All Saints

- Season 5

(2002)

An earth tremor causes a terrible train crash which stretches the hospital's casualty wards to the limit.

The impact of the tragic train crash continues, with even more people being rushed into casualty, and more fatalities.

Terri discovers Bron isn't coping with the tragic loss of Lyle. Nelson is harbouring a dark and personal secret that unexpectedly reveals itself. Dom questions his actions over his decision to play God with train crash victim Josh and is surprised, but equally pleased, by Terri's affections during his personal crisis. Ben and Scott become embroiled in a family situation. Luke's injured hand means he may never operate again.

When a patient in Jared's care leaps off the balcony of Ward 17, Jared feels enormous guilt and he knows he will most likely cop the blame. The shocked staff of Ward 17 needs a debriefing and Terri's management of the ward is also questioned. Ben and Scott are caught in the firing line of a domestic shoot-out with lethal intent. It's Von's worst nightmare to see her patient Claire dying from the same disease, Lupus, that she has - she can't hide from the truth any longer.

Rumours circulate Ward 17 that Von is having an affair with one of her patients. Terri is placed in a difficult position when Mitch admits Rose's mother, Victoria, with a suspected heart condition. Nursing an Olympic figure skater who is thinking of going solo parallels Bron's decision to take some time off to travel, alone, before marrying Ben. Pressured by Luke to address the loss of passion for her work, Kylie realises that the problem is her discontent with Jared - and their relationship.

Rumours that Mitch and Terri are having an affair run wild throughout Ward 17. In order to protect Terri from gossip Mitch thinks about taking a post at another hospital. Luke's arm injury looks as grim as his future career in surgery. A distraught husband attacks Rebecca, blaming her for the death of his wife. The mother of a heart-donor breaches security and visits the recipient. A love bite leads to complications for a patient.

Von and Mitch are shocked when their patient reveals his dying secret - he got terminal radiation poisoning from inside All Saints hospital.

Mitch and Rose must decide their future - stay together or divorce? Mitch tells Terri he has made the difficult decision on whether or not he'll divorce Rose. Breaking all the rules, Paula rejects Terri and Luke's orders on how to care for a patient that she has become emotionally attached to. Kylie saves the day with her hand down a patient's throat.

The Ward 17 crew deal with a former school teacher, while Terri looks after a young Muslim with high blood pressure. And the team also deal with an epileptic patient who has gone off her medication.

Paula is assigned to keep a VIP patient happy but is subjected to sexual harassment, and later accused of accepting money. Luke's first day back in surgery nearly ends in disaster. Mitch is moving out of home and makes a mistake with Lucy's health, as does a young pregnant mother who contracts German Measles from her unimmunised son. The new CEO makes his presence felt, and Ward 17 is under pressure to produce an impossible budget in impossible working conditions - but Nelson rises to the challenge set by Terri.

Rose makes a surprise visit to Ward 17 to deliver a news bombshell to Terri. Terri and the team look on in horror and disbelief as Mitch hesitates to save his patient's life. Mitch is torn between his duty and his heart as his patient doesn't want to live. Mitch and Terri confront their conflicting notions of love, when an older couple decide to die together. Ben's dysfunctional family dynamic is revealed when he finds out that his sister's illness has been kept from him.

Jared catches Matt and Scott in bed together and throughout the day he teases them about it. Matt has a sad reunion with an ex-girlfriend, Anna, who has been beaten severely by her boyfriend while Rebecca decides to save Scott's reputation. Kane Sharpe returns to All Saints which throws Mitch into a tizzy which only makes him reconsider his professional future. The hospital's Respite Care Ward has closed and Nelson discovers that Ward 17 is being unfairly treated because of it. Meanwhile, Von nurses a woman who has suffered through lack of support.

When amnesia patient Ross Fowler awakes, he tells Paula he has just had a shocking recollection of what he did to his children. The police are called in and the search for his missing children begins. Jared and Kylie finally come to loggerheads over a melanoma patient when a very jealous Jared suspects Kylie and Luke are an item. Terri parallels her relationship with Mitch with this trouble on her ward which frustrates Mitch to a point where he takes matters into his own hands. Von and Nelson conflict over an elderly patient who is grieving for her recently deceased ...

Mitch finds that he is up against formidable opposition with his proposal to set up a heroin detox centre and puts Terri offside with his desperate actions. Von makes an unusual discovery on a patient who is convinced he is 'hexed' by his ex-girlfriend. After six months away from the hospital, Don Murphy's appalling bedside manner has not improved, and one of his patients tells him exactly what she thinks of him. Paula wrongly assumes that an Asian woman, married to an Australian man, is the victim of domestic abuse. Ben and Scott treat a man who is the victim of an ...

Nelson calls a strike in Ward 17 because of the lack of equipment and money which puts everyone under pressure which results in a death, and the ultimate resignation of Jared. Mitch cops the wrath of a strung out Terri, who gives him an earful for abusing his staff, and Mitch attacks Paula, accusing her of jeopardising a patient's life.

Terri is forced to face her ultimate fear - losing her true love Mitch. When Mitch comes into contact with a possible Ebola virus patient, he and another doctor are quarantined along with the patient. Fearing for Mitch's life and unable to reach him, Terri becomes increasingly distracted from her work. Nelson's alert nursing leads to the revelation that a patient admitted for concussion has a far worse condition. Driven by her fears for Mitch, Terri becomes irrationally determined to admit an elderly man so he can comfort his sick wife.

After spending the night with Mitch Terri takes a 'sickie'. Nelson, acting NUM in Terri's absence, urges the others to a team effort. Bron returns from England to a bizarre welcome from Jared and Scott who feud over Jared's interference with Scott's study. Von plays matchmaker when she realises that an MVA patient has fallen in love with an East Timorese girl he has married so that she can obtain permanent residency in Australia. Ben and Rebecca attend to a forklift operator trapped beneath fallen newsprint rolls which stops Ben being able to pick up Bron at the ...

Luke finds out there's a new Coronial Inquiry into the death of Dawn (Ma) O'Connell. Luke knows more than he's prepared to admit and it could ruin him and his family forever. The presence of the Coroner's Investigating Officer, creates ripples in the ward as, one by one, the staff are interviewed. Jared is going for a job interview. Or is he? Bron finds he's hiding something. A wily outback type presents with a nail stuck right through his hand. His determination to fix himself leads to greater and greater complications. A young girl arrives in emergency suffering ...

Terri loses her respect for Luke when the Coroner's Inquest into Ma O'Connell's death uncovers the truth of Luke's part in her death. Bron feels pressured to confess to Ben that during her time overseas she was unfaithful to him. Victoria arrives to tell Mitch that Rose has decided to fight for full custody. While treating Don Murphy's wife, Mitch and Paula become caught up in the shame destroying Don's marriage. Kylie struggles with her childhood demons when a diagnosis reveals that her patient has been adopted.

After rescuing a young boy from a treacherous situation, Von realises that he has no idea how to play games or have fun and decides to teach him. Jared makes a surprise visit to Ward 17. Rebecca starts to question her career as an ambulance officer. Nelson oversteps the mark when he tries to tell an indigenous patient how to think, feel and what to do on his forthcoming journey to the outback to find his roots. Meanwhile, Mitch and Terri agree to break up for a while as the pressure over the custody battle for Lucy pushes them to the brink.

Paula's mother is involved in a car accident with Paula's son Max. Rebecca's accidental overdose of Paula's mother pushes her to resign. Adam Finch is discharged from All Saints without receiving his splenecotomy vaccinations. Von goes to his house and is horrified to discover the squalor and filth he and his grandmother live in. After making sure he gets his vaccinations, Von cleans up the house. Adam is still unsure of Von's intentions, but it seems a breakthrough of sorts has been made. Bron is gearing up for the wedding and all the while the secret of her overseas...

On the verge of opening his rapid induction detox clinic, Mitch is visited by his cousin Paul. The visit gives Terri a new insight into the childhood episode that shaped Mitch's life - the death of his sister Lucy. Mitch has to deal with a very determined Rebecca who is desperate to join the detox clinic's staff. Bron nurses a teenage boy recovering from a drinking binge who can't explain how his 15-year-old sister ended up unconscious, gravely ill, and sexually assaulted. Von attempts to persuade Adam's mum, Gina, to seek treatment for her heroin addiction. Dr ...

Mitch's world is falling apart. Rose has delivered a news bombshell, stating that baby Lucy is not his daughter. He gets drunk and Terri won't have a bar of it. Terri seems distant, unsupportive and it looks like she's returning to the religious order. Scott's lack of understanding for Rebecca leaving the service takes an about face when her replacement dies in his arms. Having fixed a patient's surgical problems, Luke's prowess as a physician is put to the test when he has to find a medical solution for a Tourette's sufferer. Von is being sucked into the quagmire of ...

Mitch decides to take a DNA test and fight for custody of Lucy. It's also the first day of treatment with his new detox clinic. Von is attacked by Adam when she interferes with his heroin-addicted mother. Terri is missing Mitch and unsure about his decision to get the DNA test. Her day gets worse when she learns the new Agency Nurse seems to be drunk.

Bron finally plans to tell Ben that she has had an affair with Andy when she was away which doesn't bode well for their planned marriage. Terri's wish for more romance in her relationship gives Mitch the cheeky idea to plan her a surprise romantic dinner-in her office. Assessment day for the staff of Ward 17 has everyone on their toes.

Terri can't hide the news from Mitch any longer - she is pregnant and unsure of how Mitch is going take the surprise. With only seven days until their wedding, Bron is desperate to repair her relationship but delivers an unexpected announcement. Nelson has the hots for Charlotte, the new Ward 17 doctor, and asks her out for a date which turns into a shocking revelation. Mitch and Terri's romantic weekend away turns to tragedy when they find Mitch's cousin Paul and his partner Hannah involved in a major car accident.

When Mitch's cousin Paul is confronted with the pain of watching his lover, Hannah, trapped in a nightmare of a permanent comatose state, he is determined to become her full-time carer. But her parents have other ideas. Paula sees a glimmer of hope that Max's delinquent father Michael will become involved in his life after saving a little boy from a car fire. However, when she pays him a surprise visit on the Ward she gets a very different answer. A patient who refuses to terminate a life-threatening pregnancy for religious reasons sparks conflict for Terri with both ...

Suffering from morning sickness, Terri's day turns sour when she's caught in the crossfire of a bitter dispute between Mitch and Charlotte after one of his clinic patients is admitted to the ward following an overdose. Paula is forced to consider medicating her son Max to ease his behavioural problems after he hijacks an ambulance. With their first baby on the way, Terri and Mitch decide it's time to move in together - and they soon find the perfect home. Bron's unhappy personal life interferes with her work. Von finds she cannot distance herself from her young friend...

Jared's personal crusade to save heroin addicts living in the underground takes a tragic turn when he loses one to an overdose. Kylie realises how empty her life outside work is when she treats a man completely at peace with the fact that he is dying of cancer. Ben makes a promise to Max and Paula spends the day tortured by her belief that Ben will disappoint him. Ben becomes reacquainted with widower Harvey Swaine. Charlotte faces Warwick Ellis' prejudice when she steps in to treat Harvey contrary to hospital insurance policy. When Luke operates on some of Bernie ...

Jared is ambushed and sexually assaulted. Terri knows the sex of the baby - and Mitch will bribe anyone to know too. Dr Warwick Ellis cuts himself during an operation on a transsexual patient and is convinced that he might have been exposed to HIV. Bron and Terri help a patient come to terms with the fact that she is not unclean, despite what the other patients think, just because she is diagnosed with Leprosy.

A young ballet dancer divides the ward when Paula wants to use restraints after she becomes violent as a result of suffering withdrawals from pain killers. Scott's mother is admitted to ward 17 after a car accident. Jarred continues to withdraw from everyone as a result of his assault. The future of Mitch's drug clinic is in jeopardy with one of the staff admitting to hiding their past addiction. Nelson asks for Teri's support while he is in charge of the shift.

A visit from Terri's sister could have tragic consequences. Terri is rushed to hospital and everyone prays that the baby will be okay.

Charlotte's cancer patient wants her to make a life or death decision on her behalf.

A fatal fire at the rehab clinic puts Mitch's professional future in jeopardy. A fall results in another health scare for Terri - will she and the baby be okay?

Charlotte and Von fight for the rights of an elderly same-sex couple who face separation after one is admitted to the ward.

After waking up bloodied and bruised, Mitch finds out - the hard way - that getting drunk makes more problems, not solves them, when he is arrested for assault.

Just when his mother looks like she has her life back in order, Adam Finch is found unconscious after a drug overdose, throwing Von into turmoil.

Rebecca and Scott get caught in the crossfire of a bikie war. When a gunman appears on the ward, Mitch charges to Terri's rescue, and is almost killed in the process.

When a paranoid schizophrenic patient named Ian Neal becomes convinced the world has been taken over by aliens, he takes Bron and her ex-fiancé Ben hostage.

Terri's ethics are put to the test when she tries to help an elderly patient come to terms with his wife's death.

Paula and Bron are both on hand when Ben, recovering from his stab wounds, is transferred from ICU to Ward 17.

Nelson is offered a promotion as the new Nurse Unit Manager in the Emergency Department, but the day does not turn out the way he had hoped, when a highly charged ethical dilemma presents itself.

An elderly patient has some startling bad memories. Terri and Mitch struggle to come to terms with the reappearance of Rose on the ward.