Caught red-handed by Logan after secretly rifling through his trailer, Melanie is forced to defend her actions while also coming to terms with what she’s found hidden there.
“It shakes Mel,” Lucinda Cowden, 59, who plays the character, tells TV WEEK.
“Logan [Matthew Backer] is very clever at manipulating the situation and turning things around. She’s worried about who she’s brought into everyone’s lives.”
This week in Neighbours, Melanie continues to show newcomer Logan around Erinsborough. But when he cosies up to Aaron (Matt Wilson), who not long ago lost his husband David (Takaya Honda) after a vicious assault, she notices he seems to have a particular interest in the couple’s history. And after picking up inconsistencies in his story, she begins to have her doubts.
“At first, Mel wants Logan and Aaron to be friends,” Lucinda explains. “But after Logan continues to flirt with Aaron after she’d told him he’s still grieving, she starts to worry what she really knows about him.”
To assist Aaron with his grief and initiate a fresh start, Logan helps him donate David’s clothes to the Sonya Rebecchi Foundation. But Aaron, suddenly racked with guilt when Andrew (Lloyd Will) comments on the obvious connection between the pair, demands the clothes back – only to learn that a mystery man has already bought them all.
When curiosity gets the better of her, Melanie breaks into Logan’s new home in Erinsborough – and unearths what she suspected she might.
“Finding the bag of clothes is a total red flag for Mel,” Lucinda says. “Her instincts were right – there’s something about Logan that not quite right.”
Just what is Logan’s special interest in Aaron and David?
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