As Home and Away returns to UK screens in 2026, Summer Bay opens a new chapter built on music, love, and the lingering ache of loss. At the center of it all stand Remy and Sunny, whose dream of creating their own record label finally becomes reality — yet every achievement reminds them of the one person missing. Theo Pulos should have been standing beside them.

Before his tragic death, Theo was set to become the first signed artist at Back on Track Records, with Justin stepping in as manager. What began as a professional venture quickly transformed into something deeper — a pathway to healing, identity, and second chances. But grief doesn’t follow plans. It fractures lives.

Next week, Justin admits to Sunny that although he is relieved to see the label taking shape, he cannot commit fully yet. His grief remains raw. He later confides to Leah that he has begun grief counseling — a step he believes is essential if he is to survive losing his nephew. Leah, overwhelmed by her own pain, recoils from the idea of therapy. Talking about Theo feels unbearable. Cleaning the house becomes her escape.

Yet Justin’s words linger: focus on the good in Theo’s life. For Leah, that good is music. It leads her back to the guitar still waiting in the pier apartment — the guitar Justin gave Theo after discovering his abusive father had destroyed the original. It was not just an instrument. It was permission to live again. “In this house, your house, music is never a waste of time,” Justin had once told him.

When Leah returns to the apartment, she finds Sunny listening quietly to a lyric album featuring Theo’s voice. The silence between them says more than grief ever could. Leah begins packing Theo’s belongings, sharing the story of the guitar and the pieces of herself she buried along with it.

Meanwhile, Remy prepares the new studio in Yabi Creek, filled with energy and plans for the future. Yet both he and Sunny carry the same wound — Back on Track Records exists because Theo believed in it. Because he believed in them.

When Justin visits the studio, the idea of honoring Theo emerges. Words fail him — but inspiration arrives later at home when he picks up Theo’s guitar. The memories flood back.

Soon, Justin and Leah return to the studio carrying the guitar. They ask that it be displayed permanently, keeping Theo’s presence alive in every note played there. Sunny creates a plaque inscribed with the line that once saved Theo’s music and perhaps his life:

“In this house, music is never a waste of time.”

The studio falls silent. The label officially opens. The healing quietly begins.

Across social media, fans confess they couldn’t hold back tears. Instead of explosive melodrama, the series chooses gentle remembrance — music, silence, and legacy. Viewers saw themselves in Leah’s avoidance of therapy and Justin’s determined healing. Critics praised the storyline as one of the most emotionally profound arcs in recent television, showing that grief does not end stories — it reshapes them.

Back on Track Records becomes more than a setting. It becomes a promise: Theo’s music will continue to guide Summer Bay. His legacy remains — not as tragedy, but as transformation.

And for those who loved him, Theo Pulos never truly left.