Seasons & episodes
S4 · E20Close to Home 2001-06-26 · 60 min
Ben and Scott receive a call-out to a low security prison and arrive to find a siege in progress with a guard, a nurse, and another inmate hostage in the prison clinic. Connor's day does not start well when a post-op patient pleads to be allowed out of bed and subsequently falls over — Luke then becomes irate at Connor's apparent lack of patient care. After nursing a life coach, Connor also starts to examine his own life. Terri reveals to Von that she is worried Dr. Pussle will want to progress the relationship faster than she can handle.
S4 · E21Skeletons in the Closet 2001-07-03 · 60 min
Luke is cornered into letting his brother Rick stay at the flat after he is released from jail. When Father Francis Tyler is admitted in an emaciated state, Mitch diagnoses Beri-beri but suspects the Father to be alcoholic and suffering from the more serious condition of Wernicke's Encephalopathy. There is a carnival atmosphere in the carpark where a group of bikers are holding a charity event for the Children's Ward. Bron decides to go on the Pill and has an appointment at the Staff Clinic for a check up and prescription. It is Kylie's big day in court and Jared is determined to accompany her. When she is awarded 60 hours community service and complains that it is not enough, Jared refuses to be party to her self-flagellation. A newborn baby, found on the Ward, holds the key to a secret shame.
S4 · E22The Sign 2001-07-10 · 60 min
Von never makes it to the charity ball when her little friend Zac's condition begins to deteriorate. Terri and Malcolm bond at the ball but Terri is shocked to discover Rose suffers from bi-polar. The revelation causes problems between Mitch and Rose. Kylie drinks too much, Scott puts more moves on Andrea and Luke's date is horribly raped outside the ball venue. Meanwhile, Connor and Bron are on night shift in Ward 17.
S4 · E23Maiden's Revenge 2001-07-10 · 60 min
On a day when the stars seem to be coming true, Connor tries his luck with love and Bron takes a gamble, which ends up being one of the worst mistakes of her life. However, for two of their patients the stars come through with their predictions of love and fortune.
S4 · E24Chains of Love 2001-07-10 · 60 min
Mitch faces a double crisis that threatens his professional future when the legal fallout arrives from giving a patient marijuana. Bron battles to save her relationship with Ben after her gambling relapse. Connor's life may be forever changed after receiving an amazing gift from a former patient but it is a current patient that helps put things in perspective. Bron nurses a young woman who struggles with disclosing the details of her illness to the staff. The ambo's bring in a man whose wife tries to coverup the cause of his injuries and find themselves in the middle of an unlikely love triangle.
S4 · E25Reality Bites 2001-07-17 · 60 min
Mitch is struggling with his marriage, and faces up to a woman who is wrongly told that her husband has died. A visit from the Minister of Health throws Luke into a nasty situation when an organ donor's secret is discovered.
S4 · E26Law of the Jungle 2001-07-24 · 60 min
Pussle and Terri's future together is uncertain after Mitch and Pussle's arguments over a patient force their mutual jealousy over Terri out into the open.
S4 · E27Private Lives 2001-07-31 · 60 min
Scott is put to the test when Ben blacks out on the job. An emotionally distraught Bron then puts Ben's life at risk by undermining Luke's confidence before surgery. A man's life is thrown into turmoil when told he is terminally ill, only to later discover that there was a mix-up and he isn't going to die.
S4 · E28Empty Nest 2001-08-07 · 60 min
Mitch and Roses' relationship reaches a crisis when Mitch no longer responds to his wife's manipulations.
S4 · E29Poles Apart 2001-08-14 · 60 min
Connor is speechless when he bumps into Jodi pole-dancing in a club. Terri finds another nurse rape victim and to Von's surprise, the battle-axe she is nursing turns out to have the key to soothing the rape victim's pain. Mitch is driven mad by Rose's mother. While Terri would love to help, Mitch makes it clear that she's the last person who can do so. Luke pulls off a tricky operation.
S4 · E30Delicate Matters 2001-08-21 · 60 min
An ex-priest undergoes a near-death experience and returns to life claiming there is no God, stirring up Terri's emotions. Mitch is frustrated when Rose turns up at work and refuses to talk to him, and Lucy is not in the crèche. Jodi arrives back at work, but wonders if she has made the right decision. Ben gets the all clear to return to work.
S4 · E31Look into My Eyes 2001-08-28 · 60 min
An exhausted Jared is making mistakes on the job and tragically risks Terri's life. Terri's accident is potentially fatal and for Mitch, this is almost the end of a bad day. Mitch receives some devastating news. A man suffering with tumours from second generation Agent Orange Syndrome looks to euthanasia for a way out.
S4 · E32Wild Justice 2001-09-04 · 60 min
Scott puts his life and his job on the line to save the victims of a gunman's violent rampage through a quiet suburban street.
S4 · E33Life As We Know It 2001-09-11 · 60 min
Terri is in tears over Connor's departure and as Mitch comforts her their true feelings for each other surface.
S4 · E34Sympatico 2001-09-18 · 60 min
Von has spotted what is going on between Mitch and Terri. Mitch is conveniently preoccupied with a mysterious bond between twin patients.
S4 · E35Crictical Pressure 2001-09-25 · 60 min
Mitch's desperate search for his wife and daughter turns into a serious incident for the police. Terri is so worried about Mitch, it's affecting her work and she makes a mistake on the job that could cost the lives of Von and a patient. Scott realises just how badly the tragic events of the last few weeks have affected him.
S4 · E36Bitter Medicine 2001-10-02 · 60 min
Jodi is on the verge of making a life-changing decision when Connor's mother, Julie returns to the Ward and informs her that Connor never stopped caring about her. Rose cheerily returns to Ward having reconciled with Mitch and Terri is happy to support the two of them. Jodi asks Bron to go to the casino with her as part of a potential girls night out and Bron makes the challenging decision to inform Jodi of her gambling addiction. Rose invites Dawn Fraser onto the Ward to help an amputee regain his determination to swim.
S4 · E37Heartache 2001-10-09 · 60 min
Mitch and Luke fight to save the life of a bride caught in a car crash, and there are echoes of wedding bells in Ward 17. Meanwhile, it's Mitch and Rose's first anniversary party, and everyone's invited - except for Terri.
S4 · E38Where There's Smoke 2001-10-16 · 60 min
Terri is caught between her affections for three men — Mitch, Malcolm and Dom. She finally decides who she wants to be with and acting on impulse, they spend the night together. Von and Bron deal with two smokers: one, a young woman whose habit has sparked a fire, the other a mature woman whose life-long habit has led to terminal emphysema. Barbara Woods, a girl with Down's Syndrome, returns to Ward 17, this time for a hysterectomy. When Luke realises that she hasn't been properly informed of the consequences, he refuses to operate.
S4 · E39Child's Play 2001-10-23 · 60 min
Rose leaves baby Lucy at home alone and is later found playing on a swing in a park at midnight in the pouring rain. After a frightening night of Rose's behaviour, a confused and extremely worried Mitch turns to marriage counselling. The strain is showing, particularly in Mitch's unusually gruff treatment of patients. Bron is stalked and then trapped by the nurse-rapist in the hospital boiler room. With no way out, she knows she must fight for her life. Ben finds the tragic results of a three-year-old boy who was left alone while his mum played the poker machines. Shaken by a distressing day at work, Ben is late in picking up Bron, only to find her missing. Luke and Terri are confronted with the horrifically cruel results of a school initiation.
S4 · E40Behind Closed Doors 2001-10-30 · 60 min
Von is nursing a terminal patient, a cross-dresser who wants to go out in style, but his wife doesn't know about her husband's secret. Ben vows to find and destroy the rapist who nearly got Bron. Kylie Preece finally stands up to Dr Murphy. Lyle accidentally throws out a patient's thyroid gland.
S4 · E41A Little Death 2001-11-06 · 60 min
The rapist strikes again, kidnapping Bron and leaving a young nurse dead. In mortal danger, Bron is shocked when she discovers the identity of the serial rapist. Ward 17 is threatened with quarantine after a breakout of golden staph. Luke is forbidden to operate on patients after being suspected as a carrier.
S4 · E42The Other Side of Perfection 2001-11-13 · 60 min
Rebecca and Scott are called out to a bombing site where an accident leads to Rebecca being seriously injured and Scott realising he has feelings for her. Ben plans to propose to Bron on a picnic he organised, but things do not turn out as expected. Mitch informs a patient's husband that he must choose between his wife and his unborn child. Luke is moved by a new and innovative way to treat a Parkinson's patient. Terri learns the truth about Malcolm's secret, leading them to make a life-changing decision.
S4 · E43Falling Down 2001-11-27 · 60 min
Nelson Curtis, a nurse practitioner and Paula Morgan, a registered nurse are employed in two new permanent positions on the ward. Malcolm questions Von's competence as a nurse and whether or not she should be taking care of a patient with complications from a caesarean. On his way home, Mitch is witness to a terrible car crash. A delusional Rose contacts the Ward when Mitch fails to arrive home and alarms Terri, who must choose whether she wants to take the job at Stanford University. Terri finds Rose, unconscious with her life hanging in the balance.