The Dex is awake! No sooner had Sid told April that he might not get better, than Dexter woke up, and pulled the tubes out of his mouth. He didn’t seem to recognise his girlfriend, which leads me to believe that the writers are playing the amnesia card, haven’t seen that one in a while. Dex’s mother never bothered to turn up to visit her son in hospital, what a wagon?

Marilyn managed to organise a funeral for Danny Braxton, not that the Braxton boys gave much of a damn about it. They all turned up, eventually. Casey only came because Natalie guilt tripped him into it. Brax came so that he could reveal the truth about Danny to his younger bro. He told Case that Danny planned to set up his youngest and leave him holing the can for the robbery and murder. His persuasion worked, Casey is going to fight the case, which means he’ll get off.

Danny has poor innocent Casey under his influence. His scheme is coming to fruition and fallout is going to be huge. Casey is getting tight with Ruby and is going to borrow money from her for his road trip with Danny, or so Danny believes. Casey is not quite the fool everyone has him down for. He is in fact a double agent and is keeping tabs on what Danny is at. He let Brax in on his intentions but nobody else knows about his double life. The name’s Braxton, Casey Braxton.

Alf had a chat with Ruby and asked her to move back into Summer Bay house. What is Ruby up to these days? All she seems to do is surf, go for coffee and hang around the caravan park. Charlie’s inheritance means she doesn’t have to work for a living, lifestyles of the rich and foolish.

Harvey is missing Lottie since she went to live with Mel but on the upside he sounds like he’s well up on the latest social media trends and will be able to keep in touch with her. At least the Blaxland is getting upgraded and refitted. How will Roo be able to get him back in good spirits? It might take more than a picnic basket and a bottle of iced tea.

The times, they are a changin’ in chez Brax. For once it wasn’t Heath saying “I stuffed up”, but Brax. His drug deal didn’t go quite as planned and he was left holding the can. You know when Brax is stressed out as he adopts the Brax stance, with his two arms on the counter and leans forward, contemplating the situation with rising ire. Heath was the voice of reason this time, talking his brother down and getting him to approach the Da Brax problem rationally. Maybe they’ll present a united front against the tyranny of Danny Brax.

Harvey and Mel are still fighting over Lottie and she’s sick of it. Us too Lottie, us too.

Bianca got a bit jittery when Darcy started asking questions about her relationship with Heath. Are they going out or what? She nearly called her mother at one stage. I don’t think Bianca is ready to become stepmother just yet. In fairness, she’ll change her mind tomorrow and come around to the idea. In a town of quick decisions and rash judgements, Bianca takes the biscuit.

Ruby and Romeo had a beech side chat about things. They discussed this and that, failed relationship and non-existant pregnancies. She asked for another chance and Romeo said no. Not surprising really, when you’re girlfriend lies to you about something like that. Now that Romeo has cleared up that mess, the way is clear for an Rindi revival, or is it?

Enter the rockstar. Liam and Indi seem to be hitting it off recently. Let’s remember that he likes the younger ladies, see Belle and Nicole. I fear that a Rindi revival might be preempted by a Lindi liason.

Da Brax asked Marilyn out on a date and she said yes, which was pretty strange. Leah was as surprised as I was that she agreed to it. Anyway, poor Maz was just being used as an alibi so Da Brax could deny any involvement in Brax getting bashed. He got kidnapped outside Angelo’s and dumped in the bush. Maybe it’s time Darryl learns that you live by the bash, you could die by the bash.

Leah has a new pet project, looking after Liam. She needs something else to focus on since she was spurned by Brax. She left the Diner to take Liam to the hospital but as she was going, she asked Alison to look after the place. Who is ALison and why is she minding the place? Half the bay works there, almost every female cast member seems to do a shift but it’s up to Alison to hold her steady while Leah swans off with Liam. What’s the Bay coming to?

Da Braxton got out of jail which was pretty amazing given that Hayley was high and then in withdrawal during the hearing. Judicial standards must be pretty low in Australia. Heath displayed surprising reason in denying her further drugs mid hearing but it didn’t make any difference, she got the old man off. Brax decided to resort to getting locked on his own in his own restaurant which can’t be great for business.

Liam managed to recover from his fit but got a telling off from Sid for his coke binge. He resolved to stay straight after his wake up call which meant an end to his dalliance with Hayley. She didn’t take it very well but he won’t let her drag him down with her. I hope that’s the end of her now, getting a bit sick of her sober/relapse cycle.

I LOVE Hospital Heath. He is always slagging off, and shouting at, the doctors. He’s incredulous at every decision they make, and every intervention they carry out. He should be the Ombudsman for Aussie hospitals.

Brax ran into Casey’s comely counsellor on the beach. She advised him to let Casey make up his own mind regarding Da Braxton. So, the brothers Braxton went to the prison together, where their father filled Casey with clichés like, “You’ve always been a fighter”. Brax has his eye on the counsellor, and Casey has his eye on a repeat prison visit.

Melinda is falling apart, and Lottie has run away from home. Harvey is stepping in, with consoling hugs. I hope romance doesn’t blossom there.

Well, would you look at Heath Braxton, the doting father. Of course, he just wants the child to get out of hospital quickly so he can get a matching grenade tattoo. Brax is wisely keeping Ma Braxton out of the way till mother and baby improve. He also warned Heath off further contact with Big Da Brax. Ah, Brax,the best of the Brax(es).

Casey confronted Brax about the possible da-release. He also did fantastically crazy eyes. I love Casey-rages.

Casey and Sasha are great mates, with their chats on a rainy beach, and in a messy house.

Harvey has to sell his house and turf Melinda and Lottie out, in order to pay his court fine.

Dex was still mooning after April, and avoiding Lottie as a result. She found out when she went looking for Nurse Walker at the hospital. Dex ‘fessed up and Lottie took it very very well. She went to Matilda looking for sympathy, and got the exact opposite. WAGON DOCTOR. So Lottie took solace with Harvey and Roo, and wants to move in with them.

Heath tried to strong-arm Sid into letting Bianca see the baby. HB really has problems with authority figures. They were all re-united in the end, but Bianca had another fit. GREAT IDEA, HEATH!

Bianca had a seizure right as she was due to have a c-section. She and Heath had previously agreed that the baby’s life was more important than hers and should be prioritised if it came down to a choice between the two. April flipped when she heard this but thankfully Sid and the crew were able to save both mother and baby boy. Heath looked pretty pleased with himself when he saw his flesh and blood.

Brax went to visit his old man in jail. No love lost between that pair and we all know it won’t be long before the Da is back on the street, causing havoc and adding tension to the storylines. Ma Braxton was bad enough, Da Braxton is even more annoying. I suppose they need a new villain now that Harvey and the Brax bros have been reformed. Where have the rest of the river boys disappeared to? Maybe Da Braxton can take over when he’s freed from prison.

Is Leah over Brax now? They seem to be able to have friendly chats without her fawning over him like she used to do. If so, each of them will need a new love interest soon.

There were no maggots in this episode.

Da Braxton’s on the scene. In an amazing coincidence, while Casey was talking to the school counsellor, Heath was visiting  their father in jail, despite not having seen him in 12 years. Never mind Kirstie and Jade, the Braxton boys must have some kind of psychic connection.

Da Braxton is a gruff Sean-Connery look-a-like. Heath has High Hayley checking out his father’s legal records, in the hope that a release might be on the cards. Brax and Casey were delighted when Da went to jail, but Heath is more stupid and so sees him in a more favourable light.

Isn’t it a bit mad that all the Braxtons call Darryl, Brax?

What do you foresee for Da Braxton? I think he’ll have a dalliance with Marilyn, and a showdown with Alf (who is on his way to the Bay, yahoo!). Whatever happens, I’d say he and his amazing moustache are in for some good storylines.

In other news, Hayley is running around looking for Liam, and Leah’s not impressed. She asked Brax to help sort it out.

Ruby is going full steam ahead with the surf shop plans, despite warnings from Romeo, Leah and Indi.