Paul’s partnership with the Timmins family began to spiral out of control, as, with no Will around to bribe, he found himself without an allies, especially when Elle turned her back on him to focus on her love for Dylan. Bitter and twisted, and unable to put up with Janelle’s antics anymore, he attempted to pay her off, and when this didn’t work hel bribed Detective Alec Skinner, getting him to plant dodgy DVDs in the garage at Number Twenty-Six. When the police failed to arrest Janelle, Paul taunted her into assaulting him, forcing Allan Steiger to arrest his own girlfriend, and further disgusting Elle, who was forced to move in with the Timminses when her father threw her out. I love the character of Janelle, and feel that putting her in charge of Lassiter’s was a stroke of genius; everything she does, every decision she makes is in keeping with the character we first met in 2005. However, the direction Paul is going in seems to change from week to week. I understand that without the influence of good old Lynnie, he’s going to change, but there seems to be no reason for this nastiness. He barely seems to have given Lyn a second thought, and then he acts as if he is king of Ramsay Street: ‘We’re better than them! We’re Robinsons!’ While I enjoy his ruthless and nasty ways, I just wish the character of Paul would be given one direction and stick with it.

There were two new young faces on Ramsay Street this week. Cheeky Ringo, Frazer’s younger brother, arrived looking for ‘George’, not realising Frazer had taken on a new alias in a bid to win Rosetta’s heart – and her family’s money. Now that he was in love with Rosie, he didn’t want the truth coming out, and Ringo, taking on the alias of Rick, was sworn to secrecy, and he bribed his brother into letting him stay in Ramsay Street for the foreseeable future. However, Pepper soon made a connection when Rosetta told the tale of her ex-fiance Johnny, whose parents had named their children after the Beatles – John, George, Pauline and Ringo – and she realised that Frazer had told nothing but lies since his arrival in Ramsay Street. The other new face was the return of Lolly Allen, Lou’s daughter who had turned out not to be his by the power of some incredible plot device. However, Lolly wasn’t as sweet and innocent as she appeared to Lou, whom she still called Dad, and she stole Karl’s wallet, then (bizarrely) wore Carmella’s bra. When Carmella realised what she had done, she told her off, prompting Lolly to invent a story about walking in on Carmella and Dylan having sex in their shared bedroom, and Harold and Lou decided Carmella had to go.

Ringo, like his brother, was a breath of fresh air, fun and cheeky, a total counterpoint to the increasingly annoying Zeke, and Lolly was another counterpoint to the other teen girls, stirring trouble wherever she went, and it’d be interesting to see the characters develop over time.

Another new face was that of Oliver, Will’s older brother, who arrived looking for Carmella. Will, it appeared, had disappeared from Erinsborough, and it was up to Oliver to explain that the whole thing with Will had been a charade from start to finish; he was a complete phoney. While I understand that the departure of Christian Clark left the writers with very little time to concoct a new storyline, I didn’t exactly like the demonisation of his character. However, from the very little we saw of him, Oliver looks like a promising new character, and one who I hope sticks around a little longer.

In one of the most bizarre moments this week (second only to Lolly wearing Carmella’s bra), Ned went to visit Katya in hospital after she had been beaten up in prison, and the pair rekindled their passion. I’m sorry, but when exactly did Ned’s feelings for Katya return? When he discovered she has assaulted him, he decided it had been Carmella he really wanted, now he decides it Katya he wants after all! Please, please, give this character some consistency!

Also this week, Janelle and Allan spent their first night together, Harold and Dylan clashed over Kerry’s care, Karl’s eco-friendly lifestyle drove his family crazy, and Zeke discovered that Bree didn’t actually like cats!