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Amanda and Josh face off in a violent showdown. Summer Bay unites in a final, desperate bid to prevent Project 56. Sally, Colleen and Baby Pippa head off on their big adventure. The dead body of Josh West is left lying on the floor.
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00:01If anybody deserves a holiday, it's you and little Pippa.
00:04Well, that's the other thing. She's underage, so she'd be travelling on my ticket,
00:07which means there's a spare.
00:09Oh, you mean you can take somebody with you?
00:11Yeah, I'm just trying to work out who, though.
00:13An old friend, perhaps.
00:15I'm such a goose. The answer's staring me right in the face.
00:21Oh, my!
00:25What's your answer? Yes or no?
00:28Yes or no what?
00:29Didn't you get it?
00:30Get what? What are you doing?
00:32Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!
00:34Oh, I'd love to come!
00:35Oh, did Sally tell you? She's taken me to Italy.
00:40Look!
00:40Oh, yes.
00:42Do whatever you have to do,
00:44but Amanda Vale needs to be taught a permanent lesson.
00:54You know we belong together
00:57You and I forever and ever
01:01You and I forever and ever
01:02No matter where you are
01:06You're my guiding star
01:09You're my guiding star
01:11Hold me in your arms
01:14Don't let me go
01:16I want to stay forever
01:20Closer each day
01:23Home and away
01:27Sorry, I was just in the bedroom.
01:29It's all right.
01:30Brian's at Mum and Dad's.
01:31He'll be safe there.
01:32Oh, great.
01:34But...
01:35figure out a way to deal with this situation.
01:37What's wrong?
01:38Nothing.
01:39Has Josh threatened you again?
01:40No.
01:41I'm so close to calling the cops on this guy, Amanda.
01:43It's not funny.
01:44Look, no, he hasn't been anywhere near me, Dan. I promise.
01:47All right. So how do we end this?
01:50I'm going to take care of it.
01:52It's okay.
01:54What do you mean you'll take care of it?
01:55I mean I don't want you worrying anymore.
01:58This is all about to be over very soon.
02:02It's just so wonderful.
02:04I've always dreamed of going to Italy, taking a gondola ride through Vienna.
02:08It's Venice, Colleen.
02:10Um, Colleen, I don't know how to say this.
02:12No, no, Sally, you don't have to say a word.
02:15That you've asked me to come with you says everything.
02:18It means the world to me.
02:19Thank you for this and for being such a dear friend.
02:22Well, I'd best be going.
02:24I'll see you soon, no doubt.
02:26There's lots to do before we go.
02:28Oh, it's so exciting!
02:31Arrivederci!
02:32Bye, Colleen.
02:34I am so sorry.
02:36No, no, no.
02:37I thought she knew the ticket was for you.
02:39That's why I just left it in the kitchen.
02:40I should have written your name on it.
02:42In all honesty, I probably could have gone anyway.
02:44I've got Vijay to look after.
02:45I've got the diner.
02:46Yeah, but I wanted this to be an adventure for us.
02:49You know, like, just a chance to get away and have some fun, relax.
02:55Why, because you're going to have to do that with Colleen.
02:57I'm sorry.
02:58Okay, well what are you going to do?
02:59Are you going to tell her about the mixer?
03:00I was going to, but do you see her face?
03:02She's so excited.
03:05Oh, Leah, what am I going to do?
03:06I love her, but the thought of travelling overseas with her.
03:12Well, if you've got no choice, you're going to have to tell her.
03:24Two weeks?
03:25This is outrageous!
03:27Compulsory acquisition or not, how can they give us only two weeks to get out of our homes?
03:31I'm still kicking myself for agreeing to sell in the first place.
03:33There must be something that we can do to stop this project.
03:36G'day, Barry.
03:37It's half I'm good, I'm afraid.
03:38I've just been served with a notice of compulsory acquisition courtesy of Mr. West.
03:42Um, I didn't think your part of town was in the construction site.
03:45I'm not talking about my home, I'm talking about the school.
03:48We're losing half the grounds.
03:49What?
03:50This area takes in the whole science book.
03:52Not to mention the gym, the oval and half a dozen classrooms.
03:56We don't stop this project from going ahead.
03:59I have great doubts about the future of Summer Bay High.
04:01Well, then you will be at the meeting, and we will discuss our options.
04:05Oh, are we there?
04:06Yeah, I'll just do my deliveries and I'll meet you guys there, okay?
04:08A meeting is all well and good, but I think the only option at this late stage is to try
04:12and reason with Josh and Amanda.
04:14Barry, I have tried. They are beyond reason.
04:17The only way we have them stopping this is doing something collective.
04:28What?
04:29Listen to me, sunshine.
04:30Ryan is just an innocent kid, so whatever garbage you got going on with Amanda, leave him out of it.
04:35Got it?
04:36Poor Ryan.
04:37I mean, he must be so sick and tired of his parents putting him in harm's way.
04:41I mean, first year with those bookie folks.
04:43I don't think you're hearing me, mate.
04:45Listen to me.
04:46I'll do anything to protect my son.
04:50And watch myself if I were you.
05:08Yeah, it's me.
05:09I'm not waiting anymore.
05:11I want you to pay Amanda a visit now.
05:26Get back!
05:27Stay away, I mean it!
05:29Lizzie, I'm just here to deliver a message.
05:31Oh, I know what message you're here to deliver, and I don't want to hear it.
05:34So why don't you just shut your face and listen to what I've got to say.
05:38If you come near me, or anyone close to me ever again, it's going to be the last thing you
05:43ever do.
05:44You're making a serious mistake.
05:47Tell Josh I'm not going to be scared by him anymore.
05:51Now get the hell out of my house.
06:03Oh, hello.
06:05I'm worth a long face.
06:06Had some unexpected guests, didn't we?
06:08I hate it when that happens.
06:10I told you not to mess with me.
06:12You're out of your mind.
06:13No, I was out of my mind to ever get involved with you, Josh.
06:16All you've ever done is manipulate me and blackmail me to do things that I never wanted to do.
06:22You've always had a choice, just like you have now.
06:26Give me what I want, and it will all stop.
06:29No, it all stops when I say so, Josh.
06:32I'm sick of the games, Josh.
06:34Sick of living my miserable life because of you.
06:37I don't care what happens to me anymore.
06:40I only care that you can't threaten me or my son ever again.
06:45You're a fool.
06:47Get away from me.
06:48You don't have the guts.
06:57You've done some really stupid things in your time, Amanda, but this one takes the cake.
07:02You think I've been playing games with you?
07:03I'll try this one for size.
07:05You either put me back in on the deal, or Ryan never sees his mummy again.
07:10Okay, just take it.
07:13You can have it.
07:14The whole business.
07:15It's yours.
07:16I don't want it.
07:17I want it out.
07:18I hate it.
07:19It's really not that simple.
07:21I don't want to be in this anymore.
07:23It can't be any simpler than that.
07:25I hate to break it to you, Amanda, but it doesn't work like that.
07:27You see, you're the head of tips and construction.
07:29The dealers don't go ahead without you.
07:31So you can forget about backing out.
07:34Because you and I are in this together.
07:36Until the end.
07:45Hi.
07:46Thanks for the call.
07:47That's okay.
07:48I didn't see you here.
07:49I thought you must have got caught up with something last track of time.
07:52What?
07:53Is everything else okay?
07:54Yes.
07:55Fine.
07:56Excuse me.
07:56I know you want to let her down gently, but you've seen me.
07:59She's even started learning Italian.
08:01If you don't tell her now, it's going to be too late.
08:03I just feel so awful about it.
08:05She's going to be devastated.
08:07It's just that my idea of a holiday is not spending two weeks with Colleen.
08:13Colleen.
08:14Colleen.
08:16I'm really sorry.
08:17I didn't mean that.
08:18Oh, please don't pretend to feel sad.
08:20I feel silly enough.
08:22No, no.
08:22I'm not pretending.
08:24Well, then why did you ask me to come if the thought of it was so unbearable?
08:29Well, there was a bit of a mix-up.
08:31I was meant to leave that ticket in Leah's order pad.
08:34Oh.
08:35So you're planning on taking Leah?
08:37And here was I thinking that you'd chosen me because I've been there for you ever since
08:42Dr Saunders passed on that I was a special friend.
08:45You are a special, wonderful friend.
08:49Well, you should have just said something.
08:51I wouldn't have felt like such a fool.
08:53Well, I take back what I said.
08:56And you're right.
08:58You have been there for me.
08:59Not just lately, but for years.
09:02And that's why I want you to come with me.
09:05You're just trying to make it up to me while you're leaving, Father.
09:07No.
09:08You've just made me realise I do owe you a great deal.
09:12And this is how I want to thank you for just being the friend that I can always depend on,
09:17no matter what.
09:21When Flynn was dying, you were my rock, Colleen.
09:24And I don't know if I could have got through all of this without you.
09:30You don't just feel sorry for me.
09:33Giving you the ticket isn't going to change how bad I feel about hurting your feelings.
09:38I do want you to come to Italy with me.
09:41I want you to share this experience.
09:44So will you?
09:48All right, then.
09:50If it means that much to you.
09:52Well, it does.
09:58Now, construction starts tomorrow on a multi-lane freeway and a bridge.
10:03And this monstrosity, known as Project 56, will uproot the lives of us all.
10:09Families forced to leave their homes earmarked for demolition.
10:14Students when Summer Bay is torn in half.
10:18Livelihoods, where places of business will be bulldozed.
10:23Access to the parks, to the beach, even the town itself, gone.
10:27In short, this development will do irreparable damage to Summer Bay and our very lives.
10:34Unless we do something about it.
10:36Well, what are our options?
10:37What about a legal injunction?
10:39Based on what though? Acquisition of land is legal.
10:41Well, what about a protest at one of the construction sites?
10:44It would certainly delay things and buy us some time.
10:46Maybe, but not enough to find the proof we need to show that Mr West is behind it all.
10:52Well, thank you for that wonderful introduction, Mrs Bellingham.
10:55Sorry we're late, everybody.
10:56What the hell are you doing here?
10:57We wouldn't want to miss a very important town meeting now, would we?
11:01And as it happens, Miss Vale here, the head of Tibberson Construction and myself,
11:05have some very, very exciting news to tell you about our latest acquisition, haven't we?
11:17It's Stuart's Point.
11:18What?
11:19But that's an historical landmark.
11:21That's right, Colleen.
11:22And what better place from which to extend the new bridge across the boat?
11:25You can't do that. It's named after my family.
11:27Well, it won't be for much longer.
11:28You see, we're thinking of renaming it, but we haven't come up with a new name yet, have we?
11:31You can't do this.
11:32Haven't you two done enough? You're destroying people's homes.
11:35You're actually enjoying this, aren't you?
11:37You see, that's why I'm the mayor.
11:39I have the foresight and the vision to see what's best for this town.
11:43That's the problem with you people here in Summer Bay.
11:46You can never see the bigger picture.
11:48You won't get away with this, Mr. West.
11:51If you're thinking of holding a protest tomorrow, I'd forget about it,
11:54because you're going to need council approval to close off the streets.
11:56And I'm telling you now, you're not going to get it.
11:59Get out of here.
12:09You are the head of the damn company, Emily. You're supposed to support me.
12:12Well, I told you, I don't care about it anymore, so why should I pretend?
12:15Because we had a deal. It's a deal you wanted in on from the start.
12:19Well, I didn't know it was going to make my life a living hell.
12:21I'm never going to do another thing for you after this.
12:23You will do whatever I want whenever I ask for it.
12:25You can't force me to do anything.
12:27You don't honestly believe that, do you?
12:29There's been far too much water under the bridge for that, Amanda.
12:32Yeah, well, it's different now.
12:33Why?
12:34I know more about your chequered past than anybody.
12:37And since I run this town, if ever I wanted to put you behind bars,
12:40I could make it happen.
12:42I'm going to be in your life forever.
12:44You'd better start getting used to that.
12:51That was the travel agent,
12:52and it turns out that the only available flight to Italy
12:54before our tickets expire leaves tonight.
12:56Mamma mia! I haven't even paid!
12:57No, I just feel really bad. Everybody's going through such a hard time.
13:00Don't worry about it. We'll be fine.
13:02You two should get going, love.
13:03I'll see you later, OK?
13:05Ciao!
13:06See you back today.
13:07Bye.
13:08Is there nothing that man won't stoop to when he calls the progress?
13:11Did anyone else notice that Amanda hardly said a word?
13:14I mean, at the launch last week, she was the driving force,
13:17but today, she looked like she didn't even want to be here.
13:19Yeah, now that you mention it, Josh did do all the talking, didn't he?
13:22Yeah, they didn't present a completely united front.
13:24Perhaps it has something to do with that argument they had earlier.
13:27Argument?
13:28Before I came here, I went to talk to Josh West
13:30about the acquisition of school land.
13:32When I got there, Amanda was in his office before me.
13:35It was a very hostile encounter. They were shouting at each other.
13:38Well, did you hear what they said?
13:39Amanda said something about wanting it all to stop.
13:44Well, that doesn't sound like the happy couple we all come to know and love.
13:49I wonder what's happened.
13:50If you can't do this, it's wrong. Grandad would hit the roof if he found out.
13:53I know that, but confronting Josh West is not going to change anything.
13:56I've tried.
13:57She's right, Martha.
13:58What, you expect me to just sit around here and wait for them to destroy Stuart?
14:01Oh, Martha.
14:03Come on, Martha.
14:05Come on, Martha.
14:05Look after that.
14:06Thanks.
14:07You are not going to destroy Stuart's point. I won't let you.
14:10I wondered who'd be the first person to arrive on my doorstep.
14:12You put my grandad in jail, my friends through hell, and now you want to stamp all over my family
14:16name?
14:17Has this got any point?
14:18How did you become mayor in the first place?
14:20You're a disgrace, you know that.
14:21You don't care about the town or anyone in it, and I'm going to make sure you don't get away
14:24with it.
14:25Now you've got that off your chest, I'd like to get back to my work.
14:28So would you please leave now?
14:29Why don't you make me a gutless creep?
14:32That hot head of yours is going to get you into a lot of trouble one day.
14:35Hey, hey, hey, come on, can I get it easy?
14:36That wasn't pretty smart.
14:37Because I'll press charges of assault against you, you piece of country trash?
14:41That is enough.
14:43You should be more concerned about how you are going to avoid the law, Mr. West.
14:47Mrs. Bellingham, haven't you got better things to do with your time?
14:51Oh, that's wrong. You don't.
14:54Because you're just a tired, pathetic old spinster looking for meaning in your life.
14:58Cheap insults won't serve you very well behind bars, which is exactly where I intend to put you after Project
15:0456 is overturned.
15:06Interesting plan. But tell me, aren't you going to need a little thing called evidence for that?
15:10Oh, I'll find it.
15:12And add it to the very interesting file I've already compiled on you, before destroying you for good.
15:31I can't believe it in less than 24 hours you'll be in Italy.
15:35Colleen, what is actually in here? Is this everything you own?
15:38Yes. You never know what the weather may bring in Tuscany.
15:41And as my old Nan used to say, it's better to have it and not need it than need it
15:45and not have it.
15:46Okay.
15:48Um, look, I wish you both a wonderful trip and hopefully by the time I get back, Summer Bay will
15:53be in one piece.
15:55Yeah, with a miracle more like it.
15:57Wonderful trip.
15:58Oh, thank you. And thank you so much for looking after these two.
16:01Don't give them too much of a hard time, okay?
16:04Not a trip.
16:05I'm going to miss you guys. Have fun, okay?
16:08We'll be fine.
16:09Colleen, take care of Sally and Pip for me.
16:12I will. And you can all expect the postcard from the Vatican.
16:16Now, you're doing the right thing.
16:18Clim would have been very proud of you and wanted you to go.
16:20So just go off and have some fun, okay?
16:22Yeah, he'll be there with us.
16:23Yeah. Come on, we don't want to miss the plane.
16:26Or I'll grab Pip, okay?
16:27Um, safe trip.
16:28Thanks, Leah.
16:29Bye.
16:30Bye.
16:30Hi.
16:32Hello, Morag Bellingham.
16:37Um, have you called the police?
16:39No, no, no. I'll do it.
16:41Look, I'll be there as soon as I can.
16:43Someone broke into my office.
16:45Well, I asked my assistant to put aside a particular file
16:47and it, along with other documents, have been stolen.
16:49But who?
16:50Ah, give you one guess.
16:51And this time he is not going to get away with it.
16:55Come in.
16:56Mr West.
16:59What is it now?
17:00We have reason to believe that you may be in possession of stolen property.
17:03I've got no idea what you're talking about.
17:05Miss Bellingham's had some files stolen from her office, including one about you.
17:09And do you honestly think I had something to do with it?
17:11We have a warrant that authorises us to search the premises
17:13and seize any property that we may consider important in our investigation.
17:16I'm the mayor.
17:17You can't just come in here and ransack my office.
17:19Yes, we can.
17:20It's here in black and white, Mr West.
17:29Look, Beth, I'm not in the mood for a lecture, okay?
17:31I know that everyone hates me and that Project 56 is ruining everyone's lives.
17:34I'm not here to have a go at you.
17:35I just want to talk to you about the meeting today.
17:37What about it?
17:39Well, to be honest, you didn't seem yourself.
17:43Well, it's been a rough day and I'm tired.
17:44Well, you didn't look tired.
17:45You look like someone who didn't want to be there, which is a bit strange for someone
17:48who's supposed to be representing the company.
17:52Look, just because I'm involved doesn't mean that I want to be, okay?
17:56What does it mean?
17:58Is Josh putting you up to this?
18:01Amanda, look, if you know something that can stop this going ahead, we...
18:06Look, there's nothing I can do, okay?
18:09There's nothing anyone can do.
18:11Will you just tell me what you know?
18:13I've already said too much.
18:16Amanda, this is your chance to get this town back on side.
18:19We will support you if you know a way of stopping Josh.
18:28I wish I did, but I don't.
18:35Josh is forcing her to play along.
18:37She's almost scared to talk.
18:39And she did actually say she didn't want to be involved.
18:41Yes, and this time I believe her.
18:43I'd have to agree on this occasion.
18:45If Amanda's just his papa, then Josh is a real problem.
18:47If he wasn't around, none of this would be happening.
18:49Well, maybe Detective Baker will find my stolen property in his office,
18:53and then at least I'll have something to nail him with.
18:55Ah, well...
18:56We found nothing.
18:57Josh's office is completely empty.
18:59That is ridiculous.
19:00He knew I had a file on him.
19:02That is why he broke in and stole it.
19:03Well, it wasn't there, and neither were the others.
19:05Oh!
19:05Aunty Murray, why don't you ask him yourself?
19:09Where is my file?
19:11I've got no idea what you're talking about.
19:13You are a liar.
19:14Now you get to do something.
19:15Oh, they can't do anything.
19:16None of you can.
19:17I've just come to tell you all to, um, give up.
19:20There's lame attempts to try and stop me.
19:22There's such a waste of time.
19:23The town meetings, the police searches, the death threats.
19:25You've had death threats?
19:26Yeah, pointless really.
19:28None of it makes any difference,
19:29because as long as I'm around, Project 56 is going to move full steam ahead.
19:32No, it ain't gonna stop this agent.
19:43He's the man.
19:44How can he toy with people's lives like this?
19:46And ruin the very town he's meant to represent in the process.
19:49Well, for one so corrupt, it's as easy as breathing.
19:51Oh, I'd love to know who's sending him death threats.
19:54Do you reckon they're serious, or just someone trying to scare him?
19:57Depends on who sent him, I suppose.
19:59Well, who do you think he is?
20:01Take your pick.
20:03Well, everyone in Summer Bay has a reason to want him dead.
20:49What are you doing here?
20:54What are you doing here?
21:03If you've ever spent a quiet evening alone, you're a suspect.
21:08Can anyone confirm your whereabouts?
21:10No, I was on my own.
21:11Everyone in this town is about to look at each other in a completely different way.
21:16Could her boyfriend be the killer?
21:18It's by myself.
21:19Is her ex hiding a murderous secret?
21:22Or has this little boy's mom just killed her boss?
21:25I was alone.
21:26The clues are everywhere.
21:28Who killed Josh West?
21:31Home and away next week.