THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR UPCOMING EPISODES OF NEIGHBOURS SCHEDULED TO AIR BETWEEN AUGUST 5TH-8TH.
As always, we have an amazing week of unmissable drama ahead of us in Erinsborough.
Last week we saw Aaron’s fear when he found out that he may have contracted hepatitis from Logan, something he tried to keep a secret, but we know secrets don’t last long in Erinsborough, don’t we. Nicolette overheard Aaron on the hone and the secret is well and truly out!
Poor Toadie seems to be having a bad time of it… everywhere he looks he is faced with remnants of his past life – not helped by finding out that Melanie is over him and realises that they weren’t meant to be. Ouch. How to hit a man when he is down, right? Toadie is another one keeping secrets… from Terese, from the kids…. this won’t end well..
And even MORE secrets at Lassiters with the arrival of Tess’ supposed right-hand-man but clearly also her lover, Heath. Oh, he is also helping her embezzle £10million from the Sinclair family! And then there is Holly… oh Holly… like mother like daughter…. she can’t say no to a sexy man.
So, what will happen next week as we head back to Ramsay Street? Let’s take a look at some of the main stories coming up. As always, we have kept some of the really juicy bits a secret, so make sure you watch every episode so you don’t miss out…
HEALTH FEARS FOR AARON AS NIC DISCOVERS HIS SECRET
In true Nicolette fashion, upon finding out about Aaron’s Hep B scare, she over-reacts. Luckily, Kiri is around to try and make Nic see things a little clearer. Aaron does find genuine compassion in the form of Leo. Non-judgemental, he tells Aaron he understands why he would have looked for a connection and urges him to forgive himself for trying to navigate life without David.
Nicolette eventually apologises to Aaron and promises him her support. Kiri is impressed by the personal growth that Nic has shown and the two end up professing their love for one another. Once Kiri is out of the way though, once Kiri is out of the way, Nic opens up her phone and adds the Logan saga to the long list of things she has against Aaron….
HOLLY FALLS FOR HEATH AS HIS TRUTH IS EXPOSED
In awe of his good looks and charm, not to mention a flashy car and a big house, Holly is enamoured by her new beau, Heath. Whilst the pair ramp up their steamy liaisons, Holly has no idea why Heath is in town and that he is supposed to be in a relationship with Tess. Heath tells Holly that he wants to spend more time with her and she laps it up. Sadie wants to know everything about the new guy that Holly is secretly seeing. When Mackenzie arrives, Holly shuts down the conversation.
When Mack reveals that Heath is a new client at Rebecchi Law, Holly secretly reveals to Sadie that Mackenzie’s wealthy new client is the man she has been seeing… but it needs to stay a secret.
When Tess spots Heath at Rebecchi Law, he confesses that he has gone against her wishes and bought the house on Maui. Tess furious berates Heath, not only for going against her wishes but for involving a lawyer who is so closely connected to Lassiters.
Mackenzie, suspicious of this enigmatic new stranger, does a bit of sleuthing and discovers that Heath is going by two different names. She reveals her findings to Toadie and Krista, his real name is Heath Silverson and he was convicted of fraud.
Krista presents this news to Tess who feigns shock. Once again, she berates Heath for drawing attention to himself and, thus, risking their plan. They come up with a story… Heath was an unwitting accomplice in a dodgy deal and never did anything wrong. Tess encourages her to give Heath a chance, the way that so many people have given her a chance in her life…
Mackenzie is less-easily swayed and crosses with Heath, who delivers a veiled threat to her, leaving Mackenzie totally thrown off.
Elsewhere, Sadie sees Heath kissing Tess and immediately tells Holly. When Holly confronts Heath, he offers her expensive gifts to calm her down… Holly channels her inner-Izzy and decides that as long as the gifts keep coming, she can overlook his other romantic partner….
THE RETURN OF PAUL WORRIES TESS
Paul Robinson makes an unexpected return to Erinsborough, which immediate rattles Tess and Heath. Their plan was only going to work because Paul wasn’t around. Trying to distract him from what is really going on, Tess appeals to Paul’s greed and makes him a tantalising offer to buy out the Sinclair share of the hotel. Paul shakes hands with Tess to seal the deal, even though this could cause issues for Krista and, in turn, Leo.
Paul later meets with Leo and Krista and it comes out that all three of them are playing Tess. They are certain that Tess is up to something dodgy. They agree that Paul will go along with Tess’ plan, making it look like he is stabbing Krista and Leo in the back. Meanwhile they will all keep their ears to the ground to see if they can discover what her true motive is.
TOADIE REACHES OUT AS HE CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE
Following their conversation last week where Mel revealed that she was felt she should never have been with Toadie, he can’t help but feel an awkward air whenever Melanie is around. Terese assumes it is because of their upcoming anniversary party… Mel goes along with it rather than let Terese in on their conversations.
Toadie and Terese separately confide in Karl and Susan. Terese is feeling optimistic and reveals she is considering changing her name to Rebecchi to solidify their coupling. Meanwhile, Toadie is encouraged by Karl to speak to someone about the way he is feeling.
When Terese reveals the potential name change to Toadie, he pretends to be excited by it, but Karl sees through his fake joy and once again encourages Toadie to seek help.
Toadie calls RHonda Del Rubio for a counselling session, but makes it clear that he does not want Terese involved. At the counselling session, Toadie lets it all out and finally admits – he feels like he is drowning…
DEX STEPS IN TO HELP CARA
Cara is working on her uni assignment but is finding coding much more difficult than she expected. Remi and Dex pick up on her anxiety and Remi encourages her to have faith in herself, Dex can’t help but feel concern for his mum.
Wanting to help, he secretly starts worting on Cara’s assignment and when Haz drops by, Dex asks him a tech question to help with his work. Hax offers help but is suspicious as to exactly what Dex is doing.
When Cara comes home, she wants to read through her work again, but Dex enlists Remi to Cara to just t send the project straight off, which she does, completely unaware that her son redid her work.
Cara is gobsmacked when she receives a high distinction for her work. Dex is initially thrilled and how he has helped Cara, but when the Varga-Murphys celebrate Cara’s success at Harolds. Haz can’t help[ but put 2 and 2 together to realise what Dex was doing.
Knowing he has been busted, Dex pleads with haz not to say anything, but Haz’s conscience wins out – he has to tell Remi what happened. She looks over at Cara who is on a high from her success and is even pledging to sign up for an advanced coding module. Remi decides to keep the secret… for now…
Before Remi has a chance to come clean, Cara receives word that the university is investigating her for academic misconduct over her most recent assignment, which forces Dex to come clean and admit what he has done.
Cara goes off at Dex for his interference, but Remi suggests that Cara’s anger comes from embarrassment that she needed the help in the first place.
Cara makes peace with Dex and decides she will have to be honest with the uni and await the consequences.
NELL DISCOVERS THE TRUTH
When JJ spots Nell practising karate moves, he steps in to offer help and to try and repair their damaged friendship. The pair get talking and Nell talks about Sonya and how she used to run a nursery, but admits that it isn’t somewhere she feels comfortable goingt o visit as it brings back memories of her mother.
JJ offers a friendly hand and says that he will go there with Nell to support her, so she can spend some time in the place her mother built. But when they arrive, Nell is devastated to find the site closed and abandoned in a state of disrepair.
Overcome with anger and upset, Nell runs home and shares what she has found to Toadie and Terese.
Both Nell and Terese are shocked when Toadie reveals he already knew what had happened to the nursery. He explains that they have been struggling to find a new tenant and he can’t stand to let the site be redeveloped.
Terese is hurt that Toadie couldn’t confide in her about the nursery and how it was making him feel and struggles to understand Toadie’s reasoning.
Terese tells Susan what has happened and she offers to assist in cleaning up the nursery site if they need help, but behind closed doors both Susan and Karl express their concern at being in the middle of the growing tension between Toadie and Terese.
A STRUGGLING WENDY GROWS CLOSE TO QUINN
Still reeling in the accusations that she was only awarded the mentorship as a ‘box-ticking-exercise’ because of her race, Wendy struggles to write an acceptance speech which she needs to deliver.
Quinn acknowledges Wendy’s position and she admits that she feels unfairly burdened to have to potentially call out other people and risk her own life at uni. Quinn tells her the best things she can do is to take every advantage teh mentorship gives her.
Later, having noticed the connection between Wendy and Quinn, Sadie questions her mother about this new man. Wendy makes it clear that she is just happy to have made a new friend who is on her wavelength…
So, are Wendy’s feelings for Quinn as straight forward as she claims? What is next for Toadie and Terese… and poor Nell? Will Cara get into trouble for Dex’s actions? And Paul. It is so good to have Paul back.. straight in at the deep end… we can be sure that he will work out exactly what Tess is up to… won’t he?
This all plays out next week on Neighbours with new episodes streaming from 7am on Amazon Freevee and Amazon Prime Video.