Turbulence

what happens

Tess and Stevie continue to clash this week, and all the competitive ill-fellings come to the surface when a private investigator turns up at Drover's Run. Tess accepts Stevie's explanations at first (something about witnessing a rodeo accident up north), but gets suspicious again when Stevie is caught packing her bags. Still refusing to reveal the truth, she offers her resignation and Tess accepts with more than a little relief. As Stevie loads up her car, Jodi, Meg and Tess discover little Charlotte has been bitten by a redback spider. Fearing for Charlotte's life, Tess accepts a ride from Stevie to the hospital, but it turns out to be far from a straightforward trip. With the private investigator in hot pursuit, things get worse when Charlotte has a heat-induced fit. It looks like they are not going to make it to the hospital in time so Stevie steals a plane to speed the trip up. Charlotte's young life is in the balance and Tess is terrified that she is going to lose the one link sh

who made it

directed

Karl Zwicky

written

Sarah Smith

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

• Simmone Mackinnon as Stevie Hall
• John Jarratt as Terry Dodge
• Marshall Napier as Harry Ryan
• Inge Hornstra as Sandra Kinsella
• Patrick Frost as Neil Thompson
• SSarah Hart as Charlotte McLeod
• AAlisha Hart as Charlotte McLeod
• SSteve Bowers as Martin Ginley