Justin’s mood swings continue in next week’s episode of Home and Away in the UK, as he goes from apologising to lashing out and back again. Tori finally thinks she’s had enough!
Justin Morgan (James Stewart) has had an eventful few months, and not in a good way. He collapsed last year due to a cavernoma on his spine, which set in motion a series of events that led to a serious opioid addiction.
A surfing mishap aggravated his back discomfort, making matters worse. When he couldn’t find enough medications to fulfil his demands, he had to buy them online, which landed him back in the hospital.
He’s now estranged from his friends and family, and he was arrested last week after assaulting Stephen (Bren Foster). Despite everything, he refuses to acknowledge that he has a problem.
Justin does his hardest to make apologies as we return to Summer Bay next week.
He approaches Leah (Ada Nicodemou) on the beach as the entire town gathers to witness the police remove a body from the water. However, John (Shane Withington) immediately intervenes, warning him not to approach and chastising him for what he did to Stephen.
Justin, on the other hand, is only interested in speaking with Leah. When she grudgingly accepts, he pulls her aside and apologises profusely for his behaviour. She accepts his apologies and weak explanations, but she wants him to face something larger.
“I believe you have a painkiller addiction.”
He still refuses to believe that his actions were the consequence of an addiction. He seen what happened to Brody, and he isn’t using the drugs to get high, so he can’t believe she is comparing them.
Stephen adds that he went to the hospital because he noticed how close he and Leah were getting. He was slain when he saw them together, and that’s what threw him off. “You turned to another man when I needed you!”
Leah is on the verge of walking away because she can’t believe she’s being blamed.
Despite this, Justin claims that he spent his whole night in the cell thinking how he managed to screw up so horribly, how he almost lost the most important person in his life. He believes it was a wake-up call.
He appears sincere and begs her pardon. She nods, but when he says the drugs merely make him regular, she knows she’s in for a lot more problems.
Leah confides in Roo that her partner believes “it’s either the pills or someone else’s responsibility, not his.” “Not even what happened to Stephen,” says the narrator.
Roo assures her that’s classic denial, and they both worry about what will happen if Justin loses control again. “It’s as if I’ve fallen in love with someone and don’t even know who they are.”
Justin becomes irritated as the day progresses and the body in the bay is finally identified. He simply wants to get home and have Leah administer his next dosage of pain medication. As he attempts to receive the dose early, he says, “It’s only an hour, what does it matter?”
“What does it matter if you’re not an addict?” To a heated response, Leah jokes back sarcastically. It’s apparent that the two don’t speak the same language.
She tells Irene later that she feels like she’s doing everything she can to support her partner, but “he’s being so nasty.” Irene tells her she shouldn’t have to put up with it, but Leah confesses she does.
She is at a loss for what to do.
When she returns to Justin to speak with him, a miscommunication reveals the real degree of her anxieties.
The discussion gets heated once more as they examine Justin’s attempts to engage Stephen since the punch.
Justin leans against the kitchen counter, and as he swings around to face Leah, she takes a step back and defensively raises her hands, as if he’s ready to attack her.
“Woah.”
He’s taken aback by Leah’s reaction, which sees her face slump and her terrified expression be replaced with a sorrowful one. They don’t say anything, but Justin realises he’s startling his own girlfriend.
Even yet, that isn’t the wake-up call Justin requires. The two reconvene at the Morgan house later, this time with Tori, but Justin’s behaviour has become increasingly unpredictable.
Tori advises him to stay out of Stephen’s way, but Justin counters that he can’t avoid him since he “keeps hanging out with my missus!”
Both ladies are on the same page, so Justin’s harsh remark that Tori is taking it out on him because she can’t work things out with Christian catches them off guard.
It all becomes too much at some point. When Leah returns the next day, Justin attempts to make amends once again, but she informs him that she is moving out.
He’s caught off guard and assures her she doesn’t have to go… Tori agrees, but only because she thinks she has a better plan. Instead, Justin should go. He’s being ejected from the home!
“You can’t stay here until you straighten yourself out.”
Leah won’t even look at him as he packs his belongings to go. Tori arranged for him to pick up his medications from the hospital pharmacy, but he’ll have to handle his rehabilitation on his own.
Will losing his girlfriend and sister’s support be enough to help him see the light?
