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The time has come to say goodbye to Flynn as he finally loses his battle against cancer. Read the story of his time in Summer Bay right here, from when he first arrived in bay as Noah's counsellor, to dating Sally, to having a head transplant, and through to his demise.
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Flynn arrived in the bay after he became Noah's counsellor, whilst Noah was experiencing drink problems. Noah soon overcame these and Flynn became good mates with both Noah and Noah's brother, Jude.
As a trained counsellor, Flynn soon found work at the drop-in centre alongside Shelley. However their methods were differing and initially they came to blows over the right way to do things, but they soon resolved their differences and things settled down.
Flynn spent most of his spare time searching for his sister Ashley, who had ran away from home and was now into prostitution and taking drugs. Frequently dashing off when he got leads, this caused havoc on Shelley and Gypsy's days off.
Flynn/Shauna/Sally
Soon after, Jude's fiancee, Shauna, sprung a surprise at a dinner party, telling Flynn that she was in love with him. Flynn said it was probably just the drink and told her to forget about, and initially she did. Flynn had began to fall for Sally Fletcher and after a "moment" at Sally's House one night, they eventually kissed in the drop-in centre kitchen.
The quest for their first date however was one filled with many problems. One date had to be canned after Flynn got stuck at the drop-in centre with a deaf girl and they ended up eating an omelette. Another saw Sally getting ready only to hear a message from Flynn telling her he had to head off to the city after a lead on Ashley.
Shauna then called her engagement to Jude off and both Sally and Jude initially had a go at Flynn, saying that he had caused the whole thing. However he then helped save Jude's life after he had a motorbike accident and once he explained things, everything was OK again between Sally and Flynn. Indeed, he was treated as the town hero for a short while.
When he eventually went out with Sally on a date, Sally dressed up in a, well, dress. Problem was Flynn had packed a picnic and they were going abseiling. Fortunately, Flynn had a flattering spare pair of blue overalls handy in the back of VW-combi van.
Flynn finds Ashley
Flynn then took a week out of the bay to go to "The City" to look for Ashley. He came close to finding her once, but then found her abandoned in a squat later that same day. He took her back to Summer Bay, and began to put her through rehab himself. Ashley gradually got better for a while, but she did steal some money from Colleen's caravan. She then encountered one of her old dealers and whilst trying to escape him ran to the drop-in centre and Sally ended up injured.
Flynn eventually let the Sutherland's look after Ashley whilst he went to the hospital to take care of Sally. After finding out that she couldn't have kids, Sally began to drive Flynn out of her life, and despite Flynn's efforts they briefly broke up.
Flynn's father John came to the bay after Ashley had contacted him. He and Flynn had a frosty relationship, with Flynn blaming him for Ashley's predicament. After coming through rehab Ashley left with John. Flynn and Sally got back together at the end of the year.
Flynn and the Justin Bell Incident
Into 2002 and Flynn began dealing with a problem child called Justin Bell. Justin had a violent streak and despite Flynn's help, he could not rid himself of it. After Justin had attacked Charlotte in the hospital, Flynn went looking for Justin and apprehended him in a mall. Justin then pressed charges of assault against Flynn and then Mrs Bell started to blackmail Flynn. Flynn started to talk Mrs Bell around, however Noah got involved and grassed Mrs Bell into the police. This caused friction between Noah and Flynn for a period of time, whilst Flynn's position at the centre came under scrutiny. He was eventually allowed to return to work.
Sally then left for a few weeks as part of a teacher swap. He soon discovered that Charlotte had fallen pregnant through Jude. Charlotte used Flynn as a pillar of support and Jude began to feel like it was Shauna all over. Why did his girlfriends always go to Flynn? Things were soon cleared up between Flynn, Jude and Charlotte. Flynn was then part of the SES operation that saved the school kids from the bus crash and offered help to the kids and Kick, the swap teacher after the event.
Flynn was soon in trouble with the police again, after refusing to follow police orders during the school sit-in. He was released and organised to go on holiday with Sally to Bali soon after. However Kirsty's drug-taking meant Shelley had to take time off work and Flynn had to cancel the trip. That didn't stop the drop-in centre going Indonesian for a night.
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