Episode 5057

Extended Summary

Miles tries to come to grips with the news Marilyn has told him, that she has less than a year to live. She found out about a month ago, and hopped straight onto a plane back to Summer Bay. She wants to live a full and happy life in the one place that’s always made her happiest. When Alf arrives home, she breaks the news to him. When Miles and Alf talk about it, they’re both stunned by the news – they never would’ve picked it. And as much as they want to tell the kids, they have to respect Marilyn’s wishes. Later, Alf discusses the situation with Marilyn and suggests she find a local cancer specialist but she insists she doesn’t want to and would rather handle things her own way. With the pain of losing Belle being so recent, she doesn’t want to upset the community and asks Alf to keep things a secret.

With Rabbit still around, Miles is having a difficult time covering up in front of people. e tells Elijah that everything is fine, and maintains that Rabbit is no longer with him. He has another session with Michael, and manages to convince him that everything is fine, despite Rabbit’s interference in the session. He’s tripped up when Michael asks him to have a blood test – to check the levels of the drugs in his system. Marilyn asks him how it all went, and Miles snaps when she tries to push him to give Michael and the medication another chance – he is sick of everyone telling him he’s ill.

Romeo and Annie continue their romance as they prepare for the play, but Romeo really wants to know whether she’s going to return to Japan or not. But she’s no closer to making a decision – he’ll just have to wait. Romeo realizes that there’s nothing he can do to convince her either way, but she takes that as him giving up on them. He tries to tell her he’s not, but he doesn’t think there’s anything he can do to change her mind. She’s angered by that, and while rehearsing the play he tells her he doesn’t want her to go – he can’t be any clearer than that. She doesn’t know how to respond. Annie tries to get help from Irene to work out what to do, she decides to give herself 24 hours to decide. She reveals to Irene that she is leaning towards going back to Japan – which Romeo overhears.

Elijah is preparing for the retreat, worried he won’t spend enough time with Leah over the next few days. He promises to make it up to her, but as the pair get intimate, he quickly pulls away and departs. Elijah is also stressed that the retreat won’t go well, as there’s a lot riding on it. Leah herself is stressed, after Elijah pulled away when she wanted things to go further. Irene tells her not to put any pressure on him – it will be fine. When Elijah is hesitant about telling the Reverends about the relationship with Leah, she takes this as another bad sign. She confronts him that night and he admits there’s nothing wrong, he just wasn’t sure how serious she wanted it to be, and how public she wanted to make it. Having reaffirmed their feelings, the pair consummate their relationship.