conference in London and returned a confused man. He kidnapped a lover's baby but quickly returned her before again leaving for London. Upon his eventual return, Sam had become a cruel and bitter man. Sam gave up on religion and it soon turned out he had become a male prostitute whilst overseas. He dated Ana Fa'asolo (Mary Lose) and later fell in love with villainous Carla Crozier (Elisabeth Easther). However Sam began to doubt the mentality of his lover and dumped her when he feared she murdered husband Bernie Leach (Timothy Bartlett) only to briefly be framed for his murder. He realised how sour he had grown after the death of his wife. Re-embracing his faith and befriending a young tearaway named Jonah Lafa'ele, Sam paid one final visit to TP's grave, then departed for Samoa late in the year. Sam returned as the supervisor of Ula Levi's (Frankie Adams) paramedic course. He quickly fell offside with Ula but it soon became apparent he was still scarred from TP's death as well as the recent death of his second wife Alise, whom he had fathered a daughter Honour (Sophie McIntosh) with. Sam got a job at the hospital as a paramedic and briefly dated Emma Franklin (Amy Usherwood) before he fell in love with Vasa Levi (Teuila Blakely). Following the attack and later abduction of Honour, Sam and Vasa decided to leave Ferndale and live together as a family on the reclusive island, Akatea. Sam later visited Ferndale to attend a gig Honour was playing at, and allowed her to move away from the island and live with Ula. Character development 1994 car crash In 1994, producers planned a major storyline that would revolve around a car crash; the biggest stunt to happen in the soaps first few years. The storyline was planned as an exit storyline for departing actors, Andrew Binns (Nurse Steve Mills) and Elizabeth Skeen (Sam's wife, TP). Naufahu was sceptical when he first heard TP was being killed off and recalled thinking, "her exit is gonna be pretty lame, she might choke on a KFC drumstick or something." The car crash was written to involve several characters, including Sam, Steve, TP, Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) and Kirsty Knight (Angela Dotchin), but it was not revealed to the public who would die. Whilst filming the stunt, paparazzi from a national newspaper arrived on location to try and