Romeo is annoyed when he learns that Jill has been spending his stepfather's life insurance and angered further when Alf Stewart and Marilyn Chambers bring a drunken Jill home. She offers him a cheque for $50,000, but he tears it up and tells her it is too late to make amends. John Palmer and Irene Roberts offer Jill support and she accepts, leaning on John in particular. Jill's friendship with John causes friction with Gina Austin leading Romeo to fall out with Gina's son, Xavier (David Jones-Roberts). After realising the damage she has caused, Jill promises Romeo she will attend an AA Meeting, which he is pleased about. However, Romeo discovers Jill has the left the bay the following morning.
Younes described Courtney as being a "stereotypical prison bully." When Casey is placed in the prison kitchens, Courtney asks him to keep an eye on some food delivery that contain drugs. When Casey stands up to Courtney and refuses, he is left "battered and bruised" by the encounter. Since 2000, Home and Away has ceased broadcast mid-season for two weeks during the Olympic Games and the episode to screen prior to this is referred to as an 'Olympic cliffhanger'. An Olympic cliffhanger episode would usually involve increased drama, with the peak of a storyline, similar to a season finale episode, and the outcome of the cliffhanger to conclude after the Olympics. In addition to this, Home and Away took a transmission break on 3 April 2018 in order to broadcast the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and returned on 16 April 2018.
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The character was first seen during an official promo for the 2013 season. The actress revealed that she was homesick for Australia and thought it was "a wonderful opportunity" to join Home and Away. Maddy was a teen runaway, who arrived in the Bay with Spencer Harrington . The character's introduction comes after producers announced that they would feature more fostering storylines in the show. Clementi described Maddy as being "an energetic and very loving young girl who is mature and wise beyond her 16 years." From 2013 until 2017, Home and Away used a series of five-second opening titles, which changed every week.

Bianca Scott, played by Lisa Gormley, made her first screen appearance on 9 July 2010. Shortly after Gormley graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, she landed the role of Bianca. Gormley described Bianca as being "the kind of woman every girl wishes she had the confidence to be". She revealed that Bianca has a feisty persona, which is a front to hide her "softer side". A Channel 5 website writer called Bianca "strong, opinionated and beautiful". For her portrayal of Bianca, Gormley was included on the long-list for the Most Popular New Female Talent award at the 2011 Logie Awards.
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Oscar, Evelyn and Kyle are locked inside a shipping container. Ethan goes to the hospital to tell Hannah not to worry about the twins anymore. Hannah helps him, but he later goes into cardiac arrest and dies.
Laga'aia described Elijah as not being a typical Reverend and when you see him in normal clothing people would mistake him for a rugby player. In February 2012, Colin Vickery of the Herald Sun reported Laga'aia had finished filming with Home and Away the previous year. Inside Soap asked its readers to decide who their favourite "clergyman" was in a poll which Elijah gained the lowest number of votes, receiving nine percent of the poll. The character was introduced to help bring "a little fun" back into Miles Copeland's life.
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Although Romeo loves his mother, he is often humiliated by her actions and just wants her to be normal. Elijah Johnson played by Jay Laga'aia made his first appearance on 11 February 2010. Laga'aia's casting was announced in November 2009 into the serial to play a new local reverend, Elijah Johnson. Elijah was introduced as a potential love interest for established character Leah Patterson-Baker . Laga'aia left the serial in 2010 but co-star Nicodemou later called for Laga'aia's character to return to the serial. Laga'aia had agreed to rejoin the cast Home and Away and returned to filming at the end of the month.
He later works off his debt and tells Roo that his parents are dead. Spencer and Maddy spend the night on a boat, before moving to the local high school. When they learn that Roo knows they are staying at the school, Spencer and Maddy initially disagree about contacting her. She and Harvey bring them back to Summer Bay House for the night. Spencer and Maddy later run away, but struggle out in the bush.
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Clausen revealed that Zac has been asked to keep an eye on Casey by Natalie Davison . The actor stated that Zac is "a good guy", who began working in the prison system after spending time inside when he was younger. The triple bill episodes continued to receive low ratings until the Thursday, 9 May episodes, which improved with 617,000 viewers.

Clementi revealed that Maddy and Spencer are trying to cover up a secret and that they are scared of what their parents will do when they find out where they are. It was also announced that new character, Chris , would be related to Maddy and Spencer and that he would create some drama for them. Maddy and Spencer's introductions came shortly after producers announced that they would feature more fostering storylines in the show. Seven's head of creative drama, Bevan Lee, later confirmed that the censorship allegations were in fact false and that the scene would still go to air as planned. The theme song to Home and Away was written by Mike Perjanik. There have been nine different versions of the theme song used throughout the years.
In 2010, Georgie Parker joined the cast of Home and Away as Alf's daughter Roo Stewart, originally played by Justine Clarke in 1988–89. Alf and Roo are currently the only two original characters in the series. Aside from New South Wales, Home and Away has also filmed scenes in other states of Australia. In May 2012, the show filmed scenes at Flinders Ranges and Nilpena Station in South Australia for a storyline in which Casey Braxton was kidnapped and taken to the outback by Kyle Braxton . The following month, Home and Away filmed scenes in Melbourne for the second time. In November 2014, the show filmed an episode at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra with several cast members, as a tribute to the Anzac Centenary.

Shortly after she relocated to Sydney in May 2012, Haddy won the role of Rosie. She is six years older than her character, who is sixteen upon her entrance. Haddy called her character "sweet, but awkward" and noted that she is a bit of "a loner". Rosie has always lived in Summer Bay, but has never been seen on-screen before. She looks up to Sasha Bezmel and when they eventually become friends, Sasha invites her to a party. Haddy revealed "Rosie hears she used to be with Casey and gets excited because, to her, he's like royalty in Summer Bay."
Clark added that Penn's way of being cool was saying and doing what he wants. Luke Mitchell explained that Romeo feels responsible because he was not supportive of her potential relationship with John. Jill becomes depressed when John chooses Gina Austin over her and she feels the only way she can cope is to "drink herself into oblivion." Romeo turns to Irene Roberts for help, as she knows what Jill is going through.
He orders Casey to help with drug smuggling and attacks him when he refuses. When Jamie Sharpe (Hugo Johnstone-Burt) arrives at the facility, Courtney learns of the Braxton's animosity with the Sharpe family. When Casey learns Courtney has asked Jamie to run drugs for him, Casey begs Jamie to say no and stand up for himself. When Casey tries to help Jamie, Courtney stabs Casey with a shiv. Zac manages to arrange a deal in which Casey is released and Jamie is transferred to another prison in return for them giving evidence against Courtney. They were joined in the third episode by Alf Stewart's rebellious daughter Roo Stewart and within the first month by his sister Celia Stewart , who portrayed a similar busybody role to what Gwen Plumb played in the pilot.
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