Home and Away spoilers: Colby Thorne and Chelsea Campbell get engaged!
Colby's been in Chelsea's bad books since she discovered the truth about his dodgy past. But there's a surprise in store when she gives him another chance...
Chelsea Campbell is still in a muddle over what to do about her former fiance and now police partner Colby Thorne. Everything was good between the pair again until Colby confessed to his part in a crime years earlier, which he let his River Boys buddy Dean Thompson take the blame for.
But after a heart-to-heart with both Dean and Colby's friend Willow Harris, Chelsea starts to better understand the bond of loyalty between the River Boys and sees why Colby keeps on looking out for troubled Dean in the present day.
Instead of packing her bags and leaving Summer Bay, Chelsea decides to give Colby another chance. And there's a romantic surprise in store when Colby pops the question with their old engagement ring!
Elsewhere, Dean is reeling from the revelations in the envelope he and Colby found at Dean's mum Karen's house in Mangrove River.
It seems definite Karen had a fling with football player Rick Booth when he was passing through Mangrove River years ago and he is Dean's runaway father. But what will Dean do with this information? Will he try and track his long-lost dad down?
Meanwhile, Raffy Morrison is finally out of ICU where she was being monitored after the head injury she sustained in the basement tunnel collapse.
Ryder Jackson is desperate to visit Raffy and once again tell his friend how sorry he is for convincing Raffy and their friend Coco Astoni to investigate the abandoned hideout once used by the River Boys.
But when Ryder is told only family members are allowed to visit, the guilty teenager continues to secretly drown his sorrows by hitting the bottle...
Home and Away continues weekdays at 1:15pm and 6:00pm on Channel 5
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Simon has long been a fan of soap operas, and especially loves OVER-THE-TOP plots involving evil twins, hair-pulling catfights and natural disasters. Anyone remember the Sunset Beach earthquake/tidal wave? Or when Krystle Carrington got locked in the attic and replaced by look-a-like Rita in Dynasty?!
Simon has written for a variety of TV and childrens’ magazines/websites including Inside Soap, Nickelodeon, What’s On TV, Radio Times, Metro, Girl Talk, Disney Girl, Toxic! and Digital Spy. He has reported LIVE from the red carpet at The British Soap Awards interviewing glammed-up stars from soapland, and hosted a Facebook LIVE session for Metro with Home and Away legend Ray Meagher (Alf "Stone the flamin' crows!" Stewart) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aussie soap.
Simon is also co-author of The Treasures Of Coronation Street (Carlton Books)
And the writer and director of (very!) low budget fright flick, Midsummer Night's EVIL and the sequel webisodes series, The Hatchet Woods HORROR.