Equally as big this week was the major development in the relationship between Steph and Toadie, with her reliance on him increasing to the point where she realised she couldn’t live without him, and after the pair had spent an evening out together, they shared a surprising kiss – which was witnessed by Boyd. Boyd’s return was also big news, with him being suddenly secretive about his time in Tasmania, and suspicious of Elle’s sudden charity towards the Hoyland family, convinced she had a reason for helping them. With Boyd suffering flashbacks to his time in Tasmania, receiving mysterious phone calls, feeling uncomfortable when around Janae and at first fuming over Steph and Toadie’s kiss, then agreeing that he could understand why it had happened, his behaviour was decidedly odd, and it wasn’t until the end of the week that we discovered why. During his time in Tasmania, Boyd had rescued a young woman from drowning, and had shared the rest of his time with her – romantically. When he confessed to his wife, Janae, understandably, was devastated.The Hoyland’s storylines were very good this week, perhaps the strongest point as Steph and Toadie’s kiss seemed to me very natural, not rushed, just the climax of two people very fond of each other spending a lot of time together, and it was nice to see the character of Steph happy again after all her traumas. It was also good to see Toadie given something to do and Ryan Moloney has really taken this dramatic storyline, his first since the departure of Sindi, and given it his all. I also love the twist in the love story of Janae and Boyd – at times very reminiscent of Scott and Charlene – as it is Boyd, the staid sensible one, who cracks and is unfaithful, and Janae’s heartbreak was conveyed to the audience beautifully.

Elsewhere in Ramsay Street, Carmella discovered how bad her scar was – it wasn’t really that bad, though it was conveyed as though it was awful – and those at No. 30 decided to raise the money so she could afford an operation. Given that they had known her for just a few weeks, I find that a little hard to believe, but then this is Neighbours, so I’ll suspend my disbelief. However, I’m not sure what this storyline is supposed to do to us as an audience. If anything, it only made me like Frazer more as he raised the money to help Carmella afford the operation. I was already a fan of Carmella, but making her so shocked at something that, to me, is so small, is turning me off.