Home and Away spoiler: Harper pleads for help as she is lured into a trap.

Harper goes into labour while on a bush walk with Eliza. She asks Eliza to call an ambulance, but Eliza sees this as a chance to witness something she finds fascinating and fakes the call. Harper is forced to battle through agonising contractions with nothing for the pain.

When Harper decides to try calling for an ambulance again, she notices missed calls from Tane and phones him. This alerts Tane and Levi to the situation and they rush to the rescue. The two men turn up at the scene but Harper still believes an ambulance is on the way. Eliza watches on, still hiding the truth.

Levi informs Harper that she’s fully dilated and will have to give birth naturally, despite the risks she was previously warned about following her operation. Levi warns Harper that they don’t have a choice as the baby is coming now.

Meanwhile, Theo confides in Leah about being involved with a girl who already has a boyfriend – and he’s not a good guy. Leah encourages Theo to be careful. Later, Theo quizzes Justin on what he thinks about cheating. Justin encourages Theo to be honest with his new love interest and find out how serious she is about him.

Elsewhere, Justin helps Kirby to help shoot a video to send off to a magazine, with the pair hoping that the publication will write an article about her.

Also today, Marilyn expresses her concern to Roo that Eliza might do something to Harper while they’re trapped in the bush together.

There are some episodes of Home and Away that leave you shaken — not because of explosions or soap-style cliffhangers, but because they whisper something deeply unsettling into your bones. This week, Harper’s horrifying ordeal in the wilderness becomes one such moment — a story about pain, powerlessness, and the terror of misplaced trust.

Set against the tranquil beauty of a bush walk, what begins as a simple bonding outing between Harper and Eliza spirals into a harrowing survival scenario, where nature becomes the least dangerous thing she faces.

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🏞 A Scenic Walk, A Sudden Descent

Harper (Jessica Redmayne), heavily pregnant and still recovering from a previous operation, decides to go on a bushwalk with Eliza — a seemingly innocent activity that quickly turns life-threatening. Midway through their journey, Harper is gripped by agonising contractions, and it becomes immediately clear: labour has begun.

Despite her immense pain and the remoteness of their location, Harper remains composed, asking Eliza to call an ambulance. But the true horror of this episode doesn’t come from Harper’s medical emergency — it comes from Eliza’s response.

Rather than dial for help, Eliza fakes the emergency call, watching Harper writhe and sob in pain — not out of helplessness, but with a disturbing sense of fascination.

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🧠 Eliza’s Disturbing Fixation: “She Wanted to See It”

It’s here that the tone of the episode shifts — not to panic, but to something colder. Something far more disturbing.

Eliza doesn’t panic. She doesn’t flinch. Instead, she watches Harper suffer with clinical detachment — like an observer in a twisted psychological experiment. Her silence is not born of fear, but of curiosity. Eliza doesn’t just allow Harper to suffer; she’s interested in it.

Whether this stems from some dark fascination with childbirth or a deeper pathology is left deliberately vague. What is crystal clear, however, is that Eliza makes a choice — to let Harper suffer, to observe rather than aid. And in doing so, Home and Away turns a storyline about emergency childbirth into a psychological thriller of betrayal.

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📱 A Missed Call, A Last Chance

Desperate, Harper tries calling for help again — and that’s when she sees them: missed calls from Tane.

The lifeline she needs. The moment of hope. Harper calls him back, and this time, real help is on the way.

Tane and Levi race to the bush, frantic and fearful. But when they arrive, Harper — still in agony — assumes an ambulance is en route. Eliza stands nearby, silent, still watching. Still hiding the truth.

For a moment, you might expect Eliza to break.

Harper goes into labour while on a bush walk with Eliza. She asks Eliza to call an ambulance, but Eliza sees this as a chance to witness something she finds fascinating and fakes the call. Harper is forced to battle through agonising contractions with nothing for the pain. When Harper decides to try calling for…