Episode 12 Recap: Pressure mounts as Alicia finally snaps – and it's all over a simple bathroom feature

The bathroom week agenda is coming along nicely for most of the Blockheads.

Except Taz, whose schedule has been interrupted by some urgent laundry, and Taz, who is in need of a deep, cleansing shower.

Last night's drinking, oops I mean fish for dinner, has caused some carnage in House 3's caravan.

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It's not just Taz's head causing him pain this morning.

Their fancy arch door is not panning out how they'd like, so they've had to cut through the plaster and make the door frame a floor-to-ceiling square.

"Whose cleaning up the crime scene?" Foreman Dan asks, and he's not referring to the ensuite.

Their neighbours in House 2 are also having to pivot after realising the brown colour of their paneling is far too farmhouse for their liking.

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During walkarounds, Scott Cam and Shelley Craft give their thoughts on recolouring it and Scotty suggests... light pink. Interesting.

Poor Taz, and the crime scene in his and Britt's caravan, continues to be the topic of conversation as Scotty and Shell make their rounds.

"You will never live this down my friend, this goes down in history," Shell says.

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Scotty's jokes continued as he gives Robby and Mat stick with a couple of nanna references after last week's judges' feedback.

But after moving on from Beryl, Meryl and Cheryl, the host is impressed by the fact that excavation has just started for House 5's secret wine cellar.

Now that they've ditched their archway, House 3 are in need of one final waterproofing approval.

But they do not get it.

They'll have to hit pause on any further progress until GMac arrives back on site tomorrow for the final sign-off.

While there might be a lot to do today as the week's deadline looms, turns out there's always time for... line dancing?

Foreman Dan invites everyone to HQ for a special treat.

Why? Who knows. But it's worth it for this:

Actual dancer Emma is in her element while the others are definitely not:

Later, Mat and Alicia find themselves shopping in Freedom at the same time.

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Can their friendship survive yet enough possible furniture theft?

"If you steal my couch I'm going to steal your husband," Mat whispers.

While Mat secures his couch, Alicia is frustrated by a phone call on her way home telling her that the items she wanted were already ordered by others.

"I'm sick of being last in line," she says, frustrated.

She has a bit of a cry, explaining that at the moment the competition is her "whole world" and every little set back adds up.

While she's having a tough time, Sonny is awarded Scotty's weekly 'hardest worker' award and gets to pick out two trees of his choice for House 4's landscaping.

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Well deserved after two weeks in a row of having to redo completed work and still delivering completed rooms!

He's also been hard at work placing the towel rails in their ensuite.

Now firstly, they've gone with horizontal rails, because we all know that if Shaynna Blaze sees another vertical one on The Block she will spontaneously combust.

Secondly, he's hung one of them at a height that may seem correct, if you're Michael Jordan.

"That's ridiculous," Alicia reacts.

"I actually need to do some chin-ups," Dan jokes.

But she's not in a joking mood!

Alicia takes her potty mouth to camp, where she finds the support of Mat and Robby, who agree that towel rails should not just be for NBA players.

Sonny actually agrees as well, so it gets changed, and he jokes that is just a three on the Alicia-quake Richter scale.

However, the towel rail issue has spiraled into a larger issue as Alicia is annoyed at him making a comment to their builder about not letting her speak to him badly.

He apologises, she doesn't accept it and they end the day in a rather rough spot.

On Sunday night, the race is on to finish their ensuites before the judges shower praise (and jabs) at their efforts.

It's going to be a real rollercoaster night – you'll don't want to miss it!

The Block airs Sundays at 7pm and continues Monday to Wednesday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 7:00pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.

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