Previously
- Max confiding in Holly over why he's really in Erinsborough.
- Nicolette telling Yaz to get on the plane and go.
- Andrew informing Holly that Yaz has been arrested.
- Holly puzzled over why Yaz is sorry.
- Krista finding out about the pact between Nicolette/Leo.
- Leo trying to justify his actions to Krista, who isn't amused!
- Seb consoling Krista... then making a move on her!
Lassiters Park
Krista isn't exactly quickly pulling away from Seb's kiss, but when she finally does, she asks what he is doing. Seb reveals that he's always loved her and hopes she feels the same too.
Someone, in another part of the park, has seen what the pair were doing, and she doesn't look too amused either!
Lassiters Complex
After leaving Seb, an upset Krista heads towards the complex and runs into Leo but she isn't in the mood to stop and talk and so carries on towards the hotel as if she'd never seen him.
Leo is upset that Krista has effectively blanked him and [when she joins him] Nicolette admits she is in a quandary over whether to speak up, fearful that Krista will dump her in it unlike Yaz who has obviously kept quiet.
LEO: We've lied enough. We can't expect Kirsta to lie too.
Number 24
The duo have come clean to Aaron/Byron offscreen and its gone down like a lead balloon! "You have to tell Holly," Byron urges his sister... and of course Holly just so happens to enter the house at that very moment and wonders what it is they need to tell her!
Ramsay Street
Offscreen again, Holly now knows the full story and as you'd expect she too isn't amused! Nicolette runs out to the street after her, and when they both stop, Holly demands to know how Nicolette could let the person that tried to kill her get away! As the rest join them on the street too, Nicolette tries to explain that when she got to the airport, Yaz "was torn up about her brother" and thus was acting from extreme grief.
HOLLY: Yeah for Heath... another person who tried to kill me!
Nicolette tries to justify her actions given Yaz had a twisted version of what did happen, which she eventually realised it was wrong. "So you packed her on the plane and said 'bon voyage'?!" Holly sarcastically asks and again, Nicolette tries to explain that things were happening quickly and once Yaz had left, she immediately went to the hospital to check up on Max.
Holly is not accepting Nicolette's justification over what Yaz did and given the yelling has increased, Leo tries to get the ladies to take things indoors, but that doesn't go down well either. Sadie and Max have now arrived to hear Holly lambast Leo for keeping quiet and her realisation that Nicolette/Leo were falsely checking up on her because they felt guilty. Angrily Holly questions if Nicolette wants to get back together with Yaz, which she denies.
HOLLY: (angrily) You are such a selfish cow!
Nicolette isn't taking this lying down and starts to have a go at how Holly got her claws into Heath initially - this changes Holly into a bull spotting a red flag but there is enough RSRs to make sure the ladies are kept apart. Before everyone starts to disappear into their respect houses, Holly has some parting words for Nicolette.
HOLLY: You know, if we ever were friends, we sure as hell aren't anymore!
Lassiters Park
Seb catches up with Krista and is forced to admit that yes, he did come to Australia for her thinking there might be a chance - he realised that after they parted ways in Europe last summer. She is stunned at his admission, especially after she told Leo that there was nothing between them. It is the fact Krista is with Leo that prompted Seb to take action - to him, Leo is the wrong guy for her and he couldn't hold back any longer. After hearing that there is no chance for them, as she's in love with Leo, Seb warns that her ideal being part of a family won't fix what is broken.
Krista has not enjoyed what he's said to her, especially as all she's done is try to help in and so, informs Seb that he needs to leave! She isn't even letting him come back to pack his bags, that will be done for him and he can collect them from the hotel!
Number 32
Holly is ranting off as she enters the house with Max. He asks what her revenge plan is and suggests letting the air out of her tyres but Holly wants to go further - slashing them instead before setting the car on fire and pushing it off a cliff! He suggests after his own woes, that she gets a second option which at least has Holly smiling.
Number 24
Its tea and sympathy from Aaron as he gets why Nicolette did what she did but is curious to know if she is hoping for any sort of relationship with Yaz
NICOLETTE: I thought she was amazing, but she did something really bad, so it's impossible.
She agrees with Aaron that she needs to put things right with everyone, which begins with a trip to the police station.
NICOLETTE: I know that what I did was wrong, it's just...
AARON: It's just what?
NICOLETTE: The truth is, if the same thing happened all over again, I'd do the same thing.
Lassiters hotel (Krista's apartment)
Krista is receptive to Leo coming to her place to talk and both admit they hate fighting with each other. When Leo goes on about how toxic Seb is and that he's tyring to come between them, he seems shocked that she [now] agrees with him but before she can get the chance to say why that now is, the female who spotted Seb/Krista earlier walks into her apartment!
Krista seems shocked to see the person and asks what they are doing here and reply from the female is "surprise"!
(Later)
Commercial break later the pair are getting on like a house on fire and it is only thanks to Leo that we realise the pair are friendly because they are actually related! It turns out that the female is Krista's little sister, Fallon Morell, the pair share the same mum but different dads - the mum was Conrad's 5th wife and she got together with Fallon's dad after her divorce from Conrad.
Leo looks puzzled when Krista insists that Fallon stays in her apartment rather than the hotel itself - then explains that she is clearing out the spare room ie Seb! Fallon apparently knows Seb after seeing them very briefly one time in Greece - Krista didn't remember that so has to add in that a lot has changed since she saw Fallon.
Number 32
You can cut the tension in the house between the housemates and Holly, so Byron suggests doing a barbie more because he can Sadie have an excuse to go outside!
Once they leave, the happy atmosphere returns more because Max discovers where Holly has been stashing the snacks to ensure she has some when she comes over... let's just say there are so many squirred away they fall on his head when he opens the cupboard door! At this point, you could cut the UST between them with a knife but when they 'come to' the moment is lost and its full steam ahead for the barbie!
Lassiters hotel (Krista's apartment)
Fallon is curious to know why Krista is packing up Seb's stuff but she cites "it's a long story" for not saying anything plus Krista would rather talk about her, or them and turns out it's the latter. Fallon wishes she's jumped on a plane earlier especially after finding out from Reece about Krista almost drowning. "I was a mess the last time we saw each other," Krista acknowledges and confirms too that she is clean and sober.
Lassiters hotel (entrance)
Krista dumps Seb's bags at his feet and as well as a list of NA meetings, tells him about the flight to Sydney she's booked along with a couple of nights' accommodation. He still isn't happy about being sent packing and she tries to explain that she simply can't have him there. Even though she's not told Leo about him kissing her yet, Seb is refusing to accept that there is a 'them' and insists too that she is only with Leo because he's the safe option. "I'm a different person now," Krista tries to get through to him and his parting words are that she is not and will see that eventually.
KRISTA: Actually, I'll be busy planning my wedding and hanging out with my sister.
He is puzzled over which sister, so she replies Fallon and he confirms that yes, they did meet her in Athens.
KRISTA: Bye Seb!
SEB: Whatever happens, I'll be waiting.
Number 32 (outside)
"Is it just me or are they suddenly all about each other?" Sadie asks Byron after watching on as Holly/Max are getting on with each other like a house on fire but he definitely concurs with her thinking!
Once Holly gets revenge for him putting ice down her back, they split up so Holly can be grilled by Sadie and likewise Max/Byron. Max admits that after getting to know Holly more, he does like her however, when we cut to Sadie/Holly, it looks like Max might be in for disappointment as she only sees him as a friend. Sadie does try to sell Max to her by pointing out he isn't a psycho nor a criminal!
SADIE: No red flags, no trouble. You can finally break your bad by curse and have some drama- free fun.
Lassiters Complex
When they run into each other in the complex, Krista is pleased to hear that Nicolette has done the right thing by giving Andrew a full statement. Nicolette explains that despite the statement, Andrew isn't sure Yaz will be charged as because "the extradition process might not be worth it." "At least its off your conscious," Krista points out, but Nicolette isn't too sure what its actually achieved since Holly is angry, it has upset her mum, Byron and Aaron and of course Yaz is gone.
NICOLETTE: The problem is gone and it could've stayed that way. Honestly, Kirsta, some secrets, they're just meant to be kept.
And just as she was saying those words, Krista spotted Leo exiting the hotel and after Nicolette heads off, Krista makes her way over to Leo and the pair watch on through the gap, as Seb puts his bags in the waiting car. Leo can't believe that Seb is leaving and in return, Seb sends the pair his evil death stare!
After the pair walk away, Seb gets out his phone and tells whoever he is calling, to meet him at Grease Monkeys.
Number 32
As they take back in the stuff used for the barbie, Max checks with Holly to see if she can be his hands again tomorrow as he's got a half- day planned. Holly though turns him down and breaks the bad news she can't be around him at all.
HOLLY: Don't get me wrong, I really like hanging out with you but knowing about your situation up in Brisbane, I can't be close to somebody who's involved in something so dangerous not after everything I've been through. I need to be around people who are quiet and safe and boring... and you're none of those things.
Thankfully Max takes what Holly has said to him "as a compliment" rather than being offended by it.
HOLLY: I can't do any more trauma.
MAX: Yeah, no, of course, that makes total sense.
Grease Monkeys (outside)
Seb sits waiting at an outside table for whoever it was he called... turns out its Fallon! As their conversation develops, it would appear that Seb and Fallon know each other very well... she asked him to marry her but rather than saying yes or no, he fled and blocked her on his social media!
FALLON: So before you disappear again I'd like some answers!
Lassiters hotel (Krista's apartment)
Krista seems happy that her sister is in town as she talks to Leo (Fallon left a note saying she was going for a walk) and he hopes this houseguest is better than her last one!
Grease Monkeys (outside)
Back with Seb/Fallon and he was planning on telling Kirsta about them but she's wondering where her explanation was! That was missing because her proposal freaked him out as it wasn't what he wanted, so given Seb ran to Krista, Fallon asks if he loves her? The silence and the fact that she saw their kiss answers her own question!
Lassiters hotel (Krista's apartment)
Krista tries again to talk to Leo about Seb but he doesn't want to talk about him anymore given "that guy has taken enough of our oxygen" and suggests instead, focusing on the fact her sister is here.
Grease Monkeys (outside)
Seb continues by suggesting that Kirsta might be saying it was one- sided, but he is sure that she felt something too. Fallon is peeved at Seb saying he loved her and wanting them to build a life together, which he thought too... until last summer when he realised it was always Krista that he wanted, not Fallon.
Lassiters hotel (Krista's apartment)
Krista checks that there isn't something else Leo wants to talk about but instead he wants them to make today "a new beginning for us."
Grease Monkeys (outside)
Seb wants to know if Fallon will tell her sister about them but she isn't too sure... so he then suggests they wait and see if Krista tells Leo about the kiss. She's curious about why she should wait for that and Seb's reply is that Krista won't say anything, choosing instead to keep her options open.
Lassiters hotel (Krista's apartment)
The duo seal their 'new beginning' with a kiss.
Grease Monkeys (outside)
Seb gathers his bags and sincerely apologises to Fallon for hurting her before getting into the waiting car.
Coming up on Neighbours
- Byron after the goss over why Seb has gone.
- Taye commenting that Fallon seems sad.
- Dex warning Taye to behave to not alert Andrew!
- Andrew spotting Dex... and Taye!