Home and Away’s most gripping finales: ‘I cried for days’
Year in, year out, Home and Away promises a more gripping, action-packed, nail-biting finale than ever before; think natural disasters, fires, car crashes, more car crashes, yet more car crashes, shootings… you name it, it’s happened in the not-so-sleepy seaside town of Summer Bay. Here are the previousseason finales the show’sdevotees are calling the best.
Fan name most gripping finales
One fan listed five finales across Home and Away‘s history that were better than this year’s final ep.
“MY favourite season finales have been 1988, 2004, 2005, 2014 and 2020,” one said.
A number of Facebook users named the 2014 bus disaster episode as one of the finest season finales for the program, proving that it was truly a fan favorite. In that episode, Kyle Pryor’s character, Nate, was kidnapped by Sophie Taylor (Bridgette Sneddon), who then drenched him in gasoline. Then, after swerving their vehicle into the path of a bus carrying passengers—among them a pregnant Ricky (Bonnie Sween)—Nate caused a significant rollover. A third vehicle, driven by Darryl Braxton (Steve Peacocke), who had just discovered he was going to be a father to a baby boy, was also involved in the collision.
The mineshaft incident from the 2003 season finale has become a popular season climax, despite the fact that many fans expressed a desire for less drama and more happy endings after the 2022 finale. One viewer even commented: “I liked the Sutherland family trapped in the mineshaft and it’s closely followed by the hospital bomb blast.”
In the 2003 episode, the Sutherlands were nearly buried alive after becoming trapped in a mine that had collapsed. Jade (Kate Garven), an asthmatic, came dangerously close to experiencing disaster as a result of the predicament, but the family was eventually saved and brought back to safety in the Bay.
A phone bomb was placed in Bianca’s (Lisa Gormley) luggage a decade later by Jade Montgomery (Tasma Walton), which exploded in the hospital as Ricky was giving birth in the well-liked bomb-blast finale of 2013. As a result of the explosion’s injuries, Ethan (Matt Minto) passed away.
Hospitals have appeared frequently in fan-favorite finales; one viewer claimed her favorite season-ending episode made her cry.
“the hospital siege that resulted in Mason and Robbo’s deaths. When Jaz was pleading with Robbo to survive, I sobbed for days. Sam did a fantastic job in the role “She composed.
The in question episode was the 2019 season finale, in which a gang took over the neighborhood hospital and held residents of Summer Bay hostage. When Mason (Orpheus Pledge) tried to shield Bella (Courtney Miller), who required immediate medical attention, he was shot and killed. Robbo (Jake Ryan), who was killed off in a vehicle accident and had his passing announced in the 2020 season premiere, was also a victim of the episode.
Of course, no one could ever forget the horrible attack by Ian Meadows’ Rocco Cooper on Kate Ritchie’s Sally in 2006, which left her for dead. One fan said that they couldn’t, “I started watching Home and Away in 2006, and I thought the 2006 season finale was the best. when Sally Fletcher was stabbed by Rocco Cooper.”
Long-time viewers gave the inaugural Home and Away season finale high marks. In the 1988 episode, played by Ray Meagher, Bobby (Nicolle Dicksonparents, )’s Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn) and Morag Bellingham, were revealed to Ailsa (Judy Nunn) (Cornelia Frances). GASP. For good measure, a Christmas celebration with the family was also included.
Finales that didn’t cut it
This year isn’t the first in which fans were let down by a Home and Away season finale, with many naming 2020 as the worst of all time. Promos for the episode teased romances, leaked family secrets, deadly prison confrontations and passionate one-night trysts, however, the resulting finale left fans wanting.
“Worst season final ever! Was hoping for a more exciting cliffhanger but we didn’t get one,” commented one viewer on the show’s Instagram page at the time.
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