It's decision time for Lottie

It's decision time for Lottie
It's decision time for Lottie

Realising how hard things have been for Lottie, Harvey tries to persuade Mel to move to Summer Bay. He's unsuccessful but, after talking to her lawyer, Mel soon realises that she won't win the legal case to keep Lottie. She meets with her daughter and tells her she won't stop her from living with her father. Lottie returns home to make an announcement: Harvey has Roo but her mother has no one; she's moving back to the city with her. Natalie asks Brax where he's been the past few days but he prefers to keep his private life his own. She reveals that Casey's been spending a lot of time with Danny and Brax decides to give up on his younger brother, though Natalie urges him to keep trying. One thing leads to another and Natalie makes it clear she's interested in Brax though he warns her that he isn't the man she thinks he is. Nevertheless, Natalie is undeterred... And with Irene in and out of Beech House and Sasha at the Farm House, Dex and April are struggling to find any privacy. The only solution is to find their own place.

Patrick McLennan

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.