he races out of Ramsay Street. He crashes into Stephanie and Libby and he dies. Dan comes to see Tess and apologises. Tess lets him move back in Dan becomes friends with Drew Kirk (Dan Paris) and Paul McClain (Jansen Spencer) and falls for Steph. They go on a date, but it ends badly. Tess later admits that she has fallen for Dan she cannot tell him and decides to move out. Daniel finds out the truth and tells her that he had liked her when they first met. Dan later leaves town. 2007–2010 Dan returns to Erinsborough and becomes the school counsellor. On the advice of departing colleague, Pepper Steiger (Nicky Whelan), he helps Ringo Brown (Sam Clark) with his eating disorder. Dan begins a relationship with Libby Kennedy and he tells her about his wife, Samantha (Simone Buchanan). Sam became pregnant, but she miscarried the baby and that triggered her bipolar disorder. Dan became more her carer than her husband and their marriage fell apart. Dan begins to look for Sam, so he can divorce her. Sam arrives in town and she asks him to give their marriage another go. Sam suffers a relapse of her bipolar disorder after failing to take her medication. This leads to her acting inappropriately and she lies to Dan. She claims she is pregnant and the lie quickly spins out of control. Dan agrees to move to New Zealand with her to start a new life, but Sam leaves him alone at the airport, knowing he still had feelings for Libby. Sam leaves Dan the divorce papers, but Libby refuses to get involved with him again. Dan's brother, Lucas (Scott Major) arrives in town and starts dating Libby. Dan and Lucas fight, but they eventually make up. Libby finds out that Lucas is Dan's brother and cuts both men out of her life. Dan and Libby both apply to for the Acting Head of Senior School. Libby forgets her notes during her interview because she was helping Zeke Kinski (Matthew Werkmeister) with his essay. Dan gets the job, but turns it down after learning that Libby forgot her notes. When Libby finds out, she goes to see him and Dan tells her that he loves her. Libby and Ben (Blake O'Leary) move in with Dan and he later proposes to her. A pregnant Sam returns to town on the night of Libby