Pick of the Plots: Friday 4th April

Today’s storylines from the UK and Australian soaps….

Sarah offers Kammy a joyride in a sports car that’s in for servicing.

Meanwhile, Gabby is thrilled when Vinny offers to move in to help with childcare.

Elsewhere, Belle is left reeling when Jacob offers to sell the wedding business to her.

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Mackenzie is in hustle-mode at Salt until Levi sweeps in and mentions she might be over doing it with Xander away. Not long after this, Mackenzie gets a call that her mum is in hospital. With her overwhelming amount of responsibility at Salt, she’s worried about the impact of her going out of town, but she has to be there for her mum.

Dana hovers around Harper, trying to get through to her about the rushed nature of her upcoming wedding. Dana’s worried Harper can’t even be upfront with her future husband about what she really wants. Harper’s repeated door-slamming puts Dana in her place, but behind that closed door, her true feelings come out. How much longer will she suffer in secret? Later, Dana comes in to apologise but finds Harper asleep, or at least pretending to be. When alone again, Harper opens up her laptop and deletes the old wedding folder.

Alf and Roo attempt to get through to Leah, who has decided not to show up to court tomorrow. But as Leah explains her reasoning and vents about her frustration with the way the media doctors images, Alf and Roo begin to understand why Leah feels the need to act. But it’s too dangerous. They bring in Kirby to try and convince Leah to back down, but it’s still not enough.

Kirby addresses the supporters of her Keep it Real campaign, revealing her plan to let go of the fight and to move on without letting other people’s idea of perfection change the way she lives. The video takes off, and when it lands with Leah, it becomes the turning point for her. She decides to show up to court. Later, Kirby receives something in the mail. It’s an apology from Contact Advertising. The campaign worked!

Dana attempts to make a nice breakfast for Harper to smooth things over after their argument, but when she opens the bedroom door, she finds the bed is empty. Harper has made her way to Salt, where Mackenzie congratulates her on the engagement. Harper is grateful, if not ever-so-slightly defensive. She returns home to confront Dana for gossiping about the engagement with Mackenzie. Harper, in her rage, threatens to uninvite Dana if she utters another word about it. Later, Harper asks Dana why she can’t simply accept that she’s happy, but Dana’s not convinced that she is. Dana pushes Harper to start standing up for herself; she needs to start giving Tane her opinions if they’re both going to be making the decisions about how to raise their child.

Leah returns from court with a hefty fine, but one that she’s more than happy to pay. As she celebrates with Roo and Kirby about the agency’s apology, Roo’s interrupted by a serious call. She heads straight to Alf to break the news – she’s been asked to foster a child in urgent need. And she’s said yes.

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