Dean tries to comfort Belinda who is distraught after seeing Daniel arrested for murder. Daniel is questioned by the police and is confronted with the jacket. He is held in custody until his preliminary hearing. Darcy encourages Zac to talk to Edwina but he wants to pretend she doesn't exist. Edwina asks Dean to talk to Zac on her behalf and explain how much he still means to her. Zac gives Dean the green light to pursue Edwina again. Daniel insists there's nothing to worry about when Coral and Belinda visit him in jail. Hopper and Coral reconnect much to Belinda's annoyance as she accuses her mother of not caring about Daniel anymore. Zac returns to work a the garden centre under Edwina's watchful eye. Belinda is devastated on finding she's been misquoted in the paper as saying her father is a monster.

Daniel rehires private investigator Iris Delaney, directing her to his mother's writing box that he gave to Belinda. Coral asks Belinda to allow her to work out how she feels about Hopper. Frannie panics thinking Dave's cryptic "special plans" are a lead up to sex. Gordon fires Zac when he sees Edwina fall to the ground after Zac pushes past her during another argument. Shelley returns from the farm and tries to latch onto Zac. Daniel's preliminary hearing ends with him being committed to stand trial. Iris Delaney finds a receipt hidden in the writing box for an inscribed watch given to Neville from Daniel's mother. Hopper declines Coral's offer to move in, telling her he'd prefer to wait until after they are married. Frannie is shocked when her and Dave's evening is interrupted by a surprise visitor — his wife.

Daniel is shook by Iris' revelation of his mother's infidelity — and again by Belinda telling him of Coral's engagement to Hopper. But he still tells Belinda she should be happy for her mother. Maurie is thrilled by the engagement news and begins planning the perfect wedding cake. Zac tells Shelley that he's still in love with Edwina. Seeing Dave packing his things, Darcy challenges him about repeating his pattern of running away when things get difficult. Lisa has a crush but her first attempt at talking to a boy doesn't go well. Trish seeks out her friend Darcy for advice after Neville's admission of having an affair with Sarah Blake. Dean earns Gillian's respect for how he handles the situation with the baby but he turns her down when she asks him out not wanting to be taken for a ride again. Trish returns home to find Neville packing his bags but refuses to let him walk out on the family. Overhearing Dave's plan to leave town, Shelley packs her things and joins him.