Liam goes off the rails

Liam seems to want to cause havoc at school and everywhere else he can, all because he lost a record contract.

Miles was very blunt when he told Elijah about him and Leah and he's right Elijah has blown his chance. Of course the former minister is not at all happy about this.

Indie does have a point, Romeo does seem a bit weak to just do what her dad tells him. It's like he won't make an effort to get Indie, he's saying Indie come and chase me.

Angelo nearly gets shot

Angelo has a frightening experience in the woods with the Braxton boys, do they actually take a shot pig home and barbecue it. They only nearly shot Angelo by accident then.

Is Charlie getting drawn in and fooled by Brax, what is he really up to?

Nicole needs to make a decision and either try to get her baby back or not see him at all, as she obviously finds it too difficult to be around him (because she wants him back!) It's going to be worse for Marilyn the longer Nicole leaves it.

Summer Bay wins the surf carnival

The surf carnival looked like so much fun, except for John Palmer going on and on at poor old Gary. How impressive Roo was saving Gary after he had his heart attack, or so thought doctor Sid. And heart broken Xavier could barely raise a smile after he won, having had the brush off from Miranda.

They surely should have had an oldies category, and let the likes of Gina and John Palmer himself actually compete, instead of just mouthing off. You could even have an oldie oldies category and let Colleen and Morag have some fun too. Morag needs to let her hair down a bit.

Miles likes to go to the diner for "coffee."

Yes we knew it, along comes Elijah with a bunch of flowers and a declaration of I love you to Leah. You're too late mate you've missed the boat now. Not that anyone would guess as Miles has everything so well disguised with his past time of going to the diner "for a coffee" yes we know what you're really going for. So as long as Leah knows who she wants and sticks to her decision there won't be any problems.

John Palmer is tweeting way above the heads of the usual tweeting crowd, no-one gets his references to the Beach Boys and Jack Kerouac. Great outfits for the surf carnival, looks like that will be lots of fun.

Will Leah chose Miles or Elijah?

I had always thought of Miles and Leah as like brother and sister so this will take some getting used to. Elijah won't like this, he thinks he can just muck Leah around and marry someone else and have her still available for him when it suits him. So good luck Miles, may the best man win!

Marilyn seems to be getting a bit more settled into being a mum. Hurry up Nicole make your mind up before the whole thing gets even more messy. Dex won't know what's happening, one minute he has a brother called George, the next he could be whisked away by his real mum, so this needs to get sorted soon.

Baby George/Ben seems to like his real mum.

It's all a bit fraught in the Walker household, poor Marilyn can't calm baby George, Dex has fallen behind with school work because of the sleepless baby nights and then on top of all that Indie has a terrifying ordeal in the woods.

So baby George/Ben seems much happier with his real mother, he knows where his milk comes from. Now Nicole has to act on how she feels. It won't be easy going through college with a baby, but then perhaps Angelo will whisk her off somewhere, but then what about his restaurant? Anyway Marilyn just doesn't seem too contented with the baby, after all her efforts to get him. Perhaps she knows the baby and Nicole are still joined together by an invisible umbilical cord.

Romeo and Indie could be an item again, but he shouldn't let doctor Sid put him off so much. Take note of Miles' wise words Romeo, you don't want to be drinking coffee at home when you could be drinking it somewhere else!

Ben or George?

Charlie seems to be more and more love struck with Brax, but is she heading for disaster. It did seem logical that the Brax boys were in fact pig shooting out in the bush, but Angelo smells a rat.

Ruby is getting annoying with all this setting up Charlie on a date thing - Charlie's been very patient, even going and sitting in Angelo's restaurant on her own for the evening, a bit strange.

Romeo warned Indie to keep away from that strange Keiran and now it doesn't look good. It might not have been such a good idea for Indie to tell him how she couldn't stand him when he was already in the process of driving her off into the night.

Will the baby end up being named Ben or George?  I think we all prefer Ben, meaning he will end up with Nicole.

Angelo follows Brax down a dark road.

So what did Angelo see last night? A vicious dog and some Braxtons scurrying around in the bush in the pitch black of night. Is poor Charlie just being used? Well it won't work if that's what Brax thinks as she'll turn against him if he's into bad things and she finds out that's for sure. But he may be in love with her, we'll have to see. Does Charlie know Brax has a dog which attacks people for no reason - or rather the reason being the dog is protecting some unlawful goings on.

I hope it's not going to be too predictable what happens with Liam, he says he won't do it again then he does, Bianca gets upset then it's all a mess.

Leah looked a bit disappointed when Charlie and Ruby joked about loving Miles, but not in that way, well Leah you can love Miles in any way you want. Though I don't think she knows what to think. Miles' declaration does explain why he was trying to keep Leah and Elijah apart - he was displaying some odd behaviour before. It's all came on very suddenly, this Miles after Leah idea.

Miles is getting ideas about Leah.

Miles announces he has feelings for Leah, who has always been his platonic friend. What will Elijah say about all this - well not much he can say after he's pushed Leah so far away from him. Leah seems quite happy about it so far. I can see a dual at dawn though between Elijah and Miles, somewhere on the horizon.

Well Liam is obviously going to be offended when he finds out Bianca asked Roo to arrange for him to play at the surf carnival, but we could do without his self pity. And April was coming along so well until Liam set her back again, we don't want her going back to all that rearranging the tins and onions in the cupboard again.

Nicole seems very unhappy.

Nicole looks devastated, really unhappy. It wasn't a good idea for her to stay with Sid and Marilyn after the baby was born. I'm so glad she is now with Roo, who is such a likable character and she really seems to have her feet on the ground. In fact Roo seems so sane compared with the gushing Marilyn. Sid seems to have buried his head in the sand a bit about the whole baby thing.

Well Indie, Romeo warned you this Keiran was bad news, get rid of him quick Indie and talk to Dex!

April seems to be making progress, abandonment issues, which we knew of course, poor April, terrified of losing Bianca. Yes they have a strong bond and Bianca really cares about April, but Bianca is just about to enter a difficult stage in her life with Liam deciding to act irresponsibly and buy illegal substances from Heath Braxton, unless it was smelling salts. Silly Liam.

I think Roo, Nicole, Angelo and maybe even Morag, will cook up a plan to get the baby back.

It's a boy! But will Nicole keep her baby?

So the baby has made its grand entrance into the world - well done Angelo for a good job on the beach. But Nicole is far from happy. Marilyn has assumed Nicole just wants to give up her baby, without looking around her to see what's going on or how Nicole might feel. Nicole is very vulnerable - what would she do without Angelo? Maybe Roo would step up.

While the Walkers pose for a family photo with new baby brother, Angelo and Roo know it's going to end in tears.

Country boy Keiran is more than a little strange, he is quite worrying. But there goes Indi lying, saying she was at home when she was at the seafront by the diner. Not a good idea to lie, she'll end up like Xavier all in knots with lies. Although he is making progress and has agreed to his mother chaperoning the trip to the music festival. He even sounds like he thinks she will be the life and soul of the party, what a change in the boy. Perhaps she will be the life and soul with Vanessa the undresser.

So what of poor Nicole, she will have to make a firm decision pretty quickly, before the baby gets settled with the Walkers.

The baby is on its way!

Well I don't think first babies usually come as quickly as all that. Nicole is sitting on the beach, then her waters break then suddenly the baby is coming! I think she and Angelo make a perfect couple, so maybe it's off to Italy they go together, except that I can't see why anyone would want to leave Summer Bay and live somewhere else.

Now they've caught psycho Billy the bay is safe again too. Morag and Ru were very laid back with Romeo after he'd hired Elijah's attacker to go out with them for the day. Good old Morag on the ball as usual. And Romeo does deserve the charter business after all.

So is Angelo really up to the job of delivering a baby? Well he doesn't have to do anything, just be there while Nicole does all the work. Good thing the cops caught Billy before he might have stumbled on Nicole mid contraction on the beach.

Nicole's baby is three days overdue and there's another psycho in town.

Well Romeo, Ru and Morag are all set for a jolly old day out on the water in the sun, it looks like such fun, except they don't know they have a psycho with them. You would think he would have the tell tale signs of someone sleeping rough about him, like very unkempt and unwashed, but no-one seems to have noticed anything.

I thought Elijah taught self defense classes? He said the bloke was beating him, but he didn't seem to be able to defend himself very well. Oh dear what a shame. That's another career option out of the window.

Ru is becoming like a mother figure to Nicole and seems to be the only one to truly have Nicole's interests at heart. Yes we can see Ru's predictions will come true, Nicole won't know how she will feel until the baby arrives. Major drama ahead then.

Brax and Charlie - do they have a future together?

This could be very interesting, commitment phobic Charlie secretly seeing possible criminal Brax. He says he's not a crook, hhmm, just his family has some sort of reputation. So Charlie must think it's just a bad reputation as she's not really the type to fraternize with law breakers. I wonder how long she thinks she can keep it all secret for. Of course Brax wants it all out in the open, that would be good for his reputation. Brax and Casey both seem pretty ok, so the family can't be all that bad.

So both Charlie and Angelo are moving on to pastures new in the romance field, presuming Angelo gets together with Nicole, which remains to be seen, if you live in the UK anyway!

As for Elijah getting knocked out by that bloke, well I was almost going to cheat and find the spoilers just to make sure he'll be all right, I was so concerned for him, and poor Leah!

Escape from Babyville to boat in the bay!

I wouldn't mind going out on Alf's boat in the bay, I can see why Nicole didn't want to stay cooped up with Colleen grilling her about birth certificates, and Marilyn who was in baby overdrive.

There's lots more heartache to come though, with Marilyn refusing to loosen her grip, although she did soften a bit after a talking to from Morag.

Charlie says she knows exactly the sort of person that Brax is, though she still seems confused, will she drop him again after she's had her evil way again? So while Charlie's feelings for Brax seem genuine, is he out to try to use her and get round the law? He seems convincing, but we don't know what's really going on with him. Charlie was so on her guard, but she seems to have thrown abandon to the wind, for a second time.

So the prospect of both Marilyn and Ru at the birth sounds like it could be eventful. And oh yes doctor Sid could be there too in his capacity as all round doctor of everything.

But Nicole still hasn't made her final decision about her baby. Although we all know of course by now that Marilyn is living in a fool's paradise.

Nicole confesses to Angelo that she wants to keep her baby.

Marilyn is like a train out of control steaming on ahead - talk about fixated on a baby which isn't even hers. She now seems to have no interest in Nicole's wishes or needs. She is turning into a bully. I can see Morag on the horizon now coming to save the day. It looks more and more likely that both Nicole and Sid will flee into the arms of Ru, just to get away from the sad, baby obsessed Marilyn.

Xavier is being a total toss pot. Well said Miranda he needs to hear a few home truths.

So Nicole wants Ru at the birth, would that be Ru and Marilyn or just Ru? Who is going to tell Marilyn that Nicole wants to keep her baby and how are they going to tell her? What will she do when she hears the news? Maybe she will go the same way April went.

Marilyn is anxious about the baby, Nicole and Sid.

Marilyn has gone from being a pair of comfy old slippers to just another pair of hands, in Sid's eyes, or so she feels. Now Marilyn also wants to know why Ru called Sid instead of taking Nicole to the hospital when she had the Braxton Hicks contractions.

Why does Sid keep knocking on Ru's door and discussing their friendship? Bit suspicious if you ask me.

Marilyn seems to be getting a bit desperate about Sid and Nicole both falling under the influence of Ru. Mind you Ru and Sid would make a better couple than Marilyn and Sid. Marilyn knows there's going to be trouble when the baby arrives, as does Ru, and her warning Ru to keep away from Nicole won't make any difference whatsoever!

Morag only made matters worse, talking to Ru as if she was a child. Looks like there will be lots of shenanigans to come!

At least April looks like she is on the road to recovery, although she has no idea what triggered off her obsessive compulsive behaviour.

Nicole has a few early contractions, but it's not time yet.

I think I would have done exactly what Bianca did and messed up all April's neat stuff too. Poor April with parents over the other side of the world who really couldn't care less about her, no wonder she is so troubled. Even when she nearly killed herself and Xavier when she tried to carry out an environmental terrorist attack, they still didn't appear.

Whereas Nicole's baby has no end of offers from people who want to be its parents. Marilyn is still champing at the bit and the end is in sight.

Sid asked Ru why she called him out to attend to Nicole's early contractions, instead of taking her to the hospital. Well in these soaps they always call out the local doctor, who is involved from everything to house calls, GPs surgery, emergency surgery, they are always a doctor for all occasions who can turn their hands to anything. (Same with doctor Karl in Neighbours.) Doesn't Sid know that? He's a doctor of all trades!
He thinks Ru called him out because she fancies him, and they are just about to have an interesting conversation when Nicole interrupts.