SoapWeekly: Yaz prepares a deadly trap for Holly in Neighbours

Soap highlights for the coming week from Neighbours and Home and Away…

Harold is enjoying life at Eirini Rising, but can Vera be persuaded to move in to the ‘old folks home’?

The Lights Up event gets underway with Holly enjoying the fruits of her labour, oblivious to the deadly fate Yaz has waiting in store for her. Yaz meanwhile prepares to leave town, but not before podcaster Blaze urges her to listen to the latest episode of Crimesborough which she insists adds so much extra perspective to the story of what happened in the outback.

Unbeknownst to Yaz, Nicolette is trying to find her off the back of their last conversation, and this eventually leads her to Yaz’s hotel room, which she finds trashed and Yaz’s belongings gone. She also discovers a business card for a criminal lawyer… and when she shows it to Krista, she learns this is the lawyer for Heath’s family, who do not believe he was a murderer… jigsaw pieces start to come together for Nicolette.

Yaz finally listens to the new podcast, where she hears testimonies from Mackenzie, Haz, Toadie and Melanie, who help her finally see that she’s been blinded by her love for Heath and read the situation completely wrong with regards to both Heath and Holly. Forced to face her grave error, she rushes back to try to stop Holly from being electrocuted…

Seeing an opportunity to spend quality Sme with Krista, Sebastian attempts to cheer her up after the drama of The Lights Up event and suggests spending the day together. But Sebastian’s left disappointed when she chooses a picnic with Leo and Abigail over him.

Jane’s on a new dating app which matches based on personality, without photos, and she’s been thoroughly enjoying talking with someone she’s dubbed ‘Renaissance Man’. Nicolette and Terese are wary of her falling for someone she’s never seen… But when Jane explains they’ve bonded over books, music, puzzles and more, it appears the two might be a match made in heaven. However, Jane is in for a surprise when she eventually meets Clint.

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Andrew updates Sadie and Byron on the Varga-Murphys delayed return from their trip when he notices movement from their house. He leaves to check it out but soon comes back and reports it was a false alarm – no one was there. Still feeling guilty about the piercing saga, Byron hatches a plan to show Sadie he supports her choice undisputedly; he’s going to get a piercing himself. But can he go through with it?

Later in the week Ramsay Street is awash with confusion upon learning there’s a connection between Yaz and Heath, no-one more so than Holly when she finds out the two of them are siblings. As the residents attempt to track Yaz down and uncover answers over her agenda in Erinsborough, a cautious Nicolette returns and doesn’t reveal what she knows.

When Gino Esposito talks up Eirini Rising to Sadie and Holly, Sadie has a light bulb moment, arranging for Gino to pamper Vera, who’s thrilled at the opportunity to have her hair done by a living breathing hairstyling legend. Gino works wonders on Vera’s hair and in the process, talks up the virtues of life at Eirini Rising, including all the gossip, scandal and eligible men. The two get along like a house on fire and Sadie’s plan to get Vera interested in moving to Eirini seems to be working. But when Byron overdoes the upsell, Vera coYons on and refuses to consider it, leaving Sadie fuming at Byron.

The first anniversary of David’s passing is approaching and discussions over how to mark the occasion leave Aaron melancholic. He covers his growing unease in front of Rhett, but reveals it to Jane, admitting that he’s not sure if he’s ready to move on as being sad makes him feel close to David and he doesn’t want to let that go.

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Remi apologises for snapping at Bree earlier but also challenges her to own her mistakes

Bree is ready to relax after the tribunal, but Remi is concerned. Frankly, he’s getting fed up with what is a clear attempt to keep dodging responsibility for what she did wrong. Bree tries to tell him to relax and join in the fun, but Remi puts his foot down: she needs to own up and make things right. Bree seems to relent, and heads to the Diner to talk to Marilyn. She invites her to talk over a meal. Marilyn is hopeful about an impending apology and the truth about what happened with Alf, but she gets neither; Bree is defensive, belittling Marilyn and accusing her of overreacting. Marilyn storms away, practically in tears. Remi catches her as she’s leaving. He needs to intervene.

Rose arrives at the police station for work, and is dumbfounded to see none other than Cash sitting at a desk. Cash tries to get the low-down on the Carl investigation, but Rose is smarter than that. There’s a clear conflict of interest here: it happened in Cash’s own backyard, and he knows the suspect. There’s no way. Stony-faced, Cash walks away. One day back, and there’s already tension…What is Rose going to do?

Leah and Justin are enjoying their lavish getaway, finishing a horse-riding experience, and making plans for a couples massage. They’re laughing and enjoying each other’s company, but Justin notes they haven’t really had the planned relationship talk. When the massage therapist cancels, they sneak inside the resort pool, strip off and jump in for a cheeky nude swim. It’s naughty, intimate, and it’s all being recorded on CCTV.

Leah and Justin realise they have been caught on CCTV while skinny-dipping in the resort pool

Abigial’s counselling homework is writing her profile for each family member, and she’s stuck on the entry for Eden. With Mali’s encouragement, she finally manages to get out some ideas into her journal, and they’re all very negative. Abigail springs Eden reading the entry and is infuriated. She crossed a line, and Abigail confronts Eden for her behaviour. Abigail’s sick of being forgotten and ignored. Eden desperately wants to make it up to her and manages to convince her to let her attend a counselling session with her sister. But when it comes to Abigail’s appointment, Eden is notified she never showed up.

Dana’s upset at feeling on the outside of her sister’s pregnancy now that Tane is looped in. Xander’s attempts to sympathise blow up in his face when he comments things will be different when he and Dana have their own babies. Dana has a knee jerk reaction, and it takes some explaining about her troubled past to get him across why the idea of having kids is a complicated one for her.

Kirby is excited to go full speed ahead with her plans to boost Manta Ray Boards. However, her hopes seem to be dashed when Mali refuses to be part of the photoshoot with her. Mali thinks for a long time, not wanting his friend to be hurt – and turns up at her place the next day having changed his mind.

Home and Away airs 1:45pm on Channel 5, Monday to Friday and at 6pm on 5STAR with first-look screenings of the following edition at 6:30 pm. The series also streams on My5.

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