Episode 5082

Extended Summary

After showing up drunk at his school, Jill is escorted to the Summer Bay House by a hurt and humiliated Romeo with Miles in tow. Once she’s sobered up and he’s calmed down, Romeo tells his mother that he wants her to leave Summer Bay. Jill is apologetic but Romeo has had a gutful of her empty promises and he sticks to his guns – the sooner she’s gone, the better. John clocks Romeo’s frustration and empathises with him, revealing his own history with a drunken parent. John regrets having given up on his father, who went to an early grave, and he implores Romeo not to do the same with his mother. His words hit home, particularly when Jill is genuinely sorry for her continued drunken behaviour, and Romeo asks her to stay. When she protests, feeling he’ll be better off without her, Romeo gets tough and asks her to fight for his respect.

Martha and Hugo are trying to work out their options. Martha refuses to be apart from him again, so she makes it clear if Hugo doesn’t come up with a better plan, they’re doing things her way – she’ll sell the farm and they’ll go on the run. Meanwhile, Angelo has become suspicious that Martha is hiding Hugo, and he puts his concerns to Alf. Alf stonewalls him, but his demeanour only serves to pique Angelo’s suspicions, which he voices to Charlie while they’re on a date. Charlie insists that they look into Angelo’s gut instinct and they head out to the farm house and spot a car speeding away from the house. They are unsuccessful in their chase, so they go to Martha and put their theories to her. Martha plays dumb, insisting that Hugo isn’t here and she has no clues about the car, but when Angelo and Charlie leave, it’s clear that Martha and Hugo are very concerned that Hugo’s ex associates do appear to be watching.

For their part, Charlie and Angelo put the interrupted date behind them and finish the night with a passionate kiss.

Colleen invites herself along to a celebration dinner with Miles, Elijah, Leah and VJ, and, during their over dinner engagement conversation, it becomes clear that, not only do Elijah and Leah know very little about their respective families, but they don’t seem to know too much about each other at all. They are forced to wonder if they’ve jumped into the engagement prematurely.

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Alf and Hugo try to solve Hugo’s problems between them, but they all hit a brick wall. It would seems there’s no way out of this mess, so Martha suggests that they sell the farm house, buy a boat and go on the run.