‘Home and Away' spoilers for May 23: Nate’s discovery could be the last straw for his marriage with Ricky; Dom and Phoebe look for Bella

For its opening salvo next week, “Home and Away” focuses on another wave of relationship woes and troubled youngsters. On Monday, Ricky Sharpe (Bonnie Sveen) and Dr Nate Cooper (Kyle Pryor) look like they’re on the verge of saving their marriage, but he finds out something that would throw their relationship into another chaos. Meanwhile, Summer Bay residents contend with a missing child and a teen who deals with self-mutilation.

Other “Home and Away” cast members who will also appear on the May 23 installment include Evelyn “Evie” MacGuire (Philippa Northeast), Josh Barrett (Jackson Gallagher), Andy Barrett (Tai Hara), Leah Patterson-Baker (Ada Nicodemou), Maddy Osborne (Kassandra Clementi), Matt Page (Alec Snow), Roo Stewart (Georgie Parker), Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher), Tanya Osborne (Kathryn Hartman), John Palmer (Shane Withington), Zac Macguire (Charlie Clausen), Chris Harrington (Johnny Ruffo), Wayne “Tank” Snelgrove (Reece Milne), Skye Peters (Marlo Kelly) , Dom Moran (Sam North), Phoebe Nicholson (Isabella Giovinazzo), Martin “Ash” Ashford (George Mason), Katarina Chapman (Pia Miller), Billie Ashford (Tessa De Josselin), VJ Patterson (Matthew Little) Oliva Richards (Raechelle Banno) and Hunter King (Scott Lee).

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Back to the Bay reports that on Monday, Olivia receives support from an unexpected person. Meanwhile, Dom and Phoebe decide to shelve their tiff and work together to look for Bella. Nate and Ricky manage to salvage their relationship, but a text message sets things off again.

Network Seven posted a sneak peek for this week’s installment. In the preview video, Ash and Kat are on like donkey kong, after the two make amends with Phoebe. In another scene, Dom informs Phoebe that Bella is missing and told her to stay out of it like she should have done in the first place. A police officer informs her that a young girl that matches Bella’s description was seen getting on a bus. Billie also figures on the trailer, as she says, “I’m going to keep it.” Spoilers hint that she may be pregnant with VJ’s baby, who appears on the next scene as he’s being confronted by Ash. The teaser also shows Roo talking to Maddy. “There’s something I need to tell you,” Roo says. Skye, on the other hand, tells John that she doesn’t want to stop seeing Tank.

"Home and Away" recap

Thursday’s installment showed how Evie attacked Andy after learning that it was him who was responsible for the accident. Later, Josh and Evie argued about Andy. Evie also lashed out at Leah for keeping the truth from her. She asked, “How could you lie to me?” Zac also argued with Leah about it, but in the end, Evie and Zac made peace with Leah. Meanwhile, Tank lashed at Skye for telling Evie and Josh who’s really responsible for the accident. After learning that Skye is becoming closer with Tank, John ordered her to stay away from Tank. Elsewhere, Leah tried to keep VJ and Billie apart because of their age gap. Both VJ and Billie refused and fought for their relationship. In the end, Leah finally gave her nod of approval.

The May 19 run also featured the opening of The Hannah Wilson Memorial Ward, led by Chris and attended by Hannah’s loved ones. Whilst this is going on, Andy visited Hannah’s grave and apologised while crying. It was a great event for Hannah’s family, but their elation was soon over when Pete, the policeman, arrived and said that based on the investigation’s findings, Roo somehow had a hand in the explosion. Apparently, she didn’t do the necessary papers and did not find out that the site was potentially hazardous. Roo blamed herself, saying, “If I’d done those inspections, I would have known it wasn’t safe, and maybe this wouldn’t have happened.” Alf reassured her that it’s not her fault.

Meanwhile, Phoebe caught Ash and Nat in a compromising situation. She felt betrayed that her ex-boyfriend and her best friend got together. Kat caught up with her and the two had a heartfelt talk. Kat apologised to Phoebe, and the two made up.

Speaking of being caught, Ricky went to the hospital to pick up Nate. They’re supposed to look at a new house together. She received a text message from him saying that he’s in a meeting and couldn’t go with her. However, she saw him laughing and having a good time with Tori. Later, Ricky confronted him about it. He apologised, but their discussion led to an argument about Ricky’s true motives on moving. Later, Nate ran into Tori at the beach, who’s looking for a place to live. Meanwhile, Ricky told Phoebe, “I think I made a mistake marrying Nate.”

Elsewhere, Olivia revealed to the real reason why she didn’t want to be intimate lately. She admitted that she’s been cutting to cope with what’s happening.

Click here to watch some episode previews from the official site of “Home and Away.” Find out what happens next on “Home and Away,” which airs Monday to Thursday at 7pm on Network Seven in Australia. In the UK, “Home and Away” airs during weekdays at 1.15pm and 6pm on Channel 5.