Steph was concerned that Max wasn’t coping in the aftermath of Cameron’s death, particularly when he suddenly sold the car, as he found himself unable to even get inside it any more. Paul, meanwhile, was back from Cameron’s funeral. Although putting on a brave face and protesting that he had no hard feelings against Max for the accident, a gun in his suitcase said otherwise. As Paul struggled to deal with his feelings, he was finally tipped over the edge that night when he watched Max and Boyd repairing their relationship and sharing a hug on the other side of the street. As Max went for a walk, Paul followed and confronted him at Lassiter’s. A concerned Lyn then found a letter from Paul to Elle, apologising for his behaviour and his inability to forgive Max. Steph and Lyn rushed down to Lassiter’s to look for Max, realising that his life might be in danger but, by the time they got there, Max had already spoken to Paul and made him realise that murder wasn’t going to make his grief any easier. Paul had dropped the gun and Lyn managed to intercept it, with Steph unaware of how close her husband had come to dying. The next morning, a desperate Lyn threw the gun into Lassiter’s lake, hoping that it would be the end of the whole sorry episode, only to turn around and see Izzy watching. This was enough to shock Lyn into realising that Izzy had been right when she suggested that Paul dragged people down to his level and Lyn decided to end her personal relationship with him. Steph, meanwhile, was left stunned when her mum let slip about the gun and finally realised that Max wasn’t coping with things as well as he was making out. With Steph and Charlie off to Bendigo for a few days to visit Joe, Max finally broke down and admitted to Izzy that he couldn’t even look at his son anymore without thinking about Cameron. And although it looked like Paul had finally managed to deal with his grief, with help from his therapist Dr Young, Elle had other ideas. Her underhand tactics became clear when Max was arrested for manslaughter, but released when Paul refused to press charges. Elle then confided in Carmella about the situation, and told her that, if Paul could forgive Max, then so could she. But, after speaking to the man himself, it became clear from the look on her face that she wasn’t yet ready to forgive or forget.

The complicated relationship between Sky, Dylan and Stingray continued this week, as Rachel decided to have a dinner party in order to prove how mature she was. Despite some awkwardness, particularly as Stingray opened the wine hours before dinner, the evening was a success for Rachel and she happily went home. Stingray, left behind with Sky and Dylan, started to get increasingly annoyed as Sky tried to confront him about his drinking, and a fight broke out with Dylan as Stingray made out that Sky was in no position to judge, being pregnant at 18. Susan was also finding it difficult to conceal her feelings about the whole situation and accidentally let slip to Dylan that Karl was no longer Sky’s doctor. Although Sky managed to cover up – claiming that she just preferred to be treated by a woman – she was furious with Susan, who told Sky that she knew the truth about the baby’s parentage and, although she would keep the secret, she thoroughly disapproved of the deception.

It was also the night of the year nine formal this week, but complicated relationships meant that it wasn’t quite the perfect occasion for some. Bree was still convinced that Anne was trying to take over her life and move in on the Timmins family, but Zeke had finally had enough of his girlfriend’s ridiculous behaviour and decided to teach her a lesson by taking lonely Anne to the formal instead. Bree decided not to go, but a chat with Sky soon changed her mind. Sky offered to don a tuxedo and Lou’s fake moustache and go as Bree’s date, Guy Dangle. Bree was touched by the gesture, but Anne was left annoyed when Bree became the centre of attention and everyone was highly amused by her little stunt. Later, at the General Store, Anne confided in Zeke about her unhappy family life, how her parents couldn’t really cope with raising a disabled child, and how she’d never even had her first kiss with a boy. At that point, Zeke leaned in and provided her with it.