Dylan and Connor started to adapt to their new surroundings, but the latter found himself concerned by the pace at which his new friend was changing. As Dylan had no trouble killing fish and rabbits and starting fires to cook them on, Connor had a small ritual, burning a wreath, to say goodbye to Serena. Dylan had his own ritual to stay connected to Sky – howling at the moon – but warned Connor that he’d have to start pulling his weight if they were going to stick together. This was enough to snap Connor out of his grief and bring about his survival instincts.

With no news on David, Liljana and Serena, Harold continued to tell himself that they were alive. Reminding himself of his own experiencing of coming back from the dead, he told Sky that he had to have faith and make preparations for his family’s return. With Lou, Joe and Karl around him, trying to keep his mind on other matters, Harold started talking about planting some of Lil’s favourite flowers for her return and even went to audition for the Erinsborough Players’ rendition of The Pirates of Penzance. He found every tactic he could to avoid facing what had happened, but when word came through the David’s body had been found, he was thrown slightly, but refused to believe that it was his son. Joe went to identify the body and returned with the tragic news, sending Harold into shock and leading him to punch his former son-in-law as he tried to comfort him. Harold’s reaction to the situation, especially given his own experiences in Bass Strait, proved very realisitc, and some excellent performances from Mark Little, Stephanie McIntosh and particular Ian Smith have made these scenes moving, but difficult, to watch.

Elsewhere, Karl and Alex found comfort with each other as they waited for news on Susan, believing that there was little chance that she could have survived. However, when word came through from the hospital that a survivor, meeting Susan’s description, would be arriving later that day, their hopes were suddenly raised. Although it did turn out to be Susan, Karl’s happiness didn’t last long, as he realised that he still loved his ex-wife, but would probably never be with her again. Meanwhile, Susan and Alex realised that they’d been given a second chance and agreed to get married. As if the situation couldn’t get any more complicated, Karl also had Izzy’s feelings to contend with. Paul had been shaken by Izzy’s call to Karl as the plane was crashing and felt a need to assert his power, threatening Karl with an eviction notice from the surgery for breaking the lease agreement. Toadie helped Karl to find a loophole and he happily informed Paul that he’d be staying and that he couldn’t help it if Izzy was still in love with him. Later, Paul asked Izzy if she loved him and, when she was unable to say that she did, he told her to get out. Karl then went and had a chat with her, allowed her to believe that they had a chance of reconciliation, then laughed in her face. It seemed that Izzy was finally getting what she deserved, but her developing friendship with Elle looked like saving her, as Elle told her dad not to give up on the relationship, as sometimes it’s just as good to love someone as it is to be loved…

Finally this week, Ned had his audition for Gino’s take on The Pirates of Penzance, but found himself facing competition from Corey Helpmann, Janae and Boyd got their act together and became a couple as his final exams approached, and Stingray managed to convince Stuart that his story about Roo was true, but it looked like he’d have trouble making anyone else believe him.