UK Air Date: 3rd February 2016
Writer: Romina Accurso
Director: David Gould
Cat No: HAAW08-091
Charlotte lures Kyle into her dangerous game. Can Matt hide his true feelings from Maddy? Has an old car brought a fresh start for Ash?
Extended Summary
Left with no choice, Charlotte lies to Kyle, telling him that she accidentally killed a man who forced himself on her one night at a bar. She explains that she’s being blackmailed by the man who Kyle saw earlier – at the time he convinced her to get rid of the body, but now he’s taking everything. Charlotte pleads with Kyle to stay out of it.
About to set off for the beach, Ash and Phoebe see Kat with a classic car outside the house. Ash offers to fix it up for Kat, and Phoebe disappears back inside, their trip to the beach cancelled. Ash tells Kat that she’s looking better, and she heads off to work, leaving him with the car, excited to get his hands on it.
As Matt struggles to keep up with his HSC study, Maddy’s worried about how obsessed Oscar is, and stops him from his reading. When she moves off Oscar receives an email, leaving him curious.
Charlotte emerges from her room to find Trystan waiting for her, and assures him that she didn’t tell Kyle anything. Trystan orders Kat to keep hunting until she finds out where Brax is. Kat arrives, and as Trystan exits, she tells Charlotte she has a couple more questions. Charlotte’s nervous, knowing that she’s getting closer to being exposed. Meanwhile, Kyle stalks Trystan, violence clearly on his mind…
Oscar shows Maddy his email – he’s been shortlisted for a scholarship in Perth. Maddy’s confused, but Oscar figured if he gets in, she could come with him and study nursing at the same uni. Maddy’s hurt that Oscar assumes she should drop everything and follow him to across the country, and she storms out, leaving Oscar kicking himself.
Kyle runs into Charlotte on his way to work. With Trystan’s warning ringing in her ears, Charlotte lures Kyle in, as she plays the victim, and he agrees to help her however he can. Kyle’s feelings for Charlotte get stronger as she nestles into his chest. On his way to the diner, Matt sees them together in the distance, and he darkens, wounded.
Phoebe finds Ash tinkering with Kat’s car, and encourages him to get back into it full-time. Ash doesn’t think anyone will take a chance on him so he doesn’t want to try, but Phoebe reminds him that they promised each other that they’d grow up – and she’ll back him all the way. With her support, Ash wonders if he really could be a mechanic again.
Maddy vents to Roo about Oscar, angry that he thinks his career is more important than hers. Roo calms her down, and is pleased things are back on track between them after her break up with James.
Matt confronts Charlotte over seeing her with Kyle, and tells her he thinks she likes hurting people. Charlotte wonders if Matt threw the brick through her window, but as he fires up, Maddy intervenes and pulls him away. Charlotte’s left alone, hating herself for hurting Matt. Still reeling, Matt tells Maddy that he never learns – he’s screwing up his HSC like last year, and hitting rock bottom, thinks he should just quit. He walks off, leaving Maddy sideswiped.
Near the beach, Alf finds Trystan, alive but badly beaten, and calls for help.
Kat questions Charlotte about Trystan. Charlotte claims that she doesn’t really know him – he visited her to say he was disgusted by what she did to Matt. Charlotte thinks she’s covered her tracks well, but Kat exits with her mind ticking over…
Charlotte goes straight to Kyle, and he admits that he bashed Trystan. Kyle thinks he was protecting Charlotte, but she knows he’s just made things so much worse.
Maddy finds Matt, and sells him the uni lifestyle – but also points out the only way to get there is passing his HSC. Maddy’s belief in him makes Matt want to kiss her, but he knows he can’t, and pushes down his growing feelings.
At Angelo’s, Kat notices that Kyle has hired Charlotte. She encourages him to be careful, unaware that Kyle has already become involved in her dangerous business.
Kat arrives home and finds Ash still working on the car. Feeling sentimental about her brother, Kat tells Ash that she’d like to help him fix up the car. Ash agrees, and Kat’s determined – she owes it to her brother to finish the job.
Enraged, Trystan goes to Charlotte’s and gives her an ultimatum as he gestures to a baby photo of Hunter. She has one week to find out where Brax is, or the people she cares about are going to get hurt.
Still wondering why Matt got back with Charlotte, Maddy presses him for the reason. Uncomfortable, Matt tries to deflect, but she puts it together – he did it because he likes her. Maddy’s shocked, not expecting that at all…