It’s the day after Waterproof Wednesday, known on The Block as still-need-to-do-a-bit-of-waterproofing Thursday and in most other parts of the country as, simply, Thursday.

Most of the houses still have one coat of waterproofing to finish, but if all else goes to plan (it won’t), they’re confident that they’ll be finished tiling by the end of the day.

Han and Can are feeling particularly on top of things, until both Foreman Dan and site manager Aidan tell them their… unique ‘one-and-a-half coats’ of waterproofing is not enough for approval.

Their waterproofer has overslept and is still 90 minutes away, but tough cookie.

Dan explicitly tells Han she cannot start the second coat until their tradie arrives.

So… she starts the second coat before their tradie arrives.
???? (Nine)
Obviously, Dan spots her. And even more obviously, he’s fumin’.

“You’ve disobeyed my instruction, so now I’ve lost trust here. You’ve just gone behind my back.”
We’ve officially got our first Dan telling off. (Nine)
He explains that her actions look shifty, but Han’s adamant she didn’t mean to go behind his back.

Dan’s not going to fully shut down their site, but says Han can no longer help their actual qualified waterproofer complete the job.
Han is gutted. (Nine)
She’s very upset with herself.

“I feel like I just got told off by my parents as a kid,” she sobs into Can’s arms.

Next door in House 3, it might be Day 4 of The Block, but Britt and Taz are already talking landscaping.

They’ve already locked in their landscaper and he looks very familiar. Yes, it’s The Saddle Club star Troy Lovett, back on The Block for his fourth year in a row.

While Britt gives him the rundown, Taz is off site digging up trees. Talk about planning ahead!
Or should I say, attempting to dig up trees? (Nine)
He’s got a lemon tree to bring back today but also discovers a whole bunch of other fruit trees they can grab at a later stage.

Their secret weapon is meant to be, well, secret, but when Taz returns, he can’t help himself.
The secret lemon tree is the site’s most popular attraction. (Nine)
Suddenly their big ol’ tree is the talk of The Block – but the other fruit trees he’ll return for later remain hush hush.

Will it last?

Elsewhere, there is a lot of spiraling. Robby is in a panic about tiles.

Thankfully, a very kind and patient man from Beaumont talks him off the ledge of last-minute changes and all is soon well again.

Han is still very stressed about putting Dan off-side.

When he comes to see their finished waterproofing, she pulls him aside to apologise yet again. It’s water under the bridge (but hopefully not under their successfully waterproofed bathroom).

Speaking of, Emma and Ben and Sonny and Alicia’s waterproofing fails inspections from Dan and GMac.

Luckily, House 4’s is just a small fix and Robby lets Sonny borrow one of his team to help out. It’s all happy families on The Block… for now.

Robby and Mat are the first team to get the go-ahead for tiling, although GMac might’ve taken back the pass if he knew Mat likened him to the Wicked Witch of the West.

They celebrate with Borat and horse impressions – such range!

“Dark horse, baby. Nay nay b—h, nay nay,” Mat says.

They ‘nay’ their way into town for a spot of shopping, which is not super successful because Robby is far too indecisive for Mat’s liking.

But what they lack in shopping buddy chemistry, they make up for in laughs.

Because their trip also provides us with a Scotty Cam impersonation that is somehow both the best and worst we’ve ever seen:

Han and Can are next to start tiling, while the panicked remaining teams start swirling Dan like vultures desperate for inspections.

Everyone gets… semi-passes. There are still issues, but tiling can commence in certain areas of each room.

It’s good news. And also bad news. Classic Block.
And classic GMac. (Nine)
You know what else is classic Block? Shelley Craft arriving in a very nice car!

Yep, Shell is here and after a tour from Scotty, she deems this year “too easy”.

“This is great, how civilised,” she smiles. Then she sniffs Han’s armpit, so look, not too civilised.

Shelly invites the entire group for dinner, where the vibes are still very high.

“At this stage we are a family, but wait for Week 8,” Mat says, which was about to be my exact joke.

Tomorrow night, the stress of Guest Bathroom Week tiles up even further, as at least one team is ordered to pull down all the tiles in their near-complete bathroom.

Ouch!