Seasons & episodes

Inspired by Karl's claim leaving his true love was the worst decision of a lifetime, trying to get Susan back his best, Chris returns to prison and convinces Hudson they should at least give love behind bars a try. Paul enjoys telling Therese are only options are braving public protest against the parking fees or be fired for not meeting contractual targets. At the hospital fun run, Brad wins, but Matt is the hero, having had to stop exhausted but being just on cue to spot Josie's idiotic overexerted collapse so she can be hospitalized in time.

After declaring Brad the winner, who celebrates dancing, Paul announces his mayoral candidacy. Matt is desperate to find an alternative, integer candidate, but Karl and Toadie decline, feeling it's too hard to combine with demanding jobs and intentions to spend more time at home. Hearing Paul coaxing a reporter, Karl can't resist presenting himself as electoral opponent. Diagnoses famished by Karl, Josie admits to her clueless lesbian 'parents' she disposed of lunch for weeks.

Eager to earn extra cash, Rhiannon accepts filling in without someone to mind Jackson, so she takes him along. Mason explains its' not possible to keep a kid in the hotel, but is ignored and floor management finds out. Mason bitterly resents all but supportive Matt's lecture about excessive commitment, stating he just can't win with his father. Karl's mayoral ambition, running against ruthless Paul, seems ridiculously naive to Susan, but when he sticks to it she pledges full supports.

Kyle dares not tells Sheila that he lost her heirloom engagement ring, and rather strips then owe up. Clueless Kate found and shows it with canine culprit Bossy. Chris is himself again. Matt is indignant when Rhiannonassumes that he reported Jackson neglected to social services, Mason works out it was two-faced hotel supervisor Veronica. The official is convinced by Jackson's claim that he and his ma can rely on 'steady friend' Mason, whom Karl tries to teach the burdens of a paternal role.

Kyle gets the ring back but swears Sheila and Kate to secrecy, unsure when he might propose to Georgia. Hearing she finally enrolled for an overseas emergency assistance course, he decides to wait, but clues from mates soon make Georgia propose to him. Bailey is delighted that Josie's collapse frees her China exchange program spot financed by Paul's grant, which Gemma promises to get for him. Josh is not amused when Sheila recruits 'his' Amber as miss-bikini-clad 'parking meter girl'.

Toadie throws an engagement party for Kate and Kyle but Gemma manages to take the attention away from them.Terese enlists Amber's help with a wedding emergency at Lassiters but lands herself in hot water with Paul.

Josh tries to ignore Amber's mean accusations as if he's self-absorbed and not supportive, gets no maternal advice and is dumped while she follows Therese's unqualified advice to study photography. Therese focuses only on a plan to charge Paul exorbitant, barely penthouse-related expenses so she can cancel the paid parking and sabotage his mayoral campaign. Bailey sweetly brings gamma chocolates as get better present. Warned about appearances by Susan, she suddenly withdraws her firm promise to support his candidature for the China exchange trip. Toadie is convinced she's malingering, but Karl can't help him prove so.

Kyle's engagement is widely greeted with joy, but he and Georgia decide against a formal party, to save money for the wedding, which she starts planning elaborately with Kate, and honeymoon. Sheila however decides to organize an engagement party anyway, to reunite the family, but remains an outcast among declining Cannings on account of a single dispute with offspring. Gemma promises Chris, whom Sheila asked to collect addresses, to contact all Canning clan members, but doesn't. Bailey accepts Gemma's failure to support his bid for the China exchange as she offers to date him, behind Susan's back. Imogen is late and objects to due detention as preparing the school dance is no excuse, then complains to Susan about 'discrimination of girls', but has no proof, so Gemma only gets a formal notice.

Coached by Brad in dealing with female games, Josh overcomes Amber's insecure hostility by offering full VIP treatment at the school dance. After Imogen reports having seen Bailey at the lake in the park with Gemma, both deny even meeting, but Susan is forced to forbid further contact, including tutoring. Gemma reads her confidential file and blackmails her with the bulimia secret, but Sonya convinces her to simply come clean at school herself. Sleepless Laurel dares not tell Matt she keeps dreaming of dancing with Brad, and now the nightmare expands.

Brad volunteers himself and Laurel as chaperons for the school dance. The eating disorder girls plan to give it as miss, fearing to be ridiculed as freaks, but Imogen can't resists playing the heroic role model and drags Josie along, then gets a grand entry at Mason's arm. Susan rebukes Karl for 'campaiging' to guests and faces a dilemma when Paul offers to finance the school radio for another year. Amber is delighted to be asked as 'official' photographer, so Josh assumes she won't mind if he's late to give a last minute interview as his sponsor's request. Callum kisses Josie.

Mason isn't enthusiastic when Rhiannon expects to move to a house with his name on the documents, but can't say no to elated Jackson. Josh isn't inclined to honor Amber's jealous act on account of a mere interview, but is told to consider if such a fickle girlfriend isn't an excessive strain on the athletic career which he interrupts school for. Karl has to accept that Susan takes Paul's donation, albeit on mitigating terms, but finds another campaign theme: child day care.

Chris warns Kyle that Kate isn't comfortable as his bride's maid, even gets her to admit she's still in love with Kyle, hence moves to Paul's for a while. After Mason hears that Rhiannon turned down a promotion at a Darwin sister hotel in order to have him move in with her and Jackson and Ajay approved them as tenants, Mason tells her he can't go trough with it as he never actually loved her. Karl hastily present his day care priority program on school radio, but after a call about the venue Paul, the next guest, manages to present it as sacrificing the senior citizens' and other interests as it requires most of the present cultural center's accommodation.

Kyle is just startled when Chris tells him and Georgia that Kate moved to Paul's 'to help him campaign', but when Gem hears that, she declares war on Kate and gets Bailey to hack her e-mail, which carries proof of her secret love for Kyle. Mason tells shocked Jackson that he can't move along to Darwin, yet promises to keep contact by phone.

Now Kyle and Georgia are engaged, he found the perfect gift: getting Ajay to rent them his home. They are called away from 'christening the bed' for a surprise party thrown by Chris and Sheila, albeit with few country kin. Gemma coldly keeps Bailey at arms length and decides to carry out her sabotage plan by planting Kate's hacked e-mail to Kyle about their night in a pile of virtual congratulations.

Kyle admits to Georgia that Kate seduced him one night, long before their engagement during a breakup, but is told the secrecy is unforgivable. Kate's insensitive claim they can still fix it only embitters Georgia against Kyle and him against Kate, whom Paul gladly takes in. Mason scolds her infidelity as his lover then and bitterly questions Kyle. Chris can't deny to Sheila he knew soon. Gemma viciously pleads with Georgia against any further contact until Toadie drags her away. Bailey wants to come clean, but Gemma blackmails him to silence, threatening to see him arrested for hacking and stalking her.

Josh's swimming times worry Brad, Amber further upsets him by petty jealousy about a clearly insignificant meeting with newspaper reporter Ruby Knox, who gets they're broken up and seduces Josh until they kiss. Mason gets Kate to assure him she regrets treating him so badly and hopes to rebuild their friendship. Kyle refuses to give up Georgia, whom Karl helps deal with nurses looking down upon her after a second failed engagement, and against Chris's advice attends her latest performance, causing her to run off.

Paul's idea to convert the men shed into day care instead of part of the community center clears the pubic protest. Only his contractor is suspected of dirty practices, but he can deal with that. Bailey is caught, unable to disclose Gemma's scheming as she threatens to blame him alone for the hacking of Kate's account which she seduced him to, and he dares tell no-one. Chris ponders whether to tell Georgia he knew about Kyle and Kate's night.

After switching contractor, Paulis cocksure to win the mayoral election. Karl is desperate for support, but even Susan may have to back down, as she senses an MS relapse. Unwilling to give her coordinates on Internet, Sonya proposes to meet 'Sleeples', her devoted blog reader, for parenting advice and thus discovers it's no first-time mother but young widower Jacob Holmes. Toadie fears she's not qualified to help him and his baby Elliott but she refuses to let them down 'for now'. Matt is found taking dancing classes, to replace Brad as his wife's literal dream partner.

Chris is desperate to help Kyle patch up with Georgia, but his confession to have known about his mate's one night stand with Kate only makes her turn on him and plan to move out. Terrorized by Gemma's blackmail, Bailey gets his first-ever detention for lip to Kate after failing to turn in homework. Tipped off by Amber, also about the illicit romance, Mason inquires, but Bailey dares not even confide in big brother, the self-confessed former knavery king. Susan hides her MS relapse for campaign-obsessed Karlwhile getting tested by his hospital colleague.

Mason gets Bailey to tell him about Gemma's multiple betrayal, consults Imogen to kid brother's dismay and convinces him to react bravely, also for others concerned. An attempt to record a confession fails as Gemma sees trough it, so when Susan is informed, she must call in the police and the Turner parents, waiting for an official procedure, but suspends Gemma. Chris commiserates with dumped Kyle and walks moved-out Kate to school. Kyle tries to make up with Georgia, who lets him in only to throw him out as soon as he admits having seen Kate, again under schemer Gemma's hostile influence.

Kyle hopes to make up with Georgia by giving her a guitar at her performance on Paul's campaign rally, but she sees him with Kate, runs off and accepts Gemma's invitation to leave town together. Mason isn't daunted when Imogen dismisses his Christmas decoration their car as hideous commercial nonsense, and impresses her by inviting her to help wrapping his family's gifts for poor kids. Paul manages to send Karl on a wild goose chase and announces publicly that his opponent needs to spend time on MS-relapsed Susan.

Karl decides to drop out of the mayoral race because of Susan's relapse but she finds the outcome unsatisfying. Amber finds out Josh kissed Ruby and Terese tires of Paul undermining her.

Lucy tries to sort out the antagonism between Paul and Terese, Toadie worries Sonya is getting in to deep with Jacob and Elliot, and Amber is unhappy about Josh spending time with Ruby.

To the Turners' due relief, Bailey is officially off the hook as Kate files no complaint against him. Josh and Amber are back on kissing terms, so he attends the Turner Christmas barbecue, where Mason gets Imogen to admit the tacky stuff she claims to loath is enjoyable, at least with him. Sonya fears Jacob may not return to recuperate baby Elliot. Gemma expects the police is after her and attempts to get out of reach with Georgia, who soon gets homesick and finds out she's being played, but gets knocked out in a struggle. Hearing about it from Chris and Kate, Kyle sets off with her to find and rescue his ex-fiancée.