The Block 2021 episode 30 recap: “It’s taking the piss”: Mark and Mitch’s war on the judges heats up

Hell really hath no fury like a Mark and Mitch ill-judged.

The pair stormed out of last night’s judging before Scott Cam had dismissed the contestants, spitting out the kind of language most unbecoming for grandfathers, or anyone else for that matter.

And they haven’t let it go.

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“We need to dust ourselves off because it’s not going to do us any good to carry round discomfort for people are nasty,” Mitch says, before carrying round a great, great deal of discomfort.

Mark and Mitch go on the attack over the judges’ comments on their kitchen. Picture: Channel 9

The pair concede Kirsty and Jesse thoroughly deserved their win, but the judges’ accolades for the other contestants stick in their craw.

Noting a variety of defects including daylight showing through the join in Tanya and Vito’s lauded curved window and a lack of storage in Josh and Luke’s butler’s pantry, they’re spitting chips.

“I don’t know how they can stand by their feedback,” Mitch says.

“Walking through the kitchens with obvious faults the judges can’t see, this has to be questioned,” Mark agrees. “I don’t understand the inconsistency. I predict we won’t win another room.”

“When you see inadequate kitchens getting praised it’s either taking the piss or you don’t know your sh*t,” Mitch adds.

Describing Josh and Luke’s dark hued room as “a kitchen from 2000”, Mark is equally unimpressed with their Christian Cole timber bench feature.

Mark and Mitch have nothing nice to say about Luke and Josh’s kitchen. Picture: Channel 9

“They took timber, sanded it and put it on there,” he says, as Mitch stalks off declaring “it’s a joke”.

Which is particularly unkind because when Josh and Luke tour Mark and Mitch’s kitchen, they agree the granddads were hard done by by the judges, who were particularly critical of their decision to have drawer rather than cupboard pantries.

“They didn’t deserve to get slammed,” Josh says.

“I prefer food to be in a drawer to be honest, rather than having to reach up to grab something,” Luke agrees. “They were judged very harshly.”

One thing everyone agrees on is Kirsty and Jesse’s win.

“They should be very proud,” Mark says.

“As much as it pains me to say it, I think they deserved the win,” Georgia says.

Judging post mortem done, the teams are on to living and dining room week. But it’s not just living and dining room. That old cheating scandal just keeps raising its head.

Luke and Josh have nothing but praise for Mark and Mitch’s kitchen. Picture: Channel 9

Kinsman had rostered on all their installers to put in laundry cabinetry this week, but with the schedule thrown out the window laundry week has been put back. That means Kinsman can come and install the carcasses this week if the teams can get their acts together, but if not they will have to install them themselves when laundry week actually comes around.

Ronnie in particular isn’t happy, given this means plastering and waterproofing the laundry space, not to mention planning it.

“This is all because Tanya took that photo and cheated,” he says. “That’s what it comes down to.”

He suggests that Tanya and Vito should wear the cost of the having the other teams’ laundries installed in the week they were meant to.

“Tanya and Vito think it’s all over, they lost two point, done,” he says. But it would appear Tanya and Vito are right about that because his request falls on deaf ears.

Ronnie and Georgia are still unhappy with Tanya’s cheating. Picture: Channel 9

Speaking of the cheaters, this week they are throwing everything at their “game-changer”, a sunken lounge.

They’re using the extra $10,000 they get for raising the game-changer flag, the free tradies they can get through Hipages once in the competition, plus the $25,000 room budget to pay for the excavation, concrete slab and custom lounge that’s involved.

All is going swimmingly until their builder discovers phase three power runs right where they need to dig. Vito being Vito blames everyone, until it’s pointed out that his original builder and electrician were told exactly where the power ran but failed to pass it on to their new builder, which isn’t surprising given they had sacked him.

But Keith and Dan pull out all the stops to get the power line rerouted. It means they will be without power for the day and possibly the next, along with their neighbours Josh and Luke.

The All Stars have the extra job of renovating a kitchen at the Tombolo Academy this week. Picture: Channel 9

Lucky it wasn’t Ronnie and Georgia because the answer would most certainly have involved two middle fingers.

As well as trying to plan their laundries and finish their living dining rooms, the teams also have to clean their houses from top to bottom and create an advertising video for their real estate agents. And the all star teams have the added task of finishing the kitchen at the nearby Tombolo Academy for gifted disabled children.

Kirsty and Jesse kindly decide to host their winners dinner at the Academy so the all stars don’t have to stop work, but when the dinner turns out to be Maccas and the fan teams depart without offering to lift a finger, it seems like a somewhat hollow gesture.

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Episode 29: Mitch tells Block judges to ‘go f*** yourselves’

Episode 27 & 28: Lip synch battle and fruit fight divides The Block

Episode 26: Winners aren’t grinners as Block teams boycott victory dinner

Episode 25: Twins sticking their finger up at the judges

Episode 23 & 24: Shelley Craft encourages Block teams to shirk rules

Episode 22: What made Vito storm off The Block

Episode 21: ‘Old-fashioned public toilet’ — Block room slammed

Episode 19 & 20: Jealousy runs rampant during tense Block challenge

Episode 18: Superior organisational skills or cheats? Mitch and Mark in hot water

Episode 17: ”It’s crap”: The Block’s tackiest room slammed

Episode 16: ‘Piece of trash’ The Block descends into chaos