This week on Home and Away in Australia, Cash lies to Detective Madden about Dana’s whereabouts, but is the corrupt detective about to catch him out?
This week, Cash (Nicholas Cartwright) and Harper (Jessica Redmayne) deceive Detective Madden (Jonny Pasvolsky) about Dana’s whereabouts as part of their risky attempt to protect the newbie.
However, Dana’s continuous commitment to her ex is going to put their scheme in jeopardy.
After replying to Irene’s (Lynne McGranger) post for a lodger, Harper arrived in Summer Bay a couple of weeks ago and moved swiftly into the Beach House.
Irene was unaware that she had other new house guests as well as Harper. When Harper was alone herself, she unlocked the bedroom window to let Dana, a hospital nurse and her sister, in. Dana was on the run after being wrongfully accused of stealing medications from her place of employment.
Dana and her boyfriend Olly’s flat contained the drugs, and it seemed that Olly placed the entire burden on Dana.
They had come to Summer Bay in the hope that Cash, an old acquaintance of Harper’s, might be able to assist in establishing Dana’s innocence. Cash was informed of the problematic issue by Harper, who also requested that he investigate into it. However, Harper asserted that Dana had vanished and that she was unaware of her whereabouts.
Then, last week, Will Madden showed up, having travelled to the Yabbie Creek police station after learning that Cash had asked for a copy of Dana’s case files. He was dubious of Cash’s motivations and questioned why he was so invested in the situation.
Cash explained that it simply seemed like an interesting case, and that he believed Dana had run because she was scared, not because she was guilty.
When Cash left, Madden made a call, asking a contact for “all the information you can get on Senior Constable Cash Newman.” Soon after, he called Cash back to the station, where he revealed that he’d discovered the real reason for his interest in the case – that Cash and Harper used to work together.
He ordered Cash to stop his digging – “before you get yourself into some real trouble” – and also revealed that Dana had drug priors, something which Cash had no idea about.
“And that’s why she’s on the run, because that’s what guilty people do.”
Cash returned to the Beach House to update Harper on the latest developments, but, having turned up unannounced, he bumped into Dana in Irene’s living room, and Harper was forced to confess that she’d been hiding her sister there the whole time.
Cash was enraged at the two because he knew that if anyone found out that he was helping a fugitive, they may all wind up in jail.
The siblings were shocked when Cash revealed that he was forced to take Dana to the police station and explained that Dana’s greatest chance of proving her innocence was by contesting the accusations.
Before leading Dana out of the Beach House and into his police cruiser, he instructed her to pack a bag and grab a jacket.
Dana persisted in pleading with him that by giving her to Detective Madden, whom she considered to be dishonest, he was feeding her to the wolves.
Cash finally had a change of heart and accompanied her back to the Beach House after she recounted her background, including how she had struggled with a drug issue but was now totally sober and loved her job as a nurse.
This week, Cash risks his career by telling Madden a falsehood about Dana’s whereabouts, and Dana’s own actions may result in the trio being exposed.
A new promo for this week’s episodes shows Cash continuing to look into the case, making notes at the police station despite Madden’s warnings to back off.
Dana is also on her own mission to prove her innocence, as a shot shows her flicking through her case file.
“This Madden guy’s as dodgy as they come,” she says.
Cash appears to think the same: “I need to prove Madden’s corrupt, that’s the key to getting you out of this.”
“We’ve gotta play this smart,” Cash says, but Harper adds: “It’s too dangerous.”
According to TV Week, this week will mark a breakthrough when Dana offers up an alibi, saying that she was out to lunch with Harper when the narcotics were consumed. Cash tells her that the restaurant is sure to have CCTV footage, which might be crucial to demonstrating her innocence. He is startled that this crucial piece of information wasn’t on her statement.
It is precisely what they require. Unfortunately, Dana boasts about the progress to her ex-boyfriend Olly since she thinks she is soon to be found innocent.
Ally Harris claims to TV Week that Dana is impulsive. She may have missed some warning flags since she loved her ex. She ultimately lost a lot of faith in her own judgement and may have relied too much on others, even when they haven’t earned it.
It looks that Madden has arrived early when Cash tries to obtain the restaurant’s CCTV footage, raising the possibility that the investigator is corrupt and working closely with Dana’s ex.
In upcoming episodes, Cash will accompany Madden as she brings Harper in for questioning while she is dressed casually.
“Where’s your sister?” Madden asks, but Harper sticks to her story, replying: “I don’t know where she is.”
Then, the corrupt cop issues them both with a warning.
“I know you’re both lying to me,” Madden tells them. “And when I prove it, things are going to get very messy for you.”
It’s clear that he’s onto them, but can Cash prove that Madden is working with Ollie before it’s too late?
The new promo also shows Detective Madden arriving at the Parata/Newman house, presumably hoping to find a clue to where Dana is hiding.
Will Cash be able to outsmart him?
The copyright to the songs Kirby (Angelina Thomson) composed for Lyrik has been revoked, which prevents the band from performing their biggest hits or releasing their album, as Kirby (Elijah Williams) discovers this week.
Remi (Adam Rowland) defied Forrest’s orders not to play any Kirby compositions last week. He began playing Someone Like You while busking outside Salt, much to Eden’s (Stephanie Panozzo) worry.
Eden tried to warn him against it, but Remi retorted that “[Kirby] wrote the song for Lyrik, and we’re Lyrik.”
“I am done tiptoeing around,” he insisted. “I’m gonna play what I want, when I want.”
However, as we return to the action this week, Remi is stopped in his tracks as music mogul Forrest walks by and hears what he’s playing.
“Pull this stunt again and I’ll be seeing you in court,” Forrest warns.
When Remi and Eden head home, they’re hit with another surprise. As a result of the unauthorised busking, Forrest has gone ahead and made the announcement that Kirby has left Lyrik.
Eden and Remi are dumbfounded as they read the headline: “Lyrik’s Kirby Aramoana leaves band to launch major solo career.”
Later, the pair, along with Bree (Juliet Godwin) bump into Kirby and Forrest in Salt, and while Bree is keen for them to go over and congratulate Kirby, Eden is adamant that she can’t.
“But she’s your friend, that’s what’s supposed to come first, isn’t it?” Bree asks.
“She didn’t think so,” Eden replies.
Later, an irate Eden finally confronts her former friend in the Lyrik-ish house: “Pulling copyright on Lyrik material was a slap in the face.”
However, Kirby has no idea that Forrest pulled the copyright, and as the former Lyrik members have been giving her a wide birth, it’s taken until now for the news to come out.
“There has been some sort of mistake,” Kirby insists, but Eden isn’t in the mood to listen, telling her: “Save it, we’re out of here.”
Home and Away Spoilers – Can Cash rescue Dana?
In Tuesday’s episode, Kirby is set for a clash with Forrest as she confronts him on his actions – is she ready to put her friends over her burgeoning solo career?
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