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  The storylines for each episode started out as simple notes for remembering each episode and so are neither complete nor literary works.

ss010416 Sam and TP (Talita Palele) get married to TP's family's chagrin; Joanna and Chris get friendly; Stuart gets worked up about that; Gina turns over snack bar to Lionel; farewell barbecue for Gina and Leonard; Gina and Leonard head off to California; Kirsty; Steve; TP and Chris head off together; Steve and Chris argue taking Steve's mind off the road; the crash; TP and Steve killed; Sam arrives at the scene soon after.

ss010423 Stuart and Joanna fight; everyone tied up in the aftermath of TP and Steve's deaths; Chris who was injured in crash now in hospital; Chris tells Joanna to stay away; Grace and Hone at each other's throats.

ss010424 Alex tells Rachel she wants facelift; Ritchie comes in with scurvy and Grace misses diagnosis; Sam's family visit but confrontational meeting ensues; Alex and Greg carrying on; Ritchie comes back to hospital; Hone realises the true malady and confronts Grace.

ss010425 Hone goes to Michael about Grace's diagnosis; Sam's father visits him; friends and workmates call on Sam to console his loss; Stuart and Joanna fight again.

ss010426 Funeral is held for TP and Steve; Carmen and Guy become an item; Stuart and Joanna make up.

ss010430 Nick has to babysit Minnie; Guy gets visit from Tania Anderson; Guy thinks the drug she was given was faulty and discusses with Hone; Andy? trying to find Lionel over the case of his dead sheep that Lionel treated; Lionel hides; Kirsty sees Grace because she is concerned she may have caught something from Greg; Minnie persuades Nick to go for a hike and they get lost; Alex consults Hone about getting cosmetic surgery done.

ss010501 Andy? confronts Lionel about the sheep; Guy and Hone see Michael about suspect drug; Charlotte puts pressure on Minnie to raise money for charity; Guy and Carmen become a definite item.

ss010502 Carmen sets up a memorial for TP and Steve; Charlotte keeps up the pressure on Minnie; the hospital's High Dependency Unit opens; Alex bursts in on ceremony and accuses Grace and Michael of having an affair.

ss010503 Alex realises she made a fool of herself; Kirsty finds she doesn't have any nasty diseases; Minnie steals cd player. new patiant Bevan in hospital after deliberate car crash; Carmen thinks Guy only interested in her money (Carmen got winnng lottery ticket from patient who died); Carmen threatens to throw the money in river; Guy persuades her to put money on a horserace; Alex and Michael make up.

ss010504 Guy admits to Carmen he did not put money on horse that won race; Alex goes in for surgery; Lionel entertains Kirsty on his birthday and professes his feelings; Alex's surgery goes wrong.

ss010507 Lionel entertains Kirsty on his birthday; Charlotte gets Nick to do accounts for the charity; Marj lectures Ellen on Minnie's upbringing; Sam catches Carmen and Guy in bed.

ss010508 Sam has a laugh at Carmen's expense; Minnie brags about she and Nick; Lionel gets advice on women from Chris; Rebecca joins Sam on the ambulance; Lionel give Kirsty a ride home on some economical transport; Sam blows up at drunk driver Andy.

ss010509 Bevan gets advice from Guy and Chris and leaves hospital; Minnie gives Marj impression she knows all about sex; Michael confronts Johnny over post-operation report; Lionel gets in bar fight trying to impress Kirsty.

ss010510 Lionel in hospital after fight; Nick and Rachel find Charlotte embezzling charity funds; Nick embarrasses Charlotte in prefects meeting; Hone and Johnny find prescription for Alex signed by Michael.

ss010511 Charlotte starts scheme for revenge against Nick by locking Nick and Minnie in school props room; police call at hospital over the prescription irregularity; Nick and Minnie locked in for the night.

ss010514 Ellen and Jenny find kids have not returned home; Jonathan shows up at hospital; Michael is arrested in connection with Alex's coma; Minnie manages to poke key on to floor outside. Nick was reading comic he was supposed to put under door to catch key so wasted effort. Nick and Minnie spend night in props room and found in the morning by parents. Johnny really mad with Nick.

ss010515 Nick and Minnie get grilled; Ellen finds Johnny informed on Michael about prescription; Kirsty having trouble sleeping takes too many pills; Lionel heads off to check on Kirsty when she does not answer phone; Michael charged with attempted murder; Hone takes over running the clinic. Chris returns home to convalesce.

ss010516 Lionel jumps Kirsty's burglar to find it's Stuart; Stuart and Joanna back from holiday; Lionel comforts Kirsty; Rachel and Jonathon fight over him telling police Michael was having affair (untrue); Nick confronts Charlotte over being locked in; clinic finances poor; Hilary Burgess comes round for payment and asks Hone for evening business meeting; Stuart meets Ingrid Larson and Byron Kramer to discuss business opportunity; Rebecca to look after Chris at his home.

ss010517 Rebecca gets Chris on get-well regimen; Hilary has evening with Hone; Grace questioned by police about Alex; Stuart involves himself in property sale from Ingrid Larson; Stuart working late upsets Joanna; Hilary throws herself on Hone.

ss010518 Hilary pursues Hone; Carmen signs up to buy condo; Stuart finds it's a scam; Jonathan and Michael argue; Stuart meets Byron, Ingrid and their heavy at clifftop.

ss010521 Missed the episode.

ss010522 Alex starts to come out of coma; Minnie has no measles shot and gets one from Grace; Stuart being held by trio; Joanna has a feeling something is wrong; Carmen and Guy find developer's office vacated; Kirsty finds guinea pig and gets Lionel to tend it; Chris falls and Rebecca feels guilty; Kirsty thinks something is suspicious about Rebecca.

ss010523 Regional licencing inspector Violet Feigler comes to inspect hospital; guinea pig Quentin escapes in hospital, poops on floor; Hone and Chris think Rebecca is trying to get revenge on Chris for what he did to her sister; Stuart still locked up by crooks; everyone searching for Quentin.

ss010524 Quentin the guinea pig is caught; Stuart escapes with help from Ingrid who drives off to the airport; Alex fully conscious; police dropping charges against Michael; Sam goes with Rebecca to bar and gets in argument with the drunk driver.

ss010525 Sam talks his way out of fight; Joanna upset with Stuart; Michael and Alex head off for cruise and leave Rebecca to look after Rachel; Michael asks Sam to look after Kennedy's; Joanna makes up to Stuart; Hone goes to Hilary's to discuss business, leaves then returns.

ss010528 Sam finds money disappearing from till, has argument with chef who quits; Hone wants to get Grace to run drug investigation but she says no; Rachel at odds with Rebecca over supervision; Ellen finds out about drug trials.

ss010529 Rachel plots with Nick to annoy Rebecca; Lionel and Kirsty help Sam at Kennedy's, Ellen tells Guy that Minnie was part of a drug trial; Noel Burgess thinks Hilary's financial plan is ill-conceived; Hone tries to break with Hilary.

ss010530 Rachel gives Rebecca a "last chance", trying to get her money; Sam finds more money missing; Noel getting nosey into finances; Carmen wants evening on her own; Hone goes back to bonk Hilary and tells her Noel is looking at finances; Hone's girlfriend Te Aniwa shows up.

ss010531 Sam fires Martin; Rachel missing; Guy thrown out of parents home; Carmen not pleased he is treating it more as moving into her place; Carmen makes feelings clear in front of Lionel who says he has space; Te Aniwa and Hone not getting on well; Hone still carrying on with Hilary; Sam working late at Kennedy's hears intruder.

ss010601 Sam finds Rachel has been sleeping at Kennedy's and taking the petty cash; Lionel doing repairs to the boat; Te aniwa realises something is wrong with Hone who has to fess up; Rebecca is going to stop looking after Rachel but Rachel agrees to let her stay at the house; Marj turns up to look after Rachel, Lionel finds skeleton on boat.

ss010604 Kirsty finds diary with skeleton, that of a Captain McCready, treasure is mentioned; Te Aniwa decides to finish with Hone and moves her things; Marj being a real nuisance at Rachel's; Stuart has to serve eviction notice on old woman; Nick interjects and Stuart goes back to Hilary; she says the bulldozers are moving in; Stuart looks for other accomodation for old lady; when he arrives, Nick and Rachel have organised for the press to be there.

ss010605 Lionel, Kirsty, Carmen and Guy set off in search of treasure; Marj really getting on Rachel and Rebecca's nerves; Noel Sturgess wants to meet Nick; Grace and Chris at odds over Graham's liver problems; Rachel tries to tell Marj to go away; Guy hits the treasure with his spade.

ss010606 Treasure turns out to be prank set up by the Dodds; Hilary gets to present at board meeting; Hilary seems to have bought off board members and the press over the Iris Marshall eviction; When Stuart goes to see Iris, she is being evicted and has collapsed; Chris suggests Graham should get a liver transplant; Grace and Hone fight; Chris threatens to leave if Graham is thrown out to a public hospital; There appears to be a ghost on the boat.

ss010607 The ladies decide to have a hunk auction to raise funds for Graham; Grace turns out to be the company Minnow Holdings and part owner of the clinic; Sam upset he's not part of the auction, he tells Carmen; Guy eventually asks Sam to participate; Hilary tells Hone what her father was like; Chris resigns to Hone over Graham's situation; Grace has a change of heart and orders Graham moved to the HDU (high dependency unit); Chris unresigns; Jenny asks Noel how he behaved with his wife and he admitted, badly; shareholders meeting convenes, Noel is dead.

ss010608 Hilary get power of attorney over Noel's estate; at the auction, Kirsty buys Lionel, Marj buys Stuart, newcomer Annie Flynn buys Guy who recognises her name; a man bid on Hone!

ss010611 Aftermath of the auction - Annie Flynn turns out to be new nurse and starts work; Hilary stays over at Hone's; Stuart does the dinner with Rebecca; Lionel calls for Kirsty who is underdressed; Grace sees Ledford who supervised drug tests and is now in a wheelchair;  Ledford hands over files for drug test; Grace takes it to Guy who seems unimpressed - he already went to the press.

ss010612 Grace confronts Guy about press; Lionel and Kirsty go for meal, Kirsty manages to spray crab everywhere; they get talking to Skye who has been stood up; Lionel takes Kirsty home but leaves awkwardly; Minnie finds she was in drug trial and is upset; Hilary who is now a director won't let Jenny go to Noel's funeral,; Hone sends Guy home; Rebecca uses info obtained from Stuart to organise demo at marina site with Rachel and Nick while Stuart has clients there.

ss010613 Ledford comes to see Grace to get Guy to lay off; Hilary tells Stuart that the marina plans are well in place; Annie shows up at Guy's; Carmen figures something interesting happened in their past; Hilary says she will pay for Grahams liver transplant to improve hospital image; Jenny and Hilary at loggerheads; Carmen does promo poster for Graham's fund raising; Minnie upset over drug trials; Ledford meets with Guy and hands over his final results; Laurie sees Graham's pic and is surprised.

ss010614 None of staff gets their pay as insufficient funds; when Jenny hears she goes to see Hilary; Hilary says the paperwork is in the pile she gave Jenny the previous day; Laurie tells Marj that Graham is a convicted rapist;  Minnie not talking to her mother;  Grace tells Guy that Ledford's reports are untrue and forged; Hilary suggests to Hone they get rid of Jenny.

ss010615 Hone resists firing Jenny; Nick gets idea from Greenpeace magazine and tells Rachel to tell Rebecca he's taking action; Grace tells Hone Ledford's report is fake; Johnny talks to Minnie; Carmen confronts Graham about rape; Hone asks Guy back to work; Guy on date with Annie; Skye asks Kirsty about dating Lionel; Nick chains himself in mangrove with tide coming in and loses key to padlock; Hilary has hired a management company to run the hospital.

ss010618 Hilary calls a meeting of the staff to introduce Ethan of Ideal Health; Rachel and Rebecca show up at mangrove; new staff rules sneered at; Jenny at odds with Ethan over trivial tasks; meeting held on drug trials problem, Grace walks out because it's a snow job; Stuart also turns up at mangrove and nick is rescued; Rebecca and Stuart seem to be getting involved; clinic pulls plug on Graham due to rape conviction; Carmen and Chris cold towards Graham; Chris tells Guy hes been taken for a ride over the drug investigation.

ss010619 Carmen getting concerned about Graham being kicked out of hospital; Rebecca planning more eco-action; Guy sees Ledford who implies there were problems with high doses in trials; Lionel goes out with Skye for second time, Kirsty peeved; Marj on Ellens case again over Minnie; staff getting ticked with new rules; Sandra Hackett comes in to see Guy about her son and Ledford.

ss010620 Minnie makes up with mom; staff upset over changes in pay period; Lionel boasting about dates with Skye but everyone starts to suspect dates are lies; Ethan briefs nurses on new procedures to nurse's amusement; Rebecca and Nick do eco demo with Nick dressed as bird; Nick faints due to heat; Sam sees Lionel by waterside looking depressed; Sam and Kirsty go looking for Lionel who they see jumping into the water.

ss010621 Lionel gets rescued; turns out he was saving a cat; Grace confronts Ledford, Stuart proposes scaled down marina plan to Rebecca; Nick bursts in on Hone over treatment of his mother; staff start sabotaging Ethans plans; Lionel apologises to Kirsty; Rebecca finds out shes been had by Stuart.

ss010622 Hilary trying to get Hone out of office; Hone refuses to fire Jenny; staff playing up Ethan; Carmen goes on love strike with Guy over Annie secret; Lionel goes on picnic date with Kirsty; Ideal Health bring in new nursing supervisor.

ss010625 Transpires that Nursing Supervisor Paul previously fired for sexual harassment; Nick tries to get things going with Rebecca; Stuart apologises to rebecca over marina tactics; Hone fired by Hilary as director of clinic; Ethan to take over; Carmen and Guy still in sex strike; Kirsty gets new job terms; Marj shocked at letter she gets from Ethan.

ss010626 Marj gets hours cut; Hone breaks with Hilary; Rachel finds out from Nick that Stuart is afraid of heights; bets laid whether Guy or Carmen will give in first; Ethan tells doctors of new plans; Guy told to cut his voluntary programs; Marj, Jenny and Kirsty go to see Ethan about job security; he calls their bluff; Rebecca invites Stuart skydiving; Maree comes in having been assaulted; Kirsty offered job as Ideal's advertising face.

ss010627 Lionel has date with Kirsty; Guy spends evening with social worker Cynthia; docs plot ways round Ideal's cost-cutting procedures; Lionel avoids kissing Kirsty on their date and end up fixing leaking tap instead; Hilary tells Hone hospital policy is no longer his business; Stuart heads off for skydiving; the skydiving is successful and he overcomes his fears, grabs Rebecca and they kiss.

ss010628 Marj and Jenny ticked off with Kirsty and her model job; admin, nurses and docs set in motion work to rule; docs try to avoid unnecessary patient expenses and lack of care; Sam has his party; Rebecca and Stuart agree to be good friends; Guy does not show up and Carmen goes off to make up with him; Marj seems to have some new ideas about her future; Guy does not go home overnight; Carmen sees him at hospital next day kissing Cynthia goodbye.

ss010627 Lionel has date with Kirsty; Guy spends evening with social worker Cynthia; docs plot ways round Ideal's cost-cutting procedures; Lionel avoids kissing Kirsty on their date and end up fixing leaking tap instead; Hilary tells Hone hospital policy is no longer his business; Stuart heads off for skydiving; the skydiving is successful and he overcomes his fears, grabs Rebecca and they kiss.

ss010628 Marj and Jenny ticked off with Kirsty and her model job; admin, nurses and docs set in motion work to rule; docs try to avoid unnecessary patient expenses and lack of care; Sam has his party; Rebecca and Stuart agree to be good friends; Guy does not show up and Carmen goes off to make up with him; Marj seems to have some new ideas about her future; Guy does not go home overnight; Carmen sees him at hospital next day kissing Cynthia goodbye.

ss010629 Ethan hauls the docs over coals about cutting patient costs; Sam seems to be starting a new career in entertainment and gives notice to ambulance service; Annie locks Carmen in equipment room with Guy; Guy eventually forced to tell Carmen the secret - Annie gave up Guy for a woman; patient turns up in Chris's office who has been given extra tests without Chris's permission; Marj starts in school with Nick and Rachel; prostitutes stage demo in hospital reception; Michael returns with hospital in chaos.

ss010702 Marj's first day in school; Nick ticked off and embarrassed; Michael returns to hospital but does not immediately confront Ethan; Paul supports Guy on prostitute issue; Kirsty getting heat for her new job; Sam plans to get acts into Kennedys and runs auditions; Stacey brings boyfriend in with concussion and he gets progressively worse; Marj prepares to move out of the McKennas; Alex takes over entertainment and allows Sam to stay on for a week; Sam dumfounded.

ss010629 Ethan hauls the docs over coals about cutting patient costs; Sam seems to be starting a new career in entertainment and gives notice to ambulance service; Annie locks Carmen in equipment room with Guy; Guy eventually forced to tell Carmen the secret - Annie gave up Guy for a woman; patient turns up in Chris's office who has been given extra tests without Chris's permission; Marj starts in school with Nick and Rachel; prostitutes stage demo in hospital reception; Michael returns with hospital in chaos.

ss010702 Marj's first day in school; Nick ticked off and embarrassed; Michael returns to hospital but does not immediately confront Ethan; Paul supports Guy on prostitute issue; Kirsty getting heat for her new job; Sam plans to get acts into Kennedys and runs auditions; Stacey brings boyfriend in with concussion and he gets progressively worse; Marj prepares to move out of the McKennas; Alex takes over entertainment and allows Sam to stay on for a week; Sam dumfounded.

ss010703 Rachel finds her mother has health problem; Mitch deteriorates and has to go in for surgery; Lionel avoids kissing Kirsty, again; Rachel gets her present which she clearly hates; Ellen tackles Ethan about patient who had to return because discharged early; Mr Ormerod thinks Marj taking up too much time in class; Chris starts to woo Annie (who is lesbian); Stacey upset because Hone said Mitch would be ok.

ss010704 Michael tells Rachel she has to turn down the attitude since Alex is ill; Alex insists Rachel must return to old school that Rachel hates because of her low marks; Rachel talks with Rebecca about it; Mitch gets a lot worse; a prostitute is brought in badly beaten up and it transpires it's a continuing problem; Rebecca looks for somewhere else to live; nurses do caricature of Kirsty modelling and she is not amused; Rebecca talks to Alex about Rachel and makes things worse; Michael playing things very low key for sake of Alex; Alex chews out Rachel over Rebecca's comments; Chris still chasing Annie; Carmen starts to suspect Ethan is beating on prostitutes; Stacey told Mitch is brain dead; Rebecca moves in with Joanna and Stuart.

ss010705 Rebecca moves in; Marj apprehensive about exam; Carmen convinced Ethan is the stalker; Kirsty unamused Rebecca is staying; Rachel tries to be nice to Alex but Alex is snitty; Chris mentions to Marj about cheating in the exam; Stacey agrees to turn off life support for Mitch but ticked when asked about organ donation; Sam returning as paramedic; Alex gets entertainment into Kennedys which is awful; Stuart comes home to find Rebecca part dressed; exam at school; Marj pulls out cheat sheet but Nick snatches away; Mr Ormerod catches Nick with sheet.

ss010706 Nick eats cheat sheet and talks his way out; Joanna talks to Stacey about organ donation; Carmen and Guy follow Ethan to home of Cynthia; Carmen rushes to door, Cynthia answers she is working; Ethan appears dressed in maid uniform; Alex asks Sam for advice over music; Sam won't help for free; Kirsty borrows more money from Lionel; Joanna and Hone find Mitch lined up for organ donation; Marj talks about giving up school; Rachel argues with Michael about reasons for her poor school performance, mostly her parents; Hone finds that Stacey signed forms for donation but then finds Mitch has been carted off for removal of organs on Ethan's orders.

ss010709 Stacey tells Hone that Ethan paid cash for Mitch's organs; Alex overhears Michael and Rachel talking about her condition; Nick regrets his attitude to Marj at school now she has given up; battered prostitute Tina is scheduled to move to Central; Paul says Ethan ordered it but Carmen checks to find it was Paul; Carmen catches Paul bandaging ribs; Tina had kicked attacker in ribs; Kirsty borrowing even more money from Lionel for clothes for ads; Lionel asks Grace for help in his relationship with Kirsty; Sam talks to Alex about club "Insomnia" but she seems distant; Ethan tells Hone to mind his business over organs which are going to Hong Kong; Carmen trys to get Guy on the phone; Paul comes into the room.

ss010710 Paul confronts Carmen but she fools him and heads for guys place; Alex really snitty with Marj and Jenny at Kennedys; Rebecca cooks for the flat but Kirsty and Joanna bow out leaving Rebecca and Stuart; Paul follows Carmen to boat; confronts Carmen who clobbers him and runs out; Guy arrives unsuspecting and is attacked by Paul; Paul grabs hammer; Lionel calls out Carmen's name distracting Paul; Guy pulls away and they bundle into Paul and subdue him; poor Maori comes into clinic with mild ailment; Ethan tells him to go to GP; Kirsty taken aback; Michael talks to Ethan about concerns; who takes no notice; Rachel asks mother about staying at present school; Alex tells her no, to change and go to school; she slaps Rachel who says it's Saturday.

ss010711 Alex realises she goofed with Rachel; staff go to Kennedy's for opening of Insomnia; Marj tears up Ethan's rules on what patients are to be accepted; Marj continues to admit and Ethan threatens to retire her; Rebecca admits to Sam she likes someone already in a relationship; Kirsty voices concerns about limiting patients to Ethan who gives slippery answers; the McKennas make up; Rachel allowed to return to Ferndale; Hilary fires Stuart; Grace tries to train Lionel in kissing with Kirsty dummy; Stuart makes pass at Rebecca who declines angrily; Kirsty tells Ethan she does not want to do ads; he threatens to sue her.

ss010712 Kirsty resigns to having to do photo shoot; Insomnia night club opening; Stuart makes pass at Rebecca which Kirsty sees; Kirsty and Lionel shuffle Rebecca back to the house; Nick fiddles Marj's exam results so she is encouraged; Ethan does not back down on transplants; Kirsty starts photoshoot on cold beach doing dumb scenes and gets frozen in the water; Lionel refuses to let her continue; they return to Lionel's and there is a kiss; Hilary goes to see Hone at home; Ethan butters up Grace; Joanna does candlelight meal for Stuart but Stuart says he loves Rebecca and it's all over.

ss010713 Joanna throws Stuart out; Hilary tries to get back with Hone but he declines; Stuart sees Rebecca who thinks he is stupid and the feelings are not mutual; Lionel finds way for Kirsty to get out of modelling contract; Marj stands up to Mr Ormerod; Kirsty lays into Stuart; band turns up at Kennedys expecting better facilities; Ethan announces Ideal has bought another hospital; Hilary announces Shortland St is to close.

ss010716 Hilary confirms Shortland St to close right away; Chris struggling with old injury is taking painkillers; new band causing some problems at Kennedys; Rachel gets to vet customers for Insomnia; Lionel and Kirsty still awkward; Sam has eye for new band singer Lia; rest of staff missed show due to sat signal loss - Lionel manages to sink ship.

ss010717 Michael tries to persuade Hone to find out what Hilary is up to but he refuses; Marj getting more confident with school; Grace considering job offer at new hospital; Kirsty sees Grace about getting hiv test; Sam falling for Lia whose not keen on doing steady gigs at Kennedys; Alex tells Sam he has to cut overheads to make profit; Rebecca and Lionel temporarily moving in with Carmen and Sam; Chris still trying to chat up Annie; Hone goes to see Hilary who falls into his arms.

ss010718 Hilary's company has gone bust and she is going to sell clinic; Shortland St turning away patients as it closes; Charlotte wants to make School Ball free for the good kids; Rachel objects; Alex says Rachel should still go to the ball; Lionel wants to sleep with Kirsty; she does not because of possible hiv and has not told Lionel; Chris having problems standing up; Carmen tells Guy about Kirsty and hiv; Michael goes to see Hilary; Chris' legs are numb and he can't walk.

ss010719 Michael calls in his loan to Hilary who threatens to declare bankruptcy; Chris not paralysed but vertebrae swollen; Sam has fallen for Lia but is unsettled over TP and he talks to Marj; Rachel plots to seduce Tim to annoy Charlotte; Michael tells Hilary she can't declare Shortland St bankrupt due to conflict of interest; Nick helps Marj with economics; Michael announces clinic to stay open and proposes staff buy it.

ss010720 Lia visits Sam and gets the wrong idea, thinking he's a sleaze; Chris undergos physio by Annie; staff discuss buying shares; Lionel confronts Kirsty but she says she is hiding nothing; Rachel continues to plot against Charlotte by getting Tim to change rules for Ball; Tim asks Nick if Rachel has boyfriend; Nick displeased at Rachel playing with Tim; Hone trys to cheer up Hilary whose company is bust; Lionel confronts Kirsty again and she says it has nothing to do with HIV, she does not want to sleep with him.

ss010723 Lionel drowns sorrows with Guy and crashes at Sam's; Carmen gives Guy hell for telling Lionel about Kirsty; Michael tries to get Hone Hone has to be away for a while but mysteriously; Sam talks to Rebecca about Lia; Rebecca talks to Lia; Carmen goes to Kirsty's to apologize and crash herself; Lauren Lomax and daughter admitted after car wreck; Charlotte tells Rachel they are dropping the free ball for the good pupils but introducing ballroom dancing; the staff who are part owners of Shortland St flex their opinions; Lia sees Sam; apologizes and says they can have a personal or professional relationship but not both.

ss010724 Sam decides it's business with Lia; Marj stirs the proleteriat at Shortland St; Minnie and Johnny persuading Ellen to get new house; dancing lessons start for school ball; Rebecca commiserates Lionel over Kirsty; Johnny involved in op on Hannah Lomax; he clearly recognizes her; later Lauren Lomax recognizes Ellen's name; Tim asks Rachel for date; turns out Tim is son of friends of Mckennas; Carmen on Guy's case over blabbing about Kirsty; Tim takes Rachel to latino restaurant and she seems impressed with him; Rachel sees Hone and calls to him but he rushes off.

ss010725 Johnny finds excuse to see Lauren; Marj and Guy present the workers demands to Michael; Marj has delusions of being Karl Marx; Sam hands over running Insomnia to Lionel; Kirsty is hiv negative; Tim invites Rachel to the ball; Rachel tells Nick to let it slip to Charlotte; Guy persuades Carmen that if he can get Lionel and Kirsty back together they will be back too; Marj accuses Rebecca of being a hussy which Kirsty denies; Lia's band prepare to tour and Sam finds out Lia is married to Tex; Charlotte deliberately treads on Rachel's foot in dance class; Dr Merideth Baxter arrives at the clinic.

ss010726 Rachel is taken to hospital with hurt foot; Meredith talks with Michael, whom she already knows; mentions sensitive project; Carmen talks to Kirsty; Rachel diagnosed with broken toes; Grace not overthrilled with Crozier's purchase of old house; Lauren phones Johnny who comes in to Shortland St to talk; Carmen plans 21st for Kirsty; Michael outfoxes Marj over workers v investors; Chris and Meredith spend evening together; Meredith says they are different people now; Grace finds from Hannah that Johnny is Hannah's father.

ss010727 Rachel recovering at home and determined to make the ball; Carmen Annie and Meredith joke about Chris; Guy fails to convince Lionel to go to masked party; Carmen bullies Lionel into going; Michael continues to run rings round Marj's collective plans; Charlotte has persuaded the powers that be to make head boy and girl go to the ball together; Lionel plans to ask Kirsty to marry him at masked party; Carmen persuades Kirsty to go to masked party; Johnny tries to persuade Grace not to tell Ellen he is Hannah's father; Gorilla appears at ball and dances with Kirsty; a Frog appears, it's Lionel; Gorilla takes off mask and kisses Kirsty; it's Greg Feeney.

ss010730 Kirsty slaps Greg and Carmen whisks him out; Lionel consoles Kirsty but does not propose; Alex tells Michael he is the only man she is interested, referring to past affair with Greg; Rachel plots to get preview of Charlotte's gown; Lionel takes Kirsty home; Greg turns up and is a pig; he is asked to leave; Greg shows up at Carmen's and says he has some bad news; Meredith and Michael discuss the secret project; Nick can't get date for ball; Minnie wants to go with Nick; Johnny questioned by Michael on why he discharged Lauren and sent Hannah to Central for op; Marj drumming up support for workers committee; Tim shows Rachel the material for Charlotte's dress; Nick persuades Minnie to get Charlotte to show her the dress and photograph it; while Grace talking to Johnny about him being Hannah's father; Ellen comes in.

ss010731 Johnny fobs Ellen off with excuse about business opportunity instead of telling her about Hannah; Greg generally slimes around and tells Carmen he has been away watching his mother die; Minnie persuades Charlotte to show her the dress and gets photo; Nick reneges on promise to take Minnie to the ball; Marj's committee falls belly up when nobody shows up; Ellen gives Grace the impression all is well but they are at cross purposes; Lionel and Kirsty arrange a date; Greg turns up to talk to Kirsty.

ss010801 Kirsty sleeps with Greg and gives Lionel the excuse she is sick; Carmen argues with Kirsty about situation; Johnny twists Nick into taking Minnie to ball; Stuart returns; Kirsty tells Lionel about Greg but not whole story; Brittany wants Nick to go with her to ball but he can't because of Minnie.

ss010803 In the previous (preempted) episode Annie asked Meredith for a date which made an embarrassing situation; the school ball starts; Nick shows up with Minnie; Kirsty tells Lionel and Greg she will go out with whoever she wants; Marj turns up in same dress as Charlotte; Charlotte overhears Rachel telling Minnie she likes Tim; Charlotte suckers Tim in by telling him he is just part of Rachel's plot; Tim leaves Rachel at ball; Meredith tells Chris to take her home for some hanky panky.

ss010806 Meredith just wants sex; Chris wants foreplay; they argue and Meredith leaves; Minnie can't get a goodnight kiss from Nick; Rachel complains to parents about Charlotte stealing Tim; Rachel rebukes Nick for telling Tim the story behind the ball; Nick tells her she is is not very nice and always vengeful; Carmen interferes with Chris and Meredith; Nick gets date with Brittany; Minnie visits Nick cos she thinks he likes her; he tells her he only went to the ball with her because Johnny threatened him; Greg generally sliming around; Grace realises Johnny did not tell Ellen about his daughter and threatens to tell; that night Johnny tells Ellen.

ss010807 Carmen apologises to Kirsty for interfering; Johnny and Ellen have a heart to heart; first staff committee meeting is a farce; Elllen annoyed Grace did not hell her about Johnny; Minnie seeks sympathy from Rachel over Nick; Rachel says not to worry if he is seeing Brittany; Nick and Brittany arrive at her house to find her godsquad friends.

ss010808 Rachel tries to be nice but does not get much sympathy; Minnie complains Johnny isn't around to help with homework; Marj shows Grace her design for new nurse uniform but they get into argument; Guy congratulates Lionel getting one over on Greg by taking Kirsty to the opera; Stuart looking for somewhere to move to; Guy and Carmen continue to poke fun at Chris; Ellen upset because Johnny said very little after seeing Lauren; Nick tells Rachel she is mean; Greg stirs up Stuart about moving out rather than Joanna; Rachel sees Grace, saying she needs pill for imbalance; Grace tells her the problem is attitude but Rachel does not get the point; Nick gets another date with Brittany; Greg shows up at Kirsty's; Joanna shows up; so does Stuart; Joanna is upset Stuart is still around.

ss010809 Ellen talks with Lauren but something is still secret; Greg trying to see Kirsty but she's out with Lionel; Joanna and Stuart argue over who should move out; Minnie keeps asking parents if they are keeping secrets; Carmen being nosey about Meredith; Nick still going out with Brittany; Rachel trying to be nice and liked; Sam returns from rock tour; Greg tells Lionel he's sleeping with Kirsty.

ss010810 Chris still trying to figure out Meredith; Lionel stands up Kirsty who goes out instead with Greg; Ellen and Johnny tell Minnie they are not keeping secrets; Sam not amused Greg being sleazy; Nick asking how to deal with very christian girl; Guy talks to Meredith thinking he knows what's up but barking up the wrong tree; Sam back at work; Minnie overhears parents arguing and hears Johnny say he has another child; Lionel thinks Kirsty is sleeping with Greg so gives her the ring and says they are finished; Meredith apologises to Annie and goes to kiss her when Chris walks in.

ss010813 Chris leaves Annie and Meredith embarrased; Guy commiserating with Lionel; Carmen finds out about Annie and Meredith; Michael and Marj argue about prize for nurse uniform design; Rachel asks Nick to sign apology note to Charlotte; Donald tries to find out what is up with Meredith; Rachel sucking up to dad; Nick brushes off Minnie in favour of Brittany; Sam not very happy about his band tour; Kirsty tries to find out why Lionel is mad at her; Greg lies to Kirsty, who is taken in; Charlotte returns Rachel's card and is really bitchy; Rachel decides "nice" is out.

ss010814 Rachel plots to get back at Charlotte; staff break into factions over uniform competition; Kirsty narky with everyone thinking she's a slut; Annie and Meredith have date; Lia wants Sam to be band's manager; Marj fishes for info on Annie and Meredith; Brittany comes to dinner with Nick who spins yarn about his ex-hippy mum; Lia tells Sam there is something he needs to know about her husband; Charlotte confronts Nick about her suspicions of Rachel; Guy tells Marj about Annie and Meredith; Marj tells the staff and Meredith overhears it.

ss010815 Meredith confronts Marj about her gossiping; Nick ignores Minnie as does Rachel; Lia tells Sam about her marriage; news about Meredith and Annie spreads; Greg moves in with Kirsty; much arguing about the uniform competition; Greg winds up Joanna and Stuart; Marj moralizing over Meredith; Joanna not happy about finding out about Annie being gay; Nick goes to prayer meeting; Brittany turns up with Minnie.

ss010816 Minnie tells bible group about her problems and nobody would talk to her; Chris tells clinic coop that Guy is good at making clothes; Nick talks to Minnie about ignoring her; the coop finds Carmen is getting outfit professionally designed; Brittany rearranges schedule so Tim and Charlotte separated; Charlotte wants vineyard job with Tim but Rachel smiles knowingly; Meredith moving home and Annie is going with her; Kirsty is trying to find if Greg has moved in but suggests it openly to get one up on Lionel; fashion show starts; coop design is a mess; just about to wrap up and Guy says there is one more design to go.

ss010817 Guy models his own uniform design and wins the competition; Guy signs contract and Michael looks overly pleased; Joanna sort of makes up with Annie; Rachel's plot to get Charlotte away from Tim proceeds; Charlotte ends up at vineyard; Tim ends up at latino restaraunt where Rachel is and they eventually make up; Greg, Chris and Stuart go drinking; Greg says to Stuart he can do what he wants with Kirsty; Kirsty is left at home and makes excuses for Greg's behaviour.

ss010820 Lia persuades Sam to be the band manager; Stuart getting upset Kirsty being conned by Greg; Joanna not sympathetic; Kirsty ignores Stuart's warning; Chris seems to be getting addicted to painkillers; Michael trying to get Grace to take over ivf clinic; Marj sucking up to Meredith and Annie - guilt trip; Guy kids Carmen about who he will take on winner's trip; Joanna tells Greg what Stuart said; Greg meets with Kirsty and tells some lies about Stuart; Nick gets Minnie home on pretext of bible meeting and tells her to talk to her parents; patient comes in from cargo ship accompanied by Hone; Kirsty tells Stuart to leave house.

ss010821 Stuart argues with Kirsty but she says she has the lease so Stuart must go; new patient brought in by Hone from ship is named Maria; Minnie chickens out of talking to parents about their deceit; Marj talks to Rachel and Nick about lesbians; Stuart talks to Lionel about being kicked out; Lionel offers temporary home; Brittany talks to Nick about him speaking with Minnie; Guy trying to find someone to take on prize weekend but no takers; Hone can't find time to talk to Michael; Immigration turn up to talk to Hone and Maria.

ss010822 Greg talks suggestively to Joanna; Nick forces Minnie to talk to parents; Johnny tells Nick threateningly afterwards to keep things quiet; Minnie tells Brittany she's not interested in the bible group anymore; Nick and Brittany go on date; she gets drunk and offers herself to Nick who looks shocked.

ss010823 Jenny finds Nick sleeping on the couch; Brittany looks like the day after; Brittany apologizes to Nick later; the IVF clinic well in business; Joanna talks to Chris about what a sleaze Greg is; Marj tells Meredith about her friend when she was young; Chris getting desperate for painkillers, Guy end up taking Carmen on prize weekend.

ss010824 Guy and Carmen arrive for prize weekend; Guy wants to go for walk but Carmen not keen; Grace argues with Donald about IVF guidelines; Greg's application for a job vetoed by Michael; Guy and Carmen reach the destination "old tree" and head back to the resort but the track is not open until next year; Greg scrounges more money from Kirsty; Kirsty asks Stuart for job but he turns her down derisively; Greg goes to Chris supposedly to get treatment for his back but really to get drug prescription; Guy and Carmen decide to camp out the night; Carmen falls down cliff.

ss010827 Guy rescues Carmen; they stay out the night and find they were close to the resort all along; Grace concerned she is being kept out of IVF activities; Greg gives Kirsty lots of money but source not known; Joanna getting ticked off with Greg; Rebecca tells Sam Lia is treating him badly; Lia bitches to Sam about recording studio being useless; new uniforms show up but there is only one; Stuart tries facial on Lionel who is unimpressed; Guy and Carmen arrive back; Sam gets another studio for the band costing him $5,000 but he says to Lia he got a good deal; Rebecca chastises him.

ss010828 Donald is covering up IVF of woman with diabetes; Lionel suggests to Kirsty that Stuart may be keen to employ her; Jenny tells Michael he boobed firing Hone; Ellen gets to model the new uniform for publicity shoot; the band are not getting on very well in the studio; Rachel does not want to go to airport with parents to pick up acquaintance from England; Grace tries to find out about IVF couple from Annie; Nick trying to scrounge money; english guy arrives for op; Marj rebukes Michael in management committee for firing Hone to find Michael had already decided to reinstate him; Greg says he is going to be away for the evening working for a mate; Donald has to fess up to Grace and introduces a second Mrs Greene.

ss010829 It turns out the two Mrs Greenes are sisters and it is to be a surrogate birth; Greg takes Chris to a really sleezy bar and gets him to start on the painkillers; Guy peeved to see his logo design is on everything; the clinic is being redecorated; Nick recognises Andy (guy from England) and Minnie recognises the name; Lia wants more studio sessions; Kirsty goes to Stuart for a sales job but he is not at all keen; Hone turns down reinstatement; Michael lets press know about Maria who is a political refugee; Hone finds out from Marj that Maria has two visitors and arrives to find them struggling with her.

ss010830 Minnie swotting for radio competition for soap "Tides of the Heart"; Nick grudgingly helps; Guy still peeved about use of his ideas in clinic revamp; Kirsty and Stuart talk about her selling for him; Grace and Donald talk about ethics of IVF clinic; Nick sneaks in to get autograph from Andy Tremaine; gets kicked out by Michael; Joanna comments Chris looks a mess; Michael tells Hone and Maria that Immigration are insisting on seeing her; Nick tells Sam about Andy being in the hospital; the IVF clinic have leaving party for Annie; Guy threatens to sue the clinic.

ss010831 Jenny not sympathetic with Michael over Guy; Sam tells Lia about Andy being at clinic; Kirsty and Stuart agree on contract; Nick helps Minnie with "Tides of the Heart" competition; Maria tells Immigration she wants to return to Guatemala; Marj makes a suggestion to Hone about Maria; Minnie wins the trip to L.A. with help from Nick on last question; Sam plays Lia's demo to Andy but finds Andy is completely deaf; Greg conning Chris into more pills; blackmail looming; Guy sues over use of his logo; Hone proposes to Maria as a way to keep her in NZ; Ellen phones Johnny at conference and is told his wife just came in.

ss010903 Lia upset that Andy can't hear her music; Rebecca disgusted with her attitude; Kirsty doing well with selling; Ellen won't let Minnie phone her dad at conference; Michael does not want to settle with Guy; Jenny suggests using the management committee; Grace being sent to IVF conference; not happy until she find it's in Milan; Maria apparently dies when immigration people show up.

ss010904 Ellen talks to Jenny about Johnny; Jenny suggests at committee that staff cut back on frivolous expenses to pay off Guy; Guy realises it's divide and rule; Sam gets caught reading Andy's file by Ellen after Joanna says it's ok; Joanna talks with Rebecca about Sam's infatuation with Lia; Greg still sliming around; Kirsty finally tells Greg she is working for Stuart; Ellen goes to Lauren's address; finds key under mat; goes in and find lots of photos of Johnny with Lauren and Hannah; Ellen sees Jenny and tells her Johnny has been involved with other family all along; Sam fails to show up at end of lunchbreak because listening to tapes with Lia; Rebecca leaves in ambulance without him; gets to one house and finds old man on floor with gas leaking.

ss010905 Rebecca tends to old man on floor; ambulance shows up and man is ok; Ellen tries to leave house with Minnie before Johnny but it's too late; they argue; he lies and she throws him out; Chris and Joanna have eat-in meal; Greg tries to gatecrash; Stuart asks Kirsty to go to South Island for two weeks business; Greg weadles deposit for motorcycle from Kirsty; Greg talks dirty to Joanna; Guy and Michael settle but Marj grabs cheque for the Maria fund; new uniforms show up; Ellen tells Minnie some details about Johnny; Sam decides to hang with band only if they get a contract; Greg brags to Stuart about bike and Kirsty's money; Minnie and Johnny talk.

ss010906 Sam keeps getting foiled trying to see Andy; in casual conversation Stuart tells Kirsty that Greg lied to Lionel; Greg talks his way out of it with Kirsty; Minnie upset that Johnny has been thrown out; Marj goes round to Hone's place and they just hide Maria in time; Greg hanging around Joanna and offers her drugs; Joanna warns Chris about Greg; Chris poo poos her; Greg sees Chris about getting more pills; Ellen tells Johnny she wants a divorce; Minnie says she will leave with Johnny.

ss010907 Lia and Sam are at Kennedys and Joanna comes in with Andy; she introduces him; Kirsty talks to Lionel about Greg's lie that he was sleeping with her; Andy wants Lia to go to the UK; Lia and Sam are thrilled; Marj is arranging a Mass to commemorate the not-dead Maria; Hone wants Maria to stay in NZ; one of Greg's friends cons drugs out of Chris and sells them to Greg; Sam finds out Lia is going to the UK and ditching him as her manager; Ellen does not want to compromise with Johnny and just wants divorce; Joanna puts two and two together about the drugs and confronts Greg who threatens her.

ss010910 Joanna threatens to phone police about Greg's drug scheme but he says Chris will be in more trouble; Sam tells Rebecca about Lia dropping him; Minnie wants to live with Johnny, not her mother; Lionel in dumps with Kirsty gone to South Island; Joanna tells Chris about Greg but he does not believe her; Rebecca bumps into Lia and tells her about Sam spending money on her studio session; Chris confronts Greg but he denies everything; Michael wants Hone back at work so Jenny goes to see him; Hone wants to work for himself; Lionel so down in the dumps he won't go to work; Guy opens up coffee shop; Joanna turns away another of Greg's friends who wants drugs; Lia sees Sam and gives him a cheque for studio session; Hone applies to Michael to set up his own consultancy on the SS site; Minnie faints in reception in apparent attempt to get attention; Guy and Carmen find Lionel in tears but it turns out he is crying over a soap on tv; Rebecca tells Sam she is the band's new singer.

ss010911 Michael realizes Minnie is faking; she was trying to get Ellen and Johnny to talk; Marj wants sex with Laurie and seeks advice from Jenny; Chris confronts Joanna about turning away patient; Chris gets a genuine patient who he assumes is junkie because Joanna can't find records; Guy sees woman, takes up her case and finds records; Marj talks to Laurie about sex and he stomps off; Rebecca to perform at Kennedys with band and Sam very apprehensive; complaint made against Chris over refusal to subscribe drugs.

ss010912 Rebecca encourages staff to see her singing debut while is Sam discouraging them; Chris has to face patient arbitrator over not subscribing drugs; Laurie puzzled and thinks Marj wants to end things; Rachel helps Rebecca select clothes for performance; Rebecca performs but no audience; Minnie shows up at Kennedys all dressed up but Sam won't let her in; Nick buys her a juice; Chris bites Joanna's head off about drugs; Rebecca finds out Sam was discouraging people from seeing her perform; Marj talks to Laurie and they agree she should move in with him; Minnie shows up again at Kennedys for meal but has no money so Jenny gets her to their table; Marj moves in with Laurie and then his daughter shows up.

ss010913 Guy trying to get Lionel a date; Ellen picks up Minnie at Jenny's; Marj and daughter Ruth not getting on; Joanna cold to Chris; Minnie tries to shoplift to get attention; police return her to Ellen at SS; Guy introduces Lionel to new nurse Michaela but embarrassment all round; Michael has been getting calls from Otis Jackson who he does not know; Otis shows up at Michael's parking space apparently looking for job; Minnie finds out Johnny and Ellen have talked about dividing up their assets; Carmen comments to Chris about another of Greg's friends who Chris just prescribed for; Chris tells Greg to stay out of his life; Greg confronts Joanna but she says she had nothing to do with it; Ruth wants to get involved with Laurie's gardening business; Chris refuses to talk to Greg; Greg apparently recognises a visitor for Chris; he tells Joanna the guy is undercover police and she has to let Chris know.

ss010914 Joanna butts in and Chris manages to avoid giving drugs to the "cop"; later Chris prescribes to an old lady who is selling to Greg; Michael gets surprise package from Otis; Marj confronts Laurie after Ruth told him they were Jewish; Minnie wants to move in with Jenny; Greg tells Joanna he's not all bad; Laurie tells Ruth he loves Marj and Ruth has to fit in or else; after Lionel describes his ideal girl, a contractor turns up who is female (Ronnie Biggs) and fits the bill exactly; Minnie and Johnny have moved in with Jenny; Nick is shocked.

ss010917 Jenny and Ellen discuss Johnny and Minnie's move; Lionel going on about Ronnie Biggs to Stuart; Nick not very happy at new guests; Sam and Carmen persuade Joanna she should have a party; Carmen gets recommended for course; Ruth getting bossy at home; Joanna invites lots of people to party; new patient Rewi comes in after MVA; Otis starts work very keen; Michael gets Hone involved in Rewi case; Hone complains about his consultant office space; Chris and Guy joke about how dull Joanna is but Joanna overhears.

ss010918 Nick consoles Ellen; Stuart thinks Lionel is imagining Ronnie; nobody shows up for Joanna's party and Greg consoles her; Nick and Rachel bug Minnie about her attitude to Ellen; Marj suggests Ruth to Michael to help with admin in the clinic; Otis hears Rewi mumbling but he gets chewed out trying to talk to Hone; Ronnie shows up after missing proposed start time; Joanna persuades Greg to go out for the night with her and Chris; Johnny gets call that the house is on fire and at the clinic Carmen tells them she sent Ellen home to rest.

ss010919 The ambulance arrives with Ellen; burns and smoke inhalation; Joanna, Greg and Chris go out for evening; Chris is miserable until he takes painkillers and finally passes out drunk; Carmen tells Otis to butt out with his comments about Rewi; Ruth seems to be finding lots of things for other staff to do; Otis talks to Rewi but Hone is not amused; Carmen offers Ellen their apartment to tide her over; Lionel and Ronnie getting on well; Laurie clearly being bossed by Ruth and Marj is concerned; Chris bitching at Joanna; Greg persuades Joanna to go on picnic with him; Chris and Michael think Ruth is doing a good job; Otis tells Hone he thinks Rewi's problems are spiritual.

ss010920 Otis persuades Hone to talk to Remi; Ruth is taking over everybody's business; Johnny comes to visit Ellen; Ruth questions Nick about Marj; Lionel still raving about Ronnie; Hone asks Michael to bring in specialist for Remi; Chris getting really snotty towards Joanna; Rachel talks with Nick about his predicament at home; Lionel waits for Ronnie at Kennedys but she does not show; Stuart and Guy think even more that she is fictional; Greg warns Chris he is getting too uptight about Joanna; Hone's specialists turn out to be Maori elders; Grace returns from Milan; Ronnie finally shows up at Lionel's; Marj knocks on Laurie's door to speak to him but bossy Ruth comes and chastises her.

ss010921 Ruth tells Marj to butt out of Laurie's business and that some matters should be in the family; Joanna talks to Greg about Chris; Lionel and Ronnie fall asleep in their chairs; Hone and Michael discuss Rewi; Laurie seems to be under pressure from Ruth; Joanna mentions to Grace about Chris; Grace says he must be ok because he has not asked her for drugs; Joanna intercepts one of Chris's prescriptions; Nick finds Johnny has started making changes; Greg offers Joanna ride on bike which she is thrilled with once on the road; Chris chews out Joanna over prescription; Greg calms things; Rachel and Nick find not only is settee gone but Johnny put vcr in for repair; Ruth suggests Marj might want to leave the house; Joanna falls for Greg.

ss010924 Greg tells Joanna they are just friends; Nick hides the microwave; Johnny brings in deckchairs while couch repaired; Ellen moves in with Sam and co; Grace and Donald arguing a lot; Nick hides toaster; Joanna and Guy agree they should talk to Grace and Donald about their arguing; Marj moves out of Laurie's house; Rachel tells Nick that to get at Johnny, he has to make him miss something he loves; Nick tries to persuade Minnie to disappear to get parents together; Stuart goes to see Laurie who seems out of it; Grace and Donald are having an affair.

ss010925 Grace and Donald agree to keep affair quiet and still argue; Nick and Johnny still arguing; Stuart talks to Marj about Laurie; Chris tries to apologise to Joanna; says he's in counselling; Michael finds Ruth has arranged lunch date for him and Alex; Otis gets in slight argument with Donald; Nick plans to kidnap Johnny's car and does it; Chris seems to be getting drugs from Hone; Rachel delivers kidnap note for car to reception; Michael tells Ruth to back off; Marj bursts into tears at the desk; Greg asks Joanna to go out; Michael tells Marj he is fed up with Ruth; Alex seems to like Ruth; Greg and Joanna go to Kennedys; Rachel gives Johnny ransom picture of car; Johnny furious with Nick; Joanna and Greg arrive home to find Kirsty back.

ss010926 Kirsty has returned early; Joanna clearly miffed; Stuart and Guy kept awake by Lionel and Ronnie; Grace tells Ellen about Donald; Marj tells Nick she is finished with Laurie; Rachel gives Nick's ransom demand to Johnny; Kirsty has gift for Joanna for putting up with Greg; Nick goes to see Laurie but Laurie does not recognise him at first; Guy getting dubious about what Ronnie is up to; Nick meets with Johnny and a deal is made on car, couch and vcr; Guy talks to Donald about selecting sex of baby; Stuart mentions to Marj what Nick found with Laurie; Nick starts to get idea to annoy Johnny with pager; Stuart and Nick go to see Laurie who seems normal but he then asks about Stuart's father who is dead; Donald kicks Otis out of IVF clinic for blabbing to Guy; Stuart talks to Ruth who eventually says Laurie has alzheimers.

ss010927 Kirsty does not seem very happy being back; Ruth says Laurie has alzheimers but has not taken him to doctors; Ruth gives Alex Michael's itinery for the next week; Donald gets caught covered in lipstick but no one has guessed its Grace; Nick starts his scheme sending false calls to Johnny; Greg and Chris hit the bars; Greg falls asleep at Chris'; Kirsty waits up late but Greg does not return; Stuart asks Michael about alzheimers; Laurie calls Marj "Ronnie"; Hone suggests to Johnny that calls may be hoax and Johnny guesses who; Hone tells Kirsty that Greg crashed at their place; Kirsty goes round to Chris'; finds Greg and confronts him.

ss010928 Greg making lots of excuses not to be with Kirsty; Johnny plays trick on Nick by ignoring his pager; Ruth organising Michael again; Guy and Grace talk about IVF clinic ethics; Stuart tells mother about Laurie's illness; Grace gives Donald the boot; when Kirsty talks to Chris she realises Greg is telling lies; Greg tells Joanna he loves her; Marj finds Laurie unconscious at nursery.

ss011001 Greg tells Joanna he's finished with Kirsty; Michael getting annoyed with Ruth; Laurie arrives in hospital; new neighbours at Nick's; cats are gone but now a barking dog; Rebecca tells Joanna to dump anonymous boyfriend; Sam upset with Rebecca rearranging the band; Greg tells Chris about Joanna; Greg does not show up at flat; Joanna not sure whether to take up with Greg; Nick wants Rachel in on economics project in fashion; Nick fancies new neighbour Lorissa; Nick wants to modify Johnny's bean bag; Sam chews out Rebecca for being short with Ellen at flat; later they get into general argument; they go on call where a girl in a tight space; Sam too big and Rebecca can't do it.

ss011002 Laurie's tumour is operable; Johnny getting really annoyed about neighbour's dog; Otis gets into sewer at and rescues child; Kirsty meets Mrs Doppler, who was one of Greg's suppliers of pills; Greg does not tell Kirsty it's over; Greg wants Joanna to go away with him; Grace won't take Donald back but is playing him along; Lionel really up and Kirsty really down; Greg tells Mrs Doppler its over with drugs from the clinic; Rachel and Nick start making contemporary beanbags; Lionel makes a cake for Donald to appease Grace; Ruth upsets Laurie telling him she has buyer for nursery; Chris tells Grace about Donald's ways with women; Marj tells Laurie she will help with nursery; Grace pushes cake in Donalds face; Nick and Rachel sell lots of bean bags but find the dog chewed them all up.

ss011003 No storyline for this episode. Images were captured but episode not taped so storyline could not be written later.

ss011004 Laurie recovers from tumour operation; he and Marj agree to marry; Kirsty gives Joanna the money she owes her; Marj asks Michael for leave to marry Laurie; Michael tells Ruth who is not amused; Kirsty and Chris talk about Greg - a boy nearly died due to drugs from Mrs Doppler; Nick and Johnny lay a trap for dog; Michael meets traditional medicine practitioner; Greg and Kirsty meet; Greg offers her a wad of money which she questions and accuses him of dealing drugs; Laurie and Ruth talk over his marriage to Marj; Marj's family help out at nursery; Johnny celebrates the dog pound coming for dog; Nick phones the owners anonymously; Guy fretting over Carmen being away; Greg continues to seduce Joanna; Johnny hears neighbour's dog is back; Chris tells Greg he is going to the police about drugs.

ss011005 Greg warns Chris he will get in trouble if he goes to police; Michael tells Ruth about when his mother remarried; Nick agrees to see neighbour but really goes to see the girl; Michael upset about Hone taking payments for traditional medicine; Ruth congratulates Marj and offers to help organize wedding; Greg tells Joanna he has to leave because of police; Michael and Hone discuss Hone's clinic; Kirsty not very happy but Lionel is; Rebecca guesses about Joanna and Greg and says Joanna must tell Kirsty; Michael calls management meeting about Hone but nobody is sympathetic; Joanna baulks on telling Kirsty; Nick's neighbour claims some of their property; police call for Greg at 6am; Joanna tells Kirsty she and Greg love each other.

ss011008 Kirsty angry with Joanna; Guy fretting about Carmen being away; Nick and Johnny plan to stop neighbour reclaiming land; Stuart organizing Marj's wedding; Joanna tells Rebecca she told Kirsty she and Greg are in love; Ruth will not go to wedding because in catholic church; Otis overhears Rebecca and Sam but gets wrong idea; Michael has meeting to discuss dimishing earnings; Kirsty finds Chris knew about Joanna and Greg; Joanna finds out that Chris told the police; Rachel offers to help Marj do wedding shopping; bouquet arrives for Carmen with joke message; Guy reads and is ticked off; Carmen arrives back.

ss011009 Guy upset with Carmen; Michael peeved about the alternative clinic; Nick getting paranoid about guarding the hedge; Otis starts doing things at work he is not supposed to; Hone and Michael at loggerheads; Marj switches wedding from church; Ruth makes up; Kirsty snotty with Joanna; Joanna vaguely tells Ellen about her problem and says she wants to leave Shortland St; Guy won't believe Carmen's absence was not an affair; Minnie hangs pots and pans on hedge as an alarm; Carmen tells Chris her secret.

ss011010 Carmen admits she was a disco dancer and that she and Erik performed in Wellington; Kirsty still miserable; Joanna lets Otis do some of her chores; Carmen makes last ditch effort to reconcile with Guy; Marj and Laurie get married; Chris tells Carmen his secret; Lionel catches the bouquet; at Kennedys Carmen and Chris do disco number; Guy realises he was stupid; tests show a patient does not need KCl and Ellen goes to check; stops Otis who is doing Joanna's work.

ss011011 Otis gets chewed out by Ellen; Nick and Johnny battle neighbours; Kirsty tells Stuart about Greg; Carmen talks to Joanna about Greg; Ruth tells Michael she is leaving to run nursery; Lionel very happy; Kirsty not; new patient has mystery ailment; Michael tells Lionel not to sell at Hone's clinic; Stuart and Joanna have words about Greg and Kirsty; Kirsty finds drug stash under sink and gives it to Joanna; neighbours cut off power to Neilson house; Carmen and Ellen set up Rebecca and Sam with meal for two.

ss011012 Missed airing of episode. Pictures only.

ss011015 Greg returns but Joanna is uncertain whether to go with him; Rachel and Nick stop bulldozers; Lionel fretting over Ronnie's new client; Rebecca denying comments that she and Sam are an item; Carmen delegates too much work to Otis and gets reprimanded by Ellen for it; Joanna decides to quit; Sam avoiding Rebecca; drug audit to be done so Chris is in trouble; Joanna about to ditch Greg's drugs but Chris intercepts; Johnny sabotages bulldozer; Lionel thinks of extending cafe to divert Ronnie from new client by giving her more work; Joanna heads off with Greg.

ss011016 Chris complaining about lack of money; Ellen realises Joanna is gone; Nick gets interested in making wine; Sam and Rebecca at odds; Lionel tries to persuade Chris to extend cafe; Michael won't give Ellen temp nurse and tells her to get Otis to do more; Kirsty realises what a sleaze Greg was; Rebecca says she is moving in with Kirsty; Chris complains to Hone about money; Grace negotiates commission for IVF with Michael; Chris gives Lionel cheque to start alterations; Otis stuck with stomach bug outbreak patients; Johnny says neighbour tried to give him bill for bulldozer; Lionel takes Ronnie out for meal to celebrate end of work on houseboat; Lionel looks at the renovation bill and is horrified at the amount; everyone realises Sam and Rebecca were not an item and they have wrecked friendship; Johnny finds all tires on his car are flat.

ss011017 Lionel and Ronnie argue about the renovation bill; Kirsty tells Stuart skin cream is too harsh; Chris drumming up unnecessary ops; Minnie tries to placate the neighbours but gets corralled by the dog; Otis realises a patient is showing wrong symptoms for stomach bug; Carmen tells him to tell Chris, who says it will wait until tomorrow; Kirsty makes traditional-recipe face cream; Sam and Rebecca realise they both got the story wrong; patient takes bad turn; Chris paged but is drunk.

ss011018 Otis' diagnosis turns out correct; shooting continues at Nick's; suddenly police burst it; Donald returns with news of Annie and Meredith; Lionel still trying to proceed renovating cafe even though he is broke; staff commenting about Chris' unnecessary procedures; Ellen takes over work in IVF instead of Joanna; Chris poaching Hone's patients; turns out shooting at Nicks was Johnny's wine bottles bursting; Sam turns up to call at bar to find Chris there; Otis admits he is not a nurse because of criminal record.

ss011019 Stuart tells Kirsty company is interested in cosmetics face mask; Ellen tells Otis she has to tell Michael about criminal record and not being a nurse; Rebecca sees Chris with suspicious lunchbox; Michael not keen on keeping Otis but Ellen persuades him and he leaves it to her; Grace suspicious about Jodie; Chris confronts Lionel about no start on renovations; Grace discusses Jodie with Donald; Lionel goes out and buys things on hp to get credit rating but does not realise he has to pay for them to get rating; Stuart tells Kirsty the commission she wanted is too high; Kirsty goes down to 10%; Rebecca meets guy Chris saved and finds he thinks Chris was looking to score drugs; Rebecca talks to Kirsty about Chris and Kirsty realises Chris still has Greg's drugs; Jodie still seems too keen to get pregnant; Rebecca checks at bar to find Chris is a regular; Lionel has to admit to Ronnie he's out of cash; Ellen tells Otis she is going to help his application; Rebecca goes to find Chris and he is out of it.

ss011022 Kirsty finally agrees on deal and gets signing bonus; Alex complains about Insomnia club bill to Lionel; Chris tells Rebecca a load of rubbish about his drug problem; Grace tries to find out Jodie's secret; Rachel tells Nick how to get party at house; Hone arrives back and Rebecca lies about Chris; Hone finds he has done himself out of business with his holistic consultant; Donald chews out Grace about interrogating Jodie; Kirsty gives Lionel the money she owes him; Rachel is after credit card to get new dress for Tim arriving back; Chris demands his money back from Lionel; Nick tricks Johnny into agreeing to party by saying it's his 18th birthday; Lionel heads to bank; Nick won't let Minnie's friends come to party; Kirsty and Stuart watching tv and see Lionel on police video show.

ss011023 Lionel gets strange looks as people recognize him; Nick invites everyone to party; Rachel miffed Tim has to spend time with the rugby team; Grace finally finds out Jodie lost child when 13; Nick's party starts off slow but rugby team and Rachel show up; Kirsty tells Lionel the police are after him, which he poo poos; police turn up and Lionel agrees to go to the station; Johnny ticked off with Chris' attitude; party starts to get out of hand; Rachel annoyed with Tim for getting drunk; Lionel has not returned from police; Jenny returns home unannounced.

ss011024 Jenny ends the party; Tim is unconscious and is taken to Shortland St; Kirsty thinks Chris' problem stems from his argument with Steve and subsequent car accident; Rachel does not want to wait around for Tim; Guy wants election for social club president; Rachel goes to see Chris who won't let her look at his arms for needle marks; Nick in trouble with Jenny; Tim shows up to apologize to Jenny; Guy, Hone and Carmen stand for president; Lionel held overnight at police station; Kirsty talks to Chris about accident; Grace tells Donald that he missed info on Jodie; Lionel arrested; Rachel tells Tim it's her or rugby and he walks off; candidates for president give their speeches; Hone hands out cookies; Chris finally admits to Rebecca he cannot control drug problem.

ss011025 Election ends in tie but a message comes from Marj in Kenya(?), voting for Hone; Lionel brushes off his arrest to Stuart; Jenny back at Shortland St; Rachel cold towards Tim; Chris lies to Rebecca about getting help; Ronnie upset that she partly caused Lionel's troubles; Rebecca phones and finds Chris is not being counselled; Rebecca finds Chris at a bar and high; she tells Chris she will tell Michael McKenna in the morning; nobody but Otis shows for Hone's first social club meeting; Stuart moves into new office and takes Kirsty out to celebrate; Lionel confesses to police - he sold his (grand?) mother's brooch to get money but can't find the receipt; Chris gets paged for an operation but says he cannot do it.

ss011026 Ellen gets Hone to do Chris' operation; Lionel's sale of brooch can't be proved; Stuart and Kirsty pleased with progress of business; Lionel, sacked by Chris, helps out; Michael insists Lionel keeps the snack round going; Lionel finds Ronnie does not believe he did not do the robbery and they split up; Rebecca supports Chris as he heads for therapy; Jenny finds out about the dispute with neighbours; Rachel thinks Tim will give up rugby for her and she relents; Nick later tells her that the rugby season just finished and Tim will be with same crowd playing cricket; Rachel splits with Tim again; Lionel sees Donald's visitor Miss Chen is wearing his family brooch and he tries to grab it off her; Kirsty hears Stuart has meeting with the boss and gatecrashes to find its someone she knows; Darryl Neilson.

ss011029 Kirsty angry that Darryl is the boss and Stuart said nothing about him; Hone back in theatre to take over Chris' work; detective warns Lionel that harassing Miss Chen about brooch is not helping; Guy sees Chris at rehab clinic; Alex suggests to Michael to hire someone young to help in reception; Lionel goes to bank to confront teller, obviously a bad idea; Kirsty tells Stuart she's through with herbal company; Rachel upset with parents over something.

ss011030 Eve Chen cannot find egg donor; Sgt Gregg looking for Lionel; Nick and Rachel trying to see band; Nick asks his father to send tickets; Rachel's cousin Waverly Wilson coming to stay and to work for Michael in reception; Rebecca gets caught speeding in Chris' car.

ss011031 Kirsty finds Waverly annoying; Sam drums up team to train for touch rugby; Rachel keen to go to concert; Rebecca tells Chris of her speeding ticket and she will probably lose her job; Lionel, Guy and Stuart go to health club to find real robber; Kirsty sees Darryl about him stealing her recipes; he says he has applied for the patent.

ss011101 Kirsty argues with Darryl about royalties and says she will sue; touch rugby team wins first match; Lionel announces he has been cleared; Guy tells Carmen he has to go to family reunion in Scotland; Waverly copies Kirsty's clothes; Rebecca sympathises with Kirsty on over-enthusiastic Waverly; Darryl meets Donald about IVF clinic; Nick's dad fails to deliver concert tickets so Johnny couriers some; Stuart tells Darryl that he should give Kirsty 30% on the one deal but Darryl refuses, upsetting Stuart; rugby team heads for second match to find opponents have four All Blacks.

ss011102 Touch rugby team get thrashed but score two tries; Darryl bends a little on Kirsty's commission; Rebecca tells Chris she is taking job in Queenstown; Grace falls for Darryl; Johnny gets in fight with one of All Blacks; Ellen angry at him; Stuart tells Kirsty that Darryl is committed to production of face mask so she can get her percentage; Chris does not want Rebecca to leave so speaks to Hone; Carmen fed up with Guy's stories of his family; they argue and make up; Donald realises he has been boring and buys Grace a Thunderbirds set, an interest when she was younger; new nurse Rebecca is appointed; Jenny and Johnny fall for a kiss.

ss011105 Rebecca not keen on being back in nursing; Grace breaks with Donald; Alex won't allow Waverly to flat with Kirsty; things get very awkward between Johnny and Jenny; Hone still can't dig up support for social club meetings; Waverly won't take Kirsty's hint about not moving in with her; Chris leaves abuse clinic; Johnny and Minnie talk about moving out; Darryl tries to pick up with Grace now she has ditched Donald but she puts him off because it's too soon; Michael tells Alex the son of a colleague will be staying with them; Alex points out they don't have the room; Carmen getting annoyed with Rebecca's attitude about doing routine jobs; Hone warns Otis about making jokes; Donald tries to find out from Ellen why Grace is ditching him; Otis unwittingly jokes about ski accident victim being paralysed just after Hone told victim he may have spinal injury.

ss011106 Hone rebukes Otis' joke but then realises Matt is already paralyzed; Chris visits Grace and Donald turns up drunk; he thinks Chris is the "other man"; Chris invites Rebecca out for meal; Nick deliberately loses Johnny's house purchase when he answers the phone from prospective buyer; Waverly still copying Kirsty; Michael asks Kirsty if Waverly can stay with her; Alex tells Kirsty she does not want Waverly flatting; Nick tries to be matchmaker with Johnny and Jenny; Darryl blackmailing Donald to get extra (IVF) eggs for sale from Grace.

ss011107 Nick plays matchmaker; Waverly copies Kirsty; Darryl gloats to Donald; Rebecca takes IV drip test and fails; Hone finds Matt is losing sensation in arm; it seems that Otis or relative is known to a friend of Matt; Darryl continues to pursue Grace; Donald tells Miss Chen he may be passing her to new doctor; Chris returns to work; Kirsty blows up when Waverly comes in with same hair and earrings; Lionel consoles Waverly; Ellen tells Otis he will be taking exams next month; Lionel invites Kirsty to dinner but she arrives to find Waverly there as new resident.

ss011108 Kirsty still miffed with Waverly; Waverly tells Lionel she's gone off Kirsty; Lionel says she has to be herself; Jenny puts Johnny off; Donald tells Michael he's leaving; Rebecca tells Michael that Chris should not be working but he says Chris insisted on returning; Minnie off to gymkhana; flowers come for Grace from Darryl; Donald tells Darryl he is done; Darryl continues to blackmail; Darryl goes to Shortland St but finds Donald left for US; he tells Grace lies that Donald was inseminating eggs; Carmen leaves Chris to do morphine injection; Rachel annoyed there is another visitor coming; Nick plays back his tape of gymkhana but it accidentally shows Ellen and Johnny kissing.

ss011109 No storyline for this episode. Images were captured but episode not taped.

ss011112 Darryl threatens Kirsty and says she is fired; Carmen and Ellen commiserate; Hone tells Rebecca that Michael is not sympathetic about Chris; Rachel not thrilled with new guest, Edward Lee.

ss011113 Edward Lee comes top in economics test, ticking off Nick; Chris starts working in admin and is mad with Rebecca who has just been trying to help; Edward gets cold shoulder from Charlotte; Sam has booked Fatal MC and is putting together late ads; Waverly dating mysterious 30yr old; Minnie upset with Johnny and Jenny; Rachel short with Edward; Rebecca gives comfort to Mr Skerrett; when Alex comes to visit Waverly, Kirsty pretends to be her in bed; Tim tries to be nice to Edward since Charlotte and Rachel scorn him; Alex finds that her credit rating is being affected by Sam's Insomnia debts; Waverly's boyfriend turns out to be Darryl.

ss011114 Nick accuses Rachel of being racist but she insists she dislikes Edward only for his geekness; Kirsty tries to tell Waverly about Darryl but it falls on deaf ears; Minnie talks to Ellen about getting new accomodation; Rebecca brings in vcr to keep Mr Skerret entertained as he is a cricket fan; Alex tells Nick and Rachel they will get complimentary tickets to Fatal MC if they take Edward; Sam finds out Alex used Fatal MC advance to pay printer debts so fatal MC cancelled; Carmen dresses Ellen to go out as Ellen has no dress sense; Sam fakes being Fatal MC on stage; Ellen gets off with a guy at Insomnia; Waverly keeps Darryl a secret from Alex; Mr Skerrett dies; Johnny and Minnie show up to collect money from Ellen to find she spent the night with the guy she met.

ss011115 Darryl assures Stuart he has best of intentions with Waverly; Rebecca asks Grace about how to proceed with Mr Skerrett's last wishes; Grace suggests she talks to Chris; Minnie right off Ellen due to her affair; Edward gets the cold shoulder from all but Tim; Waverly tells Alex she has boyfriend but does not say who; Tim reams out Rachel and tells her that Edward was ganged up on at last school; Rebecca doesn't get much joy from Chris; Darryl tells Waverly a bunch of lies about Kirsty; Fatal MC turns up wanting money from Sam for using his name; Ellen tries to make up with Minnie; Carmen teases Chris that he is mad with Rebecca because she did not take his advances; Tim calls and goes out with Edward; Kirsty tells Waverly about Darryl but Waverly says it's all lies; Sam leaves work to be met by Fatal MC and his gang.

ss011116 No storyline for this episode. First airing preempted. Images were captured from late airing but episode not taped.

ss011119 Waverly wakes up to find Darryl's kids missing (she was babysitting them); Stuart calls police; Chris and Rebecca get back from distributing Mr Skerrets ashes; Chris propositions Rebecca who is mildly interested; police and the Neilsons show up at boat; Waverly so upset she is taken to Shortland St; Rachel annoyed with Nick over racism of new common room proposed by Charlotte; Nick thinks foreign students should not be allowed to take over things; Carmen teases Rebecca who does not rise to bait; Darryl apparently genuinely upset over his kids; Waverly has to admit to Alex who her boyfriend is; Rebecca tells Kirsty that she and Chris are into relationship; Tim and Rachel in cahoots over racism; Fatal MC tells Sam he's off to the UK so Sam can use his name; Edward lukewarm with Rachel; he thinks she is sticking up for asian students to get back at Charlotte; Michael arrives back from trip; Alex tears strip off Lionel and Kirsty for not looking out for Waverly; Kirsty sticks up for Lionel; Fatal MC comes into hospital with multiple broken bones; police tell the Neilsons the kids may be kidnapped; Rex O'Reilly tells Sam he would like him to DJ downtown but Rex was the reason Fatal MC ended up in Shortland St.

ss011120 Sam turns down Rex's offer; Chris trying to find out why Rebecca spurns him; Hone negotiates with Michael to return to staff; Kirsty visits upset Waverly and finds Darryl gave her a drink; Ellen reminds Otis about exams; Rachel and Tim preempt Charlotte's meeting on common room; Kirsty tries to find milk carton and theorises that Darryl took his own kids; Rachel confronts racist students after they spray Edward's car; Edward attacks them.

ss011121 Mr Ormerod breaks up fight; Rachel accuses him of being racist; new patient Craig knows Otis; Kirsty tells Stuart she suspects Darryl drugged Waverly and took kids; Stuart not amused; Chris pursues Rebecca; Hone and Grace trying to find new "toy" Michael has bought; Michael displeased with Edward but Rachel sticks up for him; Kirsty and Rebecca arrive home to find Otis cooked them supper and is taking some food in for Craig; Edward tells Rachel he is only studying economics for his parent's sake; Chris goes mountain biking with Rebecca; Alex gives bonus cheques to Lionel and Sam; Stuart takes call for Darryl and opens his briefcase to find teddy bear.

ss011122 Stuart suspects Darryl after finding bear; Darryl says it's for when kids are found; Chris has hard time with Rebecca; Michael gets Edward reinstated at school; Grace and Hone disappointed to find new "toy" is resuscitation dummy; Sam gets another visit and threat from Rex; Fatal MC indicates Rex was reason he fell; Michael asks Rachel to swot for bursary exams; Rachel needles Brock who has to pick up litter for graffiti affair; Stuart finds Darryl looked at rental property and decides to check it out; Alex promotes Insomnia but Sam wants to keep low profile; Craig crappy towards Otis, clearly some bad blood; Darryl tells Waverly he will be off to Oz; Rachel can't make Chris' limo drive; Kirsty tells Otis they offered Craig accomodation and Otis clearly not pleased.

ss011123 Stuart and Lionel find evidence the kids were at a building Darryl looked at; Chris whisks Rebecca into the elevator to find she is claustrophobic; Rebecca tells Carmen her sister had a bad time with Chris; Sam worried about Rex; Rex visits Alex who tells him to leave; Stuart suggests to Darryl he return the kids right away or else; Michael holds his CPR competition and the results are terrible; kids mysteriously turn up at police; Kirsty apologizes to Stuart for suspecting Darryl; they make up; Alex brushes off Sam's concerns about Rex; Craig getting overbearing; Diane agrees to joint custody with Darryl; Craig gives the bleeding heart routine to Otis who was going out; Stuart accuses Darryl of engineering the custody battle and he smiles; fire in the kitchen at Insomnia.

ss011126 Craig lays on the helpless act; at Kennedys some people trapped at locked exit; Lionel heads off to find way out but collapses; Darryl who is trying to find Stuart rescues Lionel and they get out; Darryl breaks lock on door and runs off to find Stuart; Lionel collapses and is found by Kirsty and Co; Alex says many fires started so it was arson; Kirsty and Rebecca have heart to heart; Darryl finds Stuart; Chris realizes Rebecca not interested due to the problem with her sister; Lionel proclaimed a hero but can't say it was not him due to breathing problems; Craig imposing more on Otis; Kirsty gets all mushy over Lionel, her hero; Rebecca tells Chris she discussed their relationship with her family.

ss011127 Lots of flowers for Lionel; nobody will let him tell about Darryl; Sam upset about fire; Tim fed up with Brock's antics; Craig playing the invalid with Kirsty; Chris and Rebecca start romance but Chris can't get it up; the press come for pics of Lionel; Craig reveals he is in wheelchair because Otis ran over him and he uses it to blackmail Otis.

ss011128 Waverly says she's off older men; Sam feeling pressure over the cause of fire; Darryl tells Lionel he is not worried about getting credit for rescue; Rachel slagging Tim; Chris tells Rebecca not to tell anyone he couldn't perform; Nick stands behind Tim when Rachel criticizes him; Waverly invites herself to go to Chile presentation with Tim; Rebecca tells Kirsty about Chris' performance; Sam talks to Rex who denies causing the fire; Lionel and Kirsty make up and profess love.

ss011129 Rachel finds out that Waverly is going to Chile event with Tim; Edward invites Rachel to go with him to jazz; Jenny gets card from Minnie and letter from Johnny; Lionel still can't perform; Carmen tells Sam that his bad press is part due to comments to press from Alex; Otis tells Sam that locks were put on fire exit to stop people getting in free; Sam realizes that Alex probably locked the exits not Rex; Jenny feeling lonely; Otis, depressed over Craig, tells Ellen he can't pursue nurse exams; it turns out Craig was a pedestrian Otis hit when drunk; Sam confronts Alex about locked exits.

ss011130 Alex breaks down to Michael and admits she locked the doors; Michael tells her not to say anything; Otis tells Craig he is quitting nursing to get Craig off his back; Tim tells Edward that Rachel needs someone; Nick tells Tim that Rachel is interested in him; both unknowingly leave flowers in Rachel's locker; Johnny and Minnie return; Jenny falls into Johnny's arms; Ellen talks to Craig about pressuring Otis.

ss011203 Jenny and Johnny become an item; Jenny takes day off sick; Hone turns over social club to Grace; Marj returns unexpectedly and fills in for the late-arriving Kirsty and day-off Jenny; Rachel finds flowers in locker and thinks both are from Tim; Hone off on emergency holiday for family affair; Marj reams out Grace for not raising $500 for the social club; Tim takes Rachel out; Waverly is miffed and tries to get Edward to go out but he is annoyed over flowers; Marj bursts in on Jenny and Johnny.

ss011204 Marj really put out by finding Jenny and Johnny; Nick thinks he is going to get economics prize; Emma vies for job helping Alex; Rachel picks at Charlotte over dux prize; Rachel discovers that Ramona is pregnant; Alex finds Sam is working at Rex's; Emma works out well at Kennedys; Rachel tells Charlotte about Ramona's pregnancy; Johnny tells Minnie that he and Jenny are an item; Tim wins all-round prize; Nick annoyed because Edward gets economics prize; Ramona does not get prize; Charlotte thanks Rachel for telling her about the pregnancy.

ss011205 Nick congratulates Edward for getting prize; Rachel gives support to Ramona for not getting dux prize; Minnie wants to stay with Johnny for time being which is no proble for Ellen; Minnie wants to get into acting; Nick miffed over prize; Rachel chews out Charlotte for making sure Ramona loses prize because of pregnancy; Waverly wants to go flatting and asks Alex; Lionel takes Kirsty fishing and the old engagement ring shows up in a fish.

ss011206 Rachel talks to Grace about discrimination for being pregnant; Kirsty shows ring to Waverly; Rachel beating drum for Ramona; Marj gossips to Jenny about Johnny's past but Jenny already knows; child Emma rushed in; Michael finds pea in throat; Rachel tries to start boycott of prizegiving; Edward goes to Mr Ormerod to disclaim economics prize so Nick gets it; Rachel thinks Edwards actions are sweet; Alex gets blackmail letter about fire exits.

ss011207 Lionel and Kirsty start thinking about a wedding date; Carmen missing Guy; Rachel tries to persuade Nick to boycott prizegiving; Emma tell Alex there was an anonymous phone call; Rachel and Charlotte have words about boycott; Rachel tries to find out what is bothering Alex; Marj still chasing Grace for social club ideas even though Grace suggested wine tasting and casino; Tim not overkeen on supporting boycott; Guy returns; Lionel and Kirsty do draw in reception for wedding date; Charlotte tells Rachel Tim is father of Ramona's baby.

ss011210 Rachel reams out Tim over getting Ramona pregnant; Carmen not amused about Guy and his kilt; with Marj back there are three staff in Reception; Stuart offers Kirsty a full-time job which she turns down; Alex quizzes Rachel about why she is moody; Kirsty mentions the job offer from Stuart and Waverly starts telling everybody Kirsty is leaving; Michael hears and gets Jenny to draw up Kirsty's final pay; Marj tells Johnny she does not think he is right for Jenny; Rachel sees department head about Ramona and is told to forget her protest; Michael gives Kirsty her pay and ignores her comments she is not leaving.

ss011211 Michael pays off Kirsty and ignores her protestations; Nick tells Marj she is imposing too much on Jenny; Carmen and Guy at odds; Kirsty leaves Shortland St; Emma suggests Alex is mentally unbalanced; Marj on Grace's case regarding social event; Marj apologises to Johnny; Rachel gives up fight for Ramona, who wants things to die down; Marj and Laurie show Jenny and Johnny their boring slides; Grace tries to drum up support for Quiz Night; Kirsty joins Stuart full-time; Alex gets demand for $10k from blackmailer; Marj and Laurie tell Jenny they are moving in next door.

ss011212 Rachel tells Grace she has given up her boycott; Grace gives her ideas about unwanted pregnancies; Johnny and Jenny try to laugh off Marj; Alex goes to Michael for blackmail money but he checks her story; arguments start over teams for quiz; Rachel asks Nick for help in some project; Alex tells Michael about blackmail; Kirsty does not like selling all day; Lionel says she should fight for her job but she does not care; Marj starts planning opening up adjoining gardens but Laurie warns her to give Jenny space; Alex finds Michael has called in psychiatrist.

ss011213 More arguments about quiz teams; Alex blows her top and hits the doctor; Tim goes to see Rachel to say he agrees with her and appreciates her effort for Ramona; Lionel talks to Michael about Kirsty but he thinks he did right by Kirsty; Emma keeps feeding stories to Michael about Alex; Marj ticked off but Jenny cools things off; Alex kept in hospital and is getting more frustrated; at prizegiving Rachel puts leaflets about teen pregnancy with condom in programs; at speeches, Tims denounces Dux award and gives back his own prize.

ss011214 Sam getting big headed with his dj popularity; Emma sucking up to Michael and running Kennedys in Alex abscence; Rachel tells Tim she was surprised he had the balls to do his speech; Kirsty talks to Michael and mixup revealed; Jenny comments to Michael about Emma's sudden rise and that Kirsty should be reinstated; Ramona thanks Tim for speech; Charlotte and Rachel exchange over speech; Rachel tells Nick she needs someone to talk to and he puts his hand on hers; Alex really ticked off with Michael and suggests not only did Emma rig fire and blackmail but she's also sleeping with Michael; Carmen chews out Sam over his attitude change; Waverly, who was fired, tells Kirsty she is now office manager at Herbal Planet; Emma tries to seduce Michael.

ss011217 Emma eases off and just wants to be a good friend to Michael; Carmen questions Guy about not meeting his mother; Ellen talks to Sam about his intentions with Rex and what has actually happened; Rachel concerned about her mother; Waverly trying to push new ideas at Herbal Planet; Kirsty's mother shows up; Kirsty does not introduce Lionel as fiancée; Carmen ticked off with snooty patients; Michael spends evening in the bar with Emma and he arrives home drunk; Emma slyly comforts Rachel; things getting serious over quiz; Guy starts bets; Lionel gets stuck with researching questions on all sorts of subjects; Guy tells Chris that Carmen is working when they were going for dinner with his mother; Lionel confronts Kirsty about her mother; Kirsty says she's waiting for the right moment; Carmen hears from Chris that Guy told him she could not make it because she was working; she was not.

ss011218 Rachel chews out Michael for being drunk; Waverly gets suggestive with Stuart; Alex tries to con Michael to get out of hospital; Guy apologizes to Carmen but she has a plan; Waverly trying to get advice on having sex; Carmen and Rebecca going to meet Lady Warner; Alex warns Rachel to keep Emma away from Michael; Warners have get-together and Carmen turns up as a floozy; Emma turns up at hospital to harrass Alex; breaks up the place and pretends it's Alex.

ss011219 Carmen plays up the floozy and embarasses Guy; Edward helps Rachel swot for exams; Kirsty tells her mother that she and Lionel engaged; Lady Warner comments to Chris about Rebecca being a pacific islander; Alex escapes from hospital; Waverly finds Nick is interested in her; Waverly trying to get laid; Alex returns home to pack and tells Rachel she has to go and sort things out; Kirsty's mother says she can't marry Lionel.

ss011220 Kirsty's mother thinks she is too young to marry; Emma trying to get in tighter with Michael; Carmen tells Guy she was compensating for having a dork as a boyfriend; Lionel senses Kirsty's mother does not feel for him; Otis out of hospital; he passes exam but still has tribunal; Nick takes Waverly out for meal prior to the quiz; the quiz starts; Rex phones Emma and it turns out she has his child, Rachel overhears; Lionel mixes up all the questions to make quiz fair; Administration win quiz; Guy pays off the bets on the quiz; Sam gets called out to nightclub for fallen guy Tefa, girlfriend Jess; Nick finds Waverly wants sex and he thought he was just helping with spreadsheet.

ss011221 Jenny and Johnny return to find Nick heading to bed with two glasses of water; Kirsty giving Lionel a hard time because of her mother; Waverly heads off giving Nick a handshake; kids are chuffed they are rescued by Sam, Fatal MC; Nick tired out and has exam; Sam talks to Michael about Alex; Emma shows up so Sam clams up; quiz prize is awarded and turns out to be an aquarium; Rachel quizzes Emma about the fire; Lady Warner visits Carmen to tell her she thinks she is OK; Nick tells Rachel about Waverly and Rachel says they make a nice couple; Michael takes Emma home but the phone rings for him to go to the clinic; Guy bumps into Carmen's father Vic Roberts.

ss011224 Rachel confronts Michael about Emma's involvement in the fire and blackmail; Rebecca puts Waverly right on how to make friends; Lionel sorts out Kirsty's mother; Waverly shows up at Nick's; Sam gets a great offer from Rex; Alex at home to pick up few things; she tells Rachel she can't trust Michael any more; Minnie goes in to wake up Nick, finds him and Waverly and is miffed; Vic Roberts repentent about how he brought up his kids; Marj donates the prize fish tank to the hospital and dedicates it to Steve Mills; Sam displeased because of the car accident; Minnie tells Johnny and Jenny that Nick is sleeping with Waverly; Michael fires Emma and she threatens to go to police.

ss011225 Nick pooped; Jenny talks to Nick about having Waverly staying over; Vic feeling sick in cafe, Carmen ignores him; Carmen gives Guy a hard time over father; Johnny suggests he uses Waverly's flat for extra-curricular activities; Vic falls sick at Lionel's; Alex not willing to help Michael; Waverly fobs off relationship with Nick; Sam keeping mum about Rex Riley, Emma and fire; Chris and Grace come across burglar Manny; burglar hits Chris and escapes.

ss011226 Waverly still after Stuart, not Nick; Marj wants teetotal Christmas party; Michael admits to Rachel about Emma; Rachel realises Sam did not tell Michael the whole story about Rex; burglar turns out to be Hone's nephew; Rachel talks to Sam to get answers about fire; Waverly tries to give Nick the push but he's not listening; Margot Warner does not want Rebecca at their Christmas; Vic feels ill at cafe and admitted to hospital; Ellen and Carmen taking Sam for ride over opportunity in USA; Kirsty's mother gives her the air fare round the world to delay marrying Lionel.

ss011227 Sam tells Rachel about Emma's child; Michael stalls Emma on money; Manny miffed Hone can't immediately get him a job; Margot meets Vic in hospital; Sam tells Emma that Rex does not want her to pursue blackmail; Sam suggests Emma will have accident; Margot says to Carmen her father needs support; Emma comes at night to get cash box but Alex is waiting; Emma says she will leave town; Kirsty thinking about using air ticket; Waverly finally gives Nick the message.

ss011228 No storyline for this episode. Images were captured but episode not taped.

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