Home and Away spoilers: Happy 18th birthday to Ryder Jackson!
Ryder's in big trouble with Alf and Roo after being discovered in a hungover state! But things get worse when everyone forgets his birthday
Ryder Jackson is in a whole lot of trouble after his grandad Alf Stewart returned home from his trip to Hawaii and found the teenager in a hungover state.
Alf's daughter Roo tries to keep the peace but neither of them realise just how troubled Ryder has been since the basement tunnel collapse that left Ryder's school friend Raffy in a coma with partial brain damage.
However, Ryder wakes up to more than just a hangover when nobody at Summer Bay House seems to remember it is his milestone 18th birthday. Feeling even more down in the dumps, will Ryder secretly be tempted to hit the booze again?
Meanwhile, out at The Farmhouse, Maggie Astoni feels her family are still hovering protectively around her after her battle with cancer.
But when they won't leave the school Principal alone while she marks exam papers, Maggie snaps and orders them all to leave her alone! Is Maggie taking her frustrations about her undecided future out on hubby Ben and daughters Ziggy and Coco?
And foster parents Marilyn Chambers and John Palmer are still feeling left out of the loop when a well-meaning Brody Morgan tells them the Morgan family will take care of his sister Raffy's post-hospital care.
Should Marilyn and John speak-up over losing Raffy, who they have come to think of as their daughter?
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.