UK Air Date: 22nd June 2015
Writer: Andrew Osborne
Director: David Gould
Cat No: HAW7-327
Ash tries to persuade Billie to stay in Summer Bay. Josh and Evie search for Matt who’s done a runner. Maddy persuades Roo to go to the city to be with Alf in hospital.
Extended Summary
Ash finds Billie at the cemetery but she runs away and as she tries to drive off, Ash stands in front of her car urging her to stop. She does so reluctantly and they go back to put flowers on their brother Luke’s grave – it’s Ash’s first visit because he was in prison when Luke died. Ash reminisces about their childhood and the way that Luke was always a peacekeeper. Billie tells Ash that she’s still with Dean.
Alf thanks Josh and Jett for putting on a beaut service. Nate talks Roo into letting him take Alf back to the city hospital. Though clearly torn, Roo will stay in Summer Bay to take care of Maddy. Roo is anxious about Alf, so Marilyn offers to go to the city to keep him company. Maddy is distracted, Irene guesses she’s worried about Alf, and worried that Roo is staying behind for her sake. Maddy tells Roo to go to the city to see Alf, she has organised to stay with Irene.
Ash shows Billie around Summer Bay where they bump into Ricky. She persuades Billie to come to Angelo’s for lunch. Billie still doubts that Ash really looked for her but Ricky tells her otherwise. There’s a small thawing of the tension and a bit of banter. Billie confesses that she lied about being with Dean when she finds out that Ash went all the way to Broken Hill to look for her. Ash tries to persuade Billie that he’s not a bad guy, despite being a convicted armed robber.
Irene asks whether Josh and Evie have seen Matt who’s disappeared. Josh and Evie try to work out where Matt could be, and Evie wonders if they could have tried harder to help him. Maddy gets settled in at Irene’s. Evie calls Sasha and covertly works out that she hasn’t heard from Matt. Josh speculates that Matt may be hanging out with old mates if he’s falling back to old ways without Sasha.
Nate is persuaded to join John for an afternoon drink, Ricky and Nate think that it’s because Jett and Marilyn are away and that he will be missing them soon.
Ash tells Billie not to feel bad about what happened, that Dean lied about Ash bashing the security guard. But when Ash tells Billie that Dean’s dead, Billie jumps to the worst conclusion and leaves, telling Ash to stay away from her.