Hurray, Home and Away madness is back!  Today’s episode started with the ominous title “Six months ago”, and a shady figure having a great oul’ laugh at Alf on that documentary where he laments the hoons who’ve ruined his town.  Fast forward to the present day and there’s a strange new character at the diner chatting up Irene.  Strewth.  He seems to be a new love interest for Nicole (at least those are her intentions) but I bet he’s going to CHANGE THE BAY FOREVER.

That aside, there’s a “sexy” love triangle going on between Gina, John and Jill.  Very alliterative.  Jill wants John, John wants Gina but will make do with Jill, and Gina’s not sure if she wants John, but she definitely doesn’t want Jill to have him.  Romeo’s on Gina’s side, apparently she’s like a mother to him.  Phew.

I flippin’ knew Ruby was going to ruin the play.  The little eejit.  Luckily Sir Liam of Murphy stepped in and saved the day.  Ruby did alright considering originally she proclaimed “I can’t sing”.  Might there be a singing career in the pipeline?

Miles was extra mad in that episode.  He wanted to keep a seat at the play for Rabbit (bet she didn’t pay though, it’s one of the perks of being imaginary), then he suddenly went home and banished her from the house.  Now he wants her to come back.  Ahhhhh.

Leah knows about the Milco madness now anyway.  She tried to get it out of Elijah by repeatedly saying his name, but Miles charged in and gave the game away himself.  Cue frowny face from Leah until this is sorted out.

Annie left.  Hurrah hurrah.  “When are you leaving”, said Romeo.  “Tomorrow morning”, said Annie.  Those Campbells don’t wait around.  Sure Geoff went off to “Africa” within a day of making his decision to leave.  Anyway Romeo is pretty cut up about it, but Annie doesn’t seem to care.  I bet she’s really into J-pop and that’s why she’s off.  She did get Romeo to tell her his real name though.  What do you think it is?

Annie and Romeo are now officially in love.  The oul light-a-few-candles-and-set-up-a-discoball trick worked.  They’re love’s young dream.

Ruby has a new love interest herself. Mega-rocker Liam Murphy is giving her singing lessons, and he’s fairly hands-on.  Of course he doesn’t know what he’s getting himself into, but he mightn’t mind too much.  We haven’t seen an illicit love affair in ages (Leah and Elijah doesn’t count).

Martha has recently remembered that Hugo is “dead” and her family are concerned for her state of mind.  Alf told Angelo he wanted to tell all, but Serge Risotto convined him to keep schtum.  Then the crafty copper went round to Martha’s with a pizza and the world’s strongest wine – the pair of them were locked after half a bottle.  Oops.  Meanwhile, Hugo hasn’t checked in with witness protection and is living in a dungeon somewhere with only Martha’s photo for company.  No good can come of this.

From ABC News

Ray Meagher won the Gold Logie.  Do you think Alf would be impressed?

Romeo won Most Popular New Male Talent as well.  Maybe Annie was on the panel.

Ah here.  H&A is way too sad these days.  First was the whole Miles/Rabbit scenario, and now today Leah and VJ visited Vinnie’s grave to say goodbye.  That’s enough sadness now, I thought.

Elijah didn’t think so, though.  He threw in a tragic story about his dad dying on a fishing trip.  I’m not able for this.

Aden’s stupid brother had a flashback and now thinks he killed their da.  It looks to me like the dad was drink-driving and had a crash.  If only they hadn’t buried him, they’d be ok with the cops.

Romeo set up a romantic date with Annie in the gym.  Possibly inspired by Ruby’s seduction of Geoff using fairy lights, he lit a load of candles.  The Campbells are suckers for small light sources.

Romeo can be pretty persuasive, especially when it’s young Annie Campbell that he’s persuading.  He’s convinced her that it would be great craic to break into the School hall, so they could practice their lines.  Annie was worried that they might get caught but eventually succumbed to Romeos’s powers of persuasion.  No doubt they will get caught and get in deep trouble.  What would Pop Campbell say if he could see her now?  He’d probably say “I didn’t raise you to trespass on school property, no get out of that school and come back work on the farm as my slave labour.”  He must be spinning in his grave.

Oh, Colleen is on rare oul’ form these days; in that episode she was giving out yards about the “graffiti bandits” aka Mad Miles terrorising the caravan park, and ensuring she is living in a “psychedelic nightmare”.  I think they’ve assigned Robert Robertson’s scriptwriter to her.

Xavier told Ruby about the cash he’s sitting on.  How did he keep it for this long?  He’s lucky Mink didn’t run off with it, or Romeo didn’t tell Annie.  Anyway, now that Ruby knows, it’s only a matter of time before Charlie aka the cops find out.  He should just buy a flash car and be done with it.

Tony, in a stupid move, has started to teach Xavier boxing.  Gina has already expressed extreme disgust for the sport.  Duh, Tony.  Don’t cross the headmistress.  Everyone knows that.

Wowee, did you hear Ruby and her amateur-psychology speak in that episode?  She nearly sounded like she knew what she was talking about.  She told Annie that Romeo needed to get in touch with his feminine side.

However, her follow-through wasn’t as good.  The resulting plan consisted of Romeo wearing a dress to school.  He looked well in it, all the same.

I was glad to see some good old-fashioned Home and Away humour there when Elijah discovered a face-masked Leah waxing her legs.  Who leaves it till an hour before a date to wax their legs anyway?

Ruby and Romeo are going out in real life.

So, Gina got herself a new boyfriend in the shape of John Palmer.  No sooner did he drop her home than they were at it.  Poor Xavier saw the aftermath.  That fella’s going to have a breakdown.

Annie and Romeo got the lead roles in Romeo and Juliet, but, “hilariously”, she’s playing the boy and he the girl.  This’ll be gas.

Tony wants to start a boxing club at the school.  Gina says no.  I think Elijah should teach them all ninja.