Izzy, meanwhile, continued to visit Darcy to satisfy herself that he really couldn’t remember anything. However, her paranoia turned out to cause her unnecessary grief, when flowers she took to Darcy sparked a flashback in his mind of the day they argued in the stairwell and he took a tumble. Realising the extent of Izzy’s wickedness and deceit of Karl, Darcy demanded thousands of dollars to keep quiet. Izzy had no choice but to agree. Darcy’s return this time around has been timed perfectly, and adds the most dramatic twist possible to the Izzy/Karl saga. In keeping him in his coma until this point, the writers have been able to exploit the context of Karl and Izzy’s current relationship and use Darcy to greatest effect. Meanwhile, Susan asked a huge favour of Toadie: if he would represent Darcy in court. Realising the value of such a complicated legal case to his career, Toadie reluctantly agreed.

Taking a break from the more formal side of legal work, Toadie was bemused to discover he’d been given the lease of a bikini shop by a client of his! Meanwhile, No.30 was the scene of more tension between Sindi and Stuart when it was revealed that witnesses reported the driver of the navy Pulsar involved in Trent’s hit and run was nothing like Sindi. Despite Stuart’s apologies, his wife to be was far from happy that he had so little faith in her.

The Hoylands were thrown into chaos as Kayla went into labour unexpectedly and Boyd insisted he accompany her into the delivery room. Max and Steph were beside themselves with worry that the authorities would find out Boyd’s real identity, despite Kayla giving him the father’s name as a cover up. When Kayla finally gave birth to baby Ashley, Boyd was thrilled and felt even closer to mother and daughter. There are tinges of the Bev/Jim/Rhys storyline of the 1980s with regard to the Max and Steph adoption, however, because of Boyd’s recent, and increasing involvement in the birth, it has taken on a far more dangerous and unpredictable tone.

Other goings on included Bree finally getting to the final round of the Australian Spelling Bee, and winning! This meant a cheque of $50,000 which Janelle, thankfully, decided should not be used to pay for her credit card abuse! Instead, the Timminses decided to tighten their belts, give back some of the items they couldn’t afford, and for the kids to get part time jobs to pay for the running of their new car. Dylan and Stingray, however, were not getting on well when Dylan tried to organise a romantic meal for Sky, to which his younger bother brought himself and Serena along to! This resulted in a brawl at No.26, which Sky was horrified to witness. Indeed, Sky was so close to telling Harold about Dylan being responsible for the break in at No.24, until she saw his gentler side playing with Oscar in the garden. And finally, Lou managed to persuade Harold to re-join the Salvation Army after he witnessed him helping the homeless at the General Store.