The surprise party is missing the guest of honour, until Lou shows up after a near fatal miss with a ‘widow maker' gum tree. He is delighted to see Lolly but explains why tonight could be his last. Lauren becomes concerned as Lou grows sentimental, despite everyone's insistence he is being silly about the family ‘curse'. Bailey asks about an old photo of Lou during his army conscription.

Georgia is delighted her favourite cousin Gem has arrived in town although Kyle is thrown, having met her when she was pretending to be ‘Ursula'. But seeing Gem's embarrassment, he agrees to keep her earlier ruse a secret from Georgia. An unsuspecting Georgia moves Gem into Toadie's house and begs her to get a job and stay permanently. Gem agrees, and when Toadie reveals Gem's sad past to Sony.