She asks Elle, who’s distracted by her own unease about her impending move to New York, but is denied permission. Donna, refusing to have her plans derailed, convinces Ringo to help her. She arrives at the swanky party, but has trouble getting past the doorman – will Ringo bail her out?
Lyn realises owning Harold’s Store comes with financial difficulties to be managed, and the conflict between her and Rebecca escalates as she resorts to desperate measures to make ends meet. Steph’s infuriated by the way the fight is splitting the neighbourhood in two, and orders her Mum to put an end to it. Lyn calls a truce with Rebecca, but her money troubles continue until Paul presents her with a risky offer.
After convincing Ringo to accompany her to the fashion launch, Donna tries unsuccessfully to crack into the fashionista inner circle. Luckily, with some help from Ringo, she manages to catch the attention of prominent designer, Saffron Jankievicz. Donna’s in awe of Saffron and hatches a plan to get to her fashion parade later that night. The problem is, she’s still grounded. After lying to Elle and sneaking into the show, their mission gets tougher when Ringo is mistaken for a missing model and thrust on stage. With Donna’s encouragement, he embraces modelling, but Donna’s floored when she realises Saffron has used one of her styling ideas in her show. Excited and naïve, she approaches Saffron after the show, but learns a valuable lesson – the fashion business is full of backstabbers. Donna and Ringo are dragged out by security and arrive home to find Elle waiting for them and demanding an explanation.
In an effort to ease the tension that’s growing between himself and Steph, Lucas asks her out for a drink. Steph isn’t sure what a drink means anymore, but is positive Lucas is still in love with Elle and she doesn’t want to be his rebound girl. Accusing Lucas of using her to make himself feel better, she puts him in his place and warns him their friendship is on the line. In the argument that follows, Lucas reveals: he’s missing his mate.
Toadie’s trying really hard to impress Sonya on their first date, but when everything starts to go wrong he’s sure he’s blown his chance. But Sonya can see how much effort he has put in and shocks Toadie when she proves they have more in common than they first thought.
Elle decides she needs to get close to Lucas to talk to him in the hope they can work things out. In a desperate attempt, and to Steph and Lucas’ surprise, she employs herself as the much-needed apprentice at the Garage. Worried her employment is yet another of her cruel stunts, Lucas demands to know what she wants and a heated argument ensues which pushes Elle to admit she wants him and doesn’t want to go to New York. Sparks fly as Elle and Lucas revisit their passion for each other.
another way to cope with clingy Robin, Harry asks Susan to talk to him. But what will Robin do once he finds out Harry no longer wants to be his friend?
After defying Elle’s grounding, Donna remains determined to return to the fashion show and confront Saffron for stealing her idea. When Elle accuses her of lying, Donna’s hurt by her lack of support. But when the Erinsborough News prints a photo of the ‘scelt’, Elle realises Donna wasn’t lying and gives her permission to return to the venue. Donna’s audacity impresses the designer and she gives her a one week creative observership in her studio much to Donna’s delight.
Zeke’s back is up when Robin seems to be making moves on Sunny. Despite Robin’s apparent innocence, Zeke remains convinced he has an agenda – but will anyone believe him?
Libby and Susan plan their first ultrasound but Dan calls and explains he needs to stay in New Zealand for a bit longer. Libby tries to hide her hurt but Susan reads her distress and postpones her appointment, ensuring Dan and Libby will be together when they see the baby for the first time.
Toadie’s dismayed to discover that Sonya loathes wrestling. Determined to change her mind, he devises a cunning plan which he decides to try out on Kate, who also dislikes wrestling. Kate finally gets the appeal. The violence isn’t real; it’s all just soap opera for boys. Unfortunately, this is news to Callum who’s crushed to discover that his beloved wrestling is fake.
Zeke’s frustrated at Robin’s manipulation – which reaches a dramatic end in Harold’s Store. Realising that he has played into Robin’s hands, Zeke attempts a new plan of attack. But Robin’s unhappy with the new arrangements and goes to drastic lengths to keep Zeke and Sunny apart.
Paul’s new gossip column causes a big stir in the community – but Kate is outraged when she realises who’s responsible. With pressure on him to spike the column, Paul has to fast-track his plan...
Paul salvages Callum’s wrestling dream in an effort to make things up to Kate.
