This week on Home and Away in Australia, Justin is targeted by Vita Nova as he lies in his hospital bed – will they succeed in finishing him off?
A few weeks earlier, the apocalyptic group Vita Nova made a comeback when they deceived James Stewart’s character Justin and Ada Nicodemou’s character Leah into believing they had won a two-night luxury getaway.
Since Justin and Leah’s actions put their leader, Margot Dafoe (Mandy McElhinney), in jail, the cult has harboured animosity towards each other.
Driving out of Summer Bay, the two were looking for a beach and some sun. Members of the cult abducted them and took them to an old, deserted warehouse, where they were left for dead.
As the days passed and they recognised the cult members would not be returning for them, the two grew more and more frantic. They were abandoned without food or drink, all the doors were shut, and no one was even aware that they were missing.
Justin attempted to climb up some metal pipework, hoping it would lead to safety, but the structure collapsed down upon him, crushing his chest, causing a tear on his lung and leaving him coughing up blood.
Thankfully, Leah was able to flee the warehouse thanks to her own endeavour to scale the structure and reach safety.
She eventually located a bystander to sound the alarm after fainting from dehydration and regaining enough stamina to continue going.
Though he was sent to the hospital quickly, Justin’s situation in Northern Districts has deteriorated during the past week.
He showed no signs of recovery; he was in a coma and his heart was failing. Leah was told by Bree (Juliet Godwin) that Justin might not make it and that she should say her goodbyes.
In today’s episode, it felt like the end was near when Justin began to crash. In his dreams, he was at his own burial, where Leah and the other attendees were sitting in quiet while Theo (Matt Evans) played a mournful guitar in front of a church. He attempted to speak with Leah, but as he looked around, he noticed his own coffin.
“Don’t you dare leave me,” screamed Leah, as Justin suffered a run of arrhythmia.
Thankfully, Leah’s words were enough to stir Justin out of his perilous state, and he woke up in the final moments of Monday’s Australian episode.
Unfortunately, that’s far from the end of the story, and Vita Nova make their next move later this week.
First thing’s first, Leah needs to convince Justin that she meant what she said when she asked him to marry her.
After he came to from his coma, Justin told Leah he wasn’t going to hold her to the proposal as he knew she had only asked because he was close to death.
He said to her, “I know you only asked me to marry you because I was dying.” “I won’t impose that on you. We can simply put the entire matter out of our minds.
Leah assures him that she meant what she said, but she is offended by the thought.
Leah explained that she was so desperate for him to survive, so she could keep loving him, and she very much meant what she said when she proposed.
Thankfully, Justin believes her, and he feels the same way.
“Yes, I want to marry you,” he tells her in a preview for upcoming scenes
“Yeah, good!” says Leah with a relieved nod and a smile.
However, if Vita Nova have their way, the wedding will never happen.
Justin’s room has been under police protection, but scenes later this week will show that the police are a little bit lax in their efforts.
According to TV Week, Cash (Nicholas Cartwright) visits the hospital, and questions Rose (Kirsty Marillier) on the lack of security outside Justin’s room. She’s worried herself, and calls her superiors to ask why there’s nobody posted there.
Unfortunately for Justin, one of Vita Nova’s members, Jordan (Jack Angwin), is posing as a hospital orderly and overhears Cash and Rose’s conversation.
Realising that the time is right to strike, quickly relays the conversation to his bosses.
“They haven’t had a cop on the door all afternoon,” he tells them. “Do you want me to make the move?”
“A faceless killer is about to strike again,” explains a new promo for the upcoming development.
Jordan then pays Justin a visit, acting normal to conceal his real identity.
Justin instantly feels safe with the hospital attendant, and he later assures Leah that she’s fine to go home, telling her, “Jordan’s gonna keep an eye on me.”
But he couldn’t be further from the truth.
In the background, Jordan watches on, waiting for the moment the coast is clear.
Later, returning to Justin’s room under cover of darkness, Jordan takes action.
“What are you doing?” Justin asks, panicked, as the orderly picks up a pillow and prepares to smother him with it!
Relieved that Justin is out of danger, Leah leaves for Northern Districts Hospital early the following morning. She mentions Jordan the “helpful” orderly as she passes Bree, and to her surprise, Bree tells her that no one with that name works at the hospital.
Rose quickly realises what is happening, sets off the alarm, and dashes to Justin’s room, but it’s too late—he’s unconscious and lying on the floor!
“At first, nobody has any suspicions,” Ada Nicodemou tells TV Week. At the last moment, Rose realises her mistake and rushes back to Justin. Jordan attempted to choke him with a cushion!
Suddenly, the race is on – both to save Justin and to find his attacker.
Will they succeed?
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