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The Flying Doctors : Season 2
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Air date: 07 Jul '87 - 38 episodesThe Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming...
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List of Episodes (38)
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1. Good Day For It
07 Jul '87Sam and Kate are worrying for a woman named Sal Cleary, she acts a bit odd. They check it out and it turns out her daughter Julie is pregnant. She isn't married but still wants to keep the baby. The family wanted to pretend the baby was Sal's, so both she and Julie has to stay out of sight until the baby is born. At the birth there are some complications but everything goes well eventually and Geoff, Kate and Sam lets everybody think it was Sal's child. There is a political election between Geor
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2. Horses For Courses
14 Jul '87A man called Jim has a car-accident and goes to hospital. His wife, Carol, is acting a bit strange about it. Chris finds out she's dyslectic, but she refuses to admit it. Later her son drinks some medicine, she can't read the bottle and that way everybody finds out she can't read and write over the radio. Sam buys a horse from Carol, who is an extremely good rider, and Sam and Kate are practicing togehter for the big rodeo. Carol doesn't want to ride in the rodeo, she feels embarresed, but she t
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3. The Unluckiest Boy in Town
21 Jul '87A woman named Barbara Freeman finds out she's got a braindisease. It's hereditary, but her husband Robert won't tell their son Michael, he doesn't want him to worry. But Michael hears it anyway, and steals Baxter's airplane. The plane is grounded, and finally Jack manages to talk him down. DJ wants to start a disco to get the youngsters calm, they've caused lots of trouble. Jack lets him build a gym. Jack's boss Kevin has heard complaints about the youngsters and shows up. He decides to transfer
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4. It Isn't Cricket
28 Jul '87A rich man calls Nigel turns up in town. Due to an accident he ends up in hospital. He has got one glass eye, and a melanoma in the other one. He refuses an operation since that would make him completely blind and doesn't care what the others say. Finally Kate and a blind lady convinces him to have the operation. There's a cricket game between the Crossing and Windoona and Nigel manages to get a top national player to play for Coopers Crossing. Sam plays for Windoona, and finally it's him versus
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5. An Only Child
04 Aug '87Jan, Phil and Zoe Buchanon are come to the Crossing to write some articles and takes some photos for a couple of articles. Both Jan and Phil falls down a cliff, which leaves little Zoe all alone. She moves in with Chris. Sam can't stay at the pub, the RFDS can't afford paying the bill anymore, they can only pay 60 dollars a week. Sam moves in with Violet, but then it turns out Vic and Nancy would have let Sam stay at the pub for those 60 dollars. This causes a huge fight between Violet and Nancy
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6. A Love Story
11 Aug '87A couple gets married. Zoe stays in Chris house. Geoff falls into the water when he's talking to Kate.
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7. Keeping Up Appearances
18 Aug '87A couple get strickened by a employed, Chris is trying to help the woman (Chris thinks it's the husband who hits his wife) Chris and Zoe is fighting- but makes friends again.
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8. All Things Bright and Beautiful
25 Aug '87Two fellows from town are shooting kangaros. Kate finds a hurted ""Kangaroobaby"" and takes care of it. The guys even shoot ""Father Jacko""- but he makes it. Chris try to get Zoe to meet her real father.
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9. My Name is Sky
01 Sep '87A gang of ""Hippies"" comes to town. zoe talks to her father and Chris got a patient which she hates- he dies. Geoff goes to Sidney but miss the Outback.
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10. Bachelors & Spinsters
08 Sep '87It's a single night in Coopers Crossing. Zoe likes a boy who's name is Glen, but he likes Chris. Violet becomes an old grandmother
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11. Fifty-two Hours Straight
15 Sep '87Sam breaks two of his ribs when ""the Cochrane brother's"" car explows. Sam, Emma and Geoff are stuck in the nomad out in the outback.
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12. A Friend of a Friend
22 Sep '87A ""madman"" comes to town. Emma and Sam visits Sams parents. Emma and Sam gets together- and break up again.
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13. Friends and Lovers
29 Sep '87Chris and Zoe goes to town to meet Zoe's dad. The guys in town is fishing eel. Sam and Emma is figthing.
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14. Realms of Gold
06 Oct '87Reg Hodges has finally found a piece of gold
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15. The Hometown Hero
13 Oct '87A novice pilot takes control of a plane when his instructor brother falls ill.
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16. A Distant Echo
20 Oct '87Violet wants to die when she finds out that her grandfathers father killed a lots of aborigines. Kate and Geoff ignore each other.
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17. No Laughing Matter
27 Oct '87The Cochrane brothers are in town. Theire mother almost dies and her son's catch her money and gold....... Zoe moves with her father to Sidney. At first Chris don't seems to care to much, but when she gets home again she finds a botle of jam and a wrapped and framed picture of Chris and Zoe. And Chris starts to cry...
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18. No Quarter Asked
03 Nov '87Kate's friend Jessie gets back after been away for five years. Emma and Sam decides that they shall get married.
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19. Myths & Legends
10 Nov '87Chris takes flying lessons to get something else than her lonleyness to think about. Old Hughi is back and makes everyone favours but then he dies.
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20. The Hitch-hiker
17 Nov '87Violet leaves for a vacation. Sam and Emma make plans for their marrige- Violet too. Chris father comes to visit her. Someone hurts her eye- geoff takes care of her.
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21. Give a Dog a Bad Name
24 Nov '87A carnival comes to Coopers Crossing and people get killed. The murderer seems to be a boy from the carnival. Chris father starts to be in the way for Chris and the others.
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22. Everyday a Gift
11 Feb '88Chris father (William)'s girlfriend arrives to Coopers Crossing. George Baxter wants to buy a farm- but his bid is to small. Finally he bides more and can buy the farm.
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23. Bearing Gifts
18 Feb '88An old lady sells/gives away hen's with ""sarmonella"". She gave one to Chris- but she couldn't kill it so she had it as a domestic animal (good for her). DJ and his friends from Greece opens a resturang. Violet was on Bali and Emma in Sindney, it's a big party when they come home.
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24. Repeat Performance
25 Feb '88Sam and Emma gets married. Chris misses the whole wedding when she's stuck on a farm in the outback with a sick child and the mother. They has to go 2,5 miles in a terrible wheather. But the girl survives and Chris breaks down after it. Geoff comforts her.
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25. The Noble Art
03 Mar '88A boxing troupe arrive and one of them is ex-champion Johnny Lawrence who is after Kate. Geoff is jealousy but keeps his distance. Johnny suffers a heart problem and has to give up boxing, so asks Kate to leave with him. Kate refuses stating its because of her love for Coopers Crossing, but Johnny tells her she loves Geoff.
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