Episode 6184

Extended Summary

Phoebe leaves a message for Kyle, who hasn’t been in contact. Kat puts some pressure on Phoebe to help her find Kyle but Phoebe plays dumb.

Leah and Nate are taking Matt to counselling to get his drinking under control. VJ talks to Zac about Matt and his drinking. Leah walks in and overhears them just as they conclude that they are lucky to have her but when VJ tells Zac he feels fortunate that he still has him too Leah wonders what happened while she was comatose… Later Leah thanks Zac for talking to VJ. She asks what he said and when Zac refers to VJ thanking him for being there she asks if there’s anything else she should know but Zac denies it. A guilt ridden Zac then goes to talk to VJ about it. Nate and Matt return from the counselling session, Matt goes to his room and Nate tells Leah that it went well. Leah takes the opportunity to ask Nate how things were while she was in hospital, Nate says that VJ was very mature and that Zac was a saint, he tells her she’s lucky to have them.

Hannah and Denny spy on Andy who is too nervous to look at his practise test results, Denny rips the bandaid off to reveal that he got 90%! Denny tells Oscar they should have a family dinner to celebrate Andy doing well. Oscar asks whether Ash will be coming but Denny says he’s out of town. Phoebe overhears and tells Denny that Kyle also left town that morning. They discuss what they could be up to, and Denny suggests going to see Kat but Phoebe talks her out of it. Later Kat asks Denny where Ash is. Denny plays it cool and tells Kat he’s just out of town but it’s clear that she’s torn. Oscar tells an overwrought Andy about the planned dinner. Oscar offers to take some of the pressure off by working at the gym and Andy agrees to take him on. Andy has to close the gym so misses the dinner, then comes home to find Hannah waiting up for him. She’s upset that he hired Oscar without consulting her, she doesn’t think it will be good for his mental wellbeing given the problems he’s had.

Matt tells Phoebe that he’s been to a counsellor, he doesn’t really think it’s helping but wants to change, Phoebe suggests that there are other options. Zac arrives home to find a house conference as Matt tells everyone that he’s going on a bush retreat. He also apologises for his behaviour. Matt, Nate and VJ leave and Zac starts to confess but Leah stops him and tells him what Nate said, she knows it must have been hard.

Phoebe decides to go away for a few days, Denny would love to join her but is too busy to go. Denny finds Zac with a beer and a takeaway pizza, she asks who he’s hiding from, then goes on about being kept in the dark herself. Zac suggests that perhaps people keep others in the dark to protect them, Denny counters saying he should face what he’s hiding from, that avoidance is never the answer. The next morning Zac still looks contemplative when Leah finds him, he says he couldn’t sleep and that there’s something that he needs to talk to her about… Will her tell her?