Screen Queen TV Reviews: The Block, The Yogurt Shop Murders, Wednesday, Platonic and The Twelve
And so nice that we started this season with a celebration of love and unity as we were introduced to this year's hopefuls, which include lesbian couple Han and Can, along with Robby and his gay bestie, Mat. It felt a far cry from last year's festival of negativity, rumoured adultery and downright mean-girl behaviour (let's never speak of the Phillip Island series again), and this year's contestants look a lovely bunch — particularly WA cop couple Britt and Taz, who I already know I'd let pop me in the back of a paddy wagon.
Producers look like they've gone out of their way to make sure this year's Block experience is a positive one for contestants — and viewers.
The work site is now shut up every night, with contestants forbidden from toiling away after hours, so no more all-nighters! They're also all staying together in a communal campsite (complete with deluxe caravans) — Kumbaya, anyone? Best of all, they've all been given the building schedule ahead of time, so no nasty budget surprises.
That's enough to put a smile on anyone's face, especially WorkSafe and Nine's HR department, who surely weren't looking for a repeat of last year's shenanigans.
I visited the site a few months ago — it's impressive! No spoilers, but know this: Block fans won't be disappointed with the way these houses take shape.
Give us ALL the rainbows and unicorns please, The Block. It's about all we can take right now.
I am starting to seriously worry about my other half: his streaming algorithms are basically end-to-end true-crime docos. Yikes! Now he can add this excellent four-parter to the watch list. It's all about the murder of four girls at a frozen yoghurt shop in Austin, Texas, back in 1991. Though two people did time for the crime, questions surround the confessions they gave. This is a fascinating look at police investigations, crime reporting and the concept of 'false memory'. But it's the families' stories that make this most impactful — and a devastating watch. Must-see.
This season of The Twelve is set in and around Margaret River, with certified Silver Fox Brett Colby (aka Sam Neill) headed off down south to defend the husband of a pal. This has a stacked cast and great premise.
Everyone's favourite moody teen is back, skulking the halls of Nevermore Academy on the hunt for more foes to fell. This season her family play a much more central role — can't wait for more Morticia and Gomez!
I fell hard for this great comedy starring Rose Byrne and Seth Rogan; I'm so pleased it's back. The first two eps of the new season drop this week, then one episode a week till October 1.
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The Block 2025 Episode 7 recap: Big problem with the Block house designs
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Daily Telegraph
10 hours ago
- Daily Telegraph
The Block 2025 Episode 7 recap: Big problem with the Block house designs
It seems Han and Can have learned precisely zero lessons from their failure to complete their first Block room last week. This week Han is insisting on making last minute changes to the layout of their kitchen, mud room, laundry and pantry area. With kitchen and benchtop suppliers needing contestants' designs in this week in order to meet the deadline for cabinetry installation later in the series, it's a bad time to flip flop, but Han described the layout created for all the teams by architect Julian Brenchley as 'completely f***ed'. THE BLOCK DUD SUBURBS REVEALED: Shock data shows reno risks BLOCK LOSSES: One in five of the show's houses lose value post show CONTROVERSY: The biggest Block scandals Her main issue seems to be the fact that in order to reach the pantry and laundry from outside the house, it's necessary to walk through the mud room. 'I think that's a hygiene issue and cleaning issue for me. You're walking through the mud into your butler's pantry. It just doesn't work,' she complained to Can and the impatient supplier. 'You'll traipse mud through a food area.' Is it possible that Han thinks that a mud room is in fact a room full of mud? That can be the only explanation for her bizarre belief that possession of a mud room makes it compulsory to also walk mud through the house. 'I'm refusing to do this because I'm playing the long game and I know the floorplan in my head will make it a lot better,' she persisted. 'Freedom (kitchens) said you have to make a decision there and then and I said no, I'm not going to because I know in my head I have grander plans than that. I just hadn't worked out the nitty gritty,' she explained. Han's plan was to add a doorway directly from the outside into the laundry and pantry, next to the door into the mud room, meaning there will presumably be two outside doors beside each other. With time getting away from her she enlisted her builder dad to redo the layout, promising to get measurements in by the end of the day. Twenty-hours later, and with no appearance of the new plans, and foreman Dan was getting frustrated, particularly when he discovered Han cleaning out the dunny at her and Can's caravan instead of cracking on. 'I love cleaning,' Han said. 'That's the processing time for me, when I'm doing something that at the same time is making me feel better.' But aside from not understanding how hosing out a stinking dunny could make anyone feel better, Dan was frustrated at her flawed prioritising. 'I don't think she understands the urgency,' he said. 'The more I think about it the more I'm actually getting aggravated about it. The girls have not learned from last week when they didn't finish a room. Now instead of being in the room every second making sure everything gets done, they're up there cleaning.' Elsewhere, the race was on to secure an auctioneer, with both Ben and Emma and Mat and Robby believing they had locked in Block regular Tom Panos from Sydney. Emma and Ben's real estate agent — Aaron Hill from Ray White Sunbury — assured them Tom would only work with him, but Mat and Robby believed Tom had already agreed to auction their house, despite the fact their real estate agent was Daylesford local Kim McQueen. A meeting between the boys and Mat and Robby didn't go well. 'He was trying to measure his D … against Ms McQueen's,' was Robby's assessment. 'I hated him,' was Mat's.
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