Mr Humphries
13-10-2006, 18:56
Wednesday
Home and Away Facts You May Not Have Known #43,579: Macca is actually called Michael. Who knew? We only find out when a doctor starts bellowing his Christian name into his ear. Cassie watches on with fading hope as the quacks whisk him away to theatre where they remove his ruptured spleen. However, there's more where that came from - if his crushed arm ends up infected, the doctors may have to amputate. Cassie tries her best to remain positive, but Macca insists that this is karma's way of punishing him for knocking her around. Ric, meanwhile, has issues. He can't understand why Cassie is wasting her time worrying about Macca after the way he treated her. His comments spark an argument, and Cassie is left reeling when Ric reveals that he's still in love with her! Frankly, though, she doesn't want to hear it. She accuses Ric of acting selfishly before swanning back to Macca's bedside. Weren't expecting that, were you Ric?
And now we'd like to offer you a tiniest scrap of comfort during this hellish week in Summer Bay: Jack's transplant seems to have been successful. It's good news, sure, but somewhat understandably this doesn't make Dan feel any better about things. His temper flares up for the first time when Amanda drops by to offer her condolences. "For god's sake Amanda," he roars, "just shut up!" Was it something she said? "I spent years hating my brother because of you", Dan foams. "And you have the hide to come round here pretending to console me." Amanda leaves in a cloud of peroxide. Later, Dan explains to Leah that his outburst was aimed at himself rather than his ex-wife; he wasted so much time being angry at Peter, and now he's gone. After finding some resolve, Dan phones his parents to pass on the grave news. And the next morning, he discovers a "Happy Anniversary" card from his brother in the mail. Have your Kleenex at the ready, won't you?
Right. That's enough explosion-related misery for one episode. It's time for some family tree excitement instead. Kitty, a woman who lies so often that knicker drawers from here to Darwin have been spontaneously combusting every time she opens her over-lipsticked mouth, supposedly has an appointment with a cancer specialist at the hospital. But she pulls a face like a dropped pie when Amanda insists on coming too. Although she manages to keep her daughter in the waiting room, there's a shock in store for Kitty when she comes face to face with Belle - who promptly introduces her grandmother to Morag, Sally and Alf. Later that day, Morag raises a copper eyebrow when she spots Kitty and Amanda together - and has to pick her jaw up from the floor when Amanda reveals that the woman is her mother. Morag is quick to fill her in on how they met - leaving Amanda kicking up some serious dust as she heads home for the inevitable confrontation. Kitty, love, you've just been busted. But will she tell Amanda the whole truth?
Thursday
"The baby you gave birth to 16 years ago," wheezes Kitty, "the one I told you was stillborn" - oh, yeah, that baby - "isn't dead." Surpri-ise! Amanda pulls a face like she's just stepped in a bear trap. "Belle Taylor is your daughter", Kitty confirms, before trotting out the whole sorry story. She just never found a convenient time to tell the truth, apparently, and there's another twist in the tale: she didn't just give Belle up for adoption, she actually went and sold her as if she was doing nothing more than eBaying an old Subbuteo catalogue. (You'll be forgiven for swearing at your telly during this bit.) So how many other lies have there been? Well, Kitty's silence speaks louder than words when Amanda questions whether her mother is really dying of breast cancer. Kitty pleads with Amanda for forgiveness; she doesn't want a silly little thing like this to ruin their relationship. "I'm the only mother you've got", she pleads, which in this case is a bit like saying "I'm the only unsightly boil on your neck". "As far as I'm concerned I have no mother", Amanda coldly replies, before reaching for something to lance her with. Kitty has lost her daughter forever, while Amanda has just caught up with hers. Sing about that, Alanis, why dontcha.
Belle is mooching around her hospital ward when Irene arrives and picks up on her pet tearaway's subdued mood. "You could be out of here in an hour or two", she smiles. However little does she know that Belle has been thinking about things on a much larger scale. She's going to leave Summer Bay! Other than Irene, she has no one worth staying for; Ric is more interested in Cassie than her and any attempts to find her mother have fallen flat. Meanwhile, Matilda is wheeled in from another nearby hospital with a bandage around her neck. The burn below it could turn the five stomachs of an ox and Lucas's horrified reaction to the damage does the poor girl's self-esteem few favours. After a few hours of cooing, Matilda finally snaps and asks to be left alone. Lucas tries to lift Matilda's spirits, but this just results in another few gallons of grief pouring through Matilda's already overworked tearducts.
"What are you looking at?" growls Belle, when a botoxed Amanda attempts to raise her eyebrows at her in the hospital. The answer, of course, is her long-lost daughter - but Mandy can't pluck up the courage to reveal all. Only when Irene later mentions that Belle is planning to leave town does she realise that she needs to bite the bullet before it's too late. At the Beach House, Irene is making a last-ditch bid to get Belle to stay in Summer Bay when Amanda kicks the door down and causes a fuss. Belle is furious at coming face to face with her nemesis yet again, but we think she'd better listen up and listen good. After all, Amanda has something very important to tell her about the identity of her mother...
Home and Away Facts You May Not Have Known #43,579: Macca is actually called Michael. Who knew? We only find out when a doctor starts bellowing his Christian name into his ear. Cassie watches on with fading hope as the quacks whisk him away to theatre where they remove his ruptured spleen. However, there's more where that came from - if his crushed arm ends up infected, the doctors may have to amputate. Cassie tries her best to remain positive, but Macca insists that this is karma's way of punishing him for knocking her around. Ric, meanwhile, has issues. He can't understand why Cassie is wasting her time worrying about Macca after the way he treated her. His comments spark an argument, and Cassie is left reeling when Ric reveals that he's still in love with her! Frankly, though, she doesn't want to hear it. She accuses Ric of acting selfishly before swanning back to Macca's bedside. Weren't expecting that, were you Ric?
And now we'd like to offer you a tiniest scrap of comfort during this hellish week in Summer Bay: Jack's transplant seems to have been successful. It's good news, sure, but somewhat understandably this doesn't make Dan feel any better about things. His temper flares up for the first time when Amanda drops by to offer her condolences. "For god's sake Amanda," he roars, "just shut up!" Was it something she said? "I spent years hating my brother because of you", Dan foams. "And you have the hide to come round here pretending to console me." Amanda leaves in a cloud of peroxide. Later, Dan explains to Leah that his outburst was aimed at himself rather than his ex-wife; he wasted so much time being angry at Peter, and now he's gone. After finding some resolve, Dan phones his parents to pass on the grave news. And the next morning, he discovers a "Happy Anniversary" card from his brother in the mail. Have your Kleenex at the ready, won't you?
Right. That's enough explosion-related misery for one episode. It's time for some family tree excitement instead. Kitty, a woman who lies so often that knicker drawers from here to Darwin have been spontaneously combusting every time she opens her over-lipsticked mouth, supposedly has an appointment with a cancer specialist at the hospital. But she pulls a face like a dropped pie when Amanda insists on coming too. Although she manages to keep her daughter in the waiting room, there's a shock in store for Kitty when she comes face to face with Belle - who promptly introduces her grandmother to Morag, Sally and Alf. Later that day, Morag raises a copper eyebrow when she spots Kitty and Amanda together - and has to pick her jaw up from the floor when Amanda reveals that the woman is her mother. Morag is quick to fill her in on how they met - leaving Amanda kicking up some serious dust as she heads home for the inevitable confrontation. Kitty, love, you've just been busted. But will she tell Amanda the whole truth?
Thursday
"The baby you gave birth to 16 years ago," wheezes Kitty, "the one I told you was stillborn" - oh, yeah, that baby - "isn't dead." Surpri-ise! Amanda pulls a face like she's just stepped in a bear trap. "Belle Taylor is your daughter", Kitty confirms, before trotting out the whole sorry story. She just never found a convenient time to tell the truth, apparently, and there's another twist in the tale: she didn't just give Belle up for adoption, she actually went and sold her as if she was doing nothing more than eBaying an old Subbuteo catalogue. (You'll be forgiven for swearing at your telly during this bit.) So how many other lies have there been? Well, Kitty's silence speaks louder than words when Amanda questions whether her mother is really dying of breast cancer. Kitty pleads with Amanda for forgiveness; she doesn't want a silly little thing like this to ruin their relationship. "I'm the only mother you've got", she pleads, which in this case is a bit like saying "I'm the only unsightly boil on your neck". "As far as I'm concerned I have no mother", Amanda coldly replies, before reaching for something to lance her with. Kitty has lost her daughter forever, while Amanda has just caught up with hers. Sing about that, Alanis, why dontcha.
Belle is mooching around her hospital ward when Irene arrives and picks up on her pet tearaway's subdued mood. "You could be out of here in an hour or two", she smiles. However little does she know that Belle has been thinking about things on a much larger scale. She's going to leave Summer Bay! Other than Irene, she has no one worth staying for; Ric is more interested in Cassie than her and any attempts to find her mother have fallen flat. Meanwhile, Matilda is wheeled in from another nearby hospital with a bandage around her neck. The burn below it could turn the five stomachs of an ox and Lucas's horrified reaction to the damage does the poor girl's self-esteem few favours. After a few hours of cooing, Matilda finally snaps and asks to be left alone. Lucas tries to lift Matilda's spirits, but this just results in another few gallons of grief pouring through Matilda's already overworked tearducts.
"What are you looking at?" growls Belle, when a botoxed Amanda attempts to raise her eyebrows at her in the hospital. The answer, of course, is her long-lost daughter - but Mandy can't pluck up the courage to reveal all. Only when Irene later mentions that Belle is planning to leave town does she realise that she needs to bite the bullet before it's too late. At the Beach House, Irene is making a last-ditch bid to get Belle to stay in Summer Bay when Amanda kicks the door down and causes a fuss. Belle is furious at coming face to face with her nemesis yet again, but we think she'd better listen up and listen good. After all, Amanda has something very important to tell her about the identity of her mother...