All Saints

- Season 4

(2001)

The mercury is pushing 41 degrees, bushfires are raging and tempers are fraying. While Ben and his new partner, Scott, are trapped in the path of a deadly blaze, the hospital staff are crying out for a cool change. Terri makes a major decision with her life while nursing a man with severe burn injuries. Meanwhile, Connor finds it difficult working with Bron after his attemp to woo her fails.

Connor, Bron and Jared don't know what has hit them when they come up against Terri's replacement, Kate Larsen. They soon realize that this Nursing Unit Manager has very different ideas about how Ward 17 should be run.

In the late stages of terminal mesothelioma and 38 weeks pregnant, Sarah wants to go home to organise her daughter's fifth birthday party. When she goes into labour in the ambulance it will be a battle to keep mother and baby alive. Jared is exhausted from working overtime and must make a big decision about his career when he accidentally allows a patient to take the wrong medication. Connor becomes referee to two brothers who have been feuding for 18 years. Connor, Bron and Kylie are kept busy making preparations for Jared's surprise birthday party.

Mitch diagnoses a gifted ballerina with scoliosis. She must make a choice between her career and her health, without disappointing her proud mother. Connor surprises Jodi with flowers and finds her reaction not at all what he expected. A man refuses surgery that will help him walk again out of fear of a possible negative result. Kate dresses down Jared for pushing himself too far with extra shifts. Ben and Scott help a dying mother attend her daughter's birthday party.

Sarah Adams' health is failing fast and the fight to keep her alive through the compensation case proceedings takes its emotional toll on Mitch and Kate. Bron's gambling debts have escalated to a point that her loan shark, wanting to recoup his loss, suggests that Bron steal pethidine off the ward. Scott missed breakfast after a wild night of passion causing him and Ben to be at each other's throat. Tempers fray when they are called to a biscuit factory where one of the workers has collapsed. Meanwhile Connor is struggling to find out why he is suddenly in the bad ...

Mitch admits Chris, an attractive woman in her mid-thirties, who he suspects has been brutally raped and possibly by multiple attackers. During her care, Mitch and Connor discover that her case is more complex than they initially thought.

Mitch is forced to realize he is not so different from a hypertensive potential stroke victim whose high-risk condition is largely caused by addiction to work. Connor clashes with a senior surgeon over the treatment of a patient.

Ambulance officers Ben and Scott are called out to a suicide to discover the victim has been dead for weeks. Bron nurses a young girl with bladder issues and surgeon Luke learns the patient was born with ambiguous genitalia.

Ian Hanrahan arrives to undergo corrective surgery for a minor hernia. However, things do go badly wrong when Ian has a completely unforeseen reaction to the anesthetic. Ian comes out of the routine operation in a vegetative state and there seems to be little hope of any improvement. Ben and Scott are called out to attend a young woman who has collapsed, in extreme pain, at a train station. Meanwhile, Bron is battling with a difficult patient who, despite being discharged, is refusing to leave hospital.

Scott attends his first domestic violence call-out with Ben to find that a girl has been stabbed in the neck by her boyfriend. Scott provokes a fight with him. When Bron is assigned to nurse the girlfriend, it is discovered all is not as it seems. Mitch diagnoses a young woman with a serious heart condition and tries to reassure her by suggesting they fly in a top surgeon to operate. Kate initially supports the idea, but does a back flip when Claudia goes on the warpath about the cost. Mitch is disgusted believing Kate has sold out.

Connor stands in for Kate on a quiet night on the ward. He and Bron fool around as Jared tries to study, but then things start to go wrong. Meanwhile, Von watches her friend Kate finally succumb to the horrors of alcoholism.

Terri returns to ward 17 and is amused to find Mitch's new boss is his former intern Malcolm Pussle, who once had a huge crush on her.

When 2 teenagers are brought into the ward after a home made bomb exploded at a state boy's school, their different attitudes lead to a number of wrong conclusions being drawn.

Things are typically hectic in Ward 17 as Kylie is involved in a car accident after the end of a protracted stint at the hospital. After suffering minor injuries, Kylie struggles to treat the driver of the other car. Bron is nursing 16-year-old Jacqui Henderson, a fit, young runner who collapsed while jogging to school. Mitch soon discovers Jacqui has pericarditis - heart disease. It is unusual in someone Jacqui's age, especially as she is so fit. Mitch believes it has been caused by an infection but when he suggests he can call Jacqui's mum to talk about childhood ...

Connor wrestles with the fear that his mother has contracted a very serious illness , with the rules of patient confidentiality, and with the suspicion that his brother or his mum's boyfriend is responsible for her illness. Bron confronts her own issues with her childhood and her father when a young man is admitted after slashing his wrists. The father seems completely uninterested in visiting him or communicating with him in any way. Scott organises a birthday treat for Ben - a raunchy on-stage tango with a lingerie waitress.

Bron and her patient, a self-help motivationalist, both have an influence on each other's lives and Bron's relationship with Ben takes an unexpected turn. Ben treats a man who is drinking himself to death and finds himself remembering Stephanie - wondering if it is time he moved on. Terri and Mitch fight for the rights of a hunger striker who claims to be a victim of political oppression.

It is the morning after their first night together and Ben and Bron both find themselves wondering if they have done the right thing. Ben and Scott are called out to a suburban house where a young father, Jack, has accidentally backed his 4WD over his toddler and killed him. Bron nurses Jack on his arrival on Ward 17 and finds her own fears mirrored in his behaviour. Mitch is mightily unimpressed to find Malcolm Pussle back in his life when a patient comes in and is quickly diagnosed as having an aneurysm. Von and Kylie are shocked to discover their new patient uses ...

Mitch diagnoses a strong-willed bag-lady with severe gangrene. When she rejects medical attention, Mitch finds it hard to respect her decision to return to a life on the streets because it means certain death. Bron nurses Steve, a young Australian backpacker who has lived with epilepsy for most of his life. After a failed lunch date Ben finally catches up with Bron. Jared arrives at work to discover the medical fundraiser calendar in which he appears near-naked has gone on sale.

Bron, happily in love, clashes with a grumpy old patient who is ungrateful for having his life saved. Von takes over nursing him with the idea that her grumpiness will suit the old bloke better but he is a hard case. Terri agrees to go on a date with Malcolm Pussle. It has been more than a decade since she has been on a date and she is excited and incredibly nervous. They have a lovely evening but Terri is still apprehensive about how the evening will end - she is relieved when Malcolm is happy to part with a goodnight kiss. Knowing that Malcolm is happy not to rush ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

Malcolm and Terri's future together is uncertain after Mitch and Pussle's arguments over a patient with hypothermia force their mutual jealousy over Terri out into the open. Luke puts his job on the line when he involves himself in his brother's attempt to secretly treat a criminal associate in the ER. Mitch struggles to come up with a diagnosis for a Park Ranger. Connor is cursed by a patient who claims to be a wizard.

Scott is put to the test when Ben blacks out on the job while transporting a patient. An emotionally distraught Bron then puts Ben's life at risk by undermining Luke's confidence prior to surgery. A patient's life is thrown into turmoil when he is told, mistakenly, he is terminally ill. The mistake is corrected but not before he is forced to make difficult admission to his wife. Von's talkative neighbour gets a job on Ward 17, but her dedication to cleanliness nearly ends her life. Bron's difficult day gets worse when she is assaulted by a patient. Rose tells Mitch ...

Mitch and Rose's relationship reaches a crisis when Mitch no longer responds to his wife's manipulations. Connor's future at Ward 17 is in question and he has to make the decision of a lifetime. Will he leave Ward 17 and his HIV positive mother to further his career in London? Ben and Bron discover a little more about each other and Ben finally puts his past behind him. Scott works hard to impress Rebecca, the attractive ambo temporarily replacing Ben, but it seems he can do nothing right.

It's Connor's birthday and he's determined to celebrate the way Ben did - at a club with lots of girls to perve at. However, his party turns sour when former ward clerk Jodi Horner turns out to be one of the girls. Senior Neurosurgeon Professor Walter Thomas is obviously worried about Luke's technique in operating on a patient Heather O'Neil. Fearful that she may go into spinal shock, Luke shows his concern by doing everything in his power to ensure Heather has a smooth night. He gets Bron on side, and despite some attitude from Luke, Bron is more than willing to help...

An ex-priest undergoes a near-death experience, and returns to life claiming there is no God which stirs up Terri's emotions over her past decision to leave the religious order. Mitch is frustrated when Rose turns up back at work but refuses to talk to him. He is further frustrated when he goes to the crèche to visit Lucy only to discover she's not there. Jodi arrives back at work, but wonders if she's made the right decision to return. Ben is given the all clear to return to work.

An exhausted Jared is making mistakes on the job and tragically he puts Terri's life on the line. Terri's accident is potentially fatal and for Mitch, this is almost the end of a bad day. It started when he encountered Rose and his little girl in the car park, and Rose, again, refused to let him see her. It ends, as he is about to go home, he receives devastating news. A woman with Parkinson's, who had successfully sued the hospital after her husband suffered brain damage from an anaesthetic, insists on hypnosis instead of a general anaesthetic for an operation on her...

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. But it's not just those on the street who are affected. A man awaiting a kidney transplant has his operation cancelled due to shooting. A woman on the ward awaiting the removal of a brain tumour keeps the staff on their toes. Mitch prepares for his court appearance to answer Rose's AVO application but Rose doesn't show up. Later, Rose's Mum delivers shocking news to Mitch - Rose has disappeared with the baby.

Connor's last day in Ward 17 turns sour after a serious run-in with Jared. As Connor prepares to leave Jodi reveals her true feelings for him. Ma O'Connell discovers she has terminal cancer and makes Luke an offer that's almost too good to refuse. Bron nurses a patient who is convinced he's part of an alien plan to take over the human race. Terri is in tears over Connor's departure and as Mitch comforts her, their true feelings for each other surface in an intimate exchange that will shock them as well as anyone else who finds out.

Von has spotted what is going on between Mitch and Terri. Mitch is conveniently preoccupied with a mysterious bond between twin patients. Jared's life reaches crisis point when Terri catches him selling confidential hospital data. Kylie discovers Jared has a drug problem, and must decide the future of their relationship. Scott's career is on the line as a result of his on-the-job behaviour and his reaction to a hatchet-wielding drunken tourist could signal the end.

Mitch goes in search of Rose and Lucy.

Re-united with Mitch, Rose cheerily returns to work on Ward 17, more cosy with Mitch than ever. Von warily questions Terri on the wisdom of Rose's presence, but Terri is valiantly determined to support both Mitch and Rose in their efforts to re-build their marriage. Lee meantime proves a difficult patient, but is blown away when, with Mitch's help, Rose reveals a trump card: Dawn Fraser. Dawn spurs Lee to start his life again and stop waiting for his leg to grow back. Bron is stewing over a potential night out with Jodi at the casino. Jodi - like everyone else on the ...

Mitch and Luke fight to save the life of a bride caught in a car smash on the way to her wedding. When it seems all is lost, the groom recites his wedding vows to his beloved on her deathbed, and in his own way "marries" the love of his life. Dealing with the bride and her shocked groom-to-be only underlines for Terri and Mitch how far apart they now are, and it's affecting Terri's well-being. Alex Jones returns to the ward and is caught in the fight between Bron and Rose's advocay for physiotherapy and a surgeon's desire to operate. A young rugby player's condition ...

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.

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. ...

Von is nursing a terminal patient, a cross-dresser who wants to go out in style. Von tries to hide him from his wife, who doesn't know about her dying husband's secret. Ben vows to find and destroy the rapist who nearly got Bron and ends up doing more harm than good. Kylie Preece finally stands up to Dr. Murphy, but the stress results in a heart attack. Lyle accidentally throws out a patient's thyroid gland leaving Bron and Luke to do the explaining.

The rapist strikes again, kidnapping Bron and leaving a young nurse dead. Ward 17 is threatened with quarantine after a breakout of golden staph amongst patients. Luke is forbidden to operate on patients after being suspected as a golden staph carrier. In mortal danger, Bron is shocked when she discovers the identity of the serial rapist.

Mitch presents a patient's husband with an unenviable predicament: who does he most want to save - his wife or his unborn baby? Scott is confronted by his own feelings for Rebecca as he battles to save her life after a bomb explosion. Ben's surprise marriage proposal to Bron doesn't turn out the way he'd expected. Luke is deeply moved by an innovative, yet risky, surgical procedure on a Parkinson's patient. Malcolm finally reveals his secret to Terri which forces them to decide their future.

Rose is losing control; afraid of what might happen, she calls Mitch at work. Mitch immediately sets off for home, but on the way he stops to help out at the scene of a major car accident. Not only is one victim severely injured, but another who walks away is subsequently arrested. Worse still, one of the ambulance operators is unwell and unable to help, leaving Mitch working on the injured man while aware that time is passing and he's no closer to Rose. Meanwhile, Rose calls Terri in search of Mitch, and Terri is alarmed by Rose's progressive lack of focus and ...