Brody lies to him that that he hit his face on the door, until Olivia told McCarthy that Ben punches Brody, who told Olivia to stop. However, they are located and rescued by Constable Kat Chapman and Robbo. Brody gave Jeannie her job back and gave her a box of strawberries. The plane suffers a carbon carbon monoxide leak and crashes when the passengers and the pilot pass out. Home and Away airs weekdays at 1.15pm and 6pm on Channel 5 (UK) and Mondays to Thursdays at 7pm on Channel 7 (Australia). Brody is a passionate and ambitious chef. In the character's first issue-led storyline, Brody develops an addiction to methamphetamine or "ice". Ben and Brody became partners and had fun together. [4] Heywood later called Brody "the most ambitious" member of the Morgan family, as well as the smartest and most reliable. [24] Lena offers Brody cocaine to make him feel calmer, however, Brody becomes over-confident and insults Terry when he give Brody constructive criticism. At a volleyball event, Brody meets Jeannie Woods, who is a friend of Evie's and Brody became attached to her. "[5] They also branded them "loyal, caring and hard-working". Heywood thought his character was "fooling himself" by pretending nothing is happening. Brody gets annoyed when Ziggy sends him cruel text messages and selfies of herself with Dean partying. Before going into witness protection, Brody had a girlfriend, but she left him for a girl, realising that she's a lesbian. [29] Needing money, Brody visits a pawn shop to sell Raffy's necklace, but upon receiving a low evaluation, he smashed up the shop. While hiking in hallucinated, Brody takes all his clothes off and jumps off a cliff, injuring himself. However, Ziggy told Brody that she still loves him and what she had with Jarrod wasn’t real, not as real as what she had with Brody. Brody has a tattoo under his right wrist which was seen on episode 6448. Brody befriended with Ziggy Astoni after he helped her hide from her father, Ben Astoni. Brody tries to sell Raffy's necklace for drugs from a pawn shop, and the owner asked him for $10, and Brody gets aggressive and trashes the stock and runs off as the police pursues him and hijacks a car with Scarlett Snow, who took him to her house, where she knocks him out and ties him up. At the Diner, Sergeant Phillip McCarthy saw Brody’s black eye and asked him what happened. Ziggy came to see Brody at the hospital but he tells her to leave. 2 weeks later, Brody and Ziggy got married. [1] All three began filming their first scenes during the following week, ahead of their on-screen debut in 2016. Heywood said Brody senses that Decker's secret is "something much bigger" than he first thought. Brody was introduced to the show along with his three siblings; Tori Morgan (Penny McNamee), Justin Morgan (James Stewart) and Mason Morgan (Orpheus Pledger). Ziggy later catches them red handed and Ziggy moves out and the Astoni became estranged against Brody and his family. He commented, "I think they do both need to start a new life somewhere else. It also makes it harder for her to express her feelings to him. Zannis attempts to move Brody and Ziggy to a new location, but they are rescued by Robbo (Jake Ryan), who was in the back of Kat's police car. Ziggy proposed to him and he accepts, and they became engaged. After Ben convinces Brody that he and Ziggy "are made for one another", Brody makes his own banner to accept Ziggy's proposal again. Home and Away star Jackson Heywood has opened up about leaving the show, describing it as "bittersweet". Scarlett agrees to be Brody’s Lawyer. Ziggy admits to Brody that she chooses him and end things with Jarrod for good. [38], As Ben disapproves of their relationship, Brody and Ziggy agree to date in secret. "[2] Heywood carried out extensive research in order to accurately portray an ice addict, while avoiding any stereotypes. Ziggy assures her mother that she loves Brody, but he later calls off the engagement. [44] Ziggy arranges for her family and friends to gather outside Salt, before she unfurls a large banner asking Brody to marry her. Ziggy admits to Brody that Dean is a much better man than him. Brody soon became addicted to drugs and buys more from Lena and her accompanist, William Zannis (Caleb Alloway). Heywood carried out extensive research, so his portrayal of Brody would be as accurate as possible. "[14] The Morgans feel they cannot trust Decker anymore. [24] When Lena texts Brody to ask if he wants more cocaine, Brody accepts and he tells Justin that they are just arranging for her to collect her paycheck. Later that day, Brody informs his siblings that he is being followed, and Justin decides that the family need to pack up and leave. Ziggy told Brody that she wants to get married in 2 weeks, as she wants Maggie to be well enough for the wedding. [11] Justin calls Brody to ask him for the plane's coordinates, but he passes out. But when Justin catches them sneaking out of Brody's bedroom, things between them become "super-awkward". [46] Heywood said the wedding stressed Brody and moving into Ben and Maggie's home "feels like a backwards step". The Lees were put into the witness protection program and given new identities as the Morgans, and Bart became Brody Morgan. Brody starts to fall for Simone and Ziggy walks in on them in bed together. On his first day at work, Brody stops a fight between Mason and Justin. Brody and Mason got involved in a car accident and Mason was badly injured and Tori blames Brody for Mason's accident. It's an awful, awful feeling. Jeannie lost her job, but Brody offers her to come back and gave her a box of strawberries. They start an affair behind Brody's wife, Ziggy's back and Brody's brother, Justin discovers their affair. [31] Brody later hits rock bottom and "flies into an ice rage", which results in Mason and Justin having to restrain him. Which makes it so much harder, because if he wants to do the best by her, he kind of has to keep his distance. Brody gave Ziggy a necklace as a thank you gift before they slept together. A week later, when Angelo's was in trouble, Brody steps in during service. Spike and Blaine get Mason to tell them where the safe house is and the family are held hostage. At the end of the event, Ben and Brody start talking and Brody asked Ben if he is okay that he and Ziggy hang out next week as friends and Ben accepts. Just hit 'Like' on our Digital Spy Soaps Facebook page and 'Follow' on our @soapscoop Twitter account. "It's a bit bittersweet, but I'm okay with it," he told TV Week. He's a chef who works in Brisbane, Queensland before moving to Summer Bay. She gives him her handbag so he will leave, but Brody feels guilty about his actions and attempts to return it. After hanging out as friends, Brody realise he still loves Ziggy and tries to win her back. [18] Woods said Jeannie and Brody would form "an unusual relationship" while she was in the Bay. Brody and his two brothers, Justin and Mason Morgan were driving on the road of Yabbie Creek to Summer Bay, and their car almost crashed into Martin Ashford's, which leads Ash and Justin into a fight. The next day, Brody support Ziggy as she confronts Ben, who apologised to her and begging her to come home. He's also Diana Walford's former grandson-in-law. Soon, Brody was discharged from hospital and works at Salt again. The crash is "a wake up call" for Brody, who vows to get help for his addiction. Lena persuades Brody to rehire her ahead of a visit from restaurant critic Terry Diamond (Rob Flanagan). Stewart explained that there were a set of rules that the Morgans had to live by, which related to their secret, and Justin worries when Tori reveals that she told Nate their parents are dead.