Will she be okay?
Home and Away‘s Marilyn Chambers collapses next week after pushing herself to breaking point with a hectic workload. The kind-hearted character is doing everything she can to support her friend and colleague Leah Patterson, but she seems to be sacrificing her own wellbeing in the process.
As Marilyn knows that Leah’s grief for her late nephew Theo Poulos is so raw, she believes the best way to help is by handling everything at work. However, Alf Stewart quickly realises that Marilyn has taken on too much and needs a helping hand herself.
“Alf intervenes by suggesting a more streamlined approach to serving the Summer Bay locals,” our Home and Away source explains. “He suggests that the customers lined up at the coffee cart should head to the Diner for their orders instead, meaning there’s only one location to handle.
“Even after this, poor Marilyn remains exhausted – as shown when she delivers the wrong order to baffled Bree Cameron.”
When Leah checks in with her friend the following day, Marilyn lies that everything is going brilliantly at work. Leah warns her not to overdo it and Alf agrees, but Marilyn seems determined to go above and beyond with helping her friend.
Alf’s concerns escalate when Marilyn works all day without a break. He even threatens to call Leah to intervene, but Marilyn begs him not to.
Marilyn’s breaking point comes late in the day after a gruelling shift, as oblivious Leah calls and asks her to sort out the rotas. It all catches up with Marilyn as she passes out and falls to the floor.
“It’s obvious that Marilyn needs to change her approach, but she still doesn’t take this as the warning sign that it should be,” our spy continues. “When Marilyn regains consciousness and checks in with her friends again, she pretends that everything is fine and doesn’t tell anyone what happened.
“Leah’s so distracted by her grief that she fails to notice Marilyn seems light-headed. But there’s someone else in the Bay who can’t be fooled so easily…”
Bree spots Marilyn having another wobble, and her instincts as a doctor kick in straight away as she starts asking questions.
Reluctantly, Marilyn explains that she fainted earlier, so Bree encourages her to have some rest and something to eat.
The next day, Marilyn still hasn’t learned her lesson as she turns up for work bright and early ahead of the morning shift – despite promising Leah that she’d take the day off. Will Marilyn finally listen when Leah steps in, firmly telling her that she should go home?
