Colleen is so easily swayed.  I bet if someone had told her "Here, kill Sam", she’d do it.

The new diner is looking posh.  Sally’s probably on her way home from Singapore as we speak to have a nose around.

That’s that.  Sally is no longer a Summer Bay resident; she left because, eh, because she lost her job I think.  Feck’s sake, suck it up!

So, the Sam/Jack/Martha storyline is coming to a head next.  Look at this clip on youtube – those Aussie previews are amazing.  Sam is like something out of a horror film now – standing staring on the beach, saying "Hello Martha" in a really menacing voice.  Creepy wagon.

Back to the Bay have set up an admirable Sally tribute site.

So sit back and reminisce about Sally’s loves (many) and terrible injuries at the hands of crook folk (also many).

She won most Most Popular Personality On TV and Most Popular Actress at the Logies. Geoff got Most Popular New Male Talent and Home and Away won Most Popular Australian Drama.

There have been a lot of religious references in Home and Away recently, between Annie and Geoff who are fairly hardcore, and Sally’s sojourn to Nirvana where she visited a picture of Flynn. Deadly. Not since the days of Saul have we seen so much weeping and gnashing of teeth.

What do you think, do you like the holy mentions, or could you do without them?

Vote over in our poll on the right!

I thought it worth mentioning that although we know Sally’s leaving soon, I don’t think any of us have pondered what this means. She will pass into the realm of "past characters". Enjoy her while you can.

*Sob*

A few questions arose from today’s episode:

1. Why was Flynn doing an impression of the sacred heart with his holy light? I think that he was conspicuous by his absence. Maybe he’s not in heaven at all but was sent downstairs.
2. How is it that Tom has continued to age even though he died around 15 years ago? He told Sally to tell Pippa that he’d be waiting for her. I wonder what Michael thinks of that. It’s all going to kick off when she arrives with a meatloaf in one hand and a basket of laundry in the other.
3. Was Annie auditioning for Grease when she was playing pool in the surf club? Is she due to experience a crook and rebellious period like those of Jade, Matilda and Lucas?

Guess who’s back? It’s only Johnny Cooper, the Bay’s baddest ever bad boy. He got a present of the boxed set of Prison Break for Christmas and managed to escape from jail after watching them all. Once free, he decided to make straight for the Bay to tell them the good news. Unfortunately, Brad had left the bay so we won’t get to see him get the good kicking he deserves for being so boring.

Jack has told Sally that Summer Bay’s finest are on the case. How comforting must that be? I would have more faith in Colleen and Madge Wilkins trying to stop him than Jack and Fitzy. Ric was told to stay away as he might present a target for Johnny. With any luck he’ll target his hair.

I have it, on good authority, that there will be a flashback to 1988 in Home & Away tonight.

That’s right folks, crank up the nostalgometer…

EDIT:  Little Sally is not back, I’ve been told…intriguing..

The bay’s first derro made an appearance today, and if it wasn’t Milco himself. He was given a free meal down the diner and then he stalks Sally on the beech at just the time that she was telling Pippa about him. So he wasn’t a figment of her imagination after all. If you’re thinking that it doesn’t make sense, then you’re right.