Meanwhile, in Colac, Janae was desperately trying to find her dad. Her first port of call was the home of Tracey Richardson, Janelle’s former best friend and the woman Mrs Timmins was claiming had stolen her husband. Tracey denied this, explaining that Kim would never, ever cheat on Janelle. Janae then went to the home of her Nana and Pop, who were away on a cruise, and spoke to their housekeeper, Nancy. Nancy only backed up what Tracey had said and revealed that Kim marrying Janelle had left him cut off from his rich parents and Janelle had never forgiven him for their poor family life. Although Janae was desperate to hold up the coast for a surfing carnival, where she hoped her dad would be, she was stopped by Stingray and Dylan. Her brothers had visited Colac to get Janae to return to Erinsborough and help save Karl’s reputation. Back at home, Janae admitted to her mum that Karl hadn’t done anything untoward, and they raced to the school, where the good doctor was being ripped apart at his disciplinary hearing. Having cleared Karl’s name, Janae then told her mum that she knew the truth and was going to find her father. Meanwhile, Janelle tried to apologise to Karl for the way she’d treated him over the Janae issue, but Karl was quick to point out that Janelle was solely to blame for all of her kids’ problems. He also decided that he needed a break from Erinsborough and used the trip to Europe he’d planned with Izzy to go and spend a couple of weeks with Mal and Cath in London.

Serena went through with her threat to move out, this week, as she packed up and moved across the street to the house of trouser. Lil and David weren’t about to take it lying down though, and as Serena continued her shifts at the General Store, they took the opportunity to remind her of what a mistake she was making. However, David then decided that he couldn’t let the feuding continue and he called into number 30 with some food for Serena. She was delighted to see him and showed him her business plan, before asking if he could try to talk Lil ‘round too. He agreed, but it looked like he was fighting a losing battle as Lil refused to sign a card for her daughter, congratulating her on buying into Bounce. As Serena struggled to cope with her mother’s rejection, there was soon something else to worry about when Connor announced that he had to go to Lorne, as Maddy was seriously ill…

A dinner between the Mangels, Hoylands and Scullys ended badly this week, as Sky and Steph began a feud over whether their parents should be dating each other. As Steph then proceeded to lay into Joe about his lack of work ethic, it struck a chord with Sky, who started to think about her real father. Meanwhile another relationship was thrown into turmoil when, following the gas leak, Alex had some tests at the hospital. It was left to Karl, not knowing that Alex was Susan’s new boyfriend, to break the news that Alex had Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma – a particularly aggressive form of leukaemia, and only had months to live. A devastated Alex decided to keep the news to himself, but flew off the handle at the kids when he found out that they’d attempted to cash the $1000 cheque they’d found. Fortunately, Susan was on hand to smooth over the situation and calm Alex down, and he admitted that he didn’t know how he’d cope without her.

Elsewhere this week, Lou’s midlife crisis continued as he challenged Harold to a waiter’s race, to prove that he wasn’t over the hill just yet. Mike continued to goad Dylan, who decided to set the date for their big fight for the following week, whilst Boyd began sitting the exams that would determine whether he could make it into medical school. And finally, Joe found a way to get Bouncer 5 to run, when the greyhound spotted little Audrey and chased her down the street. However, it would take some convincing for Susan to allow her dog to be used as bait.