Metro.co.uk article after today's episode (Aust time):
Heath dead - taken by a croc (the article says that he jumped into the water when he saw Holly on the other side, but as we saw, Holly actually pushes him into the water), & the episode ends with Toadie lying on the train tracks, and Melanie "cradling Mackenzie?s bloody body" after she was shot (by Heath randomly shooting through the bush)...
Iconic TV show airs totally bonkers death that will go down in soap history
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Amazon Freevee soap Neighbours has aired some pretty outlandish scenes in the last forty years, but never has a character met a grizzly end in the jaws of a crocodile? until today.
A cinematic week of episodes that are a far cry from the show?s cosy 80s heyday saw a number of residents find themselves in a precarious situation in the Australian outback.
Legacy character Holly Hoyland (Lucinda Armstrong-Hall) jetted off to a secluded converted barn for a break with conman lover Heath Royce (Ethan Panizza), unaware that he was plotting to embezzle the Lassiters hotel and their business partners out of millions with girlfriend Tess Carmichael (Anica Calida).
Junior lawyer Mackenzie Hargreaves (Georgie Stone) became suspicious of his behaviour after he dealt her a menacing threat, and she expressed her concerns to boss Toadie Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney).
Toadie?s had a troubling few weeks himself, after suffering a breakdown and concerning flashbacks concerning his multiple marriages. This has left his marriage to Terese Willis (Rebekah Elmaloglou) on the rocks as they approach their first anniversary.
After opening up to ex-wife Melanie Pearson (Lucinda Cowden) about his personal woes, she clocked his emotional instability and followed him to Heath?s house, where he planned to confront him over his treatment of Mackenzie.
At the swanky property, they uncovered his and Tess? plot to bring down Lassiters and their partners the Sincast Corporation, as well as their fake passports. But before they could alert authorities, they came face to face with a violent thug, were escorted to the outback and held hostage.
Meanwhile, Holly became suspicious of Heath?s behaviour and his reluctancy to let her reach out to her family and friends in Erinsborough. Aware that things seemed a little awry, and that their friend could be in grave danger, Mackenzie and boyfriend Haz Devkar (Shiv Palekar) boarded the next flight to Mount Harper in a bid to track her down.
On their arrival, Holly was nowhere to be seen, and panic set in. Little did they know, she?d been bundled into the back of Heath?s car and driven to the cattle station where Toadie and Melanie were still tied up.
In the moment, Toadie admitted that he still loved his ex-wife, and Metro.co.uk was keen to find out whether there was any hope of a reunion.
?You know I can?t possibly tell you that? Lucinda Cowden told us.
As Ryan Moloney laughed, she continued: ?Lucinda would?ve loved to have seen that. I think that everybody, personally, would?ve loved to have seen that.
?But I just think that?s my personal opinion and obviously that?s a possibility but you?ll just have to watch and find out, that?s all I?m telling ya.?
?They are tied up together for a long time? quipped Ryan, with much hilarity.
?We spend a very hot, sweaty time together. But in the worst possible way? added Lucinda.
Sadly, hopes of a reunion seem to be quashed, as at the end of the episode ? after managing to break free ? Toadie found himself lay alone on a railway track as his life (quite literally) flashed before his eyes? and a freight train thundered along, edging closer to him.
Elsewhere, Holly faced a deadly chase away from Heath, who discovered that she?d climbed out of his car. With nowhere left to turn, she climbed a ladder at the side of a silo container, and was pushed into it.
As she slowly began to sink into the corn it was filled with, Melanie rushed to her aid and she was rescued.
?I think death by corn is the ultimate Neighbours death, is it not?? laughed Lucinda.
But a far greater concern was yet to come?
As Mackenzie and Haz found themselves lost in the bush, rushing to find their neighbours, Heath grabbed a rifle and charged through the trees on the hunt for them.
Shots fired out, and Mackenzie was hit, and just like Toadie her life hangs in the balance.
Spotting Holly on the opposite side of a lake, Heath jumped in and began to swim across ? but a crocodile circled around him and dragged him beneath the murky water.
Truly incredible scenes.
With Toadie lifeless on the tracks, and Melanie cradling Mackenzie?s bloody body, time is ticking for them both. Will they survive?
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