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Episode Guide 2003

Here you can read short recaps from Isabel’s scenes as Jane Doe/Tasha Andrews in the 2003 season of “Home & Away”. To view screen captures from the episodes, click the thumbnail next to the episode synopsis. If available, video links to episode clips will be linked under the thumbnail. All recaps are written by the Unicorn staff.

August 2003

Episode #3564 – #3565
While taking a walk along the beach, Max Sutherland (Sebastian Elmaloglou) comes across a girl he is convinced must be a mermaid (Isabel). When noticing Max, the girl runs away. Max later returns with food for the mermaid, and once again finds the girl seeming lost and confused. When she sees Max, she tries to run away, but falls and hurts her ankle. Flynn, Summer Bay’s doctor, comes by when noticing the commotion, and together they get the girl to his office. Without any identification, Flynn has no choice but to contact the police to try and get in touch with her relatives.

Episode #3566 – #3570
The mystery girl is taken to the hospital, where she is referred to as “Jane Doe” since the Police have had no luck finding out her real identity. Flynn tries to get through to her, but she doesn’t speak English or allow anyone to get to close her. In an attempt to find out what language she’s speaking, Flynn writes down some of the words she keeps repeating. His wife Sally looks at the list, and discovers that she’s speaking pig latin. Flynn returns to the hospital, and is finally able to make a break through with “Jane Doe” by talking to her in pig latin.

Episode #3571 – #3575
The hospital is still struggling to get through to Jane Doe, who seems to sturggle from a complete memory loss. During a check-up she gets aggressive and runs away from the doctors. She runs into Irene, who takes her into a hug and yells at the doctors for frightening her. Jane immediately gets a bond with Irene, and later asks Flynn for her when he comes to the hospital to check up on her later. Irene becomes worried about what’s going to happen to Jane, when Flynn explains that they’re unable to keep her in the hospital since nothing is physically wrong with her – and since the police still haven’t found her family, they have no choice but to send her to an institution. Irene states that a place like that will destroy her since she’s so fragile, but at the same time she already has too much to deal with to take in any more kids into her own home.

We’re unfortunately missing episode 3578 to 3581

Episode #3581
Jane Doe has moved in with Irene, and accompany her to the hospital after Nick has had a seizure. When Irene is worried about Nick, Jane tries to comfort her by telling her that “it’s OK”. She’s slowly speaking more and more English, repetedly repeating what the others around her are saying. Later at the house, Jane discovers that she can cheer up Irene by spilling food while they’re cooking. They have a good laugh, before Irene tells her to not waste all the food. The local newspaper Coastal News publish a photo of Jane with the title “Who is Jane Doe?” in the hope of finding her relatives.

Episode #3585
Irene is having some sort of episode, which makes Jane very worried about her. Flynn comes to the house to check up on Irene, learning that she quit her antidepressants “cold-turkey” after a misunderstanding. Together they had agreed she would go off the medicines, but Flynn never meant her for quit them all together right away. She is given instructions on how to cut down the right way, and a worried Jane tries to comfort her while she’s crying.

September 2003

Episode #3586 – #3590
Jane Doe’s identity is finally revealed! Flynn discovers that her name is Natasha, and that her parents died in a house fire. Irene tries the name for her to see if she responds to it, and she shows signs of recognition when they try to name her as “Tasha”. Excited to have learned something about herself, Tasha repeatedly scribbles down her name on a piece of paper, practicing her spelling. She’s suddenly overwhelmed by flashbacks from the fire, and Irene has to bandage her arms where she feels the burns to calm her down. Irene is making great progress with her, and she goes with her to the Summer Bay cafe for a milkshake. There she freaks out when Kane enters, hiding behind some chairs while looking terrified. When back at the house, she confess to Irene that she recognized Kane – and that he had been at her house with another man, and that there was a gun involved. Irene tries to get more information out of Tasha, while a prying Nick (who desperately wants some dirt on Kane) listens by. Tasha keeps having flashbacks, but eventually become unsure about what she’s seeing. She tries to explain that she thinks the other guy was holding the gun, not Kane. Nick eventually pushes her too far for more information, and she has another breakdown. Later, Kane shows up at the house to talk to Tasha. She takes a frying pan to defend herself, but Irene comes and tells him to leave.