{"id":84181,"date":"2025-08-21T05:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/84181\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T05:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:16:19","slug":"the-message-behind-irenes-final-home-and-away-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/84181\/","title":{"rendered":"The message behind Irene&#8217;s final Home and Away episode."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to support independent women&#8217;s media, <a class=\"underline underline-offset-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mamamia.com.au\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">become a Mamamia subscriber<\/a>. Get an all-access pass to everything we make, including exclusive podcasts, articles, videos and our exercise app, MOVE.<\/p>\n<p>After a massive 33-year run on Home and Away, Lynne McGranger&#8217;s final episode as Irene Roberts has aired. I&#8217;m feeling all the feelings. <\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"underline underline-offset-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mamamia.com.au\/lynne-mcgranger-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">beloved actress<\/a> announced her departure from the iconic Aussie drama in February, preparing fans for the end of an epic era.<\/p>\n<p>Her long tenure on Home and Away was celebrated at the 2025 Logie Awards just weeks before her on-screen farewell. <\/p>\n<p>In a fitting tribute to her enduring popularity, <a class=\"underline underline-offset-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mamamia.com.au\/logie-awards-2025-moments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">McGranger took home<\/a> two of the night&#8217;s most prestigious awards: <a class=\"underline underline-offset-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mamamia.com.au\/zoe-foster-blake-hamish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Gold Logie <\/a>for Most Popular Personality and the Silver Logie for Best Lead Actress in a Drama.  <\/p>\n<p>Irene&#8217;s last episode was a fitting tribute, with the entire episode centred around the character, following in the footsteps of Kate Richie&#8217;s Sally and Stephen Peacocke&#8217;s Brax. <\/p>\n<p>Watch Kate Richie reflect on leaving Home and Away. Post continues after video.<\/p>\n<p>The season has detailed Irene&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s diagnosis, her grappling with the news, stepping back from the diner, and deciding to sell her house, leave Summer Bay and travel the world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you want to support independent women&#8217;s media, become a Mamamia subscriber. Get an all-access pass to everything&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-84181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}