Steph Scully (Carla Bonner)

[Dazzle]

I don't remember Steph and Toadie ever being romantically involved.

[lizann]

did toad have a thing for her which was unreciprocated

[Perdita]

did toad have a thing for her which was unreciprocated

Yes, he fell for her and told her about his feelings but she was secretly in love with somebody else, Drew, who was going to marry Libby Kennedy

[Perdita]

Steph Scully is confronted with her worst fears in this latest Neighbours trailer, as she learns that her son Charlie could be adopted.

Charlie is currently living with his dad Max in Fiji, but upcoming scenes will see Steph (Carla Bonner) learn that his new partner wants to make her care of the youngster official.

As seen in the promo above, a devastated Steph will share the worrying news with her friend Toadie, but this only serves to put further strain on his marriage to Sonya. The latest development will pave the way for Steph's mum Lyn to make a return to Ramsay Street next month.

​Elsewhere on Ramsay Street, Tyler Brennan finds himself facing a backlash for his involvement with Piper Willis.

After the pair share a kiss, Piper's protective brother Josh will warn Tyler to stay away from her, but as he continues to battle with his feelings for the teenager, will he listen?

New footage also previews some of Lilly Van der Meer​'s first scenes as Xanthe​ Canning, while Nate Kinski could have landed Susan Kennedy in a potentially dangerous situation.

[Perdita]

I would like to see her being mum to Charlie

[Perdita]

A deep friendship is growing between Mark and Steph and may be going full speed ahead into romance.
Both Mark and Steph are nursing broken hearts when they unexpectedly find solace in one another. Steph is reeling after a meltdown, brought on by the heatwave and lack of medication, during a custody mediation session. Now Philippa and Max want full custody of Charlie (Xander McGuire) with no access and Steph’s (Carla Bonner) attempts to talk her son round fail when he rejects her, frightened her mental health issues are relapsing.
Blowing off steam she flees on her motorbike and bumps into Mark (Scott McGregor), who has been trying to move on after his wedding to Paige (Olympia Valance) ended with Mark arresting his own bride. Mark joins Steph on her motorbike ride and the two meet up with Steph’s bikie mates for a party in the motel Steph owns with Paul (Stefan Dennis).
Worried about the business reputation Paul blows up at Steph but she laughs that playing by the rules doesn’t get anyone anywhere. Paul orders the bikies to leave but they later seek Paul out for revenge. While Steph tries to apologise for her friends’ behaviour he tells her she’s out of their business arrangement.
When Mark finds out what Paul has said to Steph he goes to check up on her, using the excuse of fixing a motorbike. They chat away and it’s clear a deep friendship is growing between the pair. Needing something more to take her mind off her troubles Steph impulsively kisses Mark who, though shocked, kisses her back.
Mark isn’t sure about taking the moment further so Steph asks him to leave. While Tyler (Travis Burns) warns his brother not to rebound with someone who has so much baggage, Sonya (Eve Morey) encourages Steph to make amends with Mark. When they start hanging out again their chemistry heats up and it’s clear this relationship is on fast-forward. Could this be the start of a new Ramsay Street romance?


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[Perdita]

Mark and Steph are both suffering... nothing that a motorbike ride and a party can’t ease but both may be looking for more.
Two of Ramsay Street’s most heartbroken souls could be headed for a hot new romance in thrilling new episodes of Neighbours. Both Mark and Steph have been dealt huge personal blows. Mark was meant to be basking in newly wedded bliss with Paige while Steph was meant to be back with her son Charlie but neither got what they wanted. Could they find comfort and love in one another?
Fighting for Charlie (Xander McGuire) had been Steph’s (Carla Bonner) main focus since getting her life in Erinsborough back on track but her mediation session over custody of the son she had with ex-husband Max (Stephen Lovatt) goes belly up thanks to a missed dosage of her medication and the heatwave. She gets agitated and lashes out at Philippa (Wendy Bos), Max’s wife.
The situation goes from bad to worse when Charlie hears of Steph’s relapse and he rejects her attempts to convince Philippa not to go for full custody. Furious that her hopes of a relationship with Charlie have been dashed, she speeds off on her motorbike and comes across Mark, who is in a similar state of dispair.
Mark’s (Scott McGregor) relationship with Paige (Olympia Valance) was shattered when, fuelled by his anger over what he believed was her involvement in a string of local robberies, he arrested her at the altar. He felt betrayed and was devastated she couldn’t trust him enough to tell him she’d been set up in a revenge plot. It was the last straw in their fragile on-again, off-again relationship, which has been tested by their age gap with both at very different stages in life.
While Mark wants to settle down and have a family, Paige is still trying to figure out what she wants from life. After the painful fallout from the failed wedding, it seems there’s no going back for the pair so an offer to go on a motorbike ride and partying with Steph seems like fun.
While out they bump into Jacka, a bikie mate of one of Steph’s ex-boyfriends. She asks him and him and his friends to join her and Mark back at her motel. The group has a blast chatting and joking aroud until Steph’s business partner, Paul (Stefan Dennis), finds out she’s hanging with the “wrong crowd” in their fledgling establishment. He blasts Steph, accusing her of risking the moteal’s reputation but Steph is so shattered about Charlie she tells him she doesn’t care. Unfortunately for Paul the bikies are angry at the way he’s treated their friend and they seek revenge.
Although Steph tries to apologise to Paul, he tells her their business deal is over. Finding out about yet another blow to Steph, Mark goes to check on her, pretending he wants help fixing a motorbike. Wanting to distract herself, Steph goes in for a past and although Mark is surprised he kisses her too. After all their heartache, could Mark and Steph finally find happiness with each other?

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[LauBuch]

Just caught up on like 3 weeks worth of Neighbours after going a lil holiday! haha

The video call that Steph had with Charlie he kept looking up, do you reckon Phillipa was monitoring to make sure he didn't say he wants to see Steph?
I sort of get the feeling he'd be open to visiting her every now and then but Phillipa and Max just wouldn't do that, whereas Steph is making sure Charlie is happy but isn't ready to give up just yet! #TeamSteph

[Dazzle]

The video call that Steph had with Charlie he kept looking up, do you reckon Phillipa was monitoring to make sure he didn't say he wants to see Steph?

Yes, there was definitely someone else with Charlie just out of sight - probably Philippa as she seems to be the driving force behind the adoption plan. Perhaps she's got Max drugged and locked up somewhere...

[fragglerock]

I understand that Mark has been through a lot as has Steph and i can see why they would make a good partnership as they are both strong characters and independant as well. Paige is not as independant but the issue really isnt any of the three characters, Mark, Steph or Paige its where the script writers are taking those characters. I mean paige always had baggage but also so did Mark but they both had amazing chemistry till the writers destroyed it all and it ended up like this.

Now comes steph is already stuffed up really, so besides back to jail or drugs im not sure how much further down they can destroy her character. But the thing i hate the most is that while i understand Mark is confused but heck he has been for ages since before he met Paige so how much longer is Mark going to be the indecisive one and not be able to make a decision to save his life when it comes to relationships.

Same as if Paige is going off the rails it is Mark's job to sort it out as he was the one in the relationship, the flack shouldnt fall on steph. If they are going to make Mark's and Paige's characters so pathetic with no backbone at all, give Steph a different script or different partner. Why take her down the stupid path if your not going to fix the other two characters.