 In February 2012, Anthony and Tyler get involved with criminal Derek Branning (Jamie Foreman). Of this storyline Lapinksas said, "I loved the challenge. Every time you get a big storyline and lots of scripts, it's fantastic – there's lots to sink your teeth into. Myself, Jamie and Tony Discipline sat down and spoke about the scenes beforehand, discussing how we were going to perform them. It's like taking on a new project, so every time I get a new storyline, I'm hands-on and ready to go for it." On the scenes involving Anthony, Tyler and Derek, Lapinskas said, "I think it was definitely a shock for them to see his true colours! Anthony was really worried as he didn 't want them to get into trouble, so as we saw, he was trying his best to get them out of it. But even though they were scared of Derek, Anthony and Tyler are brothers and they've got each other's backs, so it was nice that we saw them standing up to Derek in some of the scenes."
