Everyone is rallying around John and Jett. Roo and Marilyn are organising the funeral, Brax is hosting the wake, Alf’s calling the DOCS Sheila, and Officer Xavier Austin rolled into town. Bandicoot won’t be at the funeral as he’s too upset.

Indi was pretty upset when she heard the news and then had to face Xavier. Casey consoled her. It looks like they will end up together, which is RIDICULOUS. I bet that as soon as they become a couple, Romeo will show up. At least it’ll leave the way clear for Tamara and Kyle to leave the Bay and never return, thank you.

Ricky is being very very very suss. She is demanding Brax’s attention, and then scarpering when she gets mysterious texts. Darryl is wise to it and won’t put up with it for too long. BLOOD AND SAND.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Alf is training Maddy for Surf-life saving and he’s not going easy on her. He has her running sprints and saving the pretend corpse of a dead man. She’s not his best student ever but she’s very eager. Then Spencer and his bro returned from their trip away and Harvey is worried about the bad influence Chris is having. They seem to have come up with something while they were away, but he’s not being clear on what it is. Maddy made breakfast arrangements with Spencer but then he blew her off by not turning up for it. Harvey is very curious, nay suspicious. He confronted Chris about his motives but didn’t get any straight answers. Maddy asked Spencer what’s going on and he said he needs to go home and asked her to go with him. What’ll she do now?

Indi is now running the gym and she doesn’t want Casey involved. Romeo promised him the job but Indi says things have changed now. Casey is forlorn as he was depending on the gym job but then Sid told him to go easy on her as Romeo has gone away to die. She wants to do things her way even though Sid asked her to keep Casey on as she needs help. She relented after giving him the third degree, making sure he didn’t know anything about Romeo leaving. She’s running the gym with an iron fist, she’s a strong leader like Stalin. Chris had a workout at the gym and then decided to ask Indi out on a date. She said no, but in a not now way, rather than not ever. Then she asked Casey to help her throw out all of Romeo’s stuff. Sid asked her to hold off but she’s not having any of it, he’s getting the flack for not revealing her husband’s illness. Doctor in the doghouse.

Romeo, in an unbelievably selfish move, left the Bay with Liam Murphy. He said goodbye to Indi in a letter, but neglected to mention that he had cancer. So, she was totally bamboozled. Sid was caught in the middle, and eventually told his daughter the truth. Good acting, poor Indi.

Ricky and Cheryl were stirring things up ’round the Braxtons, mentioning Adam to Bianca, and slagging off Kyle.

Brax gave Kyle a great lecture, about not letting Casey down. He’s a good man for a telling-off. So, Kyle apologised to Casey.

Heath, in an extremely unusual move, gave his ma a lecture over being a wagon to Bianca. It was Braxton Bollocking day.

We reckon Ricky is on a revenge mission to the Bay.

Romeo and Indi had their last hurrah by the lighthouse before he told her about his condition. She said she’s ready to have children with him, bad timing as he’s dying. He wrote her a letter and left it by her side as she slept. Brave move dude.

Heath and Bianca had their engagement party in Angelo’s. It was a classy affair, all of the River Boys put on their fancy cloths. Tamara wore a dress for the first time, thanks to April’s help. Adam’s sister Ricky showed up and Brax did a good bit of flirting with her. That was all going fine until Natalie showed up. Kyle got a bit jealous when looking at Casey and Tamara pashing. Then Cheryl showed up to cause havoc but she liked Tamara, surprisingly. Bianca on the other hand, she hates. Kyle got locked and faced off with Casey, who knocked him out after Ma Braxton told everybody that he has the hots for Tamara.

Liam turned up to say goodbye to the bay, forever. He’s off to spend more time with his son. He had to go really, there were no more employment options left for him in the Bay, he’s tried teacher, rock star, barman, restaurateur, he’s just on the dole now, so he may as well cruise off. Farewell rock star, again, I thought he was gone two weeks ago but this time it’s for real.

For a second there, I thought I was watching the wrong show. Between April and dishy doctor-teacher Jake (Twomey?), and Dex and his prankster nurse, it was like being back in Seattle Grace. Are there a few intra-medical romances coming our way? I do hope so.

Casey and Tamara moved in together, in a gaff that Brax had but never used. You could’ve put one of your many house guests in there, Darryl. There was a bit of nudiness, then Casey broke out the moodboards, and decorated the place. He has a real knack. The first interior designer River Boy.

Romeo has my heart broke already. He is croaky, he is bewildered, and he still hasn’t told Indi. Bit mean of him to keep asking his buds to keep his secret, and isn’t he wasting time, the very commodity he’s so concerned about?

Liam Murphy is actually leaving now. He’s giving it another go with Ash. Is that the son or the ex-wife? Either way, tomorrow is probably his last episode, if he obeys the rules of the Summer Bay Time Warp.

Casey faced facts that he was going to have to return to jail. He geared up for it, despite Brax advising he go on the run. Then Zack got a phone call at the last moment, saying he didn’t have to go back, so all is good and Zack is the saviour. Unfortunately he paid for it with his job as he got fired by the prisonies. Natalie was dead impressed with his heroism and pashed him right in front of Brax. In your face ex-boyfriend.

Romeo is still keeping his cancer a secret from Indi, despite Sid advising otherwise. Sid called him to come in and said that the cancer had spread to his liver, lungs and brain. WTF? No chance of a last minute reprieve there. The poor fella is not long for this world, which is pretty bad timing as he just gave his wife a “soul mates” bracelet. She’ll be devo when she finds out. It’s like the Belle and Aden storyline again, or Meg and Blake if you want to go really old school.

Sasha is running a campaign to let the girls wear the boys uniform but she’s having problems getting people to sign up. Rosie is acting aloof, trying not to appear desperate to get back into Sasha’s good books. I hope those two manage to have a reconciliation, Rosie needs all the mates she can get, fish can’t be enough.