Episode 6398

Extended Summary

Zac won’t talk to Greg about Wayne (Tank) being in the same prison as him, which makes Greg worry his son’s in some kind of danger. Zac’s unstable behaviour causes Greg to suggest he take more time before returning to work but Zac refuses. He continues to avoid talking to Leah as well, much to her frustration.

Alf gets news that Don Fisher’s had a fall and prepares to visit him for a few weeks. Hunter is expected home tomorrow, much to everyone’s relief. Meanwhile at the surf club, Evelyn and Josh find VJ to be acting strangely, and by his super-obvious stares Evelyn soon realises it’s because he has a major crush on Billie. VJ’s trying to get her attention, but unfortunately for him, it’s not working so well – until VJ comes up with a crazy idea about how to land himself in her orbit…

Ash is still dealing with his break-up by sleeping with every pretty girl in sight – including some of the Garage’s customers. While Andy is begrudgingly impressed, he’s more concerned that they get Pheobe to sign the insurance claim papers. Ash finds out from the police that no fingerprints were found. The boys think it’s strange and suggests the vandalism of the Garage was more professional than some random attack on Matt. Their discussion makes Andy decide to check how the investigation’s going, but Dylan is dismissive, suggesting that Andy should be used to dodgy things happening if he works with the likes of Ash.

Meanwhile, Leah walks in on Zac having a nightmare about being beaten in prison. When she tries to wake him, he lashes out as if she were in his dream, putting his hands around her neck – accidentally hurting and scaring her. Zac apologises profusely but doesn’t reveal what the dream was about. He promises her that he’d never hurt her, which she accepts, but the truth is she’s scared – and she confides as much in Roo the next morning. Horrified her friend is bearing the brunt of Zac’s inability to deal with whatever happened to him, Roo goes to Zac and talks to him directly – Leah’s terrified and while Roo can see Zac’s been through some sort of trauma, and she’s sorry about that, he needs to deal with it. Zac doesn’t want to face it but Roo warns that if this continues, he may not be able to control what happens next. If he can’t do it for himself, he should certainly do it for his wife. This hard truth is the wake-up call Zac needs, and he finally admits to Leah that he needs help. He’s not going back to work until he gets his head right. Leah’s deeply relieved and the couple are on the path to being mended.

VJ confesses to Skye that he likes Billie and ropes her into his plan to get her attention – they should pretend to be a couple so Billie can see he has boyfriend potential. Skye thinks it’s ridiculous but, when VJ suggests it may make Oscar jealous too seeing her with someone else, Skye wavers. After a bit more begging from VJ, Skye relents. While Billie doesn’t notice their antics, Josh and Evelyn do – and figure out what’s going on. Josh later fills Billie in, much to her surprise. Josh and Evelyn are glad they’re beyond such troubles – completely unaware that Greg is busy trying to get Wayne (Tank) out of prison and back to Summer Bay. Greg confronts Zac, saying he’s just visited Wayne – he told Greg what happened to Zac, all about the attack, and that Wayne was the one who saved Zac. Zac silently confirms. Greg then pleads for his help to get Wayne out as the thugs in prison have moved onto threatening Wayne. What will Zac do?

After Ash turns up late to the garage after yet another overnight “date”, Andy warns hooking up with every girl in the bay may get back to Pheobe – then there’s no chance of them getting back together. Ash insists he doesn’t want to get back with Phoebe. Andy then suggests all these girls are just a cover for Ash to get over his ex, but Ash denies it. Later, Andy remembers to tell Ash what Dylan said about him. Ash is confused as he thought Dylan was now friendly, but as Andy has a rant about Dylan’s unhelpful attitude, the penny drops for Ash. He confronts Dylan at the Beach, calmly telling him he’s figured out that Dylan was the one who trashed the Garage. Ash threatens Dylan to watch himself and Dylan dares Ash to make a move – but Ash holds back, leaving his threat hanging for later…