Something in the Air - Season 1
1 - Movers and Shakers
Air Date: January 17, 2000
A stranger arrives in Emu Springs. Who is he? Whoever he is, it's clear he's not impressed with the local radio station 3ES where Ryan is in the chair and station manager Helen Virtue is enchanted with the rhythms of the Tango. Julia Rutherford tries to organise a forthcoming ball but her committee members are more interested in the arrogant new arrival. It's Ryan and the ambitious Megan McGregor who finally put a name to the face and a voice to the man. It's Golden Tonsils himself, Tom Dooley.
2 - Aftershock
Air Date: January 18, 2000
3 - This Is The Thruth
Air Date: January 19, 2000
4 - Puff of Smoke
Air Date: January 20, 2000
Harry sacks Tom, but the damage has been done. Doug thinks he has been exposed, but when it's revealed that the people of Emu Springs are none the wiser about his private life, he instructs Helen to get Tom back. He's good for business. Tom then wrongly identifies Helen as an ally and says he won't work without her. Helen accepts the challenge. When Harry learns that Len has 'spun a yarn' about early Oz Rock, he is not concerned. He's found a new friend in Emu Springs.
5 - Gettin' to Know You
Air Date: January 24, 2000
6 - A Blot on the Landscape
Air Date: January 25, 2000
7 - The Spiders and the Fly
Air Date: January 26, 2000
Unhappy with the direction his breakfast show is taking and fearing professional embarrassment, Tom reclaims his breakfast spot. As Stephanie and Jerry prepare to leave town, their attention is drawn to his voice on the radio. Driven by her scoop mentality, Stephanie heads over to 3ES for an exclusive interview with the banished king of radio.
8 - Siege Radio
Air Date: January 27, 2000
9 - The Best of Intensions
Air Date: January 31, 2000
10 - Everybody Has Their Ups and Downs
Air Date: February 1, 2000
11 - The Big Picture
Air Date: February 2, 2000
Len finds solace in the bottle as he struggles to cope with the news that he is dying. Mon seeks to mend the rift between Len and their absent son, Wayne. Stuart is being mysterious about plans for the pub. Tom digs his heels in about keeping the new announcers' chair which forces Helen's hand and she hatches a scheme to teach him a valuable lesson. There's war in the Sabatini household over Joe's decision to invest in fine wool sheep.
12 - Resistance is Futile
Air Date: February 3, 2000
There are winners and losers when Stuart introduces the pokies to Emu Springs. It's payback time for the recalcitrant Tom over the chair issue. Len surrenders to Mon's gentle persuasion and agrees to co-operate in the treatment of his condition. Although the question of their son, Wayne, remains unresolved. Joe and Sally reconcile over the investment opportunity debacle. Harry and Jason further their advertising careers.
13 - Great Expections
Air Date: February 7, 2000
14 - Gold Fever
Air Date: February 8, 2000
15 - Skeleton in the Closet
Air Date: February 9, 2000
Helen, Harry, Len and Mon each have a different perspective on the discovery of the gold and bones, and each has trouble keeping the find to themselves. It's not long before the news spreads and Dr Eva reveals the bones aren't human. The feud between Tom and Stuart hots up when Tom announces on air that he's been ripped off. Bonnie reveals her presence during Father Brian's show 'Fess Up' - and an intriguing conversation develops, culminating in her taking flight.
16 - Gold in Them There Hills
Air Date: February 10, 2000
17 - Cross Roads
Air Date: February 14, 2000
After Tom narrowly avoids colliding with Dr Eva's rail trolley, he uses the airways to vent his road rage. He challenges her right to use the line and her professional approach as a doctor. Dr Eva comes to the station to confront him over this. Instead of the apology he's expecting, Tom gets an insult. The war is on. Tom goes out of his way to check up on her professional credentials. And what he finds out surprises him. She doesn't seem to have any. When he broadcasts this fact to Emu Springs, the small town becomes divided. Meanwhile things in Helen's home life are also pressing; Harry is evasive of work at school and Joe is obsessed with his new stud ram who refuses to mate with his ewes. Just what is the problem?
18 - Through the Hoops
Air Date: February 15, 2000
Emu Springs is a pressure cooker. Joe is frustrated by the non-performing ram who won't reproduce. Harry has been asked to write an essay on his life but nothing's coming. After the death of his dad, his life seems empty. He looks to inspiration from Helen , but she is too busy dealing with the war between Tom and Dr Eva. He goes to Len for help and inadvertently becomes party to an act of betrayal. The footy team has decided, because of Len's ill health, to drop him as coach. Outwardly Len takes the news with courage and anger but he is devastated. Harry tries to cheer him up with some of Dr Eva's healing oils. Despite the writ Dr Eva has issued against Tom, he continues informing his listeners about Eva's absence of qualifications. Dr Eva is concerned her patients will lose confidence in her. But when Len collapses it is Dr Eva who Mon turns to for help.
19 - Forces of Nature
Air Date: February 16, 2000
Tom continues his persecution of Dr Eva. Mon takes matters into her own hands by trying to enforce his pedestrian mode of transport. Dr Eva finally comes clean and shows Helen her registration papers. Joe and Sally try alternative methods to inspire Gary the ram, but to no avail. Julia is forced by public attention to swap the rams. Harry is caught up with the problems of life and goal umpiring, whilst Stuart and Ryan are sheepish about their involvement in getting Len sent to hospital with an attack.
20 - Chalk It Up
Air Date: February 17, 2000
Tom apologizes on air to Dr Eva sporting a rooster peck. He has to swallow his pride and present himself to her for an injection before lockjaw sets in. Joe and Sally are delighted, the new ram's a beauty. They share with Julia a drunken long celebratory lunch. Helen has a visit from Harry's teacher about his inspired cartoon work, and Harry ends up doing the dance of his father with his mother - the tango.
21 - Opportunity Knocks
Air Date: February 21, 2000
22 - Can't Buy Me Love
Air Date: February 22, 2000
When Doug announces the sales of 3ES to the staff, they are divided, leaving Helen to take some drastic action in a last ditch effort to impede the sale. Meanwhile, Megan commences her late night music show, adopting much of Tom's 'intimate' style, and is flattered when she attracts the attention of Sean, one of her listeners.
23 - Return to Sender
Air Date: February 23, 2000
As a last ditch effort to avoid the sales of 3ES, Helen takes some drastic action. Julia also voices her disapproval and Doug is left between a rock and a hard place. Sean's pestering continues but Megan devises her own creative solution. Joe is out of action due to a football injury, which increases Sally's workload, while Julia offers her assitance in running the general store, which allows Mon to visit Len without losing business.
24 - Wheelin' n' Dealin'
Air Date: February 24, 2000
The football team are rocked by Len's strange behaviour, and like the rest of the town are further devastated by his latest announcement. Sean confronts Megan about her 'public and private face', while Sally makes a small confession to Joe.
25 - Salvation Jane
Air Date: February 28, 2000
26 - Unexpected Proposal
Air Date: February 29, 2000
27 - Flight of the Bumble Bee
Air Date: March 1, 2000
28 - No Regrets
Air Date: March 2, 2000
29 - The Last Straw
Air Date: March 6, 2000
30 - Country Races
Air Date: March 7, 2000
31 - Lateral Thoughts
Air Date: March 8, 2000
32 - Rising to the Occasion
Air Date: March 9, 2000
33 - Rotten Eggs
Air Date: March 13, 2000
34 - Return of The Prodigal
Air Date: March 14, 2000
Mon and Len's son Wayne returns home to a less than enthusiastic welcome from his father. However, after Wayne stands his ground, Len finally relents and allows him to train with the Emus, where he reveals his awesome prowess as a footballer - impressing everyone, especially Megan.
35 - The Big Match
Air Date: March 15, 2000
When Mon tells Wayne that Len has emphysema, the need to make up with his father is brought into sharp focus, but made difficult by the fact that these two men are peas in a pod. Eventually, in their own way, they reconcile.
36 - We Will Remember Them
Air Date: March 16, 2000
The town is in mourning for Len on this, the day of the funeral. Wayne is trying to shepherd his mother through her grieving, but Mon is very much in denial, even to the extent that she determinedly opens the store. Finally, after an outburst with Father Brian, she and Wayne have an authentic conversation about Wayne's relationship with his Dad. Harry and Helen, too, begin to face Warwick's death; Helen for the first time acknowledging the positives of her relationship with Warwick. Tom and Megan hold the fort at the station during the wake, and Tom bluffs his way through a detailed agricultural conversation - by the skin of his teeth. At Len's wake, Harry surprises everyone by playing a tape that Len made just before his death, while Helen slips home and makes her own, private peace with Warwick. Finally, Mon is alone, and it finally hits her. The morning finds her still sitting on the porch, wrapped in a blanket, wondering how on earth she's going to face the day.
37 - The Things We Do
Air Date: March 20, 2000
38 - The Best Man
Air Date: March 21, 2000
39 - Different Drums
Air Date: March 22, 2000
40 - It's Over
Air Date: March 23, 2000
41 - Fishers of Men
Air Date: March 27, 2000
42 - End of Season Blues
Air Date: March 28, 2000
43 - Dropping The Line
Air Date: March 29, 2000
44 - A Tide In The Affairs of Women
Air Date: March 30, 2000
45 - Man and Superman
Air Date: April 3, 2000
46 - Acts of Faith
Air Date: April 4, 2000
47 - Omens and Portents
Air Date: April 5, 2000
48 - Analyze This
Air Date: April 6, 2000
49 - Covetous Acts
Air Date: April 10, 2000
50 - Pyramids, Profits And Puberty
Air Date: April 11, 2000
51 - No Worries
Air Date: April 12, 2000
52 - Sweet Smell Of Success
Air Date: April 13, 2000
53 - Fools And Amateurs
Air Date: April 17, 2000
54 - Rats and Drains
Air Date: April 18, 2000
55 - Time of Reckoning
Air Date: April 19, 2000
56 - Commitment Is a Many-Lettered Word
Air Date: April 20, 2000
57 - Comfort Zones
Air Date: April 24, 2000
58 - Clash of The Titans
Air Date: April 25, 2000
59 - We'll Talk About It In The Morning
Air Date: April 26, 2000
60 - Forgiveness And Ratings
Air Date: April 27, 2000
61 - Summer Madness
Air Date: May 1, 2000
62 - Friday Night Fever
Air Date: May 2, 2000
63 - Heatwave
Air Date: May 3, 2000
64 - Cool Change
Air Date: May 4, 2000
65 - Spirit Matters
Air Date: May 8, 2000
66 - Going For It
Air Date: May 9, 2000
67 - Demanding Times
Air Date: May 10, 2000
68 - Natural Outcomes
Air Date: May 11, 2000
69 - Corporate Ways
Air Date: May 15, 2000
70 - Soul Food
Air Date: May 16, 2000
71 - Role Changes
Air Date: May 17, 2000
72 - Back on the Horses
Air Date: May 18, 2000
73 - Away From It All
Air Date: May 22, 2000
74 - Many Shades Of Red
Air Date: May 23, 2000
75 - Confessions Of A Bull Artist
Air Date: May 24, 2000
76 - La Dolce Vita
Air Date: May 25, 2000
77 - The False Prophet
Air Date: May 29, 2000
78 - Rumours
Air Date: May 30, 2000
79 - Looking For Signs
Air Date: May 31, 2000
80 - A Disturbance In The Cosmos
Air Date: June 1, 2000
81 - Secrets And Lies
Air Date: June 5, 2000
82 - Alternative Arrangements
Air Date: June 6, 2000
83 - Detours
Air Date: June 7, 2000
84 - Deviations
Air Date: June 8, 2000
85 - Learning To Breathe
Air Date: June 12, 2000
86 - The Anchovy
Air Date: June 13, 2000
87 - Wandering In The Wilderness
Air Date: June 14, 2000
88 - The Gift
Air Date: June 15, 2000
89 - Private Lies
Air Date: June 19, 2000
90 - Only The Lonely
Air Date: June 20, 2000
91 - Extenuating Circumstances
Air Date: June 21, 2000
92 - Lust
Air Date: June 22, 2000
93 - Revisiting My Fair Lady
Air Date: June 26, 2000
94 - It's a Boy! It's a Boy!
Air Date: June 27, 2000
95 - Love and Taxes
Air Date: June 28, 2000
96 - No!
Air Date: June 29, 2000
97 - The Absence Of Lies
Air Date: July 3, 2000
98 - Wish You Were Here
Air Date: July 4, 2000
99 - Is That The Best You Can Do ?
Air Date: July 5, 2000
100 - Radical Solutions
Air Date: July 6, 2000
101 - Shaky Foundation
Air Date: July 10, 2000
102 - Motherhood
Air Date: July 11, 2000
103 - The Envelope
Air Date: July 12, 2000
104 - Navelectomy
Air Date: July 13, 2000
105 - The African Gumboot Fly
Air Date: July 17, 2000
106 - Dooley's Gooley's
Air Date: July 18, 2000
107 - A Hard Mate
Air Date: July 19, 2000
108 - Everything Old Is New Again
Air Date: July 20, 2000
109 - Home Brew
Air Date: July 24, 2000
110 - Hidden Truths
Air Date: July 25, 2000
111 - Give Me The Story And I'll Give You The War
Air Date: July 26, 2000
112 - Carrying Torches
Air Date: July 27, 2000
113 - My Way
Air Date: July 31, 2000
114 - The Taste Of Love Is Sweet
Air Date: August 1, 2000
115 - I've Got A Crush On You
Air Date: August 2, 2000
116 - Bitter Sweet Harves
Air Date: August 3, 2000
117 - Good Omen
Air Date: August 7, 2000
118 - The Bush Strikes Back
Air Date: August 8, 2000
119 - Debt To Society
Air Date: August 9, 2000
120 - And Emus Can Fly
Air Date: August 10, 2000
121 - Why Am I Here?
Air Date: August 14, 2000
122 - Jumping The Tracks
Air Date: August 15, 2000
123 - Not Quite Living, But Kicking
Air Date: August 16, 2000
124 - Up Close And Dangerous
Air Date: August 17, 2000
125 - Day Of Reckoning
Air Date: August 21, 2000
126 - Old School Ties
Air Date: August 22, 2000
127 - The Art Of Politics
Air Date: August 23, 2000
128 - Noughts And Cross Dressers
Air Date: August 24, 2000
129 - The Young And The Breathless
Air Date: August 28, 2000
130 - Songbirds And Drains
Air Date: August 29, 2000
131 - The Magic Of Radio
Air Date: August 30, 2000
132 - The Man Who Sconed Liberty Mon
Air Date: August 31, 2000
133 - Feeling Snakey
Air Date: September 4, 2000
134 - Renaissance Man
Air Date: September 5, 2000
135 - You Left Me Crying In The Kennel
Air Date: September 6, 2000
136 - Stand By Your Dog
Air Date: September 7, 2000
137 - Aliens
Air Date: September 11, 2000
138 - Sirens And The Seer
Air Date: September 12, 2000
139 - Winds Of Change
Air Date: September 13, 2000
140 - The Toughest Opposition
Air Date: September 14, 2000
141 - Message In A Bottle
Air Date: September 18, 2000
142 - Undercurrents
Air Date: September 19, 2000
143 - Mysteries Of The Deep
Air Date: September 20, 2000
144 - Chairman Of The Board
Air Date: September 21, 2000
145 - Knowing When To Go
Air Date: September 25, 2000
146 - Digging Up The Past
Air Date: September 26, 2000
147 - Sign Language
Air Date: September 27, 2000
148 - Secrets And Dreams
Air Date: September 28, 2000
149 - Love And War
Air Date: October 2, 2000
150 - The Children's Crusade
Air Date: October 3, 2000
151 - A Long Way From Home
Air Date: October 4, 2000
152 - Football And Other Religions
Air Date: October 5, 2000
153 - Phantoms And Ghosts
Air Date: October 9, 2000
154 - Who's Been Eating My Porridge?
Air Date: October 10, 2000
155 - The Ghost Of Post Offices Past
Air Date: October 11, 2000
156 - Things That Go Away In The Dark
Air Date: October 12, 2000
157 - Housekeeping
Air Date: October 16, 2000
158 - A Cat Called Guiness
Air Date: October 17, 2000
159 - The Grapes Of Hope
Air Date: October 18, 2000
160 - From Little Things, Big Things Grow
Air Date: October 19, 2000