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Weekly Reviews > Episodes 5006-5010 by Callum

UK Broadcast: Monday, 2nd October – Friday, 6th October, 2006
“Mishka Impossible” by Hannes Berger, directed by Fiona Banks
“Second To Nun” by Drew Proffitt, directed by Fiona Banks
“And Then There Was Nan” by Helen MacWhirter, directed by Jet Wilkinson
“It’s A Grave Day For The Irish” by Ben Marshall, directed by Jet Wilkinson
“Cupid And Psycho” by Judith Colquhoun, directed by Jet Wilkinson

The residents discovered how helpful the internet could be this week as Janae’s webcam captured Robert, but can the police do the same…

Stingray explained that nothing was going on between him and Sky, it was only one night, but Rachel worried that he was the baby’s father, but he assured her that the baby was Dylan’s. He planned to take her to a spa to make it up to her. Meanwhile, Karl planned the same thing for Susan. At the spa, Karl & Susan and Rachel & Stingray kept narrowly missing each other, but as Stingray and Rachel enjoyed themselves with a game of kiss chase, they were stunned to see Karl come out of the sauna asking them to keep the noise down and shocked to see Susan follow him. As Susan questioned them about their relationship and their betrayal of her trust, Rachel pointed out her betrayal of Alex, moving on so quickly, and removing her wedding ring. Upon returning to Ramsay Street, Rachel asked Janelle if she could move into Bree’s room at number 26, and despite initially refusing, Janelle soon changed her mind when Susan questioned her parenting skills. Collecting her things from Susan’s, Rachel questioned her about her relationship with Karl, and why she kept it a secret, but as Susan tried to explain, saying she understood that she was upset, Rachel told her stepmother to wait until Zeke returned from football camp, then she’d know what upset was.

Lou blamed himself for letting the goons take Mishka, and set about finding her. He asked Susan to contact the Kinskis over in Belarus to see if they could find anything out, but before she had the chance Mishka phoned. She explained that she was in Russia with her husband and was talking to her son again, but told Lou she still loved him and didn’t want to go, so he planned to go to Russia, until Harold stopped him and made him realise she was back with her family and was concentrating on them. Lou began to think that Mishka had lied, and wanted to go all along. Meanwhile, Harold had an e-mail translated that Mishka had sent to her son telling him how much she loved Lou.

Boyd received the results of his first exams at uni and was shocked to discover he had all distinctions and high distinctions, but when Steph called to find out, he told her he didn’t know yet, assuming Max didn’t care. Meanwhile at Scarlet Bar, Max assumed that Boyd didn’t tell them because he had failed. Max saw Janae going into a house with a mysterious man and assumed she was having an affair, but struggled to get Steph to believe him and when Boyd came around to tell him the results of his exams, Max was more interested in questioning Janae than listening to Boyd. After Boyd stormed off, Max got Steph to share his worries with him, and he set about questioning Janae. However, after discovering that Janae was renting them a house and they planned to explain it to Max, Bree suggested that they try to convince Max that Janae was having an affair and that Boyd was clueless to the fact.

Bree joined a grief support group and spoke about the death of her father, whilst Janelle set about being the perfect Nan to Sky’s baby and tried to reunite her and Dylan. Meanwhile, Elle set about trying to buy Janelle’s respect and as Sky remained adamant that she and Dylan wouldn’t be getting back together, she reaffirmed her friendship with Elle, sharing tips on how to cope with Janelle. Meanwhile, with Mishka gone, Janelle replaced her as Sky’s partner at pre-natal class. As Sky arrived at the community hall for her class, she was shocked to hear Bree sharing her feelings about the death of her father, and after the meeting ended, told her that if she needed to talk, she was available. Later, Bree shared her feelings about Kim and her biological parents with Sky, and the pair hugged. As Sky shared her experiences about being rejected by her natural father, she made it clear that family wasn’t about bloodlines and genetics, and as she helped Sky with ideas for her comic, Bree smiled again. Meanwhile with Sky’s advice fresh in her mind, Elle told Janelle that Dylan was with her now and that she would just have to deal with it.

As Oodles ‘O’ Noodles turned up to the gig that Sister Mary Catherine (Carmella) organised for them, she and the kids were disappointed that Karl the kangaroo was no longer in the band, and when Carmella suggested that they could get him back for one last performance, she was shocked by Justine’s tone and attitude. However, it soon became clear that Justine wasn’t as popular with the kids as Karl and Carmella was shocked to see Justine give Ned only $50 of their $300 fee, and to discover that she had paid Julie, a member of her talent agency, to pretend she was her niece to make her look better in front of Ned. Later, Carmella went around to number 30 and confronted Justine, showing her Mafioso roots, Ned overheard and asked Justine to leave. With both Karl & Ned now going solo, they both ended up performing by Lassiter’s Lake with identical set lists. However, it soon became clear that the kids preferred them as a duo.

Izzy became jealous of Paul & Gail’s history and with Izzy’s warning in mind, Gail suggested going to stay at a hotel, but Paul refused to let her, and when a hysterical Izzy suggested they renew their vows, as it may even get Izzy to come out of hiding, she was horrified when Paul thought the plan was a great idea. As Izzy became increasingly annoyed by their closeness and stormed off, Gail told Paul about their conversation last week. As Izzy looked on from the stairwell whilst Paul told Gail that they will always share something unique, which he wasn’t prepared to throw that away over Izzy throwing a tantrum, the look on Gail’s face suggested that she was harbouring feelings for her ex-husband. After Paul later apologised to Izzy and then declared his love for Gail, kissing her, it soon became clear that he was enjoying the attention and was playing them off against each other.

Toadie was horrified when his dancing became an internet craze, thanks to Janae’s blog. With the residents of number 30 all humiliated by Janae & her webcam, they set about revenge, with the help of Katya. Little did they know that as they were enjoying themselves, Robert was watching outside the front door. Toadie’s horror turned to revulsion when he received a package from Robert indicating that Connor was buried under Paul’s Irish Rose bush. When the police dug it up however, they found a garden gnome with an ‘Irish joke’ on it that Toadie used to tell to Connor. Meanwhile, as Katya waited at number 30, Robert had snuck in and was about to make his move when Boyd came out of the shower, narrowly avoiding seeing him, but little did Robert know he had been caught, on Janae’s webcam. With Toadie’s car out of action, he ordered a hire car to take him to see Cameron, and Katya to work. As Toadie was being dropped off at the prison, Janae was reviewing her webcam footage and was shocked to discover that Robert had been in their house. Meanwhile, Katya asked the hire car driver to take her to the hospital, but unbeknownst to her, the driver was Robert. At the prison, Toadie discussed the case with Paul & Cameron, and was shocked to receive a phone call from Janae, informing him of her find, he told her to get out of the house and go to Max’s or Lyn’s and then set about calling Katya and the police. As Katya’s car arrived at the hospital she received a call from Toadie telling her to stay at work and not go anywhere, as she hung up she asked the driver how much she owed, and was surprised to hear it was on the house, and horrified when Robert revealed himself. Meanwhile, Susan received a phone call from the hospital saying that Katya hadn’t turned up for her shift and raced around to tell Rachel, and reluctantly, the distraught teen agreed to return to number 28, until Katya returned. Robert took Katya back to his campervan and made plans for them to travel, a reluctant Katya played along with his plans, whilst also making plans of her own… to escape. With Katya missing, the residents of Ramsay Street rallied around to support Susan & Rachel, whilst back at the campervan, Robert returned with fish and chips and the paper a cunning Katya had asked for, which she opened, revealing the article on Paul & Gail’s re-wedding, and convinced Robert to protect Gail and get rid of Paul as soon as possible, knowing all too well that the wedding was a sham.

Max told Steph that there was a photo-shoot at the community hall for the baby-belt publicity campaign, and tried to convince Steph to model, but she was unsure, so Max suggested that she could go to see how she felt and take it from there. At the photo-shoot, Steph was initially wary, but when a Honda motorbike turned up for her to pose with, she soon changed her mind, and Lyn sang Paul’s praises for helping Steph to get her confidence back. Later, as Lyn continued to praise Paul for organising the event, Max admitted to her and Steph that he was the one responsible, and Steph thanked him for giving her the push she needed.

Also this week, Carmella & Izzy renewed their friendship, whilst Gail & Lyn bonded over their feelings for Paul, but after Izzy saw them talking, she called around to number 26 to issue Lyn with a warning to back off before she got hurt. Meanwhile, Sister Mary Catherine was a big hit with both Ned and Cameron, and she admitted to Izzy that she had been attracted to a man that week and it seemed clear it wasn’t Cam.