A stranger arrives in Emu Springs. Who is he? Whoever he is, it's clear he's ...
Something in the Air
Season 1 Episode 136: Stand by Your Dog
When Dr. Eva's husband unexpectedly arrives in town, it poses an enormous emotional challenge.
Sep 07, 2000 NR 25m 7
When Dr. Eva's husband unexpectedly arrives in town, it poses an enormous emotional challenge.
A stranger arrives in Emu Springs. Who is he? Whoever he is, it's clear he's ...
Emu Springs is in a flurry after the collapse of the Poppet Head - the belove...
Stuart smooths things over with Julia while Harry discovers he has something ...
Helen sacks Tom, but the damage has been done. Doug instructs Helen to get To...
When Stephanie Bennett, a Melbourne journalist, visits Emu Springs, Tom Doole...
Tom Dooley decides that the radio station is no longer safe if he is to avoid...
Tom Dooley returns to work only to be confronted by a rabidly determined Step...
Tom shatters Stephanie's chances of success by inveigling his way into the he...
Inspired by Tom's rhetoric, and with his father's blessing, Joe decides to ta...
10. Everybody Has Their Ups and Downs
Aired: Feb 1, 2000Sally and Joe's relationship is on a communication roller coaster ride with S...
Mon seeks to mend the rift between Len and their absent son, Wayne. Stuart is...
There are winners and losers when Stuart introduces the pokies to Emu Springs...
Harry gives a wrong call as goal umpire. Emu Springs loses another match and ...
Mon's grandfather, Arthur Donnelly, disappeared on the night the Crawford Hor...
Helen, Harry, Len and Mon each have a different perspective on the discovery ...
Julia and Mon continue to argue over the gold, while Harry maintains possessi...
After Tom narrowly avoids colliding with Dr Eva's rail trolley, he uses the a...
Joe is frustrated by the non-performing ram who won't reproduce. Meanwhile Ha...
Harry is caught up with the problems of life and goal umpiring, whilst Stuart...
Tom apologizes on air to Dr Eva sporting a rooster peck. He has to swallow hi...
With advertising revenue up at 3ES and ratings soaring, Doug presents his sta...
Megan commences her late night music show, adopting much of Tom's "intimate" ...
As a last ditch effort to avoid the sales of 3ES, Helen takes some drastic ac...
The football team are rocked by Len's strange behaviour, and like the rest of...
Honey Fever has hit Emu Springs as Len's special honey is back on the shelves...
Harry, racked by grief he is unable to express, takes off in the ute, leading...
Helen becomes attracted to Cameron, the suave crop duster. Ryan and Megan are...
Creeping closer to a real awareness that his mortality is limited, Len seeks ...
Tom lectures his fellow townsfolk about embracing a time of change and it isn...
When Tom is personally affected by the impending departure of the chemist, he...
Mon succumbs as the water crisis in town escalates. Meanwhile Doug uses his r...
Through Stuart's investigative work, it is revealed that Hoppy's pig farm is ...
Tom initiates an anti-football crusade just as the season is about to end in ...
Mon and Len's son Wayne returns home to a less than enthusiastic welcome from...
When Mon tells Wayne that Len has emphysema, the need to make up with his fat...
Harry and Helen begin to face Warwick's death; Helen for the first time ackno...
Joe Sabatini is frustrated by the lack of attention Emu Springs is receiving ...
Joe's foray into the political arena develops when he accepts the nomination ...
Joe is learning the hard way that there's more to politics than pure idealism...
A bewildered Tom confronts Jennifer about her sudden departure from their rom...
After several unpleasing experiences hitching rides with the locals, Tom mana...
Sally and Helen bring Matt (Sandy Winton) home and have Dr. Eva give him a th...
Ryan continues to try and teach Mon to drive but ends up being fired by her f...
44. A Tide in the Affairs of Women
Aired: Mar 30, 2000Megan's Womens' Sports hour is under threat until she lands the lascivious Ra...
Doug returns to Merinda to celebrate his and Julia's wedding anniversary, but...
Ryan loses his confidence to defend his title as Dart champion of the Bulland...
When Julia fails to show for Rural Roundup, Ryan is thrust into the breach. B...
Tom is pillored on air following the Bill Clinton schemozzle. But Helen has o...
Mon conjures up a unique plan to finance possible extensions to her shop. Joe...
50. Pyramids, Profits and Puberty
Aired: Apr 11, 2000At the Tale Farm Harry seems to be stinking the place out, much to Helen's di...
Mon conjures up a unique plan to finance possible extensions to her shop.
Helen has to make a choice between the family unit and her own interests, whi...
A series of somewhat odious incidents leads Joe to wonder if he is being spec...
When Ryan's dad Jeff (Terry Gill) volunteers to help Mon with her first deliv...
In the aftermath of the crash Joe and Sally begin to feel the financial impli...
56. Commitment Is a Many-Lettered Word
Aired: Apr 20, 2000Sally is relieved to discover the unusually high drop-out rate in her class i...
The district is buzzing with talk of The Kissing Bandit on the run in the area.
Ryan and Megan take over the night spot left vacant by the suspension of Fath...
59. We'll Talk About It in the Morning
Aired: Apr 26, 2000Matt Bateman returns much to the delight of the inhabitants of Tale Farm. Tom...
Mon has decided to go for her license but is clearly nervous about the outcom...
Stuart cops nothing but trouble as he attempts to enforce a healthy new menu ...
Tom reveals his intention to escape in air conditioned comfort to Sydney. Mea...
Heatwave conditions are melting everyone in Emu Springs and to cap it all off...
Doug and Julia are faced with totally unexpected news when Dr. Eva calls them...
Julia and Doug try to come to terms with her pregnancy.
Matt rejects the idea of MapleCo sponsoring the ball. Sally enlists Tom's sup...
As Friendship Week gets into full swing, Tom throws a spanner in the works by...
Tom tries to prove that he understands friendship, but Helen's had enough of ...
It's Fire Awareness Week and Tom creates controversy on air by launching into...
Ryan can't reach his father who has become withdrawn since taking blame publi...
Stuart and Eva's attraction deepens but they struggle to find time to explore...
Jeff hits rock-bottom when he's engulfed by the guilt he's feeling about the ...
Helen is preparing for a glorious week alone immersing herself in all things ...
Ryan sets up Megan to enter her in the Queen of the Springs contest. An old f...
75. Confessions of a Bull Artist
Aired: May 24, 2000Tom returns sheepishly from hospital and tries to make light of his collapse,...
Far from backing down on Megan's challenge for them both to enter the Queen o...
A contest to see who will be Queen of Emu Springs brings out conflicting emot...
The Queen of the Springs Contest causes ructions in the Emu Springs Community...
Tom's horoscope prowess is becoming too great a burden. The Springs Ball prep...
80. A Disturbance in the Cosmos
Aired: Jun 1, 2000Everyone frocks up for the Springs Ball. A night of soul searching, revelatio...
Tom has had word out of Canberra that the Government is planning to re-open t...
Tom uses the air waves to launch an assault against the by-pass proposal, whi...
Stuart begins to have concerns about Esther's influence over his impressionab...
Doug aims for a win/win result in the by-pass debate. Spurred on by his succe...
The tension between Joe and Sally is having an impact on Harry who lays all t...
Mon finds herself in some financial difficulty and decides to take steps to r...
87. Wandering in the Wilderness
Aired: Jun 14, 2000When Mon and Stuart announce to Father Brian that they've won lotto's second ...
At first, it seems Father Brian's experiment of faith with the lotto ticket h...
Though Tom's morning editorial is about humans connecting, he is scathing abo...
Megan's first "Heart to Heart" doesn't quite live up to her expectations, but...
Helen is less than thrilled when she is inundated with flowers from Gavin.
Ryan pleads with Joyce to seek help for her addiction, but she can't face the...
Tom is horrified to discover his auditor is none other than Candy. Megan talk...
With his birthday party only days away, Stuart listens to Dr. Eva talk about ...
Tom is in a panic after discovering a foul-tempered Candy, still reeling from...
Joe and Sally continue to miserably exist without each other, before deciding...
Megan is supposed to hand over the running of the pub to her Uncle Nev, but w...
Julia is desperate to find a way of helping Christine, but the pressure she i...
99. Is That the Best You Can Do?
Aired: Jul 5, 2000Julia and Doug wrestle with feelings of helplessness as they search for a way...
Joe and Sally fail to find the common ground they need to repair their relati...
Blippi will show you an indoor play place and how fun learning can be! In thi...
To Tom's dismay, his mother, Ruth arrives. He finds himself in the awkward po...
Disturbed by the friction her offer to Christine has caused in the family, Ju...
Urged on by Helen, Tom tries to muster the courage to confront his mother tha...
When Tom makes fun of an Emu Springs' institution - the Giant Gilly Flats Tra...
Sally becomes home nurse for Harry and Tom who have both been hit hard by the...
The aftermath of the fire is causing some problems for Jimmy Hibberd. The fee...
108. Everything Old Is New Again
Aired: Jul 20, 2000Things are not looking good for Jimmy and skipping town seems to be the only ...
It's a full moon in Emu Springs and lunacy is in the air. Sally, while anxiou...
Helen's worst fears are realised as she observes an apparently love-struck Ry...
111. Give Me the Story and I'll Give You the War
Aired: Jul 26, 2000Intent on impressing Tom with a newsworthy topic, Megan takes on both the Bus...
Struggling to come to terms with the unexpected discovery of her adoption, Mo...
During a slow news day on the air, Tom gets a brilliant idea from one of his ...
114. The Taste of Love Is Sweet
Aired: Aug 1, 2000Sally is unsettled by Joe's return. Harry is thrilled to see his uncle as is ...
When Doug thinks he may have traced her natural brother, Mon is faced with a ...
Livelihoods are threatened when MapleCo is taken over by Cancop, who plan to ...
Sally and Joe are feeling the wrath of a town disillusioned by the MapleCo/Ca...
When Harry is found missing from his bed, Helen begins a frantic search. An u...
Mon is grappling to come to terms with a new identity and the realisation she...
Helen uses all her business skills to negotiate reasonable terms with Cancorp.
Tom receives a mysterious letter that plays havoc with his psyche - the norma...
Over a drunken dinner with Father Brian, Helen makes a confession. She, the I...
123. Not Quite Living, But Kicking
Aired: Aug 16, 2000When Doug returns from Canberra he gets a frosty reception from Julia but an ...
Tom is invited to Rollo's wedding in the capacity of best man. He is jealous ...
Things continue to look grim for Tale farm. At a meeting of the syndicate, Jo...
Party heavy-weight Billy King (Bill Young) comes to town to "have a word" wit...
Tom encourages the community to boycott the auction of Tale Farm. Neither Hel...
128. Noughts and Cross Dressers
Aired: Aug 24, 2000After Tom, Joe and even Doug have expressed anti-bank sentiments on the radio...
129. The Young and the Breathless
Aired: Aug 28, 2000"Youth" is busting out all over as Ryan and Megan gear up for Youth Week. How...
Youth Week explodes with a vengeance at 3ES and the citizens of Emu Springs a...
Helen returns from the city and is forced to tighten the reins on Youth Week....
132. The Man Who Sconed Liberty Mon
Aired: Aug 31, 2000Father Brian and Megan introduce Angela to young paraplegic guitarist, Shane ...
When Harry accidentally kills a cockatoo with his slingshot, his guilt overwh...
Doug returns from Canberra, having given his first speech to Parliament as an...
135. You Left Me Crying in the Kennel
Aired: Sep 6, 2000Doug is about to make his radio debut with The Doug Report and with Tom and H...
When Dr. Eva's husband unexpectedly arrives in town, it poses an enormous emo...
A new family arrives in Emu Springs but few are quick to welcome them. What a...
Tom is perversely delighted when his new panel show causes friction between J...
Tom back flips on air about wind farming, and finds himself at odds with the ...
The footy team is set to play the Roxborough Rockets. It's a big ask, and on ...
Tom is stunned when he receives a surprise package in the mail - the ashes of...
Tom continues to grapple with Nanny Sofia's request from the grave. However, ...
Doug is shocked to find himself in a compromising position with someone else ...
Helen and Doug are propelled into damage control when a picture of them locke...
Joe and Sally are reminded of a time capsule they buried years before with ol...
Finally Julia is clucky about the baby when they see a new ultrasound view of...
Tom miraculously survives the bomb but loses his hearing and secretly finds t...
Sally and Joe throw a retro party to open the time capsule only to discover t...
Father Brian is sent into a tailspin when the Church orders him to give guida...
Emu Springs is stunned when Father Brian resigns from the footy team to focus...
The day's takings are missing from the store - and so is Dermott. Father Bria...
152. Football and Other Religions
Aired: Oct 5, 2000Mon takes the opportunity to farewell her mother...and receive an emotional m...
With a helping hand from Stuart, Dermott begins the transition to life as a c...
154. Who's Been Eating My Porridge?
Aired: Oct 10, 2000Megan is positively glowing after her special night with Dermott and it's imp...
155. The Ghost of Post Offices Past
Aired: Oct 11, 2000Megan is falling deeper in love and after another intimate night with Dermott...
156. Things That Go Away in the Night
Aired: Oct 12, 2000Mon is hopeful when her half brother, John, seeks her out. Their meeting only...
Still hopeful, Mon approaches John Flood one last time, determined to convinc...
Mon finally comes face-to-face with Gordon Flood; the man who holds all the a...
Drifting in and out of consciousness after the accident, Joe has a shining vi...
160. From Little Things, Big Things Grow
Aired: Oct 19, 2000Joe's determination to realise his "vision" gives Sally cause for concern and...