The Flying Doctors

Épisode 1 - Will to Survive

15 mai 1986 - 5/5

Tom and Kate are on a clinicround. It's Tom's birthday. There they see a patient named Ted, who complains of stomach-ache. His family situation isn't the best, he doesn't care about his sons and they don't care about him. He is taken to hospital, where he finally makes up with his family. A new doctor, Chris Randall, arrives and everybody is upset that the RFDS headoffice sent a female doctor, especially Violet. Chris has to go out to see a patient with a smashed leg. She does everything she can to help the patient, Jim Spencer. But he really needs to go to hospital. They move Jim to the plane, but the weather is too rough, and Ray, the pilot, can't take off. They have to take Jim back to the house, and Chris makes a very difficult decision - she has to amputate Jim's leg to save his life, despite mrs. Spencer's vishes.

Épisode 2 - Trial By Gossip

22 mai 1986

Chris has horrible nightmares about the amputation. Everybody is accusing her, they are convinced that she could have treated Jim Spencer without taking off his leg. Her patients avoid her, and George Baxter even threatens to sue her. A few days later Chris is out on an overnight clinic where she finds a four-year-old girl with croup. It gets very bad, and Tom decides to come. For some reason George Baxter is on the plane as well. Chris realizes that Tom won't be able to get there in time, so she needs to do a tracheotomy(?) (it's when you make a little whole in the patients windpipe, so he/she will be able to breath).The girl's mother won't let Chris perform the rather simple procedure, she has heard what happened to Jim Spencer. Tom tries to talk to her over the radio but she won't listen. So Tom maked George Baxter understand that the little girl will die if Chris doesn't operate, and Baxter talks to the mother on the radio. he claims he has been wrong about Chris all the time an

Épisode 3 - Hot Enough For You

29 mai 1986

An english family, the Robertsons, arrives in Coopers Crossing, looking for work. They get a tip that a farmer outside town needs workers so they decide to go there. However, they get lost, and have to stay in the car over night. The next morning, the man goes for help and tells his wife to stay near the car with their two sons, Alfred and Alexander, and babydaughter. It is incredably hot and mr. Roberson gets dehydrated and finally collapses. Since the family didn't show up at all at the farm where they were expected, a search is organized. They find mr. Robertson, and he will be ok. At the car, mrs. Robertson has been really angry with the two boys and they run off. When they want to go back they discover they are lost. The search party manages to find the car where mrs. Robertson is very worried about her sons. Eventually the two boys are found, but too late - one of them died of dehydration.

Épisode 4 - Dreams of Sand

5 juin 1986

Hurtle comes back to town, but he says he won't stay. He's going up to the coast. Tom, Kate and Chris are visiting an old man called Rabbit. When they're about to leave Rabbit is blowing a new minehole (he is looking for opals), but he has an accident. He is not badly injured though. But Chris is upset about the conditions he lives under. She wants him admitted to the hospital but Tom says no. Vic and Ron wonders why Hurtle is going up the coast. Hurtle offers Ron to buy the garage and Ron tries to get a loan, which is refused. Hurtles shows some slides at the base, but Sharon, Gibbo and Kate sneek out. By mistake Hurtle shows some pictures of a woman. Everybody is very curious about her but Hurtle doesn't say who she is. Vic discovers Sharon and Gibbo sneeking out and is very angry. He doesn't want Gibbo staying at the pub, so Gibbo moves in with Tom. Rabbit has a serious mineaccident, and is discovered by a neighbour. Gibbo, Tom and Chris flies out here and saves Rabbit in

Épisode 5 - Public Property

12 juin 1986

Bruce is coming to Coopers Crossing to get married. He's never met the bride to be, they have only written letters. When Joylene arrives it turns out that she is pregnant. Bruce (and everybody else) get really upset, and Bruce says he doesn't want to marry her anymore. Tom feels sorry for Joylene, who really wanted to marry Bruce, so he lets her stay at his place. Finally Bruce's brother proposes to Joylene and the get married. When she's having the baby, they name him Bruce, which makes the ""old"" Bruce pretty happy.

Épisode 6 - Is Nothing Sacred

19 juin 1986

A lady called Debbie Wilson shows up in town to fight for the aboriginies. She wants to find sacred places and make sure that the aboriginals have acess to these places. Many of the people in Coopers Crossing get upset, and when Tom invites Debbie to dinner they think things have gone too far. A man called Don Shepard knows about sacred places, but he won't tell Debbie. He doesn't do that because one of the sacred places is situated on George Baxter's land, and Baxter is paying Don not to tell anyone. But after a while Don takes Debbie to the spot, and it turns out everything is a fake. Don painted the false picture and the ""sacred"" place himself to get payed from Baxter. Debbie leaves Coopers Crossing and everything goes back to normal again.

Épisode 7 - Square Pegs

26 juin 1986

Andrew Cameron is a farmer and very successful in everything he does. He demands his son, Matt, to be just as successful as he is, which of course is impossible. Finally Matt breaks into the Nomad and steels some drugs and tries to kill himself. He is rescued by the RFDS though. Tom finds an old woman, Ruth Pitt, in a tent outside town, where she lives with her retarded son Hugh. Ruth has a bad heart, and she dies, so they have to send Hugh to a home. It feels a bit sad, since everybody liked him so much.

Épisode 8 - Sins of the Fathers

7 juillet 1986

Prue is pregnant and staying at a couple she says is her aunt and onkel. She delivers the baby on the baby but it requires help from the RFDS since the baby is in a wrong position. Prue doesn't want to look at her child at all, and it turns out the couple isn't her relatives. They just want to buy her baby! But Prue changes her mind and wants to keep her child. Hurtle and Ron are babysitting, when some gunpowder blows up in Ron's face. He will be ok but has to go to Syndey for treatment.

Épisode 9 - Rally to the Cause

14 juillet 1986

An international rally comes to Coopers Crossing which makes everyone excited. A driver called Sandra spends lots of time with Gibbo and Chris has dinner with a french driver. This makes Tom jealous, but when he finds out nothing happened he and Chris kiss! Emma Plimpton arrives in Coopers Crossing, she Hurtle's niece and a trained mechanic.

Épisode 10 - Talk of the Town

21 juillet 1986

Emma is upset with Hurtle, the garage's economy is a mess, Hurtle never demands people to pay their bills which makes it impossible for him to pay his! So Emma has to his dirty work for him. Violet finds out she's got diabetes, but doesn't take care of it and collapses. Finally Tom makes her realize she can live a great life, even though she's a diabetic.

Épisode 11 - Do You Read Me

28 juillet 1986

One of Sharon's friends is going out with a boy named Max, and she goes to Chris to get the pill. Linda gets them on the farmacy, but Violet sees her, and soon everybody knows about it. Linda's mother is more or less seing George Baxter, and he gets really upset! he talks to Frank, Tom and Chris, and threatens to sue Chris for doing this. Linda suspects that she's already pregnant and she and Max run off. They're involved in a car-accident, and Linda looses her baby.

Épisode 12 - E.T. - New Girl in Town

4 août 1986

Tom and Gibbo has to land in the middle of nowhere after a clinicround. They come to an old cabin where they find a man and his dying mother. They also find the man's daugther Amanda who has lived there isolated in her whole life. When the old lady dies Tom promises to bring Amanda to town, but this upsets the man. He later comes into town to persuade Amanda to come back. She refuses and he kills himself.

Épisode 13 - A Choice of Enemies

11 août 1986

RFDS gets an emergecny call from Adrian Bailey, son of the wealthy Rex Bailey, who is out cycling in the bush. Everybody says he shouldn't go on, he doen't know anything about the bush. But he ignores them. After a while they get another call from him, but at the same time there's an emergencycall - a 7-year old boy with 50% burns. Tom chooses to go to the boy first, but when they come to Adrian he's dead! A very rude reporter is there, and he makes it sound it was all Tom's fault Adrian died. Rex arrives in town and after reading the papers he also blames Tom. But Sharon talks to him, and he understands it wasn't Tom's fault.

Épisode 14 - Departures

18 août 1986

Sharon tells everybody that she is moving to Sydney to study. She's going to be a socialworker. Everybody at the base is happy for her but Gibbo is a bit upset about Sharon not telling him she applied. Nancy is sad about Sharon leaving, but Vic's really angry. He and Sharon fights about it, but Sharon does go, eventually. There's a man, Jim Dawson, who is going crazy at a pub after drinking very much, where he also get serious cuts to his face. He just rides off, and when Tom and Jack comes they go after him. Jim is in a really bad shappe so they bring him home to his wife. This has happened a lot of times before, but now he really want to change things. His wife, Peg doesn't believe him, and she leaves him.

Épisode 15 - A Lost Generation

25 août 1986

Gibbo, Ron and Emma meets a woman named Clare Dobson on the road where her car broke down. Gibbo gives her a ride back to town and Ron promises to fix her car. It's obvious that they are competing over her. Nancy is helping out on the base after Sharon left. Joe offered her the job, which makes Tom and Chris a bit upset. The war-memorial is coming up, and everybody is excited. Everybody except Chris. She thinks it's horrible to celebrate war, and she's arguing about it at the base. This really upsets Joe, and Chris finds out that he experienced some terrible things when he was in Vietnam. Later it turns out that Clare Dobson was Violet's granddaughter, which of course makes Violet very happy! Details

Épisode 16 - Someone Special

1 septembre 1986

Tom sees some horrible pictures of starving kids in Africa and starts thinking of going there to help. Chris thinks they're about to get married and tells Violet - which means the whole town knows. But Tom tells Chris he's made up his mind, he'll go to Africa. The talk in the town just says Tom will leave the outback and everybody thinks he'll go into town to start his own clinic. This hurts Tom a lot, but when he tells the truth, everybody apologizes. But the whole town, especially Chris, is sad when he leaves.

Épisode 17 - Return of the Hero

8 septembre 1986

The new doctor, Geoff Standish arrives, a really bragging citydoctor. He gets drunk one night, when he was on call, which upsets Chris terribly. Geoff tells her he came to the outback because his wife died of cancer. He was to busy working and didn't notice until it was to late, and he takes the blame for her death. They meet a man called Les Foster, who is gay, and has found out he has got aids. He gets worse all the time, and finally dies.

Épisode 18 - Eye of the Beholder

15 septembre 1986

Kate is at George Baxter's place giving vaccin-shots. They run into bad weather during a ride and comes to a shed. George is hit by lightning, and has a seizure. It turns out he might have epilepcy. Violet is organizing the Miss Coopers Crossing contest, and manages to talk Emma into entering. She wins over a stroppy girl called Melissa Cumberland-Brown.

Épisode 19 - Million-acre Prison

22 septembre 1986

A family, the Morgans, has to sell their property, and George Baxter buys it for his company. This makes the Morgans pretty upset. Nancy has done some tests with Geoff and the results show some cellular changes in her utures, it's cancer. They have to make a small operation. After the operation it shows that the cancer has spread and they have to perform a hystorectomy (to remove the whole utures), but Nancy refuses. She and Vic argues a lot about it, and this makes Sharon come back from Sydney for a while. But she can't make Vic understand why Nancy refuses to have the operation. Sharon talks to Geoff and Chris to get some advice. Finally she makes Vic understand and he talks to Nancy. She decides to have the operation, and it's a success, they managed to get rid of the whole cancer!

Épisode 20 - Like a Death in the Family

29 septembre 1986

The base gets a call, a boy has got shot and Chris flies out. She does her best, but the boy dies. The weather is really bad, so they can't fly the body back to town. Jack and dr. Turner agrees that Chris should do the autopsy at the spot. She feels bad about it, but does it anyway. Geoff gets a telegram, a job-offer from Sydney, and Violet finds out. Which means the whole town knows pretty soon. Kate is really upset about Geoff leaving, and the rest of the town as well. Finally Geoff decides to stay, and everybody appologizes.

Épisode 21 - Fearless Frank

6 octobre 1986

Gibbo demands vacation, and the only release-pilot is an old man called Frank Watson, known as Fearless Frank. He is a very good pilot but sometimes he takes riskes. He really likes this woman called Val. She called the RFDS, but she's a hypocondric, so Chris didn't want to go. Frank went on his own but after picking Val up he got a stomach-ache and had to make an emergency landing on the road. This meant Gibbo didn't get his vacation after all... Frank ends up in hospital but discharges himself and goes flying. Since he is sick he doesn't have the permission to fly. When he lands he claims this was his last flight, he'll start working for Val!

Épisode 22 - Forgivness

13 octobre 1986

A girl named Sarah is alone at her and her husband's property when he is off working. She claims she hears someone spying on her and involves as well Jack as Geoff. Finally she sees someone in a window and fires a shotgun. Jack and Dougie traces, it turns out to be one of Sarah's work-friends, who wanted to make sure she was safe all alone out there. Kate is seeing George Baxter but when she finds him with another woman in Broken Hill she quickly ends their relaionship.

Épisode 23 - Acceptance

20 octobre 1986

The Cochrane-brothers come to town. They end up in hospital after they've been in an accident with explosives - looking for gold! Josie Rattan has a caraccident, but says she's ok. When Geoff finds her unconscious he does some tests, she's got a braintumour. She knows she'll die but don't want to spend her last days in hospital. She finally convinces Geoff to let her go!

Épisode 24 - The Show Goes On

27 octobre 1986

A theatre group comes to town, but their director and head-actor, Rick, breaks his leg. In hospital Chris discovers he's got a disease that needs treatment in Sydney but he won't go. Their manager then runs with all their money, but the town help them out. Joe gets a part instead of the one Rick should have had and is a success. He is offered to go with the group but refuses. Rick decides to go to Sydney after all.

Épisode 25 - To The Rescue (1)

3 novembre 1986

Two thieves are troubling everyone, they want pills and medicins to sell to schoolkids. They hassles both Kate and Jack. But one of them is injured and is nearly killed! Chris saves him though. Violet organizes the Queen of the Outback contest in Windoona, but everything goes wrong. Violet and Emma are arguing about clothes and Emma says she's quiting. Chris manages to make a compromise. Than the decorations is wrong, and the band doesn't play the right music. And Violet blames Chris for all of it!

Épisode 26 - Into The Future (2)

10 novembre 1986

The ""Queen of the Outback"" competition is held in Windoona and Emma wins! On the way back Gibbo has to fly, even though he is on vacation because the other pilot was drunk. The engines catches fire, and he has to do an emergencylanding. Everything seems to be all right, but Gibbo is seriously ill. He has to fly to Broken Hill but on the way he dies. George Baxter is elected new M.P of the district.

Épisode 1 - Good Day For It

7 juillet 1987

Sam and Kate are worrying for a woman named Sal Cleary, she acts a bit odd. They check it out and it turns out her daughter Julie is pregnant. She isn't married but still wants to keep the baby. The family wanted to pretend the baby was Sal's, so both she and Julie has to stay out of sight until the baby is born. At the birth there are some complications but everything goes well eventually and Geoff, Kate and Sam lets everybody think it was Sal's child. There is a political election between George Baxter and a man named Rob Dalton. George wins.

Épisode 2 - Horses For Courses

14 juillet 1987

A man called Jim has a car-accident and goes to hospital. His wife, Carol, is acting a bit strange about it. Chris finds out she's dyslectic, but she refuses to admit it. Later her son drinks some medicine, she can't read the bottle and that way everybody finds out she can't read and write over the radio. Sam buys a horse from Carol, who is an extremely good rider, and Sam and Kate are practicing togehter for the big rodeo. Carol doesn't want to ride in the rodeo, she feels embarresed, but she turns out anyway. There's a beer-strike and Hurtle makes some own beer. But suddenly the whole town starts acting really strange. Geoff finds out Hurtle has mixed the alcohol with caffeine, which causes personality changes!

Épisode 3 - The Unluckiest Boy in Town

21 juillet 1987

A woman named Barbara Freeman finds out she's got a braindisease. It's hereditary, but her husband Robert won't tell their son Michael, he doesn't want him to worry. But Michael hears it anyway, and steals Baxter's airplane. The plane is grounded, and finally Jack manages to talk him down. DJ wants to start a disco to get the youngsters calm, they've caused lots of trouble. Jack lets him build a gym. Jack's boss Kevin has heard complaints about the youngsters and shows up. He decides to transfer Jack, but when he sees how Jack talked Michael down from the plane he changed his mind. Finally DJ gets his disco and celebrates with a huge party!

Épisode 4 - It Isn't Cricket

28 juillet 1987

A rich man calls Nigel turns up in town. Due to an accident he ends up in hospital. He has got one glass eye, and a melanoma in the other one. He refuses an operation since that would make him completely blind and doesn't care what the others say. Finally Kate and a blind lady convinces him to have the operation. There's a cricket game between the Crossing and Windoona and Nigel manages to get a top national player to play for Coopers Crossing. Sam plays for Windoona, and finally it's him versus Emma - Emma wins and so does the Crossing!!

Épisode 5 - An Only Child

4 août 1987

Jan, Phil and Zoe Buchanon are come to the Crossing to write some articles and takes some photos for a couple of articles. Both Jan and Phil falls down a cliff, which leaves little Zoe all alone. She moves in with Chris. Sam can't stay at the pub, the RFDS can't afford paying the bill anymore, they can only pay 60 dollars a week. Sam moves in with Violet, but then it turns out Vic and Nancy would have let Sam stay at the pub for those 60 dollars. This causes a huge fight between Violet and Nancy! Sam is waiting to see if he will get his permenancy as a pilot of the RFDS,but when the letter comes it turns out he got another six month probation.

Épisode 6 - A Love Story

11 août 1987

A couple gets married. Zoe stays in Chris house. Geoff falls into the water when he's talking to Kate.

Épisode 7 - Keeping Up Appearances

18 août 1987

A couple get strickened by a employed, Chris is trying to help the woman (Chris thinks it's the husband who hits his wife) Chris and Zoe is fighting- but makes friends again.

Épisode 8 - All Things Bright and Beautiful

25 août 1987

Two fellows from town are shooting kangaros. Kate finds a hurted ""Kangaroobaby"" and takes care of it. The guys even shoot ""Father Jacko""- but he makes it. Chris try to get Zoe to meet her real father.

Épisode 9 - My Name is Sky

1 septembre 1987

A gang of ""Hippies"" comes to town. zoe talks to her father and Chris got a patient which she hates- he dies. Geoff goes to Sidney but miss the Outback.

Épisode 10 - Bachelors & Spinsters

8 septembre 1987

It's a single night in Coopers Crossing. Zoe likes a boy who's name is Glen, but he likes Chris. Violet becomes an old grandmother

Épisode 11 - Fifty-two Hours Straight

15 septembre 1987

Sam breaks two of his ribs when ""the Cochrane brother's"" car explows. Sam, Emma and Geoff are stuck in the nomad out in the outback.

Épisode 12 - A Friend of a Friend

22 septembre 1987

A ""madman"" comes to town. Emma and Sam visits Sams parents. Emma and Sam gets together- and break up again.

Épisode 13 - Friends and Lovers

29 septembre 1987

Chris and Zoe goes to town to meet Zoe's dad. The guys in town is fishing eel. Sam and Emma is figthing.

Épisode 14 - Realms of Gold

6 octobre 1987

Reg Hodges has finally found a piece of gold

Épisode 15 - The Hometown Hero

13 octobre 1987

A novice pilot takes control of a plane when his instructor brother falls ill.

Épisode 16 - A Distant Echo

20 octobre 1987

Violet wants to die when she finds out that her grandfathers father killed a lots of aborigines. Kate and Geoff ignore each other.

Épisode 17 - No Laughing Matter

27 octobre 1987

The Cochrane brothers are in town. Theire mother almost dies and her son's catch her money and gold....... Zoe moves with her father to Sidney. At first Chris don't seems to care to much, but when she gets home again she finds a botle of jam and a wrapped and framed picture of Chris and Zoe. And Chris starts to cry...

Épisode 18 - No Quarter Asked

3 novembre 1987

Kate's friend Jessie gets back after been away for five years. Emma and Sam decides that they shall get married.

Épisode 19 - Myths & Legends

10 novembre 1987

Chris takes flying lessons to get something else than her lonleyness to think about. Old Hughi is back and makes everyone favours but then he dies.

Épisode 20 - The Hitch-hiker

17 novembre 1987

Violet leaves for a vacation. Sam and Emma make plans for their marrige- Violet too. Chris father comes to visit her. Someone hurts her eye- geoff takes care of her.

Épisode 21 - Give a Dog a Bad Name

24 novembre 1987

A carnival comes to Coopers Crossing and people get killed. The murderer seems to be a boy from the carnival. Chris father starts to be in the way for Chris and the others.

Épisode 22 - Everyday a Gift

11 février 1988

Chris father (William)'s girlfriend arrives to Coopers Crossing. George Baxter wants to buy a farm- but his bid is to small. Finally he bides more and can buy the farm.

Épisode 23 - Bearing Gifts

18 février 1988

An old lady sells/gives away hen's with ""sarmonella"". She gave one to Chris- but she couldn't kill it so she had it as a domestic animal (good for her). DJ and his friends from Greece opens a resturang. Violet was on Bali and Emma in Sindney, it's a big party when they come home.

Épisode 24 - Repeat Performance

25 février 1988

Sam and Emma gets married. Chris misses the whole wedding when she's stuck on a farm in the outback with a sick child and the mother. They has to go 2,5 miles in a terrible wheather. But the girl survives and Chris breaks down after it. Geoff comforts her.

Épisode 25 - The Noble Art

3 mars 1988

Épisode 26 - Saphire

10 mars 1988

Épisode 27 - Cries From The Heart

17 mars 1988

Épisode 28 - All In A Days Work

24 mars 1988

Épisode 29 - Out Of A Clear Blue Sky

31 mars 1988

Épisode 30 - Affirmative Action

7 avril 1988

Épisode 31 - Figures In A Landscape

14 avril 1988

Épisode 32 - The Devil You Know

21 avril 1988

Épisode 33 - Operating Solo

28 avril 1988

Épisode 34 - The Path Of True Love

5 mai 1988

Épisode 35 - The Kid

19 mai 1988

Épisode 36 - The First Step

26 mai 1988

Épisode 37 - Hopscotch

2 juin 1988

Épisode 38 - Jacks High

9 juin 1988

Épisode 1 - The Noble Art

3 mars 1988

A boxing troupe arrive and one of them is ex-champion Johnny Lawrence who is after Kate. Geoff is jealousy but keeps his distance. Johnny suffers a heart problem and has to give up boxing, so asks Kate to leave with him. Kate refuses stating its because of her love for Coopers Crossing, but Johnny tells her she loves Geoff.

Épisode 2 - Sapphire

10 mars 1988

Chris, Kate and Debbie look forward to a three day clinic at the sumptuous Manning property. Little do they realise that they are flying into a mystery that soon becomes a nightmare

Épisode 3 - Cries from the Heart

17 mars 1988

The pub's hawaiian night is put on hold as a search is launched for a missing child involved in an accident in the bush. A local woman claims to have seen the child, Jack doubts this, but is plagued by guilt that he might have made the wrong call.

Épisode 4 - All in a Day's Work

24 mars 1988

It's inspection day and what starts as a routine schedule for RFDS crew soon turns into pandemonium as a series of emergency calls come in. With everyone too busy to give the inspector more than a nod, what will she make of the way Coopers Crossing handles their "Routine" day?

Épisode 5 - Out of a Clear Blue Sky

31 mars 1988

A travelling salesman makes a visit to Coopers Crossing. He is an alcoholic and Chris has tried to help him in the past, but realises there is little she can do but be his friend. Marty the mechanic arrives in town but soon causes trouble for DJ at the disco.

Épisode 6 - Affirmative Action

7 avril 1988

Sam and Emma come to the aid of a friend who has entered "The Great Australian Camel Race", and George Baxter finds himself besieged after incurring the wrath of the town's womemfolk.

Épisode 7 - Figures in a Landscape

14 avril 1988

An artist and his agent arrive in town to find a bush retreat to boost his flagging career, but is the visit just a cover for something more sinister? Meanwhile, Chris finally confronts Jack about their relationship.

Épisode 8 - The Devil You Know

21 avril 1988

George Baxter meets his match when his tough American woman boss comes to town and doesn't beat around the business bush. DJ's budding affection with Soula is in danger of being discovered when they both catch chicken pox.

Épisode 9 - Operating Solo

28 avril 1988

An explosion at a gas field injures Geoff, and Kate accompanies him for therapy at Broken Hill - will romance blossom? Chris has to perform an emergency operation, and DJ has to win back Soula's affections.

Épisode 10 - The Path of True Love

5 mai 1988

The RFDS come to the aid of a tourist bus stranded by a flood. One of the passengers is seriously ill, and it looks as if she will die alone until a 25-year old love affair is rekindled. DJ himself has some affairs of the heart to resolve.

Épisode 11 - The Kid

19 mai 1988

A young boy and his dog arrive in town, expecting to compete in the local sheep dog trials. Marty suspects him to be a runaway and takes him under his wing, but the boys' presence creates tension in the community.

Épisode 12 - The First Step

26 mai 1988

Geoff has to be cruel to be kind to help a young woman recuperate from a stroke, while for DJ, woo turns to woe when his courtship of Soula runs into an unexpected obstacle.

Épisode 13 - Hopscotch

2 juin 1988

When a young, pennyless woman expecting her third baby is deserted by her husband, the town's sympathy is aroused and donations of money, clothing and toys flood in. However not all is as it seems as the folk of Coopers Crossing soon discover.

Épisode 14 - Jacks High

9 juin 1988

Things look nasty in Coopers Crossing when the town is invaded by a wild bunch of shearers and Jack is accidentally shot. Will the town be able to find somebody with his rare blood group in time?

Épisode 15 - Clapped Out

16 juin 1988

The RFDS come to the rescue of two old timers trying to save their heritage from the rapacious George Baxter.

Épisode 16 - Private Lives - Public Faces

23 juin 1988

A new cop Larry O'Connor and his dog Rebel arrive in town and he is eager to make an impression. He starts out by arresting the youths who broke in to Baxter's office. DJ is panicing as the boys go to the disco he runs. Mike tells Chris he is married, but that he loves her

Épisode 17 - Wedlock

30 juin 1988

A boy finds out his mother is having an affair with another landowner. The boy falls off his horse and complains of pain in his legs. chris can find nothing wrong with the boy and suggests he go home. He hears his parents talking of divorce and falls ill again. Sam and Chris devise a way to find out if he is faking or not. Marty is forever talking about leaving for Surfer's Paradise so DJ, Constable O'Connor and Sam set up the Surfer's Carnival.

Épisode 18 - The Wrangler's Daughter

7 juillet 1988

A Wrangler and his mental impaired daughter are camping out in the bush. The wrangler's boss Richard Sawyer frightens the girl who runs away, and when her father goes looking for her he is bitten by a snake. The locals start a search of the bush and Constable O'Connor impresses the town by finding the girl.

Épisode 19 - Borrowed Time

14 juillet 1988

A crop duster friend of Sam's named Bob gets work for Baxter but he has turned into a Enviromentalist and sprays water/milk over the crops. Baxter is not impressed and wants Constable O'Connor to arrest him. Bob tells Sam about his 8yr old son being killed when he sprayed himself with chemical from a tank. Bob decides to make a statement by threatening to empty chemicals into Canberra's water supply. bob gets killed and Sam finds out there were no chemicals aboard his plane.

Épisode 20 - The Forbidden

21 juillet 1988

A land inspector visits falls down a cave after being warned by an aboriginal spirit to stay away. He is rescued but becomes very ill. Geoff asks Dougie for help in getting the curse removed. The man recovers but his tests show he had a disease caused by bat droppings. Mike visits Chris and brings his two daughters with him. The whole town starts talking about Chris, so Mike leaves but states he will be back. Sam's sister, Paula, also comes to the Crossing, she's got a job as radiographer at the hospital.

Épisode 21 - She'll Be Right

28 juillet 1988

Hurtle returns to the crossing driving a Rolls Royce, which is stolen, but he doesn't know. Constable O'Connor is advised to look out for the stolen car, so Hurtle and Vic start hiding it around the town. Jack returns and he finds out Hurtle and Vic are upto no good. Mike tells Chris he has asked his wife for a divorce, but receives a call saying his wife has taken the children back to France. he asks Chris to go with him but she refuses. Mike leaves, and Chris is left to cry on Jack's shoulder.

Épisode 22 - One Final Request

4 août 1988

Mike has left his Tiger Moth plane to Chris, after going to France to his kids. Geoff and Kate comes to and old lady with a heart condition. Geoff wants to put her in hospital, but she wants to die in peace, on her property. Geoff and Kate decides to stay and make her last hours as comfortable as possible. They also conduct the funural later on. Vic and Hurtle's case comes to court, and thanks to Larry, everybody involved get off with a warning. In the end, Larry and Hurtle both leave town.

Épisode 23 - Roxanne

11 août 1988

Emma is going out to fix a tractor, despite Sam's and Paula's protests. On the road she sees a car in trouble. Inside she finds Roxanne and Kenny, both on the run from the police after a robbery. Kenny has been shot and is in a dreadful state. Roxanne forces Emma, under gunpoint, to ditch their car, and drive them to an abandonned shed in the bush. Late at night Kenny gets worse, so Emma and Roxanne go into town and get Chris. Sam has already reported Emma missing, but no one misses Chris until the following morning. A searcparty is organised and finally they find Chris and Emma, who has been under a lot of strain, since Roxanne has been taking amfetamines.

Épisode 24 - Don't Tell Anybody

18 août 1988

A school picnic is held at a property belonging to a man named Rodney. He claims a ghost lives there to, Mick. Geoff and Kate are there, to teach the kids first aid. Later on the town people gather out there, except for Maggie, Emma, Chris and Lucy, who look after the pub. Geoff and Sam are called out on an emergency, but get terribly frightened by a dog! They swear, however, not to tell anybody. At night three nasty men arrive at the pub, which scares the women a bit. On the property Marty decides that he's going to sleep in Mick's room, to see if he is real. Paula scares him during the night, pretending to be a ghost. Marty runs away and falls down a gully! Sam is getting very worried about Emma, he can't reach her on the phone. He rushes back the following morning, only to find her and the other women having a nice breakfast with the nasty blokes from the previous night. Before Jack leaves Rodney's property, he actually sees Mick, in whom he had never previously believed, but when h

Épisode 25 - No Way Back

25 août 1988

Emma is visiting a lady called Ann Williams on a farm outside of town. George Baxter wants to buy the property, but Ann doesn't want to sell, she has too many memories from the farm, where she lost her child a few years back. While Emma is out there, Sam visits, and suddenly Emma get a horrible stomach pain. She realizes there's something wrong with the baby, and George Baxter, who is in the neighbourhood, offers to give her and Sam a lift to the hospital. When they arrive in Coopers Crossing, Emma has lost her baby. Emma seem to recover, but an argument with Sam reveals she's really feeling terrible. Ann has decided to sell the property and go into the city. She doesn't want George to get a cheep price so she keeps an auction. The property is sold...to Sam Patterson!! Geoff finally agrees to go flying with Chris in her Tiger Moth. He is terrifid...but he survives!

Épisode 26 - Johnnie Come Home

1 septembre 1988

A man named Harry has inherited a kidneydisease from his father and needs a new kidney. The only one who might be able to give it to him is his brother Johnnie, but he disappeared in Vietnam during the war. Harry's father dies and at the funural his wife Julia sees Johnnie, but Harry doesn't her. When Johnnie ends up in hospital, it turns out Julia was right, it is Johnnie! He gives his kidney to Harry!

Épisode 1 - Look, Up in the Sky

8 septembre 1988

A couple of air balloons drop in on the clinic run. As the Nomad is in for some expensive repairs, a balloon race is organised in order to help raise dome funds. Kate and Geoff compete in different balloons but things do not run according to plan afterone of the other competitors develops a hernia mid-flight.

Épisode 2 - Preacher Man

15 septembre 1988

A miracle performing preacher called Teddy Faithful, and renowned country and western singer Jenny Rose manage to cause quite a stir in town.

Épisode 3 - The Fear (1)

22 septembre 1988

Chris becomess suspicious after Kimberly White's son Todd claims he is frightened of snakes and she believes that there is more to it.

Épisode 4 - The Fear (2)

29 septembre 1988

Todd gets some help for his agraphobia and his mother gets him a motor bike in an effort to over come his fear.

Épisode 5 - Fair Go

6 octobre 1988

New mailman Nick manages to cause friction after he begins charging more than Old Frank. After diabetic Gail Morris refuses to pay for a flight on the mail plane to town despite feeling unwell, it has some disastrous consequences.

Épisode 6 - Broken Airwaves

13 octobre 1988

Kate decides to pay the Thargoomindah rodeo a visit after feeling that she is being under-appreciated and undervalued at work. Tragedy strikes on the way though after her car breaks down.

Épisode 7 - Bed and Board

20 octobre 1988

Newcomer Ron seems to be answer to Sam and Emma's prayers when they want more help on getting the work on their property completed. Ron's past catches up with him though after Maggie sees him in town and she reveals that he is the father of the illegitimate son she had when she was young.

Épisode 8 - Breaking the Drought

3 novembre 1988

A drought in the area leaves everyone fractious. After the pub runs out of beer, Vic travels to Broken Hill to get some more leaving Lucy in control. Marty takes over after Lucy becomes ill but Emma is furious with him for abandoning his responsibilities at the garage.

Épisode 9 - Family Secrets (1)

10 novembre 1988

Everybody is surprised after Barry, Geoff's brother, shows up in town. There is obvious friction between them and Geoff forces Barry to stay with Vic and Nancy. Barry is popular with the locals and he wastes no time in trying to seduce Kate, much to Geoff's annoyance. Barry also helps Marty find the car of his dreams and offers him a trip to 'Surfer's Paradise'. Geoff takes some drastic action to get his brother to leave town, but he soon finds out that he is not open to bribery.

Épisode 10 - Family Secrets (2)

17 novembre 1988

Barry continues to make a play for Kate and she asks him out to dinner to annoy Geoff. Barry is having money problems and is unable to pay his tab. He also becomes aggressive after Kate turns down his advances. Geoff pays his brother's bar bill and purchases the car he ordered from the garage. Geoff is finally able to Barry to leave town after they are involved in a fight. Geoff attempts to make amends with Kate. She is fed up with his secretive nature though and decides that she is going to leave town.

Épisode 11 - All You Need is Luck

9 février 1989

Maggie is not impressed by Kate's temporary replacement. They are from the same town and Maggie is worried that Penny could reveal some skeletons from her closet. After Maggie moves in with Sam and Emma she confesses her past, revealing the existence of an illegitimate son.

Épisode 12 - The Silly Season

16 février 1989

During a thunderstorm, a young man called Jamie believes he has seen a UFO and the Nomad suffers an unusual electronic malfunction.

Épisode 13 - Every Situation

23 février 1989

George ends up being out of his depth after he takes in some rowdy boys from Canberra who have no where to stay. After they interfere with the flight deck on George's plane, it results in a crash and a stay in hospital.

Épisode 14 - The Storyteller

2 mars 1989

A storyteller called Tommy Barringa comes to the district and Jack and Chris goes to listen to him. Tommy and a girl named Lindey love eachother but Lindey's father doesn't like his daughter seeing a black man. The father is abused, he gets a dislocated shoulder and Dougie says he did it. Jack doesn't believe him but Dougie insists. Finally there's a fight between Tommy and the father and it also turnes out Tommy was responsible for the dislocation. Tommy ends up in prison where he kills himself.

Épisode 15 - The Choice

9 mars 1989

An air crash leaves two sisters seriously ill and the man they both live with a dilemma. Meanwhile Kate returns from her break determined to make her departure from Coopers Crossing a permanent one.

Épisode 16 - A Shade of Doubt

16 mars 1989

Gary Arnold and his daughter Su are forced to land in Coopers Crossing, Gary has collapsed over the controls. In hosptial nobody seems to know what's the matter with him. Finally Geoff has a hunch, he reckons it could be typhoid, and it is. Everybody is very upset, and they make sure to keep a distance to Su. Marty, who has taken Su under his wings, defend her. Finally it turned out Su came from a camp in Thailand, where she'd been ever since her mother died. Gary had tried to get her out of there, without success, so they had fled Thailand and entered Australia illegally. Jack worked it out though, and they could stay.

Épisode 17 - Mick and Julia

23 mars 1989

Mick and Julia comes to the Crossing trying to get away from Julia's daugther Prue. Everybody likes them, and Mick, who enjoys running, helps organizing a ""Fun Run"" - a 20 kilometres marathon, where all the money go to the RFDS. After the race Mick is resting in his room. But when Julia finds him, he is dead. She tries to kill herself but is saved, and eventually her will to live returns.

Épisode 18 - The Deal

30 mars 1989

A woman gets a really bad asthma attack and thanks to her son she gets to hospital. The boy does a deal with God; if God makes his mum better God can take the boy instead. Everybody tries to convince him God doesn't do deals like that, but the boy doesn't believe them. Finally Father Jacko succeeds, maybe with some help from above...

Épisode 19 - A Thing of Beauty

6 avril 1989

Emma's schoolmate Jenny comes to Coopers Crossing to visit Emma and Sam. She's acting really strange and Emma convices her to see Geoff. It turns out she's got anorexia, but she refuses to admit it. But finally she realizes it's for the best and goes for treatment. A mining company suspects there might be some minerals at Sam and Emma's property and they think about what they will do with all the money. In the end there wasn't any minerals worth extracting.

Épisode 20 - Cadenza

13 avril 1989

A childorchestra arrives in Coopers Crossing. The soloist, Andrew instantly falls in love with Emma. The bus broke down on the way to Coopers Crossing, that's how they met. When the orchestra is leaving the bus broke again! Emma had to order parts from Broken Hill. Andrew hurts his hand really bad and has immediate surgery, but there is no telling if he ever will be able to play the violin again. In hospital he tells Emma he fixed the bus to be able to spend more time with her.

Épisode 21 - Mates

20 avril 1989

A farrier named Luke arrives in town. Vic need money to help Nancy's sister, who is seriously ill. Baxter offers to buy the pub, but Vic turns him down. Vic finally decides he has to sell the pub, to get the money, even though he won't sell to Baxter! Luke is about to leave town, when his car explodes. He is very seriously hurt, but manages to recover. All his equipment is destroyed though. He offers to buy the pub from Vic, who accepts, not knowing that Luke is a front for George Baxter. Finally it's Vic's birthday party, he'll be 60, but he leaves pretty soon...however telling Geoff he'll back back...

Épisode 22 - The Child

27 avril 1989

A girl gives birth to a little baby boy in the Nomad on the way to hospital. She doesn't want to involve the father who is a jackaroo who shot through as soon as he heard he was gonna be a dad. But the baby's grandfather, the girl's dad, is convinced the baby is the new Messiah. He interferes a lot and the mother gets really upset about it. One day he just wanters off into the bush, and isn't found...

Épisode 23 - Next To Go

4 mai 1989

Chris is going to hospital to have her operation. Jack comes with her, and her father meets her at the hospital. Before the operation, she meets a young boy named Jamie, who is convinced he'll die soon. Chris does everything she can to convice him otherwise, but it's hopeless. Chris has her operation, but her father tells Jack that even though she'll pull through the operation, there's a 10 days waiting period before the danger is over. When Chris comes out from her operation, she learned that Jamie died during his operation. In Coopers Crossing there is a Bunyip race going on, to raise funds for the RFDS. Geoff and Kate find out Chris pulled through the operation, and tells the others Chris will be fully recovered

Épisode 24 - Gotta Have Friends

11 mai 1989

Geoff gets a new patient, the donkey Druscilla who has psychological problems. He manages to cure her after a while. Geoff proposes to Kate!!

Épisode 1 - The Gift

18 mai 1989

Doctor David Ratcliff from Broken Hill arrives. Jimmy and Sally McCarthy has a caraccident. Sally will be fine, but Jimmy has massive braindamage. David says Jimmy is clinicly dead and wants to call the transplant unit. But Chris wants to wait for Geoff, he is out on a clinicround. When he comes home he confirms what David's been saying, Jimmy is clinicly dead. But David has acted very badly toward Jimmy's parents. Despite that, they agree to a transplant! Chris wonders if Geoff and Kate really are getting married, since Paula say they are. Kate hesitates, but finally says ""yes""!!!

Épisode 2 - Second Chance

25 mai 1989

Emma is trying to get a truck out of some water which it has fallen into, Paula is helping her. The truck falls on Emma's arm and she is trapped with her arm under the water. Paula calls the base for help. David and Geoff arrive there, but they are having problems getting her out, at one point David suggests they might have to amputate her arm. The water is rising and unless they act quickly Emma will drown. With the help of Mr Baxter they just get Emma out in time.

Épisode 3 - Not The Malarvys

1 juin 1989

The Malarvy-family comes to Coopers Crossing when their daughter is hospitalized due to pneumonia. They have eight children and the oldest daugther looks after the rest of them. She meets David and at a party she accidently ""thinks"" David proposed to her. She is really thrilled and tells her parents right away. They also like the idea of their daughter beeing married to a doctor. After a lot of talks, explanations and misunderstanding the girl understands and decides to go to nursing school in Broken Hill.

Épisode 4 - The Adventure

8 juin 1989

Luke becomes suspicious of the safari group that arrives in Coopers Crossing. When Paula joins them, Luke follows headlong into the jaws of disaster.

Épisode 5 - No Man's Land

15 juin 1989

Chris and David arrive at a place to do a clinic run, a mother lives there with her 2 daughters. They seem like they have something against men and aren't too keen on David, they were expecting Kate instead of David. David has to sleep in the shearer's quarters. When older daughter sees her sister in the barn kissing a bloke she goes after the bloke with a whip. The younger daughter has had enough and wants to go to Sydney to look for her father, her mother is against this. Then it comes out that the father abused the older daughter.

Épisode 6 - Rising Sundown

6 juillet 1989

A lady named Essie Harrington is selling her property. Two japanese men shows up at the auction and they lay the highest bid. This upsets almost everybody, especially since Essie's husband was killed by the Japanese during the war. The tension is to much for Essie, she collapses and is brought to hospital. When she feels better David says he'll tke her back home, but someone has sabotaged the plane, thinking David would fly the japanese men. David makes a force landing, and he and Essie are ok. Essie decided to sell her property to the neighbours and the japanses men leaves!

Épisode 7 - Man and Boy

13 juillet 1989

A young boy named Ricky gets hit by lightning. David, Kate and Sam manages to get there, but the storm makes sure they can't take off. Ricky is in agony and Kate wants to let Ricky die. But David says he, as a doctor, can't just let a patient die. Finally a helicopter gets there and Ricky is brought to hospital. He will be all right.

Épisode 8 - The Longing

20 juillet 1989

An aboriginal couple, the woman pregnant, has a car accident, but is all right. The man, Joe, gets a job on a farm and his wife Sheena accompanies him. Joe gets fired and they both move to an aboriginal camp nearby. Sheena is about to have her baby but something is wrong. Joe goes for help, but is beaten up. Finally David and Geoff comes and they also find out about Sheena. Geoff realizes he won't be back in town for his wedding which will take place the following morning. Kate refuses to postpone the wedding, which means they are joined together in holy marriage over the radio!

Épisode 9 - Bitter Harvest

3 août 1989

Chemicals are being dumped illegally. A family returns home after a holiday to find crops are dead and stuff all over the place. The father has a row with the man that should've been looking after the property, it seems like he is drunk, they start fighting and the man gets shot and dies. The father goes off on his own on a horse for 2-3 days. The boy starts feeling sick and having trouble hearing. Chemicals are found to be in the water. The father needs to be found but no one knows where he has gone, he is eventually found.

Épisode 10 - The Instrument

17 août 1989

David, Kate and Paula go on a clinic run to where men are working in a mine. A man has cracked ribs, David advises him to stop working but he won't, the man also fights in a boxing match which he held at the bar. David finds out the man is taking drugs. David goes into the mine just as it is about to be blown up to rescue the man, they just get out in time.

Épisode 11 - Word and Deed

31 juillet 1989

Jacko is babtizing a baby who is ralated to Sam. Afterwords Sam discovers some burnmarks on Jacko's hands. He is taken to hospital and diagnosed with leprosy. He can be treated but everyone is upset and stays away from him. He gets sad and flies away without telling anyone. When they find out and try calling him on the radio there's no answer. Geoff and Sam follows him and manages to locate him. They talk to him and soon Father Jacko is himself again!

Épisode 12 - All That Glitters

7 septembre 1989

A rich man called Barry Ryan comes to town. He is out with some horses when Luke, who is nearby, hears a shot. Barry has been shot and is taken to hospital. But Jack has a problem, it seem no one was out there except Barry - and Luke. Jack finds out Luke once killed a cop, and puts him in jail. Finally it turns out Barry was trying to kill himself, and Jack and Luke are friends again.

Épisode 13 - Fly Past

14 septembre 1989

DJ gets a call, a stationhand has a broken leg. Chris flies out and sees the worker - who turns out to be Tom Callaghan!! He isn't too badly hurt and everybody wonders why Tom isn't working as a doctor. They throw him a big welcome-back-party at the pub, but he acts strangely and is very rude. The following the his flies out to the property where he is working with David. But in the plane David is stung by wasps and has an allergic reaction. Tom performs a tracheotomy and calls Mayday. Sam is out on a clinicround and can't help, so Chris takes a Cessna up and tries to talk Tom down. Amazingly he manages to land the plane with only a few difficulties. Later Tom talks to Chris about some things he experienced in Africa, but then leaves for the farm.

Épisode 14 - The Last Rodeo

21 septembre 1989

A girl named Kathy complains of stomachpains and Chris does some tests. Kathy's father shows up secretly and he and Kathy leaves during the night. The tests show Kathy is a diabetic and Chris and Dougie tries to track her down. They succeed eventually but Kathy is in a coma. She is taken to hospital and will be fine. And her dad sets things straight with her mum.

Épisode 15 - Sky Above, Earth Below

5 octobre 1989

A little girl named Sophie falls down a mineshaft. Everybody tries to rescue her but it doesn't look too good. In the last minute David saves her, despite his claustrofobia!

Épisode 16 - Lucky Lady

12 octobre 1989

An old man is found in the forrest, he claims to be searching for someone. He is dehydrated and goes to hospital, but runs away. It turned out he had crashed a plane outside the Crossing during the war, and his mates had died in the crash, he wanted to see the plane and the grave. He felt guilty for his friends dying, so I wanted to kill himself out there but was rescued by his son, Geoff and Emma.

Épisode 17 - The Chips Are Down

28 septembre 1989

Nick's father, Jim, and Nick are out driving. Nick is a bit worried, the rumour says his dad takes amphetamine. Nick is asleep, when Jim suddenly can't see properly. He crashes into the Broken Hill bus! There are a lot of victims, and everybody is called in. Nick thinks they crashed because his dad was high, but an x-ray showed he had a braindamage. He goes to Sydney for treatment as soon as they found out.

Épisode 18 - Guardian Angel

19 octobre 1989

Michael and Lee visits an old man named Karl. They work for a mining company and wants to do a survey on Karl's land, but he refuses. When they are on their way Michael starts acting more and more agressive. When they stop he goes mad and pushes Lee off a cliff! Michael is found and brought to hospital. After a lot of tests and troubles they found out he had rabies!! After a while Karl tells them there was a girl with Michael, and the search starts. She is found and will be all right. Before she leaves Coopers Crossing she promises Karl no survey will ever be done on his land.

Épisode 19 - Battlers

26 octobre 1989

Nick and his friend Shane works for mr. Logan. Nick hurts his chest and Tom says he needs to rest for 10 days. Mr. Logan doesn't except that and to keep his job Nick keeps working. But one day he feels really bad, and mr. Logan says he'll drive Nick and Shane to town. In the car they start arguing, and mr. Logan dumps the two of them in the middle of nowhere. Nick is now unconscious. Mr. Logan's wife, Maria, suspects something is wrong and takes a car and goes after them. She can't drive well, and gets lost. Nick and Shane gets a ride to the nearest property where the Nomad picks them up. He needs immediate surgery, but will be all right. A search for Maria is organized and she is found in one piece!

Épisode 20 - No Tears

2 novembre 1989

A man working for Baxter, Ben, has a caraccident. The RFDS comes and checks him out. They say he need an eyeoperation. But Ben has heard that Baxter wants to fire him, so he grabs a horse and rides off. After a while he is found and Tom tries to talk to him. When Tom steps outside tom shoots himself.

Épisode 21 - A Doctor's Dreaming

2 novembre 1989

On the way to a clinic run some medical things fall off the truck and gets left behind. David returns to the hospital with some patients, only Geoff, Kate and Emma left at place. Geoff becomes ill, it's his appendix and it needs to be operated on, he is in an aborginal cave, Kate has to do the operation in the cave with instructions from Tom at the base. David is in a helicopter on the way back there. Kate manages to do it and Geoff is alright.

Épisode 22 - Blues for Judy

9 novembre 1989

A girl who is a friend of Emma's give birth in her car, then leaves the baby outside Emma's front door wanting Emma to look after it - what she doesn't know is that Emma is staying overnight in town. The girl collapses and ends up in hospital, David is her doctor, he knows she has just given birth and is trying to get her to tell him where the baby is but she won't. The baby ends up being left out in the cold all night. The girl's boyfriend turns up aswell. Eventually the girl says where she left the baby and Emma and the boyfriend find it.

Épisode 23 - The Claim

16 novembre 1989

Lorraine is killed while trying to mend her bridge. Her death leaves her best friend, Judith, to pick up the pieces and fight off a blackmailing claimant on Lorraine's will.

Épisode 24 - A Rhyme for Reason

8 février 1990

Pip, an elderly lady who is the darling of Coopers Crossing, comes into some money.

Épisode 25 - Dad's Little Bloke

15 février 1990

The accident of a young boy entangles his family in a web of deceit and suspicion.

Épisode 26 - A Sporting Life

22 février 1990

Mel Cregan from Coopers Crossing is the big baseballhero in New South Wales. After a great game he and his dad, Kev, are celebrating at the pub with their mates. They are rather drunk but Kev insists on driving home in the middle of the night. They have an accident and Mel hurts his leg. They need to amputate but Mel doesn't allow it. Geoff and Tom goes through with the operation anyway, to save Mel's life. After Mel's operation he goes to Sydney for specail treatment. But he swears to sue Geoff and Tom. After a lot of hard times Mel realizes you can have fun in a wheel-chair - you can even sport.

Épisode 1 - A Good Drop of Red

1 mars 1990

Tom is going on holiday and with him on the Broken Hill plane are Kate, a pregnant woman and two businessmen. The businessmen want to look at a certain place which isn't on the route to Broken Hill and the pilot forges the flightplan. They crash and no one knows where they are. One of the businessmen goes for help, but it's stupid - he'll never make it without water. The woman delivers a little baby girl who is very ill. Luke and the woman's husband is out looking for them and finds the businessmen who'd gone for help severly dehydrated. They find the others as well and everybody will be all right, even the little baby!

Épisode 2 - The Hero

8 mars 1990

A new RDS pilot lands himself in trouble when he gives a lift to an old rascal called Felix.

Épisode 3 - Suspicion

15 mars 1990

Chris has to look after a criminal, Evans. The police claims he tried to escape but his injuries are consistant with the ones of a beating. Chris feels sorry for him but finally she has to release him from the hospital. On the way to Broken Hill they have a caraccident. When Chris gets there Evans tries to kill them all but is shot to death by one of the policemen. It turned out Evans had been treated for schizophrenia.

Épisode 4 - Daddy's Girl

22 mars 1990

Mr Price and his grown up daughter Megan own place where men are drilling. Tom is an old friend of Megan's. While Mr Price and Megan are there, there is a big explosion. Tom and David go there, Mr Price and Megan aren't injured so they decide to fly out the men who are seriously injured first. Megan isn't happy about this - she wants her father on the plane first, but she and Mr Price end up staying back with Tom while David goes in the plane with the other men. Mr Price has a heart attack and dies, but it turns out he was taking tablets for angina and didn't tell Tom before

Épisode 5 - Two Sisters Running

29 mars 1990

Two girls, Kelly and Hannah, and their grandmother have a car accident. In hospital Geoff finds out the grandmother has lethal cancer. She wants to looks for the girls' father, Michael O'Connor, their mother is dead. Geoff locates Michael on the opal-fields, but Michael won't come back. The grandmother dies, and the girls overhear Geoff when he says they might be split up. The girls run away and a search-party is organized. Geoff has found out why Michael won't come back for his kids, and confronts him with the information. This makes Michael come and look for his girls and thanks to him they are found!

Épisode 6 - Dangerous Games

5 avril 1990

Nancy contacts an old rodeo-champion, Ralph McRae, to help Nick. Vic is jealous, he thinks Nancy and Ralph have something going. Ralph doesn't seem to realize he isn't young anymore, so he tries some rodeo, but gets really dizzy. It turns out he was near a stroke, but will be alright if he takes care of himself. He doesn't want to at first, but when he ends up in hospital he comes to his senses. Vic and Nancy are fighting and Nancy falls down the stairs. It looks like she'll be completely paralyzed, but later it turns out she could get better, if she has surgery. It's a rather big risk, but she and Vic decides to go through with the operation. And it is a success.

Épisode 7 - Milk Run

12 avril 1990

A woman named Lois Murchison takes a bad fall, and can't radio for help. The only one left on the property apart from herself is her very young son Ben. Lois manages to send a call to DJ on a really old radio, but he can't really identify her. Finally Tom finds her and takes her to hospital. Chris has applied for a top job in Sydney, and she got it - but turned it down!

Épisode 8 - Point of No Return

19 avril 1990

Amanda is seeing Mark, who works on her father's property. Her mother doesn't approve and after a fight Mark leaves. Amanda is so upset she tries to kill herself. Debbie got a bump on the head in an accident, and in the plane her headinjury gets worse and she faints. David lands the plane, and Amanda will be fine. But Debbie's pilot's license is withdrawn.

Épisode 9 - Small Mercies

26 avril 1990

Tom goes to see June Nichols, who is ill. Her radio is broken, so Tom takes June's son Jason to go to the neighbours for help. They have a car accident and than gets lost in the bush. They are found however, in time to save June as well.

Épisode 10 - A Painful Extraction

3 mai 1990

DJ's father turns up and wants DJ to return to Greece with him. DJ and his father go to see an old man out in the bush to see if he is OK, his radio isn't working. The doctors take it in turns on the radio at the base. Turns out the old man is very ill and has tetnus. DJ decides to go back to Greece with his father and leaves.

Épisode 11 - The Climber

10 mai 1990

A bloke and his girlfriend turn up in town to see David - they are old friends. David and the bloke go climbing, his girlfriend isn't feeling well and stays at the hotel. The girlfriend seems to be getting worse and when Nancy sees her she calls Tom. It turns out to be a very bad case of food poisoning. During the climb the bloke starts feeling ill and can't carry on, he waits on ledge half way up and David goes for help. The food poisoning was from some caviar and champagne they had both had.

Épisode 12 - Dead Reckoning

17 mai 1990

When charter pilot Doug Holland flies into Coopers Crossing to refuel his aircraft, a nightmare begins for Geoff, Kate and the other doctors.

Épisode 13 - A Bride to Be

24 mai 1990

Typical Aussie outback man Whistler, who loves Alice but has avoided marriage for 20 years, discovers that the time has come to make a decision. In order to raise some extra money so that he will be able to support her, he attempts cattle rustling—but collapses in the process.

Épisode 14 - A Place for the Night

31 mai 1990

A young girl blames herself for her sister's drowning and loses the will to walk. While taking her to Broken Hill for tests, the plane makes a forced landing, and Geoff and Kate decide to stay the night in an eerie homestead occupied by two strange sisters.

Épisode 15 - End of the Rainbow

7 juin 1990

Nick goes to an opal-miner called Jackson with a generator. Jackson attacks Nick but then get trouble breathing. He goes to hospital with his daughter while Nick stays to guard the mine. A thief comes at night and manages to get some opals with him. When Jacksom comes to the mine the following day he gets sick again and David take some tests of the mine. Jackson thinks his former partner, Palmer, stole the opals and goes over to his mine. David goes after him and finds them fighting in the mine. Suddenly the roof crashes down and the three of them are trapped inside. In the last minute they are saved by Tom and Nick. David finds out Jackson was allergic to some fungus in the mine and therfore he can't keep working in it. He sells the mine to Parker.

Épisode 16 - Doube Vision

14 juin 1990

Tom is treating a girl named Kim, she's burnt her hands. She falls in love with Tom and follows him everywhere which is a bit embarresing. She follows him to the airport and climbs into the cargospace in front of the plane when they go on a clinicround. They find her there after a while and she has to stay with them over night. The following day she finds out her mother will come. She is very upset and runs away. Tom finds her on top of a windmill and manages, though difficulties, get her down. They found out Kim's schizophrenic and she will go back to town for treatment.

Épisode 17 - The Boy in the Boot

21 juin 1990

A father, Rex, and his son Tim is heading toward Coopers Crossing whne Tim gets in the boot of the car. They have a caraccident, but is saved in the last minute before the truck burns into a wreck. Tim will be fine, but Geoff finds out Rex's got a heart disease. It isn't curable and Rex wants to spend time with his son. They leave for a farm the following morning. Tim's mother, Jess, turns up in town and claims Rex has kidnapped Tim, she wants him back! At the farm Rex and Tim finds out the person they were looking for had moved but they stay there with Di and Ellie Martin. Suddenly Rex collapses. Geoff and Kate come but Rex died in the plane. Tim decided to stay on the farm to try some country life.

Épisode 18 - Windows of the Soul

28 juin 1990

David is getting a man to hospital who hurt his head. David finds out he's been in Vietnam but he doesn't want to talk about it. But he does have a heart condition and needs a by pass operation in Sydeny. He refuses to go though, he reckons he's got nothing to live for. He runs away from the hospital but then his daughter from Vietnam shows up. Apparantly he had no knowledge of her. She and David go looking for her father and finally they manage to locate him. After lots of dramas the man ends up in hospital, and when he sees he has a daughter who cares about him he decides to go through with the operation and he and his daughter leave for Sydney together.

Épisode 19 - Rest in Peace

5 juillet 1990

Nick and Annie find a car in a dried creek with two bodies inside. They are believed to be Bob and Rachel Jordan, who mysteriously disappeared years earlier. Tom is suspicious and finally they find out the man in the car wasn't Bob. It turned out Rachel had had an affair - Bob was ill and spent most of his time in bed. Their son found out and told Bob, who was very upset. Rachel and her ""boyfriend"" took off, but apparently they didn't get any further than the creek. Shortly afterwords Bob died, but made Michael swear not to tell the truth. Michael held his promise and burried Bob at the property. He had had mental problems ever since.

Épisode 20 - Life Line

12 juillet 1990

Chris undergoes an emotional crisis after receiving some devastating news about her father.

Épisode 1 - Fly Like a Bird

19 juillet 1990

Johnno Johnson, the new Flying Doctor pilot, arrives in the Crossing and immediately finds himself tested. Ex miner Les is convinced he has contracted asbestosis as a result of his work down the mines. Les has a compensation claim in with the mining company and, as he believes he is going to die, plans to give the money to Matt who is keen to become a pilot. However when Les learns the truth about his health and discovers the mining company will not pay out, Matt steals Johnno's plane.

Épisode 2 - A Day to Remember

26 juillet 1990

When several small bush fires develop into a huge one, Geoff tries to help but ends up burning his hands. David takes Geoff's place on the clinic rounds, where a woman is found who needs an urgent operation in Sydney. David is forced to step in and operate when there is not enough time to get her there.

Épisode 3 - A Place to Call Home

2 août 1990

Nick is mending a windmill and ends up coming to the rescue of a pregnant woman called Kerry whose car has broken down. After she begins having contractions he helps to deliver the baby. After Kerry's boss shows up in town demanding to have the money and car that she stole off him returned, things turn nasty.

Épisode 4 - Divided Loyalties

9 août 1990

After Keith Lorrigan, a pilot friend of Johnno, crashes his plane and dies, Johnny decides to investigate and becomes determined to find out what really caused the accident.

Épisode 5 - A Rural Education

16 août 1990

David and Annie check ups on pupils at a remote school. One of the boys acts strangely and has been suffering with bad headaches and his hands keep shaking. His sister is suffering with headaches as well. The other children tease him and think he is crazy. David attempts to talk to his father but gets no joy from him, so he goes to see the boy's grandfather.

Épisode 6 - Brother’s Keeper

22 août 1990

After attempting to help an alcoholic friend, Tom finds himself trapped in a mine and at the mercy of a murderer.

Épisode 7 - The Ties That Bind

29 août 1990

The team face a major problem caused a couple and their disabled child.

Épisode 8 - A Little Tenderness

5 septembre 1990

Tom chats to a woman who needs to have her utures removed. She is living under shocking cirumstances as her husband is really mean man. After her husband is badly hurt, Tom and Johnno fly out there.Following a storm, they can't fly the hurt man to hospital forcing Tom to operate, assisted by Johnno and the wife.

Épisode 9 - Wilderness

12 septembre 1990

After a man burns down his house he heads into the outback, taking his daughters with him.

Épisode 10 - Valentine’s Day

19 septembre 1990

David finds himself falling in love with a British woman who is flying solo around the world. David finds out that she is very ill with a potentially fatal disease and she wants to travel and see as much of the world as she can before she dies.

Épisode 11 - Poet’s Corner

26 septembre 1990

An alcoholic poet suffering with writer's block shows up in town and causes trouble by his decision to turn to plagiarism.

Épisode 12 - Family Farm

3 octobre 1990

A tense situation develops in town after a distraught man, burdened by his failure to provide for his family, takes two hostages.

Épisode 13 - A Place to Belong

10 octobre 1990

A young German doctor arrives in Cooper's Crossing and is soon needed to help out in an emergency.

Épisode 14 - Breakaway

17 octobre 1990

A young mother attempts to escape from her manic depressive boyfriend by running away to Cooper's Crossing.

Épisode 15 - Billie and Pete

24 octobre 1990

Geoff runs into a couple of people from his past, ex-jazz singer Billie Sorenson and her one-time pianist Pete.

Épisode 16 - Old Man’s Weed

31 octobre 1990

Magda and Kate attempt to persuade an aborigine girl's father to let her have an operation to save her from a brain tumour.

Épisode 17 - David and Goliath

7 novembre 1990

David attempts to help a man who has his leg trapped. Back at the hospital David also notices a lump on the man's chest which he wants tested and removed.

Épisode 18 - Last Carnival

21 novembre 1990

Annie gives treatment to a boy who works on a carnival and they soon develop a strong rapport.

Épisode 19 - Innocence Lost

28 novembre 1990

Kate and Geoff attempt to help a girl who has been raped. She isn't saying much and refuses to say who did it. Annie goes on a date with Ted Patterson.

Épisode 20 - Bush Christmas

5 décembre 1990

Vic and Nancy are getting ready for Christmas.

Épisode 1 - What a Guy

24 janvier 1991

A new doctor and nurse show up in Cooper's Crossing. He is charming but arrogant and she's fed up with overbearing city doctors, so the stage is set for a clash.

Épisode 2 - Bad Moon Rising

31 janvier 1991

A man collapses whilst drilling an oil rig and after Johnno and David show up at the scene they discover the boss is an old enemy of Johnno's.

Épisode 3 - A New Life

7 février 1991

A pregnant woman is being flown to the hospital with Kate as the only other passenger on board and they run into a bad storm. Kate is forced to deliver the baby after they woman goes into labour and she then rejects her baby and won't hold it or see it. Clare loses everything following a fire at her house. The doctors do everything they can to get the new mother to accept her new born baby.

Épisode 4 - Through Thick and Thin

14 février 1991

After a couple of English girls are stranded in the outback, the doctors are called out to help.

Épisode 5 - Deceptions

21 février 1991

David decides that the time has come to leave Cooper's Crossing and do something else with his life. A jackeroo is fired because he has been seeing the boss' daughter. David's efforts to save a life go disasterously wrong.

Épisode 6 - None So Blind

28 février 1991

After battery acid explodes in her face, Kate could loose her sight.

Épisode 7 - Sleep of Reason

7 mars 1991

After Kate's younger sister Penny shows up town, she immediately causes a stir. Magda is hiding a secret and makes a surprise announcement.

Épisode 8 - My Mother’s Child

14 mars 1991

Clare is feeling stressed and her work starts to suffer after an agency contacts her about Steve, the son she had adopted. Penny is finding to hard to adapt in the outback and is feeling bored. After Clare's son arrives in town though things improve.

Épisode 9 - Swinging on the Rope

21 mars 1991

An influential landowner manages ro cause problems for the team after he insists that his injured son is sent to a specialist in Melbourne. A new doctor arrives in town and manages to offend the locals with her brusque manner.

Épisode 10 - Father and Son

4 avril 1991

Vic decides to invest in a tourist enterprise. A father has to come to terms with a tragedy.

Épisode 11 - A Little Miracle

11 avril 1991

Geoff and Kate decide to go camping hoping that some time together and some privacy will help them conceive a child. The end up camping near a fundamentally religious family and things go wrong after the father wants to sacrifice his son in an attempt to replicate Abraham.

Épisode 12 - Murphy’s Law

18 avril 1991

After Vic accidentally runs over a girl, it is the beginning of a whole chain of events.

Épisode 13 - Breaking Down the Wall

25 avril 1991

After a tour guide dies of a heart attack whilst showing people around some caves, Guy, Penny, Steve and a German couple find themselves lost inside the caves. Kate is not feeling well but a pregnancy test explains the cause of her sickness.

Épisode 14 - Once Bitten

2 mai 1991

Geoff is struck down with a mystery illness and after nobody seems to be able to diagnose what is wrong, it appears the only option is to amputate his arm.

Épisode 15 - Clipped Wings

9 mai 1991

Johnno is determined to fly back to town despite some bad weather conditions and ending up losing his pilot's license forcing him to take both his practical and theory tests again. After there is a medical emergency he decides to break his ban and fly the hurt man back to the hospital against regulations.

Épisode 16 - Walk Don’t Run

16 mai 1991

Kate is determined to compete in the town's annual cross country horse race even though she is pregnant. Her main rival is her sister Penny and neither of them is prepared to let the other one win.

Épisode 17 - Masquerade

23 mai 1991

Guy attempts to help a battered housewife. Jackie attempts to fend off the affections of a dentist.

Épisode 18 - Against the Current

30 mai 1991

Penny and Steve are looking forward to going on a camping trip but things take an unpleasant turn after they see something shocking. Penny runs off to Melbourne.

Épisode 19 - Last of the Cochranes

6 juin 1991

Geoff finds himself involved with the Cochrane family again. He goes to Melbourne after receiving a mystifying telephone call and he meets Old Ma Cochrane, mother of Carbine and Pharlap. The 91 year old woman wants to return to the Crossing so that she can die.

Épisode 20 - Double Life

13 juin 1991

Guy receives a massive surprise after his fiancee Fern Wentworth turns up. She wants to win back his heart and turn him into the man she knew before he moved to Coopers Crossing.

Épisode 21 - Something, Nothing

20 juin 1991

Johnno ends up having a near death experience, after flying in a storm, and he thinks about his life. He buys a farm from his friend who is ill with MS and admits his true feelings to Rowie.

Épisode 22 - Family

27 juin 1991

Geoff and Kate get ready to celebrate the birth of their first child. Geoff receives a visit from a paediatrician friend called Colin. After the baby is born, she is ill and needs an operation. The person who is best qualified to perform the surgery is Colin but unfortunately he is now an alcoholic. Kate finds out about his drinking problem and doesn't want him to perform the procedure but if baby Scarlett does not get the operation soon, she will die.

Épisode 23 - Being Positive

4 juillet 1991

Jackie is pleased after Jerry Davis return to Coopers Crossing but romance is the last thing on his mind. After talking with Geoff about a scar he has on his neck after being involved in a medical emergency, he has some shocking news to deal with.

Épisode 24 - Open Day

11 juillet 1991

A young boy who is disfigured with scars is kept away from society by his worried mother. Geoff attempts to rehabilitate them and encourage them back into the community but the mother refuses. After the boy becomes suicidal though it's up to Penny to try to resolve the situation.

Épisode 25 - Changing Times

18 juillet 1991

Geoff and Kate experience city life after they relocate to Melbourne after he has been been given the opportunity to train as a cardiologist. They end up deciding not to leave the Crossing though and move back after not enjoying life in Melbourne. Rowie and Johnno finalise their wedding arrangements and she she gets cold feet.

Épisode 26 - Freedom

25 juillet 1991

A couple of young lovers decide to hide away in the cellar of a farmhouse to avoid the anger of their feuding families. After Jackie finds them, their secret becomes common knowledge with tragic consequences.

Épisode 1 - Nymphs and Nightmares

8 août 1991

Rowie is riddled with guilt when Walter Morell claims to have seen a nymph in the outback. Twenty years ago, Rowie abandoned her friend Beryl in the outback and she believes the sighting of the nymph is more than just a coincidence.

Épisode 2 - Out of the Blue

15 août 1991

Life with baby Scarlett leads to marital discord for Geoff and Kate. Then when Kate's sister Penny becomes infatuated with Geoff, things are only set to get worse. Meanwhile the whole town is convinced that a satellite is about to hit town.

Épisode 3 - The Last Dance

22 août 1991

The love of Clare's life appears in the Crossing and causes her some consternation. meanwhile Steve finds running his own business is not as easy as he thought.

Épisode 4 - Unfinished Business

29 août 1991

When a lethal bacteria is found in the operating theatre, there is an outbreak of hysteria in the Crossing. Although Guy attempts to suppress local concerns he ends up exacerbating the situation. Meanwhile Rowie makes some life changing decisions about her relationship with Johnno.

Épisode 5 - Jacqueline

5 septembre 1991

After a storm prevents Guy and Jackie from returning to the Crossing after a clinic round,they are forced to stay over night in an isolated shed. Not too surprisingly, when they get back in to town the next day everyone is talking about their night together.

Épisode 6 - Monkey

12 septembre 1991

There is a highly specialised, successful in town but Jackie has to deal with a troubled conscience after finding out that he is addicted to heroine.

Épisode 7 - The Stranger

19 septembre 1991

Geoff believes a man is suffering from mental illness when he jumps out in front of him, nude. However the man is evidently highly educated and astounds the locals with his understanding of flying, mechanics and medicine. At first they believe he must be some sort of alien but things become even more mysterious when the military arrives in the Crossing in search of him.

Épisode 8 - The Christening

19 septembre 1991

As Kate and Geoff prepare for Scarlett's christening, they reflect on their lives together and the friends they have known.

Épisode 9 - The Good Book

26 septembre 1991

Old familiar faces return to the Crossing when a party is held after Harry Cooper's diary is found. Things don't run quite as smoothly as planned though when George Baxter, who believes he owns a dairy as a consequence of what was written in the diary, crashes in to the bus carrying Chris. Tom makes it back from Africa and Emma arrives, with out Sam, but with two children in tow. When Geoff discovers that Baxter is not entitled to the dairy, he decides to return ownership to the town. DJ returns from Greece and flirts with Penny, much to Steve's annoyance. It is announced that Chris will go back with Tom to Africa.

Épisode 10 - My Little Patch

3 octobre 1991

A young Koori boy has a difficult time when his grandfather is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Guy becomes involved but soon discovers that he is perhaps too emotionally attached to the situation and has trouble thinking rationally.

Épisode 11 - Two Splatt Shuffle

10 octobre 1991

Emotions run high in the Crossing when they believe they have a bigamist in their midst. When a travelling salesman has an accident and is admitted to hospital, his terrible secret is exposed when two wives turn up at visiting time. Is he the bigamist he appears to be?

Épisode 12 - Secrets

17 octobre 1991

A man threatens to kill his wife and child out of desperation when he can no longer go on with the guilt of his financial debt. Meanwhile an attractive, wealthy man, Andrew Abott, seduces Rowie.

Épisode 13 - The Games We Play

24 octobre 1991

Guy is mystified by the symptoms of a young patient and has problems identifying a diagnosis. Meanwhile there is cricket fever in the Crossing as everyone awaits the contest they've all been waiting for to take place.

Épisode 14 - Bone China

31 octobre 1991

Geoff decides to expand his career options and break out into the world of cuisine. Meanwhile, everyone in the Crossing is nervous when convicted killer Matt Samuels is let out of prison after serving his time. When Kate is determined to drive him back home without anyone else, people become apprehensive about her safety.

Épisode 15 - Johnno Be Good

7 novembre 1991

When Johnno learns that his father has died, he returns to Melbourne to collect his belongings. However he finds out more than he bargained for when he meets one of his father's old friends and hears the tales his father has been making up about him. He regrets that he never spent time with his father when he had the chance. Back in the Crossing, Guy and Steve attempt to do Johnno a favour by re-decorating his house but things don't go quite as planned and they end up burning it down. Penny has a difficult emergency and her own life is put at risk.

Épisode 16 - Lost Rainbows

14 novembre 1991

Rowie is involved in a bizarre emergency. When she goes there across country by horse, she discovers that all is not what it seems and calls the base for assistance.

Épisode 17 - Broken Promises

21 novembre 1991

The stress and pressure of arranging a high society wedding causes the bride to be, Emily, to collapse with exhaustion and be hospitalised. After being told that she needs absolute rest she has second thoughts about going through with the marriage and cancels it: her parents are devastated. Meanwhile, the lorry carrying the champagne supplies for the reception is involved in an accident on its way back from Broken Hill. One by one, the residents of the Crossing find themselves out at the scene of the incident and find themselves drinking their way through the goods. Also Guy has a rival in his affections for Jackie. In the end, it's all systems go back at the Crossing when the couple decide to go through with the wedding. However, by the time a celebration has been re-organised, it emerges the young couple have already eloped.

Épisode 18 - Visitors Welcome

28 novembre 1991

Luke will do anything to impress his father Barry, however he takes things a little too far when a group of Japanese end up staying in the Crossing when their bus breaks down. Johnno ends up staying with Luke and Barry when the pub becomes too full and he is witness to the racist comments made by both Barry and Luke about the visitors. Later, when one of the Japanese tourists is stabbed, all evidence points to Luke. Meanwhile, one of the tourists is Toshi who has visited the Crossing before. Guy makes it clear that he and Jackie are together and this time he takes a shine to Penny.

Épisode 19 - Yesterday’s News

5 décembre 1991

When a female journalist joins Kate and Johnno on a clinic run it results in a bit of a fracas. There is a plane crash; fantastic news for the journalist but not for the young man who Kate has to do an emrgency operation on.

Épisode 20 - Dirty Linen

19 décembre 1991

There is a major problem at the hospital when the aged washing machines break down and it emerges there is insufficient funds to buy replacement ones. When the staff goes on strike, it is up to Penny and an infamous union man to get new machines and get everyone back to work. Meanwhile Steve finds himself attracted to the Crossing's new teacher, Jane McLaughlin, and they waste no time in getting intimately acquainted.

Épisode 21 - Chasing Rainbows

26 décembre 1991

Rowie finds the going tough when she has to decide between taking care of her ill father or living in Coopers Crossing. Things become increasingly stressful for her when she is forced to give treatment instructions over the radio to an injured navy recruit. Meanwhile, tensions between her and Guy continue to rise.

Épisode 22 - Uncle Cyrano

2 janvier 1992

Guy finds himself faced with a difficult moral dilemma. Steve continues to be infatuated by the local school teacher, Jane, and he is determined to make their relationship more serious. However, when she goes to see Guy it emerges she has a fatal illness. Guy is desperate to maintain his Hippocratic Oath but he doesn't want his friend Steve to be hurt.

Épisode 23 - Luck of the Draw

25 août 1992

When Geoff has to make the exceptionally difficult choice between attending the birth of a premature baby and treating the victim of a snake bite, Jackie objects to his decision. However later on, she too is faced with the challenge of making a choice between life and death and begins to appreciate how it feels. Kate finds herself embroiled in local politics and faces an unexpected adversary.

Épisode 24 - Trouble with M.E.

1 septembre 1992

Rowie and Guy find themselves at loggerheads when they disagree over the diagnosis of a patient. Matt Sheridan, a notoriously hard working farmer, seeks medical help for excessive tiredness. Rowie believes it must be a symptom of an underlying physical illness but Guy is adamant Matt is suffering from stress. The animosity they show towards each other makes their colleagues at the RFDS feel very uncomfortable.

Épisode 25 - The Accomplice

8 septembre 1992

There's a new man in town. He quickly ingratiates himself with the locals however Jackie remains apprehensive about him.

Épisode 26 - Blind Obsession

15 septembre 1992

Claire continues to receive attention from a secret admirer. However, she decides that it might not be such a bad thing and decides that she'd like to meet him.

Épisode 27 - Wimp

22 septembre 1992

The town hosts a local boxing match. Things take an ominous turn though when Steve knocks out his opponent. When his opponant dies, he is held partially responsible for the death.

Épisode 28 - Visionaries

29 septembre 1992

Hard times have hit the Crossing but Vic has an ingenious idea to draw in more custom: introduce bikini wearing parking inspectors. Meanwhile, he thinks he sees Penny and Guy.

Épisode 29 - Life Lessons

10 novembre 1992

In a reflective mood when it's his daughter Scarlett's birthday, Geoff makes her a video about the people of Coopers Crossing. He hopes to pass on the 'life lessons' his father taught him, but he reveals some dark secrets too.

Épisode 1 - The Hill

Vic and Nancy Buckley, injured in a major road accident, are treated by Broken Hill RFDS. Vic undergoes some unorthodox therapy. RFDS pilot Ted and male nurse Denis attempt to help Leanne escape an abusive relationship. Dr. Jim Solomon greets his wife and children as they arrive in Broken Hill to their new home

Épisode 2 - A Different World

Leanne is found near death after another attack by her boyfriend "Cowboy". Dr. Blitho resorts to extreme measures to save her while Denis fends off Cowboy. Vic continues to convalesce - much to Nancy's delight. After her first day in court, Laura unexpectedly spends the night in the bush while her son Jesse hitches a lift out of town.

Épisode 3 - Heartbreak

Five year old Ben arrives unconscious from a drowning accident. Laura threatens to involve the AntiDiscrimination Board in a case she is hearing but this raises conflict with the town establishment. Vic and Nancy become caretakers of the nurses quarters. Grieving parents turn against Dr. Blitho.

Épisode 4 - The Wisdom of Solomon

Dr. Blitho is threatened with malpractice and the RFDS reputation is at stake. Stress builds at home between Jim and his wife Laura who will hear the case in court. Cowboy harasses Leanne, the new radio operator but he is dealt some rough justice. Ted takes Jesse flying while Laura mediates between the parties in the malpractice suit and the RFDS reputation remains intact.

Épisode 5 - Public Relations

A reporter arrives to do a feature on the RFDS but the staff is un-enthusiastic. Vic takes his first steps unaided. Dr. Sissy 'bends the rules' to make an emergency call but Blitho demands she be disciplined. A rebuffed Blitho digs up 'dirt' on the RFDS for the reporter. Dr Solomon reassigns Blitho with unfortunate ramifications.

Épisode 6 - Call Sign - Cowboy

Cowboy disrupts the RFDS radio frequency by calling in to harass Leanne. Ted monitors the calls but can't get a fix on Cowboy's location. Laura's assistant Gail solves a long standing feud between two brothers. Blitho delivers unwanted psychological assessments to his colleagues. Leanne secretly agrees to meet Cowboy to put an end to his harassment.

Épisode 7 - Head on Collisions

Jesse agrees to go for a burn' with Kingy, one of the tough kids at school. After a dangerous high speed police chase Kingy is busted. Blitho decides to get rid of the popular 'Blades. When Ted is temporarily grounded with an ear infection he drives everyone mad. In court Laura delivers a hefty fine to a bitter Kingy.

Épisode 8 - Dragged from the Wreckage

Called to a fatal car crash, Dr. Solomon is shocked to find his son - one of the lucky survivors. Ted encounters an 'old flame' - the mayor's wife. At the Youth Refuge Blades makes a new friend - but she is deeply troubled. Kingy is charged in court. Ted drinks himself into trouble and Dr. Solomon is called to bail out his pilot.

Épisode 9 - Cave In

John, a professional photographer, is met by Dr. Sissy who arranges for him to travel with the RFDS. When a mine collapses he is caught up in the tragedy and Dr. Sissy has to perform emergency surgery. Distressed by the ordeal she reveals to Dr. Solomon her true relationship to John. On the job -Ted misses his day in court.

Épisode 10 - Loss of Faith

When the new Medical Superintendent Vicki Struthers arrives, Blitho is forced to return to his old role. Morphine and pethidine supplies go missing and Dennis becomes the main suspect. Vic organises a'food kitty' to avoid squabbling. Dr. Solomon conducts an investigation into the missing drugs and friendships are bruised.

Épisode 11 - Poor Wandering One

Dr. Sissy examines Zoe's closest school friend April and discovers she is pregnant. Under suspicious circumstances April suffers a near fatal accident and with severe brain damage is only surviving on a respirator. But her baby is still alive. Dr. Sissy becomes personally involved. Vicki and Blitho find common interest.

Épisode 12 - Outback Justice

Zoe unexpectedly spends a night at a gas pipeline while on a school project with the RFDS. Laura is furious with Jim when she finds out. Meanwhile Zoe gets involved when the boss seeks revenge against a worker. Jesse befriends a girl he sees shoplifting. Vic installs a pay phone on the 'honour' system - until the first bill comes in

Épisode 13 - End of the Road

Nurse Rebecca has a frightening ride with a truckie she rightly suspects is high on drugs. Back at the base she tries to trace the drug supply and confronts trucking companies who enforce impossible timetables on their drivers. Cowboy unexpectedly appears in Leanne's room at night and when Laura grants a restraining order against him - she too receives a late night visit.