‘Should I call an ambulance?’

It’s master ensuite week and as usual, some teams are on track, and some teams look set to end the week with an unfinished room.

Previous seasons have featured lots of anguished cries of “we’re not going to finish” which came to nothing, but in this season seems to have a higher number of actual unfinished rooms, possibly a product of the reduced working hours that came with switching to a new council area.

But before they can even start work, the teams have to go and inspect their competitors’ rooms from last week with most agreeing Chantel and Wyatt’s master bedroom and walk-in robe should have won over Lisa and Rosco’s, including Chantel and Wyatt.

Lisa and Rosco had the benefit of a beautifully designed walk-in robe, inherited from interior designer Sev and her partner Courtney.

“I think Courtney and Sev’s walk-in robe definitely put Rosco and Lisa over the line to win,” Chantel says. “We definitely should have won that week.”

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Rosco’s prospective waterproofer sums up his views on the bathroom deadlines.

The teams reserve most of their disdain for Courtney and Sev’s last place getting room, complete with poorly designed walk-in robe inherited from winners Lisa and Rosco.

“It would be a really nice place to die,” Adam says, while Chantel describes it as a “bat cave”.

Then it’s on to the pressing work of creating a master ensuite in a week where a public holiday will result in even less working hours.

After presenting the most unfinished bathroom in Block history two weeks ago, Lisa and Rosco are determined not to let it happen again, but they’re not being helped by site managers reversing a decision to let them remove a window and ruling out their plans to micro cement their shower area.

They’re also struggling to find a waterproofer with Dan warning Rosco that if he doesn’t get that particular job done tomorrow he’s not going to finish, again.

So Rosco isn’t exactly in the mood to drive to a hot springs resort for a massage then dinner, but that’s the price of success.

Lisa is the voice of reason on their drive to the resort as Rosco spirals.

“It’s fine. You’re going to make yourself sick. It’s not a life-and-death situation. If we don’t finish after putting in all that effort there’s nothing we can do about it.”

Courtney has a heart episode as worried producers ask if they should call an ambulance.

And Lisa knows about life-and-death situations. In her other life she’s a paramedic, and her skills come in handy this episode.

Courtney reveals she suffers from a condition called SVT which can cause episodes where her heart races to more than 200bpm. While she can usually get it under control herself, this time she needs some help.

“Shall we call an ambulance?” a producer asks, but Courtney takes herself off to the bathroom and calls Lisa instead, who calmly talks her through the process of breathing through a straw with her feet up on the wall.

The pair agree that if Courtney can’t fix it within five attempts she’ll call triple-0 but thankfully it only takes three and all is well.

“It’s something I’ve had for many years now. It doesn’t affect my ability to live my life but it can be quite stressful when it happens, especially when you’re not prepared,” Courtney explains.

Sev and Courtney talking about Courtney’s heart condition.

Sev is emotional when talking about the fact Courtney didn’t let her know it was happening.

“Courtney wants to be tough for both of us and she wants to be tough in this environment because getting respect from men sometimes can be hard and I know that you didn’t want to look weak. I know why she didn’t tell me, it’s because she didn’t want to stress me out.”

As Lisa and Rosco enjoy their winners’ night out, the other teams are surprised by a visit from judge Darren Palmer.

Darren Palmer has dinner with the contestants to tell them not to take his Week One advice too literally.

Reading between the lines, it seems someone recognised that the advice he gave the teams in week one about embracing “light, bright and white” and “quiet luxury” was going to result in five beige palaces, so he’s here to let them know they can actually cut loose a little.

Sev and Tayla are particularly chagrined, both claiming they’d have gone in another direction had Darren not been so insistent that they avoid colour and boldness at the outset.

“Some of the imagery he showed us (tonight) referenced what we were going to do originally, but we’ve now gone in a different direction,” Sev says.

MISSED AN EPISODE? HERE’S ALL OUR RECAPS SO FAR

Episode 1: First tears shed on season 22 of The Block

Episode 2: ‘I will shut you down’

Episode 3: ‘I won’t help them again’

Episode 4: ‘You will only last five weeks’

Episode 5: Block couple ready to quit after scandal

Episode 6: ‘Everyone is in on it’: Chantel and Wyatt cry foul

Episode 7: Gloves are off as Courtney accuses Rosco of treachery

Episode 8: Dan fuming as Tayla barely lifts a finger

Episode 9: A huge prize causes bitterness in one contestant

Episode 10: Jolene and Tayla fume over controversial bathroom win
Episode 11: Lisa and Rosco fall behind again

Episode 12: Block star’s sad health update