Episode 6295

Extended Summary

As Matt leaves Charlotte’s after another mind-blowing night, she tries to seduce him to get him to stay, but he doesn’t want them to get busted together again. He escapes, watched by an unknown person from a nearby car. Matt visits Josh, and confides in him about his night with Charlotte, and his plan to keep seeing her. Josh warns him that he will be expelled if Principal Snelgrove finds out, but Matt’s not worried, he just has to hide it until the HSC is over. Josh tells him to do himself a favour and end it now, but Matt thinks it’s all under control.

With the unknown person continuing to watch Charlotte’s apartment, Josh arrives, as she continues to cover up Denny’s murder by responding to Denny’s Facecloud messages. Josh tells Charlotte he’s worried about Matt stuffing up his HSC again, but Charlotte attacks him – if Josh ruins this for her, she’ll ruin him. Josh tells Matt that Charlotte threatened him, but Matt refuses to take him seriously. Josh gives up, telling him that it’s not going to end well. That night, Charlotte hears banging on her front door. She’s scared, but no-one’s there when she answers the door. Instead, she finds a note, which reads, “I’m watching you”. But who is it? And what do they want?

Alf visits Irene’s to check on Marilyn, but when he gets talking about Roo, he reveals he still a doesn’t trust James, and is worried they’re taking things too quick. Meanwhile, the newly engaged Roo and James agree they have to tell Alf the good news. But Alf can’t give them his blessing – he thinks they’re out of their minds! Roo argues that she knows in her heart that she wants to spend the rest of her life with him, but if that’s the case, Alf doesn’t see the harm in waiting – she’s always jumped into things too fast, and look where it’s landed her! Roo storms out, upset.

Against Roo’s strong advice, James his luck with Alf. But Alf is firm that getting married after a couple of months is not a good idea, and he’s worried about Maddy too – the last thing the girls need is another bloke walking out on them. James has no choice but to leave Alf with a thinly veiled threat – they’ll miss having him in their lives if he doesn’t give them his blessing. James thinks Alf understood his point, but the conversation pushes him to make a discreet call to Morag for a favour, asking her to run a background check on James. But what will they find?

Noticing how relaxed Marilyn is about her date with John, Irene gives her a heads up that he may have some higher expectations. Meanwhile, nervous John can’t decide what they should do on the date, so Alf advises him to keep it simple, take it slow and see what happens. John’s surprised when he picks Marilyn up and her hair is the same as on their wedding day, although she’s not consciously aware of what she’s done. Sensing John’s trepidation, Marilyn encourages him to just try and enjoy the date. John takes Marilyn to the diner, and after some initial nerves, he relaxes into telling her a personal story, but it only serves to help her remember another former partner, Sid Walker – but not him. John’s hurt, and thinks they should just quit while they’re ahead. He doesn’t want to spend the rest of his life being reminded of what he’s lost. Marilyn follows him out, and she tells him she understands why she fell in love with him. Being in the car park triggers the memory of when they first got together for John. As he tells the story, it comes back to Marilyn – she remembers him! She rushes off in her excitement, leaving John aghast. Marilyn rushes up the hill, and recalls their entire wedding, as she looks over the place where it happened. John’s ecstatic, and he pulls her into a hug, finally reunited with his wife.