Home and Away airs on 5STAR at 6:30pm
Levi arrives home from visiting Eden in hospital and Mackenzie’s worried about how little sleep and self-care he’s allowing himself. He’s grim, explaining the medical staff are all doing the best they can, but at this stage, it’s all about trying to keep Eden alive in the hopes that a donor will show up. Later, when Levi asks her for a lift back to the hospital, Mackenzie puts her foot down and persuades him to get some sleep instead. The next day however, when he returns to the hospital, Eden’s not in her room.
She checked herself out overnight and he has no idea where she is. He reports the situation to Mackenzie and Abigail, including the fact that Cash and Gary are nowhere to be found either. Richie questions why Eden would’ve left the hospital cause Abigail to fall apart – because Eden doesn’t want to die in hospital. An overwhelmed Abigail rushes outside. Richie goes after her, providing what comfort he can.
Marilyn finally gets through to Roo to tell her how much Alf is missing her and wants her to come home. She’s pleased to confirm with Alf that Roo will be home tomorrow. The news brightens Alf’s mood but the next day, there’s no sign of Roo. They curiously haven’t heard from her yet. Alf starts to get concerned but Marilyn is reassuring – Roo probably just took the scenic route.
The graduation ceremony for the Bronze Medallion participants is ready to go, and Alf reminds John not to turn this into the flamin’ OSCARS. Abigail’s bolstered by Mackenzie to try and not worry about her sister, and enjoy the day, and she arrives to support Richie as John opens the ceremony. He gives an eloquent speech to all the Bronze Medallion graduates and their supporters about the importance of volunteers in the community. Even Alf is impressed and John proudly welcomes the new members of the Summer Bay Surf Club with a big round of applause.
As John gives out the medallions one by one, he asks Richie for a quick speech, considering he topped the class, and Richie expresses how proud he is to be helping keep Summer Bay safe. Afterwards, Richie takes a moment to reflect on photos of his police graduation, and the life he thought he was going to have. Abigail bolsters him, reminding him he’s still the man in photo, and he’s still serving and protecting.
Leah and Justin turn up to the ceremony to cheer on Richie, who’s very grateful for their support. Despite Leah’s encouragement over Richie’s speech and achievement, Justin has decided he needs to have a firm word about the fact that Richie still doesn’t have a paid job. When they sit down to dinner, Justin grills him and Richie admits that while he hasn’t had any luck, he vows to hold up his end of the bargain and lock something in ASAP.
The next morning, Abigail walks Richie to his first Lifeguard shift, where John’s already asking for favours – to start early. Richie will do it but shares that things are tense at Justin and Leah’s, so he needs to find some paid work, fast. John offers his services as a referee should future employees need one and Richie’s hopeful that will help a lot.
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