Episode 3766

Extended Summary

RECAP
Kane and Kirsty are confident that things can only get better – they’re going to put the bad stuff behind them and do the things that they wanna do. However, she wants to put the Recommittment ceremony off for a while due to Noah and Hayley’s upoming nuptials.
Kim and Robbie venture into the bush to find Tasha’s stash of cash. Robbie points out that Tasha will hate them when she finds out they’ve taken it, but Kim reckons it’s for her own good, otherwise she’ll give it all away. From behind a tree, Tasha observes them.
Kirsty gets a mysterious visitor in the middle of the night. She is looking for Kane, and is distressed to learn that he is married. Kirsty looks stunned, not knowing that the woman before her is deranged and drugged up Sarah Lewis.
Kirsty has called Dani, and it seems that they have a plan
Sarah visits the Beach House again, by invitation of Kirsty. Kirsty wants to know what has been going on between Sarah and Kane…

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BEACH HOUSE
Sarah tries to twist her face into anguished-mode as she tells Kirsty how sorry she is, and how she put her foot in it before. She then has the nerve to pick up one of Kane and Kirsty’s wedding pictures, commenting that they look good together, and Kirsty takes the picture from her, putting it back down. She then proceeds to tell Sarah that she doesn’t believe her as she knows Kane wouldn’t cheat on her. However, Sarah continues to protest that she has nothing against Kirsty, and that she has gathered that Kane and Kirsty had been having problems lately so Kane probably “felt like a change”. Kirsty then politely asks her to leave, but Sarah is reluctant to say the least and Kirsty has to reenforce that she would know if Kane was going behind her back, before asking her again to leave. On her way pout, Sarah turns back to inform Kirsty that Kane has no intention of stopping the affair – she is interrupted by Kirsty who shouts at her to leave. Sarah grins, and swagggers her way out of the front door, leaving Kirsty to slump down onto the sofa, head in hands.

Flynn and Dani appear from the hallway-bit near KK’s room, where they have been listening, and are quick to reassure a distressed Kirsty that it was all lies. She knows that – but she’s still shaken. Flynn agrees with Dani that all is not well with Sarah, and agrees to talk to Baker and tell him just how crazy Sarah really is. Dani shows Flynn oput, before returning to Kirsty.

SURGERY
Flynn arrives back to find Robbie and Kim waiting to see him – complete with a large carrier bag of cash which they open up right in front of the ever-discreet Colleen. Flynn shows the boys though to the house, where they empty the contents of the bag onto the kitchen table, and explain to Flynn how they managed to get their hands on Tasha’s cash. They didn’t know what else to do for Tasha’s own good, and tell Flynn that she had hidden it out in the bush – “who buries that amount of cash in a hole?!”. Flynn agrees to take care of it – as Tasha’s guardian – and try to make Tasha understand their reasons for crossing her. As Flynn shovels the cash back into its carrier (was there any need to take it out in the first place?!) Robbie panics – will Tasha ever forgive him?

RANDOM PLACE
Tasha sits, gun in hand, as she looks out to sea.

BEACH HOUSE
Dani is still looking out for Kirsty, who is stood looking at the wedding photo. Dani is feeling bad about getting Kirsty to confront Sarah, but Kirsty is just glad to help – at least Flynn will be talking to Baker. Dani, noticing Kirsty is upset, wonders if she believed anything Sarah said, and kirsty is unable to respond. Dani tries to convince her that despite everything he has done, Kane would never do anything to hurt her but Kirsty’s mind is on the holiday that never happened, and the baby that didn’t happen, and the proper wedding. Something always manages to spoil their happiness, and she wouldn’t blame Kane if he had another girlfriend. Dani tries to reassure her, but is asked to leave – Kirsty needs some time by herself. Kirsty tells Dani that she really needs something to go right for her.

DINER
Robbie and Kim are searching for Tasha, as she never made an appearance at school. They ask Alf to cover for them if Tasha does come searching for them, and Robbie is freaking out that Tasha will see through his flimsy lies and hate them – and he already hates the thought of lying to her. Kim is unsympathetic, bluntly (even woodenly?) telling Robbie that if he doesn’t see Tasha, then at least he won’t have to lie.

FLYNN’S PLACE
Sally arrives home to Colleen, who is dying to spread some gossip, having been cooped up with baby Pippa. Sally, however, rambles on about wanting to make amends with Leah. Colleen finally gets a word in, informing Sally about Kim and Robbie’s large bag of cash (with Sally actually wondering where they got the cash from… it doesn’t take a genius to work out which of the boys known aquaintances has that sort of cash…), and the fact that Flynn has the cops in the surgery that very minute.

SURGERY
Flynn attempts to convince Baker that Sarah has “a problem” (ie. is completely bonkers), and that the ‘kids’ involved are scared and feel like they’re not being listened to. Baker is unsympathetic to their plight – the cloak and dagger stuff did them no favours, and they’re all messing with the law. As Sarah didn’t make any direct threats, not a lot can be done, and when Flynn tries to warn Baker about the dangers of Crystal Meth addictees, Baker cuts him off to bluntly inform him that he is aware of the side effects.

GYM
Tasha finds Kim lifting weights in the gym, and creeps up behind him to comment that he can “lift a lot of weight”. She hands over the money to him for Charlie, and he takes it with a grunt of thanks. He wonders where she disappeared to that afternoon, as he and Robbie were worried, and Tasha decides to pile on the guilt, telling him that it’s good to have such good mates that worry about her. Kim once more warns her not to give all of her money away, recommending that she hang onto it for a while and not waste it all.

BREAK

CARAVAN PARK
Tasha sneaks up on Robbie as he works on the back patio, and he doesn’t do a good job of acting as if all is well. If Tasha didn’t already know his dark secret, then she’d have guessed something was up in a flash. Tasha explains that she has just given Kim his money, commenting upon how nice it is to be able to help her friends. She then tells Robbie that she saw he and Kim discussing something serious near the diner, and accuses him of telling Kim the identity of her father, something he insists that he would never do. Tasha plays upon this, casually remarking that he’s the only one she can trust, and asking him outright if she can trust him. Robbie tells her yes – he would never hurt her. Tasha leaves as quickly as she arrived, some jittery slo-mo accompanying her exit.

THE PALACE
Dani comes off the phone, distressed that nothing has changed as a result of Flynn’s recent eavesdropping on Sarah. Hayley is amazed, but Dani’s main concern is surprisingly for Kirsty’s wellbeing, and how down she has been – Dani was hoping to have some good news for her. She recites all the things that Kirsty was looking forward to that aren’t happening – including the commitment ceremony. It’s the first that Hayley has heard of the ceremony, and upon hearing that it has been put off as a result of her own wedding, Hayley reckons that although there’s nothing they can do about Kirsty’s other problems, they CAN make the ceremony happen.

BEACH HOUSE
Dani and Kirsty arrive to announce their surprise to Kirsty – Hayley proposes a double wedding for she and Noah and Kirsty and Kane. They could renew their vows in the morning, Noah and Hayley could wed in the afternoon, and they would share the reception. Kirsty initially turns down the idea – they can wait longer and it’s no big deal. Dani insists that it is, and Hayley assures her that it’d spoil her own wedding to know that theirs had been postponed as a result. Hayley also speaks on behalf of Noah, who she reckons will be thrilled – he’ll be spending his wedding day with the guy that saved his life. Kirsty tearfully says yes.

DINER
Kim arrives to find Robbie looking utterly depressed, and Alf remarks on how low they are both looking. They discuss Tasha’s visits, and how they found it virtually impossible to act naturally and managed to lie their heads off. Kim reassures Robbie that Flynn will explain things to Tasha, and as Robbie voices anguish that he could lose Tasha, he confesses that he loves her. Kim suggests that he tell her, but for some reason Robbie doesn’t think it’s the time.

FLYNN’S PLACE
Flynn and Sally sit a reluctant Tasha down for a chat and tell her about Kim and Robbie’s visit, and how they have given him her money out of concern for her. Tasha doesn’t see it as any of their business, and is angry that Kim and Robbie managed to lie to her that day – she even gave them the change to confess all. Tasha walks off in silence, evidently feeling betrayed by everyone around her.

BEACH HOUSE
Wedding preparations are already underway, with Kirsty still unable to believe that it’s actually happening. Kirsty insists that she and Kane put money towards the reception, although Hayley insists that it’s fine. They reach an agreement – Hayley and Noah were unable to afford the decent champagne, whereas if Kane and Kirsty chip in then they can. They drink a toast to the brides – and the bridesmaid.

FLYNN’S PLACE
Flynn is concerned about Tasha’s unusually silent nature – he was expecting fireworks, and he doesn’t like the calm. On cue Tasha walks through, completely blanking them as they attempt to talk to her. They don’t know how to approach her, and what to say – at the end of the day, they betrayed her and it was hard enough for Tasha to start trusting people in the first place. As Tasha heads to bed without so much as a word, Sally and Flynn concede to keep an eye on her, convinced that she will run at some stage. Flynn fears that if she starts running this time, she will never stop.

Later, Robbie has called around to see how thing have gone, and upon hearing that Tasha was upset, but silent, he remarks that it’s worse than he though. He too was expecting a tantrum from Tasha. Sally brings Tasha through to talk to him, and Robbie apologises, trying deperately to justify he and Kim’s actions. He wonders what she wants him to say, and what he would have to do to make it up to her. She blanks him, turning to Sally to tell her “Sally, you were wrong… you said my boyfriend was here to see me. I don’t have a boyfriend”. She returns to her room, leaving a distressed Robbie behind…

Claire