'Home and Away' spoilers: Is Ryder Jackson DEAD?
Airs Tuesday 8 March 2022 at 1:15pm on Channel 5.
Is it too late to save Ryder Jackson (played by Lukas Radovich) on Home and Away? (1:15pm - see our TV Guide for listings)
Ryder has been left buried underground in a wooden coffin, after his video prank with Theo Poulos (Matt Evans) went horribly wrong.
Ryder's phone battery is dead, his oxygen supply is running out and his torch batteries are flat.
Will Ryder DIE in the pitch-black coffin?
Meanwhile, Theo is still trapped by the barbed wire around his ankle.
He still can't reach his phone to call for help.
However, help may be at hand when Justin Morgan (James Stewart) and Roo Stewart (Georgie Parker) check the boys' video channel and discover the burial challenge.
Justin and Roo race off to the filming location.
But will they arrive in time to save Ryder?
There are shockwaves at the Parata house when the family discover Ari (Rob Kipa-Williams) has confessed to the MURDER of Matthew Montgomery!
Is Ari really prepared to take the blame for a crime he didn't commit?
Ari's fiancee, Mia Anderson (Anna Samson) is reeling from the turn of events.
She was ready to confess to the crime to protect her own daughter, Chloe (Sam Barrett).
Down at the police station, Ari's brother Tane (Ethan Browne) tries to talk some sense into him.
He could be facing life in prison because of his false confession.
But Ari refuses to change his mind and awaits his fate with a court appearance for the bail hearing.
The Parata family sinky further into despair after Ari is refused bail and sent to a remand centre...
Martha Stewart (Belinda Giblin) tells her daughter, Roo (Georgie Parker) why she's decided not to go ahead with the kidney transplant.
But Roo fails to understand her mum's reasons.
Why would Martha turn down an opportunity that could save her life?
Martha and her husband, Alf (Ray Meagher) are shocked as an angry Roo makes it clear that she wants nothing more to do with Martha...
Home and Away continues weekdays at 1:15pm on Channel 5
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Simon has long been a fan of soap operas, and especially loves OVER-THE-TOP plots involving evil twins, hair-pulling catfights and natural disasters. Anyone remember the Sunset Beach earthquake/tidal wave? Or when Krystle Carrington got locked in the attic and replaced by look-a-like Rita in Dynasty?!
Simon has written for a variety of TV and childrens’ magazines/websites including Inside Soap, Nickelodeon, What’s On TV, Radio Times, Metro, Girl Talk, Disney Girl, Toxic! and Digital Spy. He has reported LIVE from the red carpet at The British Soap Awards interviewing glammed-up stars from soapland, and hosted a Facebook LIVE session for Metro with Home and Away legend Ray Meagher (Alf "Stone the flamin' crows!" Stewart) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aussie soap.
Simon is also co-author of The Treasures Of Coronation Street (Carlton Books)
And the writer and director of (very!) low budget fright flick, Midsummer Night's EVIL and the sequel webisodes series, The Hatchet Woods HORROR.