Episode 8167
UK airdate: Tuesday 20 February 2024 at 13:45 on Channel 5 and 18:00 on 5STAR
Australian airdate: Monday 20 November 2023 at 20:00 on Channel 7
Held at knifepoint by the love of his life, Justin desperately tries to talk Leah down and reminds her that he's on her side. When Theo walks in on the tense stand-off, he begs his aunt to put the knife down, but Leah only becomes even more distressed. When he suggests calling Rose, she worries further as she fears that Rose is with Vita Nova as well.
Theo calls Bree, and the young doctor manages to talk Leah into dropping the knife. When she takes her home later, though, Leah doesn't remember anything from that night. She becomes confused and frightened by fleeting memories of her brandishing a weapon. Terrified she might have hurt someone, she pleads with Bree and says that she needs to know what she did.
When Bree talks to Justin and Theo the next day, she offers her professional opinion: Leah had a psychotic episode, likely caused by a combination of her trauma from Vita Nova and her subsequent sleep deprivation. When Justin talks to Leah, she's broken. He tells her that there's nothing to forgive, but she can't accept that as she knows that she could have hurt him and needs help.
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At the hospital, Bree helps Leah break the news to her family that she'll be going to stay at a mental health clinic. She knows she needs intensive treatment that she just can't get in the Bay. Justin and Leah share an emotional goodbye – they'll have no contact while she's away – and Leah is led away from her loved ones to go to the clinic. Will she get the help she needs?
Meanwhile, Roo puts her plan into action to woo John back to the Surf Club and approaches him with the Club Bible that he authored over his many years of service. John recalls the achievements of his students, whose names are recorded in the binder, and Roo puts it to him that most would not have passed their Bronze Medallion without him.
Counting on John's nostalgia leading to a change of heart may have been a misstep, and John is soon making a new business plan – his own Surf Safety school to help aspiring lifeguards to qualify. Will John ever find his way back to the Club?
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