Faulty electrical wiring causes problems with the power at Number 30 – and a potentially lethal situation develops with an underwater pool light. Several housemates almost take the plunge before Mickey touches a bird that has died in the water and is electrocuted. Frazer watches on, helpless in his wheelchair - what can he do to save poor Mickey’s life?Although he’s dumbstruck by Napier’s confession, in-denial Oliver refuses to give the notion any credence. But, aware that his bravado hides true turmoil, Elle decides to take matters into her own hands and organizes an illegal DNA test. A guilty Elle confesses all to Oliver, who’s thrown by her tactics – but can he resist finding out if Napier’s telling the truth?Frazer’s miffed when Lucia announces her intention to organise the wedding. Smarting over Lucia’s earlier warnings for Rosie not to marry a disabled man, Frazer summons the nerve to confront her and wins her respect. But Frazer’s blood pressure rises anew as he realizes Lucia’s planning an extravaganza – and Rosie’s right into the idea! When Ned hears Mickey’s too-good-to-be-true ideas of what his father might be like, he shrinks from telling Mickey the truth, certain he will never live up to the ideal. Help comes from an unexpected quarter when Paul accompanies father and son to a footy match, and a newly optimistic Ned plans on coming clean with Mickey at last. But then fate intervenes at the pool – has Ned left it too late to truly bond with his son?While he puts a brave face on it, Karl continues to struggle with his father’s slide into third-stage dementia.

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