Home and Away: Secrets and the City is an exclusive-to-video and DVD special of Australia's most popular soap operaHome and Away. In 2002, it was only released on video and a year later it received a DVD release. It is hosted by Home and Away star Tammin Sursok — in character as Dani Sutherland, not as herself — and contains three episodes, two of which were aired on TV: Shattered Hearts and Broken Dreams, from the fifteenth season of Home and Away, while the third episode, Secrets and the City will never be aired on TV; it is only to be seen on the video and DVD.
The story follows the breakup of the Sutherland family as a secret from Rhys' past comes back to haunt him. Years ago, Rhys had an affair with Angie Russell and now she's living in Summer Bay with her son Dylan. Angie then reveals to Dylan than he is Rhys' son and he can't see Rhys' daughter Kirsty any more because they are brother and sister. Shelley discovers his secret when she listens to a tape that recorded Angie talking to Rhys. At a family dinner, Rhys tells all to his family hurting Kirsty the most. The following day, the girls find a note from Rhys saying that he has left for good. Dani and Josh, along with Hayley and Noah, search for Rhys in the City.
Episodes
The first two episodes featured, titled "Shattered Hearts" and "Broken Dreams" for the DVD release, are from the show's fifteenth season.
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"Shattered Hearts"
Jonathan Geraghty
Sean Nash Coral Drouyn
21 October 2002 (2002-10-21)
Shelley finds out that Rhys had an affair with Angie and that Dylan is his son. Angie goes to the Sutherland house to talk to Shelley, resulting in her having the door slammed in her face.[1]
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"Broken Dreams"
Jonathan Geraghty
Sean Nash Coral Drouyn
24 October 2002 (2002-10-24)
Rhys decides to tell his family the truth about his affair with Angie, and that Dylan is his son — causing Kirsty to run out of the house.[2]
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"Secrets and the City"
Robert Meillon
Coral Drouyn
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Dani has a secret. It flashes back to Jade finding a note saying Rhys has left for good. Dani and Josh head for the city, picking up Hayley and Noah who have broken down. Shelley waits at home to see Rhys, with the others telling her lies so that she won't find out the truth. Josh's mum helps to find Rhys. Dani later finds him in a hotel room and begs him to come home. They arrive back home and Shelley has no idea he was even gone.
Secrets and the City was a let down to fans of the show as they expected more to come from Australia's first DVD of Home and Away. Two episodes which had already aired on TV and the special episode was only 3 minutes longer than a normal episode. The special features on the release were a great contribution, cast interviews and behind-the-scenes with Bec Cartwright and Beau Brady.[3]
