As Home and Away ends for another year in Australia, we take a look at all the spoilers for 2026 in Summer Bay.

Tonight’s Home and Away ends in dramatic style, as our favourites are left fighting for their lives after an accident on the way to Off the Rails festival.

The name should’ve given it away, really.

It’s believed that one character won’t make it, after actress Maddison Brown confirmed to TV Week that “we know someone dies, but we don’t know who.”

With another season of the Summer Bay soap nearly over, we take a look at everything we know about the year ahead.

When does Home and Away return?

The return date for Home and Away in 2026 hasn’t yet been confirmed. However, the show often confirms the date right at the end of the finale episodes, so we’ll update this article as soon as we know.

Who dies when Home and Away returns?

All of the current Home and Away cast are believed to still be filming, meaning we’re not due any major exits in the first few months of 2026, and certainly not in the Season Return.

We do know that someone doesn’t survive the crash, as Maddison Brown previously revealed in an interview with TV Week that “we know someone dies, but we don’t know who.”

Stephen Madsen, who plays Eddie Shepherd, hasn’t been spotted filming at Palm Beach in recent months.

He’s also listed as a guest character in the show’s closing credits, making it unlikely that we’ll see a Jo and Eddie wedding in 2026 after today’s surprise proposal, and suggesting that he could be the character who dies when the show returns.

However, it would certainly be a cruel twist of fate for the Langhams, with the family having already lost matriarch Kristina (Fiona Noonan) some two years ago, and Lacey (Sophea Pennington) losing boyfriend Theo (Matt Evans) at the start of October.

Would producers really be close enough to kill off a third Langham partner so soon?

Or does Eddie survive, and simply leave town after Jo decides she doesn’t want to reconcile their relationship?

It wouldn’t be unexpected for the deceased to end up being the train driver, or a random guest on their way to the Off the Rails festival – but we’ll likely have to wait until January to find out.

Sonny is in a wheelchair

While all of the full time characters are expected to survive tonight’s incident, Sonny looks like he’ll be badly injured, as numerous photos from the last few months show Ryan Bown filming in a wheelchair.

Ryan has been seen filming in the wheelchair as recently as early November, suggesting that if his injuries are caused in tonight’s accident – which was filmed in late July – he’ll be in the chair for at least three months.

Filming captured by a fan of the show later revealed that Sonny will initially struggle with his condition and seemingly not accept help, before eventually deciding to attend rehab.

Remi is diagnosed with a brain tumour

In footage captured by bloggers ‘Tripping with Tanni & Al‘ in October, Adam Rowland (Remi) and Ryan Bown were seen filming outside the former Lyrik house, currently home to Cash (Nicholas Cartwright) and Eden (Stephanie Panozzo).

With a wheelchair-bound Sonny currently living in the pier apartment above the diner, it’s possible he may have relocated now that he cannot manage the stairs.

In the scene, Sonny is frustrated that Remi didn’t tell him something sooner.

In the audio, we see Sonny follow Remi out of the house, asking him to stop. We then hear Remi tell Sonny, “I didn’t tell you what was going on because I was trying to protect you…”

Sonny angrily snaps back at Remi: “Protect me? Oh, right, because I can’t possibly support you now that I’m some pathetic loser in a wheelchair!”

Both Remi and Sonny will face health issues in 2026

“Why do you keep going on about that?” Remi replies. “No one in there thinks you’re pathetic.”

“Clearly you think that!” Sonny replies.

“I don’t! If anything, at least you’re doing something, going to rehab, getting better!” Remi retorts, his frustration clear.

“Yeah, well I almost didn’t!” Sonny adds.

“But you did!”

“Okay, and your point is?”

“The point is, I could’ve had one operation, had this tumour cut out…” Remi concludes, with his final words being too difficult to make out.

Around the same time, a photo was posted on social media showing Remi in an operating theatre, surrounded by the surgical team.

The scene appears to have been filmed in an actual hospital rather than a studio set, given away by the presence of a real ceiling.

On the wall to the left can be seen brain scans, suggesting that Remi is going under the knife to remove the tumour he was discussing with Sonny.

Adam Rowland is still believed to be filming, suggesting that his tumour won’t put his life at