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Weekly Reviews > Episodes 5196-5200 by Callum

UK Broadcast: Monday, 16th July – Friday, 20th July, 2007
“Pride Comes Before A Paul”, written by Piet Collins, directed by Richard Jasek
“Assault And Pepper”, written by Drew Proffitt, directed by Richard Jasek
“Mysteries Of The Orienteering”, written by Anthony Morris, directed by Richard Jasek
“How Swede It Is” written by Helen MacWhirter, directed by Richard Jasek
“Ghosts Of The Uncivil Dead”, written by Ben Marshall, directed by Richard Jasek

In a week which saw Paul’s home and business taken from him, little did he know that it could be the least of his worries…

Bree confronted Sky at the Skate Park, stopping her from scattering Scott’s stolen ashes. As a furious Janelle demanded that Sky give back her key to number 26, Sky convinced her to meet with Terrence and as Sky organised a group meeting for her, Harold and the Timmins at The General Store, Terrence secretly listened in on conversations to learn the names of those who’d be attending and as Susan & Lou were invited to stay, contacted Dr. Stone to get information from their medical records. Meanwhile, as Janae & Bree called into the Medical Centre & Law Office to invite Toadie at the last minute, Charlotte phoned Terence and dished the dirt. At the meeting, Susan, Lou & Toadie were shocked when Terence made ‘contact’ with their respective deceased partners, Alex Kinski, Cheryl Stark and Dione Bliss. As Terence contacted Janelle’s grandfather, Cedric, she was stunned when he made reference to him rolling a tractor which he might not have done if ADHD pills had been available in his day, something Janelle had always wondered about once Scott was diagnosed. Now believing Sky’s story about where Scott wanted his ashes scattered, Janelle, Sky, Janae, Bree & Kerry headed down to the skatepark and said their final goodbyes to their son, partner, brother and uncle. Later, Charlotte & Terence celebrated the success of their scam, however, Charlotte was still wary about signing the phoney medical certificate for Paul, and told Terence that Paul may really be ill as she’d checked his symptoms on the internet and if she was right, Paul might only have weeks or even days left to live.

Elle & Oliver convinced Janelle to sell Lassiter’s and after learning that Paul had set up Dylan & Carmella on the Valentine’s weekend agreed to help them dupe Paul out of his shares. With Janelle telling Paul that she wouldn’t sell whilst he was still in the business, Elle convinced Paul to sign over his shares to Oliver in order to convince the Timmins to sell, not knowing that they already had. Meanwhile, Paul continued to act strangely, with his hearing becoming distorted. As Elle & Oliver’s ‘engagement party’, Paul proudly toasted to the happy couple, however his ‘Hannibal Lector grin’ soon turned to grimace as Elle announced that she and Oliver were never a couple and exposed his scheming to get Oliver’s money and revealed that she now had control of the Lassiter’s Complex and Paul had nothing. Paul had Rosie read over the contract he’d signed and was stunned to learn that is wasn’t contestable and that he’d signed over everything, Lassiter’s, international investments, shares and even his everyday bank accounts. As he tried to return home, he found the locks had been changed and as Elle reminded him, he had already signed the house over to her the previous year. Meanwhile, Oliver announced that he planned to be hands on with the hotel and was open to suggestions from his staff. As Paul snuck into number 22 through the back door, he threatened to tell to Police about the blowing up of Carmella’s fruit truck; however she reminded him that he had ensured there was no evidence. As she did, he started holding his head and screaming, begging Elle to call an ambulance. Instead, Elle had Paul arrested for trespass and as he was escorted into a Police car, he warned her that if he died it would be on her conscience. Later, Carmella warned Elle to stay away from Oliver. Meanwhile, the residents of Erinsborough revelled in the downfall of Paul and Steph couldn’t wait to tell Lyn, however as Elle tried to show that she still cared with a food parcel, Paul wouldn’t accept it.

Carmella struggled to cope with Elle & Oliver’s games, and stunned Rosetta by changing from feeling tired to having endless amounts of energy, perhaps something to do with the pills Dr. Stone had prescribed. Meanwhile, ‘Dr.’ Stone struggled to keep up the act, especially with her medical advisor, Boyd, away visiting Max and as the time came for Charlie to have his booster shots, as worried Charlotte just pretended to inject the tot, leaving oblivious Steph & Toadie impressed with the lack of a mark.

Frazer took day release from hospital to visit Rosetta and reassure her about his condition, telling her to just be honest and if she had questions about it, just ask. Rosie suggested that she and Frazer go down to the races, but as he refused to go worried that he was perhaps withholding some kind of fear about going back to the racetrack. Later though, the pair found themselves brought closer and closer together and ended up ‘pashing’ on the couch. As Rosie had number 30 adapted for wheelchair bound Frazer, she was disgusted when Carmella suggested that she was only with Frazer because he was in the chair and not in a position to make demands.

As Pepper called around to visit Mary, she found herself recognising the flowers on Mary’s kitchen table as the same as she received from ‘Kevin’ and realised that Mary was responsible for the gifts and notes, but as she tried to leave found the door deadlocked with Mary refusing to let her go. Pepper awoke from a strange slumber to find herself locked in a room filled with a crib and baby toys and old photos of her, plus an empty frame for a photo of her aborted baby. Meanwhile, Mary called into The General Store and it was revealed she was an old friend of Harold’s from his Salvation Army visits. As he offered to call around, she explained that she had someone staying with her at the minute and wasn’t a big people person. With her friend now missing for a few days, Rosie began to worry about Pepper’s whereabouts.

Steph was less than happy to learn that Toadie had told one of his clients that she was his Swedish girlfriend, Astrid and that he needed her to come along on a dinner date and play his non-English speaking love to impress them. Meanwhile, not knowing that ‘Astrid’ spoke English, they made rude comments about her and enjoyed making the most out of Tim Collins & Associates expense account whilst Toadie was away from the table. Incensed, Steph threatened them, telling them to sign the contract or she’d tell their wives what they’d been up to. However, as Steph invited Toadie to move in with her, Terence’s ‘message’ from Dee had clearly stirred up old memories as he made some excuse about having to support Susan whilst Karl was away.

Finally this week, the Erinsborough High students set off on camp and Susan found herself filling in at the last minute as one of the staff pulled out, leaving her working closely with Tom. After a prank by Ringo & Zeke went wrong and they ended up ruining Lolly & Rachel’s tent, Susan found herself sharing with him and teaching him the teachers guide to surviving camp. Meanwhile, as Tom moved close to Susan’s ear to whisper his feelings for her, the shadows on the side of the tent made it look as if they were kissing, leaving nearby Lolly shocked.