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Neighbours 16th July 2025
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00:00Previously on Neighbours.
00:02This is to show my support for your next chapter.
00:05We're just going over some deets for Sadie's Big Bash.
00:08Seriously, it's not a big deal unless we make it one.
00:10We've got to call it.
00:11I am so happy what Gretchen said wasn't true.
00:14I wanted to check in with Sadie if she was okay with me inviting Gretchen and Stephen.
00:18No, this is me going on a date.
00:20Out of the blue, we just made up this pathetic excuse to leave.
00:23Jane, that's Gavin Bowman.
00:25He's the one that poisoned the wine at the Irene bought.
00:28And he kidnapped Holly.
00:30Neighbours.
00:33Everybody needs good neighbours.
00:37With a little understanding.
00:42You can find the perfect plan.
00:48Neighbours.
00:51Should be there for one another.
00:55That's when good neighbours became good friends.
01:05I thought there was something familiar about him, but with the nerves of the date I just didn't put two and two together.
01:13Well, suddenly I'm very grateful he walked out on you.
01:16Only now I've re-engaged with him.
01:19Can you take back a message?
01:20Oh, show me.
01:21I mean this might work if he hasn't already read it.
01:24Oh, please, please, please.
01:26My skin is crawling.
01:28Good thing I didn't leave my drink alone with him.
01:31Why did they let people like him out of prison so soon?
01:34Yeah.
01:35And he was being so casual, you wouldn't even know that there was anything off.
01:39Do you think Holly's been notified?
01:41Oh, surely Susan would have said something.
01:43And don't forget about Dex as well.
01:44Well, we need to tell them.
01:48A cake? For me?
01:50Well, I thought the occasion called for it.
01:52Jayden's picking it up on the way over.
01:54Oh, couldn't the boys have done that?
01:55Yeah, if you want to text her to eat it all.
01:58Ready to range a glass for Constable Barger Murphy?
02:01You promise we'll be on our best behaviour, officer.
02:04Oh, says you.
02:05This is a celebration, isn't it?
02:07Hey, thanks for being here, guys.
02:08It really means a lot.
02:09Of course.
02:11You really deserved it.
02:12I almost cracked up laughing when you presented me with my badge.
02:15You look so serious.
02:17Thanks.
02:18Well, I was actually going for dignified and supportive.
02:20You absolutely were.
02:21You both were.
02:22Are the boys here yet?
02:24Oh, they're back there with Tay.
02:25They're getting a tour of the academy.
02:27Oh, the photos I took of you guys turned out so nice.
02:30Look.
02:35Oh.
02:36Nice.
02:37That actually makes me a little bit emotional.
02:40Aww.
02:41Come on.
02:42Let's go crack your good beers before Tay gets back.
02:43Woo!
02:44Great idea.
02:49Sadie's really had some crashing moments.
02:51So have I, obviously.
02:53Yeah.
02:54Um, are you still keen to go out later after the family thing?
02:56Uh, yeah.
02:57Karaoke, remember?
02:58Yeah.
02:59Yeah, just checking.
03:00I promise I'll duet any song with you.
03:01I owe you a good night after the bar.
03:03Um, it's all good.
03:04Don't worry.
03:05No, come on.
03:06You deserve a backup singer.
03:07I do.
03:08But have you heard yourself?
03:10Uh, pity we can't make Byron come.
03:12I think we need to unwind after the whole Saskia thing.
03:15Hey.
03:16I just wanted to make sure you're aware that Kara's little get-together is starting next door.
03:19Oh, right.
03:20Yeah, you're more than welcome.
03:23Yeah, maybe.
03:24Um, I thought you'd be busy practising for your interview.
03:27Nah, Susan's quizzed me a lot.
03:30Oh.
03:31Well, who's gonna be there?
03:33Oh, just a few of the neighbours.
03:34Um, Andrew's mentored Kara, so he'll be there with Wendy, and there'll be some others.
03:38Well, that all sounds really special, but, um, me and Max actually have a lot to organise for Sadie's party.
03:43A collage and playlist.
03:44Uh-huh.
03:45Sorry.
03:46Yeah, okay.
03:50What about, like, that one?
03:53And she left Play-Doh inside the margarine.
03:56I'm just trying to put her on my clothes.
03:57Hey.
03:58It's not too bad.
03:59Low car.
04:01Oh, the ceremony was gorgeous.
04:03The boys were so proud.
04:05I can imagine.
04:06Andrew is my boss.
04:07No thanks.
04:08I'm just grateful to be stationed so close to home.
04:11You know, it certainly doesn't always work out that way.
04:13Hey, can you clear my record?
04:15It's my first week, Nicolette.
04:17I'm gonna try and follow the rules.
04:18Oh, come on.
04:19Alright, I'll ask next week.
04:22Hey, Guns.
04:23Um, hi.
04:24Can I have a private word?
04:25Yeah.
04:26Yeah, of course.
04:27What's wrong?
04:28Um, well, um, actually, I may as well tell everyone while they're here.
04:33Um, hey, um, Bevan Bowman's out.
04:37What?
04:38Wait, Bowman's out?
04:40Yeah.
04:41So sorry.
04:42I don't mean to spoil things for you, but I just thought we should all know as soon as
04:46possible.
04:47And, um, well, it seems that Gavin Bowman is out of jail and poor Jane has accidentally
04:52found herself on an internet date with him.
04:55But you didn't know this?
04:56I, um, no.
04:57No, I didn't.
04:58Oh, my God.
04:59Poor Mum.
05:00She's okay.
05:01She's fine.
05:02Where's Dexter?
05:03He's not far, but he's with Tay and JJ.
05:04He'll be here okay.
05:05I'm just gonna call him to come through.
05:06Yeah, I'd better go and tell Susan and Holly can you come with me just to give the police
05:12perspective?
05:13Um, I need to check in with the station to see if I can get some more details.
05:18Jane.
05:19Hello.
05:20Well, look who it is.
05:22You're right.
05:23You're right.
05:24You're right.
05:25You're right.
05:26You're right.
05:27You're right.
05:28You're right.
05:29You're right.
05:30You're right.
05:31I'm right.
05:32You're right.
05:33You're right.
05:34look who it is i got your text as soon as i realized your connection to ramsey street
05:40i left yes and without any explanation well it's not easy to talk about i don't know how it is
05:48that you are out of jail obviously being a serious failure of the justice system
05:54i have no intention you shouldn't be anywhere near where the people you hurt live it's where
06:01i live well you shouldn't be on any dating apps praying on women who have no idea about your past
06:08i never would have met up with you if i'd have known don't try and make yourself sound better
06:15now you have barely paid for what you've done so you just just stay away from me and from everybody
06:21else look if we show dex that we're worried it's only going to make things worse for him
06:34it's going to be hard to hide it from him let's just think about this logically okay dex was a random
06:39victim he didn't do anything to hurt byman there's no reason to think that he would be in jail yeah he
06:45didn't do anything jane i had to tell everyone it just came straight out mom i'm sorry i can't believe
06:56i pushed and you ended up with a sicko and i just saw him again what yeah i ran into him outside of
07:03harold's and i don't know i couldn't help myself i had to give him a piece of my mind jane do you really
07:08think that's a good idea um hard no it just makes me so angry to think of him parading around i told
07:16him you stay away okay okay so i've got an update unfortunately it's all pretty straightforward
07:24bowman was up for parole and the parole board seemed to think he was sufficiently rehabilitated
07:30or so he convinced them
07:39hey hey me again uh us it's just about caro's party um i'm afraid it's rather more serious
07:49why don't we sit down no you're freaking me out what's going on
07:52i'm so sorry sweetheart gavin bowman's been released from prison andrew just messaged
08:03apparently he's on parole why is this the guy who the guy who tried to kill me
08:08we're here with you you're safe yes it's so soon i thought that he'd be away for like years more
08:21well we all did why didn't the police even warn me we don't know i mentioned it was news for andrew too
08:28dad he probably hates you as well well you know i guess i played a part in ending his career but
08:32there's no suggestion he wants to revisit his past okay you don't need to worry about me i'm just
08:37going to be thinking about him popping up wherever i go i mean he's he's free to do whatever he wants
08:42do you want to take some time off work no i have responsibilities lessons on tap is like my baby
08:46i'm sure christa won't mind if you ask someone to take some chips i can't do that forever i'll be your
08:51bodyguard if you need me to be oh we need to speak to andrew what do we have to oh yes of course
08:58perhaps you can offer some reassurance
09:14i won't ask you to tell me about the date um you're probably sick of getting all the questions
09:21there really isn't that much to tell
09:23no let's think about something nicer how are things going for sadie's party oh yeah well just
09:31a few last minute things to organize and polly's helping but mostly i'm just thinking about meeting
09:39andrew's biological father oh he's going to be there gretchen is driving them from sandy point
09:46and i just really hope he likes me you know i have this vision of us being this big happy family
09:53for andrew we will love you wendy guaranteed but how are things with her
10:01well we haven't spoken since the first time so so it's still up in the air
10:06it's just the lie she told me ruined what was supposed to be a beautiful gesture and just created
10:14this real wedge between andrew and i well i'm sure she feels guilty yeah i think she does
10:23oh it's fine you know all we need is a good conversation
10:27dex is okay he says he's got all his bad luck out of the way young he's a resilient kid
10:40it's remy who's more freaked out she's the one who actually had more to do with bowman
10:44well you can tell her that i spoke to his parole officer and one sec
10:49hey come here please i'm sure you can guess why we're here yeah hi mate
11:04how are you how are you oh she didn't want to bother you but i thought it was worth checking
11:08do you have any advice on how she should proceed of course we still don't understand why she wasn't
11:13notified before now i'm so sorry about that look there was an error and neither you or dex were on
11:19the victim's register oh none of that makes a difference now bowman's out there's nothing we
11:23can do about it i wouldn't say nothing i was just telling cara that i spoke with his parole officer
11:28and we've got his address so we can do regular checks will that help it's a powerful deterrent
11:34him knowing that we can just show up at any moment and i'll be able to help too when i start work in
11:39a couple of days well that's something look i'm also organizing a close watch on the street and at
11:44your work so if bowman's loitering it can be grounds for an intervention order and if he
11:48approaches you harassment which will send him straight back to prison yeah i'm gonna help
11:52watch holly too great look i know this is really nerve-wracking but we got you okay okay thank you
12:00thanks andrew
12:18hey will you let me know how holly seems when she wakes up yes yes of course of course you don't
12:23want to practice any more interview questions or anything darling i spent more than 20 years in this
12:27community yeah i think that'll stand me in pretty good stead true everyone has said so this role is
12:33perfect for you i would accept a good luck kiss you know it's a shame this role is part-time really
12:41yeah i've had so many thoughts senior health care and arts programming environmental engagement and of
12:48course community gardens of course you are going to smash it thank you go off you go thank you good luck
12:59holly will be here soon that's good
13:03are you okay you've got a lot on your plate today looking out for her and dex and your family coming
13:10over i've got my whole team on the phone and watch don't know about family stuff on hello hello oh they're
13:18here early how nice hey uh welcome uh you found us
13:23hey steven this is my wife wendy very happy to finally meet you i i couldn't agree more it is so nice
13:39to meet you in person can i just
13:45oh thanks for the photo album you sent the other day i haven't stopped looking at the pictures
13:48oh and um sadie is just finishing up getting ready she won't be long
13:55gretchen ah welcome it's so nice to see you again we're very much looking forward to meeting sadie
14:03she can't wait to meet both of you oh uh andrew remember that wine that you liked the other day
14:09and there's some inside oh that's so sweet i'd love a glass thanks let me get you settled
14:18back to see you back again yes i probably should have shown a bit more restraint but
14:25he's hardly going to take my advice is he from what i know of him no probably not
14:31i just hope i haven't antagonized him oh i'll take more than that surely
14:36hi how was your interview oh yes it was good good i've got to go through another one though
14:41oh another interview yes yes i suggest i bring someone who can speak in my favor you know like um
14:47uh a pillar of the community oh like a like a school principal well you think it would help
14:56thank you yes but that that's not why i came by i wanted to speak to tereus oh after my interview i
15:04spoke to someone i know at the council who tells me that you applied for rezoning assessment at power road
15:12because you want to sell it
15:20says is gonna love this serum i know it oh my god don't worry i'm gonna have a word no current
15:29current current no
15:30hey you need to be more careful where you spend your time i keep telling people i'm not
15:39trying you're in danger of getting yourself an intervention order or losing your parole
15:44does remy want to come and have a go too she's more than welcome watch yourself
15:50i'm a police officer now we're all going to be keeping a very close eye on you so if you so much as
15:56breathe we'll know about it you want me to stop breathing fine whatever you say officer
16:15did you have to do that it's my responsibility what's the point of having a badge if i'm not going
16:27to use it i was planning on telling everyone obviously before it hit the market so there's no
16:37mistake then what made you decide to sell i was simply just looking into it that's all
16:42i mean as you know i was planning on building irene rising there originally yeah the council
16:48knocked back your original plan because it was high rise well maybe it's a good opportunity for
16:52somebody else is paul driving us no no he doesn't even know i've only just engaged ret he's the one
16:59that suggested i look into the zoning so you're quite serious about selling i'm just keeping my options
17:05open i can't believe you didn't give me a heads up about this i'm sorry i'm really sorry but this has
17:10happened very quickly it might not be bad news for the tram i mean think about all the business that
17:16the high rise will bring well provider is not built on top of it okay you know what this is just
17:21speculation at the moment and i'm sorry you found out this way but now you know
17:25my tumor is shrinking i'm responding well to chemo that's awesome well ever since we've
17:41connected it's all been great i only wish it happened sooner
17:45well you know there were reasons oh sorry no gretchen i didn't um gretchen can you and i have a chat
18:04i think we need to clear the air the past few months have been extremely difficult
18:10look i know you only told me those lies about stephen because you were trying to protect him
18:15so why'd you make a dig i didn't my father was extremely vulnerable over time he still is
18:22i had no idea what kind of person you were all right but i think you should have spent a bit more
18:27time finding out so you're holding a grudge i think you could have handled it better but i am moving
18:34on are you yes andrew said he understood i thought it was all pretty straightforward is everything okay
18:43guys i'm clearing the air you are punishing me i am not wait wendy i am wanting to show gretchen how
18:52hard it has been for us please just let it go
19:06you okay yeah a bit worried about him it's a big deal for him having gretchen and stevie yeah for
19:13sadie too i bet i know she decides to make an appearance i'm sure she's just picking him over to
19:17make an entrance
19:29my dad doesn't need any family fights i don't want to fight with you gretchen no you just want to make
19:36me feel bad protecting him even though i said i'm sorry you're not even interested to know what we
19:41went through this is exactly what i was worried about bringing someone into the family who's demanding
19:45them difficult hey you were the one who started all this unpleasantness and you're the one who keeps
19:50going on about it you only want your brother's family if it's on your terms you just keep proving me
19:58right i'd like to go what no we're waiting to see the birthday girl are we today's not the day trust me
20:09maybe another time what happened dad when do i ever ask you to do things that are not in your best
20:15interest
20:19maybe another day would be better i'm sorry
20:28wendy what the hell
20:29coming up on neighbors what do you think incredible thanks for walking me to class the only person
20:43around here actually seems to care hello i'm trying to make an entrance here dad where's gretchen and
20:48steven i thought you said they were going to be here this is something we can deal with i really
20:51don't want to let it fester what the