UK Air Date: 19th September 1991
Writer: Bruce Hancock
Director: Mark Piper
The new teacher at Summer Bay is an ex-nun. Haydn accepts Karen’s invitation to dinner.
PATRICIA COLEMAN (PAM WESTERN)
First episode. Teacher and former nun, who started a new position at Summer Bay High. Helped Blake overcome his grief over his mother’s death.
Extended Summary
Sophie and Karen talks in the Diner. Karen is happy since she managed to persuade Blake to go to visit Haydn.
Sophie tries to come up with some ideas on how to get Haydn interested in Karen. She comes up with an idea. Karen seems a bit worried about it.
A woman (Patricia) comes to the Caravan park and asks Sophie about info on how to rent a caravan. Sophie explains it to her. Sophie comes to Michael and Haydn’s caravan and talks to Haydn. She asks him if they can rehearse the Romeo and Juliette play (it is part of her plan to get him interested in Karen).
Ben books Patricia into the Caravan park.
Sophie continues her plan to get Haydn interested in Karen. Sophie talks to Ben so that he will come to Haydn’s caravan after 25 minutes and ask Sophie to help him with something in the house (it’s a plan to get Karen and Haydn alone in his caravan!). Sophie can’t explain to Ben the real reason behind it all since she is in a hurry but he will do what she asked him to do. Sophie hurries to the Diner and talks to Karen.
Ailsa puts up Christmas decorations in the Diner and talks to Carly about Christmas presents etc. Sophie and Karen’s are in a hurry to get to Haydn’s caravan.
Sophie and Karen are on their way to Haydn’s caravan after Sophie explained her great plan to Karen.
Patricia can’t get her car to start. Sophie and Karen help her out and push-starts it.
Karen and Sophie are in Haydn’s caravan and will be rehearsing the Romeo and Juliette play with Haydn. Ben comes in and tells Sophie that he needs a hand in the house. Ben was 10 minutes earlier than Sophie and Karen expected. Karen and Haydn are alone in the caravan. Haydn realises that it was a set-up and tells that to Karen. Karen is embarrassed and denies it! Haydn talks to her about it. Karen admits it was a set-up. Haydn gets on well with Karen and they have a few things in common and it seems as if he likes Karen.
Karen is over the moon and talks to Sophie about it.
Fisher continues to boss Bobby around and says that she should take it easy due to her pregnancy. Bobby says that she is ok. She will go to a shop by herself to get some more ice cream.
Patricia Coleman (the woman that booked into the caravan park) comes to Fisher’s house and introduces herself to him and Bobby. She is the new replacement teacher. Fisher and Patricia talks.
Ben talks to Alf in his store about the fact that Christmas is just around the corner. Ben hasn’t got a clue on what to get Carly as Christmas present. Alf give him some ideas.
Ben comes to Carly in the Diner and talks to her. Ben says that he knows what he will get her for Christmas. She is very excited and wants to know what it is. Ben won’t tell her of course.
Bobby, Patricia and Fisher drinks tea and talks. Fisher found out that Patricia used to be a nun! Bobby and Fisher are surprised.
Karen will lend Haydn a book that he likes. Ailsa are glad since Karen enjoys spending time with Haydn.
Alf tell Ailsa what Ben will give to Carly as Christmas present. Alf brings out an old present that Ailsa got from Alf on their first Christmas together. It is a music box looking like a cage with some fake birds in it and it plays music too! (Ailsa talked to Carly about it earlier today in the Diner about how much she hated that present but she told Alf that she loved it since she didn’t want to disappoint him).
Ailsa are worried since Carly will get nearly the same present and she are certain that Ailsa will hate it as much as she did! Alf thinks Carly will appreciate the present a lot.
After Patricia has left Fisher’s house, Bobby and Fisher talks. Bobby thinks that the kids will give her a hard time if they found out that Patricia used to be a nun.
Patricia comes in again to Fisher’s house and asks him if he can help her to push-start her car! Fisher will do that.
Ailsa tell Carly about what Ben will buy her for present. Ailsa and Carly talks to Ben about it. Ailsa assures Ben that it isn’t a good present. Ben thought Ailsa loved her present since Alf thought so. Ailsa say that she only said that so Alf wouldn’t be hurt since it was a present for Ailsa for their first Christmas together a long time ago.
Carly and Ben talks about it. Ben is glad that he found out in time about the bad present. There are no hard feelings and they laugh about it.
Karen comes to Haydn’s caravan with the book that he will borrow. Karen found out that Blake didn’t become a friend with Haydn. Karen is angry since she wants Blake and Haydn to be friends. She talks to Sophie about it.
Karen says that she won’t let Blake cause trouble like he used to do before. Karen is a bit mysterious about it (it seems there is something that Blake wants to hide from people, probably something about their mother’s death).
Ola Carlsson