Susan found herself feeling threatened by Tom Scully this week. Not only was she battling memories of the affair they’d had three years earlier, but, in a professional sense, she was struggling having him as his boss. Things were made more difficult as Tom’s ‘modern’ teaching methods, involving the kids sitting on beanbags and coming to him with ideas, clashed with the way Susan did things. It wasn’t long before the pair were clashing, but Tom wasn’t prepared to argue and simply told Susan that, if she didn’t think that she’d be able to work with him, he would quite happily accept her resignation. Tom then went to see Pepper to talk her into taking her old job back, and Pepper promptly called in to tell Susan the news. As she started raving about what a dreamboat the new principal was, an awkward moment ensued. Pepper learnt that Tom and Susan were once a couple, causing her to come out with the classic line: “Oh My God, has everyone just had affairs with everyone on this street?” It wasn’t long, though, before Tom and Susan had made up, but Tom soon put his foot in it, mentioning Karl and the new baby, and Susan warned him that, if they were going to be friends again, there would have to be some boundaries.

Paul was in for a pleasant surprise when Oliver asked his permission to propose to Elle. Thinking that his daughter was about to marry into the Barnes family money, Paul was delighted and toasted the pair with champagne, unaware that they were plotting the final stages of his downfall. Rosie and Frazer’s relationship was faring better, as his positive attitude led to him wanting to train with the wheelchair basketball team. He was quickly brought back down to earth by their captain, who told him that he’d need a lot more training, and being in a wheelchair didn’t automatically earn him a place. Later, as Rosie visited and the pair seemed to be finally heading to a reconciliation, there was an awkward moment when Frazer caught Rosie staring at his legs and they were soon back to square one.

Ringo continued to hide out in the General Store thanks to Lolly’s help, but was almost caught by Harold one morning and had to run out the back door in his underwear, leaving his bag behind. Later, as Lolly walked to school, Ringo caught her attention from his hiding place in the bushes and convinced her to retrieve his bag and get him some clothes. Later, as Rachel spotted Lolly with a half-dressed Ringo, it only increased her paranoia that her boyfriend was about to be stolen. But Lolly showed that she wasn’t interested by convincing Ringo to make dinner for his girlfriend that evening. Things almost turned to disaster when Rachel – who’s allergic to seafood - realised that there was fish sauce in the meal and decided that it was another attempt at sabotage by Lolly. Luckily for Ringo, Rosie overheard and stepped in to apologise, as she’s been the one to add the sauce, leaving Rachel with egg on her face. Elsewhere, Lolly had her day in court over tampering with Glenn’s car brakes, and walked away with 100 hours community service. Lou then continued his quest to build up her confidence by getting her involved in sport, but was surprised when she announced that she wanted to try boxing.

Steiger had something of a bombshell for Janelle when he came home from work one day with the news that a job he’d applied for many months earlier had finally come up, and he’d be leaving for a two-month post in the Solomon Islands. Although she put on a brave face, Steiger later caught ‘Timmins’ in tears and she admitted that she wasn’t sure she could cope with losing someone else at the moment, and that men had always told her they’d come back, only to let her down. Steiger promised her that this wouldn’t be the case with him and, at the end of the week as he prepared to go, he proved his love by presenting her with his grandmother’s engagement ring – in true Steiger style, in one of the carriages of his model train – and telling her to take it and, upon his return, he would propose to her.

Steph returned from her road trip, just in time to stop Boyd from pushing things too far in his efforts to get back with Janae. She soon convinced him that he was never going to win her back and would just be causing more pain by trying, so he took her advice and went away to visit his dad for a while. And her return was the final nail in the coffin for Toadie’s relationship with Abby, who admitted that she’d lied to him about needing money to test his commitment to her, before ending the relationship and quitting her job. A free man, it didn’t take long for Toadie to finally admit his feelings to Steph, but told her that he wanted to take the relationship slowly. Elsewhere fake doctor Charlotte Stone kept Carmella on her pills despite the fact that she was quickly becoming addicted and experiencing wild mood swings, and told a mystery caller that she’d found someone – namely Paul Robinson – who she could easily milk for cash while in Erinsborough. The identity of that mystery caller was revealed at the end of the week when dodgy spiritualist Terrence Chesterton, who himself was busy convincing Sky that he had her best interests at heart, arrived for an ‘appointment’ and immediately fell into a passionate embrace with Charlotte. And his words were also having an effect on Sky, who, whilst the Timmins clan celebrated Janae’s annulment, broke into number 26 and stole Stingray’s ashes, planning to scatter them at the skatepark, which, according to Terrence, was Scotty’s wish…

And finally, word came through from Adelaide that former Ramsay Street residents Katya Kinski and Paul McClain had become a couple, no doubt bowling each other over with scintillating conversation.