So... some pretty big news last night, hey? Missing blind swapped-at-birth Timmins Anne made a surprise reappearance, and then we met Anne's Dad/Bree's irl Dad for the first time, Greg Baxter. And some other stuff, but this is really all anyone's thinking about. So what's going to happen now? To be a bit spoilerish, a fucking heap. Let's run through it together now, shall we?

Turns out it's not so much that Greg Baxter is a prick, and that's why he's always gone to huge lengths to keep Anne away from the Timminses and himself away from Anne; he's just a bit of a social retard. Janelle invites him in for a chat and a cuppa and to meet Bree, and he's very uncomfortable with the whole thing, but comes in anyways, at least to grab Anne. But by the time they get to the kitchen, the two adoptotwerps have scarpered out the back door and snuck over to No. 30 where they're talking to Rosie. *sigh* Lucky things. Later developments pushed everything else out of my head, but I think they were just talking about what to do, and Rosie, yeah it's coming back now, was saying something like Anne's Dad only does this because he doesn't want to lose her, or something. She also said she'd do some legal research to see if Anne's got the right to choose who to live with etc. The main point of this scene was to get them out of the house so Janelle, Greg and just-got-home Steiger could talk more, and they do, about how much Janelle loves both of the girls, and how Greg and his wife have a fragile marriage at the moment, all stemming from the stress of finding out about the Bree-Anne whoospie, so if they could all just please forget this ever happened and leave, he'd be much obliged. Jerk, sure, but more a scared one than an out'n'out arsewipe.

I forget the sequence of what conversations happen next, but it's something like this. Rosie heads over to Janelle's just to let her know where the kids are. They come back anyway, and Rosie pops off to have a bridesmaid's fitting or something, more (but not much more) on that later. Maybe only Anne walks in though, cos her Dad tells her that they have to leave now to catch the plane, and why does she have to be so difficult, and doesn't she know what she's doing to her mother etc, and Anne digs the ole Timmins heels in and says she's not going, Janelle's her mum too you know... Greg finally relents and says he'll put off the flight til later this arvo, but she's coming home to Cairns then. Janelle virtually smothers Anne with hugs, again. Meanwhile, Bree's been listening at the door to Greg explain that the stress of meeting Bree would be too much, and they already have a daughter, Anne, and I'm sure I'm not doing it justice, but just to see Bree feeling so hurt, her irl Dad saying he doesn't even want to meet her, and her trembly lip, oh man, that was a cry. I was already close to tears at the start of the episode, with the realisation that her Dad coming back might mean they'll do a daughter swap or something, and Bree might be leaving. With all the talk of cast-do-overs for the CHANGE, there's some I've been expecting to go (Sky, Boyd, Lolly, probs Lou, Oliver, Ned [nuh-uh]) but almost everyone else (except maybe for Paul & Elle - I could picture them feasibly going) would be off limits I woulda thought. But with her Dad back, I started thinking maybe it was Bree's exit, and if they even consider that, that's just fucked. Bree Timmins is one of the, possibly THE, best damn characters on the show, and instead of relegating her to the sidelines, and then shoving her off, she should be made more of a centrepiece for more plots, and develop stronger bonds with other characters, like the unlikely but beautiful chat sequence she had with Karl a few weeks ago. So no touching our Bree, ok CHANGErs? But I'm getting ahead of myself, since this is all purely speculation on my part, no matter how impassioned. So she's lsitenign at the door, crying, and then hears Mr Baxter coming for the door, so she runs.

Turns out she runs for the Scarlet Bar, now Charlie's, but as soon as she walks through the front door, against the very very brown interior, she spots Daddy Baxter who must have driven down here. Frazer and Oliver are having a conversation about relationship stuff, I dunno, so she slides in next to them and asks for sanctuary. Too late, Greg comes over and introduces himself, and asks Bree to come join him. I guess with the pressure of having everyone there off him, he apologises to Bree for shoving her, but gives the rocky marriage excuse. They get talking, he says he saw her on Rove, they're both currently reading that book written from the point of view of the autistic boy, The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night or something, great book anyway, and they bond. He comes off a bit like Alex Kinski, so maybe the writers can only do one kind of well-read reasonably-academic middle-aged man, but his and Bree's time is sweet. But he doesn't back down on his decision about not being part of her life.

Bree runs back home, has a bit of a cry about "What's wrong with me?", Janelle fumes and Greg turns up at the door, saying he's a dickhead, and of course he'd like to get to know Bree. He calls the missus and tells her to harden the fuck up, Bree's gonna come stay with them for a little while. Oh no. She's not... But then Janelle and Greg start talking about how they're gonna organise visits for the girls. If they swap every school holidays, they'll never see each other. They could do combined alternative holidays, but then each parent will only see the other one twice a year, and Greg's not willing to compromise to the proposed 3-1 holidays rule. Hmmm, what to do. Wait a minute, Steiger's got an idea, and it's at this point that, as much as I love him, I wish he'd never come back. Why, he suggests, simultaneously breaking my heart, doesn't the whole Timmins family move up to Cairns? Janelle, Bree, and Janae, and Steiger will come too! Good weather, there's nothing keeping them here, and they'll all be closer to Dylan too. Also, Janelle's 2 other boys are up that way as well, so it's a perfect situation. But wait, says Janelle, you've forgotten Pepper. Oh no I haven't, she's had a rough trot lately, she can have a fresh start too! FUCK YOU FUCKING ALL! The folks there (Steiger, Janelle and Bree) are all a bit keen on it, and Steigs runs off to ask Pepper. Oh no you don't. If this happens, if the family-based idea is to get rid of the Timmins and Stegier families completely, then you can get fucking stuffed, new and improved Neighbours. Talk about throwing away your trump card. Good lord, it's just a stupid idea. N ofamily on this show is closer, more of a family unit, than the Timminses. But more in a minute on why I don't think they'll do it. Just have to clean up the rest of the episode first...

The only other stuff going on, I dunno, there's probably some other Steph or Sky stuff, but Rosie's having her wedding fittings, with a rehearsal coming up, and Oliver's no longer dancing with Carmella, so Ringo has to, and he thnks it'll make Rachel jealous, but she's being les of a control freak, so she doesn't let it. At the fitting, Pepper's having post-Adam spazattack and crying and being a really self-absorbed crybaby, to the point where she can't even try on the dress, cos she's too upset. Whatever. This is when Steiger finds her, obvioulsy not in the best frame of mind, and puts the moving away idea to her. Not sure what she thinks.

Janae's the only othe one not yet to know, and my strongest hope that it won't happen. Hope #1) They've started publicity for this Ned + Janae romance that still hasn't progressed as far as sitting in a tree, but they're definitely acting like a couple, and feels like they're setting it up to be a big romance, so why do all that if she's just going to leave.

Hope #2) We've heard dropped hints for ages now, since Janelle's birthday party, and then straight away at Stinger's funeral, about the 2 older Timmins boys, so I've been waiting for them to make up the Timmins numbers, so I don't think they'll leave without introducing them.

Hope #3) This Anne-Bree setup has been coming for forever, and one of the big drawn-out storylines, so I honestly doubt that the big conclusion of ti all is "Ooh, found them, let's all move there". Setups like that happen to introduce people or plots, not just whisk the family away.

Hope #4) Although Adam's left Erinsborough for now, the way he was introduced make it very likely he'll be back as a new cast member, and I doubt they'd do that without Pepper there for him. I don't think she's going. And therefore, if she's not, Stegier won't be, cos of the family focus.

Hope #5) Bree and Janelle have had very very quiet roles of late, and I don't tihnk that's fitting of a send off of major characters. Normally they give them a last hurrah, like at least reminding viewers of why they loved them in the first place. They did it with Stinger, with that crazy (and ultimately really bad) cross-dressing thing with Sky, like a throwback to his better days, and I think they might do it with Lou too. But to just dump this scenario on us outta nowhere, esp when both Bree and Janelle have had noticeably quiet roles, indicates to me that they're not going, and this suggestion is just to arouse conversation and shock. It's doing an ok job of that.

All pretty weak arguments, but the more I think about it, the more I think there might be a 30% chance that they're all going, but overwhelmingly, I think they're staying. Maybe the Baxters will move dwn, that's true, I hope so, for Bree's sake, but the whole gang moving to Cairns? And Pepper going up there with Steiger, Janelle, Bree and Janae? Don't think so. Also, what goth/indie-girl would move from Melbourne to Cairns? Sheesh.

Big big big suggestions in the episode. Have to wait to see what happens. Holy smokes.