Home and Away: In a shock twist Dean becomes a responsible adult that saves Mac from her wild bender

Stephanie McKennaThe West Australian
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Camera IconDean wallowing in self-inflicted heartbreak. Credit: Jeremy Greive

Dean’s going to need a new storyline now that he’s single and child-less – an opportunity many would relish and take up the whole bed. But Dean voluntarily sleeps on the couch, and it’s not even his couch.

There’s any number of possibilities for Dean’s next move from some long-lost family member turning up, a new love interest could spark his interest or Jai could fall ill and needs blood or bone marrow.

But it’s more likely to be Dean getting into trouble.

Sadly none of that happened and we had to suffer through an entire evening of Dean wallowing in self-inflicted heartbreak.

“Hurts like hell,” Dean says.

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Ziggy goes around to Dean’s place to comfort him in his time of need.

“What happened?” Ziggy asks

“You did,” Dean replies.

Ziggy wants to “fix it” because she thinks Amber is making stuff up in her head and using it as an excuse”. I don’t disagree.

“I still love you…but I know that you’re not there anymore, you’ve moved on,” Dean says.

Ziggy begins to cry while Dean deadpans.

Camera IconZiggy begins to cry while Dean deadpans. Credit: Channel Seven

Within minutes everyone – apart from Tane, who has declared he loves Ziggy - knows about the real reason Amber and Jai left even though, “didn’t Amber and Jai move out like five seconds ago?” Here, here Nikau.

Apparently Dean and Amber are trying to work out “access” with Jai, which must mean custody but Ziggy said the wrong word and they couldn’t be bothered doing it again.

For the rest of the night Dean becomes a responsible adult that has to save Mac from her wild bender.

What is it about this show and having to bring someone home immediately if they’re drunk? Just let Mac have her debauched fun in some hotel in her pyjamas and she’ll grieve when she’s ready.

Camera IconI’m going to need a drink to continue watching this. Credit: Channel Seven

“I just want to forget,” Mac says.

Sometime much later, the drunken antics make way for the tears.

“Everything good in my life I ruin,” Mac says as she bawls her eyes out.

Dean moves Mac into his place because “my place is going to me so much quieter now that Jai’s not there”.

Mac goes back to getting drunk immediately as “it would be a shame to spend the whole day sober” and I’m going to need a drink to get through the rest of the episode.

She and Jas get into the margaritas and then the tarot readings.

While this is going on Ari and Mia struggle to confront their feelings over the loss of their son about 10 years ago.

Ari weeps on the bedroom floor holding his sons memento box.

Camera IconHaving a little cuddle. Credit: Channel Seven

But it all works out in the end and move over baby Gracie because there’s going to be a new precious miracle in Summer Bay.

“I will never let anything come between us again,” Ari says.

“Let’s have a baby,” Mia replies.

Ari – who knows that Dean is still in love with Ziggy - also said something quite off to Ziggy. Sort of planting the seed that she might still be in love with Dean so that Tane can be with Mac and everyone lives happily ever after?

“If things have changed for you since Amber’s, gone maybe you need to be honest about it,” Ari says.

Possibly more ridiculous than Mac screaming on the phone to the hotel manager, not words but actual screaming, is Leah’s obsession with finding Susie, the woman who conned her and Justin out of $90,000.

Camera IconToo gullible.

She’s fast becoming the most annoying character on her show, second only to her useless boyfriend who continues to pop pills because he’s “got a bit of a dodgy back” – a phrase mentioned numerous times in case we didn’t already know. It’s only been in the script since last year.

Camera IconWhen will you be killed off?

Quite frankly I can’t be bothered rehashing any of what happened except for when Leah finds Justin’s empty pill packets and he has the audacity to blame her for his addiction problems.

“It’s been very hard for me,” Justin mutters.

“You don’t make any time for us anymore.”

Justin agrees to being weaned off his pain medication and gullible Leah falls into the honey trap as Justin proceeds to hide his stash.

We get to see Nikau “the next big thing” in action too.

“Nikau darling, you’re late,” Sienna says. I find that hard to believe because he and Bella were picked up in a limo sent by the agency, but it works with her crazed character.

Camera IconLiving the high life baby! Credit: Channel Seven

Bella also debuts a fringe so she can be just as cool as her hipster mentor Emmett.

Nik is yet to nail any expression other than the furrowed brow paired with the stiff-as-a-board body.

But then Allegra, the sexy model he’s paired with – tells him to look at her the same he looks at Bella.

Camera IconSourpuss. Credit: Channel Seven

The clients nod their heads to affirm that Nik is doing a good job.

The shoot for the “huge campaign” wraps up but to Nik’s work is far from over.

He’s expected to attend some swanky after party. Bella intervenes but Sienna puts her in her place and reminds Bella that she practically owns Nik because he signed a contract.

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