Their friendship is at a turning point.
After the van explosion that aired earlier in the year, Roo Stewart and Marilyn Chambers will be at odds on Home and Away.
Even though Roo is now healing from the near-fatal tragedy, she remains enraged at Marilyn for concealing her involvement with the dubious skincare brand Stunning Organics.
The two buddies will get into a heated disagreement that could jeopardize their friendship in future scenes that will air in Australia. Marilyn knows that her friend needs round-the-clock care, so she is determined to help now that her father Alf is gone, but Roo isn’t shy about telling Marilyn that she should leave.
Roo is forced to give in when Marilyn threatens to reveal the truth to Alf, even though their friendship remains strained.
Roo is furious with Marilyn because she misrepresented the activities of Stunning Organics, endangering the lives of her friends in the process. When John was driving, a bomb that had been planted in Marilyn’s van exploded, sending Roo flying off the side of the road and seriously hurting her.
Actress Georgie Parker of Roo discussed her character’s complex emotions toward Marilyn following the explosion in an interview with TV Week.
“Roo was trying to help Maz in her involvement with Stunning Organics,” she said.
“But because she kept lying about it, she found it hard to know what was happening – or how resolved Maz was to finish with the pyramid scheme.”
After the accident, Marilyn was so ashamed of herself she never visited Roo when she was in hospital for three months, leaving her friend feeling neglected.
“Maz didn’t go to see Roo, so she felt abandoned and resentful,” Parker said.
