Easily swayed

Ah lads, this is hard to watch. Poor simple Andy Barrett thinks Jake is his new best mate, and is hanging on his every word. THE BLEEDIN DOPE.

We in H&AI HQ were nearly feeling sorry for lovelorn Maddie there, until she was a total wagon to Evie.

Everyone’s keeping an eye on Oscar since his exercise coma, that’ll get tiresome quick.

Brax and Ricky don’t seem to bother going to their jobs on a regular basis.

This is not work
This is not work

A chance for redemption

Brax leaning

While engaging in some classic leaning, Brax told Casey about himself and Ricky trying for a baby. Casey managed to persuade him to help Andy, he needs the support that the Braxton boys gave each other if he’s to turn his life around. Brax held out a hand of friendship to Andy but got it thrown back in his face. Andy got a job offer from Cody and lads who were threatening him last week, they were impressed with his drug selling abilities.

Jett was worried that he might get displaced now that John’s real child has arrived in town. John reassured him that this wasn’t a problem but as they were arguing in the garden they ended up soaking Marilyn with a garden hose, such laughs.

Oscar is still on his crazy fitness buzz. After his community service he got dropped off in the bush so he could run home. This wasn’t the best plan as he was on his own on a country path with the sun beating down. He got heat stroke and passed out. Will Zac and Hannah be able to find him in time?

HSC hooning

In the space of one episode, Sasha went from failing her HSC to, um, not failing it. Zac was just acting the tough teacher for a while. Matt owned up to his amazing poetry skills, and all was well.

Oscar loves that oul’ gym. He can’t get enough. Or, maybe he can; 8 chest extensions had him staggering around the place like a drunk. He got pretty angry when Spencer and Maddie told him to ease off, look!

Oscar SMASH!
Oscar SMASH!

Kidnap and torture

RTE player staff got a bit confused with Friday’s episode. This sounds like a plot from ten years ago.

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Cody and his toughs turned up to get some info on Andy’s whereabouts. First they put the hurt on Casey at the gym but all that succeeded in doing was dragging Brax away from the house to rescue his bro. Little did he know that this was what they wanted all along. As soon as he left Braxton Towers for the gym, they went over to capture Josh and Evelyn, who they took to the farm for kidnap and interrogation. Kyle is going to be annoyed when he finds out, some kidnapping in the Bay that he wasn’t involved in. Where was Kyle anyway? The lads forced Josh to leave a message for Andy, telling him to come and rescue them. Will the selfish mongrel turn up? What if Oscar and Hannah show up first?

John got a surprise when Shandi turned up in the diner. They had a chat on the beach and seemed to have straightened things out a bit. Everything was going fine until he told her about Jett; she lost the plot when she heard he had a foster son. Things will be a bit bumpy for a while but she’ll be grand once she acclimatises to the Bayside way of life.