Neighbours Spoilers – Leo and Krista’s relationship comes under threat

 

Next week on Neighbours, Paul enacts a plan to keep Leo and Krista apart, but he fails miserably as they decide to give things a shot.

Recent episodes have seen Leo (Tim Kano) and Krista (Majella Davis) growing ever closer, despite David’s (Takaya Honda) best efforts to convince them that Krista needs to refrain from relationships while she continues to recover.

At the end of this week (Thursday 11th January), the pair’s budding romance looks set for a big stumbling block, when Leo learns that Sadie (Emerald Chan) left Krista alone with his daughter Abigail (Nikita Kato) while she was meant to be babysitting her.

The trio of Sadie, Krista and Abigail head to the park, but it seems Sadie finds reason to leave Krista alone with Abigail, something which Leo later discovers.

Next week, Krista is left hurt after overhearing Leo’s true feelings on her parenting capabilities, and Leo is left distraught when he learns that his potential love interest overheard everything he said.

Thankfully, he’s quickly able to mend fences with Krista, as he explains that his overreaction was a consequence of losing Britney in tragic circumstances, and that he’s simply ultraprotective of his daughter as a result.

For those who need reminding, Abigail’s mum Britney Barnes (Montana Cox) was killed during the Erinsborough storm back in January 2022, which hit during Kyle (Chris Milligan) and Roxy’s (Zima Anderson) wedding.

Their afterparty was in full swing inside the tiny cramped Flamingo Bar, as the weather outside rapidly worsened, bringing gusts of up to 100km/h.

As a bolt of lightning hit a telegraph poll, it fell, smashing through the corrugated roof of the bar and killing Britney.

Krista accepts Leo’s apology, but when Leo accidentally calls Krista by Britney’s name shortly after, Paul realises the true nature of their relationship.

He suggests that Leo sees Krista as a way to make up for his failings with Britney, which Leo immediately denies.

However, when Paul tells Krista his thoughts, she thinks he might be onto something. She’s left shaken by the idea that Leo sees her as a project and that their friendship isn’t genuine.

Unnerved, she turns away from Leo and instead seeks support from Remi, admitting that she hasn’t been able to eat or drink anything since the spiking incident because she’s paranoid it’s going to happen again.

The following day, in the wake of Paul’s ‘revelation,’ Krista attempts to put her feelings for Leo to one side.

David, meanwhile, confronts both Paul and Leo, frustrated that they’re subjecting Krista to a continual barrage of stress, but he’s unsure of how effective his warnings will be.

Despite everything, by next Wednesday’s episode (17th January), Krista and Leo decide to give it a shot as a couple.

They agree to take things slow and keep it on the down low from Paul, but it remains to be seen how successful they’ll be… nothing stays a secret for long in Erinsborough.

Meanwhile, as Krista continues trying to settle into her new role at Lassiters, she suggests that they rehire Byron (Xavier Molyneux) as a concierge.

Paul, however, pulls rank and refuses, leaving her disheartened and feeling like she’ll always be battling against Paul.

Leo encourages her to listen to her own instincts and stand up to Paul. Off the back of his encouragement, she ignores Paul’s disapproval and hires Byron back, asserting herself to Paul and reminding him that he’s done much worse than Byron in his time.

What will Paul’s next move be?

New episodes of Neighbours air Monday–Thursday on Network 10 and 10 Peach in Australia, and on Amazon Freevee in the UK.