A Country Practice (Season 5)

Follow the Leader (Part 1) (Episode 1)

Runtime: 46 min

Overview: Maggie informs Bob that she will be making alternative living arrangements, which Bob takes as a personal insult. An attractive female doctor arrives at the clinic to help while Terence is away. Shirley is involved in a bad car accident, and Simon decides it's time he and Vicky took a holiday.

Follow the Leader (Part 2) (Episode 2)

Air date: 1985-02-06

Runtime: 45 min

Comes a Stranger (Part 1) (Episode 3)

Air date: 1985-02-12

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: A colourful character comes to the Valley and creates quite a stir with his potions and magic cures. Bob and Cookie believe they have stumbled across a magic cure that will make them rich. There is a state of emergency in the Valley when they get a freak rain storm and some of the local farmers have to be

Comes a Stranger (Part 2) (Episode 4)

Runtime: 46 min

For the Sake of the Child (Part 1) (Episode 5)

Runtime: 46 min

Overview: Brendan is left in charge of the farm while Molly visits her mother. Simon decides it's time for Shirley to update her files, putting himself in an embarrassing situation in doing so. Esme creates some mystery when she gives away her most precious belongings to her friends and a young boy's puts himself in danger to attract attention.

For the Sake of the Child (Part 2) (Episode 6)

Runtime: 46 min

On the Edge (Part 1) (Episode 7)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: A young heroin addict is found unidentified on the street and is admitted to hospital. Brendan is finding it hard to cope while Molly is away and gets some unexpected assistance.

On the Edge (Part 2) (Episode 8)

Runtime: 47 min

Swan Song (Part 1) (Episode 9)

Air date: 1985-05-03

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Terence suspects the worst when one of his elderly patients, depressed after a heart attack, says he and his wife are going away. Brendan tried his hand at blackmailing Cookie and Simon gets into a disastrous situation from which he benefits in the end.

Swan Song (Part 2) (Episode 10)

Air date: 1985-03-06

Runtime: 46 min

Smooth Talking (Part 1) (Episode 11)

Air date: 1985-03-13

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Matron Sloan is suspicious when she hears her arch rival from Burrigan hospital is coming to visit. Vicky takes an instant dislike to a once famous playwright who arrives in the Valley. When Brendan gets an attractive job offer he turns to Vicky and Simon for advice.

Smooth Talking (Part 2) (Episode 12)

Air date: 1986-03-13

Runtime: 46 min

Home Truths (Part 1) (Episode 13)

Air date: 1985-03-19

Runtime: 46 min

Overview: Matron Sloan forces Judy to enter a beauty contest where she shocks the judges with her speech. A housewife and a mother prove it's never too late to learn. Brendan and Vicky have a surprise for Molly when she returns. Frank arrests a respected citizen of the Valley for wife bashing.

Home Truths (Part 2) (Episode 14)

Air date: 1985-03-20

Runtime: 46 min

Seasons Come and Seasons Go (Part 1) (Episode 15)

Air date: 1985-03-26

Runtime: 46 min

Overview: Frank is furious when he can't discover who wrote the bad review about his play. Brendan organises a surprise birthday party for Molly, and Judy helps a young girl cope with the pressures of adolescence. Simon is ecstatic to discover that Vicky is pregnant.

Seasons Come and Seasons Go (Part 2) (Episode 16)

Air date: 1985-03-27

Runtime: 46 min

I'll Cry If I Want To (Part 1) (Episode 17)

Air date: 1985-04-16

Runtime: 46 min

Overview: Terence suggests to Molly that she should go to Sydney for more tests. Johnathan puts himself in an embarrassing situation when he agrees to be a guest speaker for the literary society, and Vicky gets frustrated at being treated like an invalid because she is pregnant.

I'll Cry If I Want To (Part 2) (Episode 18)

Air date: 1985-04-17

Runtime: 47 min

My Way (Part 1) (Episode 19)

Air date: 1985-04-23

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: An old enemy of Molly's reappears in the valley at the same time as Simon's brother and his family arrive from the United States. While Cookie is laid up in hospital, his friends take over at the club. Molly's gentle manner with animals and children rubs off on the spoiled young girl.

My Way (Part 2) (Episode 20)

Air date: 1985-04-24

Runtime: 47 min

Save the Last Dance for Me (Part 1) (Episode 21)

Air date: 1985-04-30

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Bob and Cookie get themselves in hot water when they buy a race horse. Retired ballet dancer, Sir Adam Dormin returns to the Valley to spend what he thinks will be his last days but when he sees the potential in a young dancer, he decides to continue his teaching.

Save the Last Dance for Me (Part 2) (Episode 22)

Air date: 1985-05-01

Runtime: 47 min

Castles in the Air (Part 1) (Episode 23)

Writer: Shane Brennan

Air date: 1985-05-07

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: A friend of Shirley's arrives and is quite taken with Terence. When Terence and Judy return from a night out at a school reunion they find evidence of a prowler in her flat. Karen's attraction to Terence gets quite out of hand. Molly is elected to council and her first fight is against Muldoon and Funland.

Castles in the Air (Part 2) (Episode 24)

Air date: 1985-05-08

Runtime: 47 min

Lost and Found (Part 1) (Episode 25)

Air date: 1985-05-14

Runtime: 46 min

Overview: Vicky reacts angrily to the attention Simon is paying to one of his patients. Cookie invests in some garden gnomes and is disturbed when he discovers that some of them are missing. Vicky puts herself in a dangerous situation when she helps a young boy trapped in a mine shaft.

Lost and Found (Part 2) (Episode 26)

Air date: 1985-05-15

Runtime: 45 min

Coming to Terms (Part 1) (Episode 27)

Air date: 1985-05-21

Runtime: 46 min

Overview: Molly and Brendan get an attractive offer for the farm from Councillor Muldoon. Vicky suspects an outbreak of anthrax in the goats and is shocked when she hears some bad news from Molly's mother.

Coming to Terms (Part 2) (Episode 28)

Air date: 1985-05-22

Runtime: 46 min

Do the Right Thing (Part 1) (Episode 29)

Runtime: 46 min

Overview: When the Burrigan Examiner refers to Wandin Valley as a boring place to live, war is declared between the two towns. Bob is surprised at the disinterest Molly shows towards the fight against Burrigan. Simon comes up with the idea of holding a car rally between the two towns to prove who is better. Molly gets admitted to hospital when she takes a turn for the worse.

Do the Right Thing (Part 2) (Episode 30)

Runtime: 46 min

Molly (Part 1) (Episode 31)

Runtime: 46 min

Overview: Molly is having reverse barrier nursing, not allowing her to see any of her friends. Terence tries to make it better for her putting her by an observation window so she can see them. While she is in hospital everyone is feeling useless. To help Molly – they decide to finish building Farmland for her.

Molly (Part 2) (Episode 32)

Runtime: 46 min

New Beginnings (Part 1) (Episode 33)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: An attractive French student vet arrives to assist Vicky with her practice. Bob's absence causes Matron Sloan a great deal of concern and Judy tries her hand at playing cupid. Matron Sloan helps Bob cope with his grief over Molly's death in more ways than one.

New Beginnings (Part 2) (Episode 34)

Runtime: 46 min

All It Takes (Part 1) (Episode 35)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Simon suggests to Vicky that she should employ some help around the house. Bob believes that Maggie needs protecting, so invests in a guard dog. The hidden truth about one of the hospital's patients is leaked by Judy.

All It Takes (Part 2) (Episode 36)

Runtime: 46 min

Lest We Forget (Part 1) (Episode 37)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Maggie takes a special interest in a stranger who comes for a job at the hospital. Fatso is missing and Simon and Vicky are terrified when they hear a wombat has been shot. Simon gets some unexpected training for the sleepless nights he can expect with the baby.

Lest We Forget (Part 2) (Episode 38)

Runtime: 47 min

Friends (Part 1) (Episode 39)

Writer: Shane Brennan

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Brendan arrives home from Adelaide with some news that shocks his friends. Shirley gets involved with setting up a half-way house for three patients. Brendan overreacts when he can't find Chloë and believes that one of the patients has taken her.

Friends (Part 2) (Episode 40)

Runtime: 47 min

Waste Not Want Not (Part 1) (Episode 41)

Runtime: 46 min

Overview: Bert and Rigby live on the edge of the Valley tip. Bert is eagerly planning a trip to Surface Paradise. Both he and Rigby are saving the bus fare when their plan begins to go wrong.

Waste Not Want Not (Part 2) (Episode 42)

Runtime: 46 min

What About Me? (Part 1) (Episode 43)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: It is Chloë's first day at kindy and she is quick to make friends with Tiffany. When Brendan is invited to the Blair house for dinner, he witnesses first hand the single mother's inability to cope with her child in a normal manner.

What About Me? (Part 2) (Episode 44)

Runtime: 47 min

Kidstuff (Part 1) (Episode 45)

Runtime: 46 min

Overview: An old university friend arrives in the Valley with his young son; Muldoon tries to convince Terence that his aging aunt is incapable of looking after herself. Esme and Cookie believe they have found a dead body when they go fishing in the dam. Brendan is feeling the pressure of being a single parent.

Kidstudd (Part 2) (Episode 46)

Runtime: 47 min

Crossed Wires (Part 1) (Episode 47)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Judy gets quite a surprise when a relative arrives in the Valley. Communication in the Valley breaks down as Esme takes control of the switchboard. Simon and Terence become rivals on the tennis court after Simon finds another partner.

Crossed Wired (Part 2) (Episode 48)

Runtime: 46 min

Walk Tall (Part 1) (Episode 49)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Jo has decided to stay in the Valley and live with Judy. She enrolls in Burrigan High and begins to settle down. Jo gets involved in trying to break down a group of bullies. Brendan is not coping and begins to hit the bottle, Maggie notices and asks him to take leave of absence and warns—if he refuses, she will suspend him.

Walk Tall (Part 2) (Episode 50)

Runtime: 47 min

The Family Way (Part 1) (Episode 51)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Bob hears of Brendan's irresponsible behaviour and takes charge of the situation, moving in with him and Chloë. Vicky gets some help on her rounds by a vet she used to train under. Terence's performance in a quiz show is interrupted when he's called to an emergency.

The Family Way (Part 2) (Episode 52)

Runtime: 47 min

All Things Must Change (Part 1) (Episode 53)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Brendan rents a beach house in Adelaide, but soon discovers he isn't the only one staying. He manages to talk openly with the stranger about the loss of Molly and the difficulty he has had coping without her. Simon and Vicky bring the twins home to overly enthusiastic Frank and Shirley.

All Things Must Change (Part 2) (Episode 54)

Runtime: 47 min

In a Good Cause (Part 1) (Episode 55)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Brendan surprises his friends on his return to the Valley when he tells them he is quitting nursing and selling the farm. Jo finds herself in Judy's bad books again after getting yet another pet. Brendan gets himself a job without even applying for the position.

In a Good Cause (Part 2) (Episode 56)

Runtime: 47 min

Another Time, Another Place (Part 1) (Episode 57)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Terence gets conned into answering medical questions on the quiz show, and is concerned that the caller has symptoms of typhoid. Brendan strikes up rapport with a visiting snake doctor from the city. Maggie has a nervous moment when she meets Russell face to face.

Another Time, Another Place (Part 2) (Episode 58)

Runtime: 47 min

Breaking Point (Part 1) (Episode 59)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Esme shocks the Valley when she returns from Mudgee looking like a new woman. Judy hopes she'll be promoted to Deputy Matron. Brendan says goodbye to something that's been part of his life for three years. Frank investigates the selling of drugs at Burrigan High after one of the pupils has an overdose.

Breaking Point (Part 2) (Episode 60)

Runtime: 47 min

Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Part 1) (Episode 61)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: The good news for Cookie is he's going to inherit some money; the bad news is his wife is arriving in town. Maggie offers Russell a place to stay which causes friction between her and Terence. Maggie also receives a marriage proposal from someone she admires and cares for.

Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Part 2) (Episode 62)

Runtime: 47 min

Work Experience (Part 1) (Episode 63)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Esme forces Cookie into buying a taxi with the money he inherited. Brendan brings a ten-year-old girl with polio to the hospital after her mother deserts her. Vicky gets a once in a lifetime opportunity to work in the States, and Bob gets electrocuted and is rushed to hospital.

Work Experience (Part 2) (Episode 64)

Runtime: 47 min

Cops and Robbers (Part 1) (Episode 65)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Frank gets some help at the station and is surprised when he finds out it is a woman. Vicky and Simon get mixed reactions over their decision to go to the States. Suspicious circumstances surround the robbing of the Valley's bank when some money isn't found, and Frank investigates the robbery.

Cops and Robbers (Part 2) (Episode 66)

Runtime: 47 min

A Little Knowledge (Part 1) (Episode 67)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Jeff St. John surprises the Valley when he arrives unexpectedly. Terence meets a school friend of his son's and is surprised to hear from him of his son's antics. Vicky learns that she must leave for the States in a week's time and is worried about Simon's reaction.

A Little Knowledge (Part 2) (Episode 68)

Air date: 1986-09-11

Runtime: 46 min

New Pastures (Part 1) (Episode 69)

Runtime: 46 min

Overview: Vicky gets a shock when the new vet Ben arrives; he's not what she expected. Jo gets in trouble with Frank when she disobeys his orders. Frank gives Shirley the surprise of her life. Vicky says goodbye to her family and friends in the Valley in the most unconventional manner.

New Pastures (Part 2) (Episode 70)

Runtime: 46 min

Time Out (Part 1) (Episode 71)

Runtime: 46 min

Overview: Esme is not impressed when she meets the new city girl, Kelly. Ben moves into his new house only to discover he is not the only one living there. Frank is sent on a wild goose chase by a man who is set on avenging his father's death.

Time Out (Part 2) (Episode 72)

Runtime: 46 min

Give a Dog a Bad Name (Part 1) (Episode 73)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Kelly and Ben have a few arguments over their living arrangements. Maggie arrives home to find her sister and her boyfriend have come to stay. Simon finds a new locum to take over his practice and Terence discovers he trained him.

Give a Dog a Bad Name (Part 2) (Episode 74)

Runtime: 47 min

No Love Lost (Part 1) (Episode 75)

Runtime: 47 min

Overview: Kelly and Cookie double book the club for a function which results in chaos. Brendan worries about an old patient at the hospital who doesn't want to go home, and is furious when he is accused of taking advantage of a lonely old lady.

No Love Lost (Part 2) (Episode 76)

Runtime: 47 min

Trouble Spots 1 (Episode 77)

Air date: 1986-10-15

Trouble Spots 2 (Episode 78)

Air date: 1986-10-16

It Isn't Catching Is It? 1 (Episode 79)

Air date: 1986-10-22

It Isn't Catching Is It? 2 (Episode 80)

Air date: 1986-10-23

Price You Pay 1 (Episode 81)

Air date: 1986-10-29

Price You Pay 2 (Episode 82)

Air date: 1986-10-30

A Question Of Attitude 1 (Episode 83)

Air date: 1986-11-05

A Question Of Attitude 2 (Episode 84)

Air date: 1986-11-06