It's the day of the Department of Education's investigation into Brad's conduct, and everyone involved is due to be interviewed by a representative, Jane Wallis. For Lucas, reliving the affair with Naomi means thinking about the one person he'd rather forget. "At least I don't have to see her. That's one positive, right?" he says to Matilda in an effort to console himself. Hmm, about that, Lucas... You see, Naomi's back in Summer Bay, and it's only a matter of time before she runs into her old flame – a meeting which sees Lucas, trying hard to make his wistful looks match his not-so-wistful words, tell Naomi that he's over her. Fresh from his meeting with Jane – "We started hanging out and then we kind of hooked up," he recalls – it looks like Luc is finding forgetting about Naomi one of those things that's easier said than done.Notes on a scandalOf course, Naomi's not in town for a rendezvous with Lucas. She too is waiting to deliver her side of the story to the investigator – and to attempt to destroy Brad's career in the process. "No one's questioning what took place when you and Lucas were at the Writers' Circle," Jane tells her. "What's under scrutiny here is how you dealt with the situation once you realised he was to be your student," she continues, before being met with a barrage of lies about how Naomi told Brad everything from the start, and how he recommended she need do nothing more about it. Even when presented with the fact that it was Jack – well, Constable Holden – who broke the news about the affair to Brad, Naomi manages to back-talk and claim that Brad was only pretending not to have known about it already. And then, of course, there's the small matter of the reason behind his dismissal from Western Australia: the marijuana possession.

When it gets back to Sally, who finds out from Jane that she perhaps didn't know as much about Brad as she thought she did, she nevertheless maintains her defence of his character. But it's now going to be a lot harder for the Department to assign Brad any credibility when it comes down to his word against Naomi's.

Foot in mouth

You may be wondering whether or not Bruce Campbell has really given up without a fight when it comes to making Annie and Geoff's lives difficult. You bet he hasn't.

Having reluctantly allowed them to enroll at Summer Bay High, Bruce is now less than impressed that Geoff's joined the football team. Sally suggests he speak to Tony, but he can't see why such a talent should go to waste.

"You're as bad as that Sally Fletcher and her 'a kid's right to education' nonsense," Bruce retorts, before storming out of the Surf Club and back to the school to deliver some more harsh words. There he runs into Geoff – on the way to the sick room after a minor injury – and tries once again to put a stop to it.

"I'm actually good at this, Pop. Didn't Tony tell you? I could actually have a career." If Geoff was hoping for some words of encouragement, he's talking to the wrong man. "Pride cometh before the fall," Bruce replies, before swiftly heading back to the school to send Annie home and to join the P&C meeting.

And if you thought he’d spread enough misery for the day, you’d be wrong; there’s plenty more work to be done. Taking his seat at the meeting, Bruce picks his moment and joins the hecklers criticising the way the school handled the affair between Naomi and Lucas. But, Bruce being Bruce, he finds a way to go one further: "Am I the only one who finds it morally reprehensible that the Principal of this school is living in sin with the Deputy Principal?"

It looks like there's a case of foot in mouth down at the Campbells' farm because, to Sally's surprise, Jane knew nothing about her relationship with Brad. Can her character reference of Brad be taken seriously now?

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