Apparently Kirsty is leaving. She’ll be back. Like a bad penny (is that the phrase?).

There were a few classic Home and Away scenarios in that episode.

Firstly, Jai was given a porno mag at school because he “needed it” after Annie dumped him.  He left it at home, where Alf found it thinking it was Miles’s, Miles found it thinking it was Alf’s, and eventually Annie found it and dumped Jai all over again.  Textbook.

Then, Miles thought he was about to get Kirstie up the duff, but sneakily she was taking the Pill behind his back.

Lastly, Hugo found Xavier slashing the tyres on Officer Risotto’s car.  He took the weapon off him and then turned around to get caught and blamed himself.  Brilliant.

Misunderstanding is the name of the game in Summer Bay.

“Beam me up Scotty” is what Captain George Kirk should have said  before he got blown up at the start of the recent Star Trek film. A short lived cameo from the actor formerly known as Kim Hyde was enough to impress Hollywood big wigs. He secured the title role in the upcoming Thor film, opposite Nathalie Portman. Also good to see he got a hair cut from his ragged rascal look when he lived in the bay.

After an interminable wait, Home and Away make a return to RTE this evening. About effin time! We’ve managed to resist the temptation to skip ahead and watch the episodes online. When we left off Xavier and Jai were messing around with guns which is always a good idea. There’s no way that could end badly. Those young scallywags are always getting into scrapes and japes.

Home and Away Ireland Facebook page is now up and running. You can join in by becoming a fan and then posting on the wall. Become part of the conversation.

I can’t believe Flynn is winning the poll to the right! What a drip he was!

Proof that Leah gets out of the Bay once in a while; she appeared in the original Matrix film (she was Dujour).  The movie career mustn’t have taken off for her.  Ah well, she’ll always have Colleen.

Leah in the Matrix -
courtesy of www.aveleyman.com

Damien aka Mouse was in it too.

Damien in the Matrix -
courtesy of http://www.thedailyenlightenment.com/

Have you ever gone on the internet in search of Home and Away news, only to find that you’ve read all the homeandawayireland.com archives, and know the backtothebay.net website backwards?

If so, you could do a lot worse than getting yourself on Twitter, and following our very own @strikemeroan.  In his/her own words, the page is “ a daily Home and Away update page! Succintness and humour are the mots justes. Oh my godfather!”

While you’re there, you can follow us too.

My mammy says Home and Away won’t be back on RTE2 for 3 weeks.  Is this right?  Does anyone know when it’s back?

…looks like Aden’s leaving too.