Episode 6399

Extended Summary

Dylan wastes no time telling Kat after being accused of trashing the garage by Ash. Kat is furious, heading straight to the garage to give Ash a serving. Since Ash can’t provide proof, Kat tells Ash to end his crusade against Dylan, ignoring Ash’s insinuation that Dylan hasn’t changed.

Since quitting his apprenticeship, Matt has ensconced himself on the couch, overwhelmed by the problems he’s facing – public taunting over the sex tape, an impending court date for his assault charge and being the prime suspect in a murder investigation. Concerned, Maddy asks Evelyn & Josh to talk Matt out of his funk when Oscar walks in on the conversation asking if they’ve seen the comments on Maddy’s Facecloud feed? Maddy explains she wrote a post defending Matt and telling the trolls to back off, but Oscar says it seems some of the backlash comments are quite full on. Oscar warns Maddy to not engage but she seems unconcerned. Later Evelyn and Josh try to talk Matt into getting outside but he shuts down the idea. When they push him, he rants about his dire situation and tells them to lay off – seems that was a big fail. Later when Josh sees Ash at the diner, he asks about Matt getting his apprenticeship back. Ash points out that they never wanted him to leave in the first place, but yeah he’ll talk to Andy.

Ash reveals his theory that Dylan trashed the garage to Andy. He believes it but thinks they’ll never find proof against a detective that other cops will believe. Ash laments the more pressing worry is Kat’s safety, sharing with Andy that she’s involved with Dylan again. Kat wouldn’t listen to Ash’s warnings but Andy suggests that’s because Ash is a guy. Chicks only listen to other chicks; if Ash wants to get through to Kat, he’s going to have to enlist her friends to help. When a reluctant Ash approaches Phoebe and Hannah at the Diner, the girls have just finished a conversation about the goss of Ash’s bed hopping – to which Phoebe feigns indifference. Hannah warns her as Ash approaches, assuming he’s here to talk to her, but Ash immediately states he needs to talk to them both… about Kat. The girls look concerned.

Oscar explains the FaceCloud situation to Roo who is shocked after reading some of the nasty online comments. Maddy plays it down but reveals she’s also getting private messages from guys asking for nude pics. Roo wants to contact the authorities but Maddy asks to hold off; she’s concerned about what will happen if Matt finds out, not wanting him to sink deeper into his depression. However Matt receives some good news when Ash visits him. Since they now know the break-in wasn’t to do with Matt’s sex-tape, Ash would like to offer Matt his job back. Matt happily accepts.

At the station, Dylan is pleased Kat tore Ash a new one over his accusation. Kat seems to have no doubts about Ash’s misguided views. Dylan’s keen to hang out with Kat later, but Kat receives a text from Hannah asking her out to dinner. Dylan insinuates she sees them all the time and she should spend time with him, but Kat decides she’d like to catch up with the girls instead. Dylan tries to hide his jealousy.

Maddy, Josh and Evelyn are all surprised when Matt makes a surprise appearance at Summer Bay house to say goodbye to Alf. They’re all curious to know what turned Matt’s frown upside down. He explains he got his job back and apologises for being such a downer. Maddy’s glad to see him happy again, and Matt offers to take her out to dinner to thank her for putting up with him. Mady agrees and moves off to get her things, but once she’s alone she checks the FaceCloud page to find guys have made more horrible comments and threats against her. Maddy’s shaken, even checking behind her like she’s being watched later that night as she heads to meet up with Matt.

Hannah and Phoebe discuss how best to raise the subject of Dylan with Kat. Phoebe wants to go in hard but Hannah advises a softly softly approach may be better to avoid Kat getting defensive. The night progresses well and Kat relaxes as Phoebe rants about Ash. Hannah then steers the conversation back and uses the topic of bad boys to say that some women look past their partners faults to their own detriment. Kat clocks the pointed looks immediately and knows they’re talking about her and Dylan. Phoebe pleads with Kat to tell them it’s not true that she’s back with Dylan. Kat is fuming, saying it’s none of their business while Hannah tries to show her they’re just looking out for her. Kat leaves the restaurant annoyed, going straight to Dylan back at the station to have sex with him, drowning out her own doubts about him.

The next day, Phoebe is confronted by the sight of Ash kissing another girl. Despite her hurt, Phoebe makes the approach to update Ash on the fail that was dinner with Kat the night before. Phoebe suggests the more they push her the more likely Kat will shut them out. She thinks they should just be there for Kat when she needs them. Ash however doesn’t want to wait for the inevitable to happen so decides to head to the police station – Phoebe’s worried over what Ash will do so goes with him. Ash jumps straight into a lecture to Kat when he gets there, with Dylan witnessing the whole thing and trying to undercut Ash. But Ash forges on, berating Kat for starting this relationship up again knowing what Dylan is capable of. As Ash talks about them blindly hooking up Phoebe yells for Ash to stop; she’s noticed Emerson has walked in and heard everything. Kat is frozen in shock – her affair has been exposed.