The following month, Ryan Clark made his debut as Sam Nicholls as did Naomi Watts as Revhead's sister Julie Gibson.
In September, Tina Thomsen, Ross Newton, and Richard Norton joined the cast as Finlay Roberts, Greg Marshall and Simon Fitzgerald, respectively.
Finlay's mother, Irene Roberts made her debut in October, followed by her son Damian, played by Matt Doran in November.
As a measure of revenge, Josh frames Adam for the theft of Summer Bay High's raffle money.
After being released, Josh puts on an act of having changed his ways and invites Blake and Adam on a camping trip but little do they know he is planning to kill them both.
Blake and Adam quickly realise what Josh is up to and foil his murder attempt and he is arrested and sent back to prison.
[5] Giblin's casting and Cynthia's character details were publicised in the 29 December 1990 issue of TV Week.
[6] A TV Week writer revealed that Cynthia would "turn up in Summer Bay to wreak havoc", creating problems for Michael's relationship with Pippa Fletcher (Debra Lawrence).
[10] An unstamped fan letter for Roberts from a woman in the United Kingdom named "Kate" was delivered to the Network Seven studios.
[14] Glenn Wheeler of The Morning Show opined that Sam formed a part of one of Australian television's "much loved families" for a decade.
[20] As Tom Etherington from TV Week reported, Revhead "didn't do anything by the book" and "his head nearly exploded" because Nick is a police officer.
Following her father, Alec's (David Baldwyn) death due to a heart attack, Julie is distraught when Nick breaks up with her.
[24] Mary Fletcher of Inside Soap said that Smart helped make Lucinda one of Home and Away's most popular characters.
[27] Pearce began filming in May 1991 and David introduced as the nephew of Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn) and brother to Lucinda (Dee Smart).
In The official Home and Away Annual John Kercher explained David arrives to see his "estranged" sister Lucinda because he wants to attempt to "patch things up" with her.
Karen Dean (Belinda Jarrett) and Adam Cameron (Mat Stevenson) arrive in an oncoming car and there is a head-on collision which David tries to avoid but he is killed instantly.
Sophie then discovers she is pregnant with David's baby and later gives birth to a daughter, Tamara (Emily and Chloe Hutton).
Barbara Toner, a writer for the Sydney Morning Herald expressed her disappointment in David's storyline with Sophie.
She opined: "Guy Pearce, fresh from his film career, has turned up as a nasty, but his storyline was even less fascinating than whatever is going on between hard man-on-the-run Revhead and personality girl Karen.
After MacDougall's departure he told Josephine Monroe from Inside Soap that because he loved playing Ryan, he would go back for a cameo appearance as long as the scriptwriters made his character bad.
[15] Simon Fitzgerald, portrayed by Richard Norton, made his first appearance during the episode airing on 25 September 1991[37] and departed on 24 July 1992.
[38] Irene Roberts made her first appearance on 29 October, played by Jacqui Phillips, Lynne McGranger later took the role.
[39][40] For McGranger's portrayal of Irene, she was nominated in the category of "Funniest Performance" at the 2007 Inside Soap Awards.
[42] Holy Soap recall Irene's most memorable moment as being: "Being attacked by the mad ex-wife of her former lover Ken.
On one of his returns, Jason Herbison from Inside Soap Damian had "thrown off his clean cut image" by having his hair in dreadlocks.
wrote that through playing Damian, Doran had become "one of the world's most popular soap stars" and gained many "girl fans" who "adored him".
[46] A columnist from Shout said that "poor old Damian" filled his on-screen time with a hobby of jogging but there was "no sign of a girlie".