Monday 28th April
Rachel's alone and on the streets but help comes in the form of Taylah, who convinces her to stay the night at her place. But there's one condition: Rachel must let Zeke know she's okay. Rachel lees a worried Kennedy family know she's safe and spends the night at Taylah's. But Rachel's desolation sees Taylah tip Zeke off as to her whereabouts, and when Rachel's friends turn up the next morning she feels utterly betrayed.
After Libby chastises Janae for talking to Ben about her kiss with Darren, Janae realises that her actions are constantly causing instability in Mickey and Ned's lives. Reluctantly, she makes a brave decision: for Mickey's sake, she's leaving Ramsay Street for good.
Carmella brings Chloe home but her confidence soon gives way to panic and she doubts her own parenting skills. Rebecca teaches her that motherhood is a learning process. Meanwhile Marco is offered a twelve month stint at a West Australian vineyard...will he forgo his love for Carmella and sign the contract?
Tuesday 29th April
Ned reacts to Janae's decision with anger, refusing to understand her excuse that she's leaving to give Mickey stability. Dejected, Janae makes preparations to leave straight away. Mickey's broken-hearted so Janae uses a fairytale analogy to explain her motivation. At the airport, Ned is unable to lee Janae leave without a proper goodbye and they share a final tender kiss before Janae Timmins waves Erinsborough goodbye.
Rachel feels utterly betrayed by Taylah but Zeke interrupts their argument with some home truths. Ringo sympathises with Rachel's humiliation and Rachel begins to settle, before Zeke unwittingly puts his foot in it, revealing that Susan confronted Angus. Convinced that Susan forced Angus to lie that he never loved her, Rachel is furious...
Carmella and Marco finally let true love take its course and reconnect after two weeks apart.
Wednesday 30th April
Rachel is busted hiding out at Taylah's house and after Bridget's betrayal, she launches a stinging attack on Declan for 'following Bridget everywhere'. Rachel harbours tremendous resentment towards Susan for going to Angus behind her back and this is enflamed when upon returning home, she finds her room ransacked. Rachel then shatters Susan's heart with a damning assessment of Susan's failed relationships.
Carmella bravely tells Marco she made a mistake and he happily confirms he's coming home to her. Oliver is torn by the news and asks Marco's sister Mia whether she was serious about him still loving his ex-wife Marissa. She confirms this and Oliver must decide whether to play the bad guy and break Carmella's fairytale reunion.
Declan reveals his father died last week and Bridget wonders why he didn't open up to her. She thinks it may have something to do with Rachel's barbs, but assures Declan that she knows they're just friends. Declan takes it the wrong way and says he has enough friends. Bridget vents her frustration to Ringo about stubborn Declan, but she reveals too much and Ringo pointedly asks what exactly is stopping her and Declan from getting together.
Thursday 1st May
Libby takes a risk and uses her experience with Taj to get through to Rachel, who realises that her feelings for Angus were wrong and driven by deeper insecurities. Susan is furious with Libby for discussing Taj and Libby stuns Susan by revealing that she still hasn't gotten over Susan's rejection of her at the time -and she's judging Rachel the same way she judged Libby. Susan confides in Rebecca that she's always prided herself on being a good mother, but now questions her success. Rebecca helps Susan accept she's human and Susan reconciles with Libby, but Rachel knows that she has said some hurtful things to Susan that cannot be easily forgotten and fears their relationship is broken.
Mickey is angry when he finds Ned packing away Janae's things. In denial about his own grief, Ned snaps at Mickey until he later finds Mickey unpacking Janae's stuff in the hope she'll return. In trying to explain to Mickey that Janae isn't coming back, he crumbles and it's Mickey who comforts him. Steve forces Ned to come to terms with his loss and find a way forward for both father and son. Ned decides to build a go-kart with Mickey to take their minds off Janae and get them through the rough patch. B -Oliver is torn over whether or not to meddle in Carmella's love life. Frazer advises him against it, unless he thinks Carmella is truly in danger of being hurt. Carmella's happiness at Marco's imminent return stops Oliver from revealing what he knows. Having heard that Mia and Oliver met for a drink, Carmella warns Oliver not to buy into Mia's story about Marissa and Marco still being in love. Oliver gets the message loud and clear -Carmella will not let anyone come between her and Marco.
Friday 2nd May
Libby and Steph return to Shepparton so Libby can complete the painful job of packing up her things and moving back to Ramsay Street permanently. Libby shies away from facing the remains of her old life with Darren, but when she comes face to face with Darren's mistress, Libby finds a way to put the past behind her and move on -helped along by Steph's insistence they hit the town!
Steph actively makes the decision not to tell Toadie that her divorce from Max has become final. Despite Valda's counsel, Steph refuses to confront what the divorce really means, and distracts herself by taking Libby away for the weekend. But mistakenly believing Valda is in financial trouble again, Toadie goes snooping and is rocked to find Steph's divorce papers.
Giving up Pouch (the kangaroo) forces Bridget to confront her own fears of growing up, and walking without her crutches. Steve decides to push her to give up the walking aid, and enlists the help of a friend from a wildlife sanctuary to give Bridget the confidence she needs to walk again.
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