‘Home and Away’ spoilers for Dec. 1: An unexpected visitor rocks the Morgans’ world; Heath and Bianca re-evaluate their marriage

A slew of shocking events rock Summer Bay on the next “Home and Away” episode. On Thursday, Justin Morgan (James Stewart) reels at the arrival of their witness protection officer, Atticus Decker (John Adam), just when his half-sister Raffy Morrison (Olivia Deeble) is starting to warm up to the family.

Speaking of family, Heath Braxton (Dan Ewing) and Bianca Scott (Lisa Gormley) are forced to dig deeper into their issues and current troubles. The upcoming episode also features other “Home and Away” cast members Phoebe Nicholson (Isabella Giovinazzo), Katarina Chapman (Pia Miller), Tori Morgan (Penny McNamee), Brody Morgan (Jackson Heywood) and Mason Morgan (Orpheus Pledger).

“Home and Away” stars Nate Cooper (Kyle Pryor), Evelyn “Evie” MacGuire (Philippa Northeast), Matt Page (Alec Snow), Leah Patterson-Baker (Ada Nicodemou), Billie Ashford (Tessa De Josselin), VJ Patterson (Matthew Little), Hunter King (Scott Lee), Olivia Richards (Raechelle Banno), Zac Macguire (Charlie Clausen), Martin “Ash” Ashford (George Mason), Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher), Roo Stewart (Georgie Parker), Irene Roberts (Lynne McGranger), Marilyn Chambers (Emily Symons) and John Palmer (Shane Withington).

Spoiler Alert! This article contains "Home and Away" spoilers. Read only if you want to know more about it.

Back to the Bay reports that on Thursday, Decker appears to stir up trouble among the Morgans and his daughter Raffy. Meanwhile, Heath and Bianca are compelled to scrutinise their relationship further after an unexpected incident. Elsewhere, Phoebe struggles to put into action her decision to avoid Justin.

Seven Network posted a sneak peek of the upcoming episode on its official website. In the trailer, Decker arrives for a visit, surprising the Morgans. Raffy is elated to see him, but gets disappointed when he says he has to leave again. Meanwhile, Kat confronts Justin and asks him to explain why his family hasn’t existed before 2009. Kat’s snooping infuriates Decker, who tells her that what she’s doing is extremely dangerous. “No one cares that you’re a cop,” he warns.

“Home and Away” recap

In the previous episode, VJ and Billie stopped for a while after she felt like she’s going into labour. They then rushed to the hospital so Billie could be checked. Billie and VJ were relieved to hear that it’s a false alarm – the baby’s not coming yet. The doctor said Billie has sciatica and advised her to do some gentle exercises. Later, Ash rushed to the hospital just as the couple were about to leave and they told him about Billie’s condition. Ash noticed that they’re dressed fancy and they admitted that they were on their way to the registry when the contractions occurred. Before Ash could react, Billie assured him that the wedding didn’t happen.

Justin has had enough of Phoebe’s cold treatment and pulled her aside for a serious talk. He asked her to forget about what happened and let things go back to normal. Phoebe reminded him that she professed her love and he didn’t say it back. She told him to leave her alone and stop messing with her head. Later, while talking to Roo, Phoebe realised that she has lost herself while focusing too much on Justin and his drama. Roo told her that if she’s unhappy, she should make changes.

The next day, Phoebe went to the Morgans to apologise for her behaviour. Phoebe also told him that while she wanted to be with him more than anything, she also said that she’s been too busy helping him with his problems that she forgot her own life. She then said that they both need to get their heads straight first before thinking about their next steps.

Zac advised Hunter to move on, just like Olivia, who’s enjoying hanging out with Mason. That night, Hunter went over to Olivia’s house to apologise and to promise that he won’t cross the line again. He professed his love to her but vowed that he won’t get in the way of her and Mason’s. Later, however, Olivia invited Mason for coffee to tell him that she’s not ready yet to start seeing someone else. She needed time to sort herself out first, and Mason supported her.

Find out what happens next on “Home and Away,” which airs Monday to Thursday at 7pm on Seven Network in Australia. In the UK, “Home and Away” airs during weekdays at 1.15pm and 6pm on Channel 5.