Two familiar faces will be heading back to Ramsay Street in coming weeks.
Jailbird Felix Rodwell will be making an unexpected return to Erinsborough following a riot a Warrinor Prison, where he is being held. In the riot Felix, played by former Power Rangers actor James Beaufort, receives serious injuries from a stabbing, resulting in him being transferred to Erinsborough Hospital for treatment.
When Dr Remi Varga-Murphy arrives on the scene she is shocked to see Felix, who was the donor for her eldest son, JJ. When Felix was last in town he was an unwelcome presence, dragging JJ into trouble, eventually seeing him expelled from school after becoming involved in Felix’s plan to steal tools from the Eirini Rising building site.
Andrew Rodwell threatened his brother to stay away from JJ – saying he was a bad influence on the young man. Felix stuck to his word and lied, telling JJ he never wanted to see him again, devastating his young son in the process.
When Felix was returned to prison, Andrew vowed never to speak to his younger brother again, but now with his life in danger, will Andrew want to check in on him?
The Varga-Murphy family will be less than happy to have Felix thrust into their lives again. Indeed, on seeing Felix, Remi requests that another doctor take over his care as she doesn’t feel she can be around him. When JJ hears about Felix’s fate, he initially agrees to go and see his critically ill biological father, but changes his mind at the last minute when he sees him laying in the hospital bed.
The second unexpected returnee is Amira Devkar, the sister of Haz Devkar. There are no details on why she is back in town, but following Haz’s trauma from his time in the outback and Mackenzie almost losing her life, we can only hope she is in town for moral support.
Amira, played by former Miss Universe Australia, Maria Thattil, exited Erinsborough after trying to come between Haz and Mackenzie following the computer hacker scandal which saw Haz end up in a coma. In Amira’s short time in Erinsborough, she made a huge impact on Nicolette Stone following an impromptu night of passion.
With Nicolette trying to recover from Kiri walking out on her, is now a good time for another love interest to bounce back into Nic’s life? Images of Amiras return show the pair connecting, so is a reunion on the cards?
Felix Rodwell’s return will be seen on screen next Wednesday, September 3rd. Amira returns the following week on Wednesday, September 11th. You can catch all the drama in episodes of Neighbours streaming on Amazon Freevee and Amazon Prime Video with new episodes available from 7am, Monday-Thursday.