A Country Practice Season 9 Episodes
Season 9 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - 1. Sanctuary - Part 1A Chilean refugee tries to make a new life for himself in Wandin Valley, but the ghosts of his past come back to haunt him. Alex unravels the mystery behind a boy's uncontrollable behaviour.
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Episode 2 - 2. Sanctuary - Part 2Matthew tries to trick Cathy into letting him stay at her new flat. A woman in need of surgery is brought to the hospital but her frightened boyfriend is refusing to let Terence operate.
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Episode 3 - 3. Message In A Bottle - Part 1A mysterious stranger arrives in town and confuses everyone with his various stories. Parental pressure turns a teenager to drink.
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Episode 4 - 4. Message In A Bottle - Part 2Frank comes up against a wall of silence when he tries to combat the town's teen drinking problem.
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Episode 5 - 5. Endangered Species - Part 1Alex tries to help a woman who lives in fear of her husband's violent temper. An old friend of Esme's is back in town and Cookie isn't impressed.
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Episode 6 - 6. Endangered Species - Part 2Cathy enlists the town's support to fight Councillor Muldoon. Domestic violence tears a family apart.
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Episode 7 - 7. Play It Again - Part 1Matron Sloan wins the lottery and everyone has suggestions about how she should spend the money. Jo and Michael go to Bribie Island to visit his family.
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Episode 8 - 8. Play It Again - Part 2Matt goes into a coma and Cathy keeps an all-night vigil at his bedside. Jo receives a letter from her mother.
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Episode 9 - 9. Mothers And Daughters - Part 1Alex starts having contractions and is convinced she is going to lose the baby. Jo goes to Sydney to try to find her mother.
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Episode 10 - 10. Mothers And Daughters - Part 2Jo is devastated by her mother's refusal to acknowledge her. Alex makes a decision about her future.
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Episode 11 - 11. Fool's Gold - Part 1Alex warns a young athlete about the dangers of taking steroids. Shirley is having trouble accepting Jo and Michael's plans.
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Episode 12 - 12. Fool's Gold - Part 2A girl's father issues an ultimatum. Jo has some serious thinking to do about her future with Michael.
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Episode 13 - 13. On The Threshold - Part 1Preparations are well under way for Michael and Jo's wedding but things don't go quite so smoothly at the buck's night.
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Episode 14 - 14. On The Threshold - Part 2Jo has a bad case of pre-wedding jitters, Frank has to cope with an escaped herd of goats, and Michael spends his wedding day at the hospital.
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Episode 15 - 15. Last Of The Wine - Part 1Shirley and Frank try to adjust to life without Jo. Alex is wondering about her purpose in life and is rapidly losing patience with her patients.
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Episode 16 - 16. Last Of The Wine - Part 2Frank asks Terence for help in dealing with Shirley's problem. Alex comes to a decision about her future when Steve Murray returns to town.
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Episode 17 - 17. Snake In The Grass - Part 1A new nurse tries Matron Sloan's patience but winds up charming Bob. A customs officer arrives in town to investigate a smuggling ring and she and Matt don't exactly hit it off.
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Episode 18 - 18. Snake In The Grass - Part 2Sloan and Terence are furious when the new locum goes off to the racetrack instead of looking after a patient. Lucy brings home an unusual acquisition.
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Episode 19 - 19. Burnout - Part 1The new locum is giving Shirley a hard time and has Esme close to tears, but her effect on Terence is just the opposite. Matt tries to impress Lucy with his masculine charm.
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Episode 20 - 20. Burnout - Part 2Quick action is required to save Bob when he is caught snoozing in a burning barn. Frank wants to get Matt out of his house and is trying desperately to offload him on anyone who'll take him.
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Episode 21 - 21. Pick Of The Crop - Part 1Another locum doctor arrives and Terence is hoping that this one will be better than the last two. He soon has his reasons to doubt it. Cathy tells Matt the Lucy finds him rather interesting.
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Episode 22 - 22. Pick Of The Crop - Part 2Matron tries to drum some discipline into the new doctor. A farmer's wife ends up with severe poisoning from a lethal mix of pesticides.
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Episode 23 - 23. Nobody's Fool - Part 1Everyone is waiting for a glimpse of the girl Cris describes as his "beautiful Jessie". Cathy tries her hand at writing a romance novel and is concerned when Matt takes the story literally.
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Episode 24 - 24. Nobody's Fool - Part 2Maggie contemplates giving up work to look after a girl rather than see her institutionalised. Frank is a runaway success when he takes over as the club's chef for a day.
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Episode 25 - 25. Playing With Fire - Part 1Matron Sloan is worried about the hospital's future and takes her anger out on Lucy. Cathy sweet-talks Matt into helping her catch a runaway horse.
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Episode 26 - 26. Playing With Fire - Part 2Cris and Terence battle to save Maggie's life after she suffers a heart attack. Lucy feels guilty and blames herself for Maggie's illness. Cathy makes an offer to buy Pippa from her owner.
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Episode 27 - 27. Baby Makes Three - Part 1Matron Arrowsmith arrives at the hospital and Maggie is convinced her old enemy is up to no good. A childless couple pin all their hopes on the in-vitrao fertilisation programme.
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Episode 28 - 28. Baby Makes Three - Part 2Maggie uncovers the reason behind Hilda's apparent friendliness. Matt throws a cat among the pigeons when he tells Cathy and Lucy that Cris is leaving the valley.
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Episode 29 - 29. Ticket To Ride - Part 1Frank tries to track down a runaway girl who is in town with the carnival. The cake tins are greased and the wooden spoons poised as preparations get underway for the annual sponge cake competition.
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Episode 30 - 30. Ticket To Ride - Part 2Cathy decides to enter the sponge cake competition when she learns that Cris is the judge. Frank and Shirley try to help a runaway girl sort out her life.
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Episode 31 - 31. Taking A Chance - Part 1Cathy and Lucy are waiting for a certain doctor to ask them to the B&S ball. Terence and Cris have a difference of opinion over a father's refusal to innoculate his children.
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Episode 32 - 32. Taking A Chance - Part 2Cathy swallows her pride and asks Matt to take her to the B&S ball, but he already has a partner. Tetanus almost kills a young girl.
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Episode 33 - 33. She Loves Me Not - Part 1A compulsive obsessive causes disruption when he is admitted to the hospital with a serious throat blockage. Meanwhile, a patient of Lucy's takes her kindness and blows it out of all proportion.
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Episode 34 - 34. She Loves Me Not - Part 2Lucy's life is endangered when she is abducted by a jealous patient. Bob and Cookie continue their search for wealth, and are shocked at their discovery.
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Episode 35 - 35. Young Hearts - Part 1Shirley, fired with new enthusiasm after returning from a seminar, starts up an Over 50 Club. Cris becomes involved with two elderly sisters living in the past.
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Episode 36 - 36. Young Hearts - Part 2Esme helps Matt out in his surgery with some apparently miraculous as well as confusing results. Cris learns some lessons regarding care of the elderly.
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Episode 37 - 37. Illusions - Part 1The effect of chain-letter voodoo has various results, with Matt racing to the rescue of little Kylie Donnelly's pet. Matt becomes a successful radio star in his segment "Pet Vet".
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Episode 38 - 38. Illusions - Part 2Cris learns his friend Sandy is a pethidine addict and helps his friend face the problem. Terence returns from visiting Alex, but it seems the trip was disappointing.
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Episode 39 - 39. The Food Of Love - Part 1Famine strikes Wandin Valley. Amy-Lee, a love torn singer, flees her well to do fiance- Tom Cameron. She has a dark secret, that keeps her from the man she loves.
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Episode 40 - 40. The Food Of Love - Part 2Amy-Lee fights to keep her illiteracy secret. Chris Kouros is given a very attractive offer and Frank is on the look out for an unusual escapee.
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Episode 41 - 41. Handle With Care - Part 1Cathy has an unexpected house guest, her sister-in-law Michelle. The circumstances of her visit are not what they first appear to be. Cathy gives Jessie her first riding lessons with unexpected help.
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Episode 42 - 42. Handle With Care - Part 2Cookie's new business venture revs into full swing with dire results. Michelle takes Jessie for a picnic on the river bank believing she is her own daughter Megan - Jessie thinks it is all a game.
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Episode 43 - 43. Fly Away Home - Part 1Matt loses all his worldly goods when a fire breaks out in his caravan.
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Episode 44 - 44. Fly Away Home - Part 2The Wandin Valley Bush Brigade tries to raise money and Matt announces that he is leaving town.
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Episode 45 - 45. Give Me Shelter - Part 1Matt has begun to pack his gear, ready for the big move and has put his practice up for sale.
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Episode 46 - 46. Give Me Shelter - Part 2Luke discovers the truck he has hot wired for his get away is loaded with stolen alcohol.
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Episode 47 - 47. Fellow Travellers - Part 1Luke takes a runaway street kid under his wing. She is on a search for her natural parents and is convinced they are in the valley.
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Episode 48 - 48. Fellow Travellers - Part 2Luke helps Kim in her quest to find her real parents. Skeeter's attitude towards Eileen has changed.
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Episode 49 - 49. Apparitions - Part 1The hospital staff over-react when a cricket star with AIDS visits the Valley.
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Episode 50 - 50. Apparitions - Part 2The Stewart family is in a state of shock at their new found knowledge. Matron Sloan explains the facts about the AIDS virus to the hospital staff.
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Episode 51 - 51. Love Is Blind - Part 1Lucy has a surprise visit from an ex-love. Terence is asked out on a date.
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Episode 52 - 52. Love Is Blind - Part 2After a date with Warick, Lucy is on cloud 9. She organises a special dinner party as she has an announcement to make.
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Episode 53 - 53. Birthright - Part 1Chicken pox hits the valley, while Matt enlists Cathy's help to perform a caesarean.
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Episode 54 - 54. Birthright - Part 2Terence realises that the only way he can be with Alex is on her terms.
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Episode 55 - 55. A Delicate Balance - Part 1Petrol sniffing victims are rushed to the outback clinic at Marlu Ngurra.
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Episode 56 - 56. A Delicate Balance - Part 2Luke and Kylie are involved in a car accident. Terence returns to the Valley alone.
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Episode 57 - 57. Defence Of The Realm - Part 1Pollution and the environment become an issue in Wandin Valley following Lucy's visit to the local tip.
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Episode 58 - 58. Defence Of The Realm - Part 2A potential scandal surrounds the discovery of contaminated hospital waste at the Wandin Valley tip. Cris and his sister Staphanie face an angry Pro-life mob.
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Episode 59 - 59. Just One Look - Part 1Lucy has her first contact with Councillor Muldoon over the state of Wandin Valley's tip. She unearths some interesting information with the help of eccentric Vincent D. Smith.
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Episode 60 - 60. Just One Look - Part 2With the help of Phil Greening a neurologist from Burrigan, Terence and Marianna try to revive Jill Ryan from a coma. Luke is offered a job in Matt's surgery.
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Episode 61 - 61. Can't Buy Me Love - Part 1Adam Campbell returns to the Valley, but is reluctant to go home to his father. Luke and Jessie play a profitable practical joke on Frank. Danny Lalor steals drugs from Matt Tyler's surgery.
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Episode 62 - 62. Can't Buy Me Love - Part 2Ted Campbell believes he can buy his son's health while Clarrie Rossiter has his own methods of treating his heart. Frank and Shirley are concerned about Jessie - Cris has left her alone again.
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Episode 63 - 63. Pride And Joy - Part 1Cris is accused of maltreating Jessie and is investigated by Maureen Hutchins from FACS ( Family & Community Service). Teenager Leanne Baxter is convinced her mother is a junkie.
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Episode 64 - 64. Pride And Joy - Part 2Jessie is badly bruised and her teacher, Liz Spicer, believes Cris is abusing the child. John and Rosemary Barnes fear that FACS has come to take their baby away.
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Episode 65 - 65. Race Day - Part 1The arrival of Dr Supatra, a new locum in Wandin Valley causes resentment among some iresidents. It also has an effect on Lucy who finds her life threatened by Dennis Taylor, a disturbed alcoholic.
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Episode 66 - 66. Race Day - Part 2The new locum's secret is revealed with the arrival of David Mawby, a new nurse. Matron Sloan finds a surprise jockey to race her horse. Cris finally finds the perfect babysitter.
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Episode 67 - 67. Hook, Line And Sinker - Part 1Dr Supatra, the Thai locum, endangers a patient's life and Cris and David Mawbey try to convince her to seek treatment for an ailment that threatens her career.
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Episode 68 - 68. Hook, Line And Sinker - Part 2Radio producer Clover Owen-Jones is delighted that the Valley Vet is becoming a sex symbol, but Lucy is not so sure. Hector Harper presents Bob and Cookie with an idea for easy money.
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Episode 69 - 69. Bel Canto - Part 1Victoria Flemming, a famous opera singer and her 'maestro' Francesco Giannini are befriended by Frank and Shirley. A hard-nosed businessman and his secretary have heart problems.
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Episode 70 - 70. Bel Canto - Part 2Frank and Shirley's matchmaking pays off and Wandin Valley Hospital celebrates a wedding. Lucy has big financial problems. With a bit of help, Luke's precious car becomes a vet-mobile.
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Episode 71 - 71. Natural Selection - Part 1Carl Bailey, Cathy's mystery man, arrives from Kakadu. Clem Pollard presents Dr Elliott with an intriguing case when he appears in the Valley to save trees. Shirley organises a baby photo contest.
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Episode 72 - 72. Natural Selection - Part 2Carl Bailey challenges Matt to a survival contest in the bush which leads to disaster for Cathy. Bob Hatfield wins against Tiger Kelly, but loses out to Matron Sloan.
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Episode 73 - 73. Playing It Safe - Part 1Acting Matron Sue Daley faces a staff shortage.
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Episode 74 - 74. Playing It Safe - Part 2Dave and Jenny Cooper face the past when their son is injured in Jessie's new tree house.
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Episode 75 - 75. Call To Arms - Part 1A hardened New York journalist comes to the Valley in search of a conservation protest story.
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Episode 76 - 76. Call To Arms - Part 2Chris gives Karen Breslin some surprising news. Lucy and Matt discover an old diary that reveals some local history.
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Episode 77 - 77. Future Shock - Part 1Frank and Shirley stand on opposite sides as Wandin Valley residents fight to stop the proposed dam development.
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Episode 78 - 78. Future Shock - Part 2A stockmarket crash and a baby koala have an profound effect, while Bob and Cookie go missing.
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Episode 79 - 79. For Pity's Sake - Part 1Matt's cousin Kenny, comes to stay at Boolaroo and reveals a suprising medical knowledge.
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Episode 80 - 80. For Pity's Sake - Part 2Kenny's mysterious illness gets worse and Terence and Chris are forced to operate.
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Episode 81 - 81. Flashback - Part 1Little Hedley Johnson faces a delicate operation with the help of a mysterious friend.
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Episode 82 - 82. Flashback - Part 2Lucy's mother and Cookie have a plan to cheer up Lucy after her operation.
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Episode 83 - 83. Stand By Me - Part 1Luke and Shirley plan a car rally to raise money for the Xavier Refuge.
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Episode 84 - 84. Stand By Me - Part 2The car rally really brings out the best - and the worst - in Wandin Valley residents.
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