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?

Ooh, the writers of Home and Away are toying with our emotions, and no mistake. The Family Palmer were as happy as possible, and Jett was being as cute as possible, so of course something had to go wrong. Gina had some class of aneurysm. You know things are bad when you start seeing yourself as an apparition.

At least she remembered one of her other sons before disaster struck. I was half-expecting her to answer the phone with a “Xavier who?”. Poor Bandicoot and Hugo don’t get a look in.

Marilyn foresaw it all, of course. She’ll be feeling mega-guilty for days now.

Dex felt bad for taking it to the next level in the hospital. He’s obviously never seen Grey’s Anatomy. April, spurred on by the positive-thinking-vibes of her recent girls’ night, confronted him and wished him luck in the future. He just looked confused.

Mr. Smith has the oul’ caaaanca, but he won’t tell his wife. Well, she’ll deduce it soon enough from his withdrawn ways, and if she doesn’t, her dear daddio will let it slip. I only hope Romeo doesn’t tell Heath, who then tells Indi, as that would be a disaster of Home and Away proportions.

What a diagnosis though! Sid seems to be giving him a little hope with the promise of new treatments, but Romeo is riddled with it.

Gina and John told Jett they wanted to adopt him. Jett, the wee dote, went mad, saying he wasn’t good enough. He gave Gina a good dig by saying her sons wouldn’t like it. I’d say Gina thought, “who?”.

Sasha was so amazing and by-the-book in her petitioning for equal-rights uniforms that Gina is going to back her cause with the PNC. Sasha was delighted with this, but had no friends to tell, since she dissed Rosie. Bad move, Sash.

Romeo is a sap. He is risking his gammy knee to enter the Summer Bay Surf Carnival. I got the impression it was a small-town, local affair, not the bleedin’ OLYMPICS! In any case, he’s getting his steroids from new dad Heath. Oh, Bianca is going to love this!

Roo and Harvey are still contemplating their future. Roo is pretty annoyed, but it’s not as though she didn’t have her own dalliance. I want to pick a side, but I just don’t care enough.

Gina and John are still at odds, over nothing. Zzzzzzzz. At least Gina remembered she had sons in today’s episode.

…Are the magic ingredients necessary to make Ruby’s relationship with Romeo work according to the woman herself. Now that Sid gave Indy the money to repay Romeo, Ruby wants his ex out of the picture. Everything is going swimmingly according to Ruby, what could possibly go wrong? Did somebody say “fake pregnancy”? Leah knows the truth now so Romeo finding out cant be far away, can’t wait for that scene. Charlie would be so proud if she could see her daughter now.

Alf has had it with Roo bringing strays into his gaff, first that no-good Harvey and then his daughter. How’s a bloke to get some proper rest with the two of them cavorting around the kitchen table at the crack of dawn? I think he’s near his flamin’ limit, he’s had a gut full.

Xav managed to keep his cop job, just. John’s interference nearly cost him his badge by sticking his nose in with the senior sergeant but he let Xavier off in the end. The end result is he’s decided to separate his job from his family by moving to the Aussie Templemore. I’ll miss his dim witted capers.

Xavier convinced Gina to allow him delve into the mystery of the man in Jett’s photo. Off to YCPDHQ he went, and straight onto Cop Database, using his cryptic password, copshop2. He got caught, though. Will his useless cop career be over before it began? I don’t think he’s natural po-lice.

Poor daft Indi. She wants her Romeo back, but he thinks he’s Ruby’s baby-daddy. Indi lost her wedding ring, and nearly had a mickey fit, before nice da Sid calmed her down.

There’s trouble in paradise for Harvey. Roo doesn’t want all the responsibility of being a step-ma. Alf was never too keen on Harvey anyway, admitting he’d be near the bottom of the list of ideal boyfriends for Ms. Stewart. I’d say Alf would like her to come home with a Crocodile Dundee-type character.

Over on Channel 5 today, they showed the episode where Belle died. Here were our reactions to it.

Hurray, Home and Away is back, and Xavier’s on the beat. This is going to be amazing, he has promise as the worst cop to hit the Bay since Jack (RIP).

So, your first day on the job, an experienced cop shows you around, and tells you not to use the records or the database. What do you do? Use the database, which conveniently is called “Cop Database”. Xavier got a treasured photo from Jett when he saved him from a bashing by Jaden and his crew. He ran the photo through Cop Database and found out that it was of some  dude with a drug dealing record. Enter new baddie.

Bianca is back to herself now, and doesn’t remember her previous madness. That bodes well for River Baby.

Future cop Xavier Austin has it in for Jet. He’s convinced that the cheeky scamp is to blame for all of the recent crimes in the bay like Indi’s wallet theft and Marilyn’s mugging. Sasha tried to let him know how it feels to be accused in the wrong but Xav isn’t budging. Who needs evidence when you’ve got gut instincts? I don’t remember a cop having such a bee in his bonnet since Constable Risotto was obsessed with the elder Austin bro, Hugo.

Alf is doing it tough. He’s not impressed with all of the bayside developments since he returned. Romeo’s marriage collapsed, Roo’s going out with a criminal and Marilyn got her bag snatched while walking home. Is this the bay he knows and loves? He gave Roo a serve over the phone for deserting her friends and family, but his call was interrupted by his health, Alf collapsed on the floor. I hope it’s not his dicky ticker again.

So, Alf is back. Since he left, Romeo and Indi have broken up, Jet and Lottie arrived, Colleen left, and Heath wore many vests. He’s already re-established himself as local treasure by giving Romeo business advice and turfing Hayley out of the diner.

Of course, Romeo didn’t take the advice. Instead, he lodged some of Ruby’s money (for buying surf stock) into Indi’s bank account. She’ll have spent that on slankets in no time. Unless of course, she’s with Ulster Bank – then who knows when she’ll get the cash.

Marilyn was jumped by someone, I reckon it was Jet robbing her bag, but Flathead says the person looked taller. Only time will tell.

Leah wore a bow in her hair. Strange move, but it was nice all the same.

Jet is some kind of school genius. He doesn’t even need to pay attention to take it all in. Gina and Xavier are keeping a good eye on him.

Hayley tried to off herself by wandering slowly into the surf. Liam galloped after her. Why does he bother? What did his post-it say, by the way?

Well, that’s that. For a moment, there was a glimmer of hope that Colleen might not jet off to Las Vegas, but in the end, she went. John Palmer made sure to get a squeeze before she departed. Alf sent an email that tugged at the heartstrings terribly. Even Morag showed up. Farewell, Miss Groper! We’ll never see her likes again.

Things in the Bay continued as normal after Mrs. Smart left. Jet is still nicking stuff, i.e. Indi’s purse, Gina is still on the case and Xavier had a go as well. All is not well in the Jet household. Poor oul’ Ma Jet is on the way out, by the look of her.

Heath snuck in April’s bedroom window again, but not for a bit of boldness this time. Instead, he built the cot that Bianca had bought for the bub. Ahhh. Breaking, entering and flat-packing. He may hold his horses though, because Bianca went to the hospital in a panic shortly afterwards. Uh-oh. As Kane once said, “If anything happens to the bay-bee…..”!

Mr. Townsend is still getting a rise out of poor Casey. Gina’s well and truly on the Braxton side though. I love Mr. Townsend. He only has one mood, and here it is: