Episode 6230

Extended Summary

Nate is having a mugshot taken, he’s fingers printed and put in a cell after having been arrested for attempted sexual assault of Billie.

Ricky tells a concerned Ash that she’s sure Nate didn’t do it. Ash continues to protect Billie, despite Ricky telling him that she thinks he’s being played. Ash asks to stick around to support Billie, Ricky says that’s fine and takes the opportunity to use Ash as a babysitter for Casey. Denny arrives to find Ash unsuccessfully trying to calm Casey. Denny is shocked when Ash tells her that Nate assaulted Billie. Denny says she’s there for them if Billie and Ash need someone to talk to. Ash appreciates her offer. Phoebe and Kyle arrive and ask where Ricky is, Phoebe is really concerned about how Ricky is struggling with motherhood. The group make a plan to give her some time out.

Alf, Irene, Roo, Marilyn and John are having dinner at Angelo’s and get onto the subject of the Nate / Billie incident and even though they believe in Nate, Ricky overhears them discussing the matter and loses her temper with them. Later on Irene goes home leaving Roo and Marilyn to chat while Alf and John go to pay the bill. Both groups end up talking about how much Marilyn and John miss Jett and are secretly worried they might get bored with just the two of them. John apologises to Ricky about upsetting her. After he leaves Alf gently asks Ricky how she is but she tells him that she’s fine. Ricky gets home to find Phoebe with Casey. Phoebe invites Ricky to go to the beach the next day, saying the boys will look after Casey. Ricky admits that would be fun, but her tension surfaces again as Phoebe goes to hand Casey to her and she asks Phoebe to put him straight in his cot.

Kat comes home with Nate and tries to reassure him, saying the evidence isn’t sound and says she will speak to Emerson. She makes him some food but he’s not hungry and won’t talk. When he finally does speak, he asks why Kat let go of his hand when Emerson told them about the text which was sent from his phone. She denies it meant anything but he accuses her of doubting him and tells her to go. The next day Kat comes back round and gently insists that she didn’t doubt him, she was just shocked. Nate tells her they shouldn’t be in a relationship if she thought he was capable of sexual assault, even for a second.

At the beach Denny and Phoebe finally manage to get Ricky to open up about things and she breaks down after admitting that she finds it hard to look at Casey because it makes her miss Brax more.

Back home, Kyle and Ash are trying to stop Casey crying with little success. Next door Marilyn and John look at the newspaper with Nate on the front page with sympathetic concern. Marilyn then confesses that she’s feeling a bit lost without Jett, and John is relieved to hear he’s not alone in feeling that way. No sooner than they’ve said it they hear the boys exclaiming over Casey vomiting on Kyle and they can’t resist looking over the fence. They offer to help, and the boys eagerly accept.

Ricky comes home to find Marilyn enjoying entertaining Casey. Marilyn talks saying that motherhood is the hardest job in the world and enquires as to how Ricky’s doing, but this leads to Ricky being upset that the boys told Marilyn that she’s struggling. Marilyn gently reassures Ricky that it’s ok to find it hard. She offers to take Casey for the night, which Ricky gratefully accepts. It’s clear that she doesn’t feel good about needing the help though.

Nate gets up in the night and upon seeing the paper with the assault headline smashes his glass.

The next morning Marilyn takes Casey home but instead of finding Ricky she finds a note saying Ricky’s gone away for a while. Phoebe and Kyle come in and are very concerned about Ricky’s state of mind, if she left her baby is she coping at all?