Episode #1.4799 (26 Feb. 2009)

New pupil Trey Palmer's suggestion to spend the Dan memorial funds on an annual hiking trip wins over Geoff's chill-room at school. Nicole's vote was decisive, making Geoff fear Trey's ... See full summary »

Director:

David Gould

Writer:

Margaret Wilson

Stars:

Ray Meagher, Ada Nicodemou, Jodi Gordon

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Ray Meagher	...	Alf Stewart
Ada Nicodemou	...	Leah Patterson-Baker
Jodi Gordon	...	Martha Mackenzie
Jon Sivewright	...	Tony Holden
Amy Mathews	...	Rachel Armstrong
Charlotte Best	...	Annie Campbell
Lincoln Lewis	...	Geoff Campbell
Josh Quong Tart	...	Miles Copeland
Tessa James	...	Nicole Franklin
Jordan Rodrigues	...	Jai Fernandez
Celeste Dodwell	...	Melody Jones
Elizabeth Alexander	...	Christine Jones (as Liz Alexander)
Silvio Ofria	...	Theo Poulos
Alex Blias	...	Chris Poulos
Peta Toppano	...	Helen Poulos

Storyline

New pupil Trey Palmer's suggestion to spend the Dan memorial funds on an annual hiking trip wins over Geoff's chill-room at school. Nicole's vote was decisive, making Geoff fear Trey's flirtation seduced her. Tony is even more morbidly mourning after having to tell Lucas, who decides to stay in India, about Jack's death, so in no mood for frivolities with Rachel. Melody takes Annie's advice and accepts to move in with apparently reformed ma in late grandma's New Zealand home, indefinitely.

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Plot Keywords:

jealousy

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 February 2009 (Australia)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

"I know you want to help me but there isn't anything I can do"

The "ending" of Melody's storyline is frustrating on every level.The character had a lot of potential, which has mostly been squandered on a clichéd "teen going off the rails" storyline, so it's disappointing to see her go.It's even more frustrating that the storyline of a sweet-natured girl mentally tortured by her crazy mother ends with...her going back to that crazy mother, who we're supposed to believe is now not crazy because she's managed to behave herself for a week.And her claim that she's always been proud of Melody is obviously a lie.Most frustrating of all, Miles and Annie, who up until now have been the voice of sanity, actually encourage her to do it.At least she gets a half decent goodbye scene, although it's unfortunately abandoned halfway through for a scene of Nicole finally realising Geoff would rather have a girlfriend like Melody.Nice timing.

Elsewhere, new boy Trey makes a half decent impact, although he's mainly a plot device to cause tension between Geoff and Nicole.The Poulos storyline comes to an agreeable end and, perhaps surprisingly, it's Trey's comments that convince them to put aside their differences. Tony continues to withdraw into himself, leaving Rachel feeling helpless, and the ending of the episode reveals he's not being entirely honest with her...