Neighbours to appear in an episode celebrating the show's 20th anniversary. The return came about after Linda Walker, the serial's production manager approached him, they shot the scenes in Sydney Harbour. Characterisation Brett has been portrayed as an extremely kind and caring character. He is a geek and bookish and knows plenty of trivia about wild animals. He always supported his family in their time of need, he was also approving of his mother's relationship with Lou Carpenter (Tom Oliver) because he wanted everyone to be happy, whereas the rest of his family were not. He also tried to keep his family together after his mother died, putting his own grief to one side. Throughout his duration he was close to Helen Daniels (Anne Haddy),. Through their bond he later develops a crush on her, which other characters and media thought was odd. Of their closeness Blewitt stated: "I loved that Brett found such a close friend in Helen. Anything that challenged the social norm on the show I loved." Through his affair with Judy Bergman (Merridy Eastman) he was portrayed as being more "manly". This is in contrast to his early days in the serial when he used to get tongue-tied and didn't know how to act calmly around girls. Danni is a bad influence on Brett who is impressionable where Danni is concerned; she often led him astray through her antics. Blewitt has described Brett as a "lovable dork". He also branded him a "real character" and "eccentric". Blewitt also described him as: "He was very comical [...] He was such an important character, in the way of a male role model, particularly in Australia. Brett was happy in his skin, he wasn't cool and he didn't have girls falling at his feet, but he was smart and loyal and from granny Helen to Stonefish, everyone valued Brett as a friend." Storylines Brett arrives in Ramsay Street with Danni after they are expelled from their respective boarding schools. Cheryl doesn't want her children to stay around, as she is enjoying her Lotto win. Cheryl didn't want him to leave boarding school as she has high ambitions for Brett and wants him to study law. Brett becomes close to Helen, she helps him with his artist ambitions by applying for a job. Lou Carpenter uses Brett by giving him a job at the car Lott, in order to get