All Saints

- Season 7

(2004)

It's the first day back at work for the shell-shocked staff of Ward 17 who are still trying to come to terms with the horrific shooting. With many of her colleagues unable to return to the scene of the carnage, Head Nurse Terri is seriously short staffed. The situation becomes dire when the hospital's new CEO, Julia Archer, warns Terri that the struggling ward is under observation as it faces permanent closure. Although undergoing counselling, Charlotte refuses to dwell on the rampage and insists on going about her daily routine. When she cares for a seriously ill ...

Terri begins the fight to save Ward 17. Regina plays cupid, arranging a blind date for Terri with her cousin, and spends the whole day making sure Terri can't back out of her date. Charlotte's nose is out of joint when a new young resident beats her to a diagnosis. Sterling finds himself taking sides when he finds himself caring for a man caught up in a custody dispute. Terri's patience is tested by a patient suffering from demensia.

A Bucks' night prank goes horribly wrong for the groom and Sterlo - his best man. Paula agrees to Michael having informal access to their son, Max. But Michael begins to subtly use the situation to turn the screws on Luke and Paula's relationship, whilst endearing himself to Max. While everyone thinks new agency nurse Sophia is Charlotte's estranged lover, their real relationship is much closer. When a medical emergency throws everyone together, their personal and working relationships are put to the ultimate test.

Opinions are split over the medical treatment of a paedophile who is admitted to the ward after he is attacked by his neighbours. Terri is hesitant to let Sterling back onto the ward but relents given Nelson's assurances he is ready to return to work. Sophia and Charlotte find a family dispute reflects their own situation. Max goes to dangerous lengths to see his father.

Luke and Paula face their final decision as Michael makes a play for the family he wants. Sophia's lonely heart and her feelings for Vincent are revealed when she bonds with a patient who has an appointment to marry a man she met in an internet chatroom. Terri is stunned to learn that Julia Archer is now trying to divide and conquer by having Nelson transferred to the Emergency Department. Despite Julia's efforts to undermine her in front of the hospital board, Terri is reminded she still has allies.

Nelson finds himself in emotionally difficult territory when a child, on her bike, shoots out in front of his car and ends up in ICU. Jack deals with a patient who wants a reversal of a tubal ligation - without her husband's knowledge. Things reach boiling point for Nelson, when Terri turns up on his doorstep, urging him to open up to her - but he takes things too far and immediately regrets his actions.

Scott and Alex get to an accident scene and are shocked to find Ward 17 old Ward Clerk Matt and very pregnant partner Kristen are among the injured.

Sophia nurses a menacing criminal who is admitted to the ward after cutting off his own hand in an effort to extent his bail period believing he has a fatal illness. Nelson helps a young man confront his overprotective mother while attempting to confront his own drinking problem. Charlotte and Von uncover a young woman's secret and help her reunite with her family. Terri confronts Nelson with her suspicion that he has been drinking again, but it's Von who makes him face his demons.

Terri is forced to face her mortality when she is diagnosed with a rare tumour in her heart. A man with an STD deceives his fiancée regarding his condition. Charlotte, prompted by Sophia, takes matters into her own hands, clashing once more with Dr. Alison Newell, this time with unexpected consequences. A terminally ill young man confronts his fear that his girlfriend only stays with him out of pity.

The permanent closure of ward 17 heralds the end of an era and generates much uncertainty among the nursing staff.

The remaining staff of ward 17 have a baptism by fire in the Emergency Department, which is run by the hard-nosed Frank Campion. When the ED staff are forbidden from responding to a man who has collapsed outside the hospital, Sophia leads the charge for changes only to find herself Frank's first victim when she goes over his head to voice her concerns directly to Dr. Newell. Vincent and Sterling struggle with a patient who has a cell phone lodged in his rectum. Terri shares a room with a troubled patient, and teaches Jack a lesson or two. After making a controversial ...

With Luke having already handed in his resignation and about to leave for a new job in New York, Paula must decide whether or not she and Max will go with him. Terri prepares to come back to work and face both the professional challenges presented by her new boss and the personal ones by Jack Quade. Charlotte has an unusual decision to make when a 15-year-old Muslim patient wants to be treated without her parents' knowledge. While attending an MVA with multiple casualties, including an infant, Scott and Alex discover that luck can be a fickle thing.

Terri has recovered sufficiently from her open heart surgery and it's her first day in Emergency - a new environment, a new position and a new boss, she is at ground zero.

A senseless act of violence sees a Chinese boy left a potential organ donor - but no-one is keen on the way they have to get permission. Charlotte's objectiveness is called into question as one of her patients, a young girl, is in desperate need of a transplant. Frank fights to do the non-politically correct thing when he believes a Down's Syndrome mother should abort her child at her grandfather's behest.

Alex witnesses a shooting and must make a moral choice which could affect the rest of his life. Charlotte's professionalism is cast into doubt when a patient's grieving parent threatens litigation. Terri continues to attract the attention of a much younger man.

Terri's day starts off with Jack running his car into a wall in an attempt to get her attention and rapidly goes downhill from there. When a patient is brought in suffering flu-like symptoms, no one could foresee that the Emergency Department would soon become the centre of a radiation scare, requiring full isolation of staff. Nelson is forced to make the decision to shut down the department, when it is brought to his attention the patient's work involves exposure to radioactive substances. An aggressive patient doesn't help, nor does the ensuing assault on Vincent ...

Frank informs Nelson that during the chaos of the previous day, prohibited drugs have been stolen from the Emergency Department. Insinuating it was one of his nursing staff, Frank puts Nelson in charge of conducting the investigation. As the investigation unfolds, lines of loyalty are drawn, with Frank protecting Jessica and Nelson loyally defending Sterlo. Meantime, both Terri and Charlotte are enjoying a little romance in their lives - Terri with Jack, Charlotte with Megan. However, where Charlotte and Megan are finding it all easy sailing, Terri is finding it all ...

Charlotte treats Georgia Price, a little girl who needs a bone marrow transplant. Ray, Georgia's father, is ignorant of the fact that he is, in fact, not her biological father. Charlotte, Nelson and Von face a difficult situation of trying to find Georgia a donor while keeping the secret from Ray. Jack treats Josh, a ten-year-old with a mystery illness and absent parents. He and Terri still have the hots for each other and are almost sprung canoodling in the linen room. Sterlo collapses in the street with an infection from a dirty needle. Scott and Cate bring him to ...

When Scott and Cate are called out to a hoax hit and run, they realise that this has become a serial problem. The situation is made worse because they are held up in getting to Oliver Capstone, who has been injured in a school rugby match. Oliver's parents, Grant and Naomi, prove to be severely agitated and stressed parents. But it is not until they spot Charlotte that the reason for their over protectiveness becomes clear. They've already lost a son. Peter, Oliver's older brother, died seven years ago in All Saints and Charlotte was the attending doctor. This problem...

It is obvious that Jack is becoming bored with the stream of trauma patients coming into Emergency. So when he has the chance to show his skills at diagnosis, he becomes involved with a suspected meningitis case. It is only after the girl lapses into a coma and further tests taken that Jack realises he had made too hasty an assumption and the girl really had sepsis as the result of a root canal abscess. Although there was nothing further Jack could have done, he is humbled by the fact that he mislead the girl's fiancé and that his mistake could have had more reaching ...

After being struck by the ambulance, 11-year-old Callum Chifley is brought into the ED where he is found to be suffering from a brain tumour. Vincent is reminded of his place in the hospital pecking order when he tries to arrange an alternative opinion to the treatment Professor Walter-Thomas has recommended. All Saints is also hosting an international conference, and everyone is feeling the pressure that flows down from on high. For Frank to get what he wants (flexible hours allowing him to be with his sick daughter), he'll have to toe the line set by Dr Alison ...

Charlotte arrives for work in tears, but it's not until much later in the day that we discover the reason for her distress. Before that, she treats a three-month-old baby who is the victim of shaken baby syndrome. The question is, who's responsible for the baby's condition? The mother, the father, or the 14-year-old stepson? In the meantime, we discover the reason behind Charlotte's tears. She has terminated her relationship with Addy, who doesn't understand why. When Addy presses for an explanation, Charlotte explains that she wants to have a baby. She's 35, and can ...

Families in crisis give both Frank and Charlotte pause for thought about their own domestic situations.

A tragic multi-vehicle accident unexpectedly brings people on different life trajectories together.

Scott and Cate have to deal with more than a robbery when the ambulance is burgled.

Vincent elects to spend the weekend with grace to help out back in her home town with her father. Partly to help and partly because of his growing feelings for her.

After a lengthy wait in the Emergency Department, a heavily pregnant woman, Lana, eventually leaves the hospital without having been seen by a doctor. Terri's worst fears are realised some hours later when the woman has a life-threatening eclampsic seizure in a shopping centre car park. Scott and Cate attend the scene, and there have their first meeting with sexy off-duty ambo Nigel, whose quick thinking and cool head help avert tragedy and a confrontation with irate husband Hugh, while at the same time drawing criticism from Scott for having service equipment for his...

There's a buzz around the hospital when staff arrive to find they're going to be stars for a day in a documentary piece on the hospital's Emergency Department. But after a difficult night with Kathleen, the last thing Frank needs when he arrives at work is a television camera thrust into his face. He wants the crew out of there, but Alison Newell has a very persuasive offer to make him cooperate. Working in front of the cameras isn't all it's made out to be: the needs of patients seem to come second to those of the film crew as Jack soon discovers when he's faced with...

Terri and Jack are on the rocks following Nelson and Frank's discovery of their affair. Jack is angry with Terri for using her work to distance herself and angry with Nelson for being the catalyst for this disaster in their relationship. Scott is shocked when he finds that Cate has requested a new partner. When a prison van is involved in an accident, Jessica bonds with an injured nurse, bringing her into conflict with Dan who's concerned she's getting too emotionally involved with her patient, while Von nurses a murderer who must face his mortality, leading to tragic...

Terri's relationship with Jack looks too broken to fix as she takes over from Nelson as Director of Nursing in the Emergency Department. When Jack intervenes on Jessica's behalf when she has a minor dispute with Terri, Terri resents his interference in the workplace and the end of the relationship looms large. Regina is finding it difficult to cope with the new pressures she faces in the Emergency Department. When a patient dies and she hasn't been able to provide an interpreter or medical files, Terri is forced to make a tough choice about Regina's future in the ...

A reckless moment between Charlotte and Jack forces them to realise how much they stand to lose if their secret ever gets out.

Dan put alcohol in Nelson's orange juice on a night out. The next morning Nelson has no memory of the night before and the lady Nelson was seen leaving the pub with arrives in emergency unconscious and assaulted. Scott quits the ambulance service.

Havoc breaks loose as victims of a rural cyanide spill descend on All Saints. Worried people come out of the woodwork and it's hard to tell who the real patients are and who is merely panicking. When the media picks up on the story, All Saints becomes a mad house and there's barely a free moment for anyone. Charlotte has good reason to feel anxious - she's pregnant. Jack is the father and it complicates her work relationships with both him and Terri. Her fears about motherhood are about to be compounded when a seemingly neurotic patient, Tracey Middleton, reveals her ...

While Jack tries to mend his broken relationship with Terri, Charlotte still hasn't told him she's pregnant with his baby after their one-night-stand. Her career is also in turmoil when Frank makes it clear she hasn't shown enough interest in the Emergency Department and wants her to move on. She resigns and finds consolation in her ex-husband Dr Vincent Hughes. Later that day Frank finds Charlotte's resignation and hears about a patient she saved. Having second thoughts he goes to her house and asks her to reconsider her position in the Emergency Department. Although...

On the road, Cate and Mac are called to attend a young sex worker what has been severely bashed at a brothel. Cate is profoundly disturbed when she sees a young girl in a room with a man. She reports it to the police who are unable to do anything without evidence, so Cate drags Mac long to investigate the young girl herself. When the passengers and crew of a cruise liner fall ill with suspected food poisoning, Frank volunteers Jack and Terri to go down to the ship and help assess the medical condition of those affected. Terri's impressed with the way Jack takes ...

Charlotte, nervously awaiting her interview for the Emergency Training Fellowship, finds herself caught up with a complicated hypothermia patient. Determined to do whatever she can to give the man the best chance of survival, she misses her interview with the hospital board. Feeling sure she has missed her opportunity, she's stunned to discover Frank has gone to bat for her, organising a second scheduled interview. Charlotte is further shocked when Frank engineers the way for her to do well in the interview. Meanwhile, Vincent continues to be oblivious to the romantic...

Cate and Mac bring April, a frightened young girl who's been shot by her boyfriend Phil, into Emergency. Vincent wins April's trust and encourages to report Phil to the police. Back out on the road and responding to another call-out, Cate and Mac find themselves in a suburban drug lab where Phil's partner, Jason, has been shot by him in a jealous drug-fuelled rage. As the police close in, Phil takes Cate and Mac hostage, using their ambulance as a getaway vehicle. Phil becomes increasingly unbalanced and dangerous, first finishing off the critically-wounded Jason and ...

It's been a week since the chemistry between Cate and Mac and still neither of them is willing to admit to their feelings for each other. A call out to a serious car accident serves as a welcome distraction, but Cate is shocked when they arrive at the scene - a pole has plunged through the windscreen of a car, impaling its male passenger through the chest and continuing into the back seat spearing a petrol container. The female driver beside him is in shock with broken legs. Amazingly, both are conscious and alert. Vincent becomes the centre of attention when he ...

Although neither will confess to the other, Terri and Jack are struggling with second thoughts about having ended their relationship. When after-work drinks leads to a romantic dinner, it seems they may reignite the flame. The sexual secrets of the Emergency Department are highlighted when Jack treats a patient who, embarrassed by his condition, conceals his true identity. The consequences are catastrophic and the patient nearly dies as a result. When Charlotte sees Jack's frustration at the extent to which his patient hid the truth, she realizes it's time she told ...

Jack is ecstatic about the rekindling of his relationship with Terri but its future looks doomed when Charlotte finally delivers the news he's the father of her baby. Overwhelmed at first, Jack refuses to accept any responsibility for Charlotte's situation but soon realizes he can't turn his back on his unborn child. His problem is how to break the news to Terri. Sex is getting Dan into trouble, too. His casual relationship with specialist Dr Loretta Georgio comes back to bite him when he prevents Jessica from making a serious medical mistake. When Dan learns it's not...