This week on Home and Away in Australia, as Leah and Justin finally get past their issues, a trip away leads to an embarrassing moment. Elsewhere, Bree and Remi’s relationship comes under threat again.
After a rocky few weeks, Justin (James Stewart) and Leah’s (Ada Nicodemou) relationship looks to be getting back on track, though an attempt to spice things up a little ends up leaving them red-faced.
Justin had spent several weeks lying to Leah as he acted as chauffeur for Claudia Salini (Rachael Carpani), who had suffered a broken arm in a car accident caused by Theo’s (Matt Evans) negligence at the garage.
Although Leah had agreed that they needed to smooth things over with Claudia to convince her not to sue, Justin later offered to act as Claudia’s driver on the quiet, so that she could carry on working.
However, Claudia was going through marriage issues at the time, and as she became further alienated from husband Eric (Cameron Pascoe), she found herself leaning on Justin more as a friend.
When Theo (Matt Evans) found out what Justin was up to, Justin tried to put a stop to their arrangement, reminding Claudia that this was a strict business arrangement.
It wasn’t until Justin forced Claudia to explain everything that Leah apologised to Justin for not believing there was nothing going on, but by that point Justin felt the trust had been lost.
Needing some space, Justin moved out to the motel, and the pair spent the last week or so continuing to argue as they tried to talk things through.
Theo, who was already caught up in hiding out Perri (Cantona Stewart) from the police, didn’t have time for Leah and Justin’s bickering, and when Theo later handed himself in following Perri’s arrest, it started to bring things into perspective for the pair.
Levi (Tristan Gorey) had been forced to report Bree for medical negligence after she froze whilst treating Alf (Ray Meagher) for a suspected heart attack. As Alf rapidly deteriorated, Bree disappeared to go and check his bloods, leaving Levi to step in and save Alf.
Bree has so far refused to take any responsibility for putting Alf at risk, and during the hearing last week she claimed that Levi had barged in and taken over as she double-checked they were going to give Alf the right medication.
She further threw Levi under the bus by telling the panel that he was an egotist and had a history of doing this, after he’d also overruled Bree when taking care of Remi following his bike accident.
As Bree came out of the room, she offered her hand to Levi to show there were no hard feelings, giving a wry smile.
Levi soon got a phone call about Bree’s counter-allegations, and as last week came to a close he stormed over to the sharehouse to ask what she had said.
As promos for this week’s episodes show, Levi confronts Bree about her lack of responsibility, and Remi finds himself taking his side.
“The Bree I know would not sell out a colleague just to save herself,” Remi tells her.
Bree goes on to say that she had expected support from Remi, considering he says he loves her, but he refuses to bow down to emotional blackmail.
“I have always had your back, but not on this,” he replies. “What you did today was wrong.”
Marilyn (Emily Symons) also refuses to back down in her campaign against Bree, knowing that she nearly killed Alf.
As the two are seen talking in Salt, Bree tries to apologise for how Marilyn sees the situation, but Marilyn isn’t having any of it.
“Stop saying sorry,” Marilyn snaps. “That man nearly died because of you!”
As Bree has a further conversation with Remi, he asks how she expects things to change if she refuses to take responsibility for what has happened.
“If I am such a problem, then maybe we shouldn’t be together,” replies a defiant Bree.