Home and Away 8374 10th October 2024
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00:00This is a reminder to all guests that we have a no nudity policy in common areas.
00:18It was caught on camera for everyone to see.
00:19And where was the sign?
00:20I shouldn't have to put up a sign that says no skinny dipping.
00:23I'm talking about the sign informing people that they've been recorded on camera.
00:28Morning.
00:29Just inviting both of you to complimentary breakfast in our garden for alluding us to
00:34the little oversight.
00:36Thanks Jarvis.
00:48What are you doing?
00:51I never should have looked at your journal.
00:53Why do you think that I am so messed up?
00:54I love you.
00:55You're my baby sister and I would never do anything on purpose to hurt you.
00:59Go away Eden.
01:00How do we fix this?
01:01I don't know that we can.
01:02Of course we can.
01:03I know.
01:04I'll come to counselling with you.
01:05Did she say why she cancelled?
01:07Don't worry, Abby will be there even if I have to drag her there myself.
01:10So, what's the plan for your day off?
01:28Depends.
01:29On?
01:30Oh.
01:31Hey Mackenzie.
01:32Hi John.
01:33Are we good for our meeting later?
01:34Yes, of course we are.
01:35Good on.
01:36See you then.
01:37See ya.
01:38Quick meeting I hope?
01:39No, now that I'm the sole owner of Salt I need to sign a new lease.
01:40Oh, and as the sole owner, surely you could have a chat to the boss about taking me afternoon
01:44off?
01:45Well, I could if I had a good enough incentive.
01:49Well, the house will be empty.
01:53Is that right?
01:54Abigail's got a kid.
01:55I'll be there.
01:56I'll be there.
01:57I'll be there.
01:58I'll be there.
01:59I'll be there.
02:00I'll be there.
02:01I'll be there.
02:02I'll be there.
02:03I'll be there.
02:04I'll be there.
02:05I'll be there.
02:06Well, she's got a counseling session.
02:07That's so good.
02:08How's she feeling about it?
02:10We didn't actually talk much about it but she booked the appointment.
02:16And she's sticking with it.
02:17That's gotta be a positive.
02:18That's what I'm hoping.
02:24I thought that we were going together.
02:26Yeah, I distinctly remember telling you no.
02:29But you never listen.
02:30So.
02:31Oh, yeah, that's right, because I'm a complete control freak.
02:34Huh.
02:35Personal growth suits you.
02:36At least you're willing to admit it.
02:37This isn't about me, Abby.
02:38Oh, that's a first.
02:40Hey.
02:42What's going on?
02:43I'm not going to counselling.
02:45Since when?
02:46Since Eden tried to hijack my session.
02:49You know what?
02:50I came here for some peace and quiet,
02:51which is clearly not going to happen.
02:52I cannot be around her anymore.
02:54Where are you going?
02:55Somewhere where I don't feel like I'm being controlled.
02:56It's taking forever.
03:07Yeah.
03:10A pity we've got a life to get back to.
03:17So is now a good time to talk about us?
03:20I think us is doing okay.
03:24I've had the best time.
03:25Yeah, me too.
03:26Mm.
03:28And the manager said we've got all day.
03:33Yes, he did.
03:35So what do you think we should do?
03:40Um...
03:42Back to the road.
03:43Let's go.
03:56Last time we spoke,
04:05you said you were going to give Abby some space.
04:06What happened?
04:07I did give her space,
04:08but then I decided that it wasn't my style.
04:10What?
04:11Wouldn't that just be like abandoning her all over again?
04:13I wanted to try to find a way through this.
04:15Well, whatever's happened,
04:16suddenly she's against having counselling.
04:18That's not my fault.
04:19I don't care whose fault it is.
04:21I just hope there's enough time to get her to the session.
04:23Okay, let's find her.
04:24No, no, no.
04:25I'm going to go.
04:26You stay here.
04:26Seriously?
04:28You really think seeing you is going to help Abby right now?
04:31What am I meant to do then?
04:32Call the counsellor.
04:33See if there's still an availability.
04:35Okay, I'm on it.
04:47Hey.
04:48You work in the board shop with Marley, don't you?
04:51Yeah.
04:51Why?
04:52Just wondering if you're opening up any time soon.
04:55Does it look like I am?
04:57Well, no.
04:59Well, then there's your answer.
05:01Someone needs to work on their customer service.
05:04Are you for real?
05:05Leah, sorry.
05:06I just need to talk to my sister for a second.
05:10Making friends with the locals, I see.
05:12He's out of line.
05:12Abby.
05:13Okay, if you were here to convince me
05:14that I shouldn't have cancelled my counselling session,
05:16then you were wasting your breath.
05:17What's the plan then, huh?
05:19There isn't one.
05:19I'm not going.
05:20End of story.
05:25The terms of the lease are basically the same.
05:31I just need your autograph there and there.
05:34Okay.
05:35I assume you've upgraded the insurance now you're the sole owner?
05:39That is on the top of my to-do list.
05:41Well, I'm very happy to help you through it if you like.
05:43Oh, no, that's okay.
05:44I've got it covered.
05:45No trouble at all.
05:45It's very kind of you, John, but I think we're all done here.
05:48Okay, we're all done.
05:49Okay.
05:49See ya.
05:50See ya.
05:51Hey, mate.
05:53What's the story with Leah?
05:54Abigail Hill?
05:55Yeah.
05:56Why, what do you mean?
05:57I just asked her about the board shop and she just got stuck into me.
06:00Oh, she's got a lot on her plate right now.
06:02There's no excuse for being rude, Az.
06:04I'm sorry, when did you say you saw her?
06:24Tim!
06:32Hi.
06:33Hi.
06:34I thought you'd just call back.
06:35I wasn't expecting you to show up here.
06:37Yeah, I don't usually make home visits.
06:40Okay, then what's this about?
06:42I know you said you'd get Abigail back to her session,
06:44but something just felt off when she cancelled before.
06:48I figured I'd just come in and see for myself if she's all right.
06:51Look, it's really great that you're here,
06:53but the thing is, Abby's not.
06:55She, um, she took off.
07:00Maybe we could stay another night.
07:03Who knows?
07:03Might even get it for free.
07:06Probably don't want to push our luck.
07:09Yeah.
07:10I guess you're right.
07:16Plus, the drive home will give us that chance to talk, yeah?
07:21Yeah, sure.
07:24All right, are you waiting?
07:29Maybe.
07:34This trip was meant to reset us, remember?
07:38And it has.
07:39All right, I'm gonna go through a shower.
07:59It's not good enough that you just don't want to go.
08:01I need to know why.
08:03It's good enough that you don't want to go.
08:05I need to know why.
08:06It's good enough for me.
08:08We've talked about this, Abby.
08:10Cancelling is key to your recovery.
08:13Look, I was finally honest with Eden about how I felt like I couldn't speak up as a kid.
08:19That's good.
08:20Yeah, well, you would think so, wouldn't you?
08:23She somehow made it all about her again.
08:26She insisted that she come to my session just so that she could feel better.
08:30So you just cancelled?
08:32Well, Eden can't muscle into my session if I'm not there.
08:34Or Eden can't muscle into my session if I'm not going.
08:36So...
08:38Why didn't you tell her you just didn't want her to come?
08:40I did!
08:42Have you ever tried to tell Eden no?
08:50Huh, timey.
08:55Hey, how'd you go?
08:57Abby's counsellor, Tim, is here.
08:58At your place.
08:59All right, okay.
09:00So, if you could bring her here now, that would be awesome.
09:06Look, I'll try, but honestly, I don't see her coming home any time soon.
09:12Good luck.
09:16You might have wasted the drive out here.
09:20Bit early to be making that call.
09:22Levi said he's gonna try and get her here, but I just, I wouldn't hold my breath.
09:25Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves.
09:28I'm here now.
09:30I want to help, so...
09:37Tell Marley I'll fix him up next time.
09:38Will do.
09:39Hey.
09:41Hey.
09:44I hear your day's not going to plan.
09:48Do you remember that really upbeat guy, the delusional one this morning,
09:51that was really looking forward to spending the afternoon with his gorgeous girlfriend?
09:56I miss him.
09:57Theo just told me that he copped it from Cyclone Abigail.
10:00Oh, she's only just getting started. He got a flight.
10:03So, I'm assuming the counselling session was a non-starter.
10:07Eden and Abby, something happened between them? I haven't heard.
10:10I'm sorry.
10:11The counsellor's at our place now, so I need to convince Abby to go home,
10:15but she's not interested in anything I have to say right now.
10:19Okay, well, maybe I should talk to her.
10:23She already feels ganged up on, I'm not sure, adding you into the mix as well.
10:27Yes, but I have an advantage. My last name is not Fowler.
10:42So, you got the wax?
10:44Yep.
10:47You don't want to talk to me?
10:50Can you blame me?
10:51Not really.
10:54I am really sorry for being into you before.
10:57That's fine.
10:58No, it's not.
11:00I just have some really happy family stuff going on.
11:03Yeah, I know what that's like.
11:06You're right, though. Still need to work on my customer service skills.
11:09Yeah, a thousand percent.
11:11Abby.
11:13Catch you later.
11:14See ya.
11:16Do you want to come upstairs for lunch?
11:17On the house, of course.
11:19No strings attached?
11:21Well, I can't really guarantee that.
11:27Hi.
11:28Hey.
11:28We're here to check out.
11:30Well, trust you enjoyed your stay?
11:32Absolutely.
11:33Yes, thank you.
11:34You're definitely one to remember.
11:37We appreciate the complimentary breakfast, too.
11:40Well, we hope to see you again soon.
11:42Okay.
11:51So glad we did this.
11:53Yeah, me too.
11:57Oh, well. Back to reality, I suppose.
12:16Your counselor's obviously very committed if he's driving all the way out to our place.
12:21Plus, you know, I thought you liked him.
12:25Interesting.
12:26So everyone cares how I feel now?
12:28Oh, come on, Abby.
12:30I'm so sick of arguing with you about this.
12:32Okay, great. Let's not.
12:34Agreed.
12:37Let's just start with a nice lunch here and then go from there.
12:40An ambush. Awesome.
12:43I had no idea she was going to be here.
12:45Thank you for the offer, Mac.
12:46But I would honestly rather starve.
12:52Let me.
12:57Hey.
13:00You could have given me some warning.
13:01I managed to bring Abby's counselor to her and you're still having a go at me?
13:20Looks like I drew the short straw.
13:22Levi and Aiden thought I'd be the best person to come and chat with you.
13:26Well, they're full of great ideas.
13:29They're just trying to figure this out, just like you are.
13:32This is the part you tell me I should be grateful for their love and support, right?
13:36Well, there is that, yes.
13:38But let's focus on why you ditched counseling today.
13:43As far as I understand it, we had a good first session, didn't we?
13:46Yeah, we did.
13:48So what's happened since then?
13:49You gave me that journal and then everything fell apart.
13:54It was just too much.
13:56Too much what?
13:58I just don't want to have to think about it or deal with any of this.
14:02It's really hard.
14:05But you know what the alternative is.
14:09If you don't deal with it, then there's always a risk that you'll try and numb the pain in other ways.
14:15No, I won't do that.
14:17I meant what I said.
14:18I never want to touch that stuff again.
14:21Okay, so what's the issue with the journal, then?
14:25Putting my thoughts down on people.
14:27It's a lot harder than I thought.
14:29Well, I never said it'd be easy.
14:32I finally managed to do it, but then it totally backfired on me when Aiden read it.
14:36She read your journal?
14:38Yep, she just started sitting there and helped herself.
14:40That's a breach of your trust, for sure.
14:46You're the one who was meant to convince Abby to come home.
14:50You saw the state of it.
14:51How was I meant to do that, Aiden?
14:52Well, as far as she's concerned, you're the brother who can do no wrong.
14:56Oh, here we go.
14:57Okay, that's it.
14:59You need to leave.
15:00You're kicking us out.
15:01Yeah, because you're putting off my paying customers.
15:04I'm not kicking you out.
15:05I'm just saying, I'm sorry.
15:06I'm sorry.
15:07I'm sorry.
15:08I'm sorry.
15:08I'm sorry.
15:09I'm sorry.
15:10Oh, you can't kick me out, Mac.
15:12I work here.
15:12Well, I can, and I am.
15:14But I do need you back later for your shift, because I've got things on.
15:16I need you to hold the fort.
15:18Fine.
15:19Yep.
15:19Okay.
15:20I am going.
15:25Bye.
15:30I'm so sorry about that.
15:31Apology accepted.
15:32But you also need to leave.
15:35What?
15:36Oh.
15:40We're home.
15:42Oh, hey.
15:43Sorry.
15:43I thought you guys weren't coming home until tomorrow.
15:45Uh, yeah.
15:46I could see that.
15:47You really have taken the bachelor vibe to a whole new level, mate.
15:50Yeah.
15:51Sorry.
15:52I will have it to Leah's standard in half an hour.
15:55Half an hour.
15:56Good luck to you.
15:57Yeah, it's fine.
15:58Really?
16:00So you had a good time, then?
16:03Yeah, we did.
16:04Great.
16:06But...
16:07But?
16:10You don't want the honeymoon to be over yet.
16:12Okay, cool.
16:13I will head over to Remy's.
16:14Right.
16:16I'll clean up later.
16:17Yeah, have fun.
16:19So...
16:24Is now a good time to have that talk?
16:27Well, let's get the place cleaned up first.
16:28Oh, forget it.
16:31All right.
16:32But Leah, can we make this the last delaying tactic?
16:35I...
16:36I really want to have this talk.
16:48I couldn't talk her into letting you stay either.
16:50Brutal.
16:53Can we call a truce?
16:55It is really important for us to be there for Abby from here on in.
16:59Agreed.
17:01Hopefully, Tim got through.
17:05Hey.
17:07Hey.
17:08Can you take me home?
17:10Sure.
17:12Won't be far behind you.
17:14You're coming around.
17:15I've agreed to do my counseling session at home.
17:18It's a little unorthodox, I know.
17:20That's great.
17:22That's a really good call, Abby.
17:24What he said.
17:27Let's go.
17:32She's still my number one fan.
17:34She feels betrayed.
17:36She told you about the journal.
17:38She did.
17:39Not my finest hour.
17:43So you don't need me to tell you what a huge breach of trust that was?
17:46No. No, I don't.
17:51I made a huge mistake.
17:52Yeah, you did.
17:54I can't win with her.
17:56I try and I'm being controlling and then I take a step back and she feels invisible.
18:03Well, maybe there's something else you can do.
18:15All right.
18:17It's official.
18:18Like we never left.
18:21Yeah, except we did.
18:23It's only now that we're back that I realize how much we needed that time away.
18:27Yeah.
18:28Yeah, I loved every moment of it.
18:31Cry back at you.
18:33But I don't think we can keep avoiding the talk about why we were there.
18:41I don't know what talking is going to achieve.
18:43What? What do you mean?
18:45I have already told you a hundred times how I feel.
18:48I don't know why you think going away for a few days is going to change that.
18:51Baby, I want you to trust me again.
18:55And if I could say one thing to make you believe me, to make all of our problems go away,
19:00I would have already said it, but it doesn't work that way.
19:03Right?
19:04It's just going to take time.
19:07All I could do is prove to you every day that I trust you.
19:11I love you.
19:13That's never going to change.
19:16Can that be enough?
19:33You made the right call.
19:36Easy for you to say.
19:37You're not the one that has to spill their guts to their counsel.
19:40That's fair.
19:45Sounds like Tim now.
19:48Great.
19:49Come on.
20:03What are you doing back here?
20:06It was my idea.
20:08Because?
20:09Because you're all a part of Abigail's recovery.
20:15That's true.
20:16And in the short time that I've spent with you,
20:20I've noticed some pretty complex family dynamics at play.
20:24That's a nice way of putting it.
20:27So I think that Abigail would really benefit from a family reunion.
20:31Abigail would really benefit from a family therapy session.
20:36It's not necessary.
20:38Let me guess.
20:39Eden put you up to this?
20:41This is the first I'm hearing about it.
20:43It's totally my suggestion.
20:45But this can only work if you're on board.
20:48These are your sessions, Abby.
20:50Do you really think it's going to help?
20:52I think it's worth a try.
21:02I don't get what your problem is.
21:06You were keen on doing a counseling session with me before.
21:08Yeah, but you weren't exactly thrilled about it.
21:10Well, this is different.
21:11It'll be all three of you.
21:12I just don't want things to get out of hand.
21:14When mum and dad split up,
21:16I was the one who stuck around to pick up the pieces
21:18while Switzerland over here bailed on us.
21:20But no, no, I'm the enemy and he's the hero.
21:23I know what you're going through is a lot.
21:26But?
21:26If we're ever going to move on as family,
21:28a little bit of forgiveness might go a long way.
21:31Yeah.