate invited all his mates around for dinner without telling Sophie. They had dinner but Sophie lost the plot with him after they left. He’s scared that they’re going down the same path they did before and will repeat old mistakes.

Sasha owned up to Sophie about her poem. She got away with it, kind of. I don’t know why she didn’t say Matt was behind it.  Sophie asked Zac to help her come up with a suitable punishment for Sasha.

Ah Sophie. You are screwed now. Don’t you know that pride comes before a fall, especially in Summer Bay? From here, there’s nowhere to go but down. Sure, as soon as you left the room, Dr. MegaMuscles was looking worried.

Nate frets

The principal and the doctor have a nice new gaff. Very mod-ren altogether.

Andy came back and the dealer dudes released Evie and Josh. Somehow, Andy paid off the lads AND Brax. That’ll come back to bite him. Hannah inexplicably still fancies him, even though he is a megadose, and got her niece kidnapped.

John and Marilyn told Jett about Shandi, then there was an estranged daughter, adopted son meet-up. That was grand. I’m waiting for the drama, lads.