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Reference > The Month That Was... May 2005 by Steve

One Year Ago - May 2004

A pregnancy, a couple of departures and the return of an old face…

 

• After being thrown out of the Hoyland house, Gus soon gets back in and hides out in the roof, spending his days doing the family’s chores whilst they are out. When Max finally realises what’s going on, a fight breaks out followed by a chase onto a building site where both men fall and Gus subsequently vanishes

Izzy learns that she’s pregnant with Gus’ child and he also finds out as he watches the house and searches the bins. He comes out of hiding to speak to her, but Karl saves her by calling the police and Gus is taken to a psychiatric hospital, where Izzy visits him and lies that the baby is not his

Missing Toadie is tracked down to a country hospital, where Stu and Sindi find him in a coma. When he wakes up, he doesn’t recognise Sindi and mentions Dee’s name instead, leaving her upset. Meanwhile, Rocco is finally caught and arrested for his various crimes

Susan grows closer to Tom, much to the horror of Lil and especially Lyn. Lyn admits that she used to have feelings for her brother-in-law

Libby returns to Erinsborough in a bid to help her parents save their marriage and is shocked to find him in a relationship with Izzy Hoyland

Lori decides to accept a job at Gino’s salon in Lorne and abandons her plans to find a home with Jack

Scott and Serena’s relationship is met by strong opposition from her parents

David’s secretive behaviour leads Lil to think he’s having an affair

 

Five Years Ago - May 2000

New romances, new faces and new friendships this month on Ramsay Street…

• Michelle’s bullying nightmare finally comes to an end when she stands up to Cecile and makes a new friend when Bianca is impressed

Tad finally meets his natural mother – Rachel Bailey – until he sees a photo of her family in her wallet and finds out that they don’t know he exists and she doesn’t want them to find out

Lou finds out that Merridy has accepted a job in Katherine and will be leaving town shortly, so he decides to reveal his true feelings to her before it’s too late

Lyn’s parents are shocked when they find out how serious the Scully’s financial problems are and in the end, they decide to leave rather than place any more strain the family

Dione agrees to go out with Joel, but his jealousy over her seeing a work colleague for dinner soon drives them apart again. As their friendship continues, they try to be just friends, but everyone else can see that they’re meant for each other

As the wedding plans cause major headaches for Libby and Drew, they decide to elope to Fiji and escape it all

Tess grows close to Brendan once again and he spends the night, but his true nature is shown when he shouts at Michelle and Paul and Susan is worried that Tess is going to get hurt again

Flick and Joe have a huge falling out over her relationship with older boy, Sean Edwards. She decides to run away but Joe finds her at the bus station and they are finally honest with each other

 


Ten Years Ago - May 1995

A bittersweet wedding and the arrival of a new face brought about a month of surprises…

 

• Cody’s long-distance relationship with Rick goes off the boil, but Stonie is waiting in the wings for the girl of his dreams

Mark offers to help Lucy with her drink and drugs problems, and she starts to fall for him. His priest training means that he can’t go near her, but that doesn’t stop her from trying

Helen and Reuben get married and he finally tells his son, Garnet, that he’s terminally ill

Libby and Luke’s relationship hots up, but it looks to be over before it’s even begun, thanks to the interference of her family

Karl finds himself with a stalker in the shape of obsessive Sandy Morris

Annalise prepares to leave for Europe, but gets a shock when a girl named Joanna arrives, claiming to be her half-sister

Jen decides to try and break a world record for a club at uni

Bianca returns, closely followed by her mother, Claudia, who asks her to go and live with her. After some deliberation, Bianca decides to go

Please note that dates are based on Australian screenings

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