Table of contents for 14 Sep 2020 in TV Soap

What was meant to be the happiest day of Ben and Ciara’s lives has literally exploded in their faces following the devastating bomb blast that ripped through the church at the wedding. Trapped alone in the vestibule when the carnage erupted, Ben has mysteriously disappeared in the aftermath, leaving his panic-stricken new wife fearing for his welfare. Combing the fire-ravaged remains of the church, Ciara (Victoria Konefal) is in despair when there’s no sign of Ben (Robert Scott Wilson). As Mrs. Weston struggles to contain her emotions and hopes that Ben is wandering around town in an injured state, he’s being forced into the boot of a waiting car near the church and driven away to an unknown location. Investigations hurriedly begin into the origins of the explosion and Ben’s…

A tornado of emotional turmoil has enveloped Chloe Greyson in recent weeks as fears of her Huntington’s symptoms presenting led to the shock discovery that’s she pregnant. On top of that, her mother, Fay, in significant regression with the genetic disease, has come to Erinsborough to live with Chloe to give her Adelaide-based children a breather from their caregiving duties. The least of Chloe’s concerns was the fact that Fay’s new live-in nurse, Nicolette, asked Chloe on a date, before clashing with Pierce over her duties. Doing her best to cope with her many crises, Chloe (April Rose Pengilly) thinks all is well on the home front after short-circuiting Nicolette’s (Charlotte Chimes) romantic interest in her and calming the disquiet between the nurse and her husband. The sighs of relief…

At the launch gala, Phillip lures Sophia (Sara Wiseman), Bella (Megan Hajjar) and Martina (Marny Kennedy) into a false sense of security with his charitable endeavours. Her friendship with Sandra (Blazey Best) deepening, Cate reveals an explosive personal secret with her, leaving Sandra in shock as she helps Cate burn the telltale diaries of the secret that could destroy Cate’s life! Moved by Phillip’s humanity, Cate breaks off her affair with Julian (Dalip Sondhi). Tensions rise between Sophia and David (Aaron Jeffery) as Bella’s blossoming romance with Marc (Elijah Williams) disguises his hidden agenda.…

The recent discovery of footage confirming the identity of the culprit who shoved Jennifer off a restaurant balcony has Stefano running scared, fretting that if Princess Gina is exposed as the attempted murderer, his own secret presence in Salem will be revealed, thereby ruining his sinister plans to steal Marlena away from John. Luckily, the CCTV images have been doctored and show that Rolf was responsible, leaving Stefano with a last-minute escape. Praising Rolf’s (Will Utay) ingenuity and loyalty to him, Stefano (Stephen Nichols) instructs his beloved henchman to pack his bags and get out of town to avoid prosecution, adding that he’ll be forever grateful to him for taking the rap for Gina (Kristian Alfonso), and protecting them both. Once Rolf is gone, Stefano and Gina are again on red…

Diagnosed with breast cancer, Sharon is bravely doing her best to maintain her strength along with a positive attitude after being told she needs surgery and pre-operative chemotherapy to shrink her tumour before it is removed. Aware of the side effects from chemo treatment, she busies herself in her kitchen preparing meals for her and her family so everyone will be looked after while she’s ill. Beneath her facade, Rey encourages her to open up and tell what she’s feeling in her heart. Admitting that she’ll start screaming if she opens up, Sharon (Sharon Case) says she is expecting to get a call telling her that her diagnosis is a mistake but knows that won’t happen. Grateful for Rey’s (Jordi Vilasuso) love and attention, Sharon lets him tuck her into…

Despite being opponents in the race to be elected as Youth Advisor to Erinsborough City Council, Harlow and Mackenzie are respectfully campaigning against each other until Paul, Hendrix and Richie interfere and the political tussle turns dirty. Infuriated by her friend’s ugly tactics, Mackenzie declares its game on. However, Hendrix strikes a decisive blow with his underhanded bid to get access to Mackenzie’s campaign speech. Feeling as though Harlow’s speech is inferior, Hendrix sends Mackenzie’s words to Harlow, passing off the speech as his own work. Unaware of the skullduggery, Harlow uses the speech for her election platform, leaving Mackenzie devastated when she and Richie spy footage of the terrible betrayal!…

Amid the last few months of walking a tightrope in trying to cover up the grisly fact that he murdered loan shark Rick Neelan and crudely interred his corpse in a shallow grave in the woods, Gary has had very few bright spots in his life to distract him from his problems. One of those, however, is his blissfully ignorant fiancée Maria, who is happily planning for their wedding with little clue about the man she is about to marry. The wedding is only days away, and Gary (Mikey North) is finally released from hospital, having recovered from the injuries he sustained while being hit with a car when he saved his ex-girlfriend Sarah (Tina O’Brien) from being mown down. Physically, he is OK, but mentally Gary is frantic, aware…

stan Studying at Cambridge University is a dream come true for the talented Ophelia Marsh, especially when she embarks on an affair with her charismatic English lecturer Michael. Life couldn’t be better, that is until Michael suddenly disappears. Perplexed and worried, Ophelia tracks her lover to his family home in Knockdara, Ireland, where she quickly discovers a fateful chain of events that irrevocably change the course of her life. Stumbling on Michael in a shattered emotional state, Ophelia learns that his wife Roisin has just perished in a fire. Comforting him, she takes refuge in his house and is quickly entranced to meet rugged and handsome builder Sean, who is renovating Knockdara House. Soon, Ophelia’s presence causes even more ructions when Michael admits he exposed their affair to Roisin the…

netflix HIGH SEAS SEASONS 1–3 NOW AVAILABLE Aboard a magnificent transatlantic ship travelling from Europe to South America, sisters Eva (Ivana Baquero) and Carolina (Alejandra Onieva) encounter handsome ship’s officer Nicholas Sala (Jon Kortajarena) and are soon caught up in investigating the murder of a passenger who doesn’t exist on the ship’s passenger logs. They are soon uncovering an intricate web of love and lies that shield dark secrets and scandals hidden in each of the ship’s cabins. GREENLEAF SEASON 5 NOW AVAILABLE Signs from God are desperately needed to help the Bishop (Keith David) and Lady Mae (Lynn Whitfield) save the Calvary Church from imminent demolition, forcing them to encounter old enemies, recall their tumultuous past and face grave challenges to re-establishing a new church, all while the Greenleaf…

Allie’s endured immense emotional strain over her unexpected pregnancy, then there’s her mother’s negative reaction to the news and the differing opinions she’s getting from everyone over her plan to adopt the baby out, so it’s no wonder that poor Allie is hospitalised after being caught in Ben and Ciara’s wedding explosion. Although physically she and the baby are healthy, Allie withers mentally and emotionally when Sami barges in and berates her daughter for endangering her and her baby’s lives by attending a murderer’s wedding! Raging that she hopes the ordeal has made Allie (Lindsay Arnold) think twice about adopting the baby, Sami (Alison Sweeney) is irked when Allie insists that Rafe (Galen Gering) can have her child if he wants it. Infuriated, Sami accosts her ex-husband and orders Rafe…

During his original stint in the Bay, Heath carried the dangerous torch that Tane now appears to have inherited. The middle brother of the Braxton clan, Heath was the sexy, charming and volatile sibling who was unafraid of committing the odd assault or dodgy money-making clan to make ends meet. Like Tane, he also had a magnetic hold over women, most particularly, schoolteacher Bianca Scott (Lisa Gormley). After much heartache and a couple of weddings, one of which ended in the bride punching out the groom, Bianca and Heath married and moved away for a fresh start. Three years ago, they both returned separately with their marriage in crisis. Bianca had left her husband and taken refuge with her old landlord Irene (Lynne McGranger) after learning that Heath had killed…

Released back into the general prison population after spending months in isolation for her crimes, Marie Winter is facing a ticking timebomb of retribution as the other women agitate for her to be punished for killing some of their own during the siege. So far, Marie remains unscathed, rooted in her resolve to keep her mouth tightly shut while trying to convince the other inmates that she’s a changed woman. However, the women’s patience naturally wears thin, forcing Allie to take charge of the volatile standoff. Seizing on an opportunity to corner Marie (Susie Porter) alone and ‘motivate’ her into talking about what she’s up to now, Allie (Kate Jenkinson) calls on Boomer (Katrina Miolsevic) and Judy (Vivienne Awosoga) to trap the prison black sheep before taking extreme measures to…

After returning to Salem still disguised as nuns, Kristen and Lani strengthen their friendship bond as they declare war on their archenemy Gabi. Sharing a mutual hatred of Ms. Hernandez, Kristen salivates at the thought of stripping Gabi of her powers as CEO of DiMera Enterprises while Lani detests the bitch who destroyed her wedding to Eli and is now sleeping with him! Aware that Gabi (Camila Banus) wants her shares in DiMera Enterprises to bolster her ownership and voting rights over the company, Kristen (Stacy Haiduk) springs a well-baited trap she knows will be Gabi’s downfall. Once again parading her redone Phoenix tattoo to Lani (Sal Stowers), Kristen enjoys leaving Gabi sweating as Gabi answers her summons with an offer of a sizable donation to the convent if Kristen…

One-time humble mechanic Jake Lambert is now all tied up in emotional knots following his discovery that he is Stefan DiMera’s twin brother, and therefore an heir to the DiMera fortune. The two women in his life, his girlfriend Gwen and Stefan’s widow Gabi who is also seriously attracted to him, aren’t helping matters as they both make their romantic and monetary intentions towards him very clear. After Jake takes Gabi to Ben and Ciara’s wedding, Gwen flies into a jealous rant and accuses Jake of cheating on her. As Jake defends himself, Gwen lures him between the sheets for sex, and once they come up for air, she calculatingly reminds him that he’s Jake DiMera and that they should move into his “ancestral home” and claim his fortune. Agreeing…

Ophelia Marsh (Emily Reid) Intellectually astute, English student Ophelia is coolly cynical and emotionally ingenuous. Grieving the death of her mother, and having never known her father, Ophelia sets her sights on Michael an sees him as the answer to her prayers. Hugh Callaghan (Ian McElhinney) Michael’s father is battling dementia, and fights his increasing bewilderment and confusion as he becomes drawn into the events at Knockdara. Michael Callaghan (Emmett J. Scanlan) Charismatic and attractive, he’s an English professor with a successful career writing academic non-fiction works and is on the cusp of breaking into fiction work with the imminent publication of his biographically based novel, The House at Knockdara. Finding an educated equal in Ophelia, he’s also close to good friend Matthew but has a peculiar relationship with his…

stan MR & MRS MURDER SEASON 1 NOW AVAILABLE Regarded as superheroes, Charlie (Shaun Micallef) and his wife, Nicola (Kat Stewart) are unlike any other as they go about their work as crime-scene cleaners. Together, Charlie uses his mind for facts and figures with Nicola’s sense of justice, observational skills and empathy to get the job done, and solve a few murders along the way. Among the crimes they solve are the murders of a golf champion, a fashion designer and a bodybuilder who’s baked to death on a sunbed! DARK MONEY SEASON 1 NOW AVAILABLE Starring in a Hollywood blockbuster movie is the stuff of dreams, especially for a teenager like Isaac Mensah (Max Fincham), but the bright lights of Tinseltown quickly dim for Isaac and the Mensah family…

Binge HOUSE SEASONS 1–3 NOW AVAILABLE Medical genius Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) assembles and leads a team of diagnosticians at Princeton-Plainsboro Teachng Hospital in New Jersey as they go about diagnosing patients’ mysterious illnesses that other doctors have failed to detect. Amid the medical minefield, the lives of the doctors are also put under the microscope as House’s relationships with his colleagues are continually tested by his prolific use of the drug Vicodin to manage his pain associated with an old injury. STARGIRL SEASON 1 NOW AVAILABLE Ten years after the notorious Injustice Society of America slaughtered nearly every superhero member of the upstanding Justice Society of America (JSA), high-school student Courtney Whitmore (Brec Bassinger) is given the power to re-form the JSA when she finds the legendary Cosmic Staff…

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Where Did the Action Leave off? Overcoming her reputation as Genoa City’s least-liked resident, Amanda (Mishael Morgan) accepted Billy (Jason Thompson) and Lily’s (Christel Khalil) job offer to work for them at Chancellor Industries. However, potential complications abounded as the sexual chemistry between Amanda and Billy hovered ominously in the air... Nervous ahead of her looming breast-cancer surgery, Sharon (Sharon Case) stoically made arrangements for her future, asking Nick (Joshua Morrow) to look out for Faith (Aly Lind) and Noah (Robert Adamson) if something went wrong with the operation. She also formally appointed Mariah (Camryn Grimes) as her health advocate to speak for her if she ended up incapacitated... Long-buried secrets surrounding the murder of AJ Montalvo, the father of Adam’s (Mark Grossman) childhood friend Alyssa (Maria DiDomenico), finally surfaced…

Despite her vow long ago to put her past helping the police to catch and convict sadistic murderers behind her, Forensic Pathologist Jane Halifax has been drawn back into the ugliness of that world following the very personal murder of her partner, Ben Sailor, who has been gunned down in his car in the driveway of his own home. Unable to ignore the provocative threat to her peaceful life, Jane again investigates the existence of a serial sniper who’s stalking Melburnians. She believes that the culprit is either someone connected to one of her past cases or, more worryingly, someone connected to Ben. Suddenly, there are two more shootings, which sends shivers down Jane’s spine. As she combs the latest crime scene, she’s compelled to confront two of the suspects.…

Illicit drugs continue to be the bane of both Erinsborough High School and the police force’s daily activities as investigating officers Yashvi and Levi conclude that the initial selling of substances at the school is just a small part of a much wider drug-dealing network that’s plaguing the suburb. They are also suspicious that the ring is actually being masterminded by one of their own... their corrupt superior Dax Braddock! However, without any solid evidence to prove Dax’s (Dean Kirkright) involvement, Yashvi (Olivia Junkeer) and Levi’s (Richie Morris) search hits a wall. Their only hope of getting the goods on Dax is River (Andrew Coshan), the young drug dealer who has been supplying Yashvi’s father Shane (Nicholas Coghlan) with the uppers he’s been taking to improve his TAFE studies workload.…

Beauty is a tool that Georgia Konig is mercilessly unafraid of using to lure her unsuspecting victims into a lethal web that leaves them facing her perverse wrath before she crushes them beneath her poisonous pumps. Already, her sexual attributes have ensnared her hapless lover Bart Walford, who’s been entranced into having sex with her in public spaces, such as his father Phillip’s office desk, before he happily watched her writhing around in a threesome with two other guys. Similarly, her co-conspirator, Mikael Stein, is obsessed with her lascivious intent to decimate the people she hates. Those targets include Phillip, whom she revels in knowing detests her and Bishop Welles, who she yearns to pay back for sins of the past involving her mother Rebecca. Gathering her deadly ducks in…

Revelling in her casual affair with Nate, Tracy eagerly helps him out with some farm work until she falls and injures her wrist. While undergoing medical treatment at the hospital, Tracy thinks nothing of submitting to a battery of routine tests and examinations until her urine test reveals that she’s pregnant! The pregnancy news is a massive shock for both Tracy and Nate, especially because Tracy is taking the contraceptive pill. When Nate accuses her of trapping him because he’s a “safe bet” who would never run out on her, Tracy breaks down in tears, recounting how she aborted David’s baby years ago, a hard decision she has often regretted. Unfortunately, the couple continues arguing over the issue, with each of them seeking advice from Charity and Sam. Taking the…

After smoothing over the fact that their relationship began when Cece’s now-deceased husband, Ben, was still alive, Cece and TK are happily dating and looking towards the future when some interference from Desdemona leaves their relationship on the rocks. Overhearing Cece and TK talking about his inability to attend a medical conference in Rotorua, Desdemona seizes the opportunity to escape her own romantic problems with Damo, by convincing Cece to attend the forum, with her tagging along as her assistant. Thinking the offer is innocent enough, Cece (Nicole Whippy) agrees, but she is unaware that Desdemona’s (Kura Forrester) raging gambling addiction is about to get them in big trouble. Quickly bored by the conference, Desdemona convinces Cece to wag the next lecture with her and the hunky Smith who is…

netflix LA CASA DE AL LADO SEASON 1 NOW AVAILABLE Wealthy and influential, the Conde family’s money, power and close-knit relationships is unrivalled. Nevertheless, they’re not averse to tragedy when their eldest daughter, Ignacia’s (Catherine Siachoque) husband Adolfo (David Chocarro) falls from a window at the family mansion and dies instantly. Grief soon gives way to suspicion and scandal when Ignacia’s new husband, Gonzalo (Gabriel Porras), investigates Adolfo’s death and concludes that he could still be alive! Or maybe, he’s mistaking Adolfo for his identical wheelchair-bound twin brother! Meanwhile, the Condes are also closely connected to their neighbours, the Arismendi/Ruiz family, leading to romantic intrigue, suspense, and terrible danger, especially when Pilar Arismendi’s (Maritza Rodriguez) evil twin sister Rebeca (Karla Monroig) arrives on her doorstep! TRINKETS SEASONS 1–2 NOW AVAILABLE…

foxtel foxtel now on / demand DONNA HAY: BASICS TO BRILLIANCE SEASON 1 NOW AVAILABLE Something so simple can often become brilliant as Australia’s leading food editor, stylist and author Donna Hay demonstrates when she takes her repertoire of simple recipes and transforms them into fine food fare. From decorating food to sharing stories about her activities and travels outside of the kitchen, Donna has every culinary angle covered. NIGELLISSIMA SEASON 1 NOW AVAILABLE If Ms. Hay has Australia covered, then the indomitable Nigella Lawson is certainly the food queen of British kitchens. Rather than sticking to the usual English recipes, Nigella takes her fans on a tasty and terrific trip to Italy and introduces them to dishes that are both traditional and unfamiliar. In exciting people’s taste buds and…

SBS on demand BEACON HILL SEASONS 1–2 NOW AVAILABLE Personal and political scandals abound when Massachusetts Senator William Preston (Ron Raines) suffers a stroke, and his disparate and damaged family are brought together to help care for him. Responding to the crisis, Sara (Alicia Minshew & Nadia Bjorlin), William’s journalist granddaughter, arrives home to find much has changed in her absence. Not only has William acquired a much-younger second wife in Evelyn (Melissa Archer), but her own mother Claire (Crystal Chappell) is permanently locked in her bedroom, drinking herself into oblivion and being nursed by Sara’s exhausted brother Eric (John Paul Lavoisier). Suddenly, Sara’s life is turned upside down when she is reunited with her ex-lover Katherine Wesley (Sarah Brown & Marem Hassler), a senatorial candidate being groomed by William…