Thoughts about "Neighbours" - September 2018

Below is my September entry about "Neighbours" for 2018.

Gary needed to use the money, as the bank could not forward the money fast enough for Xanthe to begin university for medicine. Gary ended up selling Shane's purified urine, along with Dipi's family special tea, after the family would not allow him to sell the tea without the other. Yashvi developed a crush on Ben after saving him in the sauna, she made believe that her Aussie rules skills were poor. Eventually this came out and Ben was annoyed, Ben has feelings for Bea, and they ended up both worrying about Cassius and Piper's relationship, as Cassius has a temper. 

Dipi's tea caused issues for everyone. She had been giving it to Shane for years without telling him. Shane then started to spend time with Chloe, which made it worse. Clive and Sheila knew he was getting that help, but realized it had everything to do with pressure. They decided they were happy each having their own place, and didn't plan to marry. After drinking a lot of tea, Piper wanted to get intimate with Cassius, while Toadie had to hide himself at work, to not reveal that he was ready and able for sex. Sonya came by and they went home.

Elly and Mark were happy together, except he was unfulfilled as a mechanic. Elly suggested he become a PI, and this got him into trouble later in the month. Mark decided he didn't want to spent his life looking for cheating spouses, and ended up helping Mishti. This action backfired, as her one-night-stand Dilhan (who recorded the sex) as her former best friend and dirty cop Monique got him hospitalized. Mishti and Monique spoke, Mark arrived, and then the police. Mishti got reprimanded as they were trying to get the organization that Monique worked for destroyed.

Earlier in the month, Devan met Shane and Dipi - it was improv night for Dipi's theater group. Devan was impressive and actually funny.  Mishti and Devan spoke and decided perhaps marriage between them was a great idea, upsetting Dipi.

Terese came back, and she and Leo continued sleeping together happily. Paul felt like he still had a change with Terese, while he started spending time with Karl's half-sister the wealthy Jemima. Chloe discovered the affair, and blackmailed Terese to keep her job. Chloe's work as dating without sex, was found out, and she was shamed by Dipi. The only one on her side at first was Amy, who felt that if the Brennans were hypocritical, as no one had any issue about Aaron being a stripper. David and Mark realized she was right and apologized. Aaron's addiction was discovered by David, who tried to help by weaning his new husband off the pills. Thankfully this happened after they returned from their happy honeymoon.

Karl's biological half-sister Jemima officiated at the wedding of Aaron and David. The wedding was sweet, and they even had a lot of extras at the event. That said many regulars were missing, though mentioned helping at the wedding like Sonya's nursery. Jemima and Susan didn't get along at first, as Susan was upset that Jemima changed her speech to the happy couple. Susan tried to use Sheila to get dirt, but it was nothing. Eventually it was revealed Jemima was independently wealthy and never had to work again. Since she liked Karl so much, she offered to pay for them to move into Robinson Heights. Karl and Susan declined, as they didn't want the money to change their relationship. Jemima was shocked, got a phone call from her daughter, who lives in America and decided to leave Erinsborough, and Karl with just a toy train.

Karl and Susan went on a search for Karl's half-brother, and weren't there for Aaron and David's pre-wedding celebrations. During their engagement event, David discovered how Paul's changes to the Shed caused Aaron's back problems to resurface. David reconsidered having Paul walk him down the aisle, though he eventually changed his mind. Earlier in the month, Mishti had sold her silent partnership to Paul, and Paul advised to cut an employee, and lower the hours of the rest.

Cassius was revealed to not be a gardener, and Tyler's half-brother. He murdered Hamish, and no one knows this except his mother. Piper met her, and they liked one another, but she didn't know it was Cass's mom.

Those were the highlights of September 2018. The Jemima arc gave Karl and Susan something to do that wasn't about either being ill or hurt, which was appreciated.