Episode 8161 | Airs Monday 05 August 2019 at 13:45 and 17:30 on Channel 5 (UK) and 18:30 on 10 Peach (Australia)
Elly's return to work proves to be challenging, as smart-alec student Richie taunts her with jibes about how she bought alcohol for Dean. Elly keeps him in line, but fears the rumours about her issues with Dean will circulate from students to the larger school community and cause a greater problem.
Chloe worries about the additional stress this is causing Elly and the baby and confronts Richie, taking him down a peg in front of his mates. Fighting back, Richie kicks things up a notch by buying alcohol for his mates and drinking on campus.
Elly handles the incident, but when she learns that Chloe had a word with Richie, she is frustrated by the unwanted intervention. Chloe is disheartened, feeling she may have blown her chances with Elly.
Later, Yashvi and Ned give their account of Chloe's confrontation with Richie and it paints Elly a different picture. It was a bold display of loyalty, and the incident gives Elly pause – maybe deep down she doesn't mind the idea of Chloe watching her back.
Meanwhile, it's the Grand Opening of Erinsborough's newest bar and diner – "The 82". Serving upmarket Australian pies and classy cocktails, the neighbourhood gathers to get a glimpse of the quirky new hotspot. But Gary is sour at being shunned from the event, and just as Kyle and Karl prepare to cut the ribbon, Gary hijacks the moment and makes a drunken fool out of himself.
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Sheila has hidden the crowbar in her recycling bin while she thinks about the next course of action. But her jittery behavior is clocked by Harlow. Roxy's nerves are also frayed, seemingly feeling the pressure after learning her testimony will be heavily relied on in Paul's case against Gary.
Terese still struggles to completely believe that Gary was behind the attack, causing friction between her and Paul. Worried, Harlow follows her instincts that Sheila is hiding something to settle the case once and for all. Harlow uncovers the crowbar, immediately calling it into the police.
The opening of The 82 is interrupted again as Mark arrives on official police business – to bring Sheila to the station for questioning. Roxy is relieved that her eyewitness account is not the only evidence being used to implicate Gary, but her guilt is piqued – it's looking more and more likely that Gary's about to go down for a crime she knows he didn't commit. When she calls in the real culprit – Vance – it becomes clear it's him she has been covering for all along.
