Block 2025 Episode 43 Review: A repeat of last week, Han has big plans but no cash

Han plans to end the show the same way she started it. Eating in the caravan.

Han refuses to come out and talk to Foreman Dan because she’s “too cold,” and she decides to discuss plans over the phone from her hideout.

Realizing how strapped the girls were for cash this week, Dan was surprised to hear that Han was still unnecessarily painting the walls of her pool house.

It feels like Han has a stick on his back, focusing on small details at the expense of the big picture (in this case completing a huge garden space).

She did the same thing to the shed last week. There is also the former garage.

Kan, frustrated to find Han hiding in the caravan after being covered in mud, sniped: “I was trying to have some fun in there and you were doing something fucking stupid.”

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Can also reminds Han that they are already behind. While everyone else was making progress in their gardens, Han was baking some peanut butter bagels and marveling at the rendering of the cabin’s walls.

“I’m not doing what everyone else is doing,” Han protests, while Kan pleads with her to be sensible, since the block has a minimal budget and an entire garden to complete.

Han was unmoved and shouted, “I’m going to do what I want to do!”

“So where will we be? Bottom of the leaderboard,” Can countered.

“Why don’t we choose something simple now? Something cheap? We don’t have the money.”

She has a point. But for Han, Can felt like she had lost trust in her vision and ability to get the job done. Plus, her dad is about to arrive on site to help her with her job (minimum wage).

Han’s father – who was also her first choice for The Block – assured her over the phone that rendering the cabin walls could be done. So, that’s what she’s going to do, come hell or high water.

Can don’t believe it.

“I think we’re just figuring out where to focus our efforts, Han,” Can said sagely.

“A shed is a shed. A shed is a shed. That’s it. Should we be focusing on the wider garden?”

When Han persuades her significant other to stop teasing her, she spits, “I love you, but I hate you now.”

Remarkably, even with all this happening, Han is still talking about buying a sauna.

When Can showed her the ledger to prove how little money there was this week, Han seemed to think the money was still lurking somewhere.

“You’re not a builder. You don’t know how much things cost. You’re overreacting,” Han reasoned.

Meanwhile, Can regrets splurging on some of Han’s previous advice. Like expensive wine refrigerators and changing the layout of the house. Oh, and let’s not forget the unfinished shed.

It’s not just the girls who are in trouble. Ben and Emma hit a roadblock when Dan, the foreman, walked by and told them that their $20,000 concrete slab wasn’t up to code. It was too steep and needed to be pulled up and redone.

The setback left the normally optimistic couple feeling uncharacteristically glum.

Britt also fell into a slump. Although Britt received a bunch of helium balloons and a celebratory meal to celebrate her 30th birthday, she was in no mood for a party.

Instead, she and Taz sneaked off to have their own private dinner, not telling anyone else they weren’t attending the celebration for Britt.

The reason for Britt’s depression is that their shed is non-compliant and needs to be replaced before the house goes to auction.

The couple reluctantly agreed to remove the tables and chairs and add more wine storage, making the space more like a cellar than a speakeasy.

In typical fashion, Sonny wasn’t too upset to hear the backlash against Britt and Taz’s shack.

“Why, should I do this? Rules are rules,” he shrugged.

Matt was less cautious, dancing in the streets and gleefully singing “Disobedience.”

Following Dave Franklin’s advice, Matt and Robbie invested in a giant bottle tree. The 4.2m tree will connect to a yard already filled with novelties such as a pickleball court and a giant fireplace.

Alicia, on the other hand, after a few laughs about “the big log that put Sonny up” (the gazebo), adopted a “less is more” approach to her landscaping, arguing that “just because you have space, doesn’t mean you have to fill it all up.”

Missed an episode? Here are all our recaps so far

Episode 1: Why NSW applicants are not good enough to get into The Block

Episode 2: Worst Day on the Block

Episode 3/4: “Tear Them Off”: The team is forced to rip tiles from the wall

Episode 5: Judges’ feedback causes one contestant to vomit

Episode 6: Dan and Dani’s Heartbreak

Episode 7: Big Issues in Neighborhood Housing Design

Episode 8: Robbie and Matt’s Drunk Mistakes

Episode 9: “High-End Nursing Home”

Episode 10: Can faces Han’s wrath

Episode 11: Han micromanaging from his hospital bed

Episode 12: Sonny versus Alicia’s spray

Episode 13: Cruel feedback confuses the Block team

Episode 14: Han and Can get into trouble with Dan and the other contestants

Episode 15: Han goes into shocking tirade against Dan

Episode 16: Defiant Han gets a stern rebuke from Scott Cam

Episode 17: Two teams were crushed by hyperbolic referees

Episode 18: Both teams start the week shocked by judges’ feedback

Episode 19: Alicia and Sonny accuse plagiarism scandal as it breaks out

Episode 20: Ben and Emma deliver good news during a tense block week

Episode 21: Ben, Emma, ​​Sonny and Alicia deal with the judges’ wrath

Episode 22: As Sonny and Alicia despair, Matt summons his inner mean boy

Episode 23: Han and Can almost quit the spa challenge

Episode 24: Ben and Emma finally break down after yet another failure

Episode 25: Britt and Taz make a huge mistake

Episode 26: The girls fire their construction worker

Episode 27: Ben and Emma hatch a sneaky plan

Episode 28: Britt’s decision to exclude her former best friend puts Alicia at war

Episode 29: “Basic”, “heartless”, “unelegant” – the judges take stock of some team kitchens

Episode 30: Ugly showdown between block stars

Episode 31: Greed and cheating accusations at group meeting

Episode 32: Team Unleashes “Dog Behavior”

Episode 33: Three teams fail to finish in painful week

Episode 34: Han gets mad at fired builder for texting “w***er”

Episode 35: Sonny refuses to give up on his decision to work longer hours

Episode 36: Sonny performs in Britt and Taz and Han loses his cool

Episode 37: Going all out to win, one team is in trouble

Episode 38: Mild-mannered Ben calls for arson attack on Britt and Taz

Episode 39: Alicia denies making sarcastic comment, then mentions Britt’s “b***h face”

Episode 40: Controversial Bullock win sparks new trouble

Episode 41: A stubborn decision can cost a team big money at the auction

Episode 42: Han worries she is being portrayed as a spoiled child