Holly decides to move into an already tense Amadio house. With Zac's search for work coming up empty, Darcy calls in an old debt with Gordon to give him a job. Belinda teases her mother about having a secret admirer, neither aware it was Daniel who left her a rose. Darcy advises Zac to give Edwina a second chance. Daniel informs Gordon he'll be taking over his garden centre.

To Gordon's dislike, Holly spends more and more time with Daniel. Coral is also weary and advises Holly to be careful with Daniel. Belinda lies to Frannie about being sick to get out of their shopping plans so she can go out with Marty instead. Their friendship takes a hit when Frannie sees Belinda with Marty at the beach. Coral wins the hospital leading to an awkward conversation with Daniel when he delivers the prize about him wanting to talk about old times. Daniel manipulates Holly into moving their meeting from the hospital to his house.

Hopper senses there are secrets surrounding Coral and Daniel's past. Shelley is perplexed after her date with Dave during which he refuses to talk about his past. Then there's the mystery girl he denies knowing. Trish helps Darcy write a personal ad for the local newspaper. Edwina and Zac make plans to sleep together while her father and Holly are away. An upset Coral tells Daniel to stop making trouble for her.

Marty is ready to give up after one failed date but Zac pushes him to try again and he meets a frisky woman more his type. Marty maneuvers Frannie out of the way so he can partner with Belinda on a school essay competition. Coral puts on the brakes when things begin to get serious with Hopper. Belinda gets upset when her mother calls her a "mistake".

Gordon and Holly leave for their holiday in Byron Bay. Coral apologises to Belinda for her comments. Neville ups his charm offensive to win back Trish. Ignoring her friend's caution, Edwina's party goes ahead.

Lisa's friend Gemma shares rumours about Lisa's parents splitting up. On a tight deadline, Frannie is desperate for help with her school newsletter. Zac clashes with Maurie at the bakery dredging up an old family feud. Neville is excited to get a new company car but it is soon damaged. Neville is surprised to learn his new boss is Daniel Blake.

Dave is angry that Shelley has broken her promise and shown his sketch of her to Marty and breaks up with her. Maurie talks to Hopper in a roundabout way about treating Coral properly. After another confrontation with Daniel, Neville comes clean to Trish about Sarah Blake lending him money which he never repaid after her death and now owes to Daniel. In turn, Trish reveals the money Hopper borrowed to buy out Neville's share of the Shed came from Daniel Blake. Trish tells Daniel about the debt and promises to repay every cent but his repayment plan is crippling. After a telling off from Marty, Dave gets back together with Shelley.

Dave is in a panic after Shelley told him she's falling in love with him. Edwina plans on staying away from home to avoid her father and Holly's engagement announcement but things get complicated when she sees Holly with another man. Neville is upset with Trish for telling Daniel about the debt. Zac and Dave unearth human remains when Daniel hires them to dig some flower beds in his yard. Frannie pays her respects to her teacher whose partner has died from AIDS and Dean apologises to him for the article.

Despite him holding her father's promotion over her head, Frannie stands up to Clive over his sexual harassment of her. Zac and Edwina are hit by the financial realities of moving out on their own. Coral admits to Holly that Daniel Blake is Belinda's father. Daniel realises the truth on his own and pays a visit to Coral to see what's next for them. Maurie begrudgingly agrees to the arrangement when Dave signs up as Maurie's delivery job on Zac's behalf.

Daniel makes it clear to Coral that if she doesn't tell Belinda that he is her father, he will. To avoid the matter, Coral agrees to Belinda going with away Marty to his family farm for the holidays. Taking a cue from Edwina, Shelley has designs on moving in with Dave. This comes as news to the privacy-minded Dave who breaks up with her. Marty is crushed when his father doesn't want him to come home to the farm. Maurie seizes on Zac's delivery mistake to fire him but Darcy warns Maurie not to let their differences be taken out on Zac.

Holly is convinced Jenny, her dead sister, is trying to tell her something via her dreams. After working with Zac and Dave, Dean sets his sights on improving Maurie's bakery. Despite sleeping together, Dave tells Shelley nothing between them has changed and he asks for her copy of his key back, which she denies having. Zac is frustrated at working for little pay and is jealous of Edwina's blossoming modelling career. Desperate to become the primary breadwinner, Zac takes on a side gig unaware of what he's gotten himself in for. Dean borrows Lisa's bike to do his deliveries. Dave thwarts Shelley by having his locks changed. Daniel pushes Belinda to the top of the list of candidates for the scholarship.

Dean goes shopping for his "Dean-mobile" but with family finances in the red, his parents can't afford to chip in as promised. When Neville tells Dean about the debt to Daniel Blake, Dean gives his mother his car money to cover that month's loan repayment. Belinda and Marty are both excited to be short-listed for Daniel's bursary. Coral confronts Daniel accusing him of using the scholarship as an excuse to get to know Belinda. He readily admits that is exactly what he's doing since Coral won't let him tell Belinda he's her father. Edwina calls out Zac for his patronising attitude toward her well-paying modelling career. Tempted by the offer of quick money, Zac agrees to another shady job.

Still experiencing nightmares, Holly turns to a colleague, her ex boyfriend, looking for absolution. Belinda returns home. Coral explains her reasons for keeping the truth from her and gives Belinda the full story of her summer romance with Daniel. Frannie helps Dean study using terms he can understand. On her first day back at school, Belinda is paranoid with worry that everyone will know her father is a rumoured killer. Coral informs Daniel that Belinda doesn't want to publicly acknowledge that he's her father. He's accepting and reminds Coral to give Belinda the necklace. When Belinda is awarded the Blake bursary, a disappointed rival reveals she is Blake's daughter. Moving on from Dave, Shelley is pleased to learn that Hopper has split from Coral.

Coral and Belinda decide to leave Echo Point for a fresh start. Neville and Trish host a bootscoot at the Shed. Edwina takes Zac along on an overnight babysitting job only to spend all their time dealing with her wealthy clients' demanding six-year-old son. Shelley tries to rub her date with Hopper in Dave's face. Belinda rejects Daniel's family heirloom necklace when Coral tries to give it to her.

Dave warns Hopper of Shelley's clingy tendencies which Hopper experiences for himself when she tries inserting herself into his movie night. Daniel confesses to Coral he's mishandled things with Belinda and asks her to keep him informed about Belinda's life. Belinda tells Daniel she doesn't want his bursary, his necklace, or anything else to do with him. Daniel contacts his private investigator to see that his name is cleared as soon as possible in connection to his parents' murders so he can claim his daughter. Belinda returns to school and Daniel re-awards the bursary to Marty. Shelley is furious with Dave for warning Hopper off her. Belinda wants her mother to ask Hopper to Holly and Gordon's wedding but she is adamant they won't be getting back together. Shelley worms her way back into Hopper's good books with an apology. Unable to cope with the pressure, Dean decides to leave school.

Zac deals with the ramifications of crashing the truck. Zac and Dean's delivery business is over without a truck (as is Dean's), and with no job, Zac can't afford to move out with Edwina. Troubled by the weight of the issues troubling her, Holly unburdens herself to Gordon. Dean frustrates his parents by refusing to go back to school. Holly's ex makes one last play for her affections before the wedding.

Dean searches for a job to keep out of school. Hopper declines Shelley's invitation to be her date for the wedding. Hopper's surfie mate Wacka turns up on his way to Bali. Back from spending time with her conservative grandmother, Belinda realises her mother may have been right about her. Belinda gives Daniel the cold shoulder when the pair run into one another. Hopper is taken aback by rumours he and Shelley are on together and Shelley does all she can to feed into them. Belinda decides Coral and Hopper need encouragement to reunite. Holly's friends at the hospital throw her a party.

Dean decides to skip the rest of his exams but still wants to celebrate with his classmates — one hot classmate in particular. Coral encourages Daniel not to give up with Belinda, telling him he could be the father she's always wanted. Edwina admits to Zac she doesn't think she can go ahead with the pregnancy. Both misinterpret the conversation with Edwina thinking he's okay with her decision and Zac proposing marriage. Daniel's private investigator, Iris Delaney, returns and gets Maurie to open up about the Blake family. Daniel visits Belinda to tell her how much it means to him to have her as a daughter. Iris confronts Daniel with the information she learned from Maurie — particularly his father's affairs. Offended at the very idea, Daniel fires her on the spot.

Dean resumes his delivery service to earn money for a concert ticket but takes Neville's car without his permission. Dean sits in on a poker game while making a delivery, winning big, only to emerge to find his father's car gone. Unbeknownst to Dean, his parents took it to teach him a lesson. Shelley moves in with Dave and continues to manipulate him. Belinda is upset by the death of the chick she was assigned to look after. Shelley tells Dave that Holly killed her mother, accusing Holly of being jealous of Jenny. Belinda convinces Dean to sit the rest of his exams.

Zac tries to tell a distraught Edwina that Shelley means nothing to him but he's crossed a line. Dean's first day working at the hospital sees him on bedpan duty — and reconnecting with nurse Gillian Power. Hopper and Coral announce their engagement. Belinda is less than pleased, still holding out hope for her parents to get back together. Zac is unimpressed by Dave's lack of interest in his wife and son while Dave is amused by Zac being Shelley's new obsession. Iris confronts Neville with the watch. He explains it was a gift from Sarah Blake for using him to counter her husband's affair. Neville advises Iris to shift her investigation to the woman Edward Blake was having an affair with. Zac tries to smooth things over with Edwina who won't even hear him out. Seeing Shelley come into the café and immediately being all over Zac, Edwina dumps a bowl of yoghourt on Shelley's head, much to her friends' delight. Frannie tells off Dave prompting him to contemplate leaving town.