Home and Away Spoilers – Mackenzie devastated by news about Gabe

Next week on Home and Away in the UK, Mac pushes her friends away after getting devastating news about Gabe, while Xander collapses after pushing himself too hard.

The blows just keep coming for Mackenzie (Emily Weir) next week, as she receives some devastating news.

Mac had recently forgiven and reunited with her ex-fiance Gabe Miller (Akos Armont), who had walked out on her four years ago after being paid off by Mac’s devious father Rick (Mark Lee). Gabe was delighted that he was given a second chance with Mac, after a bout with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma gave him a new outlook on life, but fate had other ideas.

After a minor surfing accident caused him to end up at the hospital, he discovered that not only was his cancer back, but this time there was no hope of it being cured.

Although Gabe reluctantly agreed to treatment for the sake of gaining more time with Mac, he soon realised that he didn’t want to put her through the pain of seeing him suffer.

After Gabe put on a brave face and sent her out for some gelato, Mac returned to the farmhouse to find Gabe had left her, leaving only a note once again.

Telling her friends that she was visiting her mum in the city, Mac made a secret trip to Brisbane in the hope of tracking Gabe down through his colleagues and friends, but came up with nothing. On her return to Summer Bay, she left one final phone message for Gabe, telling her that she would always love him, but was now saying goodbye.

Mac has since gained a permanent housemate in the form of Mali (Kyle Shilling), and he turns out to be the friend she needs next week when she receives a phone call at Salt from Gabe’s business manager. Gabe died that morning.

Felicity (Jacqui Purvis) immediately arranges for someone to cover for Mac at work, but Mac insists on putting on a facade and carrying on as normal. Resenting Flick’s attempts to understand how she’s feeling, Mac decides to head home after all, if only to avoid Flick’s attempts to talk about Gabe.

Flick tips off Mali who heads home himself, only for Mac to also rebuff his attempts to talk to her. Gabe didn’t want her to feel any pain over him, so she’s not going to waste any emotion.

Mali can see that Mac isn’t going to budge, so he respects her wishes and tells her that he will be in his room if she needs him.

As Mac hits the wine later that evening, her grief finally catches up with her as she allows herself to break down in a flood of tears.

Mali watches silently from the doorway, conflicted as to what he should do, but he ultimately decides to let Mac deal with things in her own way.

The next morning, Mac is in a much better place as she and Mali walk along the beach, thanking him for giving her space. She admits to feeling stupid that she thought she’d be able to have control over her grief, as Mali points out that you need to just let yourself go through it naturally.

With Mac realising that Mali clearly has experience in these matters, he opens up to her about losing his father whilst he was still a kid.

As he goes on to offer Mac whatever she needs, she asks for a bit of alone time and he’s happy to oblige. Mac comments that he may just be the perfect housemate after all!

With Ari’s (Rob Kipa-Williams) death last year, Mac has now seen two men that she’s loved die after they’ve dumped her… let that be a lesson to any future beau!

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Elsewhere in Summer Bay, Rose (Kirsty Marillier) continues to worry about brother Xander’s (Luke Van Os) recovery, both physically and mentally.

Not long out of hospital, following the incident which saw Xander attacked and his colleague Jamie (Hugo Wan) killed during an ambulance robbery, Xander insisted on attending Jamie’s funeral last week despite the concerns Rose had about his mental health.

Next week, Xander follows through on his plan to quit his job as a paramedic, and celebrates his freedom by going for a surf.

This is of course completely against the medical advice given following his surgery, but since when did anyone in Summer Bay listen to silly old doctors!

Having made it through intact, Xander is returning to the apartment when he bumps into Bree (Juliet Godwin) and Rose, who is annoyed to see him carrying his surf board. Rose insists that he should let Bree check him over, and he reluctantly agrees if it means getting Rose off his back.

Bree isn’t able to find anything untoward after examining Xander back at home, but she again points out that he should stick to light activity for the time being. Rose is still frustrated though, telling Bree that she doesn’t want Xander to end up back in hospital.

Whilst Bree agrees, she’s sure that Xander will know if there’s anything wrong given his own medical training, suggesting he just needed to blow off some steam.

Later that day however, Xander begins to pay the price for his premature adventure, as he doubles over at the pain coming from his surgical wound.

The next morning, Mali has just finished talking with Mac when he sees Xander clumsily walking down the beach towards him. Clutching his wound site, Xander falls onto the sand as he groans in pain.

Mali rushes to help, but has Xander done himself irreversible damage?

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Here’s the full spoilers for next week’s Home and Away episodes in the UK:

Monday 12th June (Episode 8016)

Mali’s makeover makes John jealous. Marilyn fights fire with fire. Are Justin’s anger issues the last straw for Leah?

Tuesday 13th June (Episode 8017)

Marilyn wants out. Eden’s song is a hit. Remi has big ideas for Lyrik. Mali takes pity on John.

Wednesday 14th June (Episode 8018)

Is Lyrik hijacking Bree and Remi’s romance? Kirby loses her songwriting mojo. Marilyn’s options are running out.

Thursday 15th June (Episode 8019)

Kahu lies about his whereabouts. Long distance is triggering for Bree. Justin gets hot-headed. Xander throws caution to the wind.

Friday 16th June (Episode 8020)

Devastating news hits Mackenzie. Justin receives a plea for help. Tane takes a gamble on Kahu. Has Xander pushed himself too far?

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