Episode 131

Australian Air Date: 18th July 1988
UK Air Date: 14th August 1989
Writer: Maureen Ann Moran
Director: Peter Andrikidis

Carly makes her modelling debut, unaware of events back in Summer Bay that could change her life forever.

MISS MOLLOY (BARBARA WYNDON)
Fifth appearance, last seen in #130. Visited the photo shoot to speak to Carly.
GEORGE MORRIS (HELMUT BAKAITIS)
Return episode, last seen in #123. Held a rigged photo shoot to embarrass Carly.
GRAHAM BARTON (MARC CALEB)
Second appearance, last seen in #127. Took part in the Samantha/Carly photo shoot.
BRAD (ROBERT GILTINAN)
Photographer who thought Samantha was ‘the best’.

Extended Summary

Samantha models some clothes to The Chantoozies “Wanna Be Up”. She walks over to an identically dressed Carly who is worried about the modelling and what Tom is going to do now she has slipped away from the house. George and the presenter walk across and do something different, but Carly says she can handle it.

Sally, Frank, Bobby and Steven discuss the fact that Tom has kicked Carly out. Tom and Pippa are discussing the fact he’s told the department that Carly can find a new family. Pippa is none too impressed that she wasn’t involved in the decision making process.

Carly is having troubles at the modelling, but the presenter assures her that she will be a star.

The Fletcher’s are having a family meeting to discuss the Carly situation. Frank abstains since he doesn’t live there anymore. Steven and Sally want Carly to have another chance; Bobby and Tom think she’s burnt her bridges and therefore the deciding vote comes to Pippa. Pippa says yes, Carly can come back. Pippa asks Tom if he wants to phone Miss Molloy about the decision, but Tom throws a strop about his opinion not counting. Tom is dismantling a bed in one of the bedroom. Pippa tells him she didn’t vote against him just to put him down.

Narelle turns up at Alf’s store wearing a short skirt and low-cut top and Celia goes on about her perverting the youth of Summer Bay. Bobby and Sally arrive and Narelle tells them about Celia and that they’re going to hatch a plan. Bobby, Floss and Sally giggle about their plan in the caravan park. Steven and Frank are washing a car, wonder what all the giggling is about and the girls tell them about how they’re going to rile Celia.

Tom and Pippa are up in the bedrooms continuing to talk about the Carly situation. Tom is putting the bed together again and said that Pippa’s talk early has talked him around and maybe he was jumping the gun.

Miss Molloy turns up at the shoot to discuss with Carly the Fletcher’s decision. George, worried that Carly would go back to the Fletcher’s gets Miss Molloy to talk to Samantha instead, who says that she doesn’t want to go back to the Fletcher’s. Carly is modelling and her heels are getting stuck in the mud. She wants to go and speak to Miss Molloy, but the TV people don’t let her. George tells her Miss Molloy wanted to speak to him to check everything was OK. Carly and Samantha do some modelling. Carly is worried about what Tom is going to say, but Samantha mocks her and the two sisters bicker.

Celia and Narelle are in the bottle shop. Steven walks in and asks Narelle to get him something off the top shift. Narelle does it wilfully and whilst there goes to look up Narelle’s skirt. Celia sees this and pulls Steven away. Steven says it’s OK and leaves. He goes out to the car and Frank says the next part of the plan can go into action. Celia is saying Narelle is an embarrassment to her sex when Sally, Bobby and Floss walk in all tarted up.

Miss Molloy collects Carly’s stuff from the Fletcher’s. Samantha is feeling guilty that she might have damaged Carly’s chances of having a family, but Carly is all excited about her modelling and says she’s staying with the modelling shoot.

Trivia

>This episode marks the first time the ‘Home and Away’ title appears on-screen just prior to an ad-break.