Well, romance is blooming in Summer Bay.  Marilyn had Dr. Sid stay over after she saw off love rival Nursey Nurse.  Whoop!

Ruby kissed Xavier because she is a total wagon.  After some sage advice from Tony and some dumb advice from Palmer, Xavier confessed to April, who thought it was grand.

However, Leah appears to be trying to get rid of Elijah.  She’s hinted a few times that he might like to go back to missionary work.  Does she want to marry him or not, like?

Charlie and Angelo are in the throes of a non-crisis.  He has to open his restaurant soon, to a deadline.  He should just do barbeque food for the first few days.  They’re mad for snags ’round there.

Aww did you see Alf giving Marilyn the world’s most reluctant fashion advice? His gruffness belies his kindliness. Lovely.

Marilyn found out about Sid’s meandering mickey.  It didn’t seem like she minded too much.  No better woman to put manners on him.

The new language teacher is dead foxy and has turned Liam’s head.  Ruby won’t like that.

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So, Doctor Sid is really back in da house.  He valiantly tried and failed to save the life of a young mother, and all of a sudden the nurses love him.  One even slinked up to his house and basically offered herself to him on a plate.  Oh Doctor!

There’s a new moron in town.  French girl’s sister rocked up to Summer Bay on a scooter, in a ballgown.  She paused briefly somewhere to remove her helmet, shake out her long blonde hair, and put her helmet on again.  Sexy.

She flew directly to the Bay from Milan, bringing only her scooter as hand luggage.  Some dastardly Italian had cheated on her, so she ran from their engagement party straight back to Oz.  Good call.  Liam’s already interested.  I hope she looks as well in jeans and a tshirt.

Home and Away is returning into Chuckie Down Under.  Mr. Oddley rose from the grave that Alf dug for him in the caravan park.  Miles thinks someone is “having a lend of” him.  That is one of my favourite phrases ever.

“Bon voyage you little mongrel” said Alf as he threw Mr. Oddley into Summer Bay’s deep waters.  But the doll submerged through the magic of the washing machine, where Alf found him spinning.

Dr. Sid and Tony are best buds now because Sid stuck up for girl’s boxing in front of Rachel.  Sid better watch out, she’s an annoying enemy to make.

Penn is robbing stuff from the caravan park and roundabouts and framing Colleen. What does he have against her?

Why do we need a new Dexter?  Maybe the producers didn’t like the previous actor who played Dexter.  Fair enough if that’s the case or if he wasn’t available.  But it seems that not only have they given us a new actor, but they’ve also given him a personality transplant.  His mock Attenbourgh nature documentary was pretty annoying.  Sid and Indigo would have been well within their rights to leave him in the bush when their car broke down.  He may not survive too long in the bay in anyways.  Boring or annoying young chaps often get written out pretty quick ala Henry going off to tap dancing school, Jai leaving for Japan and Lucas fecking off to a writing course after Tony shagged his teacher.  I give it six months before Dexter leaves to get a job as a jockey in the Melbourne cup.

The Walkers, that’s who.  Sid, Indigo and Dexter have returned to the bay.  What effect is that going to have on poor Nicole?  Sure she has no end of older men to lust after between the good doctor and the mysterious Penn.  Ruby is trying to follow Nicole’s example with her own older man obsession.  Liam is the object of her affections despite the fact that he’s made it clear he has no interest in her and wants to keep his job.  Nice to see somebody in the show act sensibly and use their brain.  With those kind of instincts Liam will be made principal in the nest few days, given Summer Bay timescales.  From bad boy rocker to small town school principal in 12 months or less.

Is that Sid gone?  Is that the last of the Walkers?  That’s extremely weird if so.

Someone washed up on the beach.  That’ll be Grant I suppose.

“Doing it tough” is the current phrase du jour in Summer Bay, and with good reason.

• Aden’s still doing it tough due to Belle’s death.  Surprisingly he didn’t get over it in a week.  I think the Summer Bay time warp is weakening.
• Sid is doing it tough trying to ward off Nicole.
• Charlie’s doing it tough trying to nail Grant for every rape in Oz.
• Jai is doing it tough because he can’t get his hands on Annie.
• Ruby’s doing it tough because she can’t decide between Xavier and Geoff.
• Widower dude’s doing it tough because he has a baby and no wife to help with the childrearing.  Rachel or Leah will sort that out for him.
• Hugo and Confused Martha are doing it tough because the authorities don’t like their shipwreck idea.
• Kirsty and Miles are doing it tough because they’re having a babog and only one of them is bothered with it.

Brendan is the only one having any craic; I wonder what Ruby II was wearing when he was talking to her?

Uh-oh watch out Ruby, here comes your da with his confusing words and twisting of the truth.  Charlie did a good disbelieving face when she heard that Ruby is making friends with her father.

Where is Dexter and Indigo’s ma from?  She’s a little bit foreign, didn’t know that was allowed in Summer Bay unless you have an Aussie accent to go with it.

Poor Sid, everyone’s effed off on him and all because of Nicole.  He better not get together with her after all of that.  I wonder will Indigo fully recover from her terrible injuries AKA a few scratches to the face.

And Annie is heartbroken.  That’ll probably last five minutes, and she still has Jai to fall back on.

Ahhh poor oul’ Jai, he’s only heartbroken about Annie and Dexter forming a couple.  Did you see him crying on the beach?  Sweet.  Bet he wishes he was invincible again.

The Nicole and Sid thing is hilarious.  Nicole is great at being sexy, all pouts and sleepy eyes.  But the Doctor’s having none of it.  That doesn’t matter, though, because Indigo saw them kissing which means it’ll be all over the Bay in no time.  Sid may as well go for it.