UK Air Date: 1st February 2018
Writer: Hamilton Budd
Director: Danny Raco
VJ makes a life-altering decision. Willow reveals that she’s made another deal with Boyd. Mick fights to keep Luc in the country.
Guest Cast
CONSTABLE NEAL STEVENSON (MICHELE-ANTONIO MATIUZZI)
MICK JENNINGS (KRISTIAN SCHMID)
BUDDY THE DOG (SUPPLIED BY KIRSKO FILM ANIMALS)
BABY LUC PATTERSON (LUCAS BOWMAN, ANASTASIA LEE HAYES, ANNABEL MAY SEALEY, TAYARI GEE & SIERRA SILA)
RYDER JACKSON (LUKAS RADOVICH)
WILLOW HARRIS (SARAH ROBERTS)
Characters
Arrivals and Departures
VJ Patterson (Matt Little)
Fled the bay with baby Luc to stay with family in Cyprus.
Trivia
This episode marks the departure of VJ Patterson.
VJ Patterson’s departure results in the longest-running child born on the series to leave, with the character appearing continuously on-screen for sixteen years.
Reference to Alex Poulos – Leah initially planned to stay with him in the city for a few days after seeing off VJ. Danny Raco, who played Alex, directed the episode.
The bracelet Hunter King and Olivia Fraser-Richards gift to VJ Patterson is engraved with the co-ordinates for ‘Summer Bay’. Visible on-screen is the Northing co-ordinate 33°34’48.6″S, which corresponds to the real-life Barrenjoey Lighthouse that overlooks Palm Beach.