Peter’s hunt for the stalker takes a stunning twist, as another victim meets a grizzly end. As her departure draws closer, Josie’s request leaves Tasha reeling, Peter gets an unpleasant blast from the past.
SNR CONST. KEN HARPER (MARK McCANN)
Nineteenth appearance, last seen in Episode #3935. Continued investigating clues on ‘the Stalker’.
SNR DETECTIVE CLAIRE BRODY (KATRINA CAMPBELL)
First episode. Joined the Yabbie Creek police force in hunting down ‘the Stalker’.
POLICEMAN (NOT CREDITED)
Told Peter of prints on ‘the Stalker’s’ bomb
MR. BROWNING (BARRY SHEPHERD)
Storage site owner. Helped Peter.
MORAG BELLINGHAM (CORNELIA FRANCES)
> ‘The Stalker’ is seen for the fourteenth time, running away from Peter & Claire, having recently comatised Tom Lever, a fertiliser producer, off-screen.
Extended Summary
Tasha’s desperately trying to convince Josie not to leave the Bay, but having no luck. She thinks Jesse’s the only one who can persuade her, but he refuses to help. Instead Josie comes up with a bombshell for Tasha – come with her and start a new life as well!
Peter suspects the Stalker could be someone they all know very well; a local. He also thinks that Josie has confided her Stalker suspicions to Morag, but Morag refuses to open up about it. A frustrated Peter hauls Josie in for questioning about the Stalker and she reveals that she thinks it might not have been Marc. The bloody knife found in his house wasn’t there when she looked. Peter agrees but says they need to keep it quiet from the community for a while until he investigates. Josie’s doesn’t like it, but eventually agrees.
Detective Clare Brody joins the investigation as Peter’s superior, which annoys him no end. The two of them have a professional AND personal history that is long and intense. Tension is evident from the moment she arrives.
Josie crosses paths with Jesse, and air is thick with tension as she explains her reasons for leaving the bay. Tasha vents her anger at Morag for mistreating Josie. Josie has a go at Morag for betraying her confidence with Peter, but Morag said she did nothing of the kind. The feeling between these two is getting bitter.
Peter gets a lead as to who supplied materials to make the bomb. He and Clare head over to a farm, only to find the farmer missing and a trail of blood. Could this be the Stalker’s latest victim? They follow up leads to find where the fertilizer (to make the bomb) was stored, and end up at a storage warehouse.
They find another of the Stalker’s lairs! At that moment, there’s a clanging sound from outside; it’s the Stalker! Peter and Clare race out to try and apprehend them, only to find they’re too late again. The Stalker is definitely still out there!