Gordon breaks the news to Edwina that Shelley and Marty are moving in and she will have to share her bedroom with one of the 'gremlins". To show her displeasure, Edwina unveils a new gothic look which her father dutifully objects to. Frannie is is shattered by the discovery of her father's infidelity but she doesn't tell anyone what is upsetting her but reassures Dave it's nothing he's done. Daniel forces Gordon to fire Zac.

Shelley loses it with Edwina and their relationship finds new ground. Zac admits to his father he's been fired just days before his court case. Zac brings Daniel's dog home after it is killed by a hit-and-run driver outside the Shed. Neville assumes Dave is to blame for Frannie's sullen behaviour and tells him to stay away from his daughter. Darcy skips out on a new job to support his son in court. Zac's friends throw him a small party anticipating a good result in court.

Things aren't looking good for Zac in court until Daniel speaks up for Zac resulting in the judge being lenient and releasing Zac on a two year good behaviour bond. Afterwards, Daniel explains he did it because he admires the courage Zac showed in returning his dog. He also gives Zac his job back at the garden centre. Daniel and Lisa bond over lost pets after he finds in his yard. Dean then teases her with stories of Daniel coming to get her and her mother forbids her from talking to Daniel. Hopper and Coral decide to set aside their disastrous first date and try again — without telling anyone this time.

Holly and Shelley face their first day at the hospital since Jenny died. Shelley is doing work experience, eyeing a career in nursing, but runs afoul of one of the doctors. Hopper and Coral go on their secret date.

Frannie overturns her desk and runs out of class in tears after learning her new chemistry teacher is the woman she saw going into a hotel with her father. Dave and Zac hustle pool in order to finance plans for a new business after convincing Neville to let them take over as the garden centre's delivery drivers. Frannie tells Dave her issue is not with him and confides is Edwina. Marty begins going to school in Echo Point.

Edwina's first step toward a big time modelling career costs more than she bargained for. With Marty and Belinda about to go on their first date, Dean warns him that Coral knows about the video. Neville doesn't like Trish spending time with Darcy and suggests he has feels for her. Frannie sees the incriminating videotape and tells Belinda who thinks it's cute that Marty went to all that trouble to get to know her.

Edwina's attempt to get herself out of financial trouble lands her in a deeper mess after she pawns her mother's locket. When Trish rejects Neville's surprise picnic lunch, he accuses her of not wanting to save their marriage and preferring Darcy's company. Witnessing his parent's argument, Dean warns Zac keep his father say away from Trish. Darcy assures Zac there's nothing going on between him and Trish and advises her to do her talking with Neville. Frannie is confrotned by Dave and Shelley's relationship at a party. Shelley accidentally breaks a vase that belonged to Edwina's mother.

Edwina goes off on Shelley for coming on to Dave in front of Frannie. Shelley later apologies to Frannie who is adamant she and Dave were only ever friends. Dean tells Zac and Edwina about Maurie's "sure thing" bet thinking she can win the money to buy back the locket but Maurie fed Dean a lie hoping he'd lose the gambling bug. Daniel captivates Holly with tales of his international travels. Edwina confesses everything to her father.

To Gordon's dislike, Holly spends more and more time with Daniel. Coral is also weary and advises Holly to be careful with Daniel. Belinda lies to Frannie about being sick to get out of their shopping plans so she can go out with Marty instead. Their friendship takes a hit when Frannie sees Belinda with Marty at the beach. Coral wins the hospital leading to an awkward conversation with Daniel when he delivers the prize about him wanting to talk about old times. Daniel manipulates Holly into moving their meeting from the hospital to his house.

Hopper accepts Coral's gift of her raffle prize, a chauffeured dinner for two, on the condition she go with him. He also tells her the truth about Rachel lying to him about being the father of her baby. Gordon breaks up Holly's meeting with Daniel to drag her home, insisting Daniel can't be trusted. Marty is pleased to learn Frannie is upset with Belinda and not him. Holly quits the hospital fundraising committee. When Daniel finds out, he threatens to withdraw his financial support forcing Holly go back. Belinda and Frannie start to mend their relationship.

Dave is angry that Shelley has broken her promise and shown his sketch of her to Marty and breaks up with her. Maurie talks to Hopper in a roundabout way about treating Coral properly. After another confrontation with Daniel, Neville comes clean to Trish about Sarah Blake lending him money which he never repaid after her death and now owes to Daniel. In turn, Trish reveals the money Hopper borrowed to buy out Neville's share of the Shed came from Daniel Blake. Trish tells Daniel about the debt and promises to repay every cent but his repayment plan is crippling. After a telling off from Marty, Dave gets back together with Shelley.

Dave is in a panic after Shelley told him she's falling in love with him. Edwina plans on staying away from home to avoid her father and Holly's engagement announcement but things get complicated when she sees Holly with another man. Neville is upset with Trish for telling Daniel about the debt. Zac and Dave unearth human remains when Daniel hires them to dig some flower beds in his yard. Frannie pays her respects to her teacher whose partner has died from AIDS and Dean apologises to him for the article.

Zac and Dave report their discovery to the police who search Daniel's property while the local rumour mill spins up and onlookers gather. Edwina debates telling her father about seeing Holly with another man. The skull found on Daniel's property turns out to be an old dental model that has been in the ground for 50 years. Coral asks Hopper not to bring up the subject of Belinda's father when talking with her. Zac tries to apologise to Daniel who doesn't appreciate Zac's rush to judgement and the resulting perpetuation of the rumour that he killed his parents. Dean agrees to help a young woman escape her abusive boyfriend.

Belinda presses her mother for more information about her father. With Coral unwilling to talk, Frannie encourages Belinda to search her mother's bedroom but Frannie is shocked by what she finds out about Belinda's past. A lovestruck Dean finds himself unwittingly committing a robbery. When Darcy and Zac realises Dean has been conned, they help him return the stolen goods. Edwina is shocked when Holly's mysterious man shows up at the engagement party.

Coral chastises Belinda for going through her things in search of information about her father. Edwina humiliates herself at the engagement party when she accuses Holly of having an affair with Peter — who Holly reveals to be a friend she's asked to design a ring for Gordon. Dave admits to Shelley things between them are moving too fast. Dean thinks his luck's changed when he's seduced by an older woman. Learning from Edwina's mistakes, Frannie shows Belinda her birth certificate.

Frustrate by never having an opportunity to be alone, Edwina and Zac decide to move out together. Coral reluctantly accompanies Belinda when she visits her grandmother. Daniel takes a greater interest in Belinda and tasks his private investigator with finding a family connection between them. Frannie doesn't know what to do after Clive tries to kiss her at work.

Despite him holding her father's promotion over her head, Frannie stands up to Clive over his sexual harassment of her. Zac and Edwina are hit by the financial realities of moving out on their own. Coral admits to Holly that Daniel Blake is Belinda's father. Daniel realises the truth on his own and pays a visit to Coral to see what's next for them. Maurie begrudgingly agrees to the arrangement when Dave signs up as Maurie's delivery job on Zac's behalf.

Daniel makes it clear to Coral that if she doesn't tell Belinda that he is her father, he will. To avoid the matter, Coral agrees to Belinda going with away Marty to his family farm for the holidays. Taking a cue from Edwina, Shelley has designs on moving in with Dave. This comes as news to the privacy-minded Dave who breaks up with her. Marty is crushed when his father doesn't want him to come home to the farm. Maurie seizes on Zac's delivery mistake to fire him but Darcy warns Maurie not to let their differences be taken out on Zac.

Shelley is determined to win Dave back but his friendship with Frannie is getting in her way. Dean talks his mother into more shifts at the café as he saves for a car. Daniel can't bring himself to tell Belinda the truth when he encounters her on the street. Desperate to improve their failing delivery business, Zac and Dave take on Dean as an image consultant. Hopper grows impatient with Coral who refuses to tell him about Belinda's father. Frannie takes Dave's advice to tell the truth about what happened to her when she writes a school report on her work experience. Daniel changes the rules to make Belinda eligible for a valuable scholarship from his family trust.

Daniel tells Coral he's changed his mind about telling Belinda he's her father. He still wants to find a way to get to know his daughter and asks Coral to give Belinda an heirloom necklace. Coral refuses given the obvious questions it would raise. Edwina begins making some money after landing a series of modelling gigs. Dean surprises Zac and Dave with a new zebra-striped paint job on their truck. Holly and Gordon are on opposite sides when it comes to the size of their wedding. Maurie offers Zac his delivery job back. Tired of Coral's outright refusal to open up to him about what is bothering her, Hopper ends their relationship. Using her key, Shelley lets herself into Dave's flat in the middle of the night to surprise him in bed.