Brendan arrives in Summer Bay

Brendan arrives in Summer Bay
Brendan arrives in Summer Bay (Image credit: five)

Xavier is distant with Ruby when his mum and brother come to visit and Ruby feels like he's trying to get rid of her. Xavier is reunited with Brendan, his autistic brother. But when Gina fractures her ankle, it looks like Brendan's going to have to stay in Summer Bay where Hugo and Xavier can look after him. Kirsty is tutoring Trey but she's unaware of the feelings that he has for her... and that Trey is allowing others to believe that there is actually something going on between them. Leah is sad that VJ doesn't have a father figure in his life. She feels torn - on one hand VJ is jealous of any men coming into Leah's life, and on the other he's craving male attention. Leah watches VJ light up as he and Roman enjoy a game of soccer - it's the happiest she's seen VJ in months. Geoff reveals to Annie that he and Nicole broke up, and Nicole reveals the same to Ruby. Trey notes that the school captains are fighting. On this, Geoff is quick to resign as school captain and Nicole in turn is disappointed and confused at Geoff's behaviour. But it's simple: Geoff doesn't want any type of partnership with Nicole. *Showing on RTE One, Thursday April 9* Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, Soap Scoop Get all the latest soap gossip delivered straight to your door. Subscribe to Soaplife magazine today

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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.