Neighbours Spoilers 17th - 21st December 2018

Monday 17 Dec

Piper is determined to discover Leo's secret, but he catches her digging around in his computer. After Amy gets a call about materials missing from the building site at Robinson Heights, Gary is horrified to find that he has been paid by Kev for delivering the stolen goods. Yashvi's year 12 exam results aren't good enough to get her into university.

Tue 18 Dec

Leo is forced to come clean about what he has been hiding. After Jane drinks some of Dipi's aphrodisiac tea, Elly catches Paul and Jane in flagrante in a school classroom. Gary tells Kev that he wants out, and is told that he's in too deep to just quit.

Wed 19 Dec

Gary sees an opportunity to extricate himself, but has some explaining to do when Amy finds him at the building site after dark. Embarrassed by her behaviour, Jane mends fences with Susan, and clarifies matters with Paul. Toadie discovers that Sonya's Christmas presents have gone missing and have been replaced by gifts from Alice addressed to Andrea.

Thurs 20 Dec

Sheila comes home unexpectedly from New Zealand, to find Gary in the process of destroying vital evidence. Forced to admit what he has done, he begs her not to tell Amy - but will she agree? Mark and Elly are concerned about Chloe's increasingly erratic behaviour. Toadie discovers that Alice and Andrea were in contact.

Fri 21 Dec [Episode 8000]

The community is saddened by the death of a reclusive resident who had lived in Ramsay Street for 34 years. Delaney Renshaw arrives in town and gets straight down to business, propositioning Leo but also threatening to tell her father that he was the informant. Chloe decides to be honest, and writes Elly a long letter.


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This is confusing re: Alice. I assume she has been found out and either ran away or was caught and Toadie is now realising the extent of the damage she caused.

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Monday 17 Dec

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Spurred on by the mysterious photograph she found in Leo’s file, Piper subtly probes Leo for more information. While he evades her questioning, she and Terese notice him rejecting several phone calls, explaining them away as telemarketers.

Piper can’t shake her gut feeling that Leo is hiding something serious – and that it could impact her mum. Fuelled by the shock of Alice’s recent unmasking, Piper accesses Leo’s computer and finds emails between him and the girl in the photograph. But before she can look further, Leo catches her red handed.

Meanwhile, Amy gets a call about an emergency at Robinson Heights, arriving with Aaron to find the last stage of the development gutted of wiring and copper pipes. It’s a professional disaster for Amy and Paul, and she’s overwhelmed trying to sort it out.

Amy vents her upset to Gary, who’s on site at his dodgy new job. When the bottom falls out of the box of product Gary’s been paid to transport, he’s appalled to realise he’s shifting the materials that were stolen from Amy.

Elsewhere, the Year 12 ATAR results are in. Xanthe scores an 89.45, high enough to get into her medical course, while Shane is delighted with a score that will allow him to pursue engineering. But Yashvi, devastated by her dismal score, lies to her celebrating family and friends.

After looking up her English score, Elly realises Yashvi is covering and tells Shane, who gently urges Yashvi to come clean. Breaking down, she reveals she hasn’t scored high enough to get into uni and feels like she has no options left open to her.

Tue 18 Dec

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Having caught Piper snooping through his emails, Leo is forced to come clean about what he’s been hiding. He tells Terese, Ned and Piper that he’s been contacted by Delaney Renshaw, daughter of the notorious Renshaw crime family. Her father and uncle are up for a parole hearing, having gone away after someone shopped them for money laundering through Sydney clubs... and that ‘someone’ was Leo. He’s now afraid they’ll find out he was Informant ‘Z’ and be out for blood.

The Renshaws got the wrong guy before, leading to the attack on Leo’s associate Mannix, but Leo isn’t sure how much they now know – or what exactly became of Mannix. Leo turns to Paul for the truth about Mannix and Paul promises Mannix isn’t a threat anymore. He went to ground after Paul’s men put the hard word on him, and as long as the Sydney police don’t leak, then Leo is safe.

Leo is as honest with Terese as he can be, and she vows that she and Leo will face whatever comes their way together. But are they ready for what Delaney might have in store?

Meanwhile, when asked by a classmate to pass on a ‘Christmas gift’ to Jane, Kirsha is happy to oblige since it means staying in Jane’s good books. But she later realises the mystery present was Dipi’s Full Salute tea.

After Paul arrives to walk Jane home at the end of the day, amorous Jane propositions him and the two get down to business in an empty classroom. Feeling guilty, Kirsha admits the mistake to her mum... and she and Dipi race down to the school after hours to address the mix-up. They bump into Susan and Elly, who’s been clearing out her desk, and Elly investigates a noise coming from the classroom. Elly is shocked by what she discovers, and Jane is mortified to be caught in a compromising position with Paul.

Elsewhere, Gary is in panic mode after finding Amy’s copper and wiring in the back of his delivery truck and doesn’t know what to do. But his boss Kev orders him to finish the delivery or face the consequences. He points out that Gary’s girlfriend will be able to claim on her insurance. Running out of options, Gary makes the delivery.

Gary manages to avoid trouble from the boss, but can’t get rid of his guilt when he sees Amy struggling to find tradies to sort out the mess. Witnessing the damage his dodgy new associates have caused, Gary tries to quit and tells Kev he wants out. But he quickly learns that’s not an option. He’s in until they say otherwise.

Wed 19 Dec

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Following his delivery job last week, Gary is able to pay Amy back some of the debt he owes – but he’s wracked with guilt that he’s benefiting from the robbery of her own building site. He later learns from Kev that the burglars dropped an item at Amy’s site during the robbery – the remote to the garage door where all the stolen goods are kept. If the police find it, they may be able to trace it and they’ll all be busted.

Gary sees the opportunity to strike a deal to get out of this mess. He offers to do one last task for the bosses: retrieve the remote, in exchange for being left out of their dodgy dealings from now on. Kev agrees and Gary heads to the site… only to be discovered by Amy, who demands to know what he’s doing alone in her building site after dark.

Meanwhile, Jane learns her out-of-character behaviour was due to unwittingly consuming Dipi’s aphrodisiac tea. Jane feels angry, upset and ashamed, while Paul is worried that Jane’s intimate feelings towards him weren’t real. After Jane finds Christmas presents and cards addressed to Susan in her office, Jane realises how well-loved the former principal is, and heads to the Kennedy house to apologise for her previous behaviour. There’s nothing she can do to reinstate Elly, but she promises she’ll turn to Susan for advice from now on.

Jane later makes up with Paul, acknowledging that her shame was a knee-jerk Mrs Mangel-esque approach to the situation. She doesn’t regret taking their relationship to the next level.

Elsewhere, trying to juggle housework with visits to Sonya in hospital, Toadie is stressed to find Sonya’s Christmas presents have gone missing – and have been substituted with gifts from Alice addressed to Andrea. It’s yet another blow to an already-struggling Toadie. He takes the presents to the police, but the original gifts for Sonya can’t be found. Shane vows to buy new presents and Toadie rallies for Willow’s sake, but if Sonya is released from hospital, what kind of Christmas will she come home to?

Thurs 20 Dec

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Willow is reluctant to visit Sonya in hospital, blaming herself for bringing ‘Alice’ into their lives. But Sonya is thrilled when Willow overcomes her worries and arrives with a bunch of flowers. However, the warm family moment is soon ruptured when Toadie receives confirmation from the police that Andrea and Alice were in contact. It seems Andrea was complicit in the plan to do away with Sonya.

Toadie is determined to punish Andrea by withdrawing their financial support and pushing for full custody of Hugo. But Willow is distraught with guilt, and Sonya convinces Toadie he shouldn’t let anger rule his choices. Andrea is unwell – there’s no way of knowing how much she understood her mother’s plans.

Meanwhile, Chloe is pleased when Aaron organises a night out with her and David, but she’s thrown when Mark and Elly tag along. Struggling to be around the happy couple, she hits the alcohol hard and starts flirting with a male waterpolo team.

Elly expresses concern to Mark, worried that Chloe is spiralling, but Mark points out this is Chloe’s way of dealing with the stress of her Huntington’s diagnosis. He’ll always worry about his little sister, but has learned not to be judgemental about her choices. Elly is unconvinced, fearing their kiss is also partly fuelling Chloe’s behaviour, and her concern grows when Chloe disappears from the club.

Elsewhere, caught out by Amy, Gary covers and claims he’s checking the place is secure. Amy buys his story, then finds the remote and takes it home, planning to give it to the police. Scrambling to cover his involvement, Gary swipes the remote and is about to dismantle it. Sheila then arrives back from her New Zealand trip, catching Gary in the act.

Forced to admit the truth and face Sheila’s disappointment, Gary tries to explain his actions – he never would have got involved if he’d known Robinson Heights was being raided. He begs Sheila not to let Amy know he was involved. Sheila is torn but ultimately decides to reluctantly keep Gary’s secret. Gary texts Kev saying he’s officially out. But can Gary really wash away his questionable deeds so easily?

Fri 21 Dec

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Toadie and Piper are saddened to discover Valerie Grundy has passed away. Shy and reclusive, Val lived on the corner house of Ramsay Street for 34 years. Stepping into her house for the first time, Toadie is surprised to discover Val was a hoarder – and many of the things she’s collected over the years are items discarded by their various neighbours who have come and gone – including the Christmas gifts he’d recently bought for Sonya. Val must have retrieved them after Alice threw them out.

Toadie suspects this was all part of Val’s attempt to feel connected to the community. When he struggles to find a next of kin to notify, Toadie realises how little they all knew Val.

Toadie is troubled by the passing of this stranger who lived so close, and is left feeling downhearted as Christmas approaches. However, when Piper rallies the neighbours to help Toadie prepare for both Christmas and Sonya’s homecoming, he’s moved by the support and love he has in his life and wishes Val had felt the same.

Thinking of all the other people in their neighbourhood who might be lonely, Toadie pitches the idea to stage a Christmas concert, to celebrate the wonderful community they all live in.

Meanwhile, Leo is stunned when Delaney Renshaw arrives in town. She’s eager to embark on a romance with Leo now that she’s an adult. Delaney is convinced it’s what Leo wants, especially considering the strong connection they both had back in Sydney.

Leo gently lets her down as he explains that he has a girlfriend. Delaney is surprised to discover it’s Terese and thinks she’s far too old for him. Leo believes Delaney’s got the message, but he’s shocked when she propositions him in the sauna. Leo firmly shuts her down, prompting Delaney to deliver a thinly veiled threat. If Leo doesn’t play ball, she’ll tell her dad that Leo was the person who ratted on him to the police. What will Leo do?

Elsewhere, Elly continues to worry that Chloe is acting out because of the kiss they shared. She challenges Chloe on her behaviour, hoping they can talk about it, but Chloe shuts her down, leaving Elly stung that her friend is no longer willing to open up to her. After thinking about it, Chloe decides she should be honest about her feelings and writes Elly a long Christmas letter, outlining her love. Chloe then delivers it to Elly’s mailbox and begins the anxious wait for her response.