she was introduced by the returning Julia as her husband, in which both are remarried. He was originally working as a GP in Central Hospital, having worked in the lower South Island, and previously attended university in Otago with Boyd Rolleston (Sam Bunkall) and was then was later hired as ED Consultant and GP, where his terms of contract were leaked by Zoe to the staff. He also seemingly undermined Harper Whitley's (Ria Vandervis) authority over treatment plans, but he is proven to be correct afterward, angering Harper while starting a rivalry with Harper's husband Drew (Ben Barrington). Dylan would be chastised by his sister-in-law Kylie Brown (Kerry-Lee Dewing) as well as hospital CEO Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) over paying for a poor patient's medical bills with his own money. After a tennis game at Dylan and Julia's mansion, Kylie would miscarry the child she was carrying and Dylan and Julia would agree for Julia to be Kylie and husband Frank Warner's (Luke Patrick) surrogate mother. However, around this time Dylan would confess his lustful feelings toward Kylie. Dylan then finds Miranda, the sister of his ex-wife Cassidy and the two clash before Miranda departs, leaving Julia with an ominous warning about Dylan. Dylan would begin to snap and tell Julia he hated her and was after her sister shortly before he sabotaged Julia's seatbelt while driving one day and then killing her by crashing into a tree and fiddling with her life support system. Dylan would begin to spend his insurance payout while showing a strange lack of grief towards the death of his wife which would irk and pique the curiosity of Frank and Dylan would begin to manipulate promiscuous nurse Dawn Robinson (Rebekah Palmer) into sleeping with him and then to dump her boyfriend Ali Karim (Tane Williams-Accra). Dylan would go on a fishing excursion with Frank at Kylie's behest, having fantasies about murdering Frank the entire time. However, on 31 August, Frank paid off ex-gang member Skinny to scare off Dylan, which he went overboard and almost killed him, and Frank exacerbated by choking him half to death, when Dylan threatened to sue Frank. But in doing so, he can make Kylie leave Frank and be with Dylan, seeing he already dumped Dawn. In December, he engaged with Kylie, but the reappearance of his twin brother, Daniel, dug up the really bad past that tore the